UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
June 20, 2007
Eagle Materials Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
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1-12984
(Commission File Number)
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75-2520779
(IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
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3811 Turtle Creek Blvd., Suite 1100, Dallas, Texas
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75219 |
(Address of principal executive offices)
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Registrant’s telephone number including area code: (214) 432-2000
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address if changed from last report)
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Item 5.02 Compensation Arrangements of Certain Officers
On June 20, 2007, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Eagle Materials Inc.
(the “Company”) approved stock option grants to certain of the persons (the “Named Officers”) who
are listed in the Summary Compensation Table in the Proxy Statement for the Company’s 2007 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders. These new stock option grants were made pursuant to a newly designed
long-term equity award program. The structure of this new program is different from the Company’s
program for the last three years in several ways: (1) the entire award is in the form of stock
options, (2) the award is intended to be a single award covering the next three years (except for
special circumstances) rather than making an annual long-term equity grant for the current fiscal
year and each of the next two fiscal years, and (3) the stock option awards will vest over a
seven-year period, but only if specified levels of earnings per share and operating earnings are
achieved which the Company regards as challenging. Any stock options not vested at the end of the
seven-year period will be forfeited. In accordance with the terms of the Company’s Incentive Plan,
as amended, the exercise price of such stock options is the average of the high and low price of
the Company’s Common Stock on the date of grant, June 20, 2007 ($47.525).
Since the Company was spun-off from Centex in 2004, the Company has formulated and embarked
upon a strategic growth plan which includes the significant expansion of our production and
earnings capacity in both cement and wallboard. This growth plan contemplates the completion of
most of these expansion plans in the next 3 or 4 years. The stock options granted to the Named
Officers were structured to more strongly motivate and provide incentives to the Company’s
management to properly execute these growth plans in a timely and profitable manner. In addition,
the vesting criteria were set at levels that will require operating earnings and earnings per share
to approximate the Company’s record fiscal 2007 levels in order to vest any portion of the stock
option awards and to nearly double the record fiscal 2007 levels in order to vest 100% of the stock
option awards. A copy of these vesting criteria is attached to this Report as Exhibit
10.1. Consistent with the Company’s pay-for-performance philosophy, this structure will reward
the executives when operating earnings and earnings per share increase significantly.
Each of the Named Officers was granted stock options under this new program, except for Mr.
Zunker. Mr. Zunker, who is expected to retire before the end of the stock option performance
period, was granted a cash award ($350,000) payable after the end of fiscal 2008 based upon the
achievement of certain individual performance goals, which relate principally to the successful
transition of his duties to a new Chief Financial Officer. The terms and conditions of the stock
options will be substantially the same as the stock option grants in fiscal 2007 except that: (1)
the vesting will be based on the achievement of certain operating earnings and earnings per share
levels ; (2) the term of the options will be seven years rather than ten years; and (3) upon
retirement by an optionee, the stock option will continue to remain in effect and continue to vest
for the term of the stock option as if the optionee had continued to be an employee. For purposes
of these awards, retirement is defined as the termination of employment at age 62 years or later
with at least 10 years of service and after having provided the Company with two (2) years’ written
notice of such retirement. As in the case of prior equity awards, the stock options will also vest
upon a change of control of the Company.
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following table shows the stock options granted to each of the Named
Officers on June 20, 2007:
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Mr. Rowley
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500,000 |
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Mr. Zunker
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Mr. Powers
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122,000 |
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Mr. Graass
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122,000 |
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Mr. Essl
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87,000 |
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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
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Description |
10.1
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Vesting Criteria for Stock Options |