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April 23, 202126, 2022

Dear Resideo Shareholders:

It is my pleasure to invite you to attend the 20212022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Resideo Technologies, Inc. (“Resideo” or the “Company”), which will be held via a live virtual meeting on Wednesday, June 9, 2021,8, 2022, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.

As it did2021 was a year of significant accomplishment for all companies,Resideo. The business built on the COVID-19 pandemic had a profound impact on Resideo and our employees in 2020. Wherever the pandemic emerged, we immediately responded with aggressive actions to ensure the safety of our employees. Where feasible, we have had employees globally working from home since early in the pandemic. When functions required people to be physically on-site, we implemented strict safety protocols, including social distancing, protective equipment, and enhanced cleaning regimens. We will continue these protocols until we are certain the work environment is safe for our employees.

Our Company’s financial and business performance was also affected by COVID-19. Our manufacturing and branch operations were deemed essential in most cases, but we saw a significant reduction in demand in the second quarter as lockdowns and shutdowns impacted the markets we serve and certain parts of our operations. However, as we entered the summer, we experienced a steady increase in sales as people adapted to new ways of operating and investment in the home increased. Improving demand trends and the focused effortsmomentum of the entire Resideo organization led to a second half of 2020 thatto deliver record financial performance and continue to strengthen the foundation for long-term, sustainable success. Both ADI Global Distribution and Products & Solutions delivered double digit year-over-year revenue growth and operating margin expansion. At the same time, we accelerated investment in areas key to our long-term strategy. This was accomplished against a backdrop of significant supply chain, inflationary and logistical challenges. I would like to thank the entire Resideo team for their tremendous efforts in 2021. The hard work across the organization enabled Resideo to manage through this challenging environment to deliver for customers and partners while generating record financial results.

During the year we unveiled our strongest performance sincevision, purpose and values and undertook comprehensive strategic planning initiatives at the corporate level and within each business. Organizationally, we continued to strengthen the leadership team. This included additions to support our spinoff in late 2018.

I made the decision to join ResideoEnvironmental, Social, and Governance (“ESG”) initiatives. We brought onboard a global leader for ESG and added a sustainability leader in the midst of these unprecedented times, because I strongly believeProducts & Solutions business. Sustainability is core to our products, which are designed to help our customers to save energy, water and carbon and make their homes more comfortable, efficient and secure.

At ADI, revenue grew 15% in this Company, its purpose and in the opportunity that exists2021 to strengthen and grow our powerful franchise for the benefit of our employees, customers, shareholders, and all$3.4 billion. This is a continuation of the stakeholders we serve.consistent above-market growth ADI has delivered over the past decade. At the same time, ADI continued to invest in building a true omni-channel experience for its professional customers. This includes enhanced touchless transaction options that simplify the customer experience and free up sales associates for more value-added selling. We made significant progressalso saw initial success from the rollout of pricing optimization tools that provide the ADI sales team better real-time customer insight. These tools and an unrelenting focus on several fronts in 2020 and continuing into 2021, including:

Rebuilt, strengthened and deepened our leadership team with the addition of several highly experienced executives. These new leaders have brought operational focus, discipline and a track record of driving growth through innovation to Resideo.

Reorganizedexecution enabled the business to break down internal silos, improve efficiencydeliver 100 basis points of year-over-year gross margin expansion.

Within Products & Solutions, revenue grew 16% in 2021 to $2.5 billion as demand was strong across product categories and buildchannels. The business completed critical foundational work including investments in sales operations and business development, systems consolidations, introduction of a comprehensive integrated business planning process, and digital efforts to consolidate and refresh our web presence. This work solidifies systems and processes to ensure we are more deeply engaged with key customers and partners, and we have the visibility to better plan and meet their needs.

We stepped up our investment in engineering and development at Products & Solutions in 2021. This included consolidating software development efforts under one leader, which generated significant progress in development and platforming initiatives. Our product roadmap has evolved meaningfully over the past year and our development pipeline is building across our portfolio. This includes specific programs targeting the expansion of our services offerings for enabling the professional and leveraging our broad portfolio with partners across our ecosystem, including utilities and in residential new construction.

As we look to 2022 and beyond, we see tremendous opportunity for Resideo across the residential and commercial markets we serve. People continue to invest in their homes as they look for a more innovative, agile organization.

Created an executive level innovation teamcomfortable, connected and reorganized global engineeringsimplified home experience. There is increasing awareness around personal security inside and product management to elevate our focus on new technology developmentoutside the home, which we see benefiting both ADI and new product introduction performance.

Reduced our cost base and instituted transformational change as a fundamental aspectProducts & Solutions. We believe the breadth of our operations. This will allowproduct portfolio and relationship with professional contractors uniquely positions us to pursue growth, while focusingbe a leading player as our markets continue to develop.

ADI remains focused on scalable efficient business processes.being an indispensable partner of choice for customers and suppliers. This begins with delivering the leading omni-channel user experience for the professional contractor. ADI will continue to broaden its offering of exclusive brands and technologies, not only in security categories but also with the organic and inorganic expansion into audio visual and data communications.

ImprovedWithin Products & Solutions, the team is focused on leveraging its significant footprint in the home through product innovation, and over time increased value-added services. We are excited by our financialrecent acquisition of First Alert and the unique position through a significant improvementits products occupy within the home and the tight fit with our long-term strategy.

Our performance in operating cash flow,2021 showed the issuance of common stock for net proceeds of approximately $279 million and restructuring of our debt to enhance our financial flexibility.

On behalfpotential of the Board, I also welcome Kareem Yusuf who joinedbusiness and the Board in March 2021. Kareem bringsteam we have assembled. We are steadfastly focused on execution to the Board deep experience with critical technologiesbring enhanced value to our customers and more than 17 years of leadership experience across a variety of disciplines, including product management, software development, mergers and acquisitions and technical sales and customer support.

I want to thankreturns for our more than 14,000 employees for their unwavering dedication and commitment to Resideo in the face of many changes and challenges in 2020. It is a privilege to work with you all, and I believe that for Resideo, the best is yet to come.

Thank you for your investment in Resideo, and for the confidence you place in us as we work to ensure that Resideo achieves its full potential.shareholders.

Sincerely,

 

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President and Chief Executive Officer

901 E. 616100 N. 71thst Street, Austin, TX 78702St., Suite 550, Scottsdale, AZ 85254

 

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Notice of 20212022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

 

 

 

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DATE      TIME      PLACE

 

Wednesday,

June 9, 20218, 2022

 

  

 

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Via the internet at

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Our 20212022 annual meeting will be a live virtual meeting. There will be no physical location for the annual meeting. You will be able to participate in the annual meeting, vote your shares electronically and submit your questions during the live virtual meeting by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/REZI2021REZI2022 and entering the 16-digit control number provided in your proxy materials. You may also submit questions in advance of the meeting by visiting www.proxyvote.com. For more information on accessing the virtual annual meeting, see Question 5 in the section entitled “Questions and Answers About the Annual Meeting and Voting” on page 80.69.

Agenda:

 

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Election of Class III Directors

 

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Act on a shareholder proposal described in this Proxy Statement, if properly presented

 

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Transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting

How to Vote: Your vote is important to us. Unless you vote live at the virtual annual meeting, the deadline for receiving your vote is 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, on June 8, 2021.

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If your shares are held in the name of a bank, brokerage firm or similar organization, follow the telephone voting instructions, if any, provided on your voting instruction card. If your shares are registered in your name, call 1-800-690-6903. You will need the 16-digit control number provided in your proxy materials when you call.

 

  

 

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This Notice of 20212022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and related proxy materials are being distributed or made available to shareholders beginning on April 23, 2021.26, 2022.

On behalf of Resideo’s Board of Directors,

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JEANNINE LANE

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT,

GENERAL COUNSEL AND CORPORATE SECRETARY AND CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER

 

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the 20212022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on Wednesday, June 9, 2021:8, 2022: our Proxy Statement and 20202021 Annual Report are available free of charge on our Investor Relations website at investor.resideo.com.

 

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Table of Contents

 

 

 

Proxy Statement Summary   1 
Proposal 1: Election of Class III Directors   6 

Majority Voting Forfor Directors

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Director Nominees

   6 

Director Qualifications and Skills

   7 

Director Biographies

   9 
Our Governance Framework   15 

Our Board and Culture

   15 

Corporate Governance Overview

   15 

Board Leadership Structure

   17 

Director Independence

   18 

Committees of the Board

   19 

The Board’s Role in Risk Oversight

   22 

Enterprise Risk Management Program

   23 

Nominating Board Candidates – Procedures and Qualifications

   23 

Board Meetings and Attendance

   25 

Board and Committee Evaluations

   25 

Non-Employee Director Compensation

   26 

Other Executive Officers

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Our Planet, Our People,Investing in Our Purpose   31 
Related Party Transactions   3634 

Certain Transactions with Related Parties

   3634 

Review, Approval and Ratification of Transactions with Related Parties

   3634 
Beneficial Ownership   3735 

Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports

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Stock Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners

   3735 

Stock Ownership of Directors and Executive Officers

   3836 
Executive Compensation   3937 
Proposal 2: Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation   3937 

Compensation Discussion and Analysis

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Compensation and Human Capital Management Committee Report

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Summary Compensation Table

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Grants of Plan-Based Awards – Fiscal Year 20202021

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Outstanding Equity Awards at 20202021 Fiscal Year-End

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Option Exercises and Stock Vested – Fiscal Year 20202021

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Pension Benefits

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Nonqualified Deferred Compensation

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Compensatory Arrangements with NEOs

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Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control

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CEO Pay Ratio

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Equity Compensation Plan Information   7262 
Proposal 3: Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm   7363 

Report of the Audit Committee

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Proposal 4: Shareholder Proposal Requesting Shareholders’ Right to Act by Written ConsentReduce Ownership Threshold for Shareholders to Call a Special Meeting   76
Stock Performance Graph7966 
Questions and Answers About the Annual Meeting and Voting   8069 

 

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Proxy Statement Summary

 

 

Below are highlights of certain information in this Proxy Statement. As it is only a summary, it may not contain all of the information that is important to you. For more complete information, please refer to the complete Proxy Statement and Resideo’s 20202021 Annual Report before you vote. References to “Resideo,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our” refer to Resideo Technologies, Inc.

20212022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

 

 

      Date and Time:

 

 

 

 

June 9, 2021,8, 2022, 1:00 p.m. EDT

 

 

 

 

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Via the internet at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/REZI2021REZI2022

 

 

 

      Record Date:

 

 

 

 

April 14, 202111, 2022

 

 

 

      Voting:

 

 

Shareholders as of the record date are entitled to vote. Each share of common stock is entitled to one vote for each director nominee and one vote for each of the other proposals to be voted on.

 

 

 

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To enter Resideo’s virtual annual meeting via www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/REZI2021,REZI2022, you will need the 16-digit control number provided in your proxy materials.

 

How to Cast Your Vote

Your vote is important! Please cast your vote and play a part in the future of Resideo.

Shareholders of record on the Record Date can vote through any of the following ways:

 

 

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The deadline for voting via the internet or by telephone is 11:59 p.m. EDT on June 8, 2021.7, 2022. If you vote by mail, your proxy card must be received before the virtual annual meeting.

Beneficial owners who own shares through a bank, brokerage firm or similar organization can vote by returning the voting instruction form, or by following the instructions for voting via the internet or by telephone, as provided by the bank, brokerage firm or similar organization. If you own shares in different accounts or in more than one name, you may receive different voting instructions for each type of ownership. Please vote all of your shares.

If you are a shareholder of record or a beneficial owner, you may choose to vote at the virtual annual meeting. Even if you plan to attend our virtual annual meeting, please cast your vote as soon as possible. For more information on voting your shares, please see “Questions and Answers About the Annual Meeting and Voting” beginning on page 80.69.

About Resideo and the Spin-Off

Resideo is a leading global manufacturer and developer of technology-driven products and solutions that provide comfort, security, energy efficiency and control to over 150 million homes globally. We are also the leading wholesale distributor of security, AV and low-voltage security products with a global footprint serving commercial and residential end markets. Our primary focus is on the professional channel where we are a trusted partner to over 110,000 professional installers. Our global scale, breadth of product offerings, innovation heritage, and differentiated service and support has enabled our trusted relationship with professional installers and has been a key driver of our success. Leveraging our underlying strengths, we are transforming our business with a strategy that includes operational improvements, product innovation, and investments to drive future growth and value creation.

We were incorporated in Delaware on April 24, 2018. We separated from Honeywell International Inc. (“Honeywell”) on October 29, 2018, becoming an independent publicly traded company as a result of a pro rata distribution of our common stock to shareholders of Honeywell (the “Spin-Off”).

Voting Matters and Board Recommendations

 

  

 

VOTING MATTERS

 

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Proposal 1.

 

 

Election of Class III Directors

 

 

 

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Advisory Vote to Approve
Executive Compensation

 

 

 

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Ratification of the Appointment of
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Shareholder Proposal Regarding Shareholder Right to Act by Written ConsentReduce Ownership Threshold for Shareholders to Call a Special Meeting

 

 

 

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Our Board of Directors

 

Name

 Age Independent 

Board Committee        

Memberships        

 Other Public Company Board Service

Roger Fradin

(Chairman)

 6768 No 

Finance

Innovation and Technology

 

Janus International Group

Juniper Industrial Holdings, Inc.II Corp.

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

Vertiv Holdings Co

Jay Geldmacher
(President & CEO)

 6566 No None Seagate Technology plc

Paul Deninger

 6263 Yes Audit
Finance (Chair)
Innovation and Technology
 

Epiphany Technology

Acquisition Corp.

EverQuote
Iron Mountain Inc.

Cynthia Hostetler

 5859 Yes 

Finance

Nominating and Corporate Governance

 

Textainer Group Holdings Limited

Vulcan Materials Company

Brian Kushner

 6263 Yes 

Audit

Finance

Innovation and Technology

 

Cumulus Media Inc.
Mudrick Capital Acquisition

Corporation II

Jack Lazar

 5556 Yes Audit (Chair)
Innovation and Technology
 

Box, Inc.

Casper SleepGLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.

Silicon Laboratories, Inc.

ThredUp Inc.thredUP

Nina Richardson

 6263 Yes 

Compensation and Human Capital

Management

Nominating and Governance (Chair)

 

Silicon Laboratories, Inc.

Cohu, Inc.

Eargo, Inc.

Silicon Laboratories, Inc.

Andrew Teich

(Lead Independent Director)

 6061 Yes 

Compensation and Human Capital

Management

Innovation and Technology (Chair)

Nominating and Governance

 

Juniper II Corp.

Sensata Technologies Holding PLC

Sharon Wienbar

 5960 Yes 

Compensation and Human Capital

Management (Chair)

Nominating and Governance

 

Colfax Corporation

Covetrus, Inc

Kareem Yusuf

 4950 Yes 

Compensation and Human Capital

Management

Innovation and Technology

  

Corporate Governance Highlights

We are committed to strong corporate governance practices and policies, as described below, that support effective Board leadership and prudent management practices.

 

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Annual election of all directors commencing next year in 2022, following an initial three-year phase-out of our classified board

 

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Majority voting for directors in uncontested elections

 

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Lead Independent Director with specified duties and responsibilities

 

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Robust risk oversight by full Board and Committees

 

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Annual review of key Committee charters and Corporate Governance Guidelines

 

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Independent Audit, Compensation and Human Capital Management and Nominating and Governance Committees



 

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Finance Committee that reviews and oversees Resideo’s capital structure and opportunities for maximizing shareholder value

 

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Innovation and Technology Committee that oversees Resideo’s overall strategic direction and investment in technology initiatives

 

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Rigorous risk oversight of “product” cybersecurity programs by the Audit and Innovation and Technology Committees

 

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Annual Board and Committee evaluations

 

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Proposed annual advisory vote to approve executive compensation

 

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Meaningful stock ownership guidelines for directors and executives

 

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Adoption of proxy access

 

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Limits on memberships on other boards

 

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A Board that is actively engaged in recruiting qualified, diverse director candidates

 

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Commitment to health, safety and environmental sustainability

 

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Oversight of human capital management, including diversity, equity and inclusion, by Compensation and Human Capital Management Committee

 

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Oversight of our code of business conduct and our role as a responsible corporate citizen, including our environmental, social and governance (ESG) programs, by the Nominating and Governance Committee

 

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Policies prohibiting short sales, hedging, margin accounts and pledging

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Shareholders holding at least 25% of the outstanding stock of the Company have the right to call a special meeting

Executive Compensation Preview

The Compensation Discussion and Analysis section of this Proxy Statement provides a focused discussion of our executive compensation philosophy and the pay programs applicable to our named executive officers. Our compensation program design directly links compensation to the performance of our business and rewards fiscal year results through our annual incentive plan and long-term performance with equity awards.

Our Named Executive Officers

As described in more detail elsewhere in this Proxy Statement, during fiscal 2020, the Board appointed a new CEO and effected other executive leadership transitions. Accordingly, ourOur leadership team during fiscal 20202021 included the following Named Executive Officers (“NEOs”):

 

NAME

  POSITION

Jay Geldmacher

  President and Chief Executive Officer

Anthony L. Trunzo

  Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

Robert Aarnes

  President, ADI Global Distribution

Stephen KellyPhillip Theodore

President, Products & Solutions

Travis Merrill

  Executive Vice President, Chief Human ResourcesStrategy & Commercial Officer

Jeannine Lane

Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer

Michael Nefkens

Former President and Chief Executive Officer

Robert Ryder

Former Interim Chief Financial Officer

Michael Flink

Former Executive Vice President, Transformation

Sachin Sankpal

Former President, Products & Solutions


 

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Forward-Looking Statements

This Proxy Statement and the cover letter contain “forward-looking statements” regarding expectations about future business and financial results, which speak only as of the date of this Proxy Statement. Although we believe that the forward-looking statements contained in this Proxy Statement are based upon reasonable assumptions, such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, which may cause the actual results or performance of the Company to be materially different from any future results or performance expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those described under the headings “Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements” in our Annual Reports on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020.2021. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which are not guarantees of future performance, and actual results, developments and business decisions may differ from those envisaged by our forward-looking statements. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update such statements to reflect events or circumstances arising after the date of this presentation, and we caution investors not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements.



 

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Proposal 1: Election of Class III Directors

 

 

Our Board currently consists of ten directors, and the Board has set the size of the Board as of this year’s Annual Meeting at ten. Our Board is divided into three classes with each class consisting, as nearly as may be possible, of one-third of the total number of directors. The directors designated as Class III directors have terms expiring at this year’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders. After this year, allAll directors will stand for election each year for annual terms, and our Board will therefore no longer be divided into three classes.terms. Our Board has nominated the Class III director nominees for re-election to the Board. We do not know of any reason why any nominee would be unable to serve as a director. If any nominee should become unavailable to serve prior to the Annual Meeting, the shares represented by proxy will be voted for the election of such other person as may be designated by the Board. The Board may also determine to leave the vacancy temporarily unfilled or reduce the authorized number of directors in accordance with the By-Laws. Resideo’s By-Laws provide that in any uncontested election of directors (an election in which the number of nominees does not exceed the number of directors to be elected), any nominee who receives a greater number of votes cast “FOR” his or her election than votes cast “AGAINST” his or her election will be elected to the Board.

Majority Voting for Directors

Resideo’s By-Laws provide a majority voting standard for election of directors in uncontested elections. Each director will be elected by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast, meaning that the number of votes cast “FOR” a director nominee exceeds fifty percent (50%)50% of the number of votes cast with respect to that director’s election.

No incumbent director nominee shall qualify for service as a director unless he or she agrees to submit upon re-nomination to the Board an irrevocable resignation effective upon such director nominee’s failure to receive a majority of the votes cast in an uncontested election. The Nominating and Governance Committee (excluding the nominee, if applicable) will make a recommendation to the Board as to whether to accept or reject the resignation, or whether other action should be taken. The Board, excluding the nominee, will act on the resignation and publicly disclose its decision in accordance with the By-Laws.

An election of directors is considered to be contested if there are more nominees for election than positions on the Board to be filled by election at the meeting of shareholders. In a contested election, the required vote would be a plurality of votes cast.

Director Nominees

The Board has affirmatively determined that each of the nominees qualifies for election under the Company’s criteria for evaluation of directors. See “Nominating Board Candidates – Procedures and Qualifications” on page 23 for more information on qualifications for director nominees. The Nominating and Governance Committee is responsible for nominating a slate of director nominees who collectively have the complementary experience, qualifications, skills and attributes to guide the Company and function effectively as a Board. The committee believes that each of the nominees has key personal attributes that are important to an effective board, including integrity, industry background, contribution to the composition, diversity and culture of the Board, educational background, the ability and willingness to constructively challenge management and the ability and commitment to devote sufficient time to Board duties. Set forth below is biographical information about the director nominees and their specific experience, qualifications and skills that have led the Board and the Nominating and Governance Committee to conclude that they should continue to serve as directors of Resideo. In addition, the Board has determined that each non-employee director nominee, other than Roger Fradin, qualifies as an independent director under NYSE corporate governance listing standards and the Company’s director independence standards as further described under “Director Independence” on page 18. In addition, the biographical information about the other members of the Board and their specific experience, qualifications and skills are included.

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The Board has established a director retirement policy whereby, unless the Board otherwise determines, non-employee directors shall serve only until the Annual Meeting of Shareholders immediately following their 75th birthday.

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Director Qualifications and Skills

Our directors have a broad range of experience that spans different industries and encompasses the relevant business and technology sectors. Directors bring a variety of qualifications, skills and viewpoints to our Board that both strengthen their ability to carry out their oversight responsibilities on behalf of our shareholders and bring richness to Board deliberations. As described above and in the director biographies, our directors have key experiences, qualifications and skills that are relevant and important in light of our business, structure and growth strategy and include the following:

 

DIRECTOR QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS CRITERIA

 

Senior Leadership Experience

 

Experience serving as CEO or a senior executive that provides a practical understanding of how complex organizations function and ability to support our commercial strategy, growth and performance

 

 

Consumer Products

 

Experience with the retail consumer industry, e-commerce, customer service and consumer dynamics that aligns with our business strategies and opportunities

 

 

Manufacturing

 

Experience with the operations of manufacturing facilities that provide critical perspectives in understanding and evaluating operational planning, management and risk mitigation of our business

 

 

Technology

 

Experience developing and adopting new technologies as well as leading innovation initiatives that support the execution of our vision in the smart home market

 

 

Global Relations

 

International business strategy, operations and substantive expertise in international matters relevant to our global business

 

 

Finance

 

Experience with finance and financial reporting processes, including monitoring and assessing a company’s operating performance to ensure accurate financial reporting and robust controls

 

 

Public Company Board Service

 

Service on the boards and board committees of public companies that provides an understanding of corporate governance practices and risk management oversight as well as insights into board management and relations between the board, the CEO and senior management that will support our commitment to maintain a strong governance framework as an independent public company

 

 

Marketing

 

Expertise in brand development, marketing and sales in local markets on a global scale relevant to our global business

 

 

Operations

 

Managing the operations of a business and possessing a deep understanding of the end-markets we serve

 

 

Strategy

 

Practical understanding of the development and implementation of strategic priorities and of the risks and opportunities that can impact a company’s operations and strategies which will serve to drive our long-term growth

 

 

Mergers & Acquisitions

 

Experience in business development and mergers and acquisitions to support our initiatives to identify and execute on tuck-in acquisitions and investments

 

 

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The table below is a summary of the range of qualifications and skills that each director brings to the Board. The table does not include all of the qualifications that each director offers, and the fact that a particular experience, skill, or qualification is not checked for a specific director does not mean that the director does not possess it.

 

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Roger Fradin

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Jay Geldmacher

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Paul Deninger

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Cynthia Hostetler

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Brian Kushner

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Jack Lazar

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Nina Richardson

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Andrew Teich

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Sharon Wienbar

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Kareem Yusuf

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Director Biographies

 

The Board of Directors unanimously recommends a vote “FOR” Proposal 1 to elect

elect each of the following Class III director nominees.

Nominees for Election (Class III Directors)

Included in each biography are the key qualifications that led to the conclusion that such directors should serve on our Board.

 

ROGER FRADIN, Age 6768

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Non-Executive Chairman of the Board

 

Director since 2018

 

Committee

Memberships:

 

  Finance

 

  Innovation and Technology

  

 

Key Qualifications:    

 

  Extensive experience as an executive at Honeywell

 

  In-depth knowledge of the fire and security solutions and automation and control solutions industries

 

  Significant operational and product development experience

 

  Financial expertise and experience in capital markets

 

  Broad experience in marketing, including international markets

 

Other Current Public Company Directorships:

 

  Janus International Group

Juniper Industrial Holdings, Inc.II Corp.

 

  L3Harris Technologies, Inc. (formerly Harris Corporation)

 

  Vertiv Holdings Co (formerly GS Acquisition Holdings)

 

  

 

Background

 

Mr. Fradin joined Honeywell in 2000 when Honeywell acquired Pittway Corporation, where he served as president and chief executive officer of the Security and Fire Solutions segment. Mr. Fradin served as president and chief executive officer of Honeywell’s Automation and Control Solutions business from January 2004 to April 2014 and served as vice chairman of Honeywell from April 2014 to February 2017. Mr. Fradin served as an independent contractor to Honeywell from March 2018 to September 2018. Mr. Fradin currently serves as executive chairman of Victory Innovation, a Carlyle company. He has also served an advisor to Seal Rock Partners since 2014 and as a consultant of The Carlyle Group, which he served as an operating executive from 2016 to 2019. Mr. Fradin received his M.B.A. and B.S. degrees from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. While a student at Wharton, Mr. Fradin also served as a member of its faculty. He previously served as a director of MSC Industrial Direct (1998-2019) and currently serves as an advisor to the board of MSC Industrial Direct, and previously served as a director of Goldman Sachs Acquisition Holdings (2018-2020) and Pitney Bowes (2012-2019). Mr. Fradin also currently serves as a director of Juniper II Corp., a special purpose acquisition company that has filed a registration statement with the SEC to become a public company.

 

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NINA RICHARDSON, Age 62

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Independent Director

Director since 2018

Committee

Memberships:

  Compensation and Human Capital Management

  Nominating and Governance (Chair)

Key Qualifications:    

  Extensive global operational and leadership experience in the technology sector

  Experience ranging from start-up environmental to multi-billion dollar corporations

  In-depth knowledge of human resources

Other Current Public Company Directorships:

  Silicon Laboratories, Inc.

  Cohu, Inc.

  Eargo, Inc.

Background

Ms. Richardson served as chief operating officer of GoPro, Inc. from February 2013 to February 2015. Prior to that, she held several executive positions of increasing responsibility at Flextronics, Inc., a global electronics and manufacturing service provider. Currently, she serves as managing director of Three Rivers Energy, Inc., a company she co-founded in 2004, and she has been an independent consultant since March 2015. Ms. Richardson received her B.S. degree in industrial engineering from Purdue University and an executive M.B.A. from Pepperdine University. She previously served as a director at Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. (2015-2018), Callidus Software, Inc. (2017-2018) and Silicon Graphics International Corp. (2016).

ANDREW TEICH, Age 60

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Lead Independent Director

Director since 2018

Committee

Memberships:

  Compensation and Human Capital Management

  Innovation and
Technology (Chair)

  Nominating and
Governance

Key Qualifications:    

  Seasoned executive with experience in acquisitions and operational integration

  Extensive product/technology and sales/marketing skills

  Expertise in artificial intelligence technology

Other Current Public Company Directorships:

  Sensata Technologies Holding PLC

Background

Mr. Teich has been a private technology consultant since June 2017. From May 2013 until June 2017, he served as the chief executive officer and president of FLIR Systems, Inc., a public multinational imaging and sensing company, and a director from July 2013 to June 2017. Mr. Teich joined FLIR Systems, Inc. in 1999 and held various positions of increasing responsibility within the company including president of the Commercial Systems, Commercial Vision Systems and Thermography divisions throughout his tenure. Mr. Teich received his B.S. degree in marketing from Arizona State University and is an alumnus of the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program. Mr. Teich has also agreed to serve as a director of Juniper II Corp., a special purpose acquisition company that has filed a registration statement with the SEC to become a public company.

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KAREEM YUSUF, Age 49

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Independent Director

Director since 2021

Committee

Memberships:

  Innovation and
Technology

Key Qualifications:    

  Extensive experience with critical technologies, including artificial intelligence, the internet-of-things, hybrid cloud and blockchain

  Leadership of management and growth of market-leading brands and applications

  Extensive experience managing large, cross-functional organizations and providing strategic direction

Other Current Public Company Directorships:

  None

Background

Dr. Yusuf is a general manager, AI Applications & Blockchain, of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), a provider of integrated technology solutions and products, a position he has held since 2018. Prior to his current position, Dr. Yusuf was the chief product officer and chief technology officer for product direction and technology infrastructure of a business unit of IBM from 2016 to 2018. Dr. Yusuf joined IBM in 1998 and has held positions of increasing responsibility in technical sales and support, product management, mergers and acquisitions strategy and software development. Dr. Yusuf received his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Berlin, his master’s of science degree in structural engineering from the University of Manchester and his Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Leeds.

Continuing Directors

Class I Directors (with terms expiring at the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders)

PAUL DENINGER, Age 62

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Independent Director

Director since 2018

Committee

Memberships:

  Audit

  Finance (Chair)

  Innovation and
Technology

Key Qualifications:    

  Extensive senior management experience in operations and strategy

  Extensive experience in banking, capital markets and merger and acquisition strategies

  Deep knowledge of the technology sector

Other Current Public Company Directorships:

  Epiphany Technology Acquisition Corp.

  EverQuote

  Iron Mountain Inc.

Background

Mr. Deninger is a senior managing director of Davis Partners Group, a c-suite advisory firm. He is also vice chairman of the board of Epiphany Technology Acquisition Corp., having previously served as a senior advisor to Evercore Inc., a publicly held investment banking advisory firm, from June 2016 to February 2020. Mr. Deninger served as a senior managing director with Evercore from February 2011 to June 2016. From December 2003 until October 2010, Mr. Deninger served as a vice chairman at Jefferies Group LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jefferies Financial Group Inc., a diversified financial services company. Prior to that, he served as chairman and chief executive officer of Broadview International LLC, a mergers and acquisitions advisory firm focused on the technology industry. Mr. Deninger received his B.S. from Boston College and his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

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JAY GELDMACHER, Age 6566

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President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

 

Director since 2020

 

Committee

Memberships:

  None

  

 

Key Qualifications:    

 

  Extensive experience leading a complex industrial and technology spinout

 

  Expert on both public and private equity backed companies

 

  Extensive background in the technology sector

 

Other Current Public Company Directorships:

 

  Seagate Technology plc

 

  

 

Background

 

Prior to joining Resideo, Mr. Geldmacher served as president and CEO of Electro Rent, a leader in testing and technology solutions and a Platinum Equity portfolio company since September 2019. From November 2013 to August 2019, Mr. Geldmacher served as president and CEO of Artesyn Embedded Technologies, a joint venture between Emerson Electric Company and Platinum Equity. Between 2007 and 2013, Mr. Geldmacher served as Executive Vice President of Emerson Electric Company and President of Emerson Network Power’s Embedded Computing & Power Group, which designed, manufactured and distributed embedded computing and power products, systems and solutions. From 1996 to 2007, he served in a variety of roles of progressive responsibility at Emerson Electric. Mr. Geldmacher received his bachelor’s degree in marketing from the University of Arizona and an executive MBA degree from the University of Chicago. Mr. Geldmacher previously served on the board of directors of Verra Mobility Corporation (2018-2020) and Owens-Illinois, Inc. (2008-2015).

 

 

PAUL DENINGER, Age 63

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Independent Director

Director since 2018

Committee

Memberships:

  Audit

  Finance (Chair)

  Innovation and
Technology

Key Qualifications:    

  Extensive senior management experience in operations and strategy

  Extensive experience in banking, capital markets and merger and acquisition strategies

  Deep knowledge of the technology sector

Other Current Public Company Directorships:

  Epiphany Technology Acquisition Corp.

  EverQuote

Background

Mr. Deninger is a venture partner with Material Impact, an early stage venture firm focused on identifying and supporting groundbreaking material science technologies and companies, and a senior managing director of Davis Partners Group, a c-suite advisory firm. He is also vice chairman of the board of Epiphany Technology Acquisition Corp., having previously served as a senior advisor to Evercore Inc., a publicly held investment banking advisory firm, from June 2016 to February 2020. Mr. Deninger served as a senior managing director with Evercore from February 2011 to June 2016. From December 2003 to October 2010, Mr. Deninger served as a vice chairman at Jefferies Group LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jefferies Financial Group Inc., a diversified financial services company. Prior to that, he served as chairman and chief executive officer of Broadview International LLC, a mergers and acquisitions advisory firm focused on the technology industry. Mr. Deninger received his B.S. from Boston College and his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He previously served as a director at Iron Mountain Inc. (2010-2021).

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CYNTHIA HOSTETLER, Age 59

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Independent Director

Director since 2020

Committee

Memberships:

  Finance

  Nominating and Governance

Key Qualifications:    

  Broad investment, financial and risk management skills

  Experienced public and investment company board member

  Significant experience with investment management, including ESG and investor relations issues

Other Current Public Company Directorships:

  Textainer Group Holdings Limited

  Vulcan Materials Company

Background

Ms. Hostetler is a professional director of public companies and investment funds in the United States. She currently serves on the boards of public companies Textainer Group Holdings Limited (shipping container leasing) since 2021 and Vulcan Materials Company (construction materials) since 2014. Ms. Hostetler also serves as Trustee of Invesco Funds (global mutual funds) since 2017 and as Director of TriLinc Global Impact Fund, LLC (international investment fund) since 2013. Ms. Hostetler has served on the Investment Company Institute Board of Governors since 2018 and on the Independent Directors Council board since 2014. Previously, Ms. Hostetler served as a Trustee of Aberdeen International Funds, New York, New York (global mutual funds) from 2013 to 2017; Director of Artio Global Funds, New York, New York (global mutual funds) from 2010 to 2013; Director of Genesee & Wyoming, Inc. (short line railroads) from 2018 to 2019; and Director of Edgen Group Inc., Baton Rouge, Louisiana (energy infrastructure) from 2013 to 2014. Ms. Hostetler served as the Head of Private Equity and Investment Funds of Overseas Private Investment Corporation from 2001 to 2009 and as a board member and President of First Manhattan Bancorporation from 1991 to 2006. Ms. Hostetler began her career as a corporate lawyer with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in New York. Ms. Hostetler earned her bachelor’s degree from Southern Methodist University and holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law.

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BRIAN KUSHNER, Age 63

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Independent Director

Director since 2019

Committee

Memberships:

  Audit

  Finance

  Innovation and
Technology

Key Qualifications:    

  Decades of experience leading corporate transformation efforts

  Proven expertise in corporate performance improvement, including financial expertise

  Served in roles that include chairman, director, chief executive officer and chief restructuring officer at more than 35 public and private companies

Other Current Public Company Directorships:

  Cumulus Media Inc.

  Mudrick Capital Acquisition Corporation II

Background

Mr. Kushner has served as a senior managing director at FTI Consulting, Inc., a global business advisory firm, since 2009, where he serves as leader of the Private Capital Advisory Services practice and as the co-leader of the Technology practice, the Aerospace, Defense and Government Contracting practice and the Activism and M&A Solutions practice. Prior to joining FTI, Mr. Kushner was the co-founder of CXO, L.L.C., a boutique interim and turnaround management consulting firm that was acquired by FTI at the end of 2008. Over the past three decades, Mr. Kushner has served as a director, chief executive officer (“CEO”) or chief restructuring officer (“CRO”) of over 35 public and private technology, manufacturing, telecom and defense companies, during which time he worked on the acquisition or disposition of more than 25 companies. Mr. Kushner has also periodically served as the CEO, interim CEO, or the CRO of companies that elected to utilize bankruptcy proceedings as part of their financial restructuring process and, as such, he served as an executive officer of various companies that filed bankruptcy petitions under federal law, including, most recently, Relativity Media LLC and its affiliates in 2015. Mr. Kushner received his B.S. and M.S. degree in Applied and Engineering Physics from Cornell University and his Ph.D. in Applied Physics with a minor in Electrical Engineering, also from Cornell University. He previously served as a director at Thryv, Inc. (2016-2020), Hycroft Mining Corp. (formerly Mudrick Capital Acquisition Corporation) (2018-2020), Luxfer Holdings PLC (2016-2018) and EveryWare Global, Inc. (2015-2016).

JACK LAZAR, Age 56

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Independent Director

Director since 2018

Committee

Memberships:

  Audit (Chair)

  Innovation and Technology

Key Qualifications:    

  Strong financial, technological and operational expertise

  Experienced technology company executive and consultant

  Expertise in best practices for a public company on a global scale

Other Current Public Company Directorships:

  Box, Inc.

  GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.

  thredUP

Background

Mr. Lazar has been an independent business consultant since March 2016. From January 2014 to March 2016, he served as the chief financial officer of GoPro, Inc., a provider of wearable and mountable capture devices. From January 2013 to January 2014, he was an independent business consultant. From May 2011 to January 2013, Mr. Lazar served as senior vice president, corporate development and general manager of Qualcomm Atheros, Inc., a developer of communications semiconductor solutions. From September 2004 to May 2011, Mr. Lazar served in a variety of roles at Atheros Communications, most recently as Atheros’ chief financial officer and senior vice president of corporate development. Mr. Lazar is a certified public accountant (inactive) and received his B.S. degree in commerce with an emphasis in accounting from Santa Clara University. He previously served as a director at Silicon Laboratories Inc. (2013-2022), Casper Sleep, Inc. (2019-2022), Mellanox Technologies, Ltd (2018-2020), Quantenna Communications (2016-2019) and TubeMogul, Inc. (2013-2016).

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NINA RICHARDSON, Age 63

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Independent Director

Director since 2018

Committee

Memberships:

  Compensation and Human Capital Management

  Nominating and
Governance (Chair)

Key Qualifications:    

  Extensive global operational and leadership experience in the technology sector

  Experience ranging from start-up companies to multi-billion-dollar corporations

  In-depth knowledge of human resources

Other Current Public Company Directorships:

  Cohu, Inc.

  Eargo, Inc.

  Silicon Laboratories, Inc.

Background

Ms. Richardson served as chief operating officer of GoPro, Inc. from February 2013 to February 2015. Prior to that, she held several executive positions of increasing responsibility at Flextronics, Inc., a global electronics and manufacturing service provider. She has been an independent consultant and served on several private technology company boards since 2015. Currently, she serves as managing director of Three Rivers Energy, Inc., a company she co-founded in 2004. Ms. Richardson received her B.S. degree in industrial engineering from Purdue University and an executive M.B.A. from Pepperdine University. She previously served as a director at Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. (2015-2018), Callidus Software, Inc. (2017-2018) and Silicon Graphics International Corp. (2016).

ANDREW TEICH, Age 61

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Lead Independent Director

Director since 2018

Committee

Memberships:

  Compensation and Human Capital Management

  Innovation and
Technology (Chair)

  Nominating and
Governance

Key Qualifications:    

  Seasoned executive with experience in acquisitions and operational integration

  Extensive product/technology and sales/marketing skills

  Expertise in artificial intelligence technology

Other Current Public Company Directorships:

Juniper II Corp.

  Sensata Technologies Holding PLC

Background

Mr. Teich has been a private technology consultant since June 2017. From May 2013 until June 2017, he served as the chief executive officer and president of FLIR Systems, Inc., a public multinational imaging and sensing company, and a director from July 2013 to June 2017. Mr. Teich joined FLIR Systems, Inc. in 1999 and held various positions of increasing responsibility within the company including president of the Commercial Systems, Commercial Vision Systems and Thermography divisions throughout his tenure. Mr. Teich received his B.S. degree in marketing from Arizona State University and is an alumnus of the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program.

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SHARON WIENBAR, Age 5960

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Independent Director

 

Director since 2018

 

Committee

Memberships:

 

  Compensation and Human Capital Management (Chair)

 

  Nominating and
Governance

  

 

Key Qualifications:    

 

  Extensive experience as an operating executive and strategist in the software and technology sectors

 

  Leadership in technology investments and partnerships

 

  Expertise in start-up operations and venture capital investing

 

Other Current Public Company Directorships:

 

  Colfax Corporation

 

  Covetrus, Inc.

 

  

 

Background

 

Ms. Wienbar was chief executive officer of Hackbright Academy, a technology training firm, from 2015 to 2016. From 2001 to 2015, she served as a partner at Scale Venture Partners (known as BA Venture Partners prior to 2007), a technology and healthcare venture capital firm. Prior to her venture capital career, Ms. Wienbar was an executive in several software companies, including Adobe Systems, and a consultant at Bain & Company. Ms. Wienbar received her S.B. and S.M. degrees in engineering from Harvard University and her M.B.A. from Stanford University. She previously served on Microsoft Inc.’s venture advisory committee and as a director at Everyday Health, Inc. (2014-2016) and Glu Mobile, Inc. (2007-2008).

 

 

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Class II Directors (with terms expiring at the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders)

 

CYNTHIA HOSTETLER,KAREEM YUSUF, Age 5850

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Independent Director

 

Director since 20202021

 

Committee

Memberships:

 

  Finance

  NominatingCompensation and
Governance

Key Qualifications:    

  Broad investment, financial and risk management skills

  Experienced public and investment company board member

  Significant experience with investment management, including ESG and investor relations issues

Other Current Public Company Directorships:

  Vulcan Materials Company

Background

Ms. Hostetler is a professional director of public companies and investment funds in the United States, and serves on several mutual fund boards, including as Trustee of Invesco Funds, Atlanta, Georgia (global mutual funds) since 2017; Director of TriLinc Global Impact Fund, LLC, Los Angeles, California (international investment fund) since 2013; Board member of Investment Company Institute since 2018; Trustee of Aberdeen International Funds, New York, New York (global mutual funds) from 2013 to 2017; Director of Artio Global Funds, New York, New York (global mutual funds) from 2010 to 2013; Director of Genesee & Wyoming, Inc. (short line railroads) from 2018 to 2019; and Director of Edgen Group Inc., Baton Rouge, Louisiana (energy infrastructure) from 2013 to 2014. Ms. Hostetler served as the Head of Private Equity and Investment Funds of Overseas Private Investment Corporation from 2001 to 2009 and as a board member and President of First Manhattan Bancorporation from 1991 to 2006. Ms. Hostetler began her career as a corporate lawyer with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in New York. Ms. Hostetler earned her bachelor’s degree from Southern Methodist University and holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law.

BRIAN KUSHNER, Age 62

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Independent Director

Director since 2019

Committee

Memberships:

  Audit

  Finance Human Capital Management

 

  Innovation and Technology

 

  

 

Key Qualifications:    

 

  Decades ofExtensive experience leading corporate transformation effortswith critical technologies, including artificial intelligence, the internet-of-things, hybrid cloud and blockchain

 

  Proven expertise in corporate performance, including financial expertiseLeadership of management and growth of market-leading brands and applications

 

  Served in roles that include chairman, director, chief executive officerExtensive experience managing large, cross-functional organizations and chief restructuring officer at more than 30 public and private companiesproviding strategic direction

 

Other Current Public Company Directorships:

 

  Cumulus Media Inc.

  Mudrick Capital Acquisition Corporation IINone

 

  

 

Background

 

Mr. Kushner has served asDr. Yusuf is a senior managing director at FTI Consulting, Inc., a global business advisory firm, since 2009, where he serves as leadergeneral manager, AI Applications, of the Private Capital Advisory Services practice and as the co-leader of the Technology practice, the Aerospace, Defense and Government Contracting practice and the Activism and M&A Solutions practice. Prior to joining FTI, Mr. Kushner was the co-founder of CXO, L.L.C., a boutique interim and turnaround management consulting firm that was acquired by FTI at the end of 2008. Over the past three decades, Mr. Kushner has served as a director, chief executive officer (“CEO”) or chief restructuring officer (“CRO”) of over 30 public and private technology, manufacturing, telecom and defense companies, during which time he worked on the acquisition or disposition of more than 20 companies. Mr. Kushner has also periodically served as the CEO, interim CEO, or the CRO of companies that elected to utilize bankruptcy proceedings as part of their financial restructuring process and, as such, he served as an executive officer of various companies that filed bankruptcy petitions under federal law, including, most recently, Relativity Media LLC and its affiliates in 2015. Mr. Kushner received his B.S. degree in Applied and Engineering Physics from Cornell University, his M.S. degree in Applied and Engineering Physics from Cornell University and a Ph.D. in Applied Physics with a minor in Electrical Engineering, also from Cornell University. He previously served as a director at Thryv, Inc. (2016-2020), Hycroft Mining Corp. (formerly Mudrick Capital Acquisition Corporation) (2018-2020), Luxfer Holdings PLC (2016-2018) and EveryWare Global, Inc. (2015-2016).

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JACK LAZAR, Age 55

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Independent Director

Director since 2018

Committee

Memberships:

  Audit (Chair)

  Innovation and Technology

Key Qualifications:    

  Strong financial, technological and operational expertise

  Experienced technology company executive and consultant

  Expertise in best practices for a public company on a global scale

Other Current Public Company Directorships:

  Box, Inc.

  Casper Sleep Inc.

  Silicon Laboratories Inc.

  ThredUp Inc.

Background

Mr. Lazar has been an independent business consultant since March 2016. From January 2014 to March 2016, he served as the chief financial officer of GoPro, Inc.International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), a provider of wearableintegrated technology solutions and mountable capture devices. From January 2013products, a position he has held since 2018. Prior to January 2014, hehis current position, Dr. Yusuf was an independent business consultant. From May 2011 to January 2013, Mr. Lazar served as senior vice president, corporate development and general manager of Qualcomm Atheros, Inc., a developer of communications semiconductor solutions. From September 2004 to May 2011, Mr. Lazar served in a variety of roles at Atheros Communications, most recently as Atheros’the chief financialproduct officer and senior vice presidentchief technology officer for product direction and technology infrastructure of corporatea business unit of IBM from 2016 to 2018. Dr. Yusuf joined IBM in 1998 and has held positions of increasing responsibility in technical sales and support, product management, mergers and acquisitions strategy and software development. Mr. Lazar is a certified public accountant (inactive) andDr. Yusuf received his B.S.bachelor’s degree in commerce with an emphasiscivil engineering from the University of Berlin, his master’s of science degree in accountingstructural engineering from Santa Clara University. He previously served as a director at Mellanox Technologies, Ltd (2018-2020), Quantenna Communications (2016-2019)the University of Manchester and TubeMogul, Inc. (2013-2016).his Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Leeds.

 

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Our Governance Framework

 

 

Our corporate governance framework is a set of principles, guidelines and practices that support strong performance and long-term value creation for our shareholders. Our commitment to good corporate governance is integral to our business and reflects not only regulatory requirements, NYSE listing standards and broadly recognized governance practices, but also effective leadership by our senior management team and oversight by our Board.

Our Board is committed to maintaining the highest standards of corporate governance. Our Board is guided by our Corporate Governance Guidelines, which address director responsibilities, director skills and characteristics, memberships on other boards, director access to management and other employees, director orientation and continuing education, director retirement and the annual performance evaluations of the Board and Committees. Because corporate governance practices evolve over time, our Board will review and approve our Corporate Governance Guidelines, Committee charters and other governance policies at least once a year and update them as necessary and appropriate.

Our Board and Culture

Our Board is deeply engaged, provides informed and meaningful guidance and feedback, and maintains an open dialogue with management based on a clear understanding of our strategic plans. At each Board meeting, we review components of our long-term strategy with our directors and engage in constructive dialogue which our leadership team embraces. Our directors have full and free access to our officers and employees to address questions, comments or concerns. Additionally, the Board and Committees have the power to hire independent legal, financial or other advisors without approval from, or consultation with, Resideo management.

Our Board also takes an active role in ensuring we embrace “best practices” in corporate governance. The partnership and oversight of a strong and multi-faceted Board with diverse perspectives rooted in deep experience in global business, finance, technology and strategy are essential to creating long-term shareholder value.

Corporate Governance Overview

Presented below are some highlights of our corporate governance program. You can find details about these and other corporate governance policies and practices within this Proxy Statement.

 

KEY GOVERNANCE PRACTICES
  

 

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE GUIDELINES

 

  

 

  Our Corporate Governance Guidelines have been designed to assist the Board in the exercise of its duties and responsibilities to our Company. They reflect the Board’s commitment to monitor the effectiveness of decision-making at the Board and management levels with a view to achieving our strategic objectives.

 

  The guidelines are reviewed annually and subject to modification by the Board at any time.

  

 

INDEPENDENT
BOARD

  

 

  8Eight of our 10 directors are independent as defined by the listing standards of the NYSE.

  Mr. Fradin is a former employee of Honeywell. Mr. Geldmacher is a management director.

  

 

BOARD
COMPOSITION

  

  Currently, the Board has fixed the number of directors at 10.

 

  The Board will regularly assess its performance and can adjust the number of directors according to the needs of the Board and the Company.

 

  As shown under “Director Qualifications and Skills” beginning on page 7 and in the biographies of the directors beginning on page 8,9, our Board has a diverse mix of skills, experience and backgrounds that support our growth and commercial strategy.

 

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KEY GOVERNANCE PRACTICES
  

 

LEAD INDEPENDENT
DIRECTOR

  

  The Board has appointed Mr. Teich as Lead Independent Director. Mr. Teich possesses the attributes that the Board believes will ensure independent oversight of management. See “Board Leadership Structure” on page 1617 for additional information.

  

 

BOARD
COMMITTEES

  

  The Board consists of five standing committees:

 

  Audit,

 

  Compensation and Human Capital Management,

 

  Nominating and Governance,

 

  Finance, and

 

  Innovation and Technology.

 

  In late 2019, the Board formed a special committee, the Strategic & Operational Committee, to oversee our transformation efforts, including our operational and financial review and the CEO transition. Effective December 3, 2020, the committee was dissolved following completion of its work.

Each of the Audit, Compensation and Human Capital Management, and Nominating and Governance Committees is composed entirely of independent directors.

 

  Each Board Committee has a written charter that will beand key Board Committee charters are reviewed and re-assessed annually.

 

  Each Committeecommittee charter is posted and available on our Investor Relations website at investor.resideo.com.

  

 

MEMBERSHIPS ON
OTHER BOARDS

  

  Under our Corporate Governance Guidelines, directors who serve as chief executive officers of public companies should not serve on more than three public company boards (including their own); provided, however, that solely with respect to the Company’s CEO, such CEO may not sit on more than two public company boards (including service on the Company’s Board).

 

  Other directors should not serve on more than five public company boards (including service on our Board).

  

 

BOARD DIVERSITY

  

  Three of our 10 Board members are women and one of our Board members is racially/ethnically diverse. The Nominating and Governance Committee actively considers diversity when evaluating new candidates.

  

 

ROBUST RISK OVERSIGHT

  

  Our full Board is responsible for risk oversight and has designated committees to have particular oversight of certain key risks. Our Board oversees management as it fulfills its responsibilities for the assessment and mitigation of risks and for taking appropriate risks.

  

 

BOARD AND COMMITTEE
SELF-EVALUATION

  

  The Board conducts an annual self-evaluation led by the Nominating and Governance Committee to determine whether it and its committees are functioning effectively and to solicit feedback from directors as to whether the Board is continuing to evolve and be refreshed in a manner that serves the needs of the Company.

  

 

MAJORITY VOTING OF DIRECTORS

  

  Our By-Laws provide for majority voting in uncontested elections of directors. Any directors standing for re-nomination to the Board shallmust agree to submit an irrevocable resignation effective upon that director’s failure to receive a majority vote and the acceptance of the resignation by the Board.

  

 

INTEGRITY & COMPLIANCE PROGRAM

  

  The Audit Committee regularly reviews the Company’s integrity and compliance program, and scorecard, and the Nominating &and Governance Committee provides oversight of the Company’s policies related to its Code of Business Conduct.

 

  The Company provides several mechanisms for employees and third parties to report concerns (including anonymously), enforces a strict non-retaliation policy, and ensures prompt, thorough and objective investigations.

 

  All employees are required to complete integrity and compliance training, and the Company provides comprehensive training on additional key compliance topics, available in over 15 languages.

 

  All employees and members of the Board are subject to the Code of Business Conduct.

Regional integrity &and compliance councils meet quarterly to discuss key compliance topics and to provide feedback with regard to the integrity &and compliance program.

 

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KEY GOVERNANCE PRACTICES
  

 

OVERSIGHT OF ESG AND HUMAN CAPITAL
MANAGEMENT

  

  Our Nominating and Governance Committee oversees our role as a responsible corporate citizen, including key aspects of our ESG programs.

 

  Our Compensation and Human Capital Management Committee oversees our human capital management, including diversity, equity and inclusion. Management regularly reports to the committee regarding diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, and our total rewards philosophy, and going forward the committee will further oversee our plans, policies and programs related to hiring, development and retention.

  

 

BOARD OVERSIGHT OF
POLITICAL
CONTRIBUTIONS

  

  The Nominating and Governance Committee oversees our policies and practices relating to political contributions.

  

 

PROXY ACCESSSHAREHOLDER RIGHTS

  

  Subject to certain terms and conditions, our By-Laws provide that shareholders who have maintained continuous qualifying ownership of at least 3% of our outstanding common stock for at least three years may use our annual meeting proxy statement to nominate a number of director candidates not to exceed the greater of two candidates or 20% of the number of directors then in office.

  Shareholders holding at least 25% of the outstanding stock of the Company have the right to call a special meeting.

  We do not have a poison pill, nor do we have supermajority voting provisions.

  

 

SUCCESSION
PLANNING

  

  Our Board oversees and annually reviews leadership development and assessment initiatives, as well as short- and long-term succession plans for the CEO and other senior management.

  

 

HEDGING AND
PLEDGING
PROHIBITIONS

  

  All of our directors, officers and employees are prohibited from engaging in short sales of Resideo securities and selling or purchasing puts or calls or otherwise trading in or writing options on Resideo securities and using certain financial instruments (including forward sale contracts, equity swaps, collars and exchange funds), holding securities in margin accounts or pledging Resideo securities as collateral, in each case, that are designed to hedge or offset any decrease in the market value of Resideo securities.

  

STOCK OWNERSHIP
GUIDELINES

  

  We have meaningful stock ownership guidelines:

 

  CEO: 6x base salary

 

  Other Executive Officers: 3x base salary

 

  Non-employee directors: 5x annual cash retainer

 

  Five-year period from appointment or election to meet the ownership requirement

CLAWBACK POLICY

  We have a clawback policy pursuant to which our Board will seek to recover excess incentive compensation paid to senior executives in the event of a material restatement of our financial results involving misconduct by the senior executive.

 

Our Certificate of Incorporation, By-Laws, Committee Charters, Corporate Governance Guidelines and Code of Business Conduct are available on our Investor Relations website at investor.resideo.com. Paper copies of these documents can be obtained by writing to Resideo Technologies, Inc., 901 E. 6th Street, Austin, TX 78702,

Our Certificate of Incorporation, By-Laws, Committee Charters, Corporate Governance Guidelines and Code of Business Conduct are available on our Investor Relations website at investor.resideo.com. Paper copies of these documents can be obtained by writing to Resideo Technologies, Inc., 16100 N 71st St., Suite 550, Scottsdale, AZ 85254, Attention: Corporate Secretary.

Board Leadership Structure

The Company’s current Board leadership structure consists of a non-executive Chairman of the Board, and, because the Board has determined that the Chairman is not independent, due to his prior employment with Honeywell, a Lead Independent Director who was appointed by the independent directors of the Board. The Board believes the current structure of separating the roles of Chairman and CEO, as well as having a Lead Independent Director, allows for alignment of corporate governance with the interests of shareholders. The Board believes that this structure allows our CEO to focus on operating and managing the Company, leverages our Chairman’s experience in guidance and oversight, and ensures overall independence of the Board through clearly defined roles and responsibilities of the Lead Independent Director. While the Board believes

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that this structure currently is in the best interests of Resideo and its shareholders, it does not have a policy with respect to separating the roles of Chairman and CEO and appointing a Lead Independent Director if the Chairman is independent and could adjust the structure in the future as it deems appropriate.

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Lead Independent Director

The Board has determined that Mr. Fradin, a former employee of Honeywell, may not currently be independent and has appointed Mr. Teich as the Lead Independent Director in accordance with our Corporate Governance Guidelines. In electing Mr. Teich, the independent directors of the Board considered Mr. Teich in light of the following selection criteria:

 

Qualifies as independent, in accordance with relevant listing standards;

 

Able to commit the time and level of engagement required to fulfill the substantial responsibilities of the role; and

 

Possesses effective communication skills to facilitate discussions among members of the Board, including among the independent directors, Mr. Geldmacher and Mr. Fradin, and engage with key stakeholders.

As the Lead Independent Director, Mr. Teich has the following duties and responsibilities:

 

Review Board meeting agendas and Board meeting schedules to ensure there is sufficient time for discussion of all agenda items;

 

Provide input regarding presentation materials and other written information provided to directors for Board meetings;

 

Preside at all meetings at which the Chairperson is not present, including executive sessions of the independent directors;

 

Be available for consultation and direct communications with the Company’s shareholders; and

 

Perform such other duties as the Board may determine from time to time.

Director Independence

Providing objective, independent judgment is at the core of the Board’s oversight function. The Nominating and Governance Committee conducts an annual review of the independence of the directors and reports its findings to the full Board. The Board has affirmatively determined that all non-employee directors, other than Mr. Fradin who is a former employee of Honeywell, satisfy the independence criteria in the applicable NYSE listing standards and SEC rules (including the enhanced criteria with respect to members of the Audit Committee and the Compensation and Human Capital Management Committee). Regarding Mr. Fradin, the Board considered that more than threefour years have elapsed since Mr. Fradin was employed by Honeywell, but acknowledges that other relationships described in this Proxy Statement currently suggest that Mr. Fradin may not be fully independent.

For a director to be considered independent, the Board must determine that the director does not have any material relationships with Resideo, either directly or as a partner, shareholder or officer of an organization that has a relationship with Resideo, other than as a director and shareholder. Material relationships can include vendor, supplier, consulting, legal, banking, accounting, charitable and family relationships, among others. In addition to Mr. Fradin, Mr. Geldmacher as an employee of Resideo, does not satisfy the independence criteria described below.

Criteria for Director Independence

The Board considered all relevant facts and circumstances in making its determination that all of our directors are independent other than Mr. Fradin and Mr. Geldmacher, including the following:

 

No such director or nominee receives any direct compensation from Resideo other than under the non-employee director compensation program described beginning on page 25.26.

 

No immediate family member (within the meaning of the NYSE listing standards) of any such director or nominee is an employee of Resideo or otherwise receives direct compensation from Resideo.

 

No such director or nominee is affiliated with Resideo or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates.

 

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No such director or nominee is an employee of Resideo’s independent accountants and no such director or nominee (or any of their respective immediate family members) is a current partner of Resideo’s independent accountants, or was within the last three years, a partner or employee of Resideo’s independent accountants and personally worked on Resideo’s audit.

 

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No such director or nominee is a member, partner or principal of any law firm, accounting firm or investment banking firm that receives any consulting, advisory or other fees from Resideo.

 

No Resideo executive officer is on the compensation committee of the board of directors of a company that employs any of our non-employee directors or nominees (or any of their respective immediate family members) as an executive officer.

 

No such director or nominee (or any of their respective immediate family members) is indebted to Resideo, nor is Resideo indebted to any such director or nominee (or any of their respective immediate family members).

 

No such director or nominee serves as an executive officer of a charitable or other tax-exempt organization that received contributions from Resideo.

 

While a non-employee director’s or nominee’s service as an outside director of another company with which Resideo does business would generally not be expected to raise independence issues, the Board also considered those relationships and confirmed the absence of any material commercial relationships with any such company. Specifically, those commercial relationships were in the ordinary course of business for Resideo and the other companies involved and were on terms and conditions available to similarly situated customers and suppliers.

The above information was derived from Resideo’s books and records and responses to questionnaires completed by the directors and officers in connection with the preparation of this Proxy Statement.

In assessing Dr. Yusuf’s independence, the Board considered that, in the ordinary course of business, the Company purchases products and services from IBM, Dr. Yusuf’s employer. These transactions were entered into before Dr. Yusuf joined the Board, and he has no personal involvement in them, nor does he derive any material benefit from them. The amounts involved are immaterial to both the Company and IBM.

Committees of the Board

Our Board consists of five standing Committees: Audit, Compensation and Human Capital Management, Nominating and Governance, Finance and Innovation and Technology. As noted above, a special committee, the Strategic & Operational Committee, was dissolved effective December 3, 2020, upon completion of its work overseeing our transformation review and CEO transition. The Strategic & Operational Committee met 21 times during 2020. The Board has adopted written charters for each Committee, which are available on our Investor Relations website at investor.resideo.com. All Board members are invited to attend the meetings of each Committee, except as restricted by independence standards.

The following table sets forth the Board Committees and the current members of each of the Committees.

 

 Independent Audit Compensation
and Human
Capital
Management
 Nominating
and
Governance
 Finance Innovation
and
Technology
 Independent Audit Compensation
and Human
Capital
Management
 Nominating
and
Governance
 Finance Innovation
and
Technology

Roger Fradin

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 Member Member  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 Member Member

Jay Geldmacher

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

Paul Deninger

 LOGO Member  

 

  

 

 Chair Member LOGO Member  

 

  

 

 Chair Member

Cynthia Hostetler

 LOGO  

 

  

 

 Member Member  

 

 LOGO  

 

  

 

 Member Member  

 

Brian Kushner

 LOGO Member  

 

  

 

 Member Member LOGO Member  

 

  

 

 Member Member

Jack Lazar

 LOGO Chair  

 

  

 

  

 

 Member LOGO Chair  

 

  

 

  

 

 Member

Nina Richardson

 LOGO  

 

 Member Chair  

 

  

 

 LOGO  

 

 Member Chair  

 

  

 

Andrew Teich

 LOGO  

 

 Member Member  

 

 Chair LOGO  

 

 Member Member  

 

 Chair

Sharon Wienbar

 LOGO  

 

 Chair Member  

 

  

 

 LOGO  

 

 Chair Member  

 

  

 

Kareem Yusuf

 LOGO  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 Member LOGO  

 

 Member  

 

  

 

 Member

2020 Meetings

  

 

 5 7 6 32 3

2021 Meetings

  

 

 5 5 6 8 4

 

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Each of the Audit, Compensation and Human Capital Management and Nominating and Governance Committees consists solely of directors who have been determined by the Board to be independent in accordance with SEC regulations, NYSE listing standards and the Company’s director independence standards (including the heightened independence standards and considerations for members of the Audit and Compensation and Human Capital Management Committees).

 

  

COMMITTEE

  RESPONSIBILITIES
  

AUDIT COMMITTEE

 

Jack Lazar, Chair

Paul Deninger

Brian Kushner

  

  Appoint and recommend to the shareholders for approval the firm to be engaged as the Company’s independent auditor and be directly responsible for the compensation, retention and oversight of the independent auditor, including the resolution of disagreements between management and the independent auditor regarding financial reporting;

  Review the results of each external audit and other matters related to the conduct of the audit and advise the Board on whether it recommends that the audited financial statements be included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K;

  Review with management and the independent auditors, prior to filing, the interim financial results to be included in quarterly reports on Form 10-Q;

  Review and discuss with the independent auditors any identified critical audit matters;

  Evaluate the independent auditor’s performance at least annually;

  Approve all non-audit engagements with the independent auditor;

  Review reports of the independent auditor and the chief internal auditor related to the adequacy of the Company’s internal accounting controls, disclosure processes and its procedures designed to ensure compliance with laws and regulations;

  Consider and review, in consultation with the independent auditor and the chief internal auditor, the scope and plan for forthcoming external and internal audits;

  Review annually the performance of the internal audit group;

  Review management’s assessment of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting;

  Review, approve and establish procedures for the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints received by the Company regarding accounting, internal accounting controls, auditing matters and for the confidential, anonymous submission by employees of concerns regarding questionable accounting or auditing matters or other legal, ethical, reputational or regulatory concerns;

  Produce the annual Report of the Audit Committee included in the Proxy Statement; and

  Oversee major financial risks and enterprise exposures and risk assessment and risk management policies.

 

Each member of the Audit Committee is an independent director under applicable SEC rules and NYSE listing standards and is “financially literate” under NYSE listing standards. The Board has determined that Messrs. Lazar, Deninger and Kushner each qualify as an “audit committee financial expert” under applicable SEC rules. In addition to Resideo, Mr. Lazar serves on the audit committee of three other public reporting companies. The Board has determined that Mr. Lazar’s simultaneous service on these other boards does not impair his ability to serve effectively on the Company’s Audit Committee.

  

COMPENSATION AND HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

 

Sharon Wienbar, Chair

Nina Richardson

Andrew Teich

Kareem Yusuf

  

  Review and approve the corporate goals and objectives relevant to the compensation of the CEO, evaluate the CEO’s performance relative to these goals and objectives and determine and approve the CEO’s compensation level;

  Review and approve the individual goals and objectives of the other executive officers and set the annual salary and other remuneration of the executive officers;

  Periodically review the operation and structure of the Company’s compensation programs;

  Review proposals for and determine total share usage under the Company’s equity compensation programs;

  Oversee the Company’s plans, policies and programs related to hiring, development and retention of talent;

  Review or take such action in connection with the bonus, stock, retirement and other benefit plans of the Company and its subsidiaries;

  Establish and review annual stock ownership guidelines applicable to directors and senior management;

  Review and discuss with management the Compensation Discussion and Analysis and other executive compensation disclosure included in the Proxy Statement;

  Assist the Board in oversight of the Company’s policies and strategies relating to human capital management, including diversity, equity and inclusion;

  Produce the annual Compensation and Human Capital Management Committee Report included in the Proxy Statement; and

  Exercise sole authority to retain and terminate a compensation consultant, as well as to approve the consultant’s fees and other terms of engagement. See “Oversight of Compensation Consultant” on page 2021 regarding the Compensation and Human Capital Management Committee’s engagement of a compensation consultant.

 

The Compensation and Human Capital Management Committee may form and delegate its authority to subcommittees and management, when appropriate, including delegation to the CEO to determine and approve annual incentive and long-term incentive awards for non-executive employees of the Company as prescribed by the Compensation and Human Capital Management Committee. For more information on the responsibilities and activities of the Compensation and Human Capital Management Committee, including its processes for determining executive compensation, see “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” beginning on page 39.38.

 

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COMMITTEE

  RESPONSIBILITIES
  

NOMINATING AND GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE

 

Nina Richardson, Chair

Cynthia Hostetler

Andrew Teich

Sharon Wienbar

  

  Make recommendations to the Board concerning size, composition and organization of the Board, qualifications and criteria for election to the Board, nominees to be proposed by the Company for election to the Board, retirement from the Board, whether to accept any resignation tendered by a director and Board Committee assignments;

  Actively seek individuals qualified to become Board members and recommend them to the full Board for consideration, including evaluating all potential candidates, including those suggested or nominated by third parties;

  Consider director candidates holistically to ensure a diversity of perspectives, taking into consideration factors such as skills, experience, gender, ethnicity, race, nationality and age;

  Make recommendations to the Board on whether to includethe disclosures in the Proxy Statement on director independence, governance and director nomination matters;

  Oversee the Company’s new director orientation program and continuing education program for incumbent directors;

  Review and reassess the adequacy of the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines;

  Oversee and report to the Board on the Company’s compliance with its programs relating to the Code of Business Conduct,Conduct;

  Oversee and report to the Board on the Company’s role as a responsible corporate citizen, including its ESG programs; and

  Oversee the annual performance review of the Board and its Committees.

 

  

FINANCE COMMITTEE

 

Paul Deninger, Chair

Roger Fradin

Cynthia Hostetler

Brian Kushner

  

  Review matters related to the Company’s capital structure and allocation, financial condition, leverage and financial strategies, interest rate risk, expense management, strategic investments and dispositions such as significant mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, real estate purchases and other debt and equity investments;

  Consider, review and recommend to the Board any Company dividend and share repurchase policies and programs;

  Approve the Company’s derivatives and hedging policies and strategies for managing interest rate and foreign exchange rate exposure;

  Review the Company’s investment policies and practices, credit ratings and ratings strategy;

  Review the Company’s investor relations strategy; and

  Review the types of information to be disclosed in connection with earnings releases and earnings guidance provided to analysts and rating agencies.

 

  

INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE

 

Andrew Teich, Chair

Paul Deninger

Roger Fradin

Brian Kushner

Jack Lazar

Kareem Yusuf

  

  Facilitate the Board’s oversight, review, discussion and understanding of the Company’s major technology and innovation strategies and plans in the following key areas:

–  investments in technology and software;

–  development and execution of technology strategies;

–  overall strategy, effectiveness and risk profile of its product technology and software cybersecurity program;programs;

–  technology trends with significant impacts on ourthe Company’s business; and

–  research and development operations.

Compensation and Human Capital Management Committee Matters

Compensation and Human Capital Management Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

No current member of the Compensation and Human Capital Management Committee has served as one of our officers or employees at any time. None of our executive officers serves as a member of the compensation committee of any other company that has an executive officer serving as a member of our Compensation and Human Capital Management Committee or Board.

Oversight of Compensation Consultant

The Compensation and Human Capital Management Committee has sole authority to retain a compensation consultant to assist the Compensation and Human Capital Management Committee in the evaluation of director, CEO or senior management compensation, but only after considering all factors relevant to the consultant’s independence from management. In addition, the Compensation and Human Capital Management Committee is directly responsible for approving the consultant’s compensation, evaluating its performance and terminating its engagement.

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The Compensation and Human Capital Management Committee has retained Frederic W. Cook & Co. (“FW Cook”) as its independent compensation consultant to assist the Compensation and Human Capital Management Committee with the design of our executive compensation programs as well as to provide objective advice on compensation practices and the competitive landscape for the compensation of Resideo’s executive officers. FW

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Cook reports to the Compensation and Human Capital Management Committee, has direct access to Compensation and Human Capital Management Committee members, interacts with Resideo management when necessary and appropriate and attends Compensation and Human Capital Management Committee meetings either in person or by telephone. FW Cook provides services only to the Compensation and Human Capital Management Committee as an independent consultant and does not have any other consulting engagements with, or provide any other services to, Resideo.Resideo, other than assisting Resideo’s human resources department by providing and reviewing market data. The independence of FW Cook has been assessed according to factors stipulated by the SEC and the Compensation and Human Capital Management Committee concluded that no conflict of interest exists that would prevent FW Cook from independently advising the Compensation and Human Capital Management Committee.

FW Cook compiles information and provides advice regarding the components and mix (short-term/long-term; fixed/variable; cash/equity) of the executive compensation programs of Resideo and its peer group (see page 4240 for further details regarding the compensation peer group) and analyzes the relative performance of Resideo and the compensation peer group with respect to the financial metrics generally used in the programs. FW Cook also provides information regarding emerging trends and best practices in executive compensation. The Compensation and Human Capital Management Committee also received general advice from FW Cook in 2020 and 2021 regarding the terms of the severance and transition agreements entered into with Resideo’s executive officers.

Compensation Input from Senior Management

The Compensation and Human Capital Management Committee considers input from senior management in making determinations regarding the overall executive compensation program and the individual compensation of the executive officers. As part of Resideo’s annual planning process, the CEO, CFO, and Chief Human Resources Officer develop targets for Resideo’s incentive compensation programs and present them to the Compensation and Human Capital Management Committee. These targets are reviewed by the Compensation and Human Capital Management Committee to ensure alignment with our strategic and annual operating plans, taking into account the targeted year-over-year and multi-year improvements as well as identified opportunities and risks. The CEO does not provide recommendations on his own compensation. Unless otherwise set by negotiated offer terms, the CEO recommends base salary adjustments and cash and equity incentive award levels for Resideo’s other executive officers. The recommendations of the CEO are based on performance appraisals (including an assessment of the achievement of pre-established financial and non-financial management objectives) together with a review of supplemental performance measures and prior compensation levels relative to performance. The CEO presents to the Compensation and Human Capital Management Committee and the full Board his evaluation of each executive officer’s contribution and performance over the past year, strengths and development needs and actions and presents to the full Board succession plans for each of the executive officers.

The Board’s Role in Risk Oversight

The Board is actively engaged in overseeing and reviewing the Company’s strategic direction and objectives, taking into account (among other considerations) Resideo’s risk profile and exposures. It is management’s responsibility to manage risk as overseen and assessed by the Board. The Board receives regular updates on risk exposures and there is open communication between management and the directors. The Company has established processes to report and monitor for material risks applicable to the Company. The Board oversees these reporting processes and will review annually Resideo’s enterprise risk management programs.

The Board as a whole has responsibility for risk oversight, including succession planning relating to the CEO and risks relating to the competitive landscape, cybersecurity, strategy, business conditions and capital requirements of the Company. The Committees of the Board also oversee Resideo’s risk profile and exposures relating to matters within the scope of their authority. The Board regularly receives detailed reports from the Committees regarding risk oversight in their areas of responsibility.

The Audit Committee discusses the Company’s risk profile, risk management, and exposure (and Resideo’s policies relating to the same) with management, the internal auditors and the independent auditors. Such discussions include the Company’s major financial risk exposures and the steps management has taken to monitor and control these exposures. The Audit Committee is also charged with oversight of Resideo’s Integrity &

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Compliance program and risks relating to enterprise-wide cybersecurity, including review of the state of the Company’s cybersecurity program, emerging cybersecurity developments and threats and the Company’s strategy to mitigate cybersecurity risks.

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The Compensation and Human Capital Management Committee considers risks related to the attraction and retention of talent and the design of compensation programs and incentive arrangements. The Compensation and Human Capital Management Committee periodically undertakes a review of Resideo’s incentive structure to avoid encouraging material risk taking through financial incentives.

The Nominating and Governance Committee considers risks related to the Company’s reputation, environmental and sustainability matters, health and safety issues, equal employment opportunity, anti-harassment matters and community/government relations. The Nominating and Governance Committee also oversees succession planning for the Board and the appropriate assignment of directors to the Board Committees for risk oversight and other areas of responsibilities.

The Finance Committee considers risks related to the Company’s capital structure, capital allocation decisions, financial condition, leverage and financial strategies, interest rate risk, expense management and strategic investments and dispositions.

The Innovation and Technology Committee considers risks related to the Company’s overall technology and innovation strategies and its product technology and software cybersecurity program.

While it was in effect during 2020, the Strategic & Operational Committee considered risks related to the Company’s product and market strategy and oversight related to the CEO transition period and the Company’s management of the COVID-19 pandemic related health and safety and business continuity matters.

Enterprise Risk Management Program

As a part of its overall risk management strategy, the Company with advice from the Audit Committee, has adoptedimplemented an Enterprise Risk Management (“ERM”) framework consisting of enhancementsprogram to our ability to manage uncertaintyidentify and mitigate risk as we drive shareholder value creation.monitor key risks. The ERM frameworkprogram is being deployeddesigned to create a robust riskidentify, assess, and monitor management programof key risks that isare aligned with the Company’s strategic and business objectives based on an enterprise-wide “top down” and “bottom up” view of commercial, strategic, legal, compliance, cybersecurity and reputational risks.objectives. The ERM program is overseen and governed by the Audit Committee and managed by members of senior management. Working with the ERM program management team, the Board and the Audit Committee regularly assess the overall risks applicable to the Company, its businesses and functions as well as management action plans to mitigate or minimize the risks identified, providing the Audit Committee and the full Board with visibility into the risks that impact us and the plans to mitigate them.

Nominating Board Candidates – Procedures and Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications for Director Nominees and Board Member Attributes

Board Composition, Characteristics and Skills

Collectively, the Board must be capable of effectively overseeing risk management, capital allocation and leadership succession. In addition, the composition of the Board, as well as the perspective and skills of its individual members, needs to align with the Company’s growth and commercial strategy. Board composition and the members’ perspectives and skills should evolve at an appropriate pace to meet the challenges of the Company’s changing commercial and strategic goals. The identification and evaluation of director candidates is an essential part of this process.

The Nominating and Governance Committee has primary responsibility for reviewing with the Board, on an annual basis, the requisite skills and characteristics of Board members, as well as the composition of the Board as a whole. This assessment includes a consideration of director independence, procedures for shareholder suggestion or nomination of candidates for the Board and any requirements of applicable law or listing rules.

While the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines do not prescribe diversity standards, as a matter of practice, theThe Nominating and Governance Committee considers diversity in the context of the Board as a whole and takes into account the skills, experience, gender, ethnicity, race, nationality and age of current and prospective directors to facilitate Board deliberations that reflect a broad range of perspectives. The Board believes that increased heterogeneity leads to better governance. The Nominating and Governance Committee is dedicated to actively seeking to recruit director candidates with diverse characteristics, experiences and attributes who satisfy the Board’s nomination criteria and will contribute to the collaborative culture of the Board.

 

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Identifying and Recruiting New Members of the Board

TheIn the recruiting of potential new members for the Board, the Nominating and Governance Committee, shall actively seek individuals qualified to become directors. Throughthrough discussions with the Chairman, Lead Independent Director, CEO and other Board members, identifies specific skill sets, experience and knowledge important for new Board members will be identified and prioritizedprioritizes the same in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Nominating and Governance Committee Charter, the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines, organizational documents and applicable law. Potential candidates meeting these criteria are then will be identified either by professional recruiting agencies, reputation or existing Board members. Candidates are interviewed by the Chairman, CEO, Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee, and other members of the Board, as appropriate, to ensure that candidates not only possess the requisite skills and characteristics but also the personality, leadership traits, work ethic and independence to effectively contribute as a member of the Board. The Nominating and Governance Committee also considers diversity of perspective including experience, skills, gender, ethnicity, race, nationality and age. On successful completion of this process, the Nominating and Governance Committee will recommendrecommends the proposed candidate to the Board and the Board may nominate the successful candidate for election to the Board at the annual meeting of shareholders or such other time as the Board determines appropriate.

The Nominating and Governance Committee has the sole authority to retain and terminate any search firm to be used to identify director candidates and has sole authority to approve the search firm’s fees and other retention terms. Search firms retained by the Nominating and Governance Committee shall beare provided guidance as to the particular experience, skills or other characteristics that the Board is then seeking. The Nominating and Governance Committee has retained third-party search firms to identify potential director candidates and directed the firms to ensure that the pool of candidates included women and other diverse candidates. The Nominating and Governance Committee may also retain other external advisors, including for the purposes of performing background reviews of potential candidates.

Resideo’s current Board members were either identified through a nationally-recognizednationally recognized search firm or were recommended by an existing member of the Board. Dr. Yusuf joined the Board in 2021. Dr. Yusuf was identified as a potential director candidate by a search firm retained by the Nominating and Governance Committee to identify and assess potential director candidates.

General Criteria

In addition to the specific criteria and priorities developed collectively, director candidates are considered by the Nominating and Governance Committee in light of a range of more general criteria:

 

Exemplification of the highest standards of personal and professional integrity

 

Experience and industry background that align with the Company’s strategic and business objectives

 

Potential contribution to the composition, diversity and culture of the Board

 

Age, educational background and relative skills and characteristics

 

Ability and willingness to constructively challenge management through active participation in Board and Committee meetings and to otherwise devote sufficient time to Board duties

Shareholder Recommendations for Director Nominees

Any shareholder wishing to recommend a candidate for director should submit the recommendation in writing to Resideo Technologies, Inc., Nominating and Governance Committee, 901 E. 6th Street, Austin, TX 78702,16100 N 71st St., Suite 550, Scottsdale, AZ 85254, Attention: Corporate Secretary. The written submission should comply with all requirements set forth in the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws. The Nominating and Governance Committee will consider all candidates recommended by shareholders who comply with the foregoing procedures and satisfy the minimum qualifications for director nominees and Board member attributes.

Advance Notice Director Nominations

Resideo’s By-Laws provide that any shareholder entitled to vote at an annual meeting of shareholders may nominate one or more director candidates for election at that annual meeting by following certain prescribed procedures. To be timely, the shareholder must provide written notice of the shareholder’s intent to make such a nomination or nominations to Resideo’s Corporate Secretary not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days prior

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to the first anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting, except as otherwise provided in our

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By-Laws. The notice must contain all of the information required in our By-Laws. Any such notice must be sent to Resideo Technologies, Inc., 901 E. 6th Street, Austin, TX 78702,16100 N 71st St., Suite 550, Scottsdale, AZ 85254, Attention: Corporate Secretary. For the 20222023 annual meeting of shareholders, such notice must be delivered to the Corporate Secretary no earlier than February 9, 20228, 2023 and no later than March 11, 2022.10, 2023.

Proxy Access Director Nominations

In addition to advance notice procedures, our By-Laws also include provisions permitting, subject to certain terms and conditions set forth therein, shareholders who have maintained continuous qualifying ownership of at least 3% of our outstanding common stock for at least three years to nominate a number of director candidates not to exceed the greater of two candidates or 20% of the number of directors then in office who will be included in our annual meeting proxy statement. Shareholders who wish to nominate a proxy access candidate must follow the procedures described in our By-Laws. Proxy access candidates and the shareholder nominators meeting the qualifications and requirements set forth in our By-Laws will be included in the Company’s proxy statement and ballot. To be timely, a shareholder’s proxy access notice must be delivered to our principal executive offices, Resideo Technologies, Inc., 901 E. 6th Street, Austin, TX 78702,16100 N 71st St., Suite 550, Scottsdale, AZ 85254, Attention: Corporate Secretary, no less than 120 days and no more than 150 days prior to the first anniversary date that we commenced mailing of our definitive proxy statement (as stated in such proxy statement) for the immediately preceding annual meeting, except as otherwise provided in the By-Laws. For the 20222023 annual meeting, such notice must be delivered to our principal executive offices no earlier than November 24, 202127, 2022 and no later than December 24, 2021.27, 2022.

Director Onboarding and Continuing Education

Under our Corporate Governance Guidelines, all new directors participate in an orientation program upon joining the Board. Orientation includes presentations by senior management to familiarize our new directors with Resideo’s strategic plans, financial statements and key issues, policies and practices and materials pertaining to the Board, its Committees, corporate governance policies and practices and the Company’s businesses, functions, initiatives and processes. Board members may attend, at the Company’s expense, seminars, conferences and other continuing education programs designed for directors of public companies.

Board Meetings and Attendance

The Board met nineseven times in 2020.2021. Each director attended at least 89%75% of the meetings of the Board and Committees on which the director served. Though we have no specific policy regarding director attendance at annual meetings of shareholders, our directors are expected to attend. All of the then-serving directors attended our 20202021 annual meeting of shareholders.

Board and Committee Evaluations

As part of the Board’s commitment to good governance, the Board conducts an annual process to assess the effectiveness of the full Board and the operations of its Committees. The Nominating and Governance Committee will oversee the evaluation of the Board as a whole and its Committees and solicit feedback from directors as to whether the Board is continuing to evolve and to be refreshed in a manner that serves our business and strategic needs. After distribution of the self-evaluation materials to directors, the Nominating and Governance Committee will receive comments from all directors and report to the Board, identifying areas for improvement in the performance of the Board and its Committees. The Nominating and Governance Committee intends to retainretained an external third-partythird party to facilitate the evaluation process at least once every three years.    in 2020 and 2021.

The Nominating and Governance Committee will annually review the scope and content of the self-evaluation to ensure it is contemporary, appropriate for the needs of the Company and that actionable feedback is solicited on the operation and effectiveness of the Board and its Committees.

Before recommending the re-nomination of a slate of incumbent directors for an additional term, the Nominating and Governance Committee will evaluate whether incumbent directors possess the requisite skills and

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perspective, both individually and collectively, to continue to serve our business and strategic needs. This assessment will include members’ qualification as independent, strength of character, judgment and ability to devote sufficient time to attendance at, and preparation for, Board meetings.

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Non-Employee Director Compensation

Director Compensation

Our Compensation and Human Capital Management Committee, with assistance from theits independent compensation consultant, periodically reviews and makes recommendations to our Board regarding the form and amount of compensation for non-employee directors. Directors who are also our employees receive no compensation for service on our Board.

As described in more detail below, the non-employee directors elected to forego their annual cash retainers payable for service on the Board for the first quarter of 2020 in support of the Company’s cost cutting initiatives in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Near the end of fiscal 2020, the Compensation and Human Capital Management Committee reviewed the Company’s financial condition and paid a special year-end bonus to current employees who were previously impacted by COVID-19 salary reductions and furloughs in recognition of their significant hard work during a challenging year. At the same time, the Compensation and Human Capital Management Committee approved comparable restorative payments to Board members in an amount equal to the amount by which the cash retainer payments had been reduced in 2020. Additionally, after completion of its work, the Strategic & Operational Committee was dissolved, effective December 3, 2020.

We believe that annual compensation for non-employee directors should consist of both a cash component, designed to compensate members for their service on the Board and its Committees, and an equity component, designed to align the interests of directors and shareholders. Our non-employee directors generally receive pro-rated

In March 2021, the Compensation and Human Capital Management Committee reviewed market data on director compensation among the Company’s peer group, recognizing that the Company’s annual director compensation levels have remained flat since 2018. Based on its review and conclusion that total director compensation was below the peer median, the committee recommended, and the Board approved, three changes to director compensation:

An increase to the annual equity grants when they first joincompensation from $120,000 to $130,000 effective with the Board.awards to be made in connection with the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders;

An increase in the annual cash retainer for the Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee from $10,000 to $15,000 effective April 1, 2021; and

An increase in the annual cash retainer for the Chair of the Compensation & Human Capital Management Committee from $15,000 to $20,000 effective April 1, 2021.

The table below outlines the current annual compensation program for our non-employee directors.

 

Board of Directors Annual Cash Compensation

   

 

   Annual Retainer ($)        

 

 

Member of the Board of Directors

   

 

 

 

 

 

   90,000        

 

 

 

 

 

Chairman of Board—Additional Cash Retainer

   

 

 

 

 

 

   175,000        

 

 

 

 

 

Lead Director—Additional Cash Retainer

   

 

 

 

 

 

   25,000        

 

 

 

 

 

Board Committee Membership—Additional Cash Retainers:

   Chair*        

 

 

 

 

 

   Member     

Audit Committee

   25,000        

 

 

 

 

 

   10,000      

Compensation and Human Capital Management Committee

   15,000        

 

 

 

 

 

   7,500     

Finance Committee

   10,000        

 

 

 

 

 

   5,000     

Nominating and Governance Committee

   10,000        

 

 

 

 

 

   5,000     

Innovation and Technology Committee

   10,000        

 

 

 

 

 

   5,000     

Strategic & Operational Committee (dissolved)

   360,000**        

 

 

 

 

 

   10,000      

*

Committee Chair retainers include the member retainer fees.

**

Reflects significant time commitment related to oversight of the Company’s comprehensive operational and financial review and CEO transition.

Board of Directors Annual Equity Compensation

Annual Retainer ($)    

Annual Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”)

120,000    

Board of Directors Annual Cash Compensation

 

 

Annual Retainer ($)    

 

 

Member of the Board of Directors

 

 

 

 90,000    

 

 

 

Chairman of Board—Additional Cash Retainer

 

 

 

 175,000    

 

 

 

Lead Director—Additional Cash Retainer

 

 

 

 25,000    

 

 

 

Board Committee Membership—Additional Cash Retainers:

 Chair*

 

 

 

 Member

Audit Committee

 25,000

 

 

 

 10,000

Compensation and Human Capital Management Committee

 20,000

 

 

 

 7,500

Nominating and Governance Committee

 15,000 

 

 

 

 5,000

Finance Committee

 10,000 

 

 

 

 5,000

Innovation and Technology Committee

 10,000

 

 

 

 5,000

 

*   Committee Chair retainers include the member retainer fees.

 

   

Board of Directors Annual Equity Compensation

 

 

Annual Retainer ($)     

 

Annual Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”)

      130,000         

Cash elements are paid in quarterly installments in arrears and pro-rated if necessary, including for changes in Committee service or for partial years of service. The RSUs are granted on the date of each Annual Meeting of Shareholders and generally vest on the earliest of the first anniversary of the date of grant, the director’s death or disability, or removal from the Board coincident with the occurrence of a change in control. Directors who join the Board between Annual Meetings generally receive a pro-rated RSU grant. We do not separately compensate our directors for attending Board or Committee meetings.

In March 2021, the Compensation and Human Capital Management Committee reviewed market data on director compensation among the Company’s peer group, recognizing that the Company’s annual director compensation levels have remained flat since the Spin-Off. Based on its review and conclusion that total director compensation was below the peer median, the committee recommended, and the Board approved, three changes to director compensation. The Board approved an increase to the annual equity compensation from $120,000 to $130,000

 

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effective with the awards to be made in connection with the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, an increase in the annual cash retainer for the Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee from $10,000 to $15,000 effective April 1, 2021, and an increase in the annual cash retainer for the Chair of the Compensation & Human Capital Management Committee from $15,000 to $20,000 effective April 1, 2021.

Director Deferred Compensation Plan

In September 2019, the Compensation and Human Capital Management Committee approved the adoption of the Resideo Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors (the “Director Deferred Compensation Plan”). This plan encourages our directors to hold a portion of their compensation in the form of equity or deferred cash, which can only be monetized at the end of their tenure on the Board or in other limited circumstances. At the same time, the Compensation and Human Capital Management Committee also permitted non-employee directors to defer their annual equity award in accordance with the terms of our 2018 Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors of Resideo Technologies, Inc. (the “Director Stock Plan”).

Prior to the first day of each calendar year beginning on or after January 1, 2020, each non-employee director may (i) elect to convert all of his or her annual cash retainer fees as well as any annual committee and chair fees other than reimbursements otherwise payable to him or her by the Company into deferred stock units or deferred cash pursuant to the Director Deferred Compensation Plan, and (ii) elect to defer payment of his or her annual equity grant of restricted stock units once the award has vested in accordance with its terms and conditions. Each deferred stock unit under the Director Deferred Compensation Plan and each vested restricted stock unit that a non-employee director has elected to defer under the terms of the Director Stock Plan represents the right to receive one share of our common stock generally on the first day of the seventh calendar month following the date the non-employee director incurs a separation of service from us.

Other Benefits: Non-employee directors are also provided with $350,000 in business travel accident insurance.

Director Compensation for 20202021

In 2020,2021, each non-employee director received his or her annual cash retainer amount in addition to the annual equity retainer award of RSUs with a grant date fair value of approximately $120,000.$130,000. Annual equity retainers generally vest with respect to 100% of the RSUs awarded on the first anniversary of the grant date, subject to continued service on the Board. Beginning in 2020, eachEach of our non-employee directors has the ability to elect to defer all of his or her annual cash retainer as well as his or her annual equity retainer award pursuant to the terms of our Director Deferred Compensation Plan and Director Stock Plan, respectively, as discussed above. The table below reflects the 20202021 compensation paid to our non-employee directors. Dr. Yusuf was not a director for any portion of 2020 and therefore is not listed in the tables below.

 

Director Name

  

Fees Earned or

Paid in Cash

($)

   

Stock Awards

(1)($)

   

Total     

($)     

   

Fees Earned or

Paid in Cash

(1)($)

   

Stock Awards

(2)($)

   

Total     

($)     

 

Roger Fradin

  $275,000   $119,992   $394,992         341,250    129,996    471,246      

Paul Deninger

  $115,000   $119,992   $234,992         137,500    129,996    267,496      

Cynthia Hostetler(2)

  $51,055   $148,188   $199,243         102,951    129,996    232,947      

Brian Kushner

  $94,126   $119,992   $214,118         134,221    129,996    264,217      

Jack Lazar

  $128,322   $119,992   $248,314         144,221    129,996    274,217      

Nina Richardson

  $115,822   $119,992   $235,814         134,221    129,996    264,217      

Andrew Teich(3)

  $440,537   $119,992   $560,529         256,322    129,996    248,838      

Sharon Wienbar

  $116,896   $119,992   $236,888         135,000    129,996    264,996      

Kareem Yusuf(4)

   54,272    157,926    212,198      

 

(1)

In January 2021, the members of the Resideo Board of Directors received a payment that was approximately equal to the amount of first quarter 2020 annual retainer fees that they had elected to forego in April 2020, in support of the Company’s cost cutting initiatives in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Company elected to make this payment following an assessment of the 2020 fiscal year business results.

(2)

The stock award values set forth in the above 20202021 Director Compensation Table represent the aggregate grant date fair value of stock awards computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. Annual equity retainer awards in the form of RSUs totaling 12,1724,070 shares were made to non-employee directors on June 8, 20209, 2021 with a fair value of $9.858$31.94 per share.

(2)(3)

Ms. HostetlerIncluded in the Fees Earned or Paid in Cash for Mr. Teich are $137,480 in cash retainers which Mr. Teich elected to defer as deferred share units (DSU). These DSUs are fully vested when granted but will not be distributed to Mr. Teich until he leaves the Resideo Board in accordance with the provisions of the Director Deferred Compensation Plan.

(4)

Mr. Yusuf also received an RSU award for 6,143940 shares with a fair value of $4.59$29.713 per share upon joining the Resideo Board on March 19, 2020.15, 2021. This award vested in full on June 12, 2020.

(3)

Mr. Teich’s fees earned include the retainer payments he received for his service as Chair of the special Strategic & Operational Committee that was formed in late 2019 and completed its work in December 2020.8,2021.

 

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A more detailed discussion of the assumptions used in the valuation of stock awards made in fiscal year 20202021 may be found in Note 185 of the Notes to the Financial Statements in the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020.2021.

 

Director Name

  

Outstanding     

Equity Awards     

as of 12/31/20202021     

(#)     

 

Roger Fradin

   23,3299,649      

Paul Deninger

   23,3299,649      

Cynthia Hostetler

   12,17216,242      

Brian Kushner

   12,1724,070      

Jack Lazar

   23,32921,821      

Nina Richardson

   23,32921,821      

Andrew Teich

   23,32913,335      

Sharon Wienbar

   23,3299,649     

Kareem Yusuf

4,070      

Stock Ownership Guideline for Non-Employee Directors

To further align the interests of directors with the long-term interests of our shareholders, non-employee directors are required to own, until their separation from service from the Board, at least five times the value of their annual cash retainer, or $450,000, in our common stock by the fifth anniversary of their appointment to the Board. For purposes of the guidelines, share ownership includes shares of Resideo common stock, restricted stock units and deferred stock units. Accordingly, the guidelines align our directors’ economic interests in the performance of the Company with those of our shareholders.

As of December 31, 2020,2021, all directors, except Ms. Hostetler who joined the Board in 2020 and Dr.Mr. Yusuf who joined the Board in 2021, have met the minimum stock ownership required under our stock ownership guidelines.

Compensatory Arrangement with Former Director and Executive Officer

On January 5, 2020, the Company entered into a letter agreement with Niccolo de Masi, who was a director and executive officer of the Company until January 6, 2020 and remained an employee until March 13, 2020. In addition to severance benefits under our Severance Plan for Designated Executive Employees, with enhanced salary continuation payments of 18 months, Mr. de Masi was also eligible for continued vesting of his November 18, 2018 restricted stock unit award that he received upon his election as a director and before he became an executive officer and he was eligible to receive a payment equal to his 2020 target annual incentive award, pro-rated for the portion of 2020 during which he remained employed, which amount would only include one-half of the amount tied to the individual performance component. All the severance benefits were subject to the conditions in the Executive Severance Plan, and the additional benefits were subject to Mr. de Masi’s compliance with other covenants governing his separation, including a one-year non-competition andtwo-year non-solicitation restriction.

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Other Executive Officers

In addition to Mr. Geldmacher, whose biographical information is included above, the following is a list of individuals serving as executive officers of Resideo as of the date of this Proxy Statement. All of Resideo’s executive officers have been appointed by the Board and serve at the discretion of the Board and CEO. There are no family relationships among any of our executive officers.

 

NAME, AGE,

YEAR FIRST APPOINTED

AN EXECUTIVE OFFICER

 

 

POSITION

 

 

BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

Robert Aarnes, 51,52, 2018

 President, ADI Global Distribution Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Aarnes served as president of Honeywell’s ADI Global Distribution business since January 2017. Mr. Aarnes served as vice president and general manager of Honeywell’s ADI North America business from November 2014 to January 2017. Mr. Aarnes served as vice president of operations of Honeywell’s ADI North America business from January 2013 to November 2014. Prior to joining Honeywell, Mr. Aarnes served as president and chief executive officer of GUNNAR Optiks, LLC, a company that specializes in developing and manufacturing digital eyewear, from September 2008 to November 2012. Mr. Aarnes received his bachelor’s degree in political science from the United States Naval Academy and his MBA in management from San Diego State University.

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NAME, AGE,

YEAR FIRST APPOINTED

AN EXECUTIVE OFFICER

POSITION

BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

Dana Huth, 60, 2021

Executive Vice President, Chief Revenue OfficerPrior to joining the Company, Mr. Huth served as executive vice president and chief revenue officer of Advanced Energy, a multinational technology company from 2019 to 2021. Prior to that, Mr. Huth served as president of Artesyn Embedded Power, a power supply company, during 2019 until it was acquired by Advanced Energy later that year. Before leading Embedded Power, Mr. Huth served as president of consumer business and global sales at Artesyn Embedded Technologies from 2014 to 2019, and as president of global sales, key accounts and distribution at Emerson Embedded Power from 2008 to 2014. At Motorola, Mr. Huth held senior management positions from 2004 to 2008, including vice President of worldwide sales and market development, vice president of global accounts, and vice president of sales for the Asia Pacific region and Japan. Mr. Huth also spent more than 19 years with Avnet, Inc., one of the world’s largest value-added distributors and systems integrators of electronic components, computer products, and embedded technology.

Stephen Kelly, 53,54, 2018

 Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Kelly served as vice president of Human Resources and Communications for Honeywell’s aerospace business from 2014 to 2018. Mr. Kelly was the vice president of Corporate Human Resources, Organizational Development & Learning at Honeywell from 2013 to 2014. Mr. Kelly joined Honeywell in 2008 and has served in various human resources leadership positions for Honeywell’s aerospace business. He was vice president of Human Resources for Honeywell’s aerospace business’s commercial segment in 2013. Previously, Mr. Kelly was vice president of Human Resources for Honeywell’s Aerospace Defense & Space unit from 2011 to 2013. He was vice president of Human Resources for Honeywell’s aerospace Engineering & Marketing unit from 2008 to 2011. Prior to joining Honeywell, Mr. Kelly was vice president of Human Resources for the Dental business at Danaher Corporation, a global science and technology innovator, from 2007 to 2008. Mr. Kelly was Vice President of the EMEA region and global head of staffing and talent management of the Industrial Technologies business at Danaher from 2005 to 2007. Prior to joining Danaher, Mr. Kelly was the head of Human Resources for BHA Group, Inc., a leading global supplier of replacement parts and services for industrial air pollution control systems. Mr. Kelly received his bachelor’s degree in personnel administration from the University of Kansas and a master’s degree in organizational development from Ottawa University.

Jeannine Lane, 60,61, 2018

 

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer

 Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Lane was the Vice President and General Counsel of Honeywell Homes since January 2018. She was the Vice President and General Counsel of Honeywell Security and Fire from 2015 to 2017, Honeywell Fire Business and Honeywell Safety Business from 2014 to 2015, Honeywell Life Safety Business from 2013 to 2014 and Honeywell Security from 2004 to 2013. Prior to Honeywell, Ms. Lane served as the Vice President and General Counsel of Prestone Products Corporation, an automotive consumer car care company. Ms. Lane holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from SUNY University at Albany and a Doctorate of Law from Albany Law School.

 

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NAME, AGE,

YEAR FIRST APPOINTED

AN EXECUTIVE OFFICER

 

 

POSITION

 

 

BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

Travis Merrill, 45,46, 2020

 

Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy & Commercial Officer

 Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Merrill served as president of the Commercial Business Unit and chief marketing officer at FLIR Systems, Inc., an industrial technology company focused on intelligent sensing solutions, from 2014 until 2020. He was employed by Samsung Electronics from 2006 until 2014 where he most recently served as vice president of Samsung’s U.S. tablet business. Mr. Merrill began his career in the telecommunications industry with posts at CenturyLink and Covad Communications. Mr. Merrill received his bachelor’s degree in English at Wabash College, master’s of science degree in telecommunications from the University of Colorado and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

Phillip Theodore, 53,54, 2020

 President, Products & Solutions Mr. Theodore is the founder and managing director of Ironhawk Advisory Group, a boutique investment advisory service firm, and has served in these positions since May 2008, and continues to serve as managing director. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Theodore served as interim chief executive officer of the Consumer Division of Artesyn Embedded Technologies, a power supply company, from 2019 to 2020. From 2017 to 2019, Mr. Theodore was chief financial officer and acting chief operating officer of Artesyn’s Asia Pacific operations. From 2015 to 2017, Mr. Theodore was general manager of the healthcare services division of Transworld Systems, Inc., a provider of ARM financial services to the government, education, healthcare and commercial business segments. Prior to joining Transworld Systems, Mr. Theodore held various executive financial and operational leadership roles at global manufacturing and distribution companies. Mr. Theodore received his bachelor’s degree in accounting from Saint John Fisher College and an MBA from Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University.

Anthony L. Trunzo, 58,59, 2020

 Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer Mr. Trunzo most recently served as managing director at Gryphon Investors, a private equity firm, since October 2019, and he was an independent consultant advising private equity firms from January 2017 to October 2019. From April 2015 to November 2016, Mr. Trunzo was executive vice president and CFO of FEI Company, a microscope technology company, before it was acquired by ThermoFisher Scientific in September 2016. Prior to that, he served in leadership roles at FLIR Systems, Inc., an industrial technology company focused on intelligent sensing solutions, including as senior vice president and CFO from 2010 to 2015, and as senior vice president, Corporate Strategy and Development from 2003 to 2010. Earlier in his career, Mr. Trunzo worked in various capacities at Bank of America Securities and PNC Bank. Mr. Trunzo received his bachelor’s degree in economics from the Catholic University of America and an MBA from the University of Pittsburg.Pittsburgh. Mr. Trunzo has also completed Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program.

 

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Our Planet, Our People,Investing in Our Purpose

 

 

Our Board of Directors and the Company’s committees play a key role in oversight of the Company’s Environmental, SocialEnvironmental, Social and GovernanceGovernance (ESG) efforts. We believe that as a publicly traded company, the impact of our global business operations on Our Planet, how we care forNominating and manage Our People,Governance Committee oversees and what we stand for in Our Purpose, are critical to the Company’s success. In 2020, we established an ESG Council comprised of various functional and business leaders to ensure continued focus on these important initiatives, and to report out regularlyreports to the Board on the Company’s role as a responsible corporate citizen, including its ESG programs. Our Compensation and its Committees.

Human Capital Management Committee oversees the Company’s plans, policies and programs relating to hiring, development and retention of talent, and assists the Board in oversight of the Company’s policies relating to human capital management, including diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). Our Planet

We understand thatexternal and internal viewpoints are aligned: we hold ourselves accountable to our people, our communities, the earth’s resources are limited, and we need to be a good steward of them to make Our Planet a better place for future generations. A focused approach to sustainability is a priority for usplanet, and our leadership is accountablebrand.

We entered 2021 with strong foundational ESG capabilities and concluded the year with significant accomplishments and a new strategic direction for our sustainabilityESG program. We engaged a third party to evaluate current state ESG efforts to ensure that enough resources are deployed to manage our commitments and maintain appropriate controls. This commitment is documented in our Sustainability Opportunity policy endorsed by our CEOconduct gap and publicly available on our website.

We communicatemateriality assessments. The process included interviews with key internal and external stakeholders to promote awareness of their responsibilities and how they can contribute to improving sustainability efforts. Inbenchmarking our efforts against peers. Direct findings from our materiality assessment have focused our initial year asefforts around climate change risk, data governance and human capital management/DEI. In an effort to leverage this work and resource this effort, we scoped and filled two essential ESG roles—Vice President of ESG company-wide and Manager of Global Sustainability for our Products & Solutions business. Going forward, we anticipate that many of our Key Performance Indicators will embed our ESG targets and objectives.

A more focused and directed ESG structure reflective of our maturing internal viewpoint.

A key result of our external ESG review is our newly established ESG structure, which outlines those ESG areas that are material to Resideo and will drive our global operating goals in 2022 and beyond. The elements of this new policy include Innovate, Reduce, Commit, Impact, and Trust.

From a strategy perspective, we used calendar year 2019 as a baseline to measurewill integrate ESG efforts across our environmental impactproduct offerings and commercial markets, our development, retention and recruitment of our workforce, and the policies and programs that secure our brand and support our employees and customers. We will continue with our efforts towards alignment with critical frameworks including the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (“SASB”), and to establish sustainability targets for the organization, with a core objective of reducingalso meet market expectations around our carbon impact both in terms of our operational footprint and in the product offerings to our customers and the public at large. Our stated goals in 2020 were to reduce our energy usage, water consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2025. We also stated our goal to reduce both hazardous waste and non-hazardous waste by the same 20% target over the same period.impact.

We have made progress and see continuing opportunities to reduce our carbon footprint and minimize greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in two main areas:

Sustainability in our Operations — how we’re optimizing our supply chains, our facilities and reducing non-renewable resources wherever possible;

Sustainability Through our Products — many of the products we manufacture help consumers achieve comfort while also reducing their energy use and ensuring their homes are protected from damage;

Sustainability in our Operations

Aligned to Resideo’s commitment to design, build and supply products that help keep our customers comfortable, safe and secure and also support environmental responsibility, we also focus on the environmental impact of our operations. In 2020, all core environmental metrics showed improvement versus our baseline year of 2019 for our manufacturing footprint (figures are normalized by annual revenue):

    

Measurement

  Units  2020 Levels  YOY Savings
(normalized by
revenue)
    

Energy Consumption

  BBTU  570  9.4%
    

Equivalent Greenhouse Gas Emissions

  MT CO2 e  60,000  12.2%
    

Water Consumption

  m3  680,000  8.1%
    

Hazardous Waste Generation

  Million kg  0.5  28.4%
    

Non-Hazardous Waste Generation

  Million kg  8.2  5.2%

Sustainability Through our Products

Resideo’s greatest strength in sustainability is built on a foundation of air, energy, water and security product lines designed to enable our customers to save energy, water, and carbon, with a presence in over 150 million homes worldwide.LOGO

 

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LOGOInnovate

Our Innovate capstone is focused on driving sustainable offerings for water, air, energy, and security for our consumers’ homes and buildings. Our key focus areas include design for sustainability (product benefits), packaging, product safety, and quality. Internally, we are identifying what makes our products and solutions sustainable and how we can leverage these insights to create new offerings. We are working to instill sustainability in the mindset of each function, from the procurement of raw materials to the certifications and standards of products and solutions that the marketplace now demands and our customers expect.

Our roots extend overfuture state further contemplates end-of-life product management. We received the first EcoLogo certification for a century toconnected thermostat in the very firstmarket. This thermostat built with a programmable setpoint schedulehas 33% post-consumer recycled content and 93% of its packaging from wood-fiber is derived from sustainably managed forest and/or recycled content. Key processes are evolving as well, including new product development, where we are meaningfully embracing ESG in the design of our products.

Reduce

A key pillar of the ESG structure is set to reduce our environmental impact in our own Resideo home. Strategic focus areas include climate change risk, energy use resulting in lower heating and cooling costs for the homeowner. Since then, the features of our Connected and Non-Connected Thermostat lines have evolved to drive better savings without sacrificing comfort by leveraging geofencing, setpoint optimization and other intelligence. For our Connected Thermostats installed in homes and businesses, we estimate that more than 1.2 TWh of electricity and 97M Therms of natural gas were saved last year. In addition to energy savings, our thermostats are involved in most major residential utility Demand Response programs in North America. Resideo’s Energy Management division also controls a fleet of flexible Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) serving at the forefront of the smart electricity grid. These DERs are enabling the proliferation of renewable generation sources lowering both costs andGHG emissions across the country, and as a leader in the industry, Resideo’s contribution will be key tosupply chain, waste management, and water management. Our global operating footprint targets a sustainable future.20% reduction in energy usage, hazardous waste, water consumption, and GHG Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by 2025 over our 2019 baseline, and has a goal of improving our waste diversion rates over the same horizon.

Measurement

 Units 2021 Savings versus 2019
baseline

Energy Consumption

 BBTU 583.35 17.4%

Equivalent Greenhouse Gas Emissions

 MT CO2e 61,077.99 20.2%

Water Consumption

 M3 515,496.41 39.3%

Hazardous Waste Generation

 Million Kg 0.78 3.9%

Normalized by revenue

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HVAC monitoring is also a growing part of our product portfolio, with energy and cost savings for buildings and the professional contractors who service them:Key accomplishments include:

 

Our Remote Appliance Monitoring products connect data fromFirst ISO-50001 facility certification in our Connected Thermostats and additional sensors to professional contractors trained in spotting problems in HVAC equipment before they develop into issues. The contractor is often able to consult with the homeowner to remedy the situation without an unnecessary site visit, saving time and transportation energy;factory at Nagykanizsa, Hungary;

 

Our new LifeWhere product takes remote monitoring toNagykanizsa, Hungary plant received the next levelEnergy Efficiency Company award from the Hungarian Government for its energy savings via use of solar panels;

Successful ISO 140001 recertification of our Tianjin, China, Newhouse, Scotland and Lotte, Germany manufacturing facilities;

Waste diversion rate has increased by injecting machine learning into the equation to detect signs of issues2.44% over our 2019 baseline across our operations footprint; and inefficiencies before a costly failure occurs.

Newly built Dallas, Texas distribution center specified LED lighting and industry leading insulation for both energy savings and employee comfort.

Resideo produces many products thatCommit

We are key components in systems people use every day. Our Atmosphericcommitted to an equitable, safe and Powered Gas Water Heater Valves are found in four million water heater tanks produced each year. Efficiency standardsnurturing work environment. Strategic focus areas include diversity, equity and innovation have recently driven water heater efficiency up by 6% for atmosphericinclusion, employee health and 3% for tanks with powered valves. Based on the installed base of these water heaters over the last decade, we believe our valves in these more efficient systems contributed to a reduction of an estimated 1T Therms of natural gas savings last year.

In summary, our leading airsafety, and energy products contributed to the following direct savings in our customer homes in 2020:talent development. Key initiatives include:

 

Measurement

Units2020 Savings

Electricity Consumption

Billion kWh1.2

Natural Gas Consumption

Million Therms140

Equivalent Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Million MT CO2  e1.6

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Our ConnectedIn 2022, we filled our newly created role of Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Non-Connected Water Valves & Preventers help enable more efficient managementInclusion, demonstrating our commitment in this area.

Expanding our six Employee Resource Groups (“ERGs”) to over 800 engaged employees. These ERGs include Women@Resideo, Black@Resideo, Pride@Resideo, Latinos@Resideo, Veterans@Resideo and disAbilities@Resideo.

Expanding our outreach efforts to identify diverse candidates, including launch of building hot water. These allow lower temperatures to be usedour partnerships with Society of Women in water systems, saving energy by reducing howEngineering and National Society of Black Engineers.

 

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much heat is requiredLaunching our whole person wellness programs to highlight all the ways we value and improving safety by limiting scalding. invest in our employees.

Introducing a new mentorship platform, allowing employees the opportunity to seek out a Resideo Water Leakinternal mentor who has expertise in the skills or goal areas they are seeking to develop. The program has been well received with over 350 participants.

Empowering employees to own their careers through an interactive Career Navigator program that takes them on a journey of self-discovery, thoughtful planning, and Freeze Detectors (WLDs) are one of our premier connected products that pays dividends for our customers and insurance companies by detecting leaks and freeze-related water breaks in water heater tanks, washers, and sinks before they become catastrophic failures. A recent pilot program concluded that 11% of catastrophic failures were avoided thanks to these innovative products. When extrapolating to all these devices in use this would have saved $1.6M in claims and 2.7M gallons of water in 2020 alone.action-oriented growth.

Our People

Our human capital management is a critical component of our overall Company strategy. We are committed to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace, where employees can bring their authentic selves to work each day. We sponsor employee resource groups for Women, LGBTQIA+, Black, Latino, Veterans, and people with Differing Abilities, and strive to attract diverse talent. Ensuring “pay for performance” and aligning our total rewards program with shareholder interests, including the 2020 rollout of an employee stock purchase plan, are key to our vision. Engaging and developing our talent is vital to our business and operating results. This year we launched an improved Employee Voice Survey and created action plans to respond to employee feedback, developed a people manager certification training program, enhanced our global mentor program, and revamped our annual performance planning process to empower managers to provide quarterly feedback to our employees through quarterly “pulse” conversations versus having annual end-of-year development conversations. These initiatives have spawned “continual personnel improvement” where we’re challenging our employees, gauging their satisfaction with Resideo and developing our future leaders.

Additional information regarding our employee programs, including health and safety data, can be found in the Human Capital section of the Company’s recent annual report on Form 10-K,10-K. available on our website.

COVID-19 Health and Safety MeasuresImpact

AsWe improve the future of organizations, partners, and individuals by driving positive impact in our community.

Continued partnership with most companies,Habitat for Humanity International including a $500,000 donation of cash, product and a cause marketing campaign.

Partnered with Band of Builders, a small UK-based non-profit that supports the physical and mental well-being of the trade installers.

Served as a sponsor of Building Talent Foundation (“BTF”) and in 2021 jointly chaired with BTF an HVAC Industry Education Council made up of HVAC employers, technical colleges and other manufacturers to identify the skills needed to secure a job and progress in the field and map educational and credential requirements needed for students to be successful.

Established a partnership with Minneapolis Community & Technical College (“MC&T”) to help empower the next generation of professional contractors. Resideo’s training team is also assisting MC&T faculty with curriculum development.

Donated $100,000 to Direct Relief, a nonprofit humanitarian organization on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic had a substantial impact in 2020 on our workplaces and our employees. Our commitment to providing a safe and healthy workplace for all employees was heightened by the challenges of the pandemic, and we responded aggressively to the constantly changing global landscape of learnings, guidance and directives. In response to the pandemic, we took numerous actions to protect the health and safety of our employees, visitors and customers. These actions included formation of a response team, contact tracing and tracking of exposure and positive cases, enhanced cleaning protocols, moving to work from home where possible, suspension of most business travel and in-person meetings, the purchase of face coverings, gloves, hand sanitizer, and hand held thermometers, installation of thermal scanners at our manufacturing sites, installation of floor demarcations and plastic shields in our ADI branches and on manufacturing lines, weekly internal audits, external audits of select sites, leasing of additional vans to permit distancing where we provide transportation to employees, daily symptom self-assessments, curbside and contactless pickup in many locations, enhanced employee benefits, COVID-19 testing, and policies requiring face coverings and physical distancing.

Some additional specific actions we took to protect our employees, customers and visitors included:

Global COVID-19 Response Team: As the pandemic’s scope became clear in February 2020, we created a global coronavirus response team including representatives from key functions and business units. The team tracked developing guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and similar agencies, and identified various actions for protecting the health and safety of our employees, while also ensuring we could continue to meet the needs of our customers.response.

 

Work from Home Implemented Where Feasible: On March 16, 2020, we moved globallyContinued our support for Mission 500, a non-profit organization that engages security professionals to a work from home model for all positions where feasible, intended to not only protect remote workers but to decrease traffic onsite to protect our essential frontline workers.assist families in crisis across the U.S.

Restrictions on Business Travel, Conferences and Site Visitors: Beginning in March 2020, we significantly limited business travel, eventually cancelling all business travel for a period and pivoting instead to quality electronic platforms for meetings.Trust

Health and Welfare Benefits: When our Mexico manufacturing associates found it difficult to obtain COVID-19 testing and treatment, we offered special COVID-19 health coverage and separately engaged a

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vendor to provide rapid, priority testing. We took advantage of changes in U.S. law to permit 401(k) distributions and increased options for use of flexible spending accounts. In addition, where feasible we enhanced benefit coverage to include COVID-19 related illness.

Hotline for Employee COVID-19 Concerns: We utilized our existing Integrity & Compliance hotline as an avenue for employees to report a COVID-19 safety concern, and specifically noted that the Company prohibits retaliation against employees who report unsafe or unhealthy working conditions regarding the pandemic. We continue to stay abreastOne of the changing COVID-19 landscapeCompany’s key ESG elements is to drive a foundation of trust in the market through fair and monitorethical behavior. Our Code of Business Conduct and related policies, which apply to our workplacesdirectors, officers and employees, set the standards to provide a safeensure we operate ethically and healthy working environment forin compliance with all laws. Our Supplier Code of Conduct imposes similar requirements on our employees.

vendors, including with respect to conflict minerals laws. Our Purpose

Resideo is working to address some of the fundamental global challenges we as citizens face today. We imagine a world where homes and buildings are good for the planet, where technology works to simplify everyday life. In that world, people are healthy, happy and secure. To help create this future, we work every day to simplify the connected world so that people have peace of mind and can focus on what matters most. We are starting at home –privacy by design framework, together with our neighborhoodsdata governance council, helps us manage and communities –use customer data in a responsible and committing to making a difference fortransparent manner. Going forward, our customers and the industries we serve.strategic focus will include expansion of our supplier due diligence efforts.

As a company, we provide people with products and technologies to manage their homes to help keep them more comfortable, efficient, and secure. We believe that for the communities where we do business and our employees live, the basic needs of safety, security, housing and freedom from hunger must first be met, before people are able to fully thrive and improve the quality of their lives.ESG reporting

We provideexpect to publish our inaugural corporate ESG report by the end of 2022. This report will broadly serve to support our new ESG structure with more detail around our platforms designed to these local communities through various, global corporate-wideaddress known concerns as they relate to climate change and localized grassroots philanthropic efforts.

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Safety and Security

Resideo has been a strong supporter of Mission500, a security industry non-profit that serves the needs of children and communities in crisis in the U.S. Resideo is a financial supporter of the organization and also has employee representation on Mission500’s Advisory Board, participating in monthly board calls to shape the strategy and direction for the organization. Resideo employees have raised funds and been given time to participate in humanitarian trips, most recently to Matlapa, Mexico, to build ecological latrines in the Eastern Mexico rain forest, and on multiple previous trips to Ponce, Puerto Rico, to help rebuild homesensure the success and infrastructure following Tropical Storm Karen and Hurricane Maria that left muchwell- being of the island community destroyed.

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Housing

Resideo has recently embarked on a program with Habitat for Humanity, a global nonprofit housing organization working in local communities across all 50 states in the U.S. and in approximately 70 countries. Resideo has identified approximately 25 communities where we have a sizable employee population and will identify work projects and cause marketing that will benefit the elderly, veterans and communities in need. Resideo will also make product donations of security systems, thermostats and other smart home controlsour stakeholders. We intend to help Habitat homebuyers be safe and comfortable in their new homes. This partnership will have a strong employee engagement and give our employees an opportunity to address local housing issues and better serve the communities in which they live.

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Hunger

Our localized, grass-roots philanthropic employee efforts have been focused on engagement with local hunger relief organizations including Feeding America, a U.S.-based non-profit with a nationwide network of more than 200 food banks that feed more than 46 million people through food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters and other community-based agencies. Employees in our Golden Valley, Minnesota, Melville, New York, and several other smaller locations have coordinated food drives and fundraising efforts that supported the local Feeding America organizations.

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COVID-19 Response

Resideo has implemented an ongoing Social Outreach program in our Mexico-based manufacturing facilities (Tijuana, Chihuahua and Juarez) to donate food baskets and cleaning supplies to local civil associations each month.

We have also provided manufacturing employees with personal protective equipment (PPE) including facemasks and hand sanitizer to share with their family members. Resideo has also partnered with the Maquiladora Association (INDEX)align these platforms around key frameworks to provide PPE supplies to first responders and local COVID-19 designated hospitals.

Infor a meaningful consideration of our Golden Valley, Minnesota, facility, Resideo donated to North Memorial Hospital and Regions Hospital approximately 700 N95 protective masks and we contributed 1,500 N95 masks to hospitals on Long Island, New York.work in these critical arenas.

 

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Related Party Transactions

 

 

Certain Transactions with Related Parties

Our ADI Global Distribution business (“ADI”) leasespreviously leased its administrative office building in Melville, New York at a current rent of approximately $1,100,000 per year and reimburses the landlord forreimbursement of certain real estate taxes and insurance premiums paid on the property. ADI vacated the property the future value of which cannot be readily determined. ADI hasin December 2021 and exercised its right to terminate the lease ineffective February 2022 for a termination fee of $150,000. After ADI entered into this lease, the property was acquired by a partnership known as “New Island Holdings.” Other than the recent exercise of the right to terminate early, there have been no material amendments to the lease since the property was acquired by New Island Holdings. Mr. Fradin, the Chairman of our Board, is a limited partner in New Island Holdings, holding a 12% ownership interest. The value of the aggregate payments allocable to Mr. Fradin’s share of New Island Holdings from January 1, 2017 through the expiration of the lease in February 2022 is approximately $720,000. The limited partners of New Island Holdings receive distributions based on total lease payments generated from the portfolio of buildings that the partnership owns, less applicable mortgage and other expenses.

In 2020, the Company entered into a master agreement and related statements of work (SOWs) for consulting services with Box and One Consulting with aggregate fees totaling $200,560. Travis Merrill, who was appointed as Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy & Commercial Officer effective December 21, 2020, was the sole employee of Box and One Consulting, but has terminated all prior arrangements with Box and One Consulting after joining the Company. The consulting services provided by Box and One Consulting concluded prior to Mr. Merrill’s appointment as an officer of the Company and no further consulting services were provided by Box and One Consulting since such appointment.

Review, Approval and Ratification of Transactions with Related Parties

The Company has a written Policy Concerning Related Party Transactions (the “Policy”) regarding the review and approval andor ratification of transactions between the Company and related parties. The Policy applies to any transaction in which Resideo or its subsidiary is a participant, the amount involved exceeds $120,000 and a related party has a direct or indirect material interest. A related party means any director or executive officer of the Company, any nominee for director, any shareholder known to the Company to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of any class of the Company’s voting securities and any immediate family member of any such persons.

Under the Policy, reviews are conducted by management to determine which transactions or relationships should be referred to the Audit Committee for consideration. The Audit Committee then reviews the material facts and circumstances regarding a transaction and determines whether or not the transaction is fair and reasonable and consistent with the Policy. Under the Policy, and whether theany related party transaction shouldmust be ratifiedsubmitted for prior approval where reasonably possible or, approved.if not approved in advance, submitted for ratification. The Policy is in addition to the provisions addressing conflicts of interest in our Code of Business Conduct and any similar policies regarding conflicts of interest adopted by the Board. Our directors, executive officers and all other employees are expected to comply with the terms of the Code of Business Conduct.

 

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Beneficial Ownership

 

 

Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports

Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires the Company’s directors and executive officers, and persons who beneficially own more than 10% of a registered class of the Company’s equity securities, to file initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership of the Company’s common stock and other equity securities with the SEC within specified periods. Due to the complexity of the reporting rules, the Company undertakes to file such reports on behalf of its directors and executive officers and has instituted procedures to assist them with these obligations. Based solely on a review of filings with the SEC and written representations from the Company’s directors and executive officers, the Company believes that in 20202021 all of its directors and executive officers filed the required reports on a timely basis with respect to Resideo’s equity securities under Section 16(a), except that Form 4s for Mr. Teich were inadvertently filed late (i) on April 9, 2021 in connection to an acquisition of shares that occurred on April 1, 2021 and (ii) on June 11, 2021 in connection to a conversion of Restricted Stock Units into shares that occurred on June 8, 2021, and a Form 4 for Mr. NefkensMs. Wienbar was inadvertently filed late on April 8, 2020June 11, 2021 in connection towith a dispositionconversion of Restricted Stock Units into shares that occurred on March 20, 2020.June 8, 2021.

Stock Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners

The following shareholders reported to the SEC that they beneficially owned more than 5% of Resideo common stock as of December 31, 2020.2021.

 

Name and Address of Beneficial Owner

Title of
Class
Amount and Nature of
Beneficial Ownership
(#)
Percent of
Class
(1)

BlackRock, Inc.

55 East 52nd Street

New York, NY 10055

Common Stock22,110,49723,795,265(2)15.26%16.5%

The Vanguard Group

100 Vanguard Boulevard

Malvern, PA 19355

Common Stock14,407,91115,351,111(3)9.94%10.63%

Praesidium Investment Management Company, LLCBoston Partners

1411 Broadway – 29One Beacon Street, 30th FloorFl.

New York, NY 10018Boston, MA 02108

Common Stock7,781,2337,229,559(4)5.37%5.01%

 

(1)

Percentage ownership based on the Schedule 13G/A filings of BlackRock, Inc., The Vanguard Group and BlackRock, Inc.Boston Partners as further described below.

(2)

According to Schedule 13G/A13G filed with the SEC on January 25, 2021,27, 2022, BlackRock, Inc. is the beneficial owner of 22,110,49723,795,265 shares (with sole voting power with respect to 21,833,29223,331,690 shares and sole dispositive power with respect to 22,110,49723,795,265 shares).

(3)

According to Schedule 13G/A13G filed with the SEC on February 10, 2021,2022, The Vanguard Group is the beneficial owner of 14,407,91115,351,111 shares (with sole voting power with respect to 0 shares, shared voting power with respect to 141,714144,825 shares, sole dispositive power with respect to 14,158,54115,097,016 shares and shared dispositive power with respect to 249,370254,095 shares).

(4)

According to a Schedule 13D13G filed with the SEC on December 13, 2019, Praesidium Investment Management Company, LLC (“Praesidium”),February 11, 2022, Boston Partners, in its capacity as investment manageradviser to certain managed accounts and investment fund vehicles on behalf of investment advisory clients, is the beneficial owner of 7,781,2337,229,559 shares (with sole voting power with respect to 7,331,6915,890,734 shares, shared voting power with respect to 8,071 shares and sole dispositive power with respect to 7,781,2337,229,559 shares). As the managing members of Praesidium, Peter Uddo and Kevin Oram may be deemed to beneficially own such shares.

 

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Stock Ownership of Directors and Executive Officers

The following table shows the ownership of Resideo common stock, as of April 14, 2021,11, 2022, by each director, each of the NEOs, and all directors and executive officers as a group. The address of each director and executive officer shown in the table below is c/o Resideo Technologies, Inc., 901 E. 6th Street, Austin, TX 78702.16100 N 71st St., Suite 550, Scottsdale, AZ 85254. Executive officers and directors are subject to stock ownership guidelines. Please see the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” for a discussion of executive stock ownership guidelines and the “Stock Ownership Guideline for Non-Employee Directors” for a discussion of non-employee stock ownership guidelines.

 

Name

  

Shares of

Common Stock (2)

  Rights to Acquire
Shares of
Common Stock
(3)
  Total(4)  

Percentage   

of Class   

Beneficially   

Owned   

  

Shares of

Common  Stock(2)

   Rights to Acquire
Shares of
Common Stock
(3)
   Total(4)   

Percentage   

of Class   

Beneficially   

Owned   

 

Non-Employee Directors

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

Roger Fradin

    180,565    12,172    192,737    *   198,315    4,070    202,385    * 

Paul Deninger

    16,502    12,172    28,674    *   34,252    4,070    38,322    * 

Cynthia Hostetler

    6,143    12,172    18,315    *   6,143    0    6,143    * 

Brian Kushner

    17,404    12,172    29,576    *   29,576    4,070    33,646    * 

Jack Lazar

    43,052    12,172    55,224    *   49,871    0    49,871    * 

Nina Richardson

    19,630    12,172    31,802    *   23,088    0    23,088    * 

Andrew Teich

    135,308    12,172    147,480    *   158,294    0    158,294    * 

Sharon Wienbar

    16,277    12,172    28,449    *   35,216    0    35,216    * 

Kareem Yusuf

    0    940    940    *   940    0    940    * 

Named Executive Officers

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

Jay Geldmacher(1)

    0    0    0    *   305,374    0    305,374    * 

Anthony Trunzo

    0    45,134    45,134    *   403,814    82,161    485,975    * 

Robert Aarnes

    36,418    107,549    143,967    *   220,581    192,155    412,736    * 

Stephen Kelly

    69,464    52,641    122,105    *

Phillip Theodore

   93,703    62,466    156,169    * 

Jeannine Lane

    26,157    48,968    75,125    *

Michael Nefkens (former CEO)

    45,161    0    45,161    *

Robert Ryder (former Interim CFO)

    5,687    0    5,687    *

Michael Flink (former EVP, Transformation)

    54,442    45,704    100,146    *

Sachin Sankpal (former President, Products & Solutions)

    59,967    40,134    100,101    *

Travis Merrill

   50,838    0    50,838    * 

All Current Directors and Executive Officers as a Group

(16 individuals)

    568,723    386,679    955,402    *   1,952,316    527,727    2,480,043    1.7% 

 

*

Indicates that the percentage of beneficial ownership does not exceed 1%, based on 144,896,552145,372,308 shares of Company common stock outstanding as of April 14, 2020.11, 2022.

(1)

Mr. Geldmacher is also a director of Resideo.

(2)

This column includes shares held of record, shares held by a bank, broker or nominee for the person’s account, shares held through family trust arrangements and shares held jointly with the named individuals’ spouses. For Mr. Fradin, this column includes 8 shares held by a limited liability company owned by Mr. Fradin.

(3)

This column includes shares of Company common stock that may be acquired under employee stock options that are exercisable as of April 14, 202111, 2022 or will become exercisable within 60 days thereafter and shares subject to restricted stock units that will vest within 60 days of April 14, 2021.11, 2022. No non-employee directors have Company stock options.

(4)

This table does not include performance-based restricted share units or time-based stock options and restricted stock units that will not be earned and/or paid within 60 days of April 14, 2021.11, 2022.

 

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Executive Compensation

 

 

Proposal 2: Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation

We seek an annual non-binding advisory vote from our shareholders to approve the compensation of our Named Executive Officers as described in the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” section below and the accompanying compensation tables. This vote is commonly known as “Say-on-Pay”.

We encourage you to read the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” and accompanying compensation tables to learn more about our executive compensation programs and policies. Our Board believes that its 20202021 compensation-related pay decisions and our executive compensation programs align the interests of shareholders and executives by emphasizing variable compensation tied to achieving measurable goals that drive value.

This vote is not intended to address a specific item of compensation, but rather our overall compensation policies and procedures related to the Named Executive Officers. Because the Say-on-Pay vote is advisory, it will not be binding upon our Board. However, our Board will take into account the outcome of the vote and discussions with investors when considering future executive compensation arrangements.

Our Board recommends that shareholders vote in favor of the following resolution:

RESOLVED, that the Company’s shareholders approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Named Executive Officers, as disclosed in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the 20212022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders pursuant to the executive compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the 20202021 Summary Compensation Table and the other related tables and disclosure.”

 

 

 

The Board of Directors unanimously recommends a vote “FOR” Proposal 2, to approve,

on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers,

as stated in the above resolution.

 

 

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COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

Executive Summary

Our Named Executive Officers

This Compensation Discussion and Analysis (“CD&A”) describes the basic objectives, principles, decisions and rationale underlying our executive compensation policies and decisions made by the Compensation and Human Capital Committee of the Board (referred to as the “Committee” throughout the Executive Compensation section). The CD&A describes the material elements of the compensation of our executive officers identified below (the “Named Executive Officers” or “NEOs”) for fiscal 2020:2021:

 

NAMED EXECUTIVE

  POSITION(S)

DATES POSITION(S) HELD

(2020 – PRESENT)

Continuing Executives

Jay Geldmacher

  President and Chief Executive OfficerMay 28, 2020 – present

Anthony Trunzo

  Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

Phillip Theodore

  June 8, 2020 – presentPresident, Products & Solutions

Robert Aarnes

  President, ADI Global DistributionJanuary 1, 2020 – present

Stephen KellyTravis Merrill

  Executive Vice President, Chief Human ResourcesStrategy & Commercial OfficerJanuary 1, 2020 – present

Jeannine Lane

Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance OfficerJanuary 1, 2020 – present

Former Executive Officers

Michael Nefkens

President and Chief Executive OfficerJanuary 1, 2020 – May 27, 2020

Robert Ryder

Interim Chief Financial OfficerJanuary 1, 2020 – June 7, 2020

Michael Flink

Executive Vice President, Transformation

Senior Vice President, Executive Advisor (non-executive)

January 1, 2020 – May 31, 2020

June 1, 2020 – March 31, 2021

Sachin Sankpal

President, Products and SolutionsJanuary 7, 2020 – October 12, 2020

Key executive team developments during fiscal 2020 that are relevant to this year’s executive compensation outcomes are:

Mr. Nefkens, our former President and CEO, left the Company on May 27, 2020.

The Board appointed Mr. Geldmacher President and CEO of the Company effective May 28, 2020, replacing Mr. Nefkens.

From November 7, 2019 to June 14, 2020, Mr. Ryder served as Interim Chief Financial Officer pursuant to an engagement letter between the Company and Horsepower Advisors LLC (“Horsepower”). As a consultant, Mr. Ryder was not eligible for our annual incentive or equity compensation and is excluded from the discussions in this CD&A of how the Committee sets executive compensation for our executive officers. The fees paid by the Company to Horsepower for Mr. Ryder’s services are represented in the Summary Compensation Table under “All Other Compensation.”

The Board appointed Mr. Trunzo Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective June 8, 2020.

From January 17, 2020 to May 31, 2020, Mr. Flink served as Executive Vice President, Transformation, after which he transitioned to Senior Vice President, Executive Advisor, which was not an executive officer position, until his employment terminated on March 31, 2021.

Mr. Sankpal left the Company on October 14, 2020.

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As a result of these executive leadership changes during fiscal 2020, the compensation of several NEOs for fiscal 2020 was determined based on our compensation policies and practices and negotiations with the NEOs in connection with their hire as the Board sought to build an executive team with the skills and experience to continue the transformation of our business. To effect these leadership transitions and ensure a smooth transition of responsibilities and leadership, the Committee approved transition and severance agreements with departing NEOs.

Our Business and Leadership Transformation in 2020

We are a leading global manufacturer and distributor of technology-driven products and solutions that help homeowners and businesses stay connected and in control of their comfort, security and energy use. We are a leader in the home heating, ventilation and air conditioning controls and security markets. We have a global footprint serving commercial and residential end-markets.

In late 2019, we commenced a comprehensive operational and financial review of our business, focused on growing revenue, improving gross margins, optimizing our organizational footprint and improving efficiency and working capital management. During fiscal 2020, we executed on these transformation initiatives, including rightsizing our cost structure and building a product innovation engine. Going into 2021, we plan to accelerate targeted investments to ensure we are well positioned for long-term growth and profitability expansion.

Notwithstanding the global headwinds in 2020, the actions our Board and leadership team took in 2019 and 2020 resulted in a stronger balance sheet, business growth and improved financial performance. These actions included, among others:

Formation of a special committee of the Board, the Strategic & Operational Committee, in late 2019 to oversee the comprehensive operational and financial review, provide guidance to management particularly during the CEO transition period and oversee the CEO transition. This committee completed its work in December 2020;

Execution on our multi-year, multi-phase operational and financial review to grow revenue and gross margin, optimize SG&A, and improve efficiency and working capital management;

Appointment of Mr. Geldmacher as CEO in May 2020 following a robust executive search and effecting other executive leadership transitions; and

Completion of an equity offering that raised approximately $279 million of net proceeds and refinancing of our senior secured term loan to deleverage our balance sheet and provide financial flexibility to pursue strategic investments.

Our Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

As the COVID-19 pandemic began to affect our business, our leadership team focused on protecting our employees and customers, stabilizing our operations, and taking actions to protect our financial condition. The actions that impacted our human capital, including compensation and benefits, included:

Instituted extensive and comprehensive health and safety protocols to protect employees and customers at all facilities that remained opened;

Ensured our employees in the U.S. had medical coverage for testing and related costs due to testing and treatment for COVID-19;

Implemented cost reductions in the form of salary reductions, furloughs, and reduced hours for certain employees, including reduced salaries for certain senior executives;

Eliminated Board service fees for the first quarter of 2020;

Implemented special COVID-19 medical insurance protection for employees working in our Mexico facilities;

Extended permission for employees with a flexible spending account to reduce coverage mid-year and adopted plan provision to use 2020 unused funds for services in 2021; and

Adopted the COVID-19 provision in the Resideo 401(k) Plan to allow for distributions of up to $100,000 under the CARES Act.

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Where employee agreement was necessary, an overwhelming majority of employees joined their worldwide colleagues in supporting this effort to help us preserve our business continuity. In addition to cost savings, our employees all stepped up and faced the challenges of operating during a pandemic head on. Our employees found creative ways to keep moving forward safely, which allowed us to continue our essential work of protecting public health and keeping people safe through our water heater, furnace and potable water controls, as well as our security products and services.

Following a review of our financial condition near the end of fiscal 2020 and in recognition of our employees’ significant hard work during a challenging year, we paid a special year-end bonus to current employees who were previously impacted by COVID-19 salary reductions and furloughs. The amount was generally comparable to the financial impact of the pay reductions earlier in the year.

Our Executive Compensation Philosophy and Approach

We operate in a highly competitive and rapidly evolving market. Our ability to compete and succeed in this environment depends on our ability to recruit, incentivize and retain talented individuals.

We believe we have created a compensation program for our employees, including our executives, that provides a compelling and engaging opportunity. The program offers rewards for performance and engages our participants by requiring them to focus on driving the business to generate long-term value for our shareholders. We believe this approach is building a performance-driven leadership culture. Utilizing this philosophy, our executive compensation program has been designed to:

 

Be market competitive, targeting median pay levels for total annual compensation, as defined by our peer group;

 

Create sustained increases in shareholder value through incentives designed to drive high performance;

 

Drive revenue growth, margin expansion and accelerate innovation;

Reward achievement of near-near and long-term business performance targets;

 

Make pay decisions based on an executive’s skills and responsibilities, individual performance, experience, importance to the organization, retention, affordability and internal pay equity;

 

Encourage employees to think like ownersAdvance our environmental, social, and align the interests of our leaders at all levels with those of our shareholders by granting equity awards to mid-levelgovernance priorities; and senior leaders; and

 

Deliver compensation in accordance with good governance practices that do not encourage undue risk-taking by our employees.

Our executive compensation program for 20202021 utilized revenue growth, adjusted EBITDA, gross marginoperating income, and operating cash flow from operations as components of our annual incentive plan. A substantial portion of our long-term incentive awardsaward is linked to relative total shareholder return that reinforces our belief that the interests of our executive team must be intricately linked to that of our shareholders. We remain committed to best practices in compensation governance for public companies, as described in more detail below, and will regularly review our executive compensation strategy to maintain alignment with our objectives.

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Our Commitment to Compensation Best Practices

As part of our executive compensation program, the Committee is committed to regularly reviewing and considering best practices in governance in executive compensation. Following our spin-off from Honeywell, we implemented andWe maintain the following policies and practices that guide our ongoing, annual executive compensation program.

As described above, the compensation for several of our NEOs who were hired or whose employment transitioned during fiscal 2020 was determined by negotiations with those executives and therefore may not have reflected the practices below for compensation in the NEO’s first year of employment or year of transition; however, the Committee remains committed to these best practices over the long term.

 

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WHAT WE DO

       WHAT WE DON’T DO

 

LOGO    Maintain robust stock ownership guidelines requiring our officers and directors to hold a significant ownership position in the Company

 

LOGO    Provide compensation packages heavily weighted toward equity compensation

 

LOGO    Tie our incentive compensation programs directly to the creation of shareholder value

 

LOGO    Link our annual bonus plan goals directly to our annual operating plan to drive our growth plan

 

LOGO    Use multiple performance metrics for our 20202021 annual incentive plan and include a maximum cap on all our incentive award payouts

 

LOGO    Ensure a significant portion of our NEOs’ compensation is variable and based on company performance

 

LOGO    Retain an independent compensation consultant, selected by the Committee, to advise on competitive compensation practices

 

LOGO    Provide for severance benefits to our NEOs in connection with a change in control of the Company that requires a double trigger

 

LOGO    Require our NEOs, where permitted by law, to sign non-competition and intellectual property agreements

 

LOGO    Set the annual goals for our CEO with consultation and regular performance evaluations by our independent directors

 

LOGO    Maintain a compensation recoupment (“clawback”) policy triggered by a material restatement of the Company’s financial statements which is applicable to all our NEOs

 

LOGO    Evaluate and manage risk in our compensation programs

 

   

 

×   Allow hedging or pledging of our securities by our directors and employees, including our NEOs

 

×   Backdate or spring-load equity awards

 

×   Reprice stock options or stock appreciation rights without shareholder approval

 

×   Offer any compensation programs or policies which reward excessive risk-taking

 

×   Provide multi-year guaranteed payments to executive officers

 

×��   Offer tax reimbursement payments or gross-ups on any severance or change in control payments

 

×   Provide any significant perquisites

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Peer Group and Market Data

With the assistance of our independent compensation consultant, FW Cook, the Committee selected the companies below to include in our peer group based on similar size revenue and market capitalization as well as alignment with our current profile, targeting industrial and distribution companies and internet and technology companies and focusing on the connected home. This peer group was used to support 20202021 compensation decisions.

 

 

  A.O. Smith Corp.

  Acuity Brands, Inc.

  ADT Inc.

  Alarm.com Holdings, Inc.

  Allegion plc

  Anixter International, Inc.

Arlo Technologies Inc.

  BlackBerry Limited

  Fortune Brands Home & Sec.

  Itron, Inc.

 

 

  

 

  Itron, Inc.

  Juniper Networks, Inc.

  Lennox International Inc.

  NCR Corporation

  NETGEAR, Inc.

  Nuance Communications

  Owens Corning

  Pentair plc

  Watsco, Inc.

In prior years, Anixter International (“Anixter”) had been included in the Company’s peer group. However, Anixter was acquired in June 2020 by WESCO International and thus removed from the list of peers for 2021. While the Committee considers peer group information provided by its independent consultant as part of its benchmarking analysis, it may also refer to other available resources including published compensation data from surveys to fully understand competitive compensation practices in the external marketplace for executive talent.

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Although the Committee uses median benchmark data to guide its compensation decisions, actual compensation levels may vary based on the Committee’s consideration of other factors described below.

Elements of Compensation

Overview

Our Committee has the primary authority to determine and approve the compensation of our NEOs. The Committee is charged with reviewing our executive compensation policies and practices annually to ensure that the total compensation paid to our NEOs is fair, reasonable, competitive to our peers and commensurate with the level of expertise and experience of our NEOs.

Our Committee reviews and approves the total amount of compensation for our NEOs and the allocation of total compensation among each of the components. Except in the case of negotiated arrangements for new and transitioning executives that may involve consideration of other factors as described below, theThe Committee’s decisions related to NEO compensation levels and mix for fiscal 20202021 were determined principally on the following factors:

 

Individual and Company performance;

 

Each executive’s scope of responsibility and experience;

 

The judgment and general industry knowledge obtained through years of service with comparably-sized companies in our industry and other similar industries; and

 

Input about competitive market practices from our independent compensation consultant.

Our management team and human resources leadership worked closely with the Committee to analyze competitive market practices and effectively design and implement our executive compensation program. Our CEO regularly participates in Committee meetings and develops and provides recommendations to the Committee regarding the compensation for our NEOs (excluding himself) and the design of our incentive compensation programs. Our CEO and other NEOs are not present when their own compensation arrangements are discussed by the Committee.

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Resideo’s 20202021 Executive Compensation Program

We have designed both near- and long-term incentive (LTI) compensation packages that we believe are competitive and support the compensation objectives described above. The key elements of our compensation program for NEOs other than NEOs who were hired or were transitioning in fiscal 2020 are set forth below.

 

 

BASE SALARY

  

 

  Salaries are competitive with median market practice for the individual’s role, taking into consideration individual performance, experience, scope of role relative to market benchmarks and other factors

  

ANNUAL INCENTIVE PLAN

 

  

 

  Our 20202021 annual incentives were tied to achieving growth and profitability targets approved by the Board.Board

 

  Financial metrics for 20202021 were revenue, adjusted EBITDA, gross marginoperating income, and operating cash flow from operations, which represented 80% of the target incentive opportunity

  The individual performance component of each executive’s annual incentive was linked to an assessment of their individual business initiatives, which represented 20%100% of the target incentive opportunity

  

 

LONG-TERM INCENTIVES

  

 

  Target long-term incentive values were granted to our NEOs through threetwo equity instruments:

  Stock options representing thirty percent (30%) of the total LTI value vesting annually over three years in equal, one-third installments

 

  RSUs representing twentyfifty percent (20%(50%) of the total LTI value, vesting annually over three years in equal, one-third installments

 

  Performance share units (“PSUs”) representing fifty percent (50%) of the total LTI value, with potential payout determined based on our total shareholder return measured against the total shareholder return of the companies in the S&P 400 Industrials Index (rTSR)

The Committee approved a 20202021 executive compensation program which reflects our business strategy and a strong pay-for-performance culture. The Committee views stock options as an equity instrument that strongly aligns the compensation realized by our NEOs with the long-term returns generated for our shareholders, as no compensation is earned unless the Company’s stock price increases from the level at which the option is granted.

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In addition, ourOur rTSR-based PSUs will be earned based on our shareholder returns performance against that of the companies in the S&P 400 Industrial Index over a three-year performance period. Our RSU awards further align the interests of our NEOs with our shareholders and provide a meaningful retention vehicle.

Fiscal 2020 Compensation Program for Mr. Geldmacher, Our New CEO

As described above, our former CEO left the Company in fiscal 2020 and the Board conducted a search and appointed Mr. Geldmacher as CEO in May 2020. The terms of Mr. Geldmacher’s compensation for fiscal 2020 and other terms of his offer letter reflect negotiations between the Committee and Mr. Geldmacher, taking into consideration the Committee’s desire to attract Mr. Geldmacher to leave his prior employment to join Resideo, to do so during the restrictions and uncertainty presented by the COVID-19 pandemic and to join the Company while we were in midst of transforming the business. The summary below describes the key terms of Mr. Geldmacher’s offer letter and compensation program for fiscal 2020 and factors considered by the Committee in designing the program:

Compensation Element

Fiscal 2020

Factors Considered

Base Salary

$900,000Market competitive base salary reflective of Mr. Geldmacher’s experience

Annual Incentive Target

150% of base (pro-rated and guaranteed for fiscal 2020)Incentive for Mr. Geldmacher to leave his prior employment and join Resideo mid-year with an expectation of delivering on a previously determined operating and financial plan over which he had no input, and joining at a time when the impacts of the pandemic and the Company’s transformation were uncertain; 150% of base target reflects a market competitive level

Long-Term Incentive

LTI award valued at $3.097 million (reflecting a pro-rated amount of $5.2 million annual LTI value), delivered 10% in RSUs, 15% in stock options and 25% as PSUs, all vesting on the third anniversary of the grant date, and 50% in cash if Mr. Geldmacher remains employed for three yearsCreate long-term incentives with three-year cliff vesting to attract and retain Mr. Geldmacher during the Company’s ongoing transformation and in light of the uncertainty presented by the pandemic based on market competitive incentive values

Sign-on Bonus

$2,000,000 subject to ratable repayment if he resigns other than for good reason or is terminated for cause within two yearsIncentive for Mr. Geldmacher to leave his prior employment

Make-Whole Bonus

$90,000 for forfeited quarterly bonus opportunity with his prior employmentEnsure that Mr. Geldmacher is made whole for compensation he may have earned but would not receive from his prior employment to incentivize him to join Resideo mid-year

Severance Benefits

Same as other NEOs, but also provided if he terminates employment for good reasonProvide Mr. Geldmacher additional protection to incentivize him to leave his prior employment

Perquisites

Same as other NEOs, but also includes an annual executive physical valued at up to $5,000 and the right to use a private jet for business and commuting purposes, including a full tax gross-up for such useEnsure Mr. Geldmacher’s health and safety, particularly in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and Mr. Geldmacher’s need to effectively lead the Company; during fiscal 2020, Mr. Geldmacher only used a private jet for limited business travel

Relocation and Legal Fees

Same relocation assistance as for any officer plus reimbursement of temporary housing for up to 12 months and up to $75,000; reimbursement of legal fees related to negotiation and documentation of his employment agreement up to $37,500Additional benefits to facilitate Mr. Geldmacher’s relocation, which is not expected to occur until the COVID-19 pandemic subsides, and to cover his reasonable legal expenses negotiating his offer terms; the relocation expenses were not incurred in fiscal 2020

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Fiscal 2020 compensation decisions for our other NEOs were determined in accordance with the general philosophy and compensation practices described above and included the compensation elements described below.

2020 Base Salary

Our base salaries provide a competitive level of fixed compensation for our NEOs that is aligned with their role and accounts for additional factors such as their level of experience and individual performance. The Committee considers competitive fixed cash compensation to be an important foundation of a competitive total compensation program that will both retain and motivate our executives. At least annually, the Committee reviews the competitiveness of base salaries relative to external benchmarks and considers changes, as appropriate, taking into consideration market data as well as factors specific to our Company, including key elements of our compensation philosophy described above. For 2020,2021, base salaries for NEOs were generally increased 3% to reflect market-based increases; however,increases. Upon review of external benchmarks, the base salaries for Mr. Aarnes and Ms. Lane were increased by a greater amount to reflect their positions and levels of responsibility within the Company. Mr. Geldmacher and Mr. Trunzo joinedTheodore were increased to align closer to the company during fiscalmedian base salary for executives in equivalent roles in the peer group and other survey data. Mr. Aarnes’ annual salary was increased to $575,000 effective December 14, 2020 to reflect the significance of Mr. Aarnes’ contributions and their base salaries were determined by reference to their experience levelsleadership within the Company and negotiation of the offer letter terms.ADI business. His salary was not increased further in 2021. Fiscal 20202021 annual base salaries for the NEOs, including any change from the prior year, are reflected below:

 

Name

 Title  2019 base
salary
  2020 base
salary
  Percent
increase

Jay Geldmacher

 President and Chief Executive Officer  N/A  $900,000  N/A

Anthony Trunzo

 Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer  N/A  $585,000  N/A

Robert Aarnes

 President, ADI Global Distribution  $450,000  $500,000*  11%

Stephen Kelly

 EVP, Chief Human Resources Officer  $430,000  $442,900  3%

Jeannine Lane

 EVP, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer  $400,000  $450,000  13%

Michael Nefkens

 Former President and Chief Executive Officer  $900,000  $900,000  N/A

Michael Flink

 Former EVP, Transformation  $469,000  $483,070  3%

Sachin Sankpal

 Former President, Products & Solutions  N/A  $500,000  N/A

Name

  Title  2020 base
salary
  2021 base
salary
   Percent
increase
 

Jay Geldmacher

  President and Chief Executive Officer  $900,000  $1,000,000    11

Anthony Trunzo

  Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer  $585,000  $610,000    4

Phillip Theodore

  President, Products & Solutions  $475,000  $550,000    16

Robert Aarnes(1)

  President, ADI Global Distribution  $500,000  $575,000    15

Travis Merrill(2)

  EVP, Chief Strategy & Commercial Officer  $450,000  $450,000    N/

 

*(1)

The increase reflected for Mr. Aarnes was effective on December 14, 2020.

(2)

Mr. Aarnes’ annual salaryMerrill was further increased to $575,000 effectivehired on December 14, 2020 to reflect the significance of Mr. Aarnes’ contributions and leadership within the Company and the ADI business.was not eligible for a salary review in 2021.

As discussed, above, as part of the Company’s actions to reduce costs when the COVID-19 pandemic began to impact the Company’s business, the Company implemented pay reductions, including a 15% reduction in annual base salary payments for NEOs from April 20 to July 26, 2020. In December 2020, the Committee approved a special bonus payment to each current NEO whose salary had been reduced at the same time the Company made similar bonus payments to all then-current employees in an amount approximating the base salary reduction during the year.

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20202021 Annual Incentive Plan

The fiscal 20202021 annual incentive plan provided NEOs the opportunity to earn a payout with a target set as a percent of the NEO’s base salary. The Committee set financial metrics that represented 80% of the target incentive opportunity and individual performance objectives that represented 20%100% of the target incentive opportunity. Under the 20202021 annual incentive plan, our NEOs were eligible to receive a payout ranging from a threshold payment of 30%50% to a maximum of 200% of the target award allocated to the achievement of each financial metric. For each of the NEOs who participated in the annual incentive plan for fiscal 2020, the Committee set each NEO’s target equal to 100% of the NEO’s base salary, except for Mr. Kelly and Ms. Lane whose targets were equal to 80%, and Mr. Flink whose target was 90%, of base salary.

As a result of the transformation initiatives underway at the Company in late 2019 and early 2020, the Board did not finalize the operating budget for fiscal 2020 until April 2020, at which time the Committee set the metrics for the 2020 annual incentive plan. The levels of financial performance set for each metric at target and maximum were substantially similar to the levels discussed by the Committee earlier in February 2020; however, in light of

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the uncertainty presented by the pandemic, the threshold levels were set below the levels previously discussed, with an intent of requiring a comparable level of effort to achieve those threshold levels in light of the more challenging operating conditions that existed in April. In determining the financial metrics used to set performance targets for our 20202021 annual incentive compensation awards, our leadership team and Committee considered, among other factors, feedback fromthe importance of a clear and direct link between our Board that gross margin represents an important measurement of the long-termpublished financial health of the business.results and awards under our annual incentive. To that end, gross margin was added as a component offor 2021, the Committee selected financial metrics generally calculated in accordance with GAAP as reported in the Company’s Form 10-K, consisting of the Resideo annual incentive plan, along with revenue, adjusted EBITDA,reported Revenue, Operating Income, and operating cash flow.Cash Flow from Operations. The relative weighting of each financial metric and a definition of the metric is set forth below:

 

Financial Metric

  Weighting   Definition*

Revenue

   351/3%   Total value of the products and services sold to our customers net of discounts and returns from continuing operations

Adjusted EBITDAOperating Income

   251/3 Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation,Revenue less costs of goods sold and amortization, excluding Honeywell reimbursement agreement payments, stock compensation expense, restructuring charges and certain otheroperating expenses related to our transformation initiatives and the Spin-Off (all as reported in our earnings release for the full year ended December 31, 2020)

Gross marginCash Flow from Operations (CFFO)

   25Ratio of gross profit, or revenue less fixed and variable cost of goods sold, to revenue

Operating cash flow

1/3
   15Adjusted EBITDA plus changes in working capital less adjusted capital expenditures during the yearRepresents cash flow from operating activities

 

*

The Committee determined that each financial metric would be determined excluding fluctuationsmeasure of Revenue and Operating Income at the business unit level is calculated consistent with the segment footnote reported in foreign currency.the Company’s Form 10-K. Further, the measure of CFFO at the business unit level begins with operating profits, which excludes taxes, interest, and non-operating expenses.

The annual incentive award financial metrics for our NEOs, other than Mr. Aarnes and Mr. Sankpal,Theodore, were based on consolidated Resideo results. The financial metrics for Mr. Aarnes’ annual incentive award were weighted 50% on the results of the ADI business, and 50% based on Resideo’s consolidated results. The financial metrics for Mr. Sankpal’sTheodore’s annual incentive award were weighted 50% on the results of the Products & Solutions business, and 50% on Resideo’s consolidated results. However, following the end of the year, when the Committee evaluated the Company’s performance to certify the results for annual incentive payouts, the Committee determined to approve payouts for all NEOs, including Mr. Aarnes and Mr. Sankpal, based solely on consolidated results. The Committee made this determination for two reasons: (i) in light of the COVID-19 pandemic that impacted the Company’s business in the middle of the year, the Committee wanted to ensure that the management team was working collaboratively toward achievement of overall results regardless of particular impacts on the Company’s business segments and (ii) certain financial benefits impacted the Company’s consolidated results that did not flow through to the business segments and could not reasonably be allocated to the business segments. As indicated below, each NEO who participated in the annual incentive plan thus earned a payout equal to 77.6% of the NEO’s target bonus based on these financial results.

The tables below summarize the plan goals and performance results for 20202021 for the Company overall and for the ADI and Products & Solutions segments. Notably,Following the acquisitions of Norfolk Wire & Electronics and Shoreview Distribution in 2021, the Committee didapproved small adjustments to the financial goals originally approved at the beginning of the year to include the projected financial results of these businesses into the 2021 goals under the annual incentive plan. In connection with certifying actual levels of performance following the completion of the performance period, the Committee determined to exclude the $16 million charge associated with the proposed settlement of a securities class action lawsuit from the final CFFO results reflected below for the Company overall as the timing and amount of any such charge was not changeknown at the incentive metrics or approve adjustmentstime the financial goals were originally approved and it related to matters that occurred prior to all but one of the impact of COVID-19 after they were set in April. As indicated above, each NEO who participated incurrent NEOs joining the 2020 annual incentive plan was ultimately paid based solely on the Company’s consolidated results, which slightly exceeded the near- or above-target results achieved by each segment and represents substantial improvement over 2019 results.Company.

 

 

Financial Performance (80% of bonus)

  For the period January 1 - December 31, 2020 

Total Company Financial Metric* (% weighting)

  

Threshold

($M)

   

Goal

($M)

   

Maximum

($M)

   

Actual

($M)

   Financial
Performance
%
 

Revenue $M (35%)

  $3,912   $5,101   $5,356   $5,047    99%      

Gross Margin (25%)

   27.4%    28.8%    30.0%    27.5%    95%      

Adjusted EBITDA $M (25%)

  $283   $435   $500   $427    98%      

Operating Cash Flow $M (15%)

  $209   $321   $369   $404    126%      
 

Financial Performance*

  For the period January 1 - December 31, 2021 

Total Company Financial Metrics*

(equally weighted)

  

Threshold

($M)

   

Goal

($M)

   

Maximum

($M)

   

Actual

($M)

   Financial
Performance
%
 

Revenue

  $5,113   $5,382   $5,516   $5,846    109%     

Operating Income

  $448   $472   $566   $575    122%     

Cash Flow from Operations

  $322   $339   $441   $331    98%      

 

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Financial Performance (80% of bonus)

  For the period January 1 - December 31, 2020 

ADI Global Distribution Financial Metric*

(% weighting)

  

Threshold

($M)

   

Goal

($M)

   

Maximum

($M)

   

Actual

($M)

   Financial
Performance
%
 

Revenue $M (35%)

  $2,391   $2,958   $3,106   $2,903    98%      

Gross Margin (25%)

   17.3%    18.2%    18.9%    17.1%    94%      

Adjusted EBITDA $M (25%)

  $164   $252   $290   $219    87%      

Operating Cash Flow $M (15%)

  $121   $186   $214   $212    114%      
 

Financial Performance*

  For the period January 1 - December 31, 2021 

ADI Global Distribution Financial Metrics*

(equally weighted)

  

Threshold

($M)

   

Goal

($M)

   

Maximum

($M)

   

Actual

($M)

   Financial
Performance
%
 

Revenue

  $2,956   $3,112   $3,268   $3,378    109%     

Operating Income

  $200   $210   $252   $268    128%     

Cash Flow from Operations

  $208   $219   $285   $238    109%     

 

 

Financial Performance (80% of bonus)

  For the period January 1 - December 31, 2020 

Products & Solutions Global (P&S) Financial

Metric* (% weighting)

  

Threshold

($M)

   

Goal

($M)

   

Maximum

($M)

   

Actual

($M)

   Financial
Performance
%
 

Revenue $M (35%)

  $1,521   $2,242   $2,354   $2,144    96%      

Gross Margin (25%)

   41.4%    43.6%    45.3%    41.9%    96%      

Adjusted EBITDA $M (25%)

  $374   $576   $662   $527    91%      

Operating Cash Flow $M (15%)

  $343   $528   $607   $511    97%      
 

Financial Performance*

  For the period January 1 - December 31, 2021 

Products & Solutions Financial Metrics*

(equally weighted)

  

Threshold

($M)

   

Goal

($M)

   

Maximum

($M)

   

Actual

($M)

   Financial
Performance
%
 

Revenue

  $2,157   $2,270   $2,384   $2,468    109%     

Operating Income

  $466   $490   $588   $541    110%     

Cash Flow from Operations

  $546   $575   $748   $609    106%     

 

*

Each financial metric is reported excluding fluctuations in foreign currency.

2020 Annual Incentive Plan – Individual Performance Objectives (20% of target award)

The Committee conducted a qualitative assessment to determine the individual performance objectives portion of the 2020 annual incentive award payout, which accounts for 20% of the target award. The Committee first reviewed corporate performance for each business unit and functional area and noted general 2020 accomplishments that were significant to understanding individual NEO performance. Because the individual performance component for certain NEOs was guaranteed in connection with their transition and no individual performance component was determined for newly hired NEOs whose annual incentive payouts were guaranteed for fiscal 2020, set forth below are the objectives and results against those objectives for those NEOs who were eligible to receive a payout based on individual performance objectives:

Robert Aarnes, President, ADI Global Distribution

Objectives

Results

  Ensure ADI global targets are achieved

  Achieve targeted internal rate of return (IRR) thresholds for key digital-enablement investments

  Build and develop internal competence within ADI for growth initiatives

Based on the results below, the Committee approved a payout of Mr. Aarnes’ personal performance component at 100% of target for this component (equal to 20% of total target incentive)

 Efficiency and cost savings projects completed

 Pricing initiatives implemented to achieve IRR thresholds

 E-commerce revenue growth achieved

 Transitioned development team into ADI

 Synergies from prior acquisitions achieved

 Growth initiatives pipeline developed; certain activities delayed due to COVID-19 impacts

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Stephen Kelly, Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer

Objectives

Results

  Design and implement Employee Stock Purchase Plan

  Strengthen organizational capability and capacity

  Strengthen HR organizational capability via self-service and process standardization/simplification

Based on the results below, the Committee approved a payout of Mr. Kelly’s personal performance component at 100% of target for this component (equal to 20% of total target incentive)

 ESPP successfully launched

 Payroll processing simplified

 Succession depth below officer level identified

 Key role stability mission critical experience identified

 Organizational capabilities achieved

 Global HR operations network implemented and processes standardized

Jeannine Lane, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer

Objectives

Results

  Drive a robust integrity and compliance and regulatory function

  Continued development of Law, HSE and Risk Management Program

  Effective management of litigation and IP strategy

Based on the results below, the Committee approved a payout of Ms. Lane’s personal performance component at 100% of target for this component (equal to 20% of total target incentive)

 Supported executive leadership onboarding and transition

 Operationalized and enhanced board support and governance processes

 Integrity and compliance model finalized

 Key compliance trainings rolled out

 Code of Conduct attestation level of 99.5%

 Data privacy compliance evaluated

 Global coordination around COVID-related regulations

 Continued progress defending and assessing IP portfolio

 Supported brand transition matters with Honeywell

In determining the actual 20202021 bonus awards paid to each NEO pursuant to the annual incentive plan, the following formula was applied. The base salary amount used in the formula was the NEO’s 20202021 base salary rate, excluding the impact of the base salary reductions related to the Company’s COVID-19 cost savings.rate.

 

Annual Incentive
Cash Bonus
 =   Base Salary      ×   Target Bonus     
Percentage     
 ×  [  

 

Financial     

Performance     

Payout     

Percentage     

 

+  

Individual      Performance      Payout     

Percentage     

]

In connection with our recent leadership transition, the Committee approved compensation arrangements for Mr. Nefkens, Mr. Flink and Mr. Sankpal. Mr. Nefkens’ payout would be calculated based on his target incentive award, pro-rated for his period of service during 2020. In connection with Mr. Flink’s transition, he ceased serving as an executive officer effective May 31, 2020; however, he was entitled to a payment of his fiscal 2020 annual incentive award, in accordance with the Company’s actual financial results with respect to the financial metric components and reduced by 50% for the individual performance component, but guaranteed at that reduced level. Mr. Sankpal was eligible to receive a payment based on the Company’s actual financial results with respect to the financial metric components of the award and a reduced individual component that was equal to 10% of the total target award, which individual component was guaranteed, with the resulting amount pro-rated based on Mr. Sankpal’s period of service during 2020.

In connection with the hire of Mr. Geldmacher and Mr. Trunzo, the Committee guaranteed payouts equal to their pro-rated target annual incentive for fiscal 2020. Accordingly, they did not participate in the annual incentive plan described above.

 

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The table below shows the total amount of annual incentive plan payouts for fiscal 2020 for each NEO who participated in the plan (the table excludes those NEOs whose payouts were guaranteed as described above):

 

NEO

 Financial
Performance
Result
  

Individual
Performance

Result

  Total Incentive
Result (%)
  Target
Incentive
Payout ($)(1)
  Actual Incentive
Payout ($)
 

Robert Aarnes

  77.6  20  97.6  500,000   488,000 

Stephen Kelly

  77.6  20  97.6  354,320   345,816 

Jeannine Lane

  77.6  20  97.6  360,000   351,360 

Michael Flink

  77.6  10  87.6  434,763   380,852 

Sachin Sankpal

  77.6  10  87.6  500,000   337,475 

(1)

Target bonus reflected above for Mr. Sankpal was pro-rated based on the actual number of days he was employed during 2020.

NEO

  Annual Incentive Cash
Bonus
 =  Base Salary X   Target Bonus
Percentage
 X  Financial
Performance
Payout
Percentage

Jay Geldmacher

  $    2,370,000    $    1,000,000      150%    158%

Anthony Trunzo

  $       963,800    $       610,000      100%    158%

Phillip Theodore

  $       869,000    $       555,000      100%    158%

Robert Aarnes

  $       960,250    $       575,000      100%    167%

Travis Merrill

  $       568,800    $       450,000        80%    158%

Discretionary Payments

In connection with the Committee’s evaluation of individual NEO performance during fiscal 2020, the Committee approved a $150,000 performance recognition payment to Mr. Trunzo for his exceptional efforts in fiscal 2020 to complete an equity financing and debt refinancing that strengthen the Company’s balance sheet and provide meaningfully increased financial flexibility.

Also, in fiscal 2020, as described above, the Committee approved special bonus payouts to each then-serving NEO approximating the amount of the NEO’s COVID-19 related salary reduction amount.

20202021 Long-Term Incentives

The goal of our long-term incentive plan is to align the compensation of our executives with the interests of shareholders by encouraging sustained long-term improvement in operational and financial performance and long-term increase in shareholder value. Long-term incentives also serve as retention instruments and provide equity-building opportunities for executives. Starting in 2021, our long-term incentives were delivered 50% in performance stock units and 50% in restricted stock units. Stock options have not been granted as part of our annual long-term incentive program since 2019. Equity awards to our employees are granted under the Amended and Restated 2018 Stock Incentive Plan of Resideo Technologies, Inc. and its Affiliates (the “2018 Stock Incentive Plan”). For fiscal 2020, the Committee approved an increase in the amount of the LTI value attributed to performance stock units. The table below shows the mix of annual LTI components for 2019 and 2020:2021:

 

   

2019

(% of Total LTI)

  

2020

(% of Total LTI)

Performance Stock Units

  33%  50%

Stock Options

  33%  30%

Restricted Stock Units

  33%  20%

As described above, Mr. Geldmacher’s LTI award for fiscal 2020 reflected the particular circumstances of his hire. Mr. Geldmacher’s LTI value for fiscal 2020 was issued in the form of performance stock units (25%), stock options (15%), restricted stock units (10%) and a long-term cash incentive award (50%). All of Mr. Geldmacher’s awards cliff vest after three years.

2020 Stock Options

The stock options awarded in 2020 will vest ratably over three-years with one-third of the option shares vesting on each anniversary of the grant date until fully vested on the third anniversary of the grant date, assuming the recipient is continually employed through each vesting date, provided that the options granted to Mr. Geldmacher will vest in full on the third anniversary of the grant date subject to his continued employment. The options will expire if unexercised prior to the seventh anniversary of the grant date.

2021

(% of Total LTI)

Performance Stock Units

50

Restricted Stock Units

50

 

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20202021 Restricted Stock Units

The annual restricted stock units (or RSUs) awarded in 20202021 will vest ratably over three-years with one-third of the shares vesting on each anniversary of the grant date until fully vested on the third anniversary of the grant date, assuming the recipient is continually employed through each vesting date, except as indicated below.date.

The RSUs granted to Mr. Geldmacher will vest in full on the third anniversary of the grant date, subject to his continued employment through such date. The RSUs granted to Mr. Nefkens in 2020 under the CEO transition plan vested monthly until a successor was appointed in May 2020.

In addition to the annual LTI awards, the Committee approved three separate RSU awards as follows:

Mr. Sankpal was granted a sign-on award of 215,231 RSUs pursuant to his offer letter. The RSUs were scheduled to vest as to one-third of the units on each of the first three anniversaries of the grant date, subject to his continued employment through such dates. In connection with Mr. Sankpal’s termination of employment, the RSUs were modified to permit continued vesting that portion of the RSUs that were not otherwise subject to pro-rata vesting upon termination.

Mr. Trunzo was granted a sign-on award of 300,000 RSUs pursuant to his offer letter. The RSUs will vest as to 50% of the units on each of the third and fourth anniversaries of the grant date, subject to his continued employment through such date.

Mr. Aarnes was granted a one-time award of 50,000 RSUs that will vest on the fifth anniversary of the grant date, subject to his continued employment through such date. The RSUs were granted to serve as an incentive to Mr. Aarnes’ continued service and performance with the Company.

20202021 Performance Stock Units

The performance stock units (or PSUs) granted in 2020 reflect a change in the performance metrics from the performance stock units granted in prior years. Previously, PSUs vested based on achievement of internal financial metrics, including revenue and adjusted EBITDA. When the PSUs were originally granted in February 2020, the Committee set metrics for the PSUs whereby 50% of the award would vest based on certain revenue goals and 50% would vest based on a relative total shareholder return (rTSR) metric. In April 2020, upon completion of the budget for 2020, the Committee reviewed the metrics and determined to modify the award so that the entire award would vest based on achievement of the rTSR metric previously approved. In determining to make this modification, the Committee considered the leadership and business transformation underway and considered that revenue was also used a financial metric under the annual incentive plan and the use of rTSR as the sole metric for the PSUs created a strong alignment with shareholder interests.

Accordingly, all of the PSUs granted in 2020, as modified,2021, will vest based on a relative total shareholder return (rTSR) metric and will be earned by comparing our total shareholder return to the total shareholder return of other companies in the S&P 400 Industrial Index from January 1, 20202021 through December 31, 2022.2023. The threshold, target and maximum levels of rTSR achievement that correspond to the number of shares that will be earned are set forth below, and the levels were not changed from the levels originally approved in February 2020.below. Performance below the threshold will result in no shares being paid. The arrangement is similar to PSUs awarded in 2020.

 

   

Percentile Rank

  Payout as percent of
target sharesshares*

Threshold

  25th 50%50

Target

  55th 100%100

Maximum

  75th 200%200

 

*

*linearLinear interpolations between points

Payout of 2019 Performance Stock Units

December 31, 2021 marked the end of the three-year performance period for PSUs granted in February 2019. Those performance stock units vested based on achievement of Resideo’s financial results over three years from January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2021. The performance metrics applicable to PSUs were revenue and adjusted EBITDA with each metric applied equally – 50% weight for each goal. The total shares that could be earned by an executive under these awards ranges from 20% of the target award to a maximum of 200% of target. One-third (1/3) of the total target PSUs applied to the measures for each of the three years of the performance period covered by the PSU award and could be earned independently of PSUs applicable to the performance goals for the other two years. Once deemed to be earned, the PSUs for any year under the 2019 PSU award were no longer subject to the performance measures for a subsequent year(s).

Of the NEOs, only Mr. Aarnes received the February 2019 PSUs, and based on the award achieving an overall payout of 103% of the target, Mr. Aarnes received 19,706 shares on February 9, 2022, based on an original target award of 19,133 shares. The table below reflects the goals and results for each of the three years under this award.

Year

  Metric  

Goal

($M)

   Actual
($M)
   Achievement%  

Payout

%

  Metric
Weight
  

Weighted
Payout

%

  Annual
Payout
Achieved
%
   Final
Payout
%
 

2019

  Revenue  $5,014   $4,986    99  90  50  45  60   103
  Adjusted EBITDA  $420   $360    86  30  50  15

2020

  Revenue  $5,215   $5,047    97  70  50  35  80
  Adjusted EBITDA  $437   $427    98  90  50  45

2021

  Revenue  $5,423   $5,846    108  160  50  80  168
  Adjusted EBITDA  $454   $537    118  176  50  88

*

For 2019 and 2020 revenue and adjusted EBITDA were calculated consistent with the annual incentive plan for each respective year. In 2021, revenue was calculated consistent with the 2021 annual incentive plan and there was no adjusted EBITDA target in the 2021 annual incentive plan.

 

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Special one-time stock option award

In addition to the annual LTI awards, the Committee approved a one-time award of 150,000 stock options to Phillip Theodore that will vest 100% on September 28, 2024. Considering the significant improvements in the performance of the Products & Solutions business under his leadership, the Committee determined that it is in the best interest of the Company and its shareholders to retain the services of Mr. Theodore. His effective management of the Product & Solutions transformation initiative has led to significant improvements in revenue, profitability, and overall operational performance. As such, Mr. Theodore’s talents and leadership skills are in high demand in the executive talent market. Accordingly, the Committee approved this award as an incentive to his continued services and performance with the Company.

Other Components of Our Compensation Program

Offer Letter Agreements and Transition Letter Agreements

As described above, the Board effected several executive leadership changes in fiscal 2020. In connection with those transitions, the Committee approved offer letters for newly hired NEOs and transition letter agreements for departing NEOs. The terms of these agreements are described in more detail below under “Compensatory Arrangements with NEOs.”

The following principles guided the Committee’s decision to enter into these agreements:

The Board determined that it was important to make key executive leadership changes as part of the Company’s transformation. The Board conducted a robust search for executive leaders who had the right skills and experience to lead the company at this critical time and sought to attract them to leave their prior employment to join Resideo. Accordingly, the compensation terms in the offer letters were designed to attract and retain these talented executives. Among other things, these terms include guaranteed bonus for fiscal 2020 to recognize the uncertainty presented by the pandemic and the Company’s transformation. In addition, the Committee approved vesting schedules for Mr. Geldmacher and Mr. Trunzo that created longer retention periods. The specific terms of Mr. Geldmacher’s offer letter, including factors considered by the Committee, are described above under “New CEO Fiscal 2020 Compensation Program.”

The Board felt it was important to ensure a seamless transition of responsibilities from NEOs who were departing the Company and incentivize them to remain with the Company for appropriate transition periods. Accordingly, each transition agreement was designed to incentivize the departing NEO to ensure the success of the transition based on the relevant circumstances.

Severance Plan

Each of our NEOs participates in the Resideo Technologies, Inc. Severance Plan for Designated Officers (the “Severance Plan”). The terms of the Severance Plan were established following a review of the severance practices among companies in our approved compensation peer group.

The Severance Plan addresses severance for our NEOs upon a termination following a change in control (“CIC”), considered a “double trigger”, and is intended to ensure the continued attention of our NEOs to their roles and responsibilities without the distraction that may arise from the possibility of a job loss concurrent with a CIC of the Company.

In addition, the Severance Plan provides for severance payments and benefits that become payable if the employment of one of our NEOs is terminated by us without “cause” (as defined in the Severance Plan) subject to such individual signing and not revoking a release of claims agreement.

The Committee has adopted the Severance Plan to provide competitive post-employment compensation arrangements that promote the continued attention, dedication and continuity of the members of our senior management team, including our NEOs, and enable us to continue to recruit talented senior executive officers. The Committee intends to periodically review the severance available to our NEOs under the Severance Plan to ensure ongoing competitiveness and alignment with our overall compensation philosophy.

The severance benefits provided to our NEOs are outlined in the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control Table found later in this Proxy Statement.

Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan

Executive officers (including the NEOs) may choose to participate in the Resideo Supplemental Savings Plan, a nonqualified deferred compensation plan that permits additional tax-deferred retirement savings options. The Resideo Supplemental Savings Plan has two components, the Deferred Incentive Program (DIP) and the Supplemental Savings Program (SSP). Executive officers can elect to defer up to 100% of their annual incentive award under the DIP component. In addition, under the SSP component, executive officers may also elect to defer eligible compensation that cannot be contributed to the Company’s 401(k) plan due to IRS limitations. The amounts contributed to the Supplemental Savings Plan are eligible for company matching credits, not to exceed 87.5% of the first 8% contributed combined between the SSP and the Company’s 401(k) plan. The participant account balances in the SSP are subject to gains and losses, based on the returns of the Fidelity® U.S. Bond Index Fund. Effective January 1, 2022, Resideo simplified the formula for the company matching credits and changed it to be 100% of the first 7% contributed. The overall maximum matching contribution did not change between the two formulas, whereby the maximum company matching contribution is 7%.

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Benefits and Perquisites

Our NEOs are eligible to receive the same benefits as our salaried employees in the U.S. The Company and the Committee believe this approach is reasonable and consistent with the overall compensation objectives to attract and retain employees. These benefits include medical, dental, vision, disability insurance, a 401(k) plan and other plans and programs made available to other eligible employees in the U.S. Employee benefits and perquisites are reviewed periodically to ensure that benefit levels remain competitive.

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Executive Annual Physical Program

Starting in 2019, the Committee approveddetermined that all executive officers are requiredwere encouraged to have an annual executive physical and arewould be eligible to participate in an executive annual physical program paid for by the Company. These physicals provide a more in-depth review of the health of those employees reporting to the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. NEO participation in 2020 was limited due to travel and other restrictions related to elective medical appointments.

As described above,In connection with his hire, the Committee approved Mr. Geldmacher receiving an annual physical up to $5,000 and the right to use a private jet for business and commuting purposes, including a full tax gross-up for such use. These additional benefits were approved for Mr. Geldmacher related to his health and safety, particularly in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Executive Stock Ownership Guidelines

The Committee believes that the interests of our executives, including our NEOs, will be more aligned with those of our shareholders, and our NEOs will more effectively pursue strategies that promote our shareholders’ long-term interests, if our executives hold substantial amounts of our stock. All of our executive officers, including our NEOs, are subject to minimum stock ownership guidelines that are administered by the Committee. Under these guidelines, our executive officers must hold shares of Resideo common stock equal in value to the following multiples of their current base salary:

 

  

 

CEO

  

 

6x Base Salary

Other Executive Officers

 

  

3x Base Salary

 

Our executive officers have five years from the date they become subject to the guidelines to meet the ownership requirement. Shares owned outright, unvested RSU awards and earned performance share awards are counted toward the ownership requirement. Shares may be sold during the accumulation period if satisfactory progress towards meeting the minimum requirement is demonstrated. As of December 31, 2020,2021, all NEOs were within the five-year initial compliance period, and Mr. Trunzo and Mr. Aarnes Mr. Kelly and Ms. Lane have already met the minimum stock ownership requirement under the policy.requirement.

Incentive Recoupment Policy (“Clawback”)

In the event of a material restatement of our financial results (a “Restatement”), the Board will review all incentive compensation paid to senior executives on the basis of having met or exceeded specific performance targets for performance periods during the Restatement period. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Board will seek to recoup incentive compensation, in all appropriate cases (taking into account all relevant factors, including whether the assertion of a recoupment claim may prejudice the interests of the Company in any related proceeding or investigation), paid to, or credited to a deferred compensation account of, any senior executive, if and to the extent that:

 

(i)

the amount of incentive compensation was calculated based upon the achievement of certain financial results that were subsequently reduced due to a Restatement;

 

(ii)

the senior executive engaged in misconduct that caused the need for the Restatement; and

 

(iii)

the amount of incentive compensation that would have been awarded to the senior executive had the financial results been properly reported would have been lower than the amount actually awarded.

Hedging and Pledging Policy

It is our policy that all of our directors, officers and employees are prohibited from engaging in short sales of Resideo securities and selling or purchasing puts or calls or otherwise trading in or writing options on Resideo securities and using certain financial instruments (including forward sale contracts, equity swaps, collars and exchange funds), holding securities in margin accounts or pledging Resideo securities as collateral, in each case, that are designed to hedge or offset any decrease in the market value of Resideo securities.

 

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Tax Deductibility of Executive Compensation

Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code generally limits the tax deductibility of compensation paid to the CEO and other covered officers to $1 million in any taxable year. Thus, we generally will not be able to take a deduction for any compensation paid to our NEOs in excess of $1 million. While the Committee considers this limitation on tax deductibility, its decisions regarding executive compensation are determined based on the philosophy and factors described above.

Compensation and Human Capital Management Committee Report

The Committee has reviewed and discussed with management the Company’s Compensation Discussion and Analysis included in this Proxy Statement. Based on this review and discussion, the Committee recommended to the Board that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in this Proxy Statement and the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020.2021.

This report is provided by the following independent members of the Board, who comprise the Committee:

Sharon Wienbar (Chair)

Nina Richardson

Andrew Teich

Kareem Yusuf

 

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Summary Compensation Table

The following table sets forth information concerning the compensation awarded to, earned by or paid to our NEOs during 2020.2021.

 

Officer Name

  Position Year  

Base
Salary

($)

  

Bonus

($)(1)

  Stock
Awards ($)
(2)
  Option
Awards ($)
(3)
  Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
($)
(4)
  Changes in
Pension
Values and
Non Qual.
Deferred
Comp
Earnings
($)
(5)
  All Other
Compensation
($)
(6)
  

Total   

Compensation   

($)   

 

Jay Geldmacher

  President & Chief Executive Officer  2020   526,154   2,894,098   774,547   464,589         38,579   4,697,966    

Tony Trunzo

  EVP, Chief Financial Officer  2020   326,250   447,775   3,438,060   339,343         17,749   4,569,177    

Robert Aarnes

  President, ADI
Global Distribution
  2020   487,115      2,222,916   524,999   488,000   40,092   19,637   3,782,759    
  2019   437,671      933,308   466,661   490,500   40,977   19,145   2,388,262    
  2018   60,135   44,987   885,007      138,905   9,996   4,440   1,143,470    

Stephen Kelly

  EVP, Chief
Human Resources Officer
  2020   438,228      578,682   232,199   345,816   45,584   25,544   1,666,054    
  2019   430,000      515,995   257,999   279,328   140,014   713,972   2,337,308    
  2018   65,346   67,898   1,041,057      178,415   8,163   9,111   1,369,991    

Jeannine Lane

  EVP, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer  2020   434,327      538,314   215,997   351,360   84,107   22,587   1,646,692    

Michael Nefkens

  Former President & Chief Executive Officer  2020   393,923      1,457,118            2,055,546   3,906,587    
  2019   895,068      2,866,654   1,433,333   655,200      502,910   6,353,165    
  2018   135,385   193,227   4,104,724      998,977      1,645   5,433,958    

Robert Ryder

  Former Interim Chief Financial Officer(7)  2020                     1,553,344   1,553,344    
  2019                     391,000   391,000    

Michael Flink

  Former SVP, Executive Advisor  2020   477,974      701,308   281,399   380,852   202,045   35,952   2,079,531    
  2019   469,000      625,311   312,666   240,597   219,889   370,764   2,238,227    
  2018   72,154   91,336   1,067,381      222,065   70,855   8,412   1,532,202    

Sachin Sankpal

  Former President, Products & Solutions  2020   468,269      3,956,834   524,999         2,094,051   7,044,153    

Officer Name

 Position Year  

Base
Salary

($)

  

Bonus

($)(1)

  Stock
Awards ($)
(2)
  Option
Awards ($)
(3)
  Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
($)
(4)
  Changes in
Pension
Values and
Non Qual.
Deferred
Comp
Earnings
($)
(5)
  All Other
Compensation
($)
(6)
  

Total   

Compensation   

($)   

 

Jay Geldmacher

 President & Chief Executive Officer  2021   973,846      9,835,196      2,370,000      924,228   14,103,270    
  2020   526,154   2,894,098   774,547   464,589         38,579   4,697,966    

Anthony Trunzo

 EVP, Chief Financial Officer  2021   603,462      2,799,719      963,800   245   40,956   4,408,182    
  2020   326,250   447,775   3,438,060   339,343         17,749   4,569,177    

Phillip Theodore

 President, Products & Solutions  2021   530,385      2,294,821   1,153,050   869,000      19,785   4,867,041    

Robert Aarnes

 President, ADI
Global Distribution  
  2021   575,000   20,192   2,622,673      960,250   40,676   50,620   4,269,411    
  2020   487,115      2,222,916   524,999   488,000   40,092   19,637   3,782,759    
  2019   437,671      933,308   466,661   490,500   40,977   19,145   2,388,262    

Travis Merrill

 EVP, Chief
Strategy & Commercial Officer
  2021   450,000      1,311,336      568,800   922   35,543   2,366,601    

 

(1)

For 2020, Mr. Geldmacher received a sign-on bonus and both Mr. Geldmacher and Mr. Trunzo received guaranteed bonus payouts at target, pro-rated for their period of employment, for fiscal 2020 pursuant to the terms of their offer letters. For 2018, our NEOsIn addition, Mr. Trunzo received a discretionary bonus payment of $150,000 for their significant contributionshis exceptional efforts to our successfulcomplete an equity financing and debt refinancing that strengthened the Company’s balance sheet and provided meaningfully increased financial flexibility. The amount reflected for Mr. Aarnes represents a payment approximately equivalent to salary reductions taken from his pay in the first quarter of 2020 as part of cost cutting initiatives in response to the Spin-OffCOVID-19 from Honeywell.pandemic. Early in 2021, the Company elected to award this one-time bonus following a review of the Company’s performance in fiscal year 2020.

 

(2)

Stock awards granted in 20202021 consisted of restricted stock unit (RSU) awards and performance stock unit (PSU) awards. The amounts reported in this column represent the aggregate grant date fair value of the RSU awards for fiscal years 2021, 2020 2019 and 20182019 and of the target level of the PSU awards for fiscal years 2021, 2020 and 2019. We calculated these amounts in accordance with the provisions of FASB ASC Topic 718 utilizing the assumptions discussed in Note 185 to our financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020.2021. The fair value of the RSUs is based on the average of the high and low prices for Resideo stock on the grant date. The fair value of the PSUs that vest based on the rTSR metric was determined using the Monte Carlo simulation valuation method. The value of the2021 PSUs reflects the original grant date fair value of the PSUs when granted in February 2020 (for NEOs who received their PSUs in February). At that time, the awards had a grant date fair value2021 of $10.995 per share, comprised of $10.27 per share for the 50% of the award subject to the original revenue metric, which was the average of the high and low prices for Resideo stock on the grant date assuming that a payout at target was probable, and $11.72 per share for the 50% of the award subject to the rTSR metric, based on the Monte Carlo simulation model assuming volatility of 30.77% and a risk-free interest rate of 1.35%. When the PSUs were modified in April 2020, the modification date fair value of the award was $2.97$42.98 per share based on the Monte Carlo simulation model assuming volatility of 36.62%47.43% and a risk-free interest rate of 0.24%0.20%. Accordingly, there was no incremental modification date fair value. The PSUs granted to Mr. Geldmacher and Mr. Trunzo after the modification had a grant date fair value of $3.95 per share, based on the Monte Carlo

The grant date fair value of the 2021 RSUs and the grant date fair value of the 2021 PSUs if target performance and maximum performance is achieved are as follows:

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simulation model using similar assumptions. The grant date fair value of the 2020 RSUs and the grant date fair value of the 2020 PSUs if target performance and maximum performance is achieved are as follows:

 

       PSUs 

Name

  RSUs ($)   Target ($)   Maximum ($) 

Jay Geldmacher

   311,133    463,414    926,828 

Tony Trunzo

   3,197,845    240,215    480,430 

Robert Aarnes

   1,270,386    952,530    1,905,060 

Stephen Kelly

   157,398    421,284    842,568 

Jeannine Lane

   146,419    391,895    783,790 

Michael Nefkens

   1,457,118         

Michael Flink

   190,755    510,553    1,021,106 

Sachin Sankpal

   3,004,304    952,530    1,905,060 
       PSUs 

Name

  RSUs ($)   Target ($)   Maximum ($) 

Jay Geldmacher

   3,730,102    6,105,094    12,211,188 

Anthony Trunzo

   1,061,823    1,737,896    3,475,792 

Phillip Theodore

   876,335    1,424,486    2,848,972 

Robert Aarnes

   994,676    1,627,996    3,255,992 

Travis Merrill

   497,338    813,998    1,627,996 

 

(3)

The amounts reported in this column represent the aggregate grant date fair value of the option awards for fiscal year 2021, 2020 and 2019. No options were issued in 2018. We calculated these amounts in accordance with the provisions of FASB ASC Topic 718 utilizing the assumptions discussed in Note 185 to our financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020.2021.

 

(4)

The amounts in this column represent the total 2021, 2020 and 2019 annual incentive payments, as applicable, made to the NEOs as described in more detail above in the “Compensation Discussion & Analysis – Elements of Compensation” section of this Proxy Statement. The amount shown was paid shortly after the end of the fiscal year.

 

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(5)

The amounts in this column represent the aggregate change in the present value of each NEO’s accumulated benefit under the Company’s pension plans (as disclosed in the Pension Benefits table below)., as well as any earnings during the respective year under the non-qualified deferred compensation plan.

 

(6)

The amounts reported in this column for 2021, 2020 and 2019 include costs for relocation benefits, including the cost of temporary housing, company contributions under the 401(k) and deferred compensation plan, the imputed value of company-provided life insurance, and costs for executive healthcare services and, in the case of Mr. Nefkens and Mr. Sankpal only, severance benefits. The amountservices. In addition, for Mr. Ryder includesGeldmacher, the payments madeamounts for 2021 include private jet use for commuting as permitted pursuant to Horsepower,his offer letter, which areis described in more detail below in footnote 7.below.

 

Name

  401(k) Company
Contributions ($)
   Deferred
Compensation
Plan Company
Contributions ($)
   

Severance

($)(a)

   All
Other ($)(b)
 

Jay Geldmacher

               38,579 

Anthony Trunzo

   17,063            10,686 

Robert Aarnes

   17,063            2,574 

Stephen Kelly

   19,950            5,594 

Jeannine Lane

   17,063            5,524 

Michael Nefkens

           2,054,702    844 

Michael Flink

   19,950    13,508        2,494 

Sachin Sankpal

           2,093,207    844 

Name

  401(k) Company
Contributions ($)
   Deferred
Compensation
Plan Company
Contributions ($)
   Relocation
Costs
($)(a)
   All
Other ($)(b)
 

Jay Geldmacher

           851,782    72,476 

Anthony Trunzo

   17,063    21,121        2,772 

Phillip Theodore

   17,063            2,723 

Robert Aarnes

   17,063        29,105    4,453 

Travis Merrill

   17,063    14,438        4,042 

 

(a)

Amounts reflect severance paymentsIncludes reimbursement of expenses related to Mr. Geldmacher’s and benefits paidMr. Aarnes’ move to or accruedthe Company’s new headquarters in Arizona, including temporary housing for Mr. Nefkens andGeldmacher. Also includes tax gross-up payments to Mr. Sankpal pursuant to the termsGeldmacher of their separation agreements described below under “Compensatory Arrangements with NEOs.”$347,393 related thereto.

 

(b)

Includes costs for executive healthcare services and excess liability insurance premiums paid by the Company. In the case ofFor Mr. Geldmacher, and Mr. Trunzo, includes $37,500 and $10,000, respectively,$64,391 related to private jet use for reimbursement of legal fees in connection with negotiating their offer letters, which the Company agreed to reimburse pursuantcommuting. In addition to the terms of the offer letters.

(7)

reported amounts, Mr. RyderGeldmacher’s spouse was appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer effective November 7, 2019. Mr. Ryder is the President of Horsepower,permitted to accompany him when he used a consulting firm throughprivate jet for business and commuting travel, for which his services have been retained under an engagement letter dated October 22, 2019. Pursuant to that engagement letter, the Company paid Horsepower a bi-weekly fee of $115,000 for Mr. Ryder’s services, as well as reimbursement of reasonable and authorized travel expenses related to performance of the services. Mr. Ryder did not receive any equity or other compensation per the terms of the engagement letter.there was no incremental cost.

 

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Grants of Plan-Based Awards Fiscal Year 20202021

The following table summarizes the grants of plan-based awards made to our NEOs during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020.2021.

 

   
       Estimated Future Payouts Under
Non-Equity Incentive Plan Awards
  Estimated Future Payouts
Under Equity
Incentive Plan Awards
            
   

Officer Name

 Award Type Grant Date  Threshold
($)
(A)
  Target
($)
  Maximum
($)
  Threshold
(#)
 Target
(#)
 Maximum
(#)
 All Other
Stock
Awards
(#)
  All Other
Option
Awards:
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Options
(#)
 Exercise
or Base
Price of
Option
Awards
($/sh.)
 Closing
Price on
Date of
Grant of
Option
Awards
($/sh.)
 Grant Date
Fair Value
of Stock
and Option
Awards
($/sh.)
 

Jay Geldmacher

 AIP(1)      N/A   804,098   1,608,196             
 Stock Options(2)  05/28/2020                 237,035 6.63 6.56  464,589 
 RSU(3)  05/28/2020               46,928      311,133 
  PSU(5)  05/28/2020           58,660 117,320 234,640        463,414 

Tony Trunzo

 AIP(1)      N/A   297,775   595,549             
 RSU(4)  06/08/2020               300,000      2,958,000 
 Stock Options(2)  06/08/2020                 111,078 9.86 10.09  339,343 
 RSU(3)  06/08/2020               24,325      239,845 
  PSU(5)  06/08/2020           30,407 60,814 121,628        240,215 

Robert Aarnes

 AIP(1)      120,000   500,000   1,000,000             
 Stock Options(2)  02/20/2020                 184,989 10.27 10.21  524,999 
 RSU(3)  02/20/2020               34,653      355,886 
 PSU(5)  02/20/2020           43,317 86,633 173,266        952,530 
  RSU(4)  12/14/2020               50,000      914,500 

Stephen Kelly

 AIP(1)      85,037   354,320   708,640              
 Stock Options(2)  02/20/2020                 81,818 10.27 10.21  232,199 
 RSU(3)  02/20/2020               15,326      157,398 
  PSU(5)  02/20/2020           19,158 38,316 76,632        421,284 

Jeannine Lane

 AIP(1)      86,400   360,000   720,000             
 Stock Options(2)  02/20/2020                 76,109 10.27 10.21  215,997 
 RSU(3)  02/20/2020               14,257      146,419 
  PSU(5)  02/20/2020           17,822 35,643 71,286         391,895 

Michael Nefkens

 AIP(1)      302,400   1,260,000  2,520,000             
  RSU(3)  02/20/2020               141,881      1,457,118 

Robert Ryder

                         

Michael Flink

 AIP(1)      104,343   434,763  869,526            
 Stock Options(2)  02/20/2020                 99,154 10.27 10.21  281,399 
 RSU(3)  02/20/2020               18,574      190,755 
  PSU(5)  02/20/2020           23,218 46,435 92,870        510,553 

Sachin Sankpal

 AIP(1)      120,000   500,000   1,000,000             
 RSU(4)  01/07/2020               215,231      2,648,417 
 Stock Options(2)  02/20/2020                 184,989 10.27 10.21  524,999 
 RSU(3)  02/20/2020               34,653      355,886 
  PSU(5)  02/20/2020           43,317 86,633 173,266        952,530 
   
       Estimated Future Payouts Under
Non-Equity Incentive Plan Awards
  Estimated Future Payouts
Under Equity
Incentive Plan Awards
            
   

Officer Name

 Award Type Grant Date  Threshold
($)
(A)
  Target
($)
  Maximum
($)
  Threshold
(#)
 Target
(#)
 Maximum
(#)
 All Other
Stock
Awards
(#)
  All Other
Option
Awards:
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Options
(#)
 Exercise
or Base
Price of
Option
Awards
($/sh.)
 Closing
Price on
Date of
Grant of
Option
Awards
($/sh.)
 Grant Date
Fair Value
of Stock
and Option
Awards
($/sh.)
 

Jay Geldmacher

 AIP(1)      750,000   1,500,000   3,000,000             
 RSU(2)  02/18/2021               142,045      3,730,102 
  PSU(3)  02/18/2021           71,022 142,045 284,090        6,105,094 

Anthony Trunzo

 AIP(1)      305,000   610,000   1,220,000             
 RSU(2)  02/18/2021               40,435      1,061,823 
  PSU(3)  02/18/2021           20,217 40,435 80,870        1,737,896 

Phillip Theodore

 AIP(1)      275,000   550,000   1,100,000             
 RSU(2)  02/18/2021               33,143      870,335 
 PSU(3)  02/18/2021           16,571 33,143 66,286        1,424,486 
  Stock Options(4)  09/28/2021                 150,000 25.48 25.17  1,153,050 

Robert Aarnes

 AIP(1)      287,500   575,000   1,150,000             
 RSU(3)  02/18/2021               37,878      994,676 
  PSU(3)  02/18/2021           18,939 37,878 75,756        1,627,996 

Travis Merrill

 AIP(1)      225,000   450,000   900,000             
 RSU(2)  02/18/2021               18,939      497,338 
  PSU(3)  02/18/2021           9,469 18,939 37,878        813,998 

 

(A)

Represents the payment received for the minimum level of performance required to achieve a payout under the plan for 2020. Mr. Geldmacher and Mr. Trunzo were guaranteed a payout equal to target pursuant to the terms of their offer letters.2021.

 

(1)

Annual incentive compensation (or AIP) awarded under the Resideo Bonus Plan for the 20202021 performance year, which are paid in early 2021.2022.

 

(2)

Non-qualified stock options granted under the Resideo 2018 Stock Incentive Plan. The options will vest ratably on first, second and third anniversaries of the grant date, with the exception of the grant to Mr. Geldmacher, which will vest in full on the third anniversary of the grant date. See the Outstanding Equity Awards at 2020 Fiscal Year-End table below for further details on the equity awards listed above. The grant date fair value of stock options was calculated in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718 using the Black-Scholes option valuation model as of the date of grant based on the assumptions reflected in Note 18 to our financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020.

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(3)

Annual restricted stock units granted under the Resideo 2018 Stock Incentive Plan. The restricted stock units will vest ratably on the first, second and third anniversaries of the grant date, with the exception of the grant to Mr. Geldmacher, which will vest in full on the third anniversary of the grant date. See the Outstanding Equity Awards at 20202021 Fiscal Year-End table below for further details on the equity awards listed above. The fair value of the RSUs reflected in the final column is based on the average of the high and low prices for Resideo stock on the grant date.

 

(4)

The restricted stock units (RSUs) reflected were issued as sign-on awards for Mr. Trunzo and Mr. Sankpal, and as a special retention related restricted stock unit for Mr. Aarnes. The award granted to Mr. Trunzo will vest in equal installments on the third and fourth anniversaries of the grant date. The award granted to Mr. Sankpal was scheduled to vest in equal installments on the first, second and third anniversaries of the grant date, but was modified as described on page 65 of this proxy. The award to Mr. Aarnes will vest in full on the fifth anniversary of the grant date. The fair value reflected in the final column is based on the average of the high and low prices for Resideo stock on the grant date.

(5)(3)

Performance stock units (PSUs) granted under the Resideo 2018 Stock Incentive Plan. The award is subject to Resideo’s relative Total Shareholder Return ranking against the companies in the S&P 400 Industrials Index for the period from January 1, 20202021 through December 31, 20222023 and will pay out in February 20232024 if earned. The amounts in the Target column represent the number of shares earned at a ranking of the 55th percentile as compared to the companies in the Index. The amounts in the column labeled Threshold represent the total number of shares that would be earned if Resideo were to achieve a ranking of the 25th percentile. The amounts in the column labeled Maximum represent the total number of shares that would be earned if Resideo were to achieve a ranking of the 75th percentile or above. The fair value reflected in the final column is calculated in accordance with the provisions of FASB ASC Topic 718 as described in footnote 2 to the Summary Compensation Table above.

(4)

Non-qualified stock options granted to Mr. Theodore under the Resideo 2018 Stock Incentive Plan. The options will vest in full on the third anniversary of the grant date. See the Outstanding Equity Awards at 2021 Fiscal Year-End table below for further details on the equity awards listed above. The grant date fair value of stock options was calculated in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718 using the Black-Scholes option valuation model as of the date of grant based on the assumptions reflected in Note 5 to our financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021.

Certain Terms of Equity Awards

Dividend equivalents may be earned on the 2020 RSU and PSU awards, however they will be subject to the same vesting and forfeiture provisions that apply to the underlying award to which they relate. The Company has not paid dividends since becoming an independent public company.

The 2020 option, RSU and PSU awards are subject to double trigger accelerated vesting and payout upon a change in control only if the award is (1) assumed, replaced or continued by the successor entity and (2) the recipient’s employment is terminated without cause or, in the case of certain executives only, if the award recipient resigns

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for good reason, in each case, within 24 months after the change in control, or if the surviving entity in the change in control transaction refuses to continue, assume, or replace the awards. In such instance the 2020 options and RSU awards will vest in full immediately, and assuming the performance period has not been completed, the 2020 PSU awards will vest based on target performance during the truncated performance period and on a pro rata basis based on a target number of units for the year following the truncated performance period.

If an award recipient’s employment ends as a result of his or her death or disability, vesting of the options and RSU awards will accelerate in full, while the 2020 PSU awards will vest on a pro-rata basis, based on actual performance as measured at the end of the performance period. If an award recipient’s employment ends as a result of retirement and the participant accepts certain post-employment conditions, the RSU awards and options will continue to vest in accordance with the original vesting schedule and the 2020 PSU awards will vest in accordance with the previous sentence.

In the case of executive officers only, if an award recipient’s employment ends as a result of an involuntary termination without cause by the Company, the options and RSU awards will vest on a pro rata basis immediately and the 2020 PSU awards will vest on a pro-rata basis, based on actual performance as measured at the end of the performance period.

If an award recipient’s employment ends for any other reason, unvested options, RSU and PSU awards will be forfeited. With respect to each of the option, RSU and PSU awards described above, if an award recipient breaches certain non-competition or non-solicitation obligations, the recipient’s unvested units will be forfeited, and certain shares issued in settlement of units that have already vested must be returned to the Company or the recipient must pay the Company the amount of the shares’ fair market value as of the date they were issued.

The impact of a termination of employment or change in control of our Company on option, RSU and PSU awards held by our NEOs is quantified in the “Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control” section below.

All stock awards granted to the NEOs shown in the table above were granted under the 2018 Stock Incentive Plan and are governed by and subject to the terms and conditions of the plan and the relevant award agreements.

 

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Outstanding Equity Awards at 20202021 Fiscal Year-End

The following table summarizes information regarding outstanding equity awards held by our NEOs as of December 31, 2020.2021.

 

 
       Option Awards  Stock Awards 
 

Officer Name

 Grant Date  Notes 

Number of

Securities

Underlying

Unexercised

Options (#)

Exercisable

  

Number of

Securities

Underlying

Unexercised

Options (#)

Unexercisable

  

Option

Price

($)

  

Unexercised

Option

Expiration

Date

  

Number of

Shares or

Units
of Stock

That
Have Not

Vested

(#)

  

Market

Value* of

Shares or

Units
That Have
Not

Vested

($)

 

Jay Geldmacher

  05/28/2020  (1)     237,035   6.63   5/27/2027         
  05/28/2020  (2)              46,928   997,689 
  05/28/2020  (3)              117,320   2,494,223 
   Total         237,035           164,248   3,491,912 

Anthony Trunzo

  6/8/2020  (4)     111,078   9.86   6/7/2027         
  6/8/2020  (5)              24,325   517,150 
  6/8/2020  (3)              60,814   1,292,906 
  6/8/2020  (6)              300,000   6,378,000 
   Total         111,078           385,139   8,188,055 

Robert Aarnes

  9/29/2016  (7)              7,450   158,387 
  2/28/2017  (8)              1,120   23,811 
  2/27/2018  (9)              2,421   51,470 
  2/27/2018  (10)              4,394   93,416 
  10/29/2018  (11)              28,730   610,800 
  11/15/2018  (12)              5,558   118,163 
  2/11/2019  (13)  22,943   45,886   24.39            
  2/11/2019  (14)              12,756   271,193 
  2/11/2019  (15)              19,133   406,768 
  2/20/2020  (16)     184,989   10.27            
  2/20/2020  (17)              34,653   736,723 
  2/20/2020  (3)              86,633   1,841,818 
  12/14/2020  (18)              50,000   1,063,000 
   Total     22,943   230,875           252,848   5,375,548 

Stephen Kelly

  7/29/2016  (19)              13,096   278,421 
  2/28/2017  (8)              2,240   47,622 
  2/27/2018  (9)              3,610   76,749 
  2/27/2018  (10)              6,533   138,892 
  10/29/2018  (11)              32,320   687,123 
  11/15/2018  (12)              8,337   177,244 
  2/11/2019  (13)  12,684   25,369   24.39            
  2/11/2019  (14)              7,052   149,926 
  2/11/2019  (15)              10,578   224,888 
  2/20/2020  (16)     81,818   10.27            
  2/20/2020  (17)              15,326   325,831 
  2/20/2020  (3)              38,316   814,598 
   Total     12,684   107,187           137,408   2,921,294 

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       Option Awards  Stock Awards 
 

Officer Name

 Grant Date  Notes 

Number of

Securities

Underlying

Unexercised

Options (#)

Exercisable

  

Number of

Securities

Underlying

Unexercised

Options (#)

Unexercisable

  

Option

Price

($)

  

Unexercised

Option

Expiration

Date

  

Number of

Shares or

Units

of Stock

That

Have Not

Vested

(#)

  

Market

Value* of

Shares or

Units
That Have
Not

Vested

($)

 

Jeannine Lane

  2/28/2017  (8)              1,222   25,980 
  2/27/2018  (9)              2,039   43,349 
  2/27/2018  (10)              3,695   78,556 
  10/29/2018  (11)              28,730   610,800 
  11/15/2018  (12)              4,631   98,455 
  2/11/2019  (13)  11,799   23,599   24.39            
  2/11/2019  (14)              6,560   139,466 
  2/11/2019  (15)              9,840   209,198 
  2/20/2020  (16)     76,109   10.27            
  2/20/2020  (17)              14,257   303,104 
  2/20/2020  (3)              35,643   757,770 
   Total     11,799   99,708           106,617   2,266,677 

Michael Nefkens

  10/29/2018  (11)              154,400   3,282,544 
  2/11/2019  (13)  131,109      24.39   5/27/2021         
  2/11/2019  (15)              27,507   584,799 
   Total     131,109               181,907   3,867,343 

Robert Ryder

                      

Michael Flink

  7/25/2014  (20)              7,916   168,294 
  6/1/2016  (21)              18,702   397,605 
  2/28/2017  (8)              2,037   43,307 
  7/27/2017  (22)              13,831   294,047 
  2/27/2018  (9)              3,398   72,241 
  2/27/2018  (10)              6,157   130,898 
  10/29/2018  (11)              33,690   716,249 
  11/15/2018  (12)              7,874   167,401 
  2/11/2019  (13)  15,372   30,744   24.39            
  2/11/2019  (15)              12,819   272,532 
  2/11/2019  (14)              8,546   181,688 
  2/20/2020  (16)     99,154   10.27            
  2/20/2020  (17)              18,574   394,883 
  2/20/2020  (3)              46,435   987,208 
   Total     15,372   129,898           179,979   3,826,354 

Sachin Sankpal

  1/7/2020  (23)              159,903   3,399,538 
  2/20/2020  (24)  40,134      10.27            
  2/20/2020  (3)              22,765   483,984 
   Total     40,134               182,668   3,883,522 
 
       Option Awards  Stock Awards 
 

Officer Name

 Grant Date  Notes 

Number of

Securities

Underlying

Unexercised

Options (#)

Exercisable

  

Number of

Securities

Underlying

Unexercised

Options (#)

Unexercisable

  

Option

Price

($)

  

Unexercised

Option

Expiration

Date

  

Number of

Shares or

Units
of Stock

That
Have Not

Vested

(#)

  

Market

Value* of

Shares or

Units
That Have
Not

Vested

($)

 

Jay Geldmacher

  05/28/2020  (1)  —      237,035      6.63      5/27/2027          
  05/28/2020  (2)  —      —      —      —      46,928   1,221,536 
  05/28/2020  (3)  —      —      —      —      117,320   3,053,840 
  02/18/2021  (4)  —      —      —      —      142,045   3,697,431 
  02/18/2021  (5)  —      —      —      —      142,045   3,697,431 
   Total     —      237,035      —      —      448,338   11,670,238 

Anthony Trunzo

  06/08/2020  (6)  74,052      37,026      9.86      6/7/2027          
  06/08/2020  (7)  —      —      —      —      16,217   422,129 
  06/08/2020  (3)  —      —      —      —      60,814   1,582,988 
  06/08/2020  (8)  —      —      —      —      300,000   7,809,000 
  02/18/2021  (4)  —      —      —      —      40,435   1,052,523 
  02/18/2021  (5)  —      —      —      —      40,435   1,052,523 
   Total     —      111,078      —      —      457,901   11,919,163 

Phillip Theodore

  06/01/2020  (9)  28,395      56,790      6.97      5/7/2027          
  06/01/2020  (10)  —      —      —      —      11,352   295,493 
  06/01/2020  (3)  —      —      —      —      42,572   1,108,149 
  02/18/2021  (4)  —      —      —      —      33,143   862,712 
  02/18/2021  (5)  —      —      —      —      33,143   862,712 
  09/28/2021  (11)  —      150,000      25.48      9/27/2028          
   Total     28,395      206,790      —      —      120,210   3,129,066 

Robert Aarnes

  9/29/2016  (12)  —      —      —      —      3,788   98,602 
  2/27/2018  (13)  —      —      —      —      1,211   31,522 
  10/29/2018  (14)  —      —      —      —      14,365   373,921 
  2/11/2019  (15)  45,886      22,943      24.39      2/10/2026          
  2/11/2019  (16)  —      —      —      —      6,378   166,019 
  2/20/2020  (17)  61,663      123,326      10.27      2/19/2027          
  2/20/2020  (18)  —      —      —      —      23,102   601,345 
  2/20/2020  (3)  —      —      —      —      86,633   2,255,057 
  12/14/2020  (19)  —      —      —      —      50,000   1,301,500 
  02/18/2021  (4)  —      —      —      —      37,878   985,964 
  02/18/2021  (5)  —      —      —      —      37,878   985,964 
   Total     107,549      146,269      —      —      261,233   6,799,895 

Travis Merrill

  12/21/2020  (20)  —      —      —      —      6,667   173,542 
  02/18/2021  (4)  —      —      —      —      18,939   492,982 
  02/18/2021  (5)  —      —      —      —      18,939   492,982 
   Total     —      —      —      —      44,545   1,159,506 

 

*

Based on the closing stock price for Resideo stock on December 31, 20202021 ($21.26)26.03). All awards with grant dates prior to October 29, 2018, the date of the Spin-Off, were equity awards (stock options, RSUs and PSUs) issued by Honeywell that were converted to Resideo RSUs on October 29, 2018.

 

(1)

These non-qualified stock options will vest in full on May 28, 2023.

 

(2)

These RSUs will vest in full on May 28, 2023.

 

(3)

These PSUs were awarded in 2020 and can be earned after the end of the three-year performance period ending December 31, 2022. The number of PSUs that the NEO will receive is dependent upon the ranking of our relative Total Shareholder Return as compared to the Total Shareholder Return of the companies in the S&P 400 Industrials Index. The number of PSUs shown is the target number of shares that can be earned. Pursuant to their award agreement, Mr. Geldmacher’s PSU award, if earned, will vest on May 28, 2023 and Mr. Trunzo’s award, if earned, will vest on June 8, 2023.

 

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(4)

Of these remaining RSUs, one-third vested on February 18, 2022 and one-third vests on each of February 18, 2023 and February 18, 2024.

(5)

These PSUs were awarded in on February 18, 2021 and can be earned after the end of the three-year performance period ending December 31, 2023. The number of PSUs that the NEO will receive is dependent upon the ranking of our relative Total Shareholder Return as compared to the Total Shareholder Return of the companies in the S&P 400 Industrials Index. The number of PSUs shown is the target number of shares that can be earned.

(6)

These remaining non-qualified stock options will vest in equal annual installments on June 8, 2021, June 8, 2022, and June 8, 2023.

 

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(5)(7)

These RSUs will vestvests in equal annual installments on June 8, 2021, June 8, 2022, and June 8, 2023.

 

(6)(8)

These RSUs will vest in equal installments on June 8, 2023 and June 8, 2024.

 

(7)

The remaining unvested RSUs under this converted Honeywell award will vest in the amount of 3,662 shares on September 29, 2021 and 3,788 shares on September 29, 2023.

(8)

The remaining unvested RSUs under this converted Honeywell award vested on February 28, 2021.

(9)

The remaining unvested RSUs under this converted Honeywell awardThese non-qualified stock options will vest in equal annual installments on February 27, 2021June 1, 2022 and February 27, 2022.June 1, 2023.

 

(10)

The remaining unvestedThese RSUs under this converted Honeywell award vestedwill vest in equal installments on February 27, 2021.each of June 1, 2022 and June 1, 2023.

 

(11)

These Founder’s Grant RSU Awards were granted on October 29, 2018 andnon-qualified stock options will vest in equal amountsfull on October 29, 2021 and October 29, 2022.September 28, 2024.

 

(12)

The remaining unvested RSUs under this converted Honeywell award vestedwill vest on March 15, 2021.September 29, 2023.

 

(13)

These non-qualified stock options will vest in equal annual installments on each of February 11, 2020, February 11, 2021 and February 11, 2022. The stock option shown for Mr. Nefkens represents the number of shares which were vested and outstanding as of May 27, 2020 at his separation. The remaining unvested portion of the stock option was forfeited and cancelled on that date.

(14)

These RSUs vest in equal annual installments on February 11, 2020, February 11, 2021 and February 11, 2022.

(15)

These PSUs were awarded on February 11, 2019 can be earned based on achievement of certain financial measures set early in 2019. The performance period ends December 31, 2021. The number of PSUs that the NEO will receive is dependent upon the achievement of certain financial metrics approved by the Committee measuring revenue and Adjusted EBITDA. For each NEO the amount of PSUs shown is the target number of units that could be earned and paid out in shares. The PSUs shown for each of Mr. Nefkens and Mr. Sankpal represent the pro-rated target number of PSUs remaining under his award which may be earned through the end of the performance period.

(16)

These non-qualified stock options will vest in equal annual installments on February 20, 2021, February 20, 2022, and February 20, 2023.

(17)

These RSUs will vest in equal annual installments on February 20, 2021, February 20, 2022 and February 20, 2023.

(18)

These RSUs will vest 100% on December 14, 2025.

(19)

The remaining unvested RSUs under this converted Honeywell award vested on February 27, 2022.

(14)

The remaining unvested RSU under the Founder’s Grant RSU Award granted on October 29, 2018 will vest for 6,446 shares on JulyOctober 29, 20212022.

(15)

These remaining non-qualified stock options vested on February 11, 2022.

(16)

These remaining RSUs vested on February 11, 2022.

(17)

Of these remaining non-qualified stock options, one-half vested on February 20, 2022 and 6,650 sharesone-half will vest on July 29,February 20, 2023.

(18)

Of these RSUs, one-half vested on February 20, 2022 and one-half will vest on February 20, 2023.

(19)

These RSUs will vest in full on December 14, 2025.

 

(20)

The remaining unvested RSUs under this converted Honeywell award will vest on July 25, 2021.

(21)

The remaining unvested RSUs under this converted Honeywell award will vest for 9,205 shares on June 1, 2021 and 9,497 shares on June 1, 2023.

(22)

The remaining unvested RSUs under this converted Honeywell award will vest for 6,811 shares on July 27, 2021 and 7,020 shares on July 27, 2023.

(23)

These RSUs vest as to 16,416in installments of 3,334 shares on January 7, 2021, 71,743December 21, 2022 and 3,333 shares on January 7, 2022, and 71,744 shares on January 7, 2023.

(24)

These non-qualified stock options vested in full on October 14, 2020.December 21,2023.

Option Exercises and Stock Vested Fiscal Year 20202021

The following table summarizes information regarding stock options exercised by the NEOs during the fiscal year ended December 31, 20202021 and RSU and PSU awards that vested during that same period.

 

   Option Awards  Stock Awards

Officer Name

  

# of Shares

Acquired on

Exercise

(#)

  

Value Realized

on Exercise

($)

  

Number of Shares

Acquired on

Vesting (#)(1)

  

Value Realized   

on Vesting   

($)(2)   

Jay Geldmacher

        —   

Anthony Trunzo

        —   

Rob Aarnes

      19,442  180,026   

Steve Kelly

      41,720  418,140   

Jeannine Lane

      23,751  242,254   

Mike Nefkens

      74,585  524,450   

Bob Ryder

        

Michael Flink

      27,647  250,726   

Sachin Sankpal

      62,846  743,971   
   Option Awards  Stock Awards

Officer Name

  

# of Shares

Acquired on

Exercise

(#)

  

Value Realized

on Exercise

($)

  

Number of Shares

Acquired on

Vesting (#)(1)

  

Value Realized   

on Vesting   

($)(2)   

Jay Geldmacher

        —   

Anthony Trunzo

      8,108  261,791   

Phillip Theodore

      5,676  173,941   

Robert Aarnes(3)

      67,944  1,753,484   

Travis Merrill

      3,333  83,485   

 

(1)

Represents the total number of RSUs that vested during 20202021 before share withholding for taxes and transaction costs.

 

(2)

Represents the total value of RSUs at the vesting date calculated as the average of the high and low prices for Resideo stock on the day of vesting multiplied by the total number of RSUs that vested. The individual totals may include multiple vesting transactions during the year.

 

(3)

The amounts reflected for Mr. Aarnes include 19,706 shares distributed on February 9, 2022 for his February 11, 2019 PSU, which achieved a payout of 103% of target. The value of the shares when distributed was $489,891.

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Pension Benefits

The following table provides summary information and related disclosures provide information regarding benefits under the Resideo Technologies Inc. Pension Plan (“RPP”) and the Resideo Supplemental Pension Plan (“SPP”), a nonqualified plan. The RPP and SPP provide pension benefits only to those employees who previously participated in the Honeywell pension plans prior to the Spin-Off. Accordingly, the only NEOsNEO who participateparticipates in the RPP and SPP are Messrs. Aarnes, Kelly and Flink and Ms. Lane.is Mr. Aarnes.

The RPP and SPP benefits depend on the length of each NEO’s employment with the Company and certain predecessor companies. This information is provided in the table below under the column entitled “Number of Years of Credited Service.” A participant’s credited service is generally equal to his or her period of employment with the Company or an affiliate (or, for periods prior to October 29, 2018, Honeywell International Inc. or a Honeywell affiliate), excluding periods of employment when the participant was not eligible to participate in the RPP or a predecessor Honeywell plan. The column in the table below entitled “Present Value of Accumulated Benefits” represents a financial calculation that estimates the cash value today of the full pension benefit that has been earned by each NEO. It is based on various assumptions, including assumptions about how long each NEO will live and future interest rates. Additional details about the pension benefits for each NEO follow the table.

 

Officer Name

  Plan Names  Early
Retirement
Eligible?
  

Number of

Years of

Credited

Service

(#)

   

Present

Value of

Accumulated

Benefits ($)

   

Payments  

During  

Last  

Fiscal  

Year ($)  

 

Robert Aarnes

  Resideo Technologies Inc. Pension Plan (Qualified component)  No   8.0    73,046    —   
  Resideo Technologies Inc. Supplemental Pension Plan (Non-Qualified component)      8.0    73,751    —   
   Total   

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

   146,797    —   

Stephen Kelly

  Resideo Technologies Inc. Pension Plan (Qualified component)  No   12.4    226,426    —   
  Resideo Technologies Inc. Supplemental Pension Plan (Non-Qualified component)      12.4    281,955    —   
   Total           508,381    —   

Jeannine Lane

  Resideo Technologies Inc. Pension Plan (Qualified component)  Yes   26.3    470,967    —   
  Resideo Technologies Inc. Supplemental Pension Plan (Non-Qualified component)      26.3    451,608    —   
   Total           922,575    —   

Michael Flink

  Resideo Technologies Inc. Pension Plan (Qualified component)  Yes   17.8    970,656    —   
  Resideo Technologies Inc. Supplemental Pension Plan (Non-Qualified component)      17.8        —   
   Total           970,656    —   

Officer Name

  Plan Names  Early
Retirement
Eligible?
  

Number of

Years of

Credited

Service

(#)

   

Present

Value of

Accumulated

Benefits ($)

   

Payments  

During  

Last  

Fiscal  

Year ($)  

 

Robert Aarnes

  Resideo Technologies Inc. Pension Plan (Qualified component)  Yes   9.0    75,468    —   
  Resideo Technologies Inc. Supplemental Pension Plan (Non-Qualified component)      9.0    112,005    —   
   Total   

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

   187,473    —   

Summary Information

 

The RPP is a tax-qualified pension plan in which a significant portion of our U.S. employees participate.

 

The RPP complies with tax requirements applicable to broad-based pension plans, which impose dollar limits on the compensation that can be used to calculate benefits and on the amount of benefits that can be provided. As a result, the pensions that can be paid under the RPP for higher-paid employees represent a much smaller fraction of current income than the pensions that can be paid to less highly paid employees. We make up for this difference, in part, by providing supplemental pensions through the SPP.

Pension Benefit Calculation Formulas

Within the RPP and the SPP, a variety of formulas are used to determine pension benefits. Different benefit formulas apply for different groups of employees for historical reasons (e.g., past acquisitions by a predecessor company) and the differences in the benefit formulas for our NEOs reflect this history.

 

The Retirement Earnings Plan (“REP”) Formula is used to determine the amount of pension benefits for each of our NEOs under the RPP and the SPP. Under this Formula, benefits are paid as a lump sum equal to (1) 3% or 6% of final average compensation (the average of a participant’s annual compensation for the five calendar years out of the previous ten calendar years that produces highest average) times (2) credited service.

 

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Under the Pittway (“PW”) formula, the annual annuity benefit is equal to the sum of (1) for each of the first 35 years of service, 1.2% of annual compensation up to a social security breakpoint and 1.85% of annual compensation over the breakpoint and (2) for each year of service over 35, 1.2% of annual compensation. For years after 2015, a participant’s (A) social security breakpoint is determined as of December 31, 2015 and (B) compensation is the lesser of the participant’s 2015 compensation or compensation for the current year.

For each pension benefit calculation formula, compensation includes base pay, short-term incentive compensation, payroll-based rewards and recognition and lump sum incentives. The amount of compensation taken into account under the RPP is limited by tax rules. The amount of compensation taken into account under the SPP is not.

The table below describes which formulas are applicable to each of our participating NEOs.NEO.

 

NAME/FORMULA

  DESCRIPTION OF TOTAL PENSION BENEFITS

Mr. Aarnes
REP formula 3%

  

 

  Mr. Aarnes’ pension benefits under the RPP and the SPP are determined under the REP formula.

Mr. Kelly
REP formula 6%

  Mr. Kelly’s pension benefits under the RPP and the SPP are determined under the REP formula.

Ms. Lane
REP formula 6%

  Ms. Lane’s pension benefits under the RPP and the SPP are determined under the REP formula.

Mr. Flink
PW formula

  Mr. Flink’s pension benefits under the RPP and the SPP are determined under the PW formula.

Mr. Flink and Ms. Lane are currently eligible for early retirement. Under the PW formula, Mr. Flink was eligible once he reached age 55 with 10 years of service, and under the REP formula. At early retirement, the monthly pension is computed on the same basis as at normal retirement, but the pension is reduced 6.67% per year for each of the first five years and 3.33% for each of the next five years by which commencement precedes normal retirement date. Ms. Lane participates in the REP formula and would be eligible, upon termination of employment, to receive a lump sum payment of her accrued plan benefit (or an actuarial equivalent annuity payment, determined in accordance with the plan’s actuarial equivalency provisions).

Nonqualified Deferred Compensation

 

Officer Name

  

Executive

Contributions

in 2020

($)(1)

   

Registrant

Contributions

in 2020

($)(2)

   

Aggregate

Earnings
in 2020

($)(3))

   

Aggregate

Withdrawals and

Distributions in 2020

($)

   

Aggregate Balance  

at the End of  

Fiscal Year 2020  

($)(4)  

 

Stephen Kelly

           5,553        184,276   

Jeannine Lane

           1,914        63,769   

Michael Flink

   38,238    13,508    25,166        850,600   

Officer Name

  

Executive

Contributions

in 2021

($)(1)

   

Registrant

Contributions

in 2021

($)(2)

   

Aggregate

Earnings
in 2021

($)(3)

   

Aggregate

Withdrawals and

Distributions in 2021

($)

   

Aggregate Balance  

at the End of  

Fiscal Year 2021  

($)(4)  

 

Anthony Trunzo

   24,138    21,121    245        24,120 

Travis Merrill

   90,000    14,438    922        89,235 

All deferred compensation amounts are unfunded and unsecured obligations of the Company and are subject to the same risks as any of the Company’s general obligations.

 

(1)

The amounts in this column were contributed by the NEO into his account under the deferred compensation plan, which includes amounts reflected in the “Base Salary” column of the Summary Compensation Table.

 

(2)

Amounts in this column are contributions made to the NEOs account in 20212022 for the 20202021 calendar year.

 

(3)

The amounts in this column represent interest and dividends earned on balances held in the NEO’s account during 2020.2021.

 

(4)

Of the balances, the following amounts have reportedEach Mr. Trunzo and Mr. Merrill elected to participate in the current or prior year’s Summary Compensation Tables: Mr. Kelly – (i) $5,228 reported as Salary and $550 reported as All Other Compensationnon-qualified deferred compensation program in their first year of eligibility in 2020. Therefore, this is the Summary Compensation table for 2018, and (ii) $17,200 reported as Salary and $13,475 reported as All Other Compensation in the Summary Compensation Table for 2019; and Mr. Flink – (i) $38,238 reported as Salary and $13,508 reported as All Other Compensation in the Summary Compensation Table for 2020.first year of activity to be reported.

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Resideo Supplemental Savings Plan

The Resideo Supplemental Savings Program (“RSSP”) is a nonqualified deferred compensation plan that allows eligible Resideo employees, including the NEOs, to save additional amounts in excess of what is allowed under the Company’s tax-qualified 401(k) plan due to the annual deferral and compensation limits imposed by the Internal Revenue Code. The RSSP has two components, the Deferred Incentive Program (DIP) and the Supplemental Savings Program (SSP). Executive officers can elect to defer up to 100% of their annual bonus awards under the DIP component. In addition, executive officers may also participate in the SSP component to defer eligible compensation that cannot be contributed to the Company’s 401(k) savings plan due to IRS limitations. The amounts contributed to the SSP component are eligible for matching contributions not to exceed 87.5% of the first 8% contributed combined between the SSP and the 401(k) plan. Matching contributions are always vested. Effective January 1, 2022, Resideo simplified the formula for the company matching contributions and changed to 100% of the first 7% of employee contributions. The overall maximum matching contribution did not change between the two formulas, whereby the maximum company matching contribution is 7%.

Interest Rate. Participant account balances were moved from the Honeywell plans to the RSSP on October 29, 2018. All funds are invested in the Fidelity U.S. Bond Index Fund and participant accounts are credited with interest based on the fund’s performance. Matching contributions are also treated as invested in Fidelity U.S. Bond Index Fund.

Distribution. Amounts transferred from the Honeywell Supplemental Savings Plan or Honeywell Deferred Incentive Plan to the RSSP will follow the same distribution options as applied under the Honeywell plan. For deferrals to the RSSP starting in 2019 or later years, payments will commence at the earlier of the participant’s separation from service, death or the in-service distribution date elected by the participant. Amounts will be paid to participants in a lump sum or installment payments, for payments triggered by separation from service or an

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in-service distribution at the election of the participant. Participant RSSP accounts are distributed in cash only. Participants can make different payment elections under the SSP and the DIP components of the RSSP.

Compensatory Arrangements with NEOs

As described above, during fiscal 2020, the Board effected several executive leadership transitions, including hiring a newWe are party to offer letters with our CEO and CFO. In connection with these transitions, the Committee approved certain offer letters for new executive officers, as well as transition and severance arrangements for certain departing executive officers. Below is a summary ofCFO, the material terms of these compensatory arrangements.which are summarized below. The summary below excludes payments and benefits generally available to all executive officers under the terms of the Company’s equity award agreements that are described above. We do not have any individual compensatory arrangements with the other NEOs.

Offer Letter with Jay Geldmacher, President and Chief Executive Officer

The Company entered into an offer letter with Mr. Geldmacher, effective May 28, 2020, in connection with his appointment as President and Chief Executive Officer. Pursuant to the letter agreement, Mr. Geldmacher willis eligible to receive an annual base salary of $900,000.$900,000, subject to annual adjustment. Mr. Geldmacher will havehas a target annual incentive compensation opportunity equal to 150% of his annual base salary, with a maximum opportunity of no less than 200% and, for 2020, the payout was guaranteed at no less than his pro-rated target incentive amount. Also for 2020, Mr. Geldmacher was granted a pro-rated long-term incentive award equal valued at $3.097 million$3,097,000 at target, 10% of which value will bewas granted as time-based restricted stock units, 15% as stock options and 25% as performance-based restricted stock units, all of which will vest on the third anniversary of the grant date, and the remaining 50% was granted as a cash bonus payable following the third anniversary of the grant if Mr. Geldmacher remains employed; provided that Mr. Geldmacher will receive a pro-rated payout of the cash bonus if his employment terminates due to death, disability, termination without cause or resignation for good reason. In the event of a change in control, all of Mr. Geldmacher’s equity awards will vest in full in the event they are not assumed in such change in control or if his employment is terminated without cause or for good reason within 24 months following such change in control.

Mr. Geldmacher received a cash sign-on bonus of $2.0$2,000,000 million that will be subject to ratable repayment if he resigns other than for good reason or is terminated for cause before completing 24 months of employment. Mr. Geldmacher also was entitled to receive a make-whole payment of up to $90,000 due to the forfeiture of a quarterly bonus opportunity with his prior employer. Mr. Geldmacher will be eligible for the severance benefits provided to the Company’s other executive officers; provided, that Mr. Geldmacher will also be eligible to

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receive severance benefits in the event he resigns for good reason. Good reason is defined as Mr. Geldmacher not serving as the most senior executive of the Company or reporting directly and exclusively to the Board, assignment to Mr. Geldmacher of duties materially inconsistent with his position, any material diminution of his position, authority, duties or responsibilities, any reduction in annual base salary or target annual incentive opportunity from the amounts in the offer letter, requiring Mr. Geldmacher to be based at any office or location greater than 25 miles away from the Company’s headquarters or any material breach of the offer letter by the Company.

In addition to participating in the Company’s benefits for other employees and executives, Mr. Geldmacher will receive (i) an executive physical benefit valued at up to $5,000 annually, (ii) the right to use a private jet for business and commuting purposes, including a full tax gross-up for any income taxes on such use, (iii) relocation assistance under the Company’s officer level relocation guidelines and reimbursement for temporary housing for up to 12 months and up to $75,000, and (iv) reimbursement of his legal fees related to negotiation and documentation of his employment agreement up to $37,500. In July 2021, in connection with a determination that we would relocate our corporate headquarters, the Compensation Committee approved an amendment to Mr. Geldmacher’s offer letter to increase his temporary housing allowance, in excess of the company’s standard benefits, to $125,000 and remove the time limitation on such benefits.

Offer Letter with Anthony Trunzo, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

The Company entered into an offer letter with Mr. Trunzo on May 22, 2020, in connection with Mr. Trunzo’s appointment as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer effective June 8, 2020. Pursuant to the terms of the offer letter, Mr. Trunzo willis eligible to receive an annual base salary of $585,000.$585,000, subject to annual adjustment. Mr. Trunzo will havehas a target annual incentive compensation opportunity equal to 90% of his annual base salary, and

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for 2020, the payout shallwas guaranteed to be no less than his pro-rated target incentive amount. Also for 2020, Mr. Trunzo was granted a long-term incentive award valued at $1,131,148 at target, 20% of which value was granted as time-based restricted stock units, 30% as stock options and 50% as performance-based restricted stock units, subject to the same customary vesting terms for the Company’s equity awards for other executive officers.

Mr. Trunzo received a sign-on equity award of 300,000 restricted stock units that will vest as to one-half of such shares on each of the third and fourth anniversaries of the date of grant. Mr. Trunzo will be eligible for the Severance Plan; provided that Mr. Trunzo will also be eligible to receive severance benefits in the event he resigns for good reason. Pursuant to the letter agreement, good reason is defined as assignment to Mr. Trunzo of duties materially inconsistent with his position, any material diminution of his position, authority, duties or responsibilities, any reduction in annual base salary or target annual incentive opportunity from the amounts in the offer letter or any material breach of the offer letter by the Company. In addition to participating in the Company’s benefits for other employees and executives, Mr. Trunzo was entitled to reimbursement of his legal fees related to negotiation and documentation of his offer letter up to $10,000.

Separation Agreement with Michael Nefkens, Former President and Chief Executive Officer

The Company entered into a separation agreement with Mr. Nefkens on January 22, 2020 in connection with the termination of Mr. Nefkens’ employment. Pursuant to the separation agreement, Mr. Nefkens was entitled to receive severance benefits in accordance with and subject to the Severance Plan and other conditions set forth in the separation agreement provided to Mr. Nefkens, Mr. Nefkens is also entitled to continued vesting of a pro-rated portion of the restricted stock units that were granted to him on October 29, 2018 and he received a payment equal to his fiscal 2020 target annual incentive award, which is equal to 140% of his base salary, pro-rated for the portion of fiscal 2020 during which Mr. Nefkens remained employed. In addition, Mr. Nefkens received a long-term incentive grant for fiscal 2020 valued at $1.433 million that vested monthly during fiscal 2020 with a minimum vesting of three months and, following the severance period, Mr. Nefkens will be engaged to provide consulting services for twelve months for an annual fee of $200,000. The payments and benefits under the separation agreement were subject to Mr. Nefkens signing a general release of claims in favor of the Company and complying with his restrictive covenants, including one-year non-competition and two-year non-solicitation restrictions.

Separation Agreement with Sachin Sankpal, Former President, Products & Solutions

The Company entered into a separation agreement with Mr. Sankpal on October 14, 2020 in connection with the termination of Mr. Sankpal’s employment effective October 14, 2020. Pursuant to the terms of the separation agreement, Mr. Sankpal was entitled to receive severance benefits in accordance with and subject to the Severance Plan and other conditions set forth in the separation agreement. Mr. Sankpal is entitled to continued vesting of that portion of the restricted stock units that were granted to him on January 7, 2020 that were not

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otherwise subject to pro-rata vesting upon termination, as well as a payment of his fiscal 2020 annual incentive award, in accordance with the Company’s actual financial results with respect to the financial metric components and reduced by 50% for the individual performance component, but guaranteed at that reduced level, all pro-rated for the portion of fiscal 2020 during which Mr. Sankpal remained employed. Mr. Sankpal was entitled to reimbursement of $5,000 for the cost of shipping his household goods in connection with relocation. The payments and benefits under the separation agreement were subject to Mr. Sankpal signing a general release of claims in favor of the Company and complying with his restrictive covenants, including one-year non-competition and two-year non-solicitation restrictions.

Separation Agreement with Michael Flink, Former Senior Vice President, Executive Advisor

The Company entered into an employment terms letter with Mr. Flink on June 4, 2020 pursuant to which Mr. Flink transitioned from his prior position of Executive Vice President, Transformation to Senior Vice President, Executive Advisor effective June 1, 2020 for a transition period prior to the termination of his employment on March 31, 2021. Mr. Flink was entitled to receive the same compensation he received previously for his continued role as Senior Vice President, Executive Advisor, and, in the event his employment was terminated within one year thereafter, he remained entitled to eighteen months of salary continuation and continued vesting of restricted stock units that were granted to him on October 29, 2018 and November 15, 2018. Mr. Flink was entitled to a payment of his fiscal 2020 annual incentive award, in accordance with the Company’s actual financial results with respect to the financial metric components and reduced by 50% for the individual performance component, but guaranteed at that reduced level, if his employment terminated prior to payout of the incentive award in the ordinary course (in which case the payout would have pro-rated for the portion of fiscal 2020 during which Mr. Flink remained employed). Mr. Flink remained employed through the payout of his incentive award so no incremental benefit was provided, and his individual component paid out at the reduced, guaranteed level. As a condition to the payments and benefits under the employment terms letter, Mr. Flink was obligated at the time of his termination to sign a separation agreement that included a general release of claims in favor of the Company and a requirement that he comply with his restrictive covenants, including one-year non-competition and two-year non-solicitation restrictions.

Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control

Overview

This section describes the benefits payable to our NEOs in two circumstances:

 

Termination of employment

 

Change in Control (“CIC”)

Officer Severance Plan

These benefits are determined primarily under our Resideo Technologies, Inc. Severance Plan for Designated Officers, or Severance Plan, which our Committee approved in November 2018 and reflects their assessment of external market data on benefits commonly offered to senior executives in such circumstances. The Committee strongly believes that our severance benefits are generally in line with current market practices and are particularly important as we do not maintain employment agreements with our NEOs. Benefits provided under the Severance Plan are conditioned on the executive executing a full release of claims and compliance with certain non-competition and non-solicitation covenants in favor of the Company. The right to continued severance benefits under the plan ceases in the event of a violation of such covenants. In addition, we would seek to recover certain severance benefits already paid to any executive who violates such restrictive covenants.

In addition to the Severance Plan, several of our other benefits plans, such as our Annual Incentive Compensation Plan, also have provisions that impact these benefits. These benefits ensure that our executives are motivated primarily by the needs of the businesses for which they are responsible, rather than circumstances that are outside the ordinary course of business, i.e., circumstances that might lead to the termination of an executive’s employment or that might lead to a CIC of the Company. Generally, this is achieved by assuring our NEOs that they will receive a level of continued compensation if their employment is adversely affected in these circumstances, subject to certain conditions. We believe that these benefits help ensure that affected executives act in the best interests of our shareholders, even if such actions are otherwise contrary to their personal

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interests. This is critical because these are circumstances in which the actions of our NEOs may have a material impact upon our shareholders. Accordingly, we set the level and terms of these benefits in a way that we believe is necessary to obtain the desired results. The level of benefit and the rights to benefits are determined by the type of termination event, as described below.

In the case of a CIC, severance benefits under the Severance Plan are payable only in the event that both parts of the “double trigger” are satisfied. That is, (i) there must be a CIC of our Company, and (ii)(A) the NEO must be involuntarily terminated other than for cause, or (B) the NEO must initiate the termination of his own employment for good reason. Similarly, our 2018 Stock Incentive Plan does not offer single-trigger vesting of equity awards that are assumed or replaced by an acquirer upon a CIC.

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Equity Awards

Death and Disability – In the case of a recipient’s death or disability, vesting of options and restricted stock units accelerates in full and a pro rata portion of the PSUs will vest and settle if, and to the extent of, Resideo’s actual achievement of the performance measures during the performance period. The options remain exercisable until the earlier of three years after termination or the original expiration date.

Involuntary Termination Without Cause If an executive officer is subject to an involuntary termination without cause by Resideo, a pro rata portion of his or her options and restricted stock units will vest immediately upon termination, and a pro rata portion of the PSUs will vest and settle if, and to the extent of, Resideo’s actual achievement of the performance measures during the performance period. The options will remain exercisable until the earlier of one year after termination or the original expiration date.

Voluntary Resignation – If a recipient resigns voluntarily from the Company, he or she will forfeit any unvested options, restricted stock units and PSUs, and will have 30 days to exercise any then-vested options.

Retirement – With respect to equity awards granted prior to February 2019, non-vested awards are generally forfeited upon any retirement. Equity awards granted in or after February 2019 generally provide that an award recipient is retirement eligible if he or she is age 55 years or older, has at least 10 years of service to Resideo and also has provided Resideo with at least 6 months’ prior notice that he or she is considering retirement. If an NEO is retirement eligible, his or her employment with Resideo ends as a result of retirement and he or she accepts certain post-employment conditions, the RSU awards and options granted in or after February 2019 will continue to vest in accordance with the original vesting schedule (and options shall remain exercisable until the earlier of their original expiration date and three (3) years after retirement) and the PSU awards granted in or after February 2019 will vest on a pro-rata basis, based on actual performance as measured at the end of the performance period. Ms. Lane is the only NEO who is currently retirement eligible.

Pension and Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation

Pension and non-qualified deferred compensation benefits, which are described elsewhere in this Proxy Statement, are not included in the table below in accordance with the applicable proxy statement disclosure requirements, even though they may become payable at the times specified in the table. If an officer who participates in the RSSP terminates employment with Resideo, the balance of that executive’s SSP or DIP account will be paid to the executive in June of the year following his or her termination. Similarly, if an officer who is a participant in the RPP or the SPP described above terminates employment, the executive’s balance in the pension plan will be paid to the executive one hundred and five days after his or her termination date.

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The following table summarizes estimated payments and benefits to which our NEOs would be entitled upon the hypothetical occurrence of various termination scenarios or a CIC. The information in the table below is based on the assumption, in each case, that the termination of employment occurred on December 31, 2020.2021. None of these termination benefits are payable to NEOs who voluntarily resign (other than voluntary resignations for good reason as specified or certain qualifying retirements) or whose employment is terminated by us for cause.

NEOs Who Have Terminated Employment

The employment of Mr. Nefkens terminated on May 27, 2020, Mr. Sankpal terminated on October 14, 2020 and Mr. Flink terminated on March 31, 2021, each under circumstances that entitle such NEO to severance benefits. Accordingly, the severance amounts shown below for termination by the Company without Cause for Messrs.

Payments and Benefits

  

Named Executive

Officer

  Termination
by the
Company
Without
Cause ($)
(1)
   

Death

($)

   

Disability

($)

   

Change-in-Control–

No Termination
of Employment ($)

   

Change-in-Control–  

Termination of  

Employment by  

Company, Without  

Cause, by NEO for  

Good Reason or  

Due to Disability  

($)  

 

Cash Severance
(Base Salary)

  Jay Geldmacher   2,000,000                2,000,000   
  Robert Aarnes   862,500                1,150,000   
  Anthony Trunzo   915,000                1,220,000   
  Phillip Theodore   825,000                1,100,000   
   Travis Merrill   675,000                900,000   

Annual Incentive Compensation(2)
Year of Termination

  Jay Geldmacher                   3,000,000   
  Anthony Trunzo                   1,220,000   
  Phillip Theodore                   1,100,000   
  Robert Aarnes                   1,150,000   
   Travis Merrill                   900,000   

Outstanding Equity Awards(3)(4)

  Jay Geldmacher       16,268,717    16,268,717        16,268,717   
  Anthony Trunzo       13,715,294    13,715,294        13,715,294   
  Phillip Theodore       4,835,192    4,835,192        4,835,192   
  Robert Aarnes       10,326,233    10,326,233        4,835,192   
   Travis Merrill       1,246,264    1,246,264        1,246,264   

Benefits(5)

  Jay Geldmacher   11,198                11,198   
  Anthony Trunzo   16,271                21,694   
  Phillip Theodore   14,086                18,781   
  Robert Aarnes   16,232                21,642   
   Travis Merrill   18,784                25,046   

Total

  Jay Geldmacher   2,011,198    16,268,717    16,268,717        21,279,915   
  Anthony Trunzo   931,271    13,715,294    13,715,294        16,176,989   
  Phillip Theodore   839,086    4,835,192    4,835,192        7,053,973   
  Robert Aarnes   878,732    10,326,233    10,326,233        12,647,876   
   Travis Merrill   693,784    1,246,264    1,246,264        2,891,310   

 

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Nefkens, Sankpal, and Flink reflect the actual amounts they are entitled to in connection with the termination of their employment pursuant to their severance agreements, which are described above under “Compensatory Arrangements with NEOs,” and no amounts are reported for the other scenarios for these NEOs.

Payments and Benefits

  

Named Executive

Officer

  Termination
by the
Company
Without
Cause ($)(1)
  

Death

($)

  

Disability

($)

  

Change-in-Control–

No Termination
of Employment ($)

  

Change-in-Control–  

Termination of  

Employment by  

Company, Without  

Cause, by NEO for  

Good Reason or  

Due to Disability  

($)  

Cash Severance
(Base Salary)

  Jay Geldmacher    1,800,000                1,800,000  
  Anthony Trunzo    877,500                1,170,000  
  Robert Aarnes    862,500                1,150,000  
  Stephen Kelly    664,350                885,800  
  Jeannine Lane    675,000                900,000  
  Mike Nefkens    1,800,000                —  
  Robert Ryder                    —  
  Michael Flink    724,605                —  
   Sachin Sankpal    750,000                —  

Annual Incentive Compensation (2)–Year of Termination

  Jay Geldmacher                    2,700,000  
  Anthony Trunzo                    1,053,000  
  Robert Aarnes                    1,150,000  
  Stephen Kelly                    708,640  
  Jeannine Lane                    720,000  
  Mike Nefkens    509,508                —  
  Robert Ryder                    —  
  Michael Flink                    —  
   Sachin Sankpal    337,475                —  

Outstanding Equity Awards (3)(4)

  Jay Geldmacher        6,959,735    6,959,735        6,959,735  
  Anthony Trunzo        9,454,344    9,454,344        9,454,344  
  Robert Aarnes        7,408,578    7,408,578        7,408,578  
  Stephen Kelly        3,820,474    3,820,474        3,820,474  
  Jeannine Lane        3,103,115    3,103,115        3,103,115  
  Mike Nefkens    1,073,902                —  
  Robert Ryder                    —  
  Michael Flink    3,133,140                —  
   Sachin Sankpal    2,474,281                —  

Benefits (5)

  Jay Geldmacher    11,023                11,023  
  Anthony Trunzo    16,484                21,978  
  Robert Aarnes    13,144                17,525  
  Stephen Kelly    16,904                22,538  
  Jeannine Lane    12,874                17,165  
  Mike Nefkens    23,042                —  
  Robert Ryder                    —  
  Michael Flink    14,380                —  
   Sachin Sankpal    17,282                —  

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Payments and Benefits

  

Named Executive

Officer

  Termination
by the
Company
Without
Cause ($)(1)
  

Death

($)

  

Disability

($)

  

Change-in-Control–

No Termination
of Employment ($)

  

Change-in-Control–  

Termination of  

Employment by  

Company, Without  

Cause, by NEO for  

Good Reason or  

Due to Disability  

($)  

All Other–Payments/Benefits (6)

  Jay Geldmacher                    —  
  Anthony Trunzo                    —  
  Robert Aarnes                    —  
  Stephen Kelly                    —  
  Jeannine Lane                    —  
  Mike Nefkens    200,000                —  
  Robert Ryder                    —  
  Michael Flink                    —  
   Sachin Sankpal    5,000                —  

Total

  Jay Geldmacher    1,811,023    6,959,735    6,959,735        11,470,758  
  Anthony Trunzo    893,984    9,454,344    9,454,344        11,699,323  
  Robert Aarnes    875,644    7,408,578    7,408,578        9,726,103  
  Stephen Kelly    681,254    3,820,474    3,820,474        5,437,452  
  Jeannine Lane    687,874    3,103,115    3,103,115        4,740,280  
  Mike Nefkens    3,406,453                —  
  Robert Ryder                    —  
  Michael Flink    3,872,125    4,916,056    4,916,056        —  
   Sachin Sankpal    3,579.038                —  

The amounts reflected in the first column related to involuntary termination unrelated to a CIC, as well as the final two columns specific to circumstances following a CIC are based on the provisions of the Severance Plan, and the provisions of the 2018 Stock Incentive Plan.

 

(1)

Pursuant to their offer letters, Mr. Geldmacher and Mr. Trunzo are also entitled to receive the same severance benefits set forth here for termination by the Company without cause if they terminate their employment for good reason as defined in their offer letters. See “Compensatory Arrangements with NEOs” above for additional information.

 

(2)

Severance amounts in the event of involuntary termination not related to CIC represent a cash payment equal to 24 months of annual base salary for Mr. Geldmacher and Mr. Nefkens and 18 months of annual base salary for the other NEOs. Severance amounts related to an involuntary termination or termination for good reason related to a CIC represent a cash payment equal to 24 months of annual base salary as well as two times the NEO’s target annual incentive compensation.

 

(3)

In addition to the amounts reflected in the final column, if an NEO is terminated without cause in situations following a CIC, the executive will also be entitled to a pro-rated Annual Incentive Award for the period of employment during the year of termination.

 

(4)

Amounts represent the intrinsic value of RSUs, and PSUs as of December 31, 20202021 for which the vesting would be accelerated. RSUs will be vested in full upon a termination due to death, disability or an involuntary termination or termination for good reason within 24 months of a CIC. With respect to RSU grants issued after December 31, 2018 only, a pro rata portion of the award would accelerate upon an involuntary termination not related to a CIC. With respect to the PSUs, upon termination due to death, disability or involuntary termination not related to a CIC, a pro rata portion of the PSUs are eligible to vest at actual performance levels at the end of the performance period. In the case of an involuntary termination or termination for good reason within 24 months of a CIC, a pro rata portion of the PSUs will vest at target or at the level of substantially achieved performance, as determined by the Committee prior to the CIC. The value included for RSUs and PSUs is the product of the number of units for which vesting would be accelerated and $21.26,$26.03, the closing price of Resideo common stock on December 31, 2020, except for the values reflected for Mr. Nefkens, Mr. Sankpal, and Mr. Flink, where the value reflected is based on the actual fair value of the awards accelerated or amended to permit continued vesting on the respective date of termination - $6.60, $10.98, and $28.82, respectively. None of the February 11, 2019 stock option grants are included in the table because the exercise price was below the fair market value as of December 31, 2020.2021.

 

(5)

The amounts reflected represent the Company’s cost for continuation of benefits, such as medical, dental, vision and life insurance, for the Salary Continuation Period as defined under the Severance Plan.

(6)

The amounts reflect payments to be made to Mr. Nefkens for consulting services for one year following his severance period and $5,000 of reimbursement payments for Mr. Sankpal’s relocation following termination of his employment.

Mr. Ryder is not eligible to participate in the Severance Plan and has not received any equity awards. His compensation is governed solely by the engagement letter between the Company and Horsepower dated October 22, 2019.

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CEO Pay Ratio

As required by Section 953(b) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and Item 402(u) of Regulation S-K, we are providing the following information about the relationship of the annual total compensation of the individual identified as our median paid employee and the annual total compensation of Mr. Jay Geldmacher, our President and Chief Executive Officer (the CEO).

For the year ended December 31, 2020, the total compensation for Mr. Geldmacher, was $4,697,966 as reported in the Total Compensation column of the Summary Compensation Table on page 55. Since Mr. Geldmacher was appointed CEO effective May 28, 2020, we annualized his Salary, Stock and Option Awards, Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation, and the Excess Liability Insurance component of the total of All Other Compensation of the Summary Compensation Table. We then added the disclosed values of his Bonus and other components of All Other Compensation amount to arrive at a value of $7,422,494 used for the ratio of annual total compensation for our CEO to the annual total compensation for our median employee. The table below provides the amounts as shown in the SCT and as annualized:

SCT Components

Actual Values
from SCT ($)
For CEO Pay Ratio:
Annualized Values +
One-Time Values ($)
Rationale

Salary

 526,154 900,000Annualized salary

Bonus (Sign-On)

 2,090,000 2,090,000Not annualized; one-time sign-on payment

Bonus (Guaranteed Annual Cash Incentive)

 804,098 1,350,000Annualized for target incentive equal to 150% of salary; actual 2020 amount was guaranteed at target

Stock Awards

 774,547 1,902,579Annualized stock award value

Option Awards

 464,589 1,141,204Annualized stock option award value

All Other Compensation

 38,579 38,711Annualized excess liability insurance, plus actual amount of legal fee reimbursement and executive physical

Total CEO Pay

 4,697,966 7,422,494

 

For 2020,2021, our last completed fiscal year:

 

the annual total compensation of our median employee was $21,539;$36,061; and

 

the annualizedannual total compensation of our CEO as shown abovereported in the Summary Compensation Table of this proxy statement on page 48 was $7,422,494.$14,103,270.

Based on this information, for 2020,2021, the ratio of the annual total annualized compensation of Mr. Geldmacher, our CEO, to the annual total compensation of the median employee was estimated to be 345391 to 1. This pay ratio is a reasonable estimate calculated in a manner consistent with SEC rules based on our payroll and employment records and the methodology described below.

To identify our median employee for 2020,2021, we considered our global population as of October 1, 20202021 (the “Measurement Date”). As of the Measurement Date, our total global employee population (excluding our CEO) consisted of approximately 14,47513,388 individuals.

 

Total U.S. Employees

   3,0683,242   

Total Non-U.S. Employees

   11,40710,146   (no exemptions utilized)

Total Global Workforce

   14,47513,388   

To identify the “median employee” from our total global employee population (excluding our CEO), we aggregated annual total base salary and actual incentive awards paid during 2020,2021, including bonuses and commissions. We also annualized the compensation of all newly hired permanent employees who were employed on the

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measurement date, for the 12-month period ending December 31, 2020,2021, as permitted under SEC rules. All non-USnon-U.S. pay components were converted to USU.S. dollars using the same currency exchange rates in effect in our financial records at October 1, 2020.2021.

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Once we identified the median employee, we determined the median employee’s total compensation by applying the same rules required to report NEO compensation on the Summary Compensation Table.

The SEC rules for identifying the median compensated employee and calculating the pay ratio based on that employee’s annual total compensation allow companies to adopt a variety of methodologies, to apply certain exclusions, and to make reasonable estimates and assumptions that reflect their compensation practices. As such, the pay ratio reported by other companies may not be comparable to the pay ratio reported above, as other companies may have different employment and compensation practices and may utilize different methodologies, exclusions, estimates and assumptions in calculating their own pay ratios.

 

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Equity Compensation Plan Information

 

 

As of December 31, 2020,2021, information about equity compensation plans is as follows:

 

Plan Category

Number of Shares to be
Issued Upon Exercises of
Outstanding Options, Warrants
and Rights
(a)
Weighted-Average Exercise
Price of Outstanding
Options, Warrants  and
Rights
(b)
Number of Securities Remaining
Available for Future Issuance Under
Equity Compensation Plans
(Excluding Securities Reflected in
Column (a))
(c)
  Number of Shares to be
Issued Upon Exercises of
Outstanding Options, Warrants
and Rights
(a)
 Weighted-
Average Exercise
Price of Outstanding
Options, Warrants and
Rights
(b)($)
   Number of Securities Remaining
Available for Future Issuance Under
Equity Compensation Plans
(Excluding Securities Reflected in
Column (a))
(c)
 

Equity compensation plans approved by security holders

 6,924,987(1) 15.98 10,862,646(1)   6,140,661(1)   18.27    9,325,720(2) 

Equity compensation Plans not approved by security holders

              

Total

 6,924.987 15.98 10,862,646   6,140,661   18.27    9,325,720 

Equity compensation plans approved by shareholders in the table above include the 2018 Stock Incentive Plan for Resideo Technologies, Inc. and its Affiliates as well as the 2018 Stock Plan For Non-Employee Directors of Resideo Technologies, Inc., the Resideo Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and the Resideo Technologies UK ShareBuilder Plan.

 

(1)

Includes 1,725,2231,345,968 shares underlying stock options, 4,286,9643,477,133 shares underlying RSUs and 912,8001,317,560 shares underlying PSUs (assuming target).

 

(2)

Includes 6,940,6145,674,962 shares available for future issuance under the Resideo Technologies, Inc. 2018 Stock Incentive Plan, 3,000,0002,779,570 shares available for future issuance under the Resideo Technologies, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, 723,838682,582 shares available for future issuance under the 2018 Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors of Resideo Technologies, Inc., and 198,194188,606 shares available for future issuance under the Resideo Technologies UK ShareBuilder Plan.

 

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Proposal 3:

Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

 

Under its written charter, the Audit Committee of the Board has sole authority and is directly responsible for the appointment, compensation, retention, oversight, evaluation and termination of the independent registered public accounting firm retained to audit the Company’s financial statements.

The Audit Committee evaluated the qualifications, performance and independence of the Company’s independent auditors and based on its evaluation, has appointed Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2021.2022. Deloitte served as the independent auditor of Resideo during 2020.2021. The Audit Committee and the Board believe that the retention of Deloitte to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders.

The Audit Committee is responsible for the approval of the engagement fees and terms associated with the retention of Deloitte. In addition to assuring the regular rotation of the lead audit partner as required by law, the Audit Committee will be involved in the selection and evaluation of the lead audit partner and considers whether, in order to assure continuing auditor independence, there should be a regular rotation of the independent registered public accounting firm.

Although the By-Laws do not require that we seek shareholder ratification of the appointment of Deloitte as our independent registered public accounting firm, we are doing so as a matter of good corporate governance. If the shareholders do not ratify the appointment, the Audit Committee will reconsider whether to retain Deloitte.

Representatives of Deloitte are expected to be present at the annual meeting, will have the opportunity to make a statement if they desire to do so and will be available to respond to appropriate questions by shareholders.

 

The Board of Directors unanimously recommends a vote “FOR” Proposal 3, to ratify

the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s

independent registered public accounting firm for 2021.2022.

Report of the Audit Committee

The Audit Committee consists of the three directors named below. Each member of the Audit Committee is an independent director as defined by applicable SEC and NYSE listing standards. In addition, the Board has determined that Mr. Lazar and Mr. Deninger are “audit committee financial experts” as defined by applicable SEC rules and satisfy the “accounting or related financial management expertise” criteria established by the NYSE.

In accordance with its written charter, the Audit Committee of the Board is responsible for assisting the Board to fulfill its oversight of:

 

the integrity of the Company’s financial statements and internal controls;

 

the Company’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements;

 

the independent auditors’ qualifications and independence; and

 

the performance of the Company’s internal audit function and independent auditors.

 

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It is the responsibility of Resideo’s management to prepare the Company’s financial statements and to develop and maintain adequate systems of internal accounting and financial controls. The Company’s internal auditors are responsible for conducting internal audits intended to evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of the Company’s financial and operating internal control systems.

Deloitte, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 20212022 (the “independent auditor”), is responsible for performing an independent audit of the Company’s consolidated financial statements, and issuing an opinion on the conformity of those audited financial statements with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”)., and evaluating the Company’s assessment of internal controls over financial reporting. The independent auditor also reviews the Company’s interim financial statements in accordance with applicable auditing standards.

In evaluating the independence of Deloitte, the Audit Committee has (i) received the written disclosures and the letter from Deloitte required by applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”) regarding the audit firm’s communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence, (ii) discussed with Deloitte the firm’s independence from the Company and management and (iii) considered whether Deloitte’s provision of non-audit services to the Company is compatible with the auditors’ independence. In addition, the Audit Committee assures that the lead audit partner is rotated at least every five years in accordance with SEC and PCAOB requirements, and considered whether there should be a regular rotation of the audit firm itself in order to assure the continuing independence of the outside auditors. The Audit Committee has concluded that Deloitte is independent from the Company and its management.

The Audit Committee has reviewed with the independent auditor and the Company’s internal auditors the overall scope and specific plans for their respective audits, and the Audit Committee is monitoring the progress of both in assessing the Company’s preparedness for future compliance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

At every regular meeting, the Audit Committee meets separately, and without management present, with the independent auditor and the Company’s Vice President,Director, Internal Audit to review the results of their examinations, their evaluations of the Company’s internal controls and the overall quality of the Company’s accounting and financial reporting. The Audit Committee also meets separately at its regular meetings with the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Accounting Officer, the General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer.

The Audit Committee has met and discussed with management and the independent auditor the fair and complete presentation of the Company’s financial statements. The Audit Committee has also discussed and reviewed with the independent auditor all matters required to be discussed by applicable requirements of the PCAOB and the SEC. The Audit Committee has discussed significant accounting policies applied in the financial statements, as well as any alternative treatments. Management has represented that the consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, and the Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed the audited consolidated financial statements with both management and the independent auditor.

Relying on the foregoing reviews and discussions, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board, and the Board approved, inclusion of the audited consolidated and combined financial statements in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020,2021, for filing with the SEC. In addition, the Audit Committee has approved, subject to shareholder ratification, the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2021.2022.

The Audit Committee

Jack Lazar (Chair)

Paul Deninger

Brian Kushner

 

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Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policy

The Audit Committee has adopted policies and procedures for pre-approval of audit, audit-related, tax and other services, and for pre-approval of related fee estimates or fee arrangements. These procedures require that the terms and fees for the annual audit service engagement be approved by the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee is required to pre-approve the audit and non-audit services performed by the independent auditor in order to assure that the provision of such services does not impair the auditor’s independence. Unless a type of service to be provided by the independent auditor has received general pre-approval under this policy, it will require specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee before the service is provided. In the event the invoice in respect of any covered service that is the subject of general pre-approval is materially in excess of the estimated amount or range, the Audit Committee must approve such excess amount prior to payment of the invoice. Predictable and recurring covered services and their related fee estimates or fee arrangements may be considered for general pre-approval by the full Audit Committee on an annual basis at or about the start of each fiscal year. Specific pre-approval of such services that have not received general pre-approval may be given or effective up to one year prior to commencement of the services. Under the policy, the Audit Committee has delegated to the Chair the authority to pre-approve audit-related and non-audit services and associated fees, that are not otherwise prohibited by law, to be performed by the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm in an amount of up to $100,000 for any one service; the Chair is required to report any pre-approval decisions to the Audit Committee at its next scheduled meeting. All services set forth in the following table below were approved by the Audit Committee before being rendered.

Audit and Non-Audit Fees

The following table shows fees for professional services rendered by Deloitte for the years ended December 31, 20202021 and 2019.2020.

 

  2020 ($)   2019 ($)   Description of Services  2021 ($)   2020 ($)   Description of Services

Audit Fees

   5,006,000    5,445,000   Fees pertaining to the audit of the Company’s annual consolidated financial statements, audits of statutory financial statements of our subsidiaries and fees pertaining to the review of SEC filings.   5,197,908    5,006,000   Fees pertaining to the audit of the Company’s annual consolidated financial statements, audits of statutory financial statements of our subsidiaries and fees pertaining to the review of SEC filings.

Audit-Related Fees

   0    0    

 

   0    0    

 

Tax Fees

   0    0    

 

   0    0    

 

All Other Fees

   1,895    30,000    

 

   1,895    1,895    

 

Total

   5,007,895    5,475,000    

 

   5,199,803    5,007,895    

 

 

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Proposal 4:

Shareholder Proposal Requesting Shareholders’ Right to Act by Written ConsentReduce Ownership Threshold for Shareholders to Call a Special Meeting

 

 

John Chevedden, whose address is 2215 Nelson Ave., No. 205, Redondo Beach, CA 90278, has requested that the following proposal be included in this Proxy Statement and has indicated that he intends to present such proposal at the annual meeting. Mr. Chevedden has submitted documentation indicating that he is the beneficial owner of at least 114 shares$2,000 in value of our common stock and has advised the Company that he intends to continue to hold the requisite amount of shares through the date of the 20212022 annual meeting. Mr. Chevedden’s proposal and his related supporting statement are followed by a recommendation from the Board. The Board disclaims any responsibility for the content of the proposal and the statement in support of the proposal, which are presented in the form received from the shareholder.

Proposal 4: Adopt a MainstreamSpecial Shareholder Right – Written ConsentMeeting Improvement

Shareholders request thatask our board of directorsto take suchthe steps as may be necessary to permit written consent (with as fewamend the appropriate company governing document words as possible) by shareholders entitleddocuments to castgive the minimum numberowners of votesa combined 10% of our outstanding common stock the power to call a special shareholder meeting.

Although now it theoretically takes 25% of all shares to call for a special shareholder meeting, this translates into 30% of the Resideo Technologies shares that typically vote at the annual meeting. It would be necessaryhopeless to authorize an action at a meeting at which all shareholders entitledthink that the shares that do not have time to vote thereon were present and voting. This written consentat the annual meeting would have the time to take the special procedural steps to call for a special shareholder meeting.

Plus the 30% of shares that vote at the annual meeting could determine that they own 35% of shares when their shares not held long are included. Shares that are not held long are 100% excluded from formal participation in the call for a special shareholder meeting even though shareholders have an ownership stake in those shares.

It is important to give shareholders the fullest powervote for this Special Shareholder Meeting Improvement proposal because we have no right to act by written consent consistent with applicable law. This includesconsent.

Many companies provide for both a shareholder abilityright to initiate any appropriate topic for written consent.

This proposal topic won 95%-support at Dover Corporationcall a special meeting and 88%-support at AT&T. Written consent allows shareholders to vote on important matters, such as electing new directors that can arise between annual meetings. This proposal is in favor of adopting a shareholder right to act by written consent. Southwest Airlines and Target are companies that do not provide for shareholder written consent with as few words as possible in the governing documents because more words areand yet provide for 10% of shares to call for a management device to limitspecial shareholder rights.meeting.

In spite of supporting votes exceeding 88% for this proposal topic our management fought hard with REZI shareholder money to prevent shareholders from voting on this proposal topic at our 2020 annual meeting. Our management hired Faegre Drinker, a law firm with 1300 attorneys, at shareholder expense to fight this proposal topic.

Plus REZI shareholders could determine thatgave 37% support to the 2021 shareholder proposal calling for a director needs replacing if the director received a large number of negative votes or if management pay was rejected by 20% of shares or more at the annual meeting (an indication that the chair of the management pay committee needs replacing).

A shareholder right to act by written consent still affords REZI management a strong defense for a management holdout position against shareholders. Any action taken by written consent would still need 64% supermajority approvalconsent. This 37% support may have represented over 40% support from the shares that normally cast ballots at the REZI annualhave access to independent proxy voting advice and are not forced to rely too much on biased management voting recommendations.

Shareholder also need a more reasonable stock ownership to call a special meeting to equalmake up for the use of online shareholder meetings that give management more control. At the vast majority of 2021 online shareholder meetings management dictated that absolutely no shareholder could speak.

It is also more important to have a majority frommore reasonable right to call for a special shareholder at a company like Resideo Technologies, where the REZIChairman received up to 15-times as many negative votes as other directors at our 2021 annual meeting. And management pay was rejected by 14% of shares outstanding.when a 5% rejection is the norm.

To help make up for our lack of a right to act by written consent we need the right of a reasonable 10% of shares to call for a special shareholder meeting.

Please vote yes:

Adopt a MainstreamSpecial Shareholder Right - Written Consent -Meeting Improvement – Proposal 4

 

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Statement of the Board of Directors in Opposition to Proposal 4

Our Board has carefully considered this proposal and, for the reasons set forth below, does not believe it is in the best interests of the Company and our shareholders:

 

We believe that matters requiring shareholder approval should be presented to,already provide a meaningful and voted on, by all shareholders.

We believe that providingbalanced right for shareholders with the meaningful ability to call a special meeting of shareholders outside of the annual meeting cycle empowers all shareholders to participate collectively and cast informed votes.an appropriate threshold for special meetings is already in place.

 

Our existingSpecial meetings require substantial expenses and resources that should only be called upon in extraordinary circumstances.

We have in place strong corporate governance practices including those listed below, enforce Board and management accountability to our shareholders.that protect shareholder rights.

We believe that matters requiring shareholder approval should be presented to, and voted on, by all shareholders.

Delaware law does not require a communication to all shareholders about the matter raised when shareholders act by written consent. As a result, many shareholders may be denied the ability to participate in major decisions affecting the Company and their interests. Our Board believes thatexisting right for our shareholders are best served by holding meetings in which all shareholders are provided with notice and an opportunity to consider and discuss the proposed actions and vote their shares.

Additionally, unlike meetings of shareholders, action by written consent could deny shareholders the ability to vote or otherwise have a say on proposed shareholder actions. The shareholder proposal would permit shareholders owning just over 50% of the Company’s outstanding shares to act on matters that could be of great significance to the Company and all of its shareholders. Furthermore, permitting shareholder action by written consent could create confusion and disruption, as multiple shareholders could solicit written consents at any time on a wide range of issues, which may duplicate or conflict with other proposals.

Providing shareholders with the meaningful ability to call a special meeting has an appropriate threshold and strikes an appropriate balance of interests.

Our Board recognizes the importance of giving shareholders a meaningful right to call special meetings in appropriate circumstances. Our Board believes that special meetings should be permitted where a reasonable number of shareholders outsideowning a sufficient percentage of our outstanding stock believe that a matter is so sufficiently urgent or extraordinary that it must be addressed before the next annual meeting. Our Board also believes, however, that if an ownership threshold is too low, it would permit a small group of shareholders who have no duty to act in the best interests of the annual meeting cycle empowers allCompany or the other shareholders to participate collectivelyuse the extraordinary measure of a special meeting to serve a potentially narrow self-interest. Therefore, there must be a proper balance between empowering shareholders to appropriately call a special meeting and cast informed votes.protecting against the risk that shareholders with special interests could call special meetings on frivolous grounds or to advance narrowly supported interests not generally in the best interests of all other shareholders.

In 2021, our Board amended the Company’s By-Laws to provide that shareholders holding at least 25% of the outstanding stock of the Company may call a special meeting. A special meeting provides a forum for shareholders,In selecting this 25% ownership threshold, our Board considered statistical research among our peers and the Company’s management to consider shareholder concerns,S&P 500 and determined that the 25% threshold was consistent with the thresholds at many other companies, thus reflecting current market practices.

Special meetings require substantial expenses and resources.

Special meetings require considerable time, effort and resources, including significant costs in legal and administrative fees, as well as costs for preparing, printing and distributing materials and soliciting proxies and should occur only in extraordinary circumstances, such as when fiduciary or strategic considerations require that the matter be addressed on an expeditious basis. For this reason, our Board believes that the 25% ownership requirement to call such a meeting sets a reasonable balance in making an extraordinary action more available to our shareholders without handing excessive power to a small minority. Unlike action by written consent,expenditure of corporate funds and resources associated with a special meeting provides allshould only be incurred when shareholders meet an appropriate, meaningful threshold of ownership interest in the Company, which is why the Board amended our By-Laws to require a group of shareholders owning at least 25% to havecall a special meeting.

Our Board believes that maintaining the opportunity25% ownership threshold preserves a reasonable and appropriate balance between providing shareholders with the right to participateappropriately call a special meeting while protecting against unnecessary waste of corporate resources and make an informed decision.disruption associated with convening a special meeting. The stockholder proposal cites Target and Southwest Airlines as examples of two companies that provide 10% of shares to call for a special stockholder meeting; however, we note that, unlike Resideo, both of those companies are incorporated in states where the 10% threshold is mandated or the default under the applicable state corporate law.

The Company’s existingCompany has in place strong corporate governance practices empower shareholdersthat protect shareholder rights.

Our Board is committed to good corporate governance and promote Boardregularly reviews our practices, corporate governance developments and management accountability.

The Board further believesshareholder feedback to ensure continued effectiveness. We believe that our strong corporate governance practices make adoption of this proposal unnecessary. In additionOur corporate governance practices not only provide the appropriate means to providing shareholdersadvance shareholder interests without the potential risk of abuse that would come with lowering the rightthreshold to call a special meetings, our corporate governance practicesmeeting, but also provide transparency and accountability of the Board to all of our shareholders and demonstratesdemonstrate that we are responsive to shareholder concerns. For example:example, our corporate governance practices include:

 

Annual Election of Directors. Starting at the 2022 annual meeting, each director nominee is elected to hold office for a one-year term expiring at the next annual meeting of shareholders.

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Independent Board and Committee Leadership. Leadership. In addition to our non-employee Chairman of the Board, we have an Independent Lead Director and each of our key Board committees is chaired by, and composed solely of, independent directors.

 

Annual Say-on-Pay Vote. We provide our shareholders an annual advisory vote on executive compensation.

Communication with the Board. We encourage open communication from shareholders and provide a means for shareholders to effectively communicate with, and raise concerns to, our Board and the Company’s management beyond the limited forum of a special meeting.

Majority Vote Standard. Our By-Laws provide for the election of directors by a majority of votes cast in uncontested elections.

 

Proxy Access. Our By-Laws provide for proxy access, which permits a shareholder, or a group of up to 20 shareholders, owning 3% or more of our outstanding shares of common stock continuously for at least three years to nominate and include in our proxy materials nominees for director constituting up to 20% of the Board or two directors, whichever is greater, subject to the requirements set forth in our By-Laws.

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Annual Say on Pay Vote. We provide our shareholders an annual advisory vote on our executive compensation.

Communication with the Board. We encourage open communication from our shareholders and provide a means for shareholders to communicate with and raise concerns to the Board.

Annual Election of Directors Commencing in 2022. This is the last year following our Spin-Off that we have a classified Board, and all directors will be elected annually commencing next year at the 2022 shareholders meeting.

In summary, our Board believes that the implementationadoption of this shareholder proposal is unnecessary and not in the best interests of the Company or itsour shareholders given shareholders’ abilitythe current 25% threshold for the right of shareholders to call a special meetings andmeeting, which reflects the Company’s existing strong corporate governance practices.framework that best balances the rights and interests of all our shareholders.

 

For the reasons stated above, our Board of Directors unanimously recommends a vote “AGAINST” this Shareholder Proposal

 

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Stock Performance Graph

The following graph shows a comparison through December 31, 2020 of the cumulative total returns for (i) our common stock, (ii) the S&P MidCap 400 Total Return Index and (iii) the S&P 400 Industrials assuming an initial investment of $100 on the Spin-Off date and reinvestment of all dividends. The returns in the graph are not intended to forecast or be indicative of possible future performance of our common stock.

COMPARISON OF CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURNS

SUBSEQUENT TO SPIN-OFF

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Questions and Answers

About the Annual Meeting and Voting

 

 

 

1.

Who is entitled to vote and how many votes do I have?

If you were a holder of record of Resideo common stock at the close of business on the record date, April 14, 2021,11, 2022, you are eligible to vote at the annual meeting. For each matter presented for vote, you have one vote for each share you own.

 

2.

What is the difference between holding shares as a shareholder of record, a registered shareholder and a beneficial owner of shares?

Shareholder of Record or Registered Shareholder.. If your shares of common stock are registered directly in your name with our transfer agent, EQ Shareowner Services,Broadridge Corporate Issuer Solutions, you are considered a “shareholder of record” or a “registered shareholder” of those shares.

Beneficial Owner of Shares.. If your shares are held in an account at a bank, brokerage firm or other similar organization, then you are a beneficial owner of shares held in “street name.” In that case, you will have received these proxy materials from the bank, brokerage firm or other similar organization holding your account and, as a beneficial owner, you have the right to direct your bank, brokerage firm or similar organization as to how to vote the shares held in your account.

 

3.

How do I vote if I am a shareholder of record?

By Internet.Internet. You may vote your shares by internet at www.proxyvote.com.

By Telephone.. All shareholders of record can vote by touchtone telephone within the U.S., U.S. territories and Canada by calling 1-800-690-6903. The telephone voting procedures are designed to authenticate shareholders’ identities, to allow shareholders to vote their shares and to confirm that their instructions have been recorded properly.

By Written Proxy.. All shareholders of record can also vote by written proxy card. If you are a shareholder of record and receive a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (“Notice”) received or requested from us, you may request a written proxy card by following the instructions included in the Notice. If you sign and return your proxy card but do not mark any selections giving specific voting instructions, your shares represented by that proxy will be voted as recommended by the Board.

Via the Virtual Meeting Website.. You may vote your shares live at the virtual annual meeting. Even if you plan to attend and participate in our virtual annual meeting via www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/REZI2021,REZI2022, we encourage you to vote by internet at www.proxyvote.com or by calling 1-800-690-6903, or by returning a proxy card. This will ensure that your vote will be counted if you are unable to, or later decide not to, participate in the virtual annual meeting. Whether you are a shareholder of record or hold your shares in street name, you may vote online at the virtual annual meeting. You will need to enter the 16-digit control number provided in your proxy materials to vote your shares at the virtual annual meeting. See Question 5 for further details on accessing and voting at the virtual annual meeting.

Unless you vote live at the virtual annual meeting, we must receive your vote by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time, on June 8, 2021,7, 2022, the day before the virtual annual meeting, for your vote by proxy to be counted.

Whether or not you plan to attend the virtual annual meeting, we encourage you to vote by proxy as soon as possible. Your shares will be voted in accordance with your instructions.

 

4.

How do I vote if I am a beneficial owner of shares?

As a beneficial owner, you have the right to direct your broker, bank or other similar organization on how to vote via the internet or by telephone if the broker, bank or other similar organization offers these options or by

signing and returning a voting instruction form. Your broker, bank or other similar organization will send you instructions for voting your shares.

 

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Your broker is not permitted to vote on your behalf on “non-routine” matters unless you provide specific instructions by completing and returning the voting instruction form from your broker, bank or other similar organization or by following the instructions provided to you for voting your shares via telephone or the internet. A “broker non-vote” occurs when a broker submits a proxy for the meeting with respect to a “routine” matter but does not have the authority to vote on non-routine matters because the beneficial owner did not provide voting instructions on those matters. Under NYSE rules, the proposal to ratify the appointment of independent auditors (Proposal 3) is considered a routine item. This means that brokerage firms may vote in their discretion on behalf of clients (beneficial owners) who have not furnished voting instructions at least 15 days before the date of the annual meeting. In contrast, all of the other proposals set forth in this Proxy Statement are “non-routine” items. Brokerage firms that have not received voting instructions from their clients on these matters may not vote on these proposals.

 

5.

How do I attend the virtual annual meeting?

The annual meeting will be completely virtual, and shareholders will be able to access the meeting live by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/REZI2021.REZI2022. We are utilizing the virtual meeting format to enhance shareholder access and encourage participation and communication with our management.

We believe a virtual-only meeting provides expanded access, improved communication and cost savings for our shareholders. A virtual meeting will enable increased attendance because shareholders around the world will be able to attend and listen to the annual meeting live, submit questions and vote their shares electronically, at no cost.

Participating in the Virtual Annual Meeting.

 

Instructions on how to attend the virtual annual meeting are posted at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/REZI2021.REZI2022.

 

Shareholders will need to use the 16-digit control number provided in their proxy materials to attend the virtual annual meeting and listen live at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/REZI2021.REZI2022.

 

Shareholders of record and beneficial owners as of the record date may vote their shares electronically live during the virtual annual meeting.

 

Shareholders with questions regarding how to attend and participate in the virtual meeting may call 800-586-1548 (US)(U.S.) or 303-562-9288 (International) on the date of the annual meeting.

 

Shareholders encountering any difficulties accessing the virtual meeting during the check-in or meeting time can call 800-586-1548 (US)(U.S.) or 303-562-9288 (International).

Additional Information about the Virtual Annual Meeting.

 

Shareholders may submit questions during the live meeting at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/REZI2021REZI2022 or in advance of the meeting at www.proxyvote.com.

 

Management will answer questions on any matters on the agenda before voting is closed.

 

During the live Q&A session of the meeting, management will answer questions as they come in and address those asked in advance, as time permits.

 

In order to allow us to answer questions from as many shareholders as possible, we limit each shareholder to one question.

 

If there are matters of individual concern to a shareholder and not of general concern to all shareholders, or if a question posed was not otherwise answered, shareholders can contact Investor Relations after the meeting at InvestorRelations@resideo.com.

 

The Q&A session will be posted to our Investor Relations website investor.resideo.com as soon as practicable following the conclusion of the virtual annual meeting.

 

Although the live virtual meeting is available only to shareholders at the time of the meeting, a replay of the meeting will be made publicly available on our Investor Relations website investor.resideo.com after the meeting concludes.

 

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6.

What constitutes a “quorum” for the meeting?

A quorum is a majority of the outstanding shares that are entitled to vote as of the record date present at the meeting or represented by proxy. A quorum is necessary to conduct business at the annual meeting. Your shares will be counted as present at the annual meeting if you have properly voted by proxy. Abstentions and broker non-votes count as present at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum. If you vote to abstain on one or more proposals, your shares will be counted as present for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum.

 

7.

What is the voting requirement to approve each of the proposals, and how are votes counted?

At the close of business on April 14, 2021,11, 2022, the record date for the meeting, Resideo had 144,896,552145,376,739 outstanding shares of common stock. Each share of common stock outstanding on the record date is entitled to one vote for each director nominee and one vote for each of the other proposals to be voted on.

Resideo is incorporated in the State of Delaware. As a result, the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) and the NYSE listing standards govern the voting standards applicable to actions taken by our shareholders. Under our By-Laws, when a quorum is present, in all matters other than the election of directors and frequency of future advisory votes approving the compensation of our NEOs, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the matter shall be the act of the Company’s shareholders. Under the DGCL and our By-Laws, shares that abstain constitute shares that are present and entitled to vote. Shares abstaining have the practical effect of being voted “against” the matter, other than in the election of directors.

With respect to the election of directors, Proposal 1, in order to be elected, each nominee must receive the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast at the meeting in respect of his or her election. Broker non-votes and abstentions will have no impact, as they are not counted as votes cast for this purpose.

 

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A description of the voting requirements and related effect of abstentions and broker non-votes on each item for shareholder proposal is as follows:

 

   VOTING OPTIONS  BOARD
RECOMMENDATION
  VOTE REQUIRED
TO ADOPT THE
PROPOSAL
  

EFFECT OF    

ABSTENTIONS AND
BROKER
NON-VOTES    

Proposal 1—Election of

Class III Directors

  For,

Against
or
Abstain
on each
nominee

  FOR
each
nominee
  Majority of
votes cast for
such nominee
  None.

Proposal 2—Advisory Vote to

Approve Executive Compensation

  For,

Against
or
Abstain

  FOR  Majority of
shares
represented at
the annual
meeting and
entitled to vote  
  Abstentions
are treated
as votes
against.
Broker
non-votes
have no
effect.

Proposal 3—Ratification of

Appointment of Independent

Registered Public Accounting Firm

  For,
Against
or
Abstain
  FOR  Majority of
shares
represented at
the annual
meeting and
entitled to vote
  Abstentions
are treated
as votes
against.
Brokers have
discretion to
vote on this
item.

Proposal 4—Act on a Shareholder Proposal Requestingto Reduce Ownership Threshold for Shareholders to Call a Shareholder Right to Act by Written ConsentSpecial Meeting

  For,
Against
or
Abstain
  AGAINST  Majority of
shares
represented at
the annual
meeting and
entitled to vote
  Abstentions
are treated
as votes
against.
Broker
non-votes
have no
effect.

 

8.

Can I change my vote?

There are several ways in which you may revoke your proxy or change your voting instructions before the time of voting at the meeting (please note that, in order to be counted, the revocation or change must be received by 11:59 p.m. EDT on June 8, 2021)7, 2022):

 

Vote again by telephone or at www.proxyvote.com;

 

Transmit a revised proxy card or voting instruction form that is dated later than the prior one;

 

Shareholders of record and beneficial owners may vote electronically at the virtual annual meeting; or

 

Shareholders of record may notify Resideo’s Corporate Secretary in writing that a prior proxy is revoked.

The latest-dated, timely, properly completed proxy that you submit, whether by mail, telephone or the internet, will count as your vote. If a vote has been recorded for your shares and you subsequently submit a proxy card that is not properly signed and dated, then the previously recorded vote will stand.

 

9.

Is my vote confidential?

Yes. Proxy cards, ballots and voting tabulations that identify shareholders are kept confidential except:

 

As necessary to meet applicable legal requirements and to assert or defend claims for or against the Company;

 

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In the case of a contested proxy solicitation;

 

If a shareholder makes a written comment on the proxy card or otherwise communicates his or her vote to management; or

 

To allow the independent judge of election to certify the results of the vote.

Broadridge, the independent proxy tabulator used by Resideo, counts the votes and acts as the inspector of elections for the meeting.

 

10.

How will the voting results be disclosed?

We will announce preliminary voting results at the virtual annual meeting and publish them on our website www.resideo.com. Voting results will also be disclosed on a Form 8-K filed with the SEC within four business days after the annual meeting, which will be available on our website.

 

11.

What does it mean if I receive more than one Notice?

If you are a shareholder of record, you will receive one Notice (or if you are an employee with a Resideo email address, an email proxy form) for all shares of common stock held in or credited to your accounts as of the record date, if the account names are exactly the same. If your shares are registered differently and are in more than one account, you will receive more than one Notice or email proxy form, and in that case, you can and are urged to vote all of your shares, which will require you to vote more than once.

 

12.

What is “householding”?

Shareholders of record who have the same last name and address and who request paper copies of the proxy materials will receive only one copy unless one or more of them notifies us that they wish to receive individual copies. This method of delivery, known as “householding,” will help ensure that shareholder households do not receive multiple copies of the same document, helping to reduce our printing and postage costs, as well as saving natural resources.

We will deliver promptly upon written or oral request a separate copy of the 20202021 Annual Report and Proxy Statement or Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, as applicable, to a security holder at a shared address to which a single copy of the document was delivered. Please go to www.proxyvote.com to request a copy.

Shareholders of record may request to begin or to discontinue householding in the future by contacting Broadridge, either by calling (866) 540-7095, or by writing to Broadridge, Householding Department, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, New YorkNY 11717. Shareholders owning their shares through a bank, brokerage firm or other similar organization may request to begin or to discontinue householding by contacting their bank, brokerage firm or other similar organization.

 

13.

Who pays for the solicitation of proxies?

Resideo is making this solicitation and will pay the cost of soliciting proxies. Proxies will be solicited on behalf of the Board of Directors by mail, telephone other electronic means. We have retained Innisfree M&A Inc., 501 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022, to assist with the solicitation for an estimated fee of $10,000, plus expenses. We will reimburse brokerage firms and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses for sending proxy materials to shareholders and obtaining their votes. Our employees may also solicit proxies for no additional compensation.

 

14.

How do I comment on Company business?

You will have the opportunity to comment when you vote using the internet or you may write any comments on the proxy card if you vote by mailing a proxy card. You may also send your comments to us at Resideo Technologies, Inc., 901 E. 6th Street, Austin, TX 78702,16100 N 71st St., Suite 550, Scottsdale, AZ 85254, Attention: Investor Relations. Although it is not possible to respond to each shareholder, your comments are appreciated and help us to understand your concerns.

 

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15.

When are the 20222023 shareholder proposals due?

To be considered for inclusion in the Company’s 20222023 Proxy Statement, shareholder proposals submitted in accordance with SEC Rule 14a-8 must be received in writing at our principal executive offices no later than December 24, 2021.27 2022. Address all shareholder proposals to Resideo Technologies, Inc., 901 E. 6th Street, Austin, TX 78702,16100 N 71st St., Suite 550, Scottsdale, AZ 85254, Attention: Corporate Secretary. For any proposal that is not submitted for inclusion in next year’s Proxy Statement, but is instead sought to be presented directly at the 20222023 annual meeting, notice of intention to present the proposal, including all information required to be provided by the shareholder in accordance with the Company’s By-Laws, must be received in writing at our principal executive offices by March 11, 2022,10, 2023, and no earlier than February 9, 2022.8, 2023. Address all notices of intention to present proposals at the 20212023 annual meeting to Resideo Technologies, Inc., 901 E. 6th Street, Austin, TX 78702,16100 N 71st St., Suite 550, Scottsdale, AZ 85254, Attention: Corporate Secretary. For information on nominating directors for the 2022 annual meeting, please see the information above under “Advance Notice Director Nominations” on page 24 and “Proxy Access Director Nominations” on page 25.

 

16.

How may I obtain a copy of Resideo’s 20202021 Annual Report on Form 10-K and proxy materials?

If you would like to receive paper or e-mail copies of our 20202021 Annual Report and the Proxy Statement, free of charge, you may request them by internet at www.proxyvote.com, by telephone at 1-800-579-1639 or by e-mail at sendmaterial@proxyvote.com. You will need your 16-digit control number provided in your proxy materials to request paper copies. Requests for materials relating to the 20212022 annual meeting may be made by calling 1-800-579-1639, and must be made by May 26, 20212022 to facilitate timely delivery. Our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and any amendments to those reports, are available free of charge on our Investor Relations website at investor.resideo.com.

 

17.

How do I contact the Company or the Board of Directors?

Our Investor Relations department is the primary point of contact for shareholder interaction with Resideo. Shareholders can contact our Investor Relations department by email at InvestorRelations@resideo.com, by phone at 512-726-3500, or by writing to Resideo Technologies, Inc., 901 E. 6th Street, Austin, TX 78702,16100 N 71st St., Suite 550, Scottsdale, AZ 85254, Attention: Investor Relations.

Shareholders, as well as other interested parties, may communicate directly with the Lead Independent Director, the non-employee directors as a group, or individual directors by writing to Resideo Technologies, Inc., 901 E. 6th Street, Austin, TX 78702,16100 N 71st St., Suite 550, Scottsdale, AZ 85254, Attention: Corporate Secretary. Our Corporate Secretary reviews and promptly forwards communications to the directors as appropriate. Communication involving substantive accounting or auditing matters are forwarded to the Chair of the Audit Committee. Certain items that are unrelated to the duties and responsibilities of the Board will not be forwarded such as junk mail and mass mailings; product complaints and product inquiries; new product or technology suggestions; job inquiries and resumes; advertisements or solicitations; surveys; spam and overly hostile, threatening, potentially illegal or similarly unsuitable communications.

 

18.

Can other business in addition to the items listed on the agenda be transacted at the meeting?

The Company knows of no other business to be presented for consideration at the meeting. If other matters are properly presented at the meeting, the persons designated as authorized proxies on your proxy card may vote on such matters at their discretion.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

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Jeannine Lane

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer

April 23, 202126, 2022

 

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Please date and sign your Proxy on the reverse side and return it promptly BROADRIDGE CORPORATE ISSUER SOLUTIONS C/O RESIDEO TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 901 E. 6TH STREET AUSTIN, TEXAS 78702P.O. BOX 1342 BRENTWOOD, NY 11717 SCAN TO VIEW MATERIALS & VOTE VOTE BY INTERNET Before The Meeting - Go to www.proxyvote.com or scan the QR Barcode above Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions and for electronic delivery of information. Vote byinformation up until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on June 8, 2021.7, 2022. Have your proxy card in hand when you access the websiteweb site and follow the instructions to obtain your records and to create an electronic voting instruction form. During The Meeting - Meeting—Go to www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/REZI2021REZI2022 You may attend the meeting via the Internet and vote during the meeting. Have the information that is printed in the box marked by the arrow available and follow the instructions. VOTE BY PHONE - PHONE—1-800-690-6903 Use any touch-tone telephone to transmit your voting instructions. Vote byinstructions up until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on June 8, 2021.7, 2022. 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: D43563-P55381D83018-P67258 KEEP THIS PORTION FOR YOUR RECORDS THIS PROXY CARD IS VALID ONLY WHEN SIGNED AND DATED. DETACH AND RETURN THIS PORTION ONLY RESIDEO TECHNOLOGIES, INC. The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following nominees: 1. Election of Class III Directors Nominees: For Against Abstain Nominees: 1a. Roger Fradin 1b. Nina RichardsonJay Geldmacher The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the For Against Abstain following proposals: 1c. Paul Deninger 2. Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation. 1d. Cynthia Hostetler 3. Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. 1e. Brian Kushner The Board of Directors recommends you vote AGAINST For Against Abstain the following proposal: 1c. Andrew Teich1f. Jack Lazar 4. Shareholder Proposal Regarding Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent 1d. Kareem YusufReduce Ownership Threshold for Shareholders to Call a Special Meeting. 1g. Nina Richardson NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof. The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposals: For Against Abstain 2. Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation 3. Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm1h. Andrew Teich 1i. Sharon Wienbar 1j. Kareem Yusuf 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) Date


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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials:Materials for the Annual Meeting: The 20212022 Notice and Proxy Statement and 20202021 Annual Report are available at www.proxyvote.com. D43564-P55381D83019-P67258 PROXY RESIDEO TECHNOLOGIES, INC. This Proxy is Solicited on Behalf of the Board of Directors of Resideo Technologies, Inc. Annual Meeting of Shareholders - Shareholders—June 9, 20218, 2022 The undersigned hereby appoints Jay Geldmacher and Jeannine Lane as proxies (each with the power to act alone and with full power of substitution) to vote, as designated herein, all shares the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Resideo Technologies, Inc. to be held on June 9, 2021,8, 2022, live via the Internet at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/REZI2021,REZI2022, and at any and all adjournments thereof. The proxies are authorized to vote in their discretion upon such other business as may properly come before the Meeting and any and all adjournments thereof. Your vote on the election of Directors and the other proposals described in the accompanying Proxy Statement may be specified on the reverse side. IF PROPERLY SIGNED, DATED AND RETURNED, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED AS SPECIFIED ON THE REVERSE SIDE OR, IF NO CHOICE IS SPECIFIED, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED “FOR” THE ELECTION OF ALL NOMINEES FOR DIRECTOR, “FOR” PROPOSALS 2 AND 3 AND “AGAINST” PROPOSAL 4. PLEASE NOTE: PHONE AND INTERNET VOTING CUTOFF IS 11:59 PM EDT ON JUNE 8, 2021.7, 2022. Please date and sign your Proxy on the reverse side and return it promptly.promptly