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About United Therapeutics United Therapeutics Corporation focuses on the strength of a balanced, value-creating biotechnology model. We are confident in our future thanks to our fundamental attributes, namely our obsession with quality and innovation, the power of our brands, our entrepreneurial culture and our bioinformatics leadership. We also believe that our determination to be responsible citizens — having a positive impact on patients, the environment and society — will sustain our success in the long term. | ||||
Our Strategic Objectives • Develop the best medicines possible from our intellectual property • Conduct the most insightful clinical trials of our medicines • Achieve superior communication and awareness of our products among physicians • Grow our business to be in the top quintile of our peers • Achieve our goals by doing the right thing and using the highest ethical standards | ||||
Our Commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility | AWARDS AND RECOGNITION | |||
![]() | PATIENT-CENTRIC APPROACH The parents of a child with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) founded United Therapeutics, so we take our commitment to patients very personally. Through our patient support and assistance programs, and our relentless pursuit of life-changing therapies, medical devices and technologies, we are striving to improve the lives of patients with PAH and other life-threatening diseases. | Fortune’s 2019 Great Places to Work | ||
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![]() | ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP Our work doesn’t stop with addressing unmet medical needs. We seek to operate in a way that is environmentally sustainable, as we believe that reducing the community’s carbon footprint benefits us all. Through our focus on constructing site net zero buildings, we are taking a leadership role in driving the use of sustainable technologies forward. | The Washington Post’s 2019 Top Places To Work | ||
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![]() | OUR PEOPLE We are proud of our Unitherian employees, and ever grateful to them. Without their hard work and ingenuity, none of our successes would be possible, and our goals would not be achievable. We believe in work-life integration and personal development, and that has led us to adopt a company-wide minimum living wage, on-site subsidized day care, and a number of health and wellness programs. | Women in Technology’s 2019 Corporate Board Award | ||
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LEAD INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR’S LETTER To Our Shareholders, United Therapeutics had another solid year in 2019. Our significant revenue streams and conservative annual budgeting algorithm generated substantial free cash flow that contributed to our extremely healthy financial condition, including $1.4 billion in net cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities as of December 31, 2019 (net of indebtedness). This fortress balance sheet places our company in a very strong position to weather successfully the COVID-19 pandemic. Many expected that 2019 would mark a significant downturn in the face of new generic competition for two of our lead therapies, Adcirca® and Remodulin®. However, although we saw Adcirca revenues decline as expected, revenues for our other therapies grew by 3% in the aggregate in 2019 compared to 2018, largely fueled by continued growth in our existing treprostinil franchise that includes oral, inhaled and infused therapies approved to treat a rare disease called pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). In fact, to the surprise of some, but not to us, Remodulin reached its highest number of new patient starts in ten years during 2019, a period that included nine months of generic competition. We are also anticipating revenue growth driven by several significant recent developments, including the launch of an expanded Orenitram® label, the approval of the Remunity™ subcutaneous pump for Remodulin, and the successful results of our pivotal INCREASE study of Tyvaso® in a new indication for which there are no approved treatment options. Finally, we are anticipating several exciting clinical trial readouts and potential product launches over the near term that we expect will drive substantial additional revenue growth, profitability and enhanced stock price performance in the future. Our Board remains confident that the power of our research and development teams will keep our company at the forefront of improving the lives of patients with pulmonary hypertension and other rare diseases for years to come. We are also confident in the ability of our commercial teams to communicate the benefits of our therapies so that all appropriate patients can benefit from them. WE’RE EXECUTING OUR BUSINESS STRATEGY United Therapeutics was founded in 1996 to address the acute shortage of options for patients suffering from PAH, following the PAH diagnosis for the daughter of our Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Martine Rothblatt. We currently market and sell four therapies for this terrible disease, and one drug for a rare pediatric cancer. Our revenues from these medicines in 2019 added up to approximately $1.45 billion. Three of these drugs, Remodulin, Tyvaso, and Orenitram, contain the active ingredient treprostinil, and we saw revenue growth in 2019 for these three therapies, combined, despite the onset of generic competition for Remodulin in March 2019. We plan to continue to grow revenue from our treprostinil-based therapies through label expansions, new indications, new formulations, and the introduction of new delivery devices. We are also working on a number of entirely new therapies to treat PAH and other rare diseases that we hope to launch over the next several years. Longer-term, we have set the ambitious goal of solving the acute national shortage of transplantable organs through our innovative organ manufacturing programs. WE’RE ENGAGING WITH OUR SHAREHOLDERS We continue to maintain strong relationships with our shareholders as part of our corporate governance commitment. In 2019, members of our Board of Directors continued dialogue with our shareholders on many issues, including our capital allocation priorities, governance practices, Board composition, and our sustainability efforts. In 2019, members of our Board of Directors invited discussions with our 25 largest shareholders in the spring and in the fall, who collectively hold about 70% of our outstanding shares. We plan to continue these conversations into 2020. These conversations gave us deeper insight into our shareholders’ perspectives and helped inform our Board’s decisions on strategy, governance, and sustainability. | ![]() |
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We continue to maintain strong relationships with our shareholders as part of our corporate governance commitment. |
WE’RE DECLASSIFYING THE BOARD In 2019, our Board supported a shareholder proposal requesting declassification of our Board so that directors are elected annually for one-year terms. This proposal received overwhelming shareholder support, and this year we are seeking to implement the proposal by way of a declassification amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation, which is proposed for shareholder approval in this Proxy Statement. WE’RE ONBOARDING NEW VOICES We’ve worked to bring new voices and perspectives onto our Board, most recently with the addition of Nilda Mesa, who brings substantial environmental, social and governance (ESG) experience to our Board. Nilda served as Director of the New York City Mayor’s Office of Sustainability and she successfully led efforts to develop the city’s first sustainability plan. In recent years we also recruited strong board members such as Judy Olian, a thought leader in organizational development, and Katherine Klein, an award-winning organizational psychologist and Vice Chair of the Wharton Social Impact Initiative. CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN A BOARD PRIORITY We strive to operate with an eye toward corporate responsibility, environmental sustainability, and solid governance. With the addition of Nilda Mesa to our Board, we’re taking a proactive approach to recording and reporting our ESG efforts with additional disclosures in this Proxy Statement, the development of a corporate responsibility website, and the inaugural publication of our annual Corporate Social Responsibility Report, which we anticipate later this year. RISK OVERSIGHT IS CRITICAL TO OUR SUCCESS We take our risk oversight role very seriously. Our Board committees each tackle various risks facing our company, to ensure management is focused on identifying and mitigating the material risks to our company. Our Nominating and Governance Committee has overseen substantial enhancements to our compliance program over the past several years, and is actively overseeing our enterprise risk management program. Our Audit Committee oversees risks related to auditing, accounting and financial matters, as well as cybersecurity. Our Compensation Committee annually assesses the risks created by our compensation programs. WITH UNITED THERAPEUTICS THERE’S ALWAYS MORE TO COME… While we expect our near-term development programs to help overcome the loss of Adcirca revenue and the threat posed by generics to Remodulin, we’re also excited about the potential for our company’s longer-term development programs. Ralinepag — an oral prostacyclin receptor agonist we licensed from Arena Pharmaceuticals in 2019 — is in phase III development for pulmonary arterial hypertension. If successful, we think the drug could help improve PAH outcomes with a much more convenient dosing route and schedule than existing or planned therapies on the market. We are also working with our Canadian affiliate, Northern Therapeutics, to explore the use of gene therapy for disease modification in PAH. While potentially revolutionary in their own right, we think these and other development programs are stepping stones for what we believe is the ultimate cure for PAH: a lung transplant. Our efforts in the organ transplant space — ex-vivo lung perfusion, xenotransplantation, regenerative medicine, and organ printing, among others — seek to address the acute shortage of transplantable lungs and other organs. …AND WE’RE NOT GOING TO CONFORM TO THE BIOTECH NORM United Therapeutics has always been a unique biotech leader and we on our Board appreciate and nurture our company’s unique perspective to addressing unmet medical needs of patients. Onward! | ![]() |
Our Board remains confident that the power of our research and development teams will keep our company at the forefront of improving lives of patients with pulmonary hypertension and other rare diseases for years to come. | |
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CHRISTOPHER PATUSKY, J.D., M.G.A. Lead Independent Director Vice Chairman of the Board Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee |
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Friday, June 26, 2020 10:15 a.m. Eastern Time | www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/UTHR2020 | Shareholders as of April 30, 2020 are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, our 2020 annual meeting of shareholders |
Proposals | Board Vote Recommendation | For Further Details | |
1 | Election of the three directors named in the Proxy Statement | “FOR” each director nominee | Page 19 |
2 | Approval of an amendment to our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to declassify our Board of Directors and provide for the annual election of our directors | “FOR” | Page 37 |
3 | Advisory resolution to approve executive compensation | “FOR” | Page 39 |
4 | Approval of the amendment and restatement of the United Therapeutics Corporation Amended and Restated 2015 Stock Incentive Plan | “FOR” | Page 77 |
5 | Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2020 | “FOR” | Page 86 |
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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for United Therapeutics Corporation’s 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to Be Held on Friday, June 26, 2020: United Therapeutics Corporation’s Proxy Statement and Annual Report on Form 10-K are available at: http://ir.unither.com/annual-and-proxy |
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This Proxy Statement contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA). These statements, which are based on our beliefs and expectations as to future outcomes, include, among others, statements about our future operating results, business plans, objectives, pipeline advancements, benefits of our products, and any others that contain the words believe, seek, expect, anticipate, forecast, project, intend, estimate, should, could, may, will, plan, or similar expressions, and any other statements contained or incorporated by reference into this Proxy Statement that are not historical facts. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, such as those described in our periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), as well as risks stemming from COVID-19, that could cause actual results to differ materially from anticipated results. These statements may also be based on standards for measuring progress that are still developing and on assumptions that are subject to change in the future. Consequently, such forward-looking statements are qualified by the cautionary statements, cautionary language and risk factors set forth in our periodic reports and documents filed with the SEC, including our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and Current Reports on Form 8-K. We claim the protection of the safe harbor contained in the PSLRA for forward-looking statements. We are providing this information as of April 29, 2020, and assume no obligation to update or revise the information contained in this Proxy Statement whether as a result of new information, future events or any other reason. WEBSITE REFERENCES Website references included throughout this Proxy Statement are provided for convenience. The content on the referenced websites are not incorporated herein and are not part of this Proxy Statement. | ||
ANNEX C - Non-GAAP Information |
PAH Portfolio | NB Product | ||||||||
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![]() | IMPLANTABLE SYSTEM FOR REMODULIN | 30-40% OF PAH PATIENTS REFUSE PARENTERAL THERAPY | ![]() | TREVYENT® | |||||||||||
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• Ease of use and reduced risk of bloodstream infections • Once-monthly refills or longer | ![]() | • First pre-filled, pre-programmed infusion system • Simplification for subQ via disposable PatchPump® technology • NDA pending with FDA | |||||||||||||
FDA APPROVED, Launch expected 2021 | |||||||||||||||
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• Small, lightweight, durable subQ pump with disposable cartridges • Flexible dosing via an acoustic volume sensing technology | BECAUSE OF CONCERNS AROUND IV USE, SUBQ PAIN, OR LIFESTYLE INTERFERENCE(1) | • Next-generation ambulatory infusion pump with smartphone compatibility • Development-stage program | |||||||||||||
FDA Cleared, Launch Planning in Progress |
(1) | Based on UT market research. |
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Potential U.S. Population | 45,000 | 30,000 | 100,000 |
Data Read-Out | ü | ü | study ongoing |
FDA Approval | ü | sNDA planned mid-2020 | TBD |
ü | STABILITY IN THE FACE OF REMODULIN® GENERICS | ü | INDUSTRY-LEADING ADJUSTED PROFITABILITY | |
• Although overall revenue decreased 11% in 2019 compared to 2018, revenues from our other products increased by 3% • Remodulin revenue down only 2% compared to 2018, despite generic launches in 2019 • New Remodulin patient starts at highest level in ten years • Orenitram revenue up 10% compared to 2018, with the FREEDOM-EV label expansion • Unituxin revenue up 34% compared to 2018 | • GAAP Diluted EPS of $(2.39), and non-GAAP Diluted EPS of $12.94 • (7.2)% net profit margin and 51.6% adjusted EBITDASO margin*, compared to (1.6)% average net profit margin and 27.3% average adjusted EBITDASO margin for our compensation peer group • $1.6 million in 2019 revenue per employee compared to Nasdaq Biotechnology Index median of $0.2 million |
ü | CONTINUED PIPELINE PROGRESSION & INVESTMENT | ü | STRONG BALANCE SHEET POISED FOR FUTURE INVESTMENT | |
• Acquisition of ralinepag rights, January 2019 • Remunity patient-fill FDA clearance, May 2019 • Trevyent NDA accepted for filing, September 2019 • Orenitram FREEDOM-EV label expansion approved, October 2019 • Full enrollment of phase III INCREASE study in 2019, leading to positive read-out in early 2020 | • $2.3 billion in cash and investments at December 31, 2019 • $850 million in debt outstanding at December 31, 2019; $200 million paid down in 2019 • Strong balance sheet well-positioned to endure economic downturn driven by COVID-19 |
* | A reconciliation of our non-GAAP measures and other information relating to such measures can be found in Annex C. |
Our strong profitability and conservative budgeting algorithm have generated strong free cash flow resulting in an extremely healthy balance sheet. At December 31, 2019, we had net cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities totaling $1.4 billion, net of our outstanding indebtedness of $850 million. This is incredibly important, now more than ever in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 23, 2020, Jefferies Equity Research screened over 1,000 companies, and highlighted United Therapeutics among a list of just six companies (along with Home Depot, Honeywell and T. Rowe Price, for example) with a so-called Fortress Balance Sheet, therefore making them best positioned to weather the expected economic storm caused by the pandemic. |
Dear United Therapeutics Shareholders, As the newest member of our Board of Directors, I am thrilled to join the leadership of a forward-thinking company that prioritizes environmental stewardship, human capital management, ethics and social impact. I strongly believe that our values will drive not only long-term shareholder value, but also contribute to our shared future. I’d like to highlight a few key accomplishments. We believe we have the first and largest net zero office building amongst public biotechnology companies, that we are the first public biotechnology company to create a public benefit subsidiary, and the first to have a company-wide minimum living wage. These are in addition to our outstanding track record of developing and commercializing innovative therapies for underserved patient populations. We also strive to share what we have learned so that others may benefit. I am also excited to work with Katherine Klein, our Board member who is Vice Chair of the Wharton Social Impact Initiative. | |||||||
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1 | Sustainability | ||||||
Overview. We make energy efficiency and lower carbon emissions a key criteria in the design of all of our facilities. Net Zero Buildings. Our site net zero facility portfolio includes: • A 135,000 square foot commercial site net zero energy building — the Unisphere, Silver Spring, Maryland (see www.utunisphere.com) • A site net zero energy call center — Melbourne, Florida • A site net zero laboratory on the campus of Mayo Clinic — Jacksonville, Florida • A site net zero energy day care center — Research Triangle Park, North Carolina Going forward, we strive to ensure all new non-manufacturing buildings are “site net zero”— meaning the building’s carbon-equivalent emissions are at zero as it produces as much renewable energy on-site as it consumes in a year. This is accomplished through a variety of technologies, including solar power, geothermal exchange, earth-coupled heating and cooling, and an intelligent building automation system. LEED Certifications. Our facilities include one Platinum LEED-certified building and two Gold LEED-certified buildings. | |||||||
NILDA MESA Director | |||||||
Adjunct Professor and senior researcher at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and the Earth Institute’s Center for Sustainable Urban Development, where she teaches, speaks, and writes about sustainable development and planning at the urban and global scale. Visiting Professor at SciencesPo Paris School of International Affairs | |||||||
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Director, author and editor of OneNYC (2015), New York City’s first long-term sustainability plan, which for the first time for a major U.S. city tied environmental initiatives with economic development, equity and resilience | |||||||
Renewable Energy. • Currently, we operate eleven solar arrays that generate over 20% of the electricity that we consume on an annual basis • We buy renewable energy credits (RECs) to offset 100% of the electrical consumption at our Silver Spring, Maryland campus other than our site net zero Unisphere facility • For our North Carolina campus, where RECs are not currently available for purchase via the local utility, we constructed a four-megawatt solar array, which offsets about 30% of annual electrical consumption at the campus Waste Reduction. We reduce our waste through our efficient use of water, and our recycling and composting programs. | |||||||
Past senior environmental positions include Assistant Director, White House Council on Environmental Quality. Graduate, Harvard Law School and Northwestern University | |||||||
2 | Employees |
Unitherian Culture | At United Therapeutics, we are crystal clear about our purpose and talk about it often — developing innovative therapies for unmet needs, with the ultimate objective of finding a cure for end-stage lung disease by creating an unlimited supply of transplantable lungs. We strive to hire the best and brightest people who are passionately committed to our goals. Our people mission is to provide our employees with the opportunity to work on innovative, revolutionary projects, the autonomy and freedom to operate in a manner they believe is best to complete the project, and inspiring surroundings with state of the art facilities in which to think, work and problem solve. Where possible, we try to keep our work groups and divisions small and free from unneeded bureaucracy so that innovation can flourish. We are intentional in our effort to maintain our small, entrepreneurial culture. We believe this differentiated approach instills a greater sense of ownership, meaning, and commitment in our employees, motivating them to work as hard as possible to achieve our lofty goals. | ||
Living Wage of $75,000 | We have adopted a minimum “living wage” for all employees of approximately $75,000 per year (cash salary and bonus, not including company-wide equity compensation). | ||
People Programs | To best support our workforce and retain employees of the highest caliber, we offer a competitive benefits package focused on fostering work/life integration, including: Caregiver Leave. Twelve weeks of paid caregiver leave and three weeks of secondary caregiver leave. Wellness. On-site gym facilities including access to many classes and personal training, and free cafeterias at our main locations, which focus on providing locally-sourced, sustainable food. Daycare. Subsidized, on-site daycare at our main locations. Development Opportunities. We offer up to $30,000 per employee for tuition assistance, and we make available a variety of instructor-led and online training programs for our employees. COVID-19. The developing COVID-19 pandemic has led to unique challenges, and we are striving to ensure the health, safety and general well-being of our employees who are working hard to support a continuous supply of medicines to our patients. | ||
Low turnover compared to peer group | Our voluntary turnover is well below that of our industry peers. In 2019 our voluntary turnover was 6.3%, compared to the median turnover of 12.0% for the biotech industry(1). | ||
Recognition | 2019 Awards: • Fortune Magazine Certified Great Place to Work • #2 in Best Workplaces in Health Care & Biopharma • #26 in Best Small & Medium Companies • 6th year on Triangle Business Journal Best Places to Work list (4th) • 6th year on The Washington Post’s Top Workplace list (22nd) | ||
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Gender Diversity | In 2019, we received the Women in Technology’s Corporate Board award. Women comprise one-half of our workforce, and hold 47% of our management positions. Additionally, 36% of the seats on our board of directors are held by women. We have also launched two internal initiatives, Women in Manufacturing and the Inspire Initiative, both of which are intended to promote leadership development and peer-to-peer networking for women at United Therapeutics. | ||
(1) | Based on data from Radford’s Global Turnover Results survey for the Life Sciences Sector for the fourth quarter of 2019. |
3 | Public Benefit Corporation |
![]() | Rehabilitating discarded lungs into life-saving organs. Since 2014, we have been developing technologies to convert lungs deemed unsuitable for transplantation into usable lungs through ex-vivo lung perfusion (EVLP). Through our clinical trial of the Centralized Lung Evaluation System, developed at Toronto General Hospital, we have already performed over 130 procedures that resulted in successfully transplanted lungs for patients with end-stage lung disease. We have also begun commercializing EVLP procedures using XPS™, a technology developed by XVIVO Perfusion, Inc. that has been cleared by the FDA. We have two facilities dedicated to these technologies, including a site net zero facility we recently constructed on the campus of Mayo Clinic Jacksonville. |
4 | Community Impact |
5 | Ethics |
We are passionate for patients. | We don’t pay to play. | We respect privacy. | We communicate ethically and honestly. | We do the right thing. |
1 | Election of Directors | |
This year at our Annual Meeting, Professor Raymond Dwek, Mr. Christopher Patusky, and Governor Tommy Thompson are nominees for election as Class III directors to serve three-year terms until our 2023 annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified or their office is otherwise vacated. | ||
Our Board recommends a vote FOR each director nominee. | See page 19 |
2 | Approval of Amendment to our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to Declassify our Board of Directors | |
We are asking our shareholders to approve an amendment to our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to phase out the classification of our Board and provide for the annual election of all directors. | ||
Our Board recommends a vote FOR this proposal. | See page 37 |
3 | Advisory Resolution to Approve Executive Compensation | |
We are asking our shareholders to vote on an advisory resolution, commonly known as a “Say-on-Pay” proposal, to approve executive compensation as reported in this Proxy Statement. | ||
Our Board recommends a vote FOR this proposal. | See page 39 |
4 | Approval of the Amendment and Restatement of The United Therapeutics Corporation Amended and Restated 2015 Stock Incentive Plan (the Plan) | |
The Amendment and Restatement makes the following changes to the Plan: • Increases the maximum number of shares of our common stock that may be issued under the Plan by 500,000 shares • Changes the fungible share ratio to 1.35:1 • Removes certain references to Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code) that are no longer relevant • Extends the expiration date of the Plan to April 29, 2030 | ||
Our Board recommends a vote FOR this proposal. | See page 77 |
5 | Ratification of the Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as United Therapeutics Corporation’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2020 | |
The Audit Committee of our Board has appointed Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year 2020. We ask that our shareholders vote to ratify this appointment. | ||
Our Board recommends a vote FOR this proposal. | See page 86 |
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Professor Emeritus and Director of the Glycobiology Institute, University of Oxford | ||||||||||
![]() | Christopher Patusky, J.D., M.G.A. | IND | 57 | 2002 | • | ![]() | ||||
Founder, Patusky Associates, LLC Vice Chairman and Lead Independent Director, United Therapeutics | ||||||||||
![]() | Governor Tommy Thompson, J.D. | IND | 78 | 2010 | • | |||||
Former Governor of Wisconsin Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | ||||||||||
![]() | ![]() | Katherine Klein, Ph.D. | IND | 63 | 2014 | |||||
Professor of Management, The Wharton School Vice Dean, Wharton Social Impact Initiative | ||||||||||
![]() | Ray Kurzweil | IND | 72 | 2002 | ||||||
A Director of Engineering, Google | ||||||||||
![]() | Martine Rothblatt, Ph.D., J.D., M.B.A. | 65 | 1996 | |||||||
Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, United Therapeutics | ||||||||||
![]() | Louis Sullivan, M.D. | IND | 86 | 2002 | • | • | ||||
President Emeritus, Morehouse School of Medicine Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | ||||||||||
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Principal, Causey Consortium | ||||||||||
![]() | Richard Giltner | IND | 56 | 2009 | ![]() | • | ||||
Former Portfolio Manager, Lyxor Asset Management | ||||||||||
![]() | Nilda Mesa, J.D. | IND | 60 | 2018 | • | |||||
Adjunct Professor, Columbia University Former Director, NYC Mayor’s Office of Sustainability | ||||||||||
![]() | Judy Olian, Ph.D. | IND | 68 | 2015 | ||||||
President, Quinnipiac University Former Dean, UCLA Anderson School of Management |
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ü | MAJORITY VOTING | ü | BOARD DESTAGGERING | ü | DIVERSITY AND REFRESHMENT | ||
In 2015, we adopted a majority voting standard with a director resignation policy • Only 47.8% of other Russell 3000 companies* have adopted majority voting for uncontested director elections • Only 19.3% of our industry peers** have adopted majority voting for uncontested director elections and a director resignation policy | In 2019, our Board supported a shareholder proposal to declassify our Board. That proposal was approved and will be implemented this year through an amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation, if approved by our shareholders (See Proposal 2). | Diversity and refreshment are also key areas of focus where we are largely in-line with our peers or ahead of the curve. For example, our Board is 36% female, compared with 20% for the Russell 3000. We have also refreshed our Compensation Committee in 2019. | |||||
ü | PROXY ACCESS | ü | SHAREHOLDER FEEDBACK | ü | OVERBOARDING | ||
In 2015, we also adopted a market-standard form of proxy access • Only 20.4% of Russell 3000 companies* provide their shareholders a similar right • Only 8.8% of our industry peers** provide their shareholders with proxy access | Our Nominating and Governance Committee has taken shareholder feedback on governance seriously — even commissioning external experts to study these issues and advise the Committee | We recently reduced our overboarding limit such that our directors may not serve on more than four public company boards (down from the previous limit of five), in direct response to shareholder feedback | |||||
* | Data as of November 2019. |
** | Industry peers are defined as U.S.-domiciled, NYSE- or Nasdaq-listed companies with the same first two primary Standard Industrial Classification code digits as our company (28: Chemicals and Allied Products), but excluding our company from peer results. There were 513 companies in this dataset in the Sharkrepellent.net database as of November 4, 2019. |
2019 CEO and Other NEOs Pay Mix | |
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• | Premium-Priced Stock Options. 50% of each Named Executive Officer’s equity award covering grants for 2019-2022 was granted with a premium-priced performance condition by virtue of an exercise price equal to 115% of our closing stock price on the date of the grant. Therefore, our stock price will have to grow by more than 15% above the share price on the grant date before our Named Executive Officers can realize any value from the award. These stock options will not vest (i.e., “cliff” vest) until the fourth anniversary of the grant date. |
• | Market-Priced Stock Options. 50% of each Named Executive Officer’s equity award covering grants for the period of 2019-2022 was granted with an exercise price equal to our closing stock price on the date of grant. These awards will vest in equal thirds on the second, third and fourth anniversaries of the date of the grant, as retention incentive. |
These awards are intended to compensate our Named Executive Officers over the four-year period of our current business plan, and we do not intend to make additional equity grants during this period. When viewed on an annualized basis, these awards meaningfully decrease overall compensation and decrease overall dilution, when compared with the results if we had continued our previous program for four additional years. On an annualized basis, this reduces our Chief Executive Officer’s total target direct compensation from the top quartile historically to approximately the 50th percentile of our peer group. |
1 | Election of Directors |
Our Board consists of eleven members and is divided into three classes of three or four directors each. At each annual meeting of shareholders, members of one of the classes, on a rotating basis, are elected to a three-year term. This year at our Annual Meeting, Professor Raymond Dwek, Mr. Christopher Patusky, and Governor Tommy Thompson are nominees for election as Class III directors to serve three-year terms until our 2023 annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified or their office is otherwise vacated. Each nominee was previously elected by shareholders at our 2017 annual meeting. For a discussion of our plans to declassify our Board if Proposal 2 is approved, please see Board Declassification below. Directors are elected by a majority of votes cast at our Annual Meeting. A majority of votes cast means that the number of votes cast for the director nominee’s election must exceed the number of votes cast against that director nominee’s election. Broker non-votes and abstentions are not considered votes cast and therefore have no impact on the election of directors. Cumulative voting is not permitted in the election of directors. Proxies may not be voted for more than three nominees. Each of our director nominees has consented to be named herein and to continue to serve on our Board of Directors, if elected. We do not anticipate that any nominee will become unable or unwilling to accept his or her nomination or election. If such an event should occur, the persons named on the proxy card intend to vote for the election of such other person as is selected by our Board in such nominee’s stead. In the alternative, the persons named on the proxy card may simply vote for the remaining nominees, leaving a vacancy that may be filled at a later date by our Board of Directors, or our Board of Directors may reduce the size of our Board. Our Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR the election of each of the nominees. | |
Succession Planning | Our Nominating and Governance Committee considers current and long-term needs of our evolving business and seeks potential director candidates in light of emerging needs, our current Board structure, tenure, skills, diversity and experience |
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Identification of Candidates | Our Nominating and Governance Committee engages in a search process for director candidates, led by its Chairman Our Nominating and Governance Committee considers candidates recommended by members of our Board, executive officers, shareholders and other sources, and evaluates shareholder nominees using the same criteria as it uses to evaluate all other candidates A shareholder who wishes to recommend a prospective nominee for our Nominating and Governance Committee’s consideration should submit the candidate’s name and qualifications to our Corporate Secretary at the address set forth under Shareholder Communication with Directors below |
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Qualifications Sought | To be considered, each director candidate must meet the following minimum criteria: • Personal and professional integrity • A record of exceptional ability and judgment • Ability and willingness to participate fully and work constructively in Board activities, including active participation in meetings of our Board and any committees to which he or she is assigned • Interest, capacity and willingness, in conjunction with the other members of our Board, to serve the interests of our shareholders • Reasonable knowledge of the fields of our operations, as well as familiarity with the principles of corporate governance • Expertise needed to serve on one or more committees of our Board • Independence, including the absence of any personal or professional relationships that would adversely affect his or her ability to serve our best interests and those of our shareholders In addition, our Nominating and Governance Committee is interested in candidates who possess the following skills: • The ability to contribute to the variety of opinions, perspectives, personal and professional experiences and backgrounds, as well as other characteristics that differ among members of our Board • A desire to contribute positively to the existing tone and collaborative culture among our Board members • Professional and personal experiences and expertise relevant to achievement of our strategic objectives |
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Meeting with Candidates | Once our Nominating and Governance Committee identifies a potential director nominee, it screens the candidate, performs reference checks, and conducts interviews with the assistance of our General Counsel and our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer If the outcome of that process is favorable, our Nominating and Governance Committee may recommend the candidate to our Board for consideration |
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Decision and Nomination | Our Nominating and Governance Committee recommends, and our full Board approves, the director candidates who are best qualified to serve the interest of our shareholders. Our Nominating and Governance Committee’s evaluation of director nominees considers their ability to contribute these qualities and skills to our Board. |
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Election | Each year, shareholders consider and elect directors at our annual meeting of shareholders. In addition, our Board may appoint directors to fill vacancies upon the recommendation of our Nominating and Governance Committee during the year, if deemed in the best interests of the company and our shareholders. |
Re-Nomination Process Our Nominating and Governance Committee appreciates the importance of critically evaluating individual directors and their contributions to our Board in connection with re-nomination decisions. In considering whether to recommend re-nomination of a director for election at our Annual Meeting, our Nominating and Governance Committee conducts a detailed review, considering factors such as: • The extent to which the director’s judgment, skills, qualifications, and experience (including those gained due to tenure on our Board) continue to contribute to our Board’s success • Attendance and participation at, and preparation for, Board and committee meetings • Independence • Shareholder feedback, including the support received by those director nominees elected at our most recent annual meeting of shareholders • Outside board and other affiliations, including any actual or perceived conflicts of interest • The extent to which the director continues to contribute to our Board’s diversity |
![]() | Raymond Dwek, C.B.E., F.R.S. | |
Age: 78 Director Since: 2002 | Committees: None | |
Background Professor Dwek is a Fellow of the Royal Society, London, and has served as Director of the Glycobiology Institute at the University of Oxford since 1988. He also served as Professor of Glycobiology at the University of Oxford from 1988 through 2009, and currently serves as Professor Emeritus. He was President of the Institute of Biology (a professional organization) from 2008 through 2010. From 2000 to 2006, Professor Dwek served as head of the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Oxford. Professor Dwek has been serving in various positions at the University of Oxford since 1966. In 1988, Professor Dwek was the scientific founder of Oxford GlycoSciences PLC, which was publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange and Nasdaq, and he served as a member of its Board of Directors until its sale in 2003. He was the 2007 Kluge Chair of Technology and Society at the U.S. Library of Congress. Professor Dwek is the founder of glycobiology, the study of the structure, biosynthesis and biology of sugar chains attached to proteins. Director Qualifications Professor Dwek has extensive scientific experience as both the head of the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Oxford, one of the world’s largest biochemistry departments, and as a biotechnology innovator at organizations such as the Glycobiology Institute and Oxford GlycoSciences PLC. In evaluating existing and potential new programs, our Board benefits from his scientific insight and experience in pharmaceutical research and development. | ||
![]() | Christopher Patusky, J.D., M.G.A. | |
Age: 56 Director Since: 2002 Vice Chairman of the Board Lead Independent Director | Committees: Nominating and Governance (Chairman) Audit | |
Background Mr. Patusky has more than 30 years of experience in the private, public and nonprofit sectors. After graduating from Harvard Law School, he clerked and practiced law from 1988 to 2000, focusing on litigation, intellectual property, and business startups. After receiving a master’s degree in governmental administration from the University of Pennsylvania in 2001, Mr. Patusky served from 2002 to 2007 as the Executive Director and member of the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania’s Fels Institute of Government. From 2007 to 2011, he served as the Director of the Office of Real Estate and as a member of the Senior Policy Team at the Maryland Department of Transportation, staying on in a part time capacity until 2013. Since 2012, Mr. Patusky has served as the founding principal of Patusky Associates, LLC, which serves as a personal investment vehicle, and as an executive manager of Slater Run Vineyards, LLC, his family’s farm-based vineyard and winery. Our Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Patusky meets the financial sophistication requirements of Nasdaq’s listing standards. Director Qualifications Mr. Patusky brings to our Board extensive legal and business experience from his law career, governance experience from his former position as an administrator and faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania’s Fels Institute of Government, and governmental regulatory experience gained from his leadership position with the Maryland Department of Transportation. His responsibilities at the Fels Institute and the Maryland Department of Transportation included significant budgetary management and oversight responsibilities. | ||
![]() | Tommy Thompson, J.D. | |
Age: 78 Director Since: 2010 | Committees: Audit | |
Background Before entering the private sector in 2005, Governor Thompson enjoyed a long and distinguished career in public service. As Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from 2001 to 2005, he was a leading advocate for the health and welfare of all Americans. He also served four terms as Governor of Wisconsin from 1987 to 2001. Governor Thompson served as a partner at the law firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (Akin Gump) in Washington, D.C. from 2005 until January 2012. Governor Thompson has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Thompson Holdings, a consulting firm, since 2012. In 2017, Governor Thompson became an Adjunct Senior Advisor to Akin Gump. From 2005 to 2009, he also served as the Independent Chairman of the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions, which researches and develops solutions to some of our nation’s most pressing health care and public health related challenges. He is currently a member of the boards of directors of the following public companies: Centene Corporation, Physicians Realty Trust, and TherapeuticsMD, Inc. He previously served on the boards of various other public companies, including Cancer Genetics Inc., CareView Communications, Inc., CNS Response, Inc., C.R. Bard, Inc., Cytori Therapeutics, Inc., SpectraScience, Tyme Technologies, Inc., and X Shares Advisors, and as the chairman of the board of directors of AGA Medical Holdings, Inc. from 2005 to 2010. Our Board has determined that Governor Thompson meets the financial sophistication requirements of Nasdaq’s listing standards. Other Current Public Boards • Centene Corporation • Physicians Realty Trust • TherapeuticsMD Director Qualifications Governor Thompson brings to our Board significant experience in the healthcare industry, both as a public official (former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) and in the private sector (Deloitte Center for Health Solutions), as well as public company board experience and knowledge of legislative affairs. Governor Thompson’s legal experience from his private practice at Akin Gump also is useful in our Board’s oversight of our legal and regulatory compliance. | ||
![]() | Katherine Klein, Ph.D. | |
Age: 63 Director Since: 2014 | Committees: None | |
Background Professor Klein has served as the Vice Dean of the Wharton Social Impact Initiative since July 2012, and as The Wharton School’s Edward H. Bowman Professor of Management since 2005. She also served as Professor of Management of The Wharton School from 2004 to 2005. Prior to joining Wharton, Professor Klein was on the faculty of the University of Maryland and a visiting professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. She received her B.A. from Yale University, and her Ph.D. in Community Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin. An award-winning organizational psychologist, Professor Klein has conducted extensive field research regarding a range of topics including team leadership, climate, conflict, social networks, and effectiveness; organizational change and technology implementation; employee diversity; and employee responses to stock ownership. She has taught executive education and consulted with and studied a variety of for profit and non-profit organizations including Charles Schwab, Rohm and Haas, North American Scientific, Medtronic, The Baltimore Shock Trauma Center, Penn Vet, the U.S. Census Bureau, and the Korean Management Association. Her research has been published in numerous top journals including Administrative Science Quarterly, Journal of Applied Psychology, the Academy of Management Journal, and the Academy of Management Review. She is also a former associate editor of the Journal of Applied Psychology and Administrative Science Quarterly. Professor Klein is a Fellow of the Academy of Management, the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, the American Psychological Association, and the Association for Psychological Science. Director Qualifications As a professor and Vice Dean at one of the world’s leading business schools, Professor Klein brings valuable expertise in organizational behavior and employee ownership culture, two topics that are of vital importance to a growing biotech company like United Therapeutics. As we adapt to the needs of a larger company while balancing our goal of maintaining an entrepreneurial culture designed to foster continued high growth and innovation, Professor Klein provides valuable insight to our Board. Additionally, as Vice Dean of the Wharton Social Impact Initiative, Professor Klein is highly qualified to help guide United Therapeutics’ thinking about the social impact of its business operations. | ||
![]() | Ray Kurzweil | |
Age: 72 Director Since: 2002 | Committees: None | |
Background Mr. Kurzweil is an inventor, entrepreneur, and author, and has created several important technologies in the artificial intelligence field. He has received the National Medal of Technology, the MIT Lemelson Prize, twenty-one honorary doctorates, a Grammy award for his contributions to music technology, and honors from three U.S. Presidents. In 2002, Mr. Kurzweil was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Since 1995, Mr. Kurzweil has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Kurzweil Technologies, Inc., a technology development firm. Since January 2013, he has also served as a Director of Engineering for Google, a global technology and Internet search company. Director Qualifications Mr. Kurzweil brings to our Board extensive technological experience as an inventor and technology developer. His technical experience in the areas of artificial intelligence, telemedicine, and pharmaceutical research and development, and his experience in building businesses around his inventions, provide our Board with perspective in evaluating current and proposed technologies and business opportunities. Mr. Kurzweil also brings to our Board substantial corporate leadership experience from his role as Chief Executive Officer of Kurzweil Technologies, Inc. | ||
![]() | Martine Rothblatt, Ph.D., J.D., M.B.A. | |
Age: 65 Director Since: 1996 Chairman of the Board Chief Executive Officer | Committees: None | |
Background Dr. Rothblatt founded United Therapeutics in 1996 and served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from its inception through January 2015, when she became our Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer. She was promoted to her current role as Chairman and soul CEO in June 2016. Prior to founding United Therapeutics, she created several satellite communications technologies, and she is the Founder of SiriusXM. She is the co-inventor on six of our patents pertaining to treprostinil, and the inventor of our recently-awarded patent on a brain-computer interface device for patients with debilitating cognitive conditions. Director Qualifications Dr. Rothblatt brings to our Board extensive leadership and business experience at technology companies, as well as in depth knowledge of our company from her service as our founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. She also has substantial knowledge of medical ethics, having obtained her Ph.D. in medical ethics from the University of London. | ||
![]() | Louis Sullivan, M.D. | |
Age: 86 Director Since: 2002 | Committees: Compensation Nominating and Governance | |
Background Dr. Sullivan was the founding President of Morehouse School of Medicine, from 1981 to 1989, served as President again from 1993 to 2002, and has served as President Emeritus since 2002. Dr. Sullivan was also one of the founders and served as Chairman of Medical Education for South African Blacks, Inc., a member of the National Executive Council for the Boy Scouts of America, and a member of the Board of Trustees of Little League of America. Dr. Sullivan served as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from 1989 to 1993. He is a physician certified in internal medicine with a sub-specialty certification in hematology. Dr. Sullivan currently serves on the board of directors of Emergent BioSolutions, Inc. (since 2005), a publicly-traded company. He also serves as Co-Chair of the Henry Schein Cares Foundation. Dr. Sullivan previously served on the boards of directors of a wide range of public companies, including General Motors Company, BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Bristol Myers Squibb Company, Cigna Corporation, 3M Company, Henry Schein, Inc., Household International (now HSBC), Equifax, and Georgia Pacific Corporation. Other Current Public Boards • Emergent BioSolutions, Inc. Director Qualifications Dr. Sullivan brings to our Board extensive experience in the healthcare industry as a public official from his service as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, a physician certified in internal medicine, and a professor and an administrator at Morehouse School of Medicine. He also has substantial public company board experience gained from his service as a director of Emergent BioSolutions, Inc., as well as his previous public company board service. | ||
![]() | Christopher Causey, M.B.A. | |
Age: 57 Director Since: 2003 | Committees: Compensation (Chairman) Nominating and Governance | |
Background Mr. Causey has served as the Principal of the Causey Consortium, a professional services organization providing business strategy and marketing counsel to the healthcare industry, since 2002. Previously, Mr. Causey served as a senior marketing officer for a variety of healthcare companies. From 2001 to 2002, Mr. Causey served as the Chief Marketing Officer for Definity Health Incorporated. He was also a member of the board of directors of Data Sciences International, Inc., a private company that develops wireless physiological monitoring solutions, from 2008 to 2013. Director Qualifications Drawing upon nearly 30 years of experience in strategic planning and marketing for health care delivery, financing and biotechnology organizations, including as Principal of Causey Consortium, Mr. Causey brings to our Board substantial experience in the health care and biotech industries. Our Board benefits from Mr. Causey’s extensive leadership experience as a senior health care marketing executive. | ||
![]() | Richard Giltner | |
Age: 56 Director Since: 2009 | Committees: Audit (Chairman) Nominating and Governance | |
Background From 2009 until his retirement in 2010, Mr. Giltner was a portfolio manager at Lyxor Asset Management, an asset management group at the French bank Société Générale. From 2006 until 2009, he served as a managing director of Société Générale Asset Management, an international fund management firm, and head of the European office for its fund of hedge funds group. From 2003 to 2006, Mr. Giltner was the global head of foreign exchange options for the investment banking arm of Société Générale. He also held various other managerial positions within Société Générale from 1991 until 2003. Mr. Giltner has been a private investor since his retirement from Société Générale in 2010. Our Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Giltner is an audit committee financial expert as defined under the rules and regulations of the SEC and meets the financial sophistication requirements of Nasdaq’s listing standards. Director Qualifications Mr. Giltner brings to our Board over 20 years of experience in the financial sector, including international financial markets, financial derivatives, alternative investments and asset management. As our business continues to grow and expand, our Board benefits from Mr. Giltner’s global business and financial experience and his perspective as an institutional investor, as well as his leadership experience in international finance from his service in various management roles at Société Générale. | ||
![]() | Nilda Mesa, J.D. | |
Age: 60 Director Since: 2018 | Committees: Compensation | |
Background Ms. Mesa has had a long and innovative career in environment, energy and sustainability at the city, state, national and global levels, and now writes and presents extensively on climate, energy, equity and urban systems relating to them. From 2014 to 2016, Ms. Mesa served as Director of the New York City Mayor’s Office of Sustainability, where she led the pathbreaking OneNYC long term sustainability plan for the city. As chief sustainability officer for New York City, she oversaw programs in climate, energy, sustainability, air quality and public health, waste, green buildings, transportation, public education, and other initiatives. In 2016, she returned to Columbia University as an adjunct professor at the School of International and Public Affairs, as well as Director of the Urban Sustainability and Equity Planning Program with Columbia’s Center for Sustainable Urban Development at the Earth Institute, positions she continues to hold today. In 2006, she founded Columbia’s Office of Environmental Stewardship, one of the first in the United States for a university. She also served as Chief Administrative Officer at the Columbia Journalism School from 2012 to 2014. Before joining Columbia, Ms. Mesa served in environmental leadership roles at the White House Council on Environmental Quality, the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the California Attorney General’s office, and practiced law in both the public and private sectors. Her work has involved extensive international experience, including most recently a 2018 to 2020 appointment as a visiting professor and lecturer at the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po), an international research university in France. She is the co-author of a book to be published next year on climate and collaboration, as well as a contributor to the recently published “Smarter New York City: How City Agencies Innovate.” (Columbia University Press). She is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Northwestern University. Director Qualifications Ms. Mesa brings to our Board extensive executive leadership experience, particularly in the area of environmental stewardship. As we continue to operate and grow our business in an environmentally sustainable fashion, we expect Ms. Mesa’s insights to be extremely valuable. In addition, our Board benefits from her experience working in a variety of scientific, academic, government, legal, and international settings. | ||
![]() | Judy Olian, Ph.D. | |
Age: 68 Director Since: 2015 | Committees: None | |
Background Judy Olian has served as President of Quinnipiac University since July 2018. Previously, she served as dean of the UCLA Anderson School of Management and the John E. Anderson Chair in Management from 2006 to 2018. Her research and business expertise centers on aligning organizational strategies and design with human resource systems and incentives, and managing top management teams. She began her UCLA appointment after serving as dean and professor of management at the Smeal College of Business Administration at Pennsylvania State University. Earlier, she served in various faculty and executive roles at the University of Maryland and its Robert H. Smith School of Business. Ms. Olian serves or has been a member of various advisory boards (including the U.S. Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, Peking University Business School’s International Advisory Board, the Connecticut Governor’s Workforce Council, the Business-Higher Education Forum, New Haven Promise, and Catalyst, a leading global think tank for women in business) and served as Chairman of the Loeb Awards for Business Journalism. Born and raised in Australia, Ms. Olian received her B.S. in Psychology from the Hebrew University, Jerusalem and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Industrial Relations from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She was the Chairman of AACSB International, the premier thought leadership and accreditation organization for leading global business schools, and currently serves on the board of directors of Ares Management, L.P., a publicly traded global alternative asset management firm, and Mattel, Inc., a publicly traded multinational toy manufacturing company. Other Current Public Boards • Ares Management, L.P. • Mattel, Inc. Director Qualifications As the president of a prestigious university and former dean of one of the world’s leading business schools, Ms. Olian brings valuable expertise in managing and leading a large organization. Her academic expertise, which centers on the alignment of organizational strategies with human resource systems and incentives, provides valuable insight to a growing biotech company like United Therapeutics. In addition, her service as a director of Ares Management and Mattel provides valuable public company board experience. | ||
• | General Independence: Christopher Causey, Raymond Dwek, Richard Giltner, Katherine Klein, Ray Kurzweil, Nilda Mesa, Judy Olian, Christopher Patusky, Louis Sullivan, and Tommy Thompson are independent in accordance with the Nasdaq listing standards. |
• | Management Director: Martine Rothblatt is not independent due her employment as our Chief Executive Officer. |
• | Audit Committee Standards: Richard Giltner, Christopher Patusky, and Tommy Thompson meet the heightened independence standards for audit committee members set forth in rules promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act). |
• | Compensation Committee Standards: Christopher Causey, Nilda Mesa, and Louis Sullivan meet the heightened independence standards for compensation committee members under the Nasdaq listing standards. |
Lead Independent Director • Our Lead Independent Director is selected annually by the independent directors. • Among other responsibilities, our Lead Independent Director: • coordinates the activities of our independent directors • approves Board meeting schedules and agendas • chairs all meetings of our Board when the Chairman is not present, including executive sessions of our independent directors • serves as principal liaison between our independent directors and our Chairman and senior management • Our Lead Independent Director also has the authority to call executive sessions of the independent directors and is available for consultation and communication with major shareholders. A more detailed description of the responsibilities of the Lead Independent Director is included in our Corporate Governance Guidelines, which are available on our website at http://ir.unither.com/corporate-governance. |
Audit Committee | |
Members: Richard Giltner (Chair) Christopher Patusky Tommy Thompson Meetings in 2019: 5 | Primary Responsibilities • Representing and assisting our Board in its oversight responsibilities regarding our accounting and financial reporting processes, the audits of our financial statements, and system of internal controls over financial reporting, including the integrity of our financial statements, and the qualifications and independence of Ernst & Young LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm • Retaining and terminating our independent auditors • Approving in advance all audit and non-audit services to be performed by our independent auditors • Approving related party transactions • General oversight of our practices with respect to risk assessment and risk management For additional information regarding the processes and procedures used by our Audit Committee, see the section entitled Report of our Audit Committee below. |
Compensation Committee | |
Members: Christopher Causey (Chair) Nilda Mesa Louis Sullivan Meetings in 2019: 6 | Our Compensation Committee oversees our compensation plans and policies, reviews and approves compensation for our executive officers, oversees the administration of our equity incentive and share tracking awards plans and our Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, and reviews and approves grants of stock options to our executive officers and the methodology and formulae for granting stock options and restricted stock units to other employees. Primary Responsibilities • Creating a system for awarding long-term and short-term performance-oriented incentive compensation to attract and retain senior management, and reviewing our compensation plans to confirm that they are appropriate, competitive, and properly reflect our goals and objectives while managing risk • Assisting our Board in discharging its responsibilities regarding compensation of our executive officers For additional information regarding the processes and procedures used by our Compensation Committee, see the section entitled Compensation Discussion and Analysis below. |
Nominating and Governance Committee | |
Members: Christopher Patusky (Chair) Christopher Causey Richard Giltner Louis Sullivan Meetings in 2019: 5 | Primary Responsibilities In addition to the responsibilities described in the section entitled How We Select Our Director Nominees above, our Nominating and Governance Committee’s primary responsibilities include: • Proposing nominees for election to our Board • Proposing nominees to fill vacancies on our Board and newly created directorships • Reviewing candidates for election to our Board recommended to us by our shareholders • Recommending committee membership and chairmen • Reviewing management succession plans • Evaluating and overseeing issues and developments with respect to corporate governance, and recommending to our Board and monitoring all matters with respect to corporate governance • Overseeing our compliance program |
BOARD • At its regularly scheduled meetings, our Board receives reports from our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, President and Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel, and may also receive reports from the Committee Chairmen, outside consultants, and other members of senior management, among others. These presentations often include identification and assessment of risks our company currently faces or may face in the future. • Our Board is able to ask questions, discuss and provide guidance to management on the risks presented, as well as any risks that our Board identifies. • Our Board implements its risk oversight function both as a whole and through delegation to various committees. These committees meet regularly and report back to the full Board. | ||
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AUDIT COMMITTEE • Our Audit Committee’s responsibilities include general oversight of our company’s practices with respect to financial risk assessment and management, as well as the responsibility to review and discuss the company’s practices with respect to risk assessment and risk management, and risks related to matters including the company’s financial statements and financial reporting processes, and information technology and cybersecurity. | ||
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE • Our Compensation Committee’s duties include overseeing an assessment of the incentives and risks arising from or related to our compensation policies and practices, including but not limited to those applicable to our executive officers, and evaluating whether those incentives and risks are appropriate. | ||
NOMINATING AND GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE • Our Nominating and Governance Committee’s responsibilities include oversight of our company’s practices with respect to legal and regulatory compliance risk. | ||
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MANAGEMENT • Our senior management team is responsible for assessing risk on a daily basis. Our Board expects that our senior management team continually identifies, assesses and manages the short-term and long-term risks faced by our company. If members of our senior management team identify risks that are material to United Therapeutics, our Board may convene a special meeting to discuss, assess, and address such risks. | ||
Investor Relations and Senior Management We provide institutional investors with many opportunities to provide feedback to our Board and senior management. We participate in investor conferences throughout the year, and regularly meet with our shareholders. | Board Involvement Directors regularly and actively engage with our shareholders. For several years, our Compensation Committee Chairman has actively sought to engage with our top 25 shareholders at least once, and sometimes twice, per year. Our Nominating and Governance Committee Chairman also engages with our shareholders on other governance topics. | |
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2019 Engagement In 2019, the Chairmen of our Compensation Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee invited our 25 largest shareholders, representing more than 70% of our outstanding shares, to engage in discussions. We held such discussions with shareholders holding approximately 30% of our outstanding shares. Our Chairmen also engaged with the major proxy advisory firms in 2019. Where appropriate, members of management also participated. Topics included executive compensation, corporate governance, ESG, and corporate strategy. | ||
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Outcomes from Shareholder Engagement Shareholder feedback was carefully considered and led to modifications in our governance practices, executive compensation program, and disclosures. Some of the actions we have taken in response to shareholder feedback over the past several years include: • Adoption of majority voting • Adoption of proxy access • Board support for 2019 shareholder proposal to declassify our Board, and for this year’s proposed amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation to declassify our Board (Proposal 2) • Revised our Corporate Governance Guidelines to reduce the number of public company boards on which our directors may serve • Initiated our ESG disclosure program, with the goal of issuing a Corporate Social Responsibility Report and a new ESG-focused website this year • Enhanced disclosures regarding our executive compensation decisions • Renegotiated our Chief Executive Officer’s employment agreement to eliminate her entitlement to an annual stock option grant based on a market capitalization formula, and to eliminate an excise tax gross-up provision • Added performance vesting criteria to equity awards in 2017 and 2018 • Implemented an entirely new equity compensation program in 2019 for our Named Executive Officers, enabling us to reduce overall compensation and dilution levels • In 2019, reduced annualized total direct compensation for our Chief Executive Officer to approximately the 50th percentile of our peer group • Redesigned this year’s Proxy Statement to enhance shareholders’ understanding of our business, our corporate governance system, and our compensation programs | ||
• | an annual cash retainer (payable quarterly) for service as a member of our Board |
• | additional annual cash retainers (payable quarterly) for service on Board committees and for service as Lead Independent Director |
• | stock options or restricted stock units (in either case, granted initially upon joining our Board, and thereafter on an annual basis) for service as a member of our Board |
Value of Equity Based Awards(3) | ||||||||||
Annual Cash | Initial | Annual | ||||||||
Board Membership | $60,000 | $400,000 | $400,000 | |||||||
Lead Independent Director(1) | $35,000 | — | — | |||||||
Committee Chairmanship(2): | ||||||||||
Audit Committee | $25,000 | — | — | |||||||
Compensation Committee | $25,000 | — | — | |||||||
Nominating and Governance Committee | $25,000 | — | — | |||||||
Committee Membership(2): | ||||||||||
Audit Committee | $15,000 | — | — | |||||||
Compensation Committee | $15,000 | — | — | |||||||
Nominating and Governance Committee | $15,000 | — | — |
(1) | Compensation for service as Lead Independent Director is paid in addition to amounts paid for membership on our Board and for any committee chairmanship or membership. |
(2) | Committee chairmen receive the compensation indicated for committee chairmanship in lieu of the compensation for committee membership. Compensation for committee chairmanship and committee membership is paid in addition to amounts paid for Board membership. |
(3) | Annual awards are generally granted once per year on the date of the first meeting of our Board following our annual meeting of shareholders or for newly appointed directors, on or shortly following appointment to our Board. |
• | Form of Awards: Initial Grants and Annual Grants are paid in the form of stock options, restricted stock units (RSUs), or a combination of the two. For each grant, directors may elect to receive awards in any one of the following forms: |
• | 100% stock options |
• | 100% RSUs |
• | 50% stock options / 50% RSUs |
• | Value of Awards: The aggregate value of each director’s annual equity-based award is $400,000. The aggregate value of an initial equity-based award upon joining our Board is $400,000, plus a pro rata portion of the annual equity-based award value based on the number of months remaining in our Board service year at the date of grant. |
• | Deferral for RSUs: For directors who elect RSUs, our Compensation Committee has implemented a deferral program enabling directors to defer delivery of shares of common stock following vesting of the RSUs. |
• | Calculation Methodology: Our Compensation Committee also sets the methodology for determining the precise numbers of stock options and/or RSUs for each grant. For the annual grants, generally occurring in June of each year, the following applies (subject to modification by our Compensation Committee in its discretion): |
• | Stock Options: The number of stock options is calculated by dividing the equity value ($400,000, or $200,000, if the director has elected 50% options and 50% RSUs) by the fair value of each stock option, calculated in accordance with the Black Scholes Merton methodology utilized in calculating share-based compensation for financial reporting purposes. Black Scholes Merton inputs are the same as those used in our most recent quarterly report on Form 10-Q, except that the stock price input is the average closing price of our common stock over a recent time period prior to the date of grant (May 10 through June 10, in the case of annual grants). |
• | RSUs: The number of RSUs is calculated by dividing the equity value ($400,000, or $200,000, if the director has elected 50% options and 50% RSUs) by the average closing price of our common stock over a recent time period prior to the date of grant (May 10 through June 10, in the case of annual grants). |
• | Rounding: The resulting number of stock options or RSUs, calculated as above, is rounded to the nearest 10 shares. |
• | Exercise Price: Stock options granted to non-employee directors have an exercise price equal to the closing price of our common stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on the date of grant, or on the preceding trading day if the award is granted on a date when the Nasdaq is not open. |
• | Grant Timing: |
• | The date of grant for a new non-employee director’s initial award, consisting of the initial membership award and a prorated amount of the annual award for the remainder of the board service year, is the date of a director’s appointment or election to our Board. |
• | The date of grant for annual awards is the date of the first meeting of our Board following our annual meeting of shareholders in the year of grant. |
• | Vesting: Non-employee director awards become fully vested on the one year anniversary of the grant date, but only if the director attends at least 75% of the regularly scheduled meetings of our Board and his or her committee meetings from the date of grant until the date of our next annual meeting of shareholders. |
Name | Fees Earned or Paid in Cash(1) | Restricted Stock Units(2) | Stock Options(2) | All Other Compensation | Total | |||||||||||
Christopher Causey | $ | 100,000 | $ | — | $ | 351,945 | $ | 14,767 | (3) | $ | 466,712 | |||||
Raymond Dwek | $ | 60,000 | $ | 351,256 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 411,256 | ||||||
Richard Giltner | $ | 100,000 | $ | 351,256 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 451,256 | ||||||
Katherine Klein | $ | 60,000 | $ | — | $ | 351,945 | $ | — | $ | 411,945 | ||||||
Ray Kurzweil | $ | 60,000 | $ | 175,628 | $ | 176,112 | $ | — | $ | 411,740 | ||||||
Nilda Mesa | $ | 67,665 | $ | 175,628 | $ | 176,112 | $ | — | $ | 419,405 | ||||||
Judy Olian | $ | 67,335 | $ | 175,628 | $ | 176,112 | $ | — | $ | 419,075 | ||||||
Christopher Patusky | $ | 144,864 | $ | 175,628 | $ | 176,112 | $ | — | $ | 496,604 | ||||||
Louis Sullivan | $ | 90,000 | $ | 175,628 | $ | 176,112 | $ | — | $ | 441,740 | ||||||
Tommy Thompson | $ | 75,000 | $ | — | $ | 351,945 | $ | — | $ | 426,945 |
(1) | Includes (as applicable) annual cash retainer and fees for serving on our Board, the committees of our Board, as a committee chairman and as Lead Independent Director. |
(2) | On June 26, 2019, each of our non-employee directors was granted stock options and/or RSUs. Each stock option had an exercise price of $76.36 per share and a grant date fair value of $27.91 per share, and each RSU had a grant date fair value of $76.36 per share. Amounts shown in these columns represent the aggregate grant date fair value of these stock options and RSUs, which were the only awards granted to non-employee directors in 2019, computed in accordance with applicable accounting standards. For a discussion of the valuation assumptions for stock options, see Note 9—Share-Based Compensation to the consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019. |
(3) | Consists of retroactive compensation paid to Mr. Causey in 2020 for his 2019 service, commencing July 31, 2019, on the board of directors of a private company in which we maintain a minority equity interest. |
Name | Stock Options | STAP Awards | RSUs |
Christopher Causey | 41,060 | 27,000 | — |
Raymond Dwek | 15,000 | 65,000 | 4,600 |
Richard Giltner | 30,000 | 60,000 | 4,600 |
Katherine Klein | 55,080 | 29,375 | — |
Ray Kurzweil | 35,050 | 33,750 | 2,300 |
Nilda Mesa | 12,870 | — | 2,300 |
Judy Olian | 45,930 | — | 2,300 |
Christopher Patusky | 39,670 | 40,000 | 2,300 |
Louis Sullivan | 30,430 | 51,000 | 2,300 |
Tommy Thompson | 49,850 | 53,059 | — |
2 | Approval of Amendment to our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to Declassify our Board of Directors |
We are asking our shareholders to approve an amendment to our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (Certificate) to phase out the classification of our Board and provide for the annual election of all directors, as described below (Declassification Amendment). Our Board has unanimously adopted, approved and declared advisable the Declassification Amendment and recommends that shareholders approve and adopt the Declassification Amendment. Approval of the Declassification Amendment requires the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of our outstanding common stock entitled to vote thereon. Abstentions and broker non-votes, if any, have the same effect as an “against” vote. Brokers do not have authority to vote on the Declassification Amendment without instructions from the beneficial owner. Our Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR the amendment to our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to declassify our Board of Directors. | |
3 | Advisory Resolution to Approve Executive Compensation |
We are asking our shareholders to vote on an advisory resolution, commonly known as a “Say-on-Pay” proposal, to approve executive compensation as reported in this Proxy Statement. Our Board and our Compensation Committee strongly value the opinions of our shareholders, and we have made substantial modifications to our executive compensation program specifically to address concerns raised by shareholders in previous years. Our Compensation Committee, which is responsible for designing and administering our executive compensation program, has designed our executive compensation program to provide a competitive and internally equitable compensation and benefits package that reflects company performance, job complexity, and the value provided, while also promoting long term retention, motivation, and alignment with the long term interests of our shareholders. As described elsewhere in this Proxy Statement, we have evolved our compensation practices significantly in recent years, in large part in response to shareholder feedback. We were therefore very disappointed that shareholders did not approve our 2019 Say-on-Pay proposal following positive shareholder support and feedback in 2018. Based upon our shareholder outreach efforts in both the spring and fall of 2019, we believe changes made in 2019 to our compensation program address the concerns evidenced by our negative Say-on-Pay outcome in 2019. In connection with your vote on this proposal, we urge you to read the Letter from Our Compensation Committee Chairman, the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section of this Proxy Statement and the Summary Compensation Table and other related compensation tables and narratives that follow, which provide detailed information on the compensation of our Named Executive Officers. Our Compensation Committee and our Board of Directors believe that the policies and procedures articulated in these sections of this Proxy Statement, including the modifications we have made to our executive compensation programs, are effective in achieving our goals, and that the compensation of our Named Executive Officers reported in this Proxy Statement has supported and contributed to both our recent and long term success. Our Compensation Committee’s and Board’s decisions and payments reflected in this Proxy Statement, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section, with respect to 2019 performance and with respect to 2020 compensation programs were made in early 2020 before the global extent of the COVID-19 pandemic became apparent. In accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act, and as a matter of good corporate governance, we are asking shareholders to approve the following advisory resolution at the Annual Meeting: RESOLVED, that the shareholders of United Therapeutics Corporation (our “Company”) approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our Company’s Named Executive Officers disclosed in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the Summary Compensation Table and the related compensation tables, notes and narrative in the Proxy Statement for our Company’s 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. This advisory resolution is non-binding on our Board of Directors. Although non-binding, our Board and our Compensation Committee will review and consider the voting results when making future decisions regarding our executive compensation program. Based on the results of our 2017 shareholder advisory vote on the preferred frequency of holding future advisory votes to approve executive compensation, our Board of Directors has adopted a policy providing for an annual advisory resolution to approve executive compensation. Unless our Board modifies its policy on the frequency of future “Say-on-Pay” advisory votes, the next “Say-on-Pay” advisory vote will be held at our 2021 annual meeting of shareholders. The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock present, online or by proxy, at our Annual Meeting, and entitled to vote on the matter, is required for approval of this proposal. Abstentions have the same effect as an “against” vote. Broker non-votes, if any, have no impact on the vote. Our Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR the advisory resolution to approve executive compensation. | |
Letter from Our Compensation Committee Chairman Dear Fellow United Therapeutics Shareholders: STRONG PERFORMANCE UNDER CHALLENGING CIRCUMSTANCES On behalf of our Compensation Committee, I am delighted to report that 2019 continued our business transformation. We entered 2019 facing generic competition for two of our five commercial products: Adcirca and Remodulin. Nevertheless, we closed 2019 with more patients than ever before being treated with our treprostinil-based therapies. We were incredibly pleased that we achieved our revenue target of $1.45 billion, delivered through strong execution and growth in three of our key products: Orenitram, Tyvaso, and Unituxin. Further, Remodulin revenues held strong despite facing generic competition for most of 2019. Profitability also remained strong and our balance of cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities grew from $1.86 billion to $2.25 billion from December 31, 2018 to 2019. We relaunched Orenitram with an expanded label following our successful FREEDOM-EV study and we made substantial progress on several critical research and development programs intended to produce new therapies and delivery devices as well as expand the use of our existing products into new indications. All of these advancements have continued to build on our strong foundation and have created a platform for future growth for our shareholders. Our past, ongoing, and future success is rooted in the strength of our leadership team, which has delivered consistently strong performance over time. I have reflected over the past year on the cyclical nature of our industry. As a director and shareholder of United Therapeutics, I have enjoyed the tremendous experience of helping to lead this company through 15 straight years of revenue growth (2002-2017) as our approved product portfolio grew to include five FDA-approved drugs for rare, life-threatening diseases. As our leadership team continues to develop a pipeline of potential remedies and groundbreaking technologies to improve the way we address and treat these and other rare, life-threatening conditions, they are also delivering operational excellence. In 2018 and 2019, we faced our first — and what we anticipate will be temporary — revenue trough. Despite having profit and revenue goals that appear “lower” than the previous year’s performance, with two products facing generic competition, our team is working harder than ever to achieve the rigorous goals we have set. Guiding and incentivizing our leadership team to successfully implement our long-term strategy — including a return to revenue growth — requires a balanced approach to compensation. Our human capital management priorities are of high urgency to the Committee at this pivotal point in our growth. OUR COMPENSATION PROGRAM INCENTIVIZES, RETAINS, AND REWARDS WHILE REDUCING ANNUALIZED PAY VOLUME | |||
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We achieved our revenue target of $1.45 billion, delivered through strong execution and growth in three of our key products: Orenitram, Tyvaso and Unituxin | |||
Our balance of cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities grew from $1.86 billion to $2.25 billion | |||
All of our advancements have continued to build a foundation and platform for future growth for our shareholders | |||
In 2018 and 2019, we faced our first — and what we anticipate to be temporary —revenue trough | |||
With an objective to incentivize and retain our leadership team, as well as balance and incorporate shareholder feedback and concerns into our total compensation program, our Compensation Committee put together a unique and thoughtfully designed long-term incentive plan in 2019. We made the decision to grant our Named Executive Officers a four-year stock option grant in March 2019 to cover the four-year performance period of 2019 through 2022 to align with our four-year business plan. This single grant is intended to cover four years of equity awards and replaces the prior annual program. This grant was awarded in two equal tranches. One-half of the stock options were awarded with a 15% premium exercise price and the other half were awarded with an exercise price equal to our stock price on the date of grant. We do not intend to grant any additional equity compensation during this four-year period to our Named Executive Officers. As with prior years, we have continued to issue equity to our Named Executive Officers exclusively in the form of stock options in order to fully align their interests with those of shareholders and incentivize superior performance. Our Named Executive Officers will realize value from these awards if our stock price increases above the exercise prices. These stock options were granted with exercise prices of $117.76 and $135.42 per share, and our stock price at year end 2019 was $88.08. As a result, these stock options were all substantially underwater at year end 2019. Our stock price must experience double-digit growth for the Named Executive Officers to realize the full reported value from these stock options. That same growth provides value creation for our shareholders, directly aligning pay with performance. |
Pay Component | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Average Annualized | ||||||||||
Base Salary* | $1,275,000 | $1,275,000 | $1,275,000 | $1,275,000 | $1,275,000 | ||||||||||
Cash Bonus* | $1,402,500 | $1,402,500 | $1,402,500 | $1,402,500 | $1,402,500 | ||||||||||
Equity Compensation | $40,010,000 | $— | $— | $— | $10,002,500 | ||||||||||
Total Compensation | $42,687,500 | $2,677,500 | $2,677,500 | $2,677,500 | $12,680,000 |
* | For purposes of this illustration, we assume that 2019-2022 annual salary and cash bonus target remain unchanged over the four-year period, and that the annual bonus is earned at target each year. |
CEO Stock Option Value Granted 2019-2022 (Aggregate) | CEO Stock Option Value Granted 2019-2022 (Annualized) | |
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CEO Long-Term Equity Grant Dilution Comparison |
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Shareholder Concern | Compensation Committee Action |
Volume of Chief Executive Officer pay relative to peers | Chief Executive Officer total target direct compensation has decreased from the top quartile to approximately the 50th percentile of our peer group, when viewing the four-year grant on an annualized basis. Our new equity program reduces Chief Executive Officer equity compensation expense compared to our 2018 program by 29% at target and by 59% at max. |
Overlapping goals between short-term and half of our long-term incentive equity program reward the same performance twice | The 2019 grant has removed the Milestones from the long-term incentive program, eliminating this concern |
Over-emphasis on short-term performance with the use of a 1-year performance period in half of our 2018 long-term incentive program | The 2019-2022 equity program is based on stock appreciation over a multi-year period, eliminating this concern |
Goals were lower in 2018 when compared to 2017 actual performance, and operational results for the 2018 performance year resulted in a maximum payout for both cash bonus and half of the equity award for 2018 | We apply a rigorous goal-setting process that is designed to incentivize stretch performance in light of a challenging environment following introduction of generic competition. In setting these goals, our Compensation Committee reviews a number of data points including analyst expectations, market opportunity, individual product performance history, and the expected impact of generic product competition for two of our products in order to set this target for 2019. We increased our 2019 revenue and cash profit goals compared to 2018, but the goals were below 2018 actual performance in light of the anticipated impact of generic competition. These goals were substantially higher than analyst expectations and were very challenging. Nevertheless, they were only relevant to cash bonuses in 2019, significantly muting their impact compared to 2018 where these goals also drove equity payouts. |
Certain shareholders have a preference for relative metrics in the long-term incentive program | Our Compensation Committee takes a balanced view to setting goals to motivate and retain our executives for the long term. We believe that stock options provide a strong relative metric because they only provide realizable value if our stock price grows (even if stock values for our peers are declining). |
CEO | Other NEOs |
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![]() | Martine Rothblatt, Ph.D., J.D., M.B.A. 65, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director |
Dr. Rothblatt founded United Therapeutics in 1996 and served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since its inception through January 2015, when she became Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer. She was promoted to her current role as Chairman and soul CEO in June 2016. Prior to founding United Therapeutics, she created several satellite communications technologies, and she is the Founder of SiriusXM. She is the co-inventor on six of our patents pertaining to treprostinil, and the inventor of our recently-awarded patent on a brain-computer interface device for patients with debilitating cognitive conditions. | |
![]() | Michael Benkowitz 48, President and Chief Operating Officer |
Mr. Benkowitz joined United Therapeutics in 2011 as our Executive Vice President, Organizational Development. In this role, he was responsible for most companywide administrative functions, including human resources, information technology, corporate real estate and risk management, and was also responsible for many of our business development efforts and oversight of several of our key collaborations. He was promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer in June 2016, when he also became responsible for all of our commercial and medical affairs activities. | |
![]() | James C. Edgemond 52, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
Mr. Edgemond joined United Therapeutics in January 2013 as Treasurer and Vice President, Strategic Financial Planning. Mr. Edgemond was promoted to Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer in March 2015. Prior to joining United Therapeutics, he was Vice President, Corporate Controller and Treasurer of Clark Construction Group from 2008 through January 2013. He also served in a variety of roles at The Corporate Executive Board Company from 1998 to 2008, serving as Executive Director, Finance from 2005 to 2008. He began his career as a public accountant at KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, from 1990 through 1998, where he served in a variety of roles, including as a Senior Manager prior to his departure. | |
![]() | Paul A. Mahon, J.D. 56, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |
Mr. Mahon has served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of United Therapeutics since its inception in 1996. In 2001, Mr. Mahon joined United Therapeutics full-time as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. In 2003, Mr. Mahon was promoted to Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Prior to 2001, he served United Therapeutics, beginning with its formation in 1996, in his capacity as principal and managing partner of a law firm specializing in technology and media law. | |
$1.45 billion in revenues, which exceeded analyst consensus estimates in the face of generic competition. $1.6 million in revenue per employee, which ranked fourth in our compensation peer group and ninth out of the 200+ companies in the Nasdaq Biotech Index | We commenced or progressed key research and development programs critical to the execution of our long-term strategy to build our pipeline, including: • Filed our NDA for Trevyent, a drug-device combination product for treatment of PAH • Commenced two phase III clinical trials for ralinepag, a next generation prostacyclin treatment candidate for pulmonary arterial hypertension • Commenced our phase III BREEZE study for Treprostinil Technosphere, a drug device combination product for treatment of PAH • Continued development of LNG01 (formerly SM04646), a phase I drug candidate for treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis • Prepared for the launch of the Implantable System for Remodulin for PAH, pending Medtronic satisfying certain regulatory conditions • Continued progress on the Remunity pump system for Remodulin • Completed enrollment of our phase III INCREASE study of Tyvaso in patients with pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease | |
For the second year in a row, we reached record numbers of PAH patients being treated with our treprostinil-based therapies — once again reaching more patients than ever before | ||
The expansion of our Orenitram label, with the FDA approval of our NDA supplement on October 18, 2019 |
• | FDA clearance of the 510(k) application for the pharmacy-filled version of Remunity, enabling us to launch the product in the near term |
• | Successful completion of the INCREASE study, which we believe will enable us to obtain FDA approval of a label expansion to extend our Tyvaso product to patients with a new indication, pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease, which impacts about 30,000 patients in the U.S. alone, with no approved treatment options |
Sustainable, Long-Term Shareholder Value Creation | ||||||
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Pay-for-Performance | Shareholder Alignment | Balance Short- and Long-Term Perspectives | Market Competitiveness |
Objective | ||||
Compensation Element | Pay-for- Performance | Shareholder Alignment | Balance Short- and Long-Term Perspectives | Market Competitiveness |
Base Salary | ü | |||
Cash Incentive Awards | ü | ü | ü | ü |
Long-Term Incentives (Stock Options) | ü | ü | ü | ü |
Benefits/Perquisites | ü | |||
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (SERP) | ü | |||
Severance/Change-of-Control Benefits | ü | ü | ||
Stock Ownership Guidelines | ü | ü | ü |
• | 50% of the stock option award was granted with a 15% premium exercise price over our stock price at close on the date of grant, and vests in full (i.e., “cliff” vests) on the fourth anniversary of the grant date |
• | 50% of the stock option grant was granted with an exercise price equal to the closing price of our common stock on the date of grant, and vests in three equal installments on the second, third and fourth anniversary of the grant date |
Grant Type | Percent of Total Grant | Vesting Period | Vesting Rules | Term | Performance Feature | |
Premium-Priced Stock Options | 50 | % | 4 years | Vest in full on the fourth anniversary of the grant date | 8 years | 15% premium exercise price at grant |
Market-Priced Stock Options | 50 | % | 4 years | Vest in 1/3 increments on the second, third and fourth anniversary of the grant date | 8 years | Stock price appreciation needed in order to deliver realizable value |
• | Reviewing and advising on the structure of our compensation arrangements (i.e., base salary levels, cash incentive award target levels and the size of long-term incentive award targets) for our Chief Executive Officer and our other Named Executive Officers |
• | Reviewing and advising on the structure of our compensation arrangements for our non-employee directors |
• | Providing recommendations regarding the composition of our peer group |
• | Analyzing publicly available proxy data for companies within our peer group and survey data relating to executive compensation |
• | Conducting pay and performance analyses relative to our peer group |
• | Updating our Compensation Committee on industry trends and best practices with respect to executive long-term incentive compensation program design, including types of long-term incentive compensation awards, size of long-term incentive compensation grants, and aggregate long-term incentive compensation grant usage |
• | Reviewing our equity incentive awards against our design/cost targets and against industry norms |
• | Reviewing the Compensation Discussion and Analysis for our Proxy Statement |
• | Advising our Compensation Committee in connection with its risk assessment relating to our compensation programs |
• | Preparing for and attending shareholder engagement sessions |
• | Working on special or ad hoc projects for, or at the request of, our Compensation Committee as they arose |
2018 PEER GROUP | ![]() | ADDITIONS FOR 2019 | ||
ACADIA | Ionis Pharmaceuticals | Acorda Therapeutics | Endo International | |
Alexion Pharmaceuticals | Jazz Pharmaceuticals | Akorn | Horizon Pharma | |
Alkermes | Kite Pharma | AMAG Pharmaceuticals | Myriad Genetics | |
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals | Mylan N.V. | Bruker | Syneos | |
Amgen | Neurocrine | |||
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Biogen | Opko Health | DELETIONS FOR 2019 | ||
BioMarin | PRA Health Sciences | ACADIA | Kite Pharma | |
Bio-Techne | Regeneron | Alnylan Pharmaceuticals | Seattle Genetics | |
Celgene | Seattle Genetics | Exelixis | Tesaro | |
Exelixis | Shire | Ionis Pharmaceuticals | ||
Gilead | Tesaro | |||
Illumina | Vertex | |||
Incyte | ||||
2019 PEER GROUP | |||
Acorda Therapeutics | BioMarin | Illumina | PRA Health Sciences |
Akorn | Bio-Techne | Incyte | Regeneron |
Alexion Pharmaceuticals | Bruker | Jazz Pharmaceuticals | Shire |
Alkermes | Celgene | Mylan N.V. | Syneos |
AMAG Pharmaceuticals | Endo International | Myriad Genetics | Vertex |
Amgen | Gilead | Neurocrine | |
Biogen | Horizon Pharma | Opko Health | |
Revenue(1) | Operating Income(1) | Net Income(1) | ROIC(1) | Return on Equity(1) | Return on Assets(1) | Market Cap Per Employee(2) | |||||||||
2019 Peer Group Median ($ in millions) | $2,162.5 | $240.8 | $112.0 | 2.6% | 5.5% | 4.4% | $3.2 | ||||||||
United Therapeutics ($ in millions) | $1,744.0 | $1,068.2 | $483.8 | 20.7% | 28.4% | 23.9% | $5.9 | ||||||||
United Therapeutics Percentile Rank(3) | 44th | 71st | 65th | 99th | Highest | Highest | 69th |
(1) | Revenue, operating income, net income, ROIC (return on invested capital), return on equity, and return on assets all reflect trailing twelve-month data as of May 2018 when the peer group was approved |
(2) | Market capitalization per employee as of May 2018 when the peer group was approved |
(3) | The percentile rank shown above reflects values at the time of approval by our Compensation Committee |
ü | WHAT WE DO | û | WHAT WE DON’T DO | |
• Design our executive compensation program to align pay and performance • Maintain an appropriate balance between short-term and long-term compensation which discourages short-term risk taking at the expense of long-term results • Grant performance-based long-term incentive awards • Maintain stock ownership guidelines to align executive officer and share ownership with that of our directors and our shareholders • Prohibit hedging and pledging by executives and directors* • Employ a compensation recovery, or clawback, policy** • Conduct annual risk assessments of our compensation policies and practices • Hold Compensation Committee executive sessions without management • Engage an independent compensation consultant who reports directly to the compensation committee | • No backdating of stock options • No repricing of stock options without shareholder approval • No liberal share recycling under 2015 Stock Incentive Plan • No vesting prior to the first anniversary of grant, subject to limited exceptions • No discounted or reloaded stock options • No excessive perquisites • No excise tax gross ups • No guaranteed base salary and/or bonus payments |
* | Pursuant to our insider trading policy, directors, officers and employees are prohibited from purchasing our securities on margin, engaging in “short” sales of our common stock, or buying or selling puts, calls, futures contracts or other forms of derivative securities relating to our securities. In addition, our Board has adopted a policy prohibiting our directors and executive officers from pledging of shares of our common stock. |
** | Our Board has the authority, to the extent permitted by governing law, to make retroactive adjustments to any cash award or equity award-based incentive compensation paid to our Named Executive Officers and certain other senior managers where the payment was predicated upon the achievement of certain financial results that were subsequently the subject of a restatement. |
Element / Percent of TDC | Why We Pay This Element | Key Characteristics | How We Determine Amount | ||||
![]() | ![]() | Base Salary | • Provides market competitive levels of fixed pay to attract and retain our NEOs | • Cash • Annual | • Market rate, internal pay equity, experience and critical skills | ||
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![]() | Bonus | • Provides competitive incentives to achieve difficult, annual company-wide performance criteria • Pay-for-Performance • Shareholder Alignment | • Cash • Performance-Based • Annual | • 50% Financial • 25% Cash Profits • 25% Revenues • 50% Operational • 25% Manufacturing • 25% R&D • Payout 0-150% of target | |||
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![]() | Stock Options | • Incentivizes achievement of four-year business plan toward multiple-fold increase in revenues, driving shareholder value. • Pay-for-Performance • Shareholder Alignment | • At-Risk • Performance-Based • Four-Year Grant • 50% premium-priced ($135.43/share) (cliff vesting at year 4) • 50% market-priced ($117.76/share) (ratable vesting at years 2, 3 and 4) • No intrinsic value unless stock price grows | • Market rate, internal pay equity, experience and critical skills • Substantial reduction in market positioning on an annualized basis | |||
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CEO Pay Mix | Other NEO Pay Mix |
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NEO | 2019 Base Salary(1) | % Increase Over 2018 Base Salary | 2019 Cash Incentive Bonus Target as % of Base Salary | Change in Cash Incentive Bonus Target %(2) | 2019 Long-Term Incentive Award Target(3) | % Decrease Compared to 2018(3) | 2019 Total Target Direct Compensation | % Decrease Compared to 2018 | |||||||||||
Martine Rothblatt | $1,275,000 | 4.1 | % | 110 | % | 0 | % | $10,002,500 | (29 | %) | $12,680,000 | (23 | %) | ||||||
James Edgemond | $675,000 | 3.8 | % | 75 | % | 0 | % | $3,250,813 | (12 | %) | $4,432,063 | (8 | %) | ||||||
Michael Benkowitz | $885,000 | 4.1 | % | 85 | % | 0 | % | $3,750,938 | (11 | %) | $5,388,188 | (7 | %) | ||||||
Paul Mahon | $850,000 | 3.7 | % | 65 | % | 0 | % | $3,000,750 | (25 | %) | $4,403,250 | (18 | %) |
(1) | Reflects increases in annual base salaries effective February 25, 2019 and first reflected in pay on March 15, 2019 |
(2) | Represents the difference in cash incentive award target as a percentage of salary, between 2018 and 2019 |
(3) | Represents the Black-Scholes-Merton grant date value of the stock options granted on March 15, 2019. The value shown is the annualized value, that is the total value divided by four, as the grant is intended to cover four years of equity for the performance years of 2019-2022. Half of the award was granted as market-priced stock options, which vest in equal thirds on the second, third and fourth anniversary of the grant. The remaining half of the award granted on March 15, 2019 were premium-priced stock options, granted with an exercise price at 115% of our closing stock price on the date of grant, and which vest in full on the fourth anniversary of the grant date. Percentage decrease compares the annualized value of these options to the target value of stock options granted in 2018. |
NEO | 2019 Base Salary | % change from 2018 | |||
Martine Rothblatt | $1,275,000 | 4.1 | % | ||
James Edgemond | $675,000 | 3.8 | % | ||
Michael Benkowitz | $885,000 | 4.1 | % | ||
Paul Mahon | $850,000 | 3.7 | % |
NEO | 2019 Cash Incentive Award Opportunity as % of base salary (at target) | % change from 2018 | |
Martine Rothblatt | 110 | % | No change |
James Edgemond | 75 | % | No change |
Michael Benkowitz | 85 | % | No change |
Paul Mahon | 65 | % | No change |
2019 Company-Wide Milestones | Percentage of Award Opportunity | |
Milestone 1—Financial Performance-Cash Profits*: Achieve the cash profit level for 2019 included in our long-range business plan ($650 million) | 25 | % |
Milestone 2—Financial Performance-Revenue: Superior financial performance as evidenced by achieving the net revenues for 2019 included in our long-range business plan ($1.45 billion) | 25 | % |
Milestone 3—Manufacturing: Adequate manufacturing capabilities, evidenced by a two-year inventory of Remodulin, Tyvaso and Orenitram finished drug product and passing all GMP-related FDA inspections at our facilities without any issues that prevent the use or approval of any of our drug products | 25 | % |
Milestone 4—Research & Development: Conduct insightful research and development programs, taking into account regulatory approvals, label extensions and the quantity and quality of trials that support our business goals | 25 | % |
* | Cash profit is defined as net income for 2019 as reported in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, adjusted to add the following expenses, net of relevant benefits (or subtracted, to the extent the expense item is a net benefit): |
• | Interest expense |
• | Non-cash charges (including, without limitation, amortization and depreciation) |
• | Tax expense (including penalties and interest) |
• | Extraordinary, non-recurring and unusual items (including without limitation, license fees, milestone payments, gains/losses on acquisition/disposal of assets, asset impairments; restructuring costs; foreign currency adjustments; discontinued operations) |
• | Legal expenses related to (a) intellectual property prosecution and defense; (b) litigation and government investigation and enforcement proceedings; and (c) amounts paid to settle/resolve legal disputes, litigation and government investigations and enforcement proceedings |
• | Share-based compensation expense |
Range (Target to Stretch) | ||
Cash Profit Performance | $650 million | $715 million |
Revenue Performance | $1.45 billion | $1.6 billion |
Multiplier for each Metric* | 0% | 25% |
* | Multiplier calculated independently for each metric; interpolate between performance levels |
Below Threshold 0% credit | At Threshold 50% credit | Target 100% credit | Stretch 125% credit |
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Below Threshold 0% credit | At Threshold 50% credit | Target 100% credit | Stretch 125% credit |
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Award pro rata credit | 100% credit (at target) |
< 100% of Goal | 100%+ of Goal |
Milestone | Performance | Attainment Level % (A) | Weighting (B) | % of Award Earned (A × B) | |||
1 (Cash Profit) | ![]() | 100 | % | 25 | % | 25 | % |
2019 cash profits were $847 million, representing 130% of the target of $650 million. Because the result exceeded the maximum ($715 million) a full 25% multiplier was applied. | |||||||
2 (Revenue) | ![]() | 100 | % | 25 | % | 25% | |
2019 net revenues for Remodulin, Tyvaso, Adcirca, Orenitram and Unituxin were $1.45 billion, representing full achievement at target. | |||||||
3 (Mfg) | Maintained greater than two-year inventory of all strengths of Remodulin, Tyvaso and Orenitram and passed all FDA inspections at our facilities, for the entirety of 2019. | 100 | % | 25 | % | 25 | % |
4 (R&D) | Achieved the full 25 R&D points (details provided below). | 100 | % | 25 | % | 25 | % |
Total | 100 | % | |||||
Financial Multiplier (based on cash profit Milestone performance) | 25 | % | |||||
Total (including multiplier) | 125 | % |
• | Revenue. At the time we established our 2019 Company-Wide Milestones, we anticipated generic competition for both Adcirca and Remodulin in 2019, but still set a very aggressive revenue goal for our management team, far above analyst consensus (as shown below). This goal required growth in Tyvaso, Orenitram and Unituxin and required very strong performance from Remodulin despite generic competition for the majority of the year. Our industry is cyclical, and the impact of generic competition is a reality in our sector that must be considered when determining revenue performance expectations year over year. The entry of generic competition directly impacts revenue performance, resulting in occasional years without revenue growth over the prior year. For this reason, among others, our 2019 revenue target was lower as compared to our 2018 actual performance (although it was higher than our 2018 target). Ultimately, we were able to achieve our revenue goal by delivering strong performance with increased revenue for |
• | Cash Profit. The same competitive dynamics inherently impact cash profits, and as a result we set our 2019 cash profit target below our 2018 actual cash profit (although above our 2018 target). Despite heavy investment in our R&D pipeline to drive future revenue generation, we believe it is important to maintain industry-leading profitability. When viewed as a percentage of revenue, our cash profit target consistently leads to profit margins at the top quintile of our peer group, as shown by the chart below. Because not all companies report the same non-GAAP financial measures, the chart below shows how our cash profit performance led to top-quintile performance in 2019 based on a uniform profitability metric: adjusted EBITDASO margin, or earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, and share-based compensation expense (as further adjusted for one-time items that were excluded from the company’s reported adjusted earnings), divided by revenues: |
• | Balance Sheet Strength. Our historically strong profitability, which has been appropriately incentivized and rewarded by our Company-Wide Milestone Program, has generated strong free cash flow resulting in an extremely healthy balance sheet. At December 31, 2019, we had cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities totaling $1.4 billion (net of our outstanding indebtedness of $850 million). This is incredibly important, especially in light of current concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, which could have lasting impacts on a number of companies within our industry. Indeed, on March 23, 2020, Jefferies Equity Research screened over 1,000 companies, and highlighted United Therapeutics among a list of just six companies (along with Home Depot, Honeywell and T. Rowe, for example) with a “Fortress Balance Sheet” that are best positioned to weather the storm. |
• | FDA Approvals: 12 points (full credit) awarded for achieving two key FDA approvals, compared to a goal of one FDA approval. Specifically, the FDA approved our label expansion for Orenitram reflecting the successful results of our FREEDOM-EV study and granted initial clearance for the Remunity system pump (patient filled) |
• | Late-Stage R&D Programs: Ten points (full credit) awarded for progressing eight registration-stage programs (compared to a goal of six programs), listed below: |
• | INCREASE, a phase III study of Tyvaso for WHO Group 3 pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease |
• | DISTINCT, a phase III study of Unituxin for small cell lung cancer |
• | SAPPHIRE, a phase II/III study of a gene therapy product for PAH |
• | Registration study of ex-vivo lung perfusion technology to increase the utilization of donated lungs for transplantation |
• | PERFECT, a phase III study of Tyvaso for WHO Group 3 pulmonary hypertension associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
• | Submission of an NDA for Trevyent, a registration-stage drug-device combination product for PAH |
• | ADVANCE OUTCOMES, a phase III event-based study of ralinepag in PAH patients |
• | ADVANCE CAPACITY, a phase III study of the effect of ralinepag on exercise capacity in PAH patients |
• | Earlier-Stage R&D Programs: Two points (full credit) awarded for progressing two early stage development programs (compared to a goal of one): |
• | Treprostinil Technosphere, a dry powder inhalation form of treprostinil |
• | LNG01 (formerly SM04646), a Wnt pathway inhibitor for treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis |
• | New Product Candidates: One point (full credit) awarded for progressing two new product candidates into early stage development (compared to a goal of one): |
• | RemoPro, a less painful form of Remodulin for subcutaneous delivery |
• | Unexisome™, an exosome product for the treatment of bronchopulmonary dysplasia |
NEO | 2019 Base Salary (A) | 2019 Cash Incentive Award Target as % of Base Salary (B) | 2019 Milestone Attainment (C) | 2019 Financial Multiplier (D) | Total Cash Incentive Bonus Earned (A × B × C × D) | |||||||
Martine Rothblatt | $1,275,000 | 110 | % | 100 | % | 125 | % | $1,753,125 | ||||
James Edgemond | $675,000 | 75 | % | 100 | % | 125 | % | $632,813 | ||||
Michael Benkowitz | $885,000 | 85 | % | 100 | % | 125 | % | $940,313 | ||||
Paul Mahon | $850,000 | 65 | % | 100 | % | 125 | % | $690,625 |
• | Premium-Priced Stock Options. 50% of each Named Executive Officer’s equity award covering grants for 2019-2022 was granted in March 2019 in the form of stock options with an exercise price equal to 115% of our closing stock price on the date of the grant. Therefore, our stock price will have to grow by more than 15% above the grant date before our Named Executive Officers can realize any value from the award. As a result, the first 15% return goes to our shareholders before we reward our executives. These performance stock options will vest in full (i.e., “cliff” vest) on the fourth anniversary of the grant date for retention. |
2019-2022 Premium-Priced Stock Option Award (Granted on March 15, 2019) (50% of Overall Award) | ||||
NEO | # of Premium-Priced Stock Options Granted | Exercise Price | ||
Martine Rothblatt | 500,000 | $135.42 | ||
James Edgemond | 162,500 | $135.42 | ||
Michael Benkowitz | 187,500 | $135.42 | ||
Paul Mahon | 150,000 | $135.42 |
• | Market-Priced Stock Options. 50% of each Named Executive Officer’s equity award covering grants for the period of 2019-2022 was granted in March 2019 in the form of stock options with an exercise price equal to our closing stock price on the date of grant. These awards will vest in equal thirds on the second, third and fourth anniversary of the date of the grant, which also aids in retention. |
2019-2022 Market-Priced Stock Option Award (Granted on March 15, 2019) (50% of Overall Award) | ||||
NEO | # of Time-Based Stock Options Granted | Exercise Price | ||
Martine Rothblatt | 500,000 | $117.76 | ||
James Edgemond | 162,500 | $117.76 | ||
Michael Benkowitz | 187,500 | $117.76 | ||
Paul Mahon | 150,000 | $117.76 |
• | 50% of the award was awarded as a stock option with a 15% premium exercise price. That means the first 15% of stock price appreciation goes to our shareholders before we reward our executives |
• | The award will not have any intrinsic value unless we have stock price growth over a multi-year period. This long-term focus addresses concerns raised by certain shareholders regarding the necessity of reducing short-term financial goals in light of generic competition |
• | The award eliminates the one-year performance period in our prior program, which was the source of concern for some of our shareholders |
• | The award eliminates the duplicated metrics between our short-term and long-term incentive programs, addressing a shareholder concern |
• | The vesting of the award is weighted toward the end of the four-year period with the majority of the vesting occurring in years three and four for the market-priced portion and the premium-priced award cliff-vests on the fourth anniversary |
• | The award has an eight-year term, meaning our share price must grow more quickly than the more typical ten-year term of a stock option |
• | The total volume of pay, when measured on an annualized basis, is significantly reduced as compared with the continuation of the program utilized in 2017 and 2018, which also addresses a concern raised by shareholders |
• | Total shareholder dilution over the four-year period is also reduced, as compared with the 2017 and 2018 program |
Q | A | |||
Why a four-year period, instead of a shorter period (e.g., three years)? | We have a very aggressive four-year business plan that will require execution on the part of our management team. The four-year period covered by these awards aligns with critical business objectives that must be met in order to achieve this plan and drive shareholder returns. This includes launching new products (e.g. Remunity, ISR, Treprostinil Technosphere), tackling new indications (e.g. PH-ILD and PH-COPD), and overcoming the generic challenges to Remodulin. This four-year grant incentivizes the delivery of these key objectives over this critical four-year period. | |||
Will you issue additional equity awards during the four-year period? | Our Compensation Committee does not intend to award any additional equity-based awards to our Named Executive Officers during the four-year period 2019-2022. | |||
How did you decide on a 15% performance premium 50% of the award? | Our Compensation Committee reviewed this element of the program carefully, reviewing recent trading history of our common stock, and taking account of the general rule of thumb that a 10% premium is often deemed sufficient by proxy advisory firms and shareholders to constitute a “performance-based” award. Our Compensation Committee ultimately decided to apply an even more rigorous 15% premium after reviewing the broader performance of our peer group seeking to ensure our performance goals remained in the top quartile of our peers. | |||
Why didn’t you add in a relative metric, like relative total shareholder return (TSR) as a performance condition? | Our Compensation Committee does not believe relative TSR would appropriately balance our incentives at this time. In fact, our Compensation Committee regarded our four-year grants as even more robust than a relative TSR metric, given that our stock price has to increase (even in a market downturn) in order for the awards to deliver value to the executives. We also examined the practices of our peer group, and only 28% use a relative TSR metric for their CEOs. We also believe that there are macro geo-political and sector-specific dynamics that can result in valuation disconnects — both positively and negatively — that place undue pressure on developing a perfect peer group for comparisons. We believe in setting goals, holding executives accountable, and aligning their long-term rewards to performance they can control. In our view relative TSR has too many external and extraneous factors that are not aligned with our strategy and would not be motivational. | |||
Why 100% stock options? Why not a mix of options, RSUs and/or PSUs? | Our Compensation Committee feels strongly that stock options are the best lever for incentivizing our executives at this time. They have inherent performance criteria in that our executive team has to grow our stock price in order to realize any value, and in the case of premium-priced options they must grow the stock price an additional 15%. We prefer to reward executives for creating future value, not providing the embedded value that exists when you grant time-vested RSUs. We considered performance RSUs instead of options, but this would require setting metrics that we believe are already captured in our annual incentive plan. Our intention with this grant was to avoid redundant metrics between the annual and long-term plan, consistent with the requests and feedback of our shareholders. | |||
NEO | Tranche | Threshold | Target | Max | Options Earned/Vested |
Martine Rothblatt | 2016 Cash Profit Performance Options | 50,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 |
2017 Cash Profit Performance Options | 61,031 | 122,061 | 244,122 | 244,122 | |
James Edgemond | 2016 Cash Profit Performance Options | 9,375 | 18,750 | 18,750 | 18,750 |
2017 Cash Profit Performance Options | 13,078 | 26,156 | 52,312 | 52,312 | |
Michael Benkowitz | 2016 Cash Profit Performance Options | 13,125 | 26,250 | 26,250 | 26,250 |
2017 Cash Profit Performance Options | 17,438 | 34,875 | 69,750 | 69,750 | |
Paul Mahon | 2016 Cash Profit Performance Options | 15,625 | 31,250 | 31,250 | 31,250 |
2017 Cash Profit Performance Options | 17,438 | 34,875 | 69,750 | 69,750 |
Title of NEO | Ownership Target |
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | Lesser of 6x base salary or 100,000 shares |
President and Chief Operating Officer | Lesser of 3x base salary or 30,000 shares |
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | Lesser of 3x base salary or 20,000 shares |
Executive Vice President and General Counsel | Lesser of 3x base salary or 30,000 shares |
Name and Principal Position | Year | Salary(1) ($) | Stock Options(2) ($) | Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation(3) ($) | Change in Pension Value and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings(4) ($) | All Other Compensation(5) ($) | Total ($) | ||||||
Martine Rothblatt Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | 2019 | 1,218,038(6) | 40,010,000 | 1,753,125 | 2,643,874 | 10,000 | 45,635,037 | ||||||
2018 | 1,208,447(6) | 12,796,803 | 2,021,250 | — | 9,800 | 16,036,300 | |||||||
2017 | 1,163,707(6) | 33,122,078 | 1,598,163 | 1,239,653 | 9,600 | 37,133,201 | |||||||
James Edgemond Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | 2019 | 645,192 | 13,003,250 | 632,813 | 1,668,041 | 19,600 | 15,968,896 | ||||||
2018 | 645,833 | 3,382,085 | 731,250 | 467,161 | 16,400 | 5,242,729 | |||||||
2017 | 620,833 | 6,583,317 | 577,148 | 854,747 | 17,000 | 8,653,045 | |||||||
Michael Benkowitz President and Chief Operating Officer | 2019 | 845,577 | 15,003,750 | 940,313 | 2,829,195 | 17,171 | 19,636,006 | ||||||
2018 | 833,333 | 3,839,015 | 1,083,750 | 835,680 | 17,480 | 6,609,258 | |||||||
2017 | 733,333 | 9,017,790 | 738,750 | 1,043,171 | 24,433 | 11,557,477 | |||||||
Paul Mahon Executive Vice President and General Counsel | 2019 | 812,692 | 12,003,000 | 690,625 | 3,038,484 | 22,000 | 16,566,801 | ||||||
2018 | 820,000 | 3,656,242 | 799,500 | — | 21,800 | 5,297,542 | |||||||
2017 | 815,950 | 9,977,780 | 656,256 | 1,399,858 | 21,600 | 12,871,444 |
(1) | Increases in base salaries for each of our Named Executive Officers became effective on March 1, 2017, 2018 and February 25, 2019 |
(2) | Amounts shown represent the aggregate grant date fair value of stock options granted in each reported year, computed in accordance with applicable accounting standards. For a discussion of valuation assumptions for stock options for 2019 see Note 9—Share Based Compensation to the consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019. The stock options were awarded under our 2015 SIP. The value of 2017 and 2018 stock option awards with performance conditions are reported at target, calculated using the Black Scholes Merton value in accordance with GAAP. For awards granted in respect of the 2017 and 2018 performance years, the number of shares earned may exceed target for “stretch” performance, up to a maximum number of shares. If the maximum number of shares were used in calculating the Black Scholes Merton value of these awards, the grant date fair value would be as follows |
Name | Year | Number of Shares (at target) | Grant-Date Fair Value (at target) | Number of Shares (at maximum) | Grant-Date Fair Value (at maximum) | ||||
Martine Rothblatt | 2018 | 285,102 | $12,796,803 | 498,930 | $22,464,680 | ||||
2017 | 244,122 | $13,922,278 | 427,214 | $24,447,015 | |||||
James Edgemond | 2018 | 75,350 | $3,382,085 | 131,861 | $5,937,136 | ||||
2017 | 52,312 | $2,983,354 | 91,546 | $5,238,654 | |||||
Michael Benkowitz | 2018 | 85,530 | $3,839,015 | 149,679 | $6,739,404 | ||||
2017 | 69,750 | $3,977,842 | 122,062 | $6,984,912 | |||||
Paul Mahon | 2018 | 81,458 | $3,656,242 | 142,552 | $6,418,505 | ||||
2017 | 69,750 | $3,977,842 | 122,062 | $6,984,912 |
(3) | Amounts shown for each year represent the total cash awards earned by each Named Executive Officer under our Company-Wide Milestone Program for the respective year, although the awards were not paid until March of the following year. The payouts were determined based on our attainment of specific, pre-established performance Milestones. For example, the amounts reported for 2019 reflect cash earned in respect of 2019 performance but paid in March 2020. For information on the amounts earned for 2019, see the section entitled Cash Incentive Award Program in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis above. |
(4) | Amounts shown represent the change in the actuarial present value of retirement benefits under the SERP calculated in accordance with GAAP under SEC requirements. The assumptions used in calculating the change in the actuarial present value of SERP benefits are described in the footnotes to the Pension Benefits in 2019 table below. The change in pension value from year to year as reported in the table will vary based on these assumptions and may not represent the value that a Named Executive Officer will accrue or receive under the SERP. The change in the amounts reported for 2019 compared to 2018 was primarily driven by the decrease in the discount rate and the lump sum interest rate. We note that there were no changes in the terms of our SERP in 2019 versus 2018. |
(5) | The amounts shown represent the aggregate incremental cost that can be attributed to lease, insurance, and maintenance payments made on vehicles used by a Named Executive Officer or for monthly automobile allowances, travel expenses for family members to our functions (collectively, the perquisites), and “matching contributions” under our 401(k) Plan equal to 40% of each participant’s qualifying salary contributions. |
(6) | Our Canadian subsidiary paid a portion of Dr. Rothblatt’s total base salary in the amount of 120,000 Canadian dollars. The value of this portion in U.S. dollars has been estimated for the purposes of disclosure here by using the average exchange rate for each respective year. In 2017, 2018, and 2019, our Canadian subsidiary paid the equivalent of US$92,407, US$92,614, and US$90,436 of Dr. Rothblatt’s total base salary, respectively. |
Name and Principal Position | Year | Salary(1) ($) | Option/ STAP Awards(2) ($) | Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation(3) ($) | Change in Pension Value and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings(4) ($) | All Other Compensation(5) ($) | Total ($) | ||||||
Martine Rothblatt Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | 2019 | 1,218,038(6) | 10,002,500 | 1,753,125 | 2,643,874 | 10,000 | 15,627,537 | ||||||
2018 | 1,208,447(6) | 12,796,803 | 2,021,250 | — | 9,800 | 16,036,300 | |||||||
2017 | 1,163,707(6) | 13,922,278 | 1,598,163 | 1,239,653 | 9,600 | 17,933,401 | |||||||
James Edgemond Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | 2019 | 645,192 | 3,250,813 | 632,813 | 1,668,041 | 19,600 | 6,216,459 | ||||||
2018 | 645,833 | 3,382,085 | 731,250 | 467,161 | 16,400 | 5,242,729 | |||||||
2017 | 620,833 | 2,983,354 | 577,148 | 854,747 | 17,000 | 5,053,082 | |||||||
Michael Benkowitz President and Chief Operating Officer | 2019 | 845,577 | 3,750,938 | 940,313 | 2,829,195 | 17,171 | 8,383,194 | ||||||
2018 | 833,333 | 3,839,015 | 1,083,750 | 835,680 | 17,480 | 6,609,258 | |||||||
2017 | 733,333 | 3,977,842 | 738,750 | 1,043,171 | 24,433 | 6,517,529 | |||||||
Paul Mahon Executive Vice President and General Counsel | 2019 | 812,692 | 3,000,750 | 690,625 | 3,038,484 | 22,000 | 7,564,551 | ||||||
2018 | 820,000 | 3,656,242 | 799,500 | — | 21,800 | 5,297,542 | |||||||
2017 | 815,950 | 3,977,842 | 656,256 | 1,399,858 | 21,600 | 6,871,506 |
(1) | Increases in base salaries for each of our Named Executive Officers became effective on March 1, 2017, 2018 and February 25, 2019. |
(2) | Amounts shown reflect the aggregate grant date fair value of stock options granted in each reported year, computed in accordance with applicable accounting standards. For a discussion of valuation assumptions for stock options for 2019 see Note 9—Share Based Compensation to the consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019. The stock options were awarded under our 2015 SIP. 2017 was a transition year where we issued equity awards in March 2017 based on 2016 performance (based on the timing of our historical program), as well as awards reflecting each Named Executive Officer’s 2017 equity award opportunity. The value of 2017 and 2018 stock option awards with performance conditions are reported at target, calculated using the Black Scholes Merton value in accordance with GAAP. For awards granted in respect of the 2016 performance year, target and maximum are equivalent. For awards granted in respect of the 2017 and 2018 performance years, the number of shares earned may exceed target for “stretch” performance, up to a maximum number of shares. If the maximum number of shares were used in calculating the Black Scholes Merton value of these awards, the grant date fair value would be as follows: |
Name | Year | Number of Shares (at target) | Grant-Date Fair Value (at target) | Number of Shares (at maximum) | Grant-Date Fair Value (at maximum) | ||||
Martine Rothblatt | 2018 | 285,102 | $12,796,803 | 498,930 | $22,464,680 | ||||
2017 | 244,122 | $13,922,278 | 427,214 | $24,447,015 | |||||
James Edgemond | 2018 | 75,350 | $3,382,085 | 131,861 | $5,937,136 | ||||
2017 | 52,312 | $2,983,354 | 91,546 | $5,238,654 | |||||
Michael Benkowitz | 2018 | 85,530 | $3,839,015 | 149,679 | $6,739,404 | ||||
2017 | 69,750 | $3,977,842 | 122,062 | $6,984,912 | |||||
Paul Mahon | 2018 | 81,458 | $3,656,242 | 142,552 | $6,418,505 | ||||
2017 | 69,750 | $3,977,842 | 122,062 | $6,984,912 |
(3) | Amounts shown represent the total cash awards earned by each Named Executive Officer under our Company-Wide Milestone Program for the year, although the awards were not paid until March of the following year. The payouts were determined based on our attainment of specific, pre-established performance Milestones. For example, the amounts reported for 2019 reflect cash earned in respect of 2019 performance but paid in March 2020. For information on the amounts earned for 2019, see the section entitled Cash Incentive Award Program in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis above. |
(4) | Amounts shown represent the change in the actuarial present value of retirement benefits under the SERP calculated in accordance with GAAP under SEC requirements. The assumptions used in calculating the change in the actuarial present value of SERP benefits are described in the footnotes to the Pension Benefits in 2019 table below. The change in pension value from year to year as reported in the table will vary based on these assumptions and may not represent the value that a Named Executive Officer will accrue or receive under the SERP. The change in the amounts reported for 2019 compared to 2018 was primarily driven by the decrease in the discount rate and the lump sum interest rate. We note that there were no changes in the terms of our SERP in 2019 versus 2018. |
(5) | The amounts shown represent the aggregate incremental cost that can be attributed to lease, insurance, and maintenance payments made on vehicles used by a Named Executive Officer or for monthly automobile allowances, travel expenses for family members to our functions (collectively, the perquisites), and “matching contributions” under our 401(k) Plan equal to 40% of each participant’s qualifying salary contributions. |
(6) | Our Canadian subsidiary paid a portion of Dr. Rothblatt’s total base salary in the amount of 120,000 Canadian dollars. The value of this portion in U.S. dollars has been estimated for the purposes of disclosure here by using the spot exchange rate on the dates on which Dr. Rothblatt was paid. In 2017, 2018, and 2019, our Canadian subsidiary paid the equivalent of US$92,407, US$92,614, and US$90,436 of Dr. Rothblatt’s total base salary, respectively. |
Estimated Future Payouts Under Non-Equity Incentive Plan Awards | All Other Option Awards: Number of Securities Underlying Options (#) | Exercise or Base Price of Stock Option Awards ($/Sh) | Grant Date Fair Value of Stock Option Awards(4) ($) | ||||||||
Name | Grant Date | Threshold(3) ($) | Target(3) ($) | Maximum(3) ($) | |||||||
Martine Rothblatt | 3/15/2019(1) | 500,000 | 135.42 | 19,060,000 | |||||||
3/15/2019(2) | 500,000 | 117.76 | 20,950,000 | ||||||||
N/A(3) | N/A | 1,402,500 | 2,103,750 | ||||||||
James Edgemond | 3/15/2019(1) | 162,500 | 135.42 | 6,194,500 | |||||||
3/15/2019(2) | 162,500 | 117.76 | 6,808,750 | ||||||||
N/A(3) | N/A | 506,250 | 759,375 | ||||||||
Michael Benkowitz | 3/15/2019(1) | 187,500 | 135.42 | 7,147,500 | |||||||
3/15/2019(2) | 187,500 | 117.76 | 7,856,250 | ||||||||
N/A(3) | N/A | 752,250 | 1,128,375 | ||||||||
Paul Mahon | 3/15/2019(1) | 150,000 | 135.42 | 5,718,000 | |||||||
3/15/2019(2) | 150,000 | 117.76 | 6,285,000 | ||||||||
N/A(3) | N/A | 552,500 | 828,750 |
(1) | This award of stock options represents 50% of the Named Executive Officer’s four-year equity grant of stock options covering the 2019-2022 period. These options were granted with an exercise price equal to 115% of the fair market value of our common stock on the date of grant. These stock options cliff vest on the fourth anniversary of the date of grant and expire on the eighth anniversary of the date of grant. See the Compensation Discussion and Analysis above for more details on the 2019-2022 equity program for our Named Executive Officers. |
(2) | This award of stock options represents 50% of the Named Executive Officer’s four-year equity grant of stock options covering the 2019-2022 period. These options were granted with an exercise price equal to the fair market value of our common stock on the date of grant. These stock options vest in equal installments on the second, third and fourth anniversaries of the date of grant and expire on the eighth anniversary of the date of grant. See the Compensation Discussion and Analysis above for more details on the 2019-2022 equity program for our Named Executive Officers. |
(3) | Actual cash incentive awards earned under the program in 2019 are reported in the Summary Compensation Table under the column entitled “Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation.” While there are threshold performance criteria and payout levels for 75% of the cash incentive program (based on the Milestones related to cash profits, revenues and manufacturing), there is no threshold performance level for the entirety of the program because the R&D Milestone does not contain threshold / minimum performance criteria. |
(4) | The grant date fair value of stock options is generally the amount that we will recognize as an expense over the award’s vesting period, computed in accordance with applicable accounting standards. |
Name | Month/Year of Agreement | Minimum Base Salary under Agreement | Base Salary as of February 25, 2019 | ||||
James Edgemond | March 2015 | $400,000 | $675,000 | ||||
Michael Benkowitz | June 2016 | $650,000 | $885,000 | ||||
Paul Mahon | June 2001 | $300,000 | $850,000 |
Name and Grant Date | Award Type | Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options or STAP Awards | Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Unearned Options (#) | Option or STAP Award Exercise Price ($) | Option or STAP Award Expiration Date | ||||
(#) Exercisable | (#) Unexercisable | ||||||||
Martine Rothblatt | |||||||||
12/31/2010 | Stock Option(1) | 364,834 | — | — | 63.22 | 12/31/2020 | |||
12/31/2012 | Stock Option(1) | 55,488 | — | — | 53.42 | 12/31/2022 | |||
12/31/2013 | Stock Option(1)(2) | 1,000,000 | — | — | 113.08 | 12/31/2023 | |||
12/31/2014 | Stock Option(1)(2) | 723,869 | — | — | 129.49 | 12/31/2024 | |||
03/15/2016 | Stock Option(3) | 220,500 | 73,500 | — | 120.26 | 03/15/2026 | |||
03/15/2017 | Stock Option(4) | 160,000 | 80,000 | — | 146.03 | 03/15/2027 | |||
03/15/2017 | Stock Option(5) | — | 100,000 | — | 146.03 | 03/15/2027 | |||
03/15/2017 | Stock Option(7) | 100,192 | 50,096 | — | 146.03 | 03/15/2027 | |||
03/15/2017 | Stock Option(5) | — | 244,122 | — | 146.03 | 03/15/2027 | |||
03/15/2018 | Stock Option(6) | — | — | 285,103 | 111.00 | 03/15/2028 | |||
03/15/2018 | Stock Option(7) | 71,275 | 142,552 | — | 111.00 | 03/15/2028 | |||
03/15/2019 | Stock Option(9) | — | 500,000 | — | 135.42 | 03/15/2027 | |||
03/15/2019 | Stock Option(10) | — | 500,000 | — | 117.76 | 03/15/2027 | |||
James Edgemond | |||||||||
01/14/2013 | STAP Award(8) | 5,000 | — | — | 52.12 | 01/14/2023 | |||
03/14/2014 | STAP Award(3) | 2,411 | — | — | 94.96 | 03/14/2024 | |||
03/13/2015 | STAP Award(3) | 25,000 | — | — | 163.30 | 03/13/2025 | |||
03/13/2015 | STAP Award(3) | 15,160 | — | — | 163.30 | 03/13/2025 | |||
03/15/2016 | Stock Option(3) | 36,750 | 12,250 | — | 120.26 | 03/15/2026 | |||
03/15/2017 | Stock Option(4) | 30,000 | 15,000 | — | 146.03 | 03/15/2027 | |||
03/15/2017 | Stock Option(5) | — | 18,750 | — | 146.03 | 03/15/2027 | |||
03/15/2017 | Stock Option(7) | 21,470 | 10,735 | — | 146.03 | 03/15/2027 | |||
03/15/2017 | Stock Option(5) | — | 52,312 | — | 146.03 | 03/15/2027 | |||
03/15/2018 | Stock Option(6) | — | — | 75,349 | 111.00 | 03/15/2028 | |||
03/15/2018 | Stock Option(7) | 18,837 | 37,675 | — | 111.00 | 03/15/2028 | |||
03/15/2019 | Stock Option(9) | — | 162,500 | — | 135.42 | 03/15/2027 | |||
03/15/2019 | Stock Option(10) | — | 162,500 | — | 117.76 | 03/15/2027 |
Name and Grant Date | Award Type | Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options or STAP Awards | Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Unearned Options (#) | Option or STAP Award Exercise Price ($) | Option or STAP Award Expiration Date | ||||
(#) Exercisable | (#) Unexercisable | ||||||||
Michael Benkowitz | |||||||||
04/04/2011 | STAP Award(3) | 21,750 | — | — | 68.14 | 04/04/2021 | |||
03/15/2012 | STAP Award(3) | 6,450 | — | — | 47.50 | 03/15/2022 | |||
01/02/2013 | STAP Award(11) | 100,000 | — | — | 53.83 | 01/02/2023 | |||
03/15/2013 | STAP Award(3) | 18,400 | — | — | 61.06 | 03/15/2023 | |||
03/14/2014 | STAP Award(3) | 40,000 | — | — | 94.96 | 03/14/2024 | |||
03/13/2015 | STAP Award(3) | 37,200 | — | — | 163.30 | 03/13/2025 | |||
03/15/2016 | Stock Option(3) | 29,400 | 9,800 | — | 120.26 | 03/15/2026 | |||
06/24/2016 | Stock Option(3) | 39,375 | 13,125 | — | 102.11 | 06/24/2026 | |||
03/15/2017 | Stock Option(4) | 42,000 | 21,000 | — | 146.03 | 03/15/2027 | |||
03/15/2017 | Stock Option(5) | — | 26,250 | — | 146.03 | 03/15/2027 | |||
03/15/2017 | Stock Option(7) | 28,626 | 14,314 | — | 146.03 | 03/15/2027 | |||
03/15/2017 | Stock Option(5) | — | 69,750 | — | 146.03 | 03/15/2027 | |||
03/15/2018 | Stock Option(6) | — | — | 85,531 | 111.00 | 03/15/2028 | |||
03/15/2018 | Stock Option(7) | 21,382 | 42,766 | — | 111.00 | 03/15/2028 | |||
03/15/2019 | Stock Option(9) | — | 187,500 | — | 135.42 | 03/15/2027 | |||
03/15/2019 | Stock Option(10) | — | 187,500 | — | 117.76 | 03/15/2027 | |||
Paul Mahon | |||||||||
03/14/2014 | STAP Award(3) | 113,500 | — | — | 94.96 | 03/14/2024 | |||
03/13/2015 | STAP Award(3) | 116,250 | — | — | 163.30 | 03/13/2025 | |||
03/15/2016 | Stock Option(3) | 91,875 | 30,625 | — | 120.26 | 03/15/2026 | |||
03/15/2017 | Stock Option(4) | 50,000 | 25,000 | — | 146.03 | 03/15/2027 | |||
03/15/2017 | Stock Option(5) | — | 31,250 | — | 146.03 | 03/15/2027 | |||
03/15/2017 | Stock Option(7) | 28,626 | 14,314 | — | 146.03 | 03/15/2027 | |||
03/15/2017 | Stock Option(5) | — | 69,750 | — | 146.03 | 03/15/2027 | |||
03/15/2018 | Stock Option(6) | — | — | 81,458 | 111.00 | 03/15/2028 | |||
03/15/2018 | Stock Option(7) | 20,364 | 40,730 | — | 111.00 | 03/15/2028 | |||
03/15/2019 | Stock Option(9) | — | 150,000 | — | 135.42 | 03/15/2027 | |||
03/15/2019 | Stock Option(10) | — | 150,000 | — | 117.76 | 03/15/2027 |
(1) | These stock options were fully vested upon grant pursuant to Dr. Rothblatt’s employment agreement |
(2) | These stock options have been transferred to trusts beneficially owned by Dr. Rothblatt and her spouse, for estate planning purposes |
(3) | These stock options or STAP awards vest in one-fourth increments on each of the first four anniversaries of the date of grant |
(4) | These stock options vest in one-third increments on each of the first three anniversaries of the date of grant |
(5) | These stock options were subject to a three-year (2017-2019) performance threshold tied to average cash profit margin. These stock options were fully earned as of December 31, 2019 and vested at March 15, 2020. |
(6) | These stock options are subject to a three-year (2018-2020) performance threshold tied to average cash profit margin. To the extent earned, these stock options vest at the end of the three-year performance period. Given performance to-date has fallen above target, the number of shares shown is at “maximum”. The number of shares that are ultimately earned may be lower, depending on performance over the relevant three-year period. |
(7) | These stock options were subject to a one-year performance threshold tied to Company-Wide Milestone Performance. Once earned, shares vest in equal installments over a three-year period. The number of shares shown reflect the number of shares earned based on actual performance. |
(8) | One-time STAP award granted upon Mr. Edgemond’s commencement of employment, which vested in full on February 28, 2015 |
(9) | These stock options cliff vest (100%) on the fourth anniversary of the date of grant |
(10) | These stock options vest in one-third increments on the second, third and fourth anniversaries of the date of grant |
(11) | These STAP awards cliff vested (100%) on the fifth anniversary of the date of grant |
Option Awards | STAP Awards | ||||||||
Name | Number of Shares Acquired on Exercise (#) | Value Realized on Exercise ($)(1) | Number of STAP Awards Exercised (#) | Value Realized on Exercise ($)(1) | |||||
Martine Rothblatt | 148,137(2) | 9,183,928 | — | — | |||||
James Edgemond | — | — | — | — | |||||
Michael Benkowitz | — | — | — | — | |||||
Paul Mahon | — | — | 36,000 | 1,597,080 |
(1) | Represents the difference between the exercise price of the stock options or STAP award and the fair market value of our common stock on the date of exercise, multiplied by the number of options or STAP awards exercised. STAP awards convey the right to receive an amount in cash equal to the positive difference between the exercise price and the closing price of our common stock on the date of exercise. |
(2) | All options exercised by Dr. Rothblatt during 2019 had been held for nearly 10 years, and were nearing their expiration date of December 31, 2019 |
Name | Plan Name | Number of Years of Credited Service(1) | Actual Years of Service(2) | Present Value of Accumulated Benefit ($)(3) |
Martine Rothblatt | SERP | 15.0 | 23.5 | 17,504,210 |
James Edgemond | SERP | 7.0 | 7.0 | 4,029,624 |
Michael Benkowitz | SERP | 8.8 | 8.7 | 6,010,639 |
Paul Mahon | SERP | 15.0 | 18.6 | 12,624,851 |
(1) | Reflects the number of years (up to the maximum of 15 years under the terms of the SERP) since each Named Executive Officer commenced employment with us, through December 31, 2019 |
(2) | Reflects the number of years since each Named Executive Officer commenced employment with us, through December 31, 2019 |
(3) | The present values of accumulated benefits are based on assumptions used in the financial disclosures for the year ended December 31, 2019 including a discount rate of 2.63% and a lump sum interest rate of 3.00%. The present value represents the lump sum value of the accrued benefit which is based on service and earnings as of December 31, 2019, and assumes payment at age 60, the normal retirement date under the SERP. No preretirement death, disability, or termination is assumed. For a discussion of valuation assumptions, see Note 12—Employee Benefit Plans to the consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019. |
Executive Benefits and Payments Upon Separation | Involuntary Termination Without Cause/Resignation for Good Reason/ Resignation While Continuing as Senior Advisor(1) | Disability | Death | Termination upon a Change in Control | Change In Control without Termination of Employment | |||||||||||
Martine Rothblatt | ||||||||||||||||
Salary and cash incentive | $ | 11,910,000 | $ | 1,275,000 | $ | 1,275,000 | $ | 11,910,000 | $ | — | ||||||
Stock option vesting acceleration(2) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan | $ | 17,504,210 | (3) | $ | 17,504,210 | $ | 11,961,450 | $ | 17,504,210 | $ | 17,504,210 | |||||
Health and other benefits(4) | $ | 179,604 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 179,604 | $ | — | ||||||
Total | $ | 29,593,814 | $ | 18,779,210 | $ | 13,236,450 | $ | 29,593,814 | $ | 17,504,210 | ||||||
James Edgemond | ||||||||||||||||
Salary and cash incentive | $ | 133,151 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 2,812,500 | $ | — | ||||||
STAP award and stock option vesting acceleration(2) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan | $ | — | $ | 4,018,025 | $ | 2,695,246 | $ | 4,008,100 | $ | 4,008,100 | ||||||
Health and other benefits(5) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | 72,231 | $ | — | |||||||
Total | $ | 133,151 | $ | 4,018,025 | $ | 2,695,246 | $ | 6,892,831 | $ | 4,008,100 | ||||||
Michael Benkowitz | ||||||||||||||||
Salary and cash incentive | $ | 429,164 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 3,937,500 | $ | — | ||||||
STAP award and stock option vesting acceleration(2) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan | $ | — | $ | 4,087,054 | $ | 2,468,563 | $ | 5,573,218 | $ | 5,573,218 | ||||||
Health and other benefits(5) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 72,231 | $ | — | ||||||
Total | $ | 429,164 | $ | 4,087,054 | $ | 2,468,563 | $ | 9,582,949 | $ | 5,573,218 | ||||||
Paul Mahon | ||||||||||||||||
Salary and cash incentive | $ | 3,299,000 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 3,299,000 | $ | — | ||||||
STAP award and stock option vesting acceleration(2) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan | $ | — | $ | 10,396,832 | $ | 6,820,017 | $ | 12,410,989 | $ | 12,410,989 | ||||||
Total | $ | 3,299,000 | $ | 10,396,832 | $ | 6,820,017 | $ | 15,709,989 | $ | 12,410,989 |
(1) | Benefits upon termination while continuing as a senior advisor are applicable only to employment agreements with Dr. Rothblatt and Mr. Mahon |
(2) | The value shown is based on the positive difference between the aggregate exercise price of all accelerated stock options and/or STAP awards and the aggregate market value of the underlying shares calculated based on the closing market price of our common stock on December 31, 2019, $88.08. Per the terms of awards containing performance vesting criteria, acceleration will result in the vesting of the “target” number of shares. Both Dr. Rothblatt and Mr. Mahon have waived their contractual provision providing for stock option vesting acceleration if they resign while continuing as a senior advisor for these grants. |
(3) | Dr. Rothblatt’s employment agreement provides for SERP benefits under her employment agreement upon reaching age 65, including three additional years of service. Given Dr. Rothblatt has attained retirement age and has already reached the maximum number of years of service under the SERP, this additional benefit is no longer applicable. As a result, the value included in this table represents the normal benefits Dr. Rothblatt would receive upon retirement, in accordance with the terms of the SERP. |
(4) | Represents the estimated value of continued health care benefits for a three-year period after termination, outplacement services for 12 months and the fair value of one currently leased vehicle |
(5) | Represents the estimated value of continued health care benefits for a two-year period after termination and outplacement services equal to $10,000 |
Provision | Terms Applicable to Chairman and CEO | Terms Applicable to Mr. Mahon |
Payments Upon Involuntary Termination without Cause, or Resignation for Good Reason, or Resignation while Continuing as Senior Advisor | • Lump sum prorated cash incentive and incentive payment* • Lump sum payment equal to 3.0 times base salary + 3.0 times annual cash incentive award* • Continuation of health care benefits for 36 months, outplacement services for 12 months and the transfer of one currently leased vehicle • Immediate vesting of unvested stock options** | • Lump sum payment equal to 2.0 times: (i) current base salary; plus (ii) annual cash incentive award* • Immediate vesting of unvested stock options and STAP awards** |
Payments Upon Disability | • Continued payment of current base salary through the end of the calendar year following such disability • Acceleration of SERP benefits • Immediate vesting of unvested stock options | • Immediate vesting of unvested stock options and STAP awards • Acceleration of SERP benefits |
Payments Upon Death | • Continued payment of current base salary through the end of the calendar year following such death to Executive’s legal representatives • Acceleration of SERP benefits • Immediate vesting of unvested stock options | • Immediate vesting of unvested stock options and STAP awards • Acceleration of SERP benefits |
Payments Upon Change in Control without Termination | • Acceleration of SERP benefits • Immediate vesting of unvested stock options (if not assumed) | • Acceleration of SERP benefits • Immediate vesting of unvested stock options and STAP awards (if not assumed) |
Payments Upon Termination Following Change in Control | • Same as Payments Upon Involuntary Termination, etc., except that payment of SERP benefits occurs immediately, and is calculated as described above under Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan | • Same as Payments Upon Involuntary Termination, etc. • Acceleration of SERP benefits |
* | Payment is equal to greater of payment for the prior year, or the average of such payments for the prior two years |
** | Provision has been waived with respect to the 2019-2022 four-year stock options granted to Dr. Rothblatt and Mr. Mahon |
Provision | Terms Applicable to Mr. Edgemond and Mr. Benkowitz |
Payments Upon Involuntary Termination without Cause | • Lump sum payment equal to base salary through the remainder of the agreement term |
Payments Upon Disability | • Continued payment of current base salary through date of termination • Immediate vesting of unvested stock options and STAP awards • Acceleration of SERP benefits |
Payments Upon Death | • Immediate vesting of unvested stock options and STAP awards • Acceleration of SERP benefits |
Payments Upon Change in Control without Termination | • Acceleration of SERP benefits • Immediate vesting of unvested stock options and STAP awards (if not assumed) |
Payments Upon Termination Following Change in Control | • Payment of a lump sum cash amount equal to 2.0 times the sum of (x) base salary plus (y) the highest of (i) the cash incentive paid to the individual for the year immediately preceding the year in which the change in control occurs, (ii) the cash incentive award payable to the individual for the year immediately preceding the year in which the termination of employment occurs, or (iii) the individual’s annual target cash incentive award. • Immediate vesting of unvested stock options and STAP awards • Acceleration of SERP benefits • Continuation of medical benefits for 24 months • Outplacement benefits with a value of $10,000 |
* | Payment is equal to greater of payment for the prior year, or the average of such payments for the prior two years. |
• | In the case of Dr. Rothblatt, her willful and continued failure to substantially perform her duties, or willfully engaging in gross misconduct that is materially injurious to us |
• | In the case of the other Named Executive Officers, (i) failure to perform any of the material terms or provisions of his employment agreement; (ii) negligent or unsatisfactory performance of duties, after notice and the opportunity to correct such performance; (iii) employment or profession related misconduct; (iv) conviction of a crime involving a felony, fraud or embezzlement; or (v) misappropriation of our funds or misuse of assets |
• | In the case of Dr. Rothblatt, without her consent, the occurrence of any of the following: (i) the assignment of any duties that are inconsistent with her position as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; (ii) a material adverse change in her reporting responsibilities, titles or offices; (iii) failure to re-elect her to any position she held with us; (iv) a reduction in her base salary or failure to increase her salary consistent with certain other executive salary increases; (v) relocation of 25 miles or more or additional substantially more burdensome travel requirements; (vi) failure to continue her as a participant in any bonus or other incentive plans in which she was participating; (vii) failure to keep in effect certain benefit plans and arrangements; (viii) failure to obtain a successor entity’s assumption of the employment agreement; (ix) failure to abide by certain provisions in the employment agreement; or (x) any other material breach of the employment agreement |
• | In the case of Mr. Mahon, his authority and responsibilities being materially diminished without cause |
4 | Approval of The Amendment and Restatement of The United Therapeutics Corporation Amended and Restated 2015 Stock Incentive Plan |
We are asking our shareholders to approve an amendment and restatement (the 2020 Restatement) of the United Therapeutics Corporation Amended and Restated 2015 Stock Incentive Plan (the Plan). On April 29, 2015, our Board of Directors unanimously adopted and approved the Plan. Our shareholders subsequently approved the Plan at our 2015 annual meeting of shareholders. Our shareholders subsequently approved an amendment and restatement of the Plan at our 2018 annual meeting of shareholders, and another amendment and restatement of the Plan (the 2019 Restatement) at our 2019 annual meeting of shareholders. Our Board of Directors adopted and approved the Plan to stimulate the efforts of non-employee directors, officers, employees and other service providers, in each case who are selected to be participants in the Plan, by heightening the desire of such persons to continue working toward and contributing to our success and progress. The Plan allows grants of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units and stock awards, any of which may be performance-based, and for cash incentives. We believe that a comprehensive equity compensation program serves as a necessary and powerful tool to attract, retain and incentivize individuals essential to our financial success and accordingly benefits all of our shareholders by allowing us to retain individuals who are expected to make significant contributions to the creation of shareholder value. The 2020 Restatement makes only the following changes to the 2019 Restatement of the Plan: • Increases the maximum number of shares of our common stock that may be issued under the Plan by 500,000 shares • Changes the fungible share ratio to 1.35:1 • Removes certain references to Section 162(m) of the Code that are no longer relevant • Extends the expiration date of the Plan to April 29, 2030 Approval of the 2020 Restatement requires the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares present, online or by proxy, at our Annual Meeting and entitled to vote on this proposal. Our Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR the approval of the amendment and restatement of the United Therapeutics Corporation Amended and Restated 2015 Stock Incentive Plan. | |
• | the Plan allows for awards to be granted with performance-based vesting conditions; |
• | stock options and stock appreciation rights may not be granted with exercise prices lower than the fair market value of the underlying shares on the grant date; |
• | no award may vest prior to the first anniversary of grant, subject to limited exceptions for death, disability, or a change in control; |
• | the share pool under the Plan is not subject to liberal “recycling” provisions (among other things, shares used to pay the exercise price for stock options do not again become available for grant under the Plan); |
• | at any time when the exercise price of a stock option or stock appreciation right is above the market value of our common stock, we cannot, without shareholder approval, directly or indirectly “reprice” those awards; |
• | stock options granted under the Plan cannot be subject to a “reload” feature; |
• | we have the authority under the Plan to cancel outstanding awards (vested or unvested) in the event the applicable plan participant engages in an “act of misconduct” (as such term is defined in the Plan); and |
• | the Plan specifies limits on cash and equity compensation that may be provided annually to our non-employee directors. |
Total shares underlying all outstanding stock options | 8,093,889 |
Weighted average exercise price of outstanding stock options | $123.35 |
Weighted average remaining contractual life of outstanding stock options | 6.1 years |
Total shares of common stock outstanding | 43,997,068 |
Total shares underlying all outstanding and unvested performance shares | 0 |
Total shares underlying all outstanding and unvested restricted stock (excluding performance shares) | 460,618 |
Shares available for future awards that could be issued under Prior Plan(1) | 0 |
Shares available for future awards that could be issued under all plans including the 2019 Inducement Stock Incentive Plan and the 2015 Stock Incentive Plan(2) | 1,919,844 |
(1) | Certain outstanding stock options were issued under our Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan (the Prior Plan), which was approved by security holders in 1997. Information regarding this plan is contained in Note 9—Share Based Compensation to the consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019. No further awards may be granted pursuant to the Prior Plan following shareholder approval of the Plan in June 2015 (but outstanding awards under the Prior Plan will continue to be governed by the Prior Plan). Any shares subject to awards that are forfeited under the Prior Plan will not become available for the issuance of future awards under either the Plan or the Prior Plan. |
(2) | This is the Plan being amended and restated and does not include the additional shares to be made available for issuance if the 2020 Restatement is approved. The fungible share ratio of 1.35:1 will apply to full-value awards granted under the 2020 Restatement. |
Options Granted(1) | Full-Value Shares Granted(1) | Total Granted = Options+ Full-Value Shares | Weighted Average Number of Common Shares Outstanding | Burn Rate | ||
Fiscal 2019 | 2,081,047 | 225,218 | 2,306,265 | 43,818,811 | 5.3 | % |
Fiscal 2018 | 996,775 | 198,888 | 1,195,663 | 43,493,497 | 2.7 | % |
Fiscal 2017 | 1,958,843 | 21,290 | 1,980,133 | 44,004,303 | 4.5 | % |
Three-Year Average | 1,678,888 | 148,465 | 1,827,354 | 43,772,204 | 4.2 | % |
(1) | These figures reflect time-based full-value awards granted during the applicable fiscal year and both time-based and performance-based stock option awards granted during the applicable fiscal year. |
Plan category | Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options and restricted stock units (a)(3) | Weighted average exercise price of outstanding options (b)(4) | Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a)) (c)(5) | |
Equity compensation plan approved by security holders(1) | 8,395,984 | $123.34 | 5,082,406 | |
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders(2) | 3,421 | — | 91,679 | |
Total | 8,399,405 | $123.34 | 5,174,085 |
(1) | All outstanding stock options were issued under our two equity incentive plans approved by security holders—the Prior Plan and the Plan. The majority of outstanding RSUs were issued under the Plan. In addition, our employees have outstanding rights to purchase our common stock at a discount as part of our Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). No further awards will be issued under the Prior Plan. Information regarding these plans is contained in Note 9—Share-Based Compensation to our consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019. |
(2) | We have one equity incentive plan, the United Therapeutics Corporation 2019 Inducement Stock Incentive Plan (the 2019 Inducement Plan), that has not been approved by our shareholders, as permitted by the Nasdaq Stock Market rules. The 2019 Inducement Plan was approved by our Board of Directors in February 2019 and provides for the issuance of up to 99,000 shares in the aggregate of our common stock under awards granted to newly-hired employees. Currently, we grant only restricted stock units to newly-hired employees under the 2019 Inducement Plan. Information regarding this plan is contained in Note 9—Share-Based Compensation to our consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019. |
(3) | Column (a) includes 8,088,680 shares of our common stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding stock options issued under the Prior Plan and the Plan; 307,304 shares issuable upon the vesting of outstanding RSUs issued under the 2015 Plan; and 3,421 shares issuable upon the vesting of outstanding RSUs issued under the 2019 Inducement Plan. The Plan and 2019 Inducement Plan use a share counting formula for determining the number of shares available for issuance under the plans. In accordance with this formula, each option issued under the Plan counts as one share, while each RSU issued under the Plan and the 2019 Inducement Plan counted as 2.14 shares since that was the existing fungible share ratio effective as of December 31, 2019. If the 2020 Restatement is approved, the Plan will shift to a fungible share ratio of 1.35:1 effective as of March 17, 2020. The number under column (a) represents the actual number of shares issuable under our outstanding awards without giving effect to the share counting formula. |
(4) | Column (b) represents the weighted average exercise price of the outstanding stock options only. The outstanding RSUs are not included in this calculation because they do not have an exercise price. |
(5) | Column (c) includes 91,679, 2,386,955, and 2,695,451 of shares available for future issuance under the 2019 Inducement Plan, the Plan and the ESPP, respectively. Under the ESPP, employees may purchase shares based upon a 6-month offering period at an amount equal to the lesser of (1) 85 percent of the closing market price of our common stock on the first day of the offering period, or (2) 85 percent of the closing market price of our common stock on the last day of the offering period. Refer to Note 9—Share-Based Compensation—Employee Stock Purchase Plan in our consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 for more information. The number under column (c) assumes that all 310,725 outstanding RSUs included in column (a) vest. Each RSU is only counted as one share in column (a) since only one share is issuable upon vesting. However, if any RSU included in column (a) does not vest, the number of shares available for future issuance will increase by 2.14 because of the share counting formula described in note (3) above. If the 2020 Restatement is approved, the Plan will shift to a fungible share ratio of 1.35:1 effective as of March 17, 2020. |
5 | Ratification of The Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as United Therapeutics Corporation’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2020 |
The Audit Committee of our Board has appointed Ernst & Young LLP (EY) as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year 2020. Services provided to us and our subsidiaries by EY in 2019 are described under the section entitled Principal Accountant Fees and Services below. We ask that our shareholders vote to ratify the appointment of EY as our independent registered public accounting firm. Although ratification is not required by our By-laws or otherwise, our Board has chosen to submit the ratification of EY’s appointment to our shareholders as a matter of good corporate practice. In the event our shareholders do not ratify the appointment of EY, such appointment will be reconsidered by our Audit Committee and our Board. Following such reconsideration, our Audit Committee may still appoint EY if it determines doing so to be in the best interests of the company and our shareholders. Even if the appointment of EY is ratified, our Audit Committee, in its discretion, may select a different independent registered public accounting firm at any time during the year if it determines that such a change would be in our best interests and those of our shareholders. The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock present, in person or by proxy, at our Annual Meeting, and entitled to vote on the matter, is required for approval of this proposal. Abstentions have the same effect as an “against” vote. Brokers will have the discretion to vote on this item in the absence of your instructions. Representatives of EY are expected to be present at our Annual Meeting to respond to appropriate shareholder questions and to make such statements as they may desire. Our Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR the ratification of the appointment of EY as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2020. | |
• | reviewed and discussed United Therapeutics’ 2019 audited consolidated financial statements with our management and EY, including discussions about critical accounting policies, other financial accounting and reporting principles and practices appropriate for us, and the reasonableness of significant judgments |
• | reviewed and discussed management’s assessments of the effectiveness of internal controls over financial reporting and EY’s related assessments and auditing procedures |
• | discussed with EY the overall scope of and plans for our audits and reviews. Our Audit Committee has met with EY, with and without management present, to discuss our financial reporting processes and internal accounting controls. We have reviewed all important audit findings prepared by EY |
• | discussed with EY matters that are required to be discussed by applicable Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) requirements. EY also provided to our Audit Committee the written disclosures and the letter required by applicable requirements of the PCAOB regarding its communications with our Audit Committee concerning independence. We also discussed with EY their independence, including any relationships that may have an impact on their objectivity and independence, and satisfied ourselves as to EY’s independence. We also reviewed and pre-approved the scope and fees for all audit and other services performed by EY for us. |
• | met and reviewed with members of senior management and EY the certifications provided by our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations of the SEC relating to these certifications and the overall certification process |
2019 | 2018 | |||||
Audit fees | $2,076,749 | $2,418,456 | ||||
Audit-related fees | — | — | ||||
Tax fees: | ||||||
Fees for tax compliance services | 423,672 | 248,725 | ||||
Fees for tax consulting services (including tax advice and tax planning) | 104,422 | 66,458 | ||||
Total tax fees | 528,094 | 315,183 | ||||
All other fees | 6,965 | 7,200 | ||||
$2,611,808 | $2,740,839 |
• | executive officers’ compensation that is subject to required Proxy Statement disclosure or Compensation Committee approval |
• | non-employee director compensation that is subject to required Proxy Statement disclosure |
• | certain transactions with other companies and certain charitable contributions that do not exceed the greater of $200,000 or 5% of the other company’s or non-profit organization’s total annual revenues or receipts |
• | transactions where all shareholders receive proportional benefits |
Name | Number of Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned(1) | Percentage of Outstanding Shares(2) | Vested STAP Awards(3) | ||
Beneficial Owners | |||||
BlackRock, Inc.(4) 55 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10055 | 4,641,085 | 10.5 | % | — | |
The Vanguard Group(5) 100 Vanguard Boulevard Malvern, PA 19355 | 4,052,047 | 9.2 | % | — | |
Renaissance Technologies LLC(6) 800 Third Avenue New York, NY 10022 | 3,544,433 | 8.1 | % | — | |
FMR LLC(7) 245 Summer Street Boston, Massachusetts 02210 | 2,383,549 | 5.4 | % | — | |
Executive Officers, Directors and Nominees | |||||
Martine Rothblatt(8) | 3,994,320 | 8.4 | % | — | |
Paul Mahon(9) | 418,300 | * | 229,750 | ||
Michael Benkowitz(10) | 325,278 | * | 223,800 | ||
James Edgemond(11) | 236,014 | * | 47,571 | ||
Tommy Thompson(12) | 54,890 | * | 53,059 | ||
Judy Olian(13) | 47,620 | * | — | ||
Katherine Klein(14) | 42,470 | * | 29,375 | ||
Christopher Patusky(15) | 34,660 | * | 35,000 | ||
Ray Kurzweil(16) | 33,980 | * | 33,750 | ||
Louis Sullivan(17) | 31,240 | * | 30,000 | ||
Christopher Causey(18) | 29,425 | * | 27,000 | ||
Richard Giltner(19) | 28,750 | * | 60,000 | ||
Raymond Dwek(20) | 15,000 | * | 65,000 | ||
Nilda Mesa(21) | 9,220 | * | — | ||
All directors and executive officers as a group (14 persons)(22) | 5,301,167 | 10.9 | % | 834,305 |
* | Less than one percent. |
(1) | Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and generally includes ownership of those shares over which the person has sole or shared voting or investment power. Beneficial ownership also includes ownership of shares of our common stock subject to rights and options currently exercisable or convertible, or exercisable or convertible within 60 days after April 10, 2020. Except where indicated otherwise, and subject to community property laws where applicable, to our knowledge, the persons listed in the table above have sole voting and investment power with respect to their shares of our common stock. |
(2) | Ownership percentage is based on 44,002,068 shares of our common stock outstanding on April 10, 2020, plus, as to the holder thereof and no other person, the number of shares (if any) that the person has the right to acquire as of April 10, 2020, or within 60 days thereafter, through the exercise of stock options or other similar rights (including, in the case of Dr. Rothblatt, stock options held by trusts beneficially owned by Dr. Rothblatt and her spouse). |
(3) | Represents the number of outstanding, vested STAP awards on April 10, 2020. None of the individuals in the table above have STAP awards scheduled to vest within 60 days after April 10, 2020. Because STAP awards are cash settled and do not involve the issuance of shares of stock, they are excluded from the other columns of this table. |
(4) | Beneficial ownership information obtained from a Schedule 13G/A filed by BlackRock, Inc. on February 4, 2020 reporting beneficial ownership as of December 31, 2019. According to the Schedule 13G/A, BlackRock, Inc. has sole voting power over 4,441,611 shares and sole investment power over 4,464,085 shares. |
(5) | Beneficial ownership information obtained from a Schedule 13G/A filed by The Vanguard Group on February 12, 2020, reporting beneficial ownership as of December 31, 2019. According to the Schedule 13G/A, The Vanguard Group has sole voting power over 22,587 shares, shared voting power over 11,538 shares, sole investment power over 4,023,966 shares, and shared investment power over 28,081 shares. |
(6) | Beneficial ownership information obtained from a Schedule 13G/A filed by the Renaissance Technologies LLC and Renaissance Technologies Holdings Corporation (together, Renaissance) on February 13, 2020, reporting beneficial ownership as of December 31, 2019. According to the Schedule 13G/A, Renaissance has sole voting power over 3,323,603 shares, sole investment power over 3,522,207 shares, and shared investment power over 22,226 shares. |
(7) | Beneficial ownership information obtained from a Schedule 13G/A filed by FMR LLC (FMR) and Abigail Johnson on February 7, 2020, reporting beneficial ownership as of December 31, 2019. According to the Schedule 13G/A, FMR has sole voting power over 137,499 shares and sole investment power over 2,383,549 shares, while Ms. Johnson has sole investment power over 2,383,549 shares. According to the Schedule 13G/A, neither FMR nor Ms. Johnson has sole power to vote or direct the voting of shares owned directly by various investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act advised by Fidelity Management & Research Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of FMR LLC, which power resides with the Fidelity Funds’ Board of Trustees. |
(8) | Includes currently exercisable options held by Dr. Rothblatt to purchase 1,591,283 shares, and options held by trusts beneficially owned by Dr. Rothblatt and her spouse to purchase 1,723,869 shares. Also includes 663,879 shares held indirectly by trust, 166 shares held by Dr. Rothblatt’s spouse and 14,983 shares held by charitable organizations, and over which Dr. Rothblatt has investment and voting power. |
(9) | Includes currently exercisable options to purchase 382,169 shares. |
(10) | Includes currently exercisable options to purchase 323,280 shares. |
(11) | Includes currently exercisable options to purchase 234,941 shares. |
(12) | Includes currently exercisable options to purchase 28,740 shares. |
(13) | Includes currently exercisable options to purchase 39,620 shares. |
(14) | Includes currently exercisable options to purchase 42,470 shares. |
(15) | Includes currently exercisable options to purchase 33,360 shares. Also includes 1,300 shares held in a family trust with Mr. Patusky as trustee. |
(16) | Includes currently exercisable options to purchase 28,740 shares. |
(17) | Includes currently exercisable options to purchase 24,120 shares. |
(18) | Includes currently exercisable options to purchase 28,450 shares. Also includes 975 shares held jointly by Mr. Causey and his children. |
(19) | Includes currently exercisable options to purchase 25,000 shares. |
(20) | Includes currently exercisable options to purchase 15,000 shares. |
(21) | Includes currently exercisable options to purchase 6,560 shares. |
(22) | Includes currently exercisable options to purchase 4,527,602 shares. |
(a) | “Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. |
(b) | “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Plan in accordance with Section 19. |
(c) | “Affiliate” means, with respect to any entity, any other corporation, organization, association, partnership, sole proprietorship or other type of entity, whether incorporated or unincorporated, directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such entity. |
(d) | “Award” means an Incentive Stock Option, Nonqualified Stock Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, Stock Award or Incentive Bonus granted to a Participant pursuant to the provisions of the Plan, any of which the Administrator may structure to qualify in whole or in part as a Performance Award. |
(e) | “Award Agreement” means a written agreement or other instrument as may be approved from time to time by the Administrator implementing the grant of each Award. An Agreement may be in the form of an agreement to be executed by both the Participant and the Company (or an authorized representative of the Company) or certificates, notices or similar instruments as approved by the Administrator. |
(f) | “Board” means the board of directors of the Company. |
(g) | “Cause” has the meaning specified in the Participant’s employment agreement (if any) or otherwise means (1) any act of personal dishonesty taken by the Participant in connection with his or her responsibilities as an employee or other service provider and intended to result in substantial personal enrichment of the Participant; (2) the Participant’s conviction of a felony; (3) an act by the Participant which constitutes willful or gross misconduct and which is demonstrably and materially injurious to the Company; or (4) continued substantial willful violations by the Participant of the Participant’s duties after there has been delivered to the Participant a written demand for performance from the Company which specifically sets forth the factual basis for the Company’s belief that the Participant has not substantially performed his or her duties. |
(h) | “Change in Control” means, and shall be deemed to have occurred: |
(1) | if any person or group (as used in Section 13(d) of the Act) (other than the Company, any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company, or any company owned, directly or indirectly, by the shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Act) of securities of the Company representing more than 30% of (a) the Shares then outstanding or (b) the combined voting power (other than in the election of directors) of all voting securities of the Company then outstanding; or |
(2) | if, during any period of 24 consecutive months, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board, and any director whose election or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved (the “Incumbent Board”), cease for any reason (other than death or disability) to constitute at least a majority thereof; or |
(3) | upon the consummation of a reorganization, merger, statutory share exchange or consolidation or similar transaction involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries unless, following such event, (A) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities that were the beneficial owners of the Company’s common stock or the combined voting power of all voting securities of the Company immediately prior to such transaction beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the then outstanding shares of common stock (or, for a non-corporate entity, equivalent securities) and the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (or, for a non-corporate entity, equivalent governing body), as the case may be, of the entity resulting from such transaction (including, without limitation, an entity that, as a result of such transaction, owns the Company either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership immediately prior to such transaction of the Company’s common stock or voting securities, as the case may be, (B) no person (excluding any corporation resulting from such transaction or any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or such corporation resulting from such transaction) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 30% or more of, respectively, the then-outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation resulting from such transaction or the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of such corporation, except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the transaction, and (C) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors (or, for a non-corporate entity, equivalent governing body) of the entity resulting from such transaction were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement or of the action of the Board providing for such transaction; or |
(4) | upon the complete liquidation of the Company or the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, other than a liquidation of the Company into a wholly-owned subsidiary. |
(i) | “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the rulings and regulations issued thereunder. |
(j) | “Company” means United Therapeutics Corporation. |
(k) | “Disability” means, in the Company’s reasonable judgment, either (a) the Participant has been unable to perform the Participant’s duties because of a physical or mental impairment for 80% or more of the normal working days during six consecutive calendar months or 50% or more of the normal working days during twelve consecutive calendar months, or (b) the Participant has become totally and permanently incapable of performing the usual duties of his or her employment with the Company on account of a physical or mental impairment. |
(l) | “Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, the closing price of a Share on the principal exchange on which Shares are then trading, if any (or as reported on any composite index which includes such principal exchange). If Shares are not traded as of a particular date, the Fair Market Value of a Share as of such date shall be the closing price on the preceding trading date. If Shares not publicly traded on an exchange and not quoted on Nasdaq or a successor quotation system, the Fair Market Value of a Share shall be established by the Administrator in good faith. |
(m) | “Incentive Bonus” means a bonus opportunity awarded under Section 10 pursuant to which a Participant may become entitled to receive an amount based on satisfaction of such performance criteria as are specified in the Award Agreement or otherwise. |
(n) | “Incentive Stock Option” means a stock option that is intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code. |
(o) | “Nonemployee Director” means each person who is, or is elected to be, a member of the Board and who is not an employee of the Company or any Subsidiary. |
(p) | “Nonqualified Stock Option” means a stock option that is not intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code. |
(q) | “Option” means an Incentive Stock Option and/or a Nonqualified Stock Option granted pursuant to Section 6 of the Plan. |
(r) | “Participant” means any individual described in Section 3 to whom Awards have been granted from time to time by the Administrator and any authorized transferee of such individual. |
(s) | “Person” has the same meaning as set forth in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Act. |
(t) | “Performance Award” means an Award, the grant, issuance, retention, vesting or settlement of which is subject to satisfaction of one or more Qualifying Performance Criteria established pursuant to Section 14. |
(u) | “Plan” means the 2015 United Therapeutics Corporation Stock Incentive Plan as set forth herein and as amended from time to time. |
(v) | “Qualifying Performance Criteria” has the meaning set forth in Section 14(b). |
(w) | “Restricted Stock” means Shares granted pursuant to Section 8 of the Plan. |
(x) | “Restricted Stock Unit” means an Award granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 8 pursuant to which Shares or cash in lieu thereof may be issued in the future. |
(y) | “Share” means a share of the Company’s par value common stock, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 13. |
(z) | “Stock Appreciation Right” means a right granted pursuant to Section 7 of the Plan that entitles the Participant to receive, in cash or Shares or a combination thereof, as determined by the Administrator, value equal to or otherwise based on the excess of (i) the Fair Market Value of a specified number of Shares at the time of exercise over (ii) the exercise price of the right, as established by the Administrator on the date of grant. |
(aa) | “Stock Award” means an award of Shares to a Participant pursuant to Section 9 of the Plan. |
(ab) | “Subsidiary” means any corporation (other than the Company), limited liability company or other form of entity in an unbroken chain of entities beginning with the Company where each of the entities in the unbroken chain other than the last entity owns stock possessing at least 50 percent or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other entities in the chain, and if specifically determined by the Administrator in the context other than with respect to Incentive Stock Options, may include an entity in which the Company has a significant ownership interest or that is directly or indirectly controlled by the Company. |
(ac) | “Substitute Awards” means Awards granted or Shares issued by the Company in assumption of, or in substitution or exchange for, awards previously granted, or the right or obligation to make future awards, by a company acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary or with which the Company or any Subsidiary combines. |
(ad) | “Termination of Employment” means ceasing to serve as an employee of the Company and its Subsidiaries or, with respect to a Nonemployee Director or other non-employee service provider, ceasing to serve as such for the Company, except that with respect to all or any Awards held by a Participant (i) the Administrator may determine that a transition of employment to service with a partnership, joint venture or corporation not meeting the requirements of a Subsidiary in which the Company or a Subsidiary is a party is not considered a Termination of Employment, (ii) unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, service as a member of the Board or other service provider shall not be deemed to constitute continued employment with respect to Awards granted to a Participant while he or she served as an employee, (iii) service as an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary shall constitute continued employment with respect to Awards granted to a Participant while he or she served as a member of the Board or other service provider, and (iv) the Administrator may determine that an approved leave of absence or approved employment on a less than full-time basis is considered a Termination of Employment. The Administrator shall determine whether any corporate transaction, such as a sale or spin-off of a division or subsidiary that employs a Participant, shall be deemed to result in a Termination of Employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries for purposes of any affected Participant’s Awards, and the Administrator’s decision shall be final and binding. |
(a) | Aggregate Limits. The aggregate number of Shares issuable pursuant to all Awards shall not exceed 10,000,000; provided that (i) any Shares granted under Options or Stock Appreciation Rights shall be counted against this limit on a one-for-one basis, and (ii) any Shares granted prior to March 17, 2020, as Awards other than Options or Stock Appreciation Rights shall be counted against this limit as 2.14 Shares for every one (1) Share subject to such Award and (iii) any Shares granted on or after March 17, 2020, as Awards other than Options or Stock Appreciation Rights shall be counted against this limit as 1.35 Shares for every one (1) Share subject to such Award. The aggregate number of Shares available for grant under this Plan and the number of Shares subject to outstanding Awards shall be subject to adjustment as provided in Section 13. The Shares issued pursuant to Awards granted under this Plan may be shares that are authorized and unissued or shares that were reacquired by the Company, including shares purchased in the open market. |
(b) | Issuance of Shares. For purposes of Section 5(a), the aggregate number of Shares issued under this Plan at any time shall equal only the number of Shares actually issued upon exercise or settlement of an Award. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Shares subject to an Award under the Plan may not again be made available for issuance under the Plan if such Shares are: (i) Shares that were subject to a stock-settled Stock Appreciation Right and were not issued upon the net settlement or net exercise of such Stock Appreciation Right, (ii) Shares used to pay the exercise price of an Option, (iii) Shares delivered to or withheld by the Company to pay the withholding taxes related to an Award, or (iv) Shares repurchased on the open market with the proceeds of an Option exercise. Shares subject to Awards that have been canceled, expired, forfeited or otherwise not issued under an Award and Shares subject to Awards settled in cash shall not count as Shares issued under this Plan. Any Shares that were subject to Options or Stock Appreciation Rights and that again become available for Awards under the Plan pursuant to this Section shall be added as one (1) Share for every one (1) Share subject to such Options or Stock Appreciation Rights. Any Shares that were subject to Awards other than Options or Stock Appreciation Rights that again become available for Awards under the Plan pursuant to this Section shall (i) prior to March 17, 2020 be added as 2.14 Shares for every one (1) Share subject to such Awards and (ii) from and after March 17, 2020, be added as 1.35 Shares for every one (1) Share subject to such Awards. |
(c) | Individual and Tax Code Limits. The aggregate number of Shares subject to Awards granted under this Plan during any calendar year to any one Participant shall not exceed 1,000,000, which number shall be calculated and adjusted pursuant to Section 13, but which number shall not count any tandem SARs (as defined in Section 7). The aggregate number of Shares that may be issued pursuant to the exercise of Incentive Stock Options granted under this Plan shall not exceed 10,000,000, which number shall be calculated and adjusted pursuant to Section 13 only to the extent that such calculation or adjustment will not affect the status of any option intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option under Section 422 of the Code. The maximum cash amount payable pursuant to that portion of an Incentive Bonus granted in any calendar year to any Participant under this Plan shall not exceed $5,000,000. |
(d) | Director Awards. |
(1) | The aggregate dollar value of Awards (based on the aggregate accounting value on the date of grant) granted pursuant to this Plan during any calendar year to any Nonemployee Director shall not exceed $400,000 for annual equity grants (plus, for the year an individual first becomes a Nonemployee Director (x) an initial equity grant valued at $400,000, plus (y) a pro-rata portion of the $400,000 annual equity-based award value based on the number of months remaining in the Board service year at the date of grant), payable in Options, Restricted Stock Units, or a split evenly between Options and Restricted Stock Units, based on an election by the Nonemployee Director. Such dollar limits shall be converted into a number of Awards as follows: |
(A) | Options: The number of Options shall be calculated by dividing the equity value (e.g., $400,000) by the fair value of each Option, calculated in accordance with the Black-Scholes methodology utilized by the Company in calculating share-based compensation for financial reporting purposes. Black-Scholes inputs shall be the same as those used in the Company’s most recent quarterly report on Form 10-Q or Annual Report on Form 10-K, except that the Share price input shall be the average closing price of the Shares over a recent time period prior to the date of grant (May 10 through June 10, in the case of annual grants made in June). |
(B) | Restricted Stock Units: The number of Restricted Stock Units shall be calculated by dividing the equity value (e.g., $400,000) by the average closing price of the Shares over a recent time period prior to the date of grant (May 10 through June 10, in the case of annual grants paid in June). |
(C) | Rounding: The resulting number of Options and/or Restricted Stock Units, calculated as above, shall be rounded to the nearest 10 Shares. |
(2) | In addition, the amount of cash compensation paid or payable by the Company to a Nonemployee Director with respect to any calendar year shall not exceed $60,000 (with additional cash compensation of $35,000 for the lead independent director, $25,000 for each committee chairmanship, and $15,000 for each other committee membership), plus a prorated portion of the aggregate cash compensation for the roles in which the Nonemployee Director serves for the year an individual first becomes a Nonemployee Director, to reflect the number of months then remaining in the Board service year as of the date the individual becomes a Nonemployee Director. For the avoidance of doubt, cash compensation shall be counted towards the limit specified in this subclause in the year earned (regardless of whether deferred), and any interest or other earnings on such compensation shall not count towards the limit. |
(e) | Substitute Awards. Substitute Awards shall not reduce the Shares authorized for issuance under the Plan or authorized for grant to a Participant in any calendar year. Additionally, in the event that a company acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary, or with which the Company or any Subsidiary combines, has shares available under a pre-existing plan approved by shareholders and not adopted in contemplation of such acquisition or combination, the shares available for grant pursuant to the terms of such pre-existing plan (as adjusted, to the extent appropriate, using the exchange ratio or other adjustment or valuation ratio or formula used in such acquisition or combination to determine the consideration payable to the holders of common stock of the entities party to such acquisition or combination) may be used for Awards under the Plan and shall not reduce the Shares authorized for issuance under the Plan; provided that Awards using such available shares shall not be made after the date awards or grants could have been made under the terms of the pre-existing plan, absent the acquisition or combination, and shall only be made to individuals who were employees, directors or other service providers of such acquired or combined company before such acquisition or combination. |
(a) | Option Awards. Options may be granted at any time and from time to time prior to the termination of the Plan to Participants as determined by the Administrator. No Participant shall have any rights as a shareholder with respect to any Shares subject to Options hereunder until said Shares have been issued. Each Option shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement. Options granted pursuant to the Plan need not be identical but each Option must contain and be subject to the terms and conditions set forth below. |
(b) | Price. The Administrator will establish the exercise price per Share under each Option, which, in no event will be less than the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date of grant; provided, however, that the exercise price per Share with respect to an Option that is granted in connection with a merger or other acquisition as a substitute or replacement award for options held by optionees of the acquired entity may be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date such Option is granted if such exercise price is based on a formula set forth in the terms of the options held by such optionees or in the terms of the agreement providing for such merger or other acquisition. The exercise price of any Option may be paid in Shares, cash or a combination thereof, as determined by the Administrator, including an irrevocable commitment by a broker to pay over such amount from a sale of the Shares issuable under an Option, the delivery of previously owned Shares and withholding of Shares deliverable upon exercise, or in such other form as is acceptable to the Administrator. |
(c) | Provisions Applicable to Options. The date on which Options become exercisable shall be determined at the sole and absolute discretion of the Administrator and set forth in an Award Agreement. However, in no event shall any Option vest before the first anniversary of the date of grant; provided that, if so determined by the Committee, an Option may fully or partially vest before such anniversary in the event of the Participant’s death or disability or a Change in Control. Unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, an approved leave of absence or employment on a less than full-time basis shall not result in an adjustment to the vesting period and/or exercisability of an Option to reflect the effects of any period during which the Participant is on an approved leave of absence or is employed on a less than full-time basis. In no event may any Option include a reload feature. |
(d) | Term of Options and Termination of Employment: The Administrator shall establish the term of each Option, which in no case shall exceed a period of ten (10) years from the date of grant. Unless an Option earlier expires upon the expiration date established pursuant to the foregoing sentence, upon the Participant’s Termination of Employment, his or her rights to exercise an Option then held shall be only as follows, unless the Administrator specifies otherwise: |
(1) | General. If a Participant’s Termination of Employment is for any reason other than the Participant’s death, Disability, or termination for Cause, Options granted to the Participant may continue to be exercised in accordance with their terms for a period of ninety (90) days after such Termination of Employment, but only to the extent the Participant was entitled to exercise the Options on the date of such termination. |
(2) | Death. If a Participant dies either while an employee or officer of the Company or a Subsidiary or member of the Board, or after the Termination of Employment other than for Cause but during the time when the Participant could have exercised an Option, the Options issued to such Participant shall become fully vested and exercisable by the personal representative of such Participant or other successor to the interest of the Participant for one year after the Participant’s death. |
(3) | Disability. If a Participant’s Termination of Employment is due to Disability, then all of the Participant’s Options shall immediately fully vest, and the Options held by the Participant at the time of such Termination of Employment shall be exercisable by the Participant or the personal representative of such Participant for one year following such Termination of Employment. |
(4) | Termination for Cause. If a Participant is terminated for Cause, the Participant shall have no further right to exercise any Options previously granted. The Administrator or one or more officers designated by the Administrator shall determine whether a termination is for Cause. |
(e) | Incentive Stock Options. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6, in the case of the grant of an Option intending to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option: (i) if the Participant owns stock possessing more than 10 percent of the combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company, the exercise price of such Option must be at least 110 percent of the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date of grant and the Option must expire within a period of not more than five (5) years from the date of grant, and (ii) Termination of Employment will occur when the person to whom an Award was granted ceases to be an employee (as determined in accordance with Section 3401(c) of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder) of the Company and its corporate Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 6 to the contrary, options designated as Incentive Stock Options shall not be eligible for treatment under the Code as Incentive Stock Options (and will be deemed to be Nonqualified Stock Options) to the extent that either (a) the aggregate Fair Market Value of Shares (determined as of the time of grant) with respect to which such Options are exercisable for the first time by the Participant during any calendar year (under all plans of the Company and any corporate Subsidiary) exceeds $100,000, taking Options into account in the order in which they were granted, or (b) such Options otherwise remain exercisable but are not exercised within three (3) months of Termination of Employment (or such other period of time provided in Section 422 of the Code). |
(a) | Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Unit Awards. Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units may be granted at any time and from time to time prior to the termination of the Plan to Participants as determined by the Administrator. Restricted Stock is an award or issuance of Shares the grant, issuance, retention, vesting and/or transferability of which is subject during specified periods of time to such conditions (including continued employment or performance conditions) and terms as the Administrator deems appropriate. Restricted Stock Units are Awards denominated in units of Shares under which the issuance of Shares is subject to such conditions (including continued employment or performance conditions) and terms as the Administrator deems appropriate. Each grant of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement. Unless determined otherwise by the Administrator, each Restricted Stock Unit will be equal to one Share and will entitle a Participant to either the issuance of Shares or payment of an amount of cash determined with reference to the value of Shares. To the extent determined by the Administrator, Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units may be satisfied or settled in Shares, cash or a combination thereof. Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units granted pursuant to the Plan need not be identical but each grant of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units must contain and be subject to the terms and conditions set forth below. |
(b) | Contents of Agreement. Each Award Agreement shall contain provisions regarding (i) the number of Shares or Restricted Stock Units subject to such Award or a formula for determining such number, (ii) the purchase price of the Shares, if any, and the means of payment, (iii) the performance criteria, if any, and level of achievement versus these criteria that shall determine the number of Shares or Restricted Stock Units granted, issued, retainable and/or vested, (iv) such terms and conditions on the grant, issuance, vesting and/or forfeiture of the Shares or Restricted Stock Units as may be determined from time to time by the Administrator, (v) the term of the performance period, if any, as to which performance will be measured for determining the number of such Shares or Restricted Stock Units, and (vi) restrictions on the transferability of the Shares or Restricted Stock Units. Shares issued under a Restricted Stock Award may be issued in the name of the Participant and held by the Participant or held by the Company, in each case as the Administrator may provide. |
(c) | Vesting and Performance Criteria. The grant, issuance, retention, vesting and/or settlement of shares of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units will occur when and in such installments as the Administrator determines or under criteria the Administrator establishes, which may include Qualifying Performance Criteria. However, in no event shall any shares of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units vest before the first anniversary of the date of grant; provided that, if so determined by the Committee, shares of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units may fully or partially vest before such anniversary in the event of the Participant’s death or disability or a Change in Control. |
(d) | Termination of Employment. Unless the Administrator provides otherwise: |
(i) | General. In the event of Termination of Employment for any reason other than death or Disability, any Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units still subject in full or in part to restrictions at the date of such Termination of Employment shall automatically be forfeited and returned to the Company. |
(ii) | Death or Disability. In the event a Participant’s Termination of Employment is because of death or Disability, the restrictions remaining on any or all Shares remaining subject to a Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit Award shall lapse. |
(e) | Voting Rights. Unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, Participants holding shares of Restricted Stock granted hereunder may exercise full voting rights with respect to those shares during the period of restriction. Participants shall have no voting rights with respect to Shares underlying Restricted Stock Units unless and until such Shares are reflected as issued and outstanding shares on the Company’s stock ledger. |
(f) | Dividends and Distributions. Participants in whose name Restricted Stock is granted shall be entitled to receive all dividends and other distributions paid with respect to those Shares, unless determined otherwise by the Administrator. The Administrator will determine whether any such dividends or distributions will be automatically reinvested in additional shares of Restricted Stock and subject to the same restrictions on transferability as the Restricted Stock with respect to which they were distributed or whether such dividends or distributions will be paid in cash. Shares underlying Restricted Stock Units shall be entitled to dividends or dividend equivalents only to the extent provided by the Administrator. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall dividends, distributions or dividend equivalents be currently payable with respect to unvested or unearned Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Unit awards. |
(g) | Payment of Restricted Stock Units. In all events, unless payment with respect to a Restricted Stock Unit is deferred in a manner consistent with Section 409A of the Code, the Shares and/or cash underlying such Restricted Stock Unit shall be paid to the Participant no later than two and one-half months following the end of the year in which the Restricted Stock Unit is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture. |
(h) | Legending of Restricted Stock. The Administrator may also require that certificates representing shares of Restricted Stock be retained and held in escrow by a designated employee or agent of the Company or any Subsidiary until any restrictions applicable to shares of Restricted Stock so retained have been satisfied or lapsed. Any certificates evidencing shares of Restricted Stock awarded pursuant to the Plan shall bear the following legend: |
(a) | Grant. Stock Awards may be granted at any time and from time to time prior to the termination of the Plan to Participants as determined by the Administrator. Stock Awards shall be subject to such terms and conditions, consistent with the other provisions of the Plan, as may be determined by the Administrator. However, in no event shall any Stock Award vest before the first anniversary of the date of grant; provided that, if so determined by the Committee, a Stock Award may fully or partially vest before such anniversary in the event of the Participant’s death or disability or a Change in Control. |
(b) | Rights as a Shareholder. A Participant shall have all voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights with respect to Shares issued to the Participant as a Stock Award under this Section 9 upon the Participant becoming the holder of record of the Shares granted pursuant to such Stock Award; provided, that the Administrator may impose such restrictions on the assignment or transfer of Shares awarded pursuant to a Stock Award as it considers appropriate. |
(a) | General. Each Incentive Bonus Award will confer upon the Participant the opportunity to earn a future payment tied to the level of achievement with respect to one or more performance criteria established for a performance period of not less than one year. |
(b) | Incentive Bonus Document. Unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, the terms of any Incentive Bonus will be set forth in an Award Agreement. Each Award Agreement evidencing an Incentive Bonus shall contain provisions regarding (i) the target and maximum amount payable to the Participant as an Incentive Bonus, (ii) the performance criteria and level of achievement versus these criteria that shall determine the amount of such payment, (iii) the term of the performance period as to which performance shall be measured for determining the amount of any payment, (iv) the timing of any payment earned by virtue of performance, (v) restrictions on the alienation or transfer of the Incentive Bonus prior to actual payment, (vi) forfeiture provisions and (vii) such further terms and conditions, in each case not inconsistent with this Plan as may be determined from time to time by the Administrator. |
(c) | Performance Criteria. The Administrator shall establish the performance criteria and level of achievement versus these criteria that shall determine the target and maximum amount payable under an Incentive Bonus, which criteria may be based on financial performance and/or personal performance evaluations. |
(d) | Timing and Form of Payment. The Administrator shall determine the timing of payment of any Incentive Bonus. Payment of the amount due under an Incentive Bonus may be made in cash or in Shares, as determined by the Administrator. The Administrator may provide for or, subject to such terms and conditions as the Administrator may specify, may permit a Participant to elect for the payment of any Incentive Bonus to be deferred to a specified date or event. In all events, unless payment of an Incentive Bonus is deferred in a manner consistent with Section 409A of the Code, any Incentive Bonus shall be paid to the Participant no later than two and one-half months following the end of the year in which the Incentive Bonus is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture. |
(e) | Discretionary Adjustments. Notwithstanding satisfaction of any performance goals, the amount paid under an Incentive Bonus on account of either financial performance or personal performance evaluations may, to the extent specified in the Award Agreement or other document evidencing the Award, be adjusted by the Administrator on the basis of such further considerations as the Administrator shall determine. |
(a) | General. The number and kind of Shares available for issuance under this Plan (including under any Awards then outstanding), and the number and kind of Shares subject to the limits set forth in Section 5 of this Plan, shall be equitably adjusted by the Administrator to reflect any reorganization, reclassification, combination of shares, stock split, reverse stock split, spin-off, dividend or distribution of securities, property or cash (other than regular, quarterly cash dividends), or any other event or transaction that affects the number or kind of Shares outstanding. Such adjustment shall be designed to comply with Sections 409A and 424 of the Code as applicable, or, except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 5(c) of this Plan, may be designed to treat the Shares available under the Plan and subject to Awards as if they were all outstanding on the record date for such event or transaction or to increase the number of such Shares to reflect a deemed reinvestment in Shares of the amount distributed to the Company’s securityholders. The terms of any outstanding Award shall also be equitably adjusted by the Administrator as to price, number or kind of Shares subject to such Award, vesting, and other terms to reflect the foregoing events, which adjustments need not be uniform as between different Awards or different types of Awards. |
(b) | Change in Control. The Administrator may determine the effect of a Change in Control on outstanding Awards in a manner that, in the Administrator’s discretion, is fair and equitable to Participants. Such effects, which need not be the same for every Participant, may include, without limitation: (x) the substitution for the Shares subject to any outstanding Award, or portion thereof, of stock or other securities of the surviving corporation or any successor corporation to the Company, or a parent or subsidiary thereof, in which event the aggregate purchase or exercise price, if any, of such Award, or portion thereof, shall remain the same, and/or (y) the conversion of any outstanding Award, or portion thereof, into a right to receive cash or other property upon or following the consummation of the Change in Control in an amount equal to the value of the consideration to be received by holders of Shares in connection with such transaction for one Share, less the per share purchase or exercise price of such Award, if any, multiplied by the number of Shares subject to such Award, or a portion thereof. |
(a) | General. The Administrator may establish performance criteria and level of achievement versus such criteria that shall determine the number of Shares to be granted, retained, vested, issued or issuable under or in settlement of or the amount payable pursuant to an Award, which criteria may be based on Qualifying Performance Criteria or other standards of financial performance and/or personal performance evaluations. |
(b) | Qualifying Performance Criteria. For purposes of this Plan, the term “Qualifying Performance Criteria” shall mean any one or more of the following performance criteria, or derivations of such performance criteria, either individually, alternatively or in any combination, applied to either the Company as a whole or to a business unit or Subsidiary, either individually, alternatively or in any combination, and measured either annually or cumulatively over a period of years, on an absolute basis or relative to a pre-established target, to previous years’ results or to a designated comparison group, in each case as specified by the Administrator: (i) net earnings or earnings per share (including earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, license fees, share-based compensation, and/or amortization, or other non-GAAP profitability measures), (ii) income, net income or operating income, (iii) revenues, (iv) net sales, (v) return on sales, (vi) return on equity, (vii) return on capital (including return on total capital or return on invested capital), (viii) return on assets or net assets, (ix) economic value added measurements, (x) return on invested capital, (xi) return on operating revenue, (xii) cash flow (before or after dividends), (xiii) stock price, (xiv) total shareholder return, (xv) market capitalization, (xvi) economic value added, (xvii) debt leverage (debt to capital), (xviii) operating profit or net operating profit, (xix) operating margin or profit margin, (xx) cash from operations, (xxi) market share, (xxii) product development or release schedules, (xxiii) new product innovation, (xxiv) cost reductions, (xxv) customer service, or (xxvi) customer satisfaction. The Committee (A) shall appropriately adjust any evaluation of performance under a Qualifying Performance Criterion to eliminate the effects of charges for restructurings, discontinued operations, extraordinary items and all items of gain, loss or expense determined to be extraordinary or unusual in nature or related to the disposal of a segment of a business or related to a change in accounting principle all as determined in accordance with applicable accounting provisions, as well as the cumulative effect of accounting changes, in each case as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles or identified in the Company’s financial statements or notes to the financial statements, and (B) may appropriately adjust any evaluation of performance under a Qualifying Performance Criterion to exclude any of the following events that occurs during a performance period: (i) asset write- downs, (ii) litigation, claims, judgments or settlements, (iii) the effect of changes in tax law or other such laws or provisions affecting reported results, and (iv) accruals of any amounts for payment under this Plan or any other compensation arrangement maintained by the Company. |
(a) | Administrator of the Plan. The Plan shall be administered by the Administrator who shall be the Compensation Committee of the Board or, in the absence of a Compensation Committee, the Board itself. Any power of the Administrator may also be exercised by the Board, except to the extent that the grant or exercise of such authority would cause any Award or transaction to become subject to (or lose an exemption under) the short-swing profit recovery provisions of Section 16 of the Act. To the extent that any permitted action taken by the Board conflicts with action taken by the Administrator, the Board action shall control. The Compensation Committee may by resolution authorize one or more officers of the Company to perform any or all things that the Administrator is authorized and empowered to do or perform under the Plan, and for all purposes under this Plan, such officer or officers shall be treated as the Administrator; provided, however, that no such officer shall designate himself or herself as a recipient of any Awards granted under authority delegated to such officer. The Compensation Committee may delegate any or all aspects of the day-to-day administration of the Plan to one or more officers or employees of the Company or any Subsidiary, and/or to one or more agents. |
(b) | Powers of Administrator. Subject to the express provisions of this Plan, the Administrator shall be authorized and empowered to do all things that it determines to be necessary or appropriate in connection with the administration of this Plan, including, without limitation: (i) to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to this Plan and to define terms not otherwise defined herein; (ii) to determine which persons are Participants, to which of such Participants, if any, Awards shall be granted hereunder and the timing of any such Awards; (iii) to grant Awards to Participants and determine the terms and conditions thereof, including the number of Shares subject to Awards and the exercise or purchase price of such Shares and the circumstances under which Awards become exercisable or vested or are forfeited or expire, which terms may but need not be conditioned upon the passage of time, continued employment, the satisfaction of performance criteria, the occurrence of certain events (including a Change in Control), or other factors; (iv) to establish and verify the extent of satisfaction of any performance goals or other conditions applicable to the grant, issuance, exercisability, vesting and/or ability to retain any Award; (v) to prescribe and amend the terms of the agreements or other documents evidencing Awards made under this Plan (which need not be identical) and the terms of or form of any document or notice required to be delivered to the Company by Participants under this Plan; (vi) to determine the extent to which adjustments are required pursuant to Section 13; (vii) to interpret and construe this Plan, any rules and regulations under this Plan and the terms and conditions of any Award granted hereunder, and to make exceptions to any such provisions in if the Administrator, in good faith, determines that it is necessary to do so in light of extraordinary circumstances and for the benefit of the Company (provided that nothing in this Section 19(b) permits the Committee to provide that any Award may vest before the first anniversary of the date of grant other than in connection with the Participant’s death or disability or a Change in Control); (viii) to approve corrections in the documentation or administration of any Award; and (ix) to make all other determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of this Plan. The Administrator may, in its sole and absolute discretion, without amendment to the Plan, waive or amend the operation of Plan provisions respecting exercise after termination of employment or service to the Company or an Affiliate and, except as otherwise provided herein, adjust any of the terms of any Award (subject to the proviso in item (vii) of the immediately preceding sentence). Except in connection with a corporate transaction involving the Company (including, without limitation, any stock dividend, distribution (whether in the form of cash, Shares, other securities or other property), stock split, extraordinary cash dividend, recapitalization, Change in Control, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, repurchase or exchange of Shares or other securities, or similar transaction(s)), the Company may not, without obtaining shareholder approval: (w) amend the terms of outstanding Options or Stock Appreciation Rights to reduce the exercise price of such outstanding Options or Stock Appreciation Rights; (x) cancel outstanding Options or Stock Appreciation Rights in exchange for Options or Stock Appreciation Rights with an exercise price that is less than the exercise price of the original Options or Stock Appreciation Rights; (y) cancel outstanding Options or Stock Appreciation Rights with an exercise price above the current stock price in exchange for cash or other securities; or (z) otherwise amend, exchange or reprice Options or Stock Appreciation Rights. |
(c) | Determinations by the Administrator. All decisions, determinations and interpretations by the Administrator regarding the Plan, any rules and regulations under the Plan and the terms and conditions of or operation of any Award granted hereunder, shall be final and binding on all Participants, beneficiaries, heirs, assigns or other persons holding or claiming rights under the Plan or any Award. The Administrator shall consider such factors as it deems relevant, in its sole and absolute discretion, to making such decisions, determinations and interpretations including, without limitation, the recommendations or advice of any officer or other employee of the Company and such attorneys, consultants and accountants as it may select. |
(d) | Subsidiary Awards. In the case of a grant of an Award to any Participant employed by a Subsidiary, such grant may, if the Administrator so directs, be implemented by the Company issuing any subject Shares to the Subsidiary, for such lawful consideration as the Administrator may determine, upon the condition or understanding that the Subsidiary will transfer the Shares to the Participant in accordance with the terms of the Award specified by the Administrator pursuant to the provisions of the Plan. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, such Award may be issued by and in the name of the Subsidiary and shall be deemed granted on such date as the Administrator shall determine. |
(e) | Indemnification of Administrator. Neither any member nor former member of the Administrator nor any individual to whom authority is or has been delegated shall be personally responsible or liable for any act or omission in connection with the performance of powers or duties or the exercise of discretion or judgment in the administration and implementation of the Plan. Each person who is or shall have been a member of the Administrator shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company from and against any cost, liability or expense imposed or incurred in connection with such person’s or the Administrator’s taking or failing to take any action under the Plan. Each such person shall be justified in relying on information furnished in connection with the Plan’s administration by any employee, officer, agent or expert employed or retained by the Administrator or the Company. |
(a) | increase the maximum number of Shares for which Awards may be granted under this Plan; |
(b) | reduce the price at which Options or Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted below the price provided for in Section 6(a); |
(c) | amend the last sentence of Section 19(b) (relating to direct and indirect repricings of outstanding Options and Stock Appreciation Rights); |
(d) | amend the proviso in Section 19(b)(vii); |
(e) | extend the term of this Plan; |
(f) | change the class of persons eligible to be Participants; |
(g) | otherwise amend the Plan in any manner requiring shareholder approval by law or under Nasdaq Global Select Market listing requirements (or the listing requirements of any successor exchange or market that is the primary stock exchange or market for trading of Shares); or |
(h) | increase the individual maximum limits in Sections 5(c) and (d). |
• | Non-GAAP Diluted EPS (see the 2019 Performance in Review section above): Non-GAAP earnings is defined as net loss, adjusted for: (1) share-based compensation expense (including expenses relating to stock options, restricted stock units, share tracking awards and our employee stock purchase plan); (2) impairments charges; (3) license-related fees; (4) net unrealized and realized gains on equity securities; and (5) tax benefit on non-GAAP earnings adjustments. Non-GAAP earnings is divided by diluted weighted average shares outstanding to derive non-GAAP diluted earnings per share (EPS). A reconciliation of net loss to non-GAAP earnings is presented below (millions, except per share data): |
(In millions, except per share data) | Year Ended December 31, 2019 | ||
Net loss, as reported | $ | (104.5 | ) |
Adjusted for the following: | |||
Share-based compensation expense | 45.4 | ||
Impairment charges | 17.2 | ||
License-related fees | 825.0 | ||
Net unrealized and realized gains on equity securities | (21.4 | ) | |
Tax benefit | (192.5 | ) | |
Non-GAAP earnings | $ | 569.2 | |
Non-GAAP earnings per share | |||
Basic | $ | 13.00 | |
Diluted | $ | 12.94 | |
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding: | |||
Basic | 43.8 | ||
Diluted | 44.0 |
• | Adjusted EBITDASO (see the 2019 Compensation Decisions section above): Adjusted EBITDASO is defined as net loss, adjusted for: (1) depreciation and amortization expense; (2) share-based compensation expense (including expenses relating to stock options, restricted stock units, share tracking awards and our employee stock purchase plan); (3) impairment charges; (4) license-related fees; (5) interest expense, net; (6) net unrealized and realized gains on equity securities; and (7) income tax benefit. Adjusted EBITDASO is divided by total revenues to derive adjusted EBITDASO margin. A reconciliation of net loss to adjusted EBITDASO is presented below (in millions, except percentages): |
(In millions) | Year Ended December 31, 2019 | ||
Net loss, as reported | $ | (104.5 | ) |
Adjusted for the following: | |||
Depreciation & amortization expense | 45.9 | ||
Share-based compensation expense | 45.4 | ||
Impairment charges | 17.2 | ||
License-related fees | 825.0 | ||
Interest expense, net | — | ||
Net unrealized and realized gains on equity securities | (21.4 | ) | |
Income tax benefit | (60.5 | ) | |
Adjusted EBITDASO (Non-GAAP) | $ | 747.1 | |
Total revenues | $ | 1,448.8 | |
Net loss margin | -7.2 | % | |
Adjusted EBITDASO margin | 51.6 | % |