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MANAGEMENT PROPOSALS
1.1
M0201
FOR
FOR
1.2
M0201
FOR
FOR
1.3
M0201
FOR
FOR
M0101
FOR
FOR
M0550
FOR
FOR
Report Contents
Financial Highlights
Corporate Governance Profile
Board Profile
Compensation Profile
Governance QuickScore
3
4
5
6
8
Vote Results
Meeting Agenda and Proposals
Equity Ownership Profile
Additional Information
8
9
16
16
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Summary
On May 21, 2015, Nikhil Varty, vice president of Mergers & Acquisitions, relinquished
the role of president of the company's Americas business. The leadership of the
Americas business was subsequently transitioned to Jon Morrison. On Feb. 28, 2016,
Nikhil Varty ceased serving as vice president of Mergers & Acquisitions.
On June 1, 2015, the board appointed Sean Deason as vice president, controller, and
assistant secretary. Robert W. Farrell's interim appointment as controller expired
following Deason's appointment.
Henry Keizer was appointed to the board on July 20, 2015. On Oct. 1, 2015, Kenneth
Martin retired from the board.
On March 22, 2016, Donald Stebbins resigned from the board. Thomas Gross was
appointed to replace Stebbins.
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Financial Highlights
Company Description: WABCO Holdings Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides electronic, mechanical, electro-mechanical, and
aerodynamic products for commercial truck, bus, trailer, and passenger car manufacturers worldwide.
STOCK PRICE PERFORMANCE
150%
100%
1 Yr
3 Yr
5 Yr
-2.41
16.19
10.91
-11.85
8.68
7.79
0.48
14.74
12.18
50%
COMPANY SNAPSHOT
0%
-50%
-100%
Jan-11
6,073.6
Closing Price
106.92
Annual Dividend
Jan-12
Jan-13
Jan-14
Jan-15
Jan-16
0.00
52-Week High
133.31
52-Week Low
81.66
56.81
471.01
12/2011
12/2012
12/2013
12/2014
Earnings
Revenue (M)
Net Income (M)
EBITDA (M)
EPS (USD)
EPS Y/Y Growth (%)
Profitability
Pretax Net Margin (%)
EBITDA Margin (%)
Return on Equity (%)
Return on Assets (%)
ROIC (%)
Leverage
Debt/Assets
Debt/Equity
Cash Flows
Operating (M)
Investing (M)
Financing (M)
Net Change (M)
Valuation & Performance
FLS
DCI
WAB
Flowserve
Corporation
ALSN
Allison
Transmission
Holdings, Inc.
GNTX
Gentex
Corporation
Donaldson
Company, Inc.
Westinghouse
Air Brake
Technologies
Corporation
2,794
2,477
2,721
2,851
2,628
4,561
1,986
1,544
2,371
3,308
357
302
653
292
275
268
182
318
208
399
456
413
440
470
443
751
710
539
379
672
5.35
4.73
10.46
4.87
4.76
2.01
1.03
1.09
1.51
4.14
N/A
-12
121
-53
-2
-47
-19
10
-16
13
15
14
24
13
11
15
30
12
18
16
17
16
17
17
17
36
35
16
20
61
45
57
35
35
16
15
19
27
24
22
17
27
12
11
15
12
12
52
41
53
24
21
16
18
17
13
19
32
54
11
32
21
13
11
38
64
98
200
14
75
41
332
358
666
314
395
417
580
352
213
448
-105
-106
-177
-211
-202
-525
-60
-90
-112
-380
-184
-183
-193
-121
-49
61
-529
-208
-179
-249
35
73
298
-61
104
-84
-11
54
-107
-200
8.10
13.80
8.90
21.50
21.50
20.90
25.10
14.70
22.30
17.20
Price/Earnings
-28.77
50.21
43.29
12.17
-2.41
-28.59
-22.07
-9.60
-11.86
-17.90
Annual TSR (%)
Source: Compustat. *Note: Compustat standardizes financial data and fiscal year designations to allow for meaningful comparison across companies. Compustat
data may differ from companies' disclosed financials and does not incorporate non-trading equity units. Peers shown here represent closest industry peers drawn
from those peers used in ISS pay-for-performance analysis. See www.issgovernance.com/policy-gateway/company-financials-faq/ for more information.
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Independence
Members
Meetings
Full Board
89%
Audit
100%
Compensation
100%
Nominating
100%
Chairman classification
Separate chair/CEO
Independent lead director
Voting standard
Plurality carveout for contested elections
Resignation policy
Total director ownership (000 shares)
Total director ownership (%)
Percentage of directors owning stock
Number of directors attending < 75% of
meetings
Number of directors on excessive number
of outside boards
Average director age
Average director tenure
Percentage of women on board
Insider
No
Yes
Plurality
N/A
Yes
378
<1
100%
0
Controlled company
Classified board
Dual-class stock
Vote standard for mergers/acquisitions
Vote standard for charter/bylaw
amendment
Shareholder right to call special
meetings
Material restrictions on right to call
special meetings
Shareholder right to act by written
consent
Cumulative voting
Board authorized to issue blank-check
preferred stock
Poison pill
Proxy Access
No
Yes
No
Majority
65%
No
N/A
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
0
64 years
5 years
11%
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Jacques Esculier
Affiliation
CEO/Chair
Independence
Classification
Company
ISS
NonIndependent
Insider
Outside
Boards
56
2019
CEO
Key Committees
Audit Comp Nom Gov
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
On Name
Ballot
Affiliation
Independence
Classification
Company
ISS
Outside
Boards
CEO
Key Committees
Audit Comp Nom Gov
Independent
Independent
Outsider
72
2018
G. Peter D'Aloia
Independent
Independent
Outsider
71
2017
Juergen Gromer
Independent
Independent
Outsider
71
2017
Thomas Gross
Independent
Independent
Outsider
61
0*
2019
Henry Keizer
Independent
Independent
Outsider
59
0*
2019
CF
Jean-Paul
Montupet
Independent
Independent
Outsider
68
2018
Mary Petrovich
Independent
Independent
Outsider
53
David Reilly
Independent
Independent
Outsider
66
Michael Smith
Lead Director
2017
2018
Director Notes
G. Peter D'Aloia
The company spun off from Trane Inc. (formerly known as American Standard Companies Inc.) on July 31, 2007. G.
Peter D'Aloia served as senior vice president and CFO of that firm until 2008. (Source: DEF14A, 4/15/16, pp. 1, 7;
10-K, 2/11/16, p. 52.)
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Primary Employment
Outside Boards
Total
Compensation*
Shares
Held
60-day
Options
Total
**
232,656
82,394
315,050
Voting
Power
(%)
<1
Jacques Esculier
Pentair plc
Michael Smith
192,250
12,750
689
13,439
<1
G. Peter D'Aloia
Other
178,250
23,403
3,765
27,168
<1
Juergen Gromer
Prof Director
179,000
10,750
689
11,439
<1
Thomas Gross
Prof Director
474
474
<1
Henry Keizer
Prof Director
91,500
400
405
805
<1
Jean-Paul
Montupet
Prof Director
187,250
1,877
2,257
4,134
<1
Mary Petrovich
Other
175,250
3,614
689
4,303
<1
David Reilly
Other
173,750
476
689
1,165
<1
Compensation Profile
EXECUTIVE PAY OVERVIEW
Executive
Title
J. Esculier
L. Liu
P. Mahendra-Rajah
D. Sebillaut
N. Rens
Median CEO Pay
Base Salary
Bonus &
Non-equity
Incentives
Restricted
Stock
Option
Grant
Total
1,110
Change in
Pension,
Deferred Comp,
All Other Comp
545
2,945
2,213
6,813
456
450
370
347
308
421
142
114
679
602
580
520
543
463
463
423
0
0
0
0
1,987
1,937
1,555
1,403
900
993
206
352
1,112
1,595
2,227
2,983
339
327
5,871
7,008
Source: ISS. Pay in $thousands. Total pay is sum of all reported pay elements, using ISS' Black-Scholes estimate for option grant-date values. Note: Median total pay
will not equal sum of pay elements medians. Company Defined Peers are as disclosed. More information on ISS peer group methodology at
www.issgovernance.com/policy-gateway/us-compensation-policy-guidance/.
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ISS
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Compared to
2nd highest active executive
Average active NEO
ISS peer median
Company peer median
Multiple
3.43
3.96
1.16
0.97
Source: ISS
J. Esculier
8.5 years
N/A
$24,875,579
$5,072,068
$17,378,004
Source: DEF14A
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BURN RATE
Dilution (%)
7.45
8.75
6.76
12.62
Dilution is the sum of the total amount of shares available for grant and
outstanding under options and other equity awards (vested and unvested)
expressed as a percentage of total basic common shares outstanding as of the
record date. The dilution figure typically excludes employee stock purchase plans
(ESPPs) and 401(k) shares. The underlying information for the company is based
on the company's equity compensation table in the most recent proxy statement
or 10-K.
Non-Adjusted (%)
0.15
0.17
1-year
3-year average
Adjusted (%)
0.44
0.51
Burn rate equals the number of shares granted in each fiscal year, including stock
options, restricted stock (units), actual performance shares delivered under the
long-term incentive plan or earned deferred shares, to employees and directors
divided by weighted average common shares outstanding. The adjusted burn rate
places a premium on grants of full-value awards using a multiplier based on the
company's annual volatility.
Scores as of: May 11, 2016 | Last Data Profile Update: May 11, 2016
Board Structure
Shareholder Rights
10
Compensation
ISS Governance QuickScore is derived from publicly disclosed data on a company's governance practices. Scores indicate decile rank among relative index or region.
Scores are calculated at each pillar by summing the factor scores in that pillar. Not all factors and not all subcategories have equal weight. For more information on
ISS Governance QuickScore, visit www.issgovernance.com/QuickScore. For questions, please contact: Quickscore@issgovernance.com.
Vote Results
ANNUAL MEETING 21 MAY 2015
Proposal
Board Rec
ISS Rec
Disclosed
Result
Support Including
1
Abstains (%)
For
For
For
For
For
For
For
For
For
For
Majority
Majority
Majority
Pass
Pass
98.9
95.0
99.1
99.5
98.4
Support
Excluding
Abstains
2
(%)
98.9
95.0
99.1
99.8
98.7
Shaded results reflect a majority of votes cast FOR shareholder proposal or AGAINST management proposal or director election
1
Support Including Abstains is defined as %FOR/(For + Against + Abstain), as expressed as a percentage.
2
Support Excluding Abstains is defined as %FOR/(For + Against), as expressed as a percentage, provided if different from For + Against + Abstain.
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FOR
VOTE RECOMMENDATION
A vote FOR the director nominees is warranted.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Policies: Board Accountability | Board Responsiveness | Director Competence | Director Independence | Election
of Directors | ISS Categorization of Directors | Vote No campaigns
Vote Requirement: The company has a plurality vote standard for the election of directors, and has a director
Discussion
Please see the Board Profile section above for more information on director nominees. No significant issues are
highlighted at this time.
FOR
VOTE RECOMMENDATION
A vote FOR this proposal to ratify the auditor is warranted.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Policies: Auditor Ratification
Vote Requirement: Majority of votes cast (abstentions count against)
Discussion
The board recommends that Ernst & Young Belgium be approved as the company's independent accounting firm
for the coming year. Although the company is incorporated in Delaware and listed on the New York Stock
Exchange, its operational headquarters are in Brussels.
Accountants
Auditor Tenure
Audit Fees
Audit-Related Fees
Tax Compliance/Preparation*
All Other
Percentage of total fees attributable to All Other fees
*Only includes tax compliance/tax return preparation fees. If the proxy disclosure does not indicate the nature of the tax services and provides
the fees associated with tax compliance/preparation, those fees will be included in "All Other."
The auditor's report contained in the annual report is unqualified, meaning that in the opinion of the auditor, the
company's financial statements are fairly presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
Publication Date: 11 May 2016
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Analysis
This request to ratify the auditor does not raise any exceptional issues, as the auditor is independent, non-audit
fees are reasonable relative to audit and audit-related fees, and there is no reason to believe the auditor has
rendered an inaccurate opinion or engaged in poor accounting practices.
FOR
VOTE RECOMMENDATION
A vote FOR this proposal is warranted, as pay and performance are reasonably aligned for the period under
review.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Policies: Advisory Votes on Executive Compensation
Vote Requirement: Majority of votes cast (abstentions count against; broker non-votes not counted)
CEO Peer
Median
CEO
Other
NEOS
J. Esculier
J. Esculier
2015 Change
2014
2013
2015
2015
1,110
1,083
1,053
900
1,623
577
614
130
985
2.5%
0
545
-5.6%
Non-equity incentives
2,945
38.9%
2,120
3,073
771
2,382
Restricted stock
2,213
3.4%
2,141
2,081
2,227
1,892
339
5,921
6,821
5,871
6,883
Option grant
Total
0
6,813
15.1%
% of Net Income
2.5%
2.5%
% of Revenue
0.3%
0.3%
Blank
Auto: 34,069; Life & Disability Insurance: 125,118; Housing & Utilities:
143,998
None
560,538
N/A
N/A
N/A
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50th Percentile
50th Percentile
50th Percentile
50th Percentile
Blank
Individual Contract
5,072,068
Double trigger
3 times
Treatment of equity
No
17,378,004
Yes
Long-term incentives
Partial
Yes
No
Risk Mitigators
Clawback policy*
Yes
6X
Pledging/Hedging of Shares
Anti-hedging policy
Anti-pledging policy
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Repricing History
Repriced/exchanged underwater
options last FY?
No
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ABSOLUTE ALIGNMENT
$15,000
100%
Pay
2.0000
TSR
1.5000
Performance
$10,000
1.0000
$5,000
50%
0.5000
0.0000
$-
0%
Pay($000)
0%
50%
100%
Indexed TSR
Pay
CEO
PAY MAGNITUDE
2013
2014
2015
12,623
7,239
6,821
5,921
6,813
71.23
106.99
153.31
171.97
167.83
Esculier
Esculier
Esculier
Esculier
Esculier
2012
5,000
10,000
15,000
Measure
Relative degree of
alignment
Multiple of peer
group median
Absolute alignment
Result
-15
Initial Quantitative
Screen
Low
Concern
1.16
29
Level
Better than 35% of
Companies*
Better than 39% of
Companies
Better than 92% of
Companies
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Peer Groups
ISS AND COMPANY DISCLOSED PEER GROUPS
Shared
Peers (9)
CompanyDisclosed
Peers (8)
ISSSelected
Peers (14)
Cooper-Standard Holdings
Inc.
Drew Industries
Incorporated
Gentex Corporation
Joy Global Inc.
The Greenbrier Companies,
Inc.
The Timken Company
Trinity Industries, Inc.
Allison Transmission
Holdings, Inc.
Donaldson Company, Inc.
Kennametal Inc.
Modine Manufacturing
Company
Westinghouse Air Brake
Technologies Corporation
Autoliv, Inc.
Cooper Tire & Rubber
Company
Pall Corporation
Tenneco Inc.
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
BorgWarner Inc.
Harman International
Industries, Incorporated
Polaris Industries Inc.
Valeo
The shaded area represents the overlap group of companies that are in both ISS
comparison group and the company's disclosed CEO compensation benchmarking peer
group. Excludes company peers for which financial data is not available. For more
information on the ISS peer group methodology, visit
www.issgovernance.com/policy/USCompensation
Company Only
Target
Maximum
Target
Maximum
1,100,000
3,500,000
1,100,000
3,500,000
Blank
Amount
% of base salary
Amount
% of base salary
Non-equity incentive
1,485,000
134
1,375,000
127
1,485,000
134
1,375,000
127
Bonus
Blank1
Performance Provisions
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Form
Weight
Threshold
Target
Maximum
Actual
Free cash
flow
Absolute
20%
70%
conversion
80%
conversion
90%
conversion
99.4%
Gross profit
margin
Absolute
20%
30.5%
32.0%
33.5%
31.65%
Performance
net income
Absolute
20%
Sales growth
Absolute
20%
$2,445
million
$2,700
million
$2,955
million
$2,730
million
Quality parts
per million
Absolute
10%
60
40
20
27
Gross
material
productivity
Absolute
10%
4.8%
5.4%
6.0%
5.5%
STI performance
metrics/goals
Blank7
Blank8
Blank space
No
Free cash flow, Gross material productivity, Gross profit margin, Performance
earnings before taxes, Sales growth, Technical quality ppm
*Based on the Bonus column in the SCT; per SEC rules, amounts disclosed in this column were not based on pre-set goals.
Blank
Long-Term Incentives
CEO's last FY LTI target (%)
Metric
Threshold
Target
Maximum
Sales growth
ND
ND
ND
Performance EPS
ND
ND
ND
ROIC
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
*PSU metric; all other metrics are for the cash LTIP
*Includes
S&P 500 is FALSE
FY 2015
FY 2014
Threshold
Target
Maximum
Threshold
Target
Maximum
1,100,000
2,200,000
1,094,332
2,188,664
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FY 2014
Shares (#)
% shares*
Value ($)*
% value
Shares (#)
% shares*
9,452
50
1,100,024
50
10,745
50
Time-based shares
Value($)* % value
1,066,011
50
Performance shares
9,452
50
1,113,162
50
10,745
50
1,075,360
50
Performance Options
Standard options
Total Equity
18,904
2,213,186
Options: N/A
RSUs: One-third per year
21,490
2,141,371
CEO equity pay mix (by value)* Performance-conditioned: 50.3%; Time-based: 49.7%
*Performance shares, if any, are counted and valued at target.
S&P 500 is FALSE
Executive Summary
Evaluation Component
Level of Concern
Low
Low
Severance/CIC Arrangements
Low
Low
Low
Analysis
Large perquisites. The company provides sizable perquisites to the CEO, in the form of life and long-term disability
insurance totaling $125,118 (the company does not provide the breakdown between life and disability), payments
for housing and utilities totaling $143,998, as well as payments related to a company car ($34,069) and school fees
for his children ($33,215). Other NEOs also received significant perks in the form of housing payments, school fees,
and in one case a cost-of-living allowance. Two NEOs relocated from the US to Belgium in 2015, while the other
NEOs already resided in Belgium and France. The company states that its expatriate policy and "business manager
agreements" for NEOs based outside the US "provide for reimbursement of certain costs and expenses associated
with the NEO relocating to, and living in, another country," but that it does not provide any special benefits to its
NEOs that other expatriate employees are not also eligible to receive.
Conclusion
Support for this proposal is warranted as pay and performance are reasonably aligned for the period under review.
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Number of Shares
3,731,395
3,331,215
2,728,589
2,518,160
2,345,425
2,304,015
1,916,247
1,811,942
1,787,799
1,539,487
1,502,933
1,476,452
1,335,073
1,282,167
1,153,900
1,000,000
907,594
836,168
793,064
791,688
Issued
56,249,224
% of Class
6.57
5.86
4.80
4.43
4.13
4.06
3.37
3.19
3.15
2.71
2.65
2.60
2.35
2.26
2.03
1.76
1.60
1.47
1.40
1.39
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Additional Information
Meeting Location
Meeting Time
Shareholder Proposal Deadline
Security IDs
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