-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, SgjSYJsNziAFiz4IHRMUwpje//EuThq+MUObYMPacrM6nXucxDjH4nSslAXwGf9C iXxc9jwJjpanW7Q/cUEtUg== 0000099780-96-000003.txt : 19960621 0000099780-96-000003.hdr.sgml : 19960621 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000099780-96-000003 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: DEF 14A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 19960331 FILED AS OF DATE: 19960620 SROS: NYSE FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TRINITY INDUSTRIES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000099780 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RAILROAD EQUIPMENT [3743] IRS NUMBER: 750225040 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0331 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: DEF 14A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-06903 FILM NUMBER: 96583499 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2525 STEMMONS FREEWAY CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75207-2401 BUSINESS PHONE: 2146314420 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: TRINITY STEEL CO INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19720407 DEF 14A 1 SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION (Rule 14a-101) Proxy Statement Pursuant To Section 14(A) Of The Securities Exchange Act Of 1934 (Amendment No. ) Filed by the Registrant [ X ] Filed by a Party other than the Registrant [ ] Check the appropriate box: [ ] Preliminary Proxy Statement [ X ] Definitive Proxy Statement [ ] Definitive Additional Materials [ ] Soliciting Material Pursuant to Rule 14a-11(c) or Rule 14a-12 TRINITY INDUSTRIES, INC. (Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter) J. J. FRENCH, JR., SECRETARY (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement) Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box): [ X ] $125 per Exchange Act Rules 0-11(c)(1)(ii), 14a-6(i)(1), or 14a-6(j)(2). [ ] $500 per each party to the controversy pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 14a-6(i)(3). [ ] Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(4) and 0-11. 1) Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies: 2) Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies: 3) Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11: (Note 1) 4) Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction: [ ] Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the form or schedule and the date of its filing. 1) Amount previously paid: 2) Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.: 3) Filing Party: 4) Date Filed: _____________________ Note 1: Set forth the amount on which the filing is calculated and state how it was determined. Trinity Industries, Inc. 2525 Stemmons Freeway Dallas, Texas 75207-2401 P. O. Box 568887 Dallas, Texas 75356-8887 (mailing address) NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS To Be Held on July 17, 1996 Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Trinity Industries, Inc. (the "Company"), a Delaware corporation, will be held at the offices of the Company, 2525 Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, Texas 75207, on Wednesday, July 17, 1996, at 9:30 a.m., Central Daylight Saving Time, for the following purposes: (1) to elect eight (8) directors to hold office until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are elected and qualified; and (2) to transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof. Only stockholders of record at the close of business on May 31, 1996 will be entitled to notice of and to vote at the 1996 Annual Meeting or any adjournment thereof, notwithstanding the transfer of any stock on the books of the Company after such record date. A list of the stockholders will be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the 1996 Annual Meeting, for a period of ten (10) days prior to the meeting at the Company's offices, 2525 Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, Texas 75207. You are requested to forward your proxy in order that you will be represented at the 1996 Annual Meeting, whether or not you expect to attend in person. Stockholders who attend the 1996 Annual Meeting may revoke their proxies and vote in person, if they so desire. A Proxy Statement, proxy card and a copy of the Annual Report on the Company's operations during the fiscal year ended March 31, 1996, accompany this Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders. By Order of the Board of Directors J. J. FRENCH, JR. Secretary June 11, 1996 Trinity Industries, Inc. 2525 Stemmons Freeway Dallas, Texas 75207-2401 P. O. Box 568887 Dallas, Texas 75356-8887 (mailing address) PROXY STATEMENT For ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS To Be Held on July 17, 1996 This Proxy Statement is furnished to the stockholders of Trinity Industries, Inc. (the "Company") in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Board of Directors of the Company to be voted at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company to be held at the offices of the Company, 2525 Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, Texas 75207, on Wednesday, July 17, 1996, at 9:30 a.m., Central Daylight Saving Time (the "1996 Annual Meeting"), or at any adjournment thereof, for the purposes set forth in the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders. This Proxy Statement and the enclosed form of proxy are being mailed to stockholders on or about June 11, 1996. RIGHT TO REVOKE PROXY Any stockholder giving the proxy enclosed with this Proxy Statement has the power to revoke such proxy at any time prior to the exercise thereof by filing with the Company a written revocation at or prior to the 1996 Annual Meeting, by executing a proxy bearing a later date or by attending the 1996 Annual Meeting and voting in person the shares of stock that such stockholder is entitled to vote. Unless the persons named in the proxy are prevented from acting by circumstances beyond their control, the proxy will be voted at the 1996 Annual Meeting and at any adjournment thereof in the manner specified therein, or if not specified, the proxy will be voted: (1) FOR the election of the eight (8) nominees listed under "Election of Directors" as nominees of the Company for election as directors to hold office until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are elected and qualified; and (2) At the discretion of the persons named in the enclosed form of proxy, on any other matter that may properly come before the 1996 Annual Meeting or any adjournment thereof. BY WHOM AND THE MANNER IN WHICH PROXY IS BEING SOLICITED The enclosed proxy is solicited by and on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Company. The expense of the solicitation of proxies for the 1996 Annual Meeting, including the cost of mailing, will be borne by the Company. To the extent necessary to assure sufficient representation at the 1996 Annual Meeting, officers and regular employees of the Company, at no additional compensation, may request the return of proxies personally, by telephone or telegram. The extent to which this will be necessary depends entirely upon how promptly proxies are received. Stockholders are urged to send in their proxies without delay. The Company will supply brokers, nominees, fiduciaries and other custodians with proxy materials to forward to beneficial owners of shares in connection with the request from the beneficial owners of authority to execute such proxies, and the Company will reimburse such brokers, nominees, fiduciaries and other custodians for their expenses in making such distribution. Management has no knowledge or information that any other person will specially engage any persons to solicit proxies. VOTING SECURITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS The outstanding voting securities of the Company consist entirely of shares of Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share, each share of which entitles the holder thereof to one vote. The record date for the determination of the stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the 1996 Annual Meeting, or any adjournment thereof, has been established by the Board of Directors as of the close of business on May 31, 1996. At that date, there were outstanding and entitled to vote 41,612,062 shares of Common Stock. The presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of record of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock entitled to vote is necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at the 1996 Annual Meeting, but if a quorum should not be present, the meeting may be adjourned from time to time until a quorum is obtained. All matters to be voted on will be decided by a majority of the shares represented and voting at the meeting. A holder of Common Stock will be entitled to one vote per share on each matter properly brought before the meeting. Cumulative voting is not permitted in the election of directors. As of May 31, 1996, no person was known by the Company to own beneficially more than five percent (5%) of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company, although Cede and Company, a central clearinghouse and nominee in New York, New York, was the record holder of 37,129,130 shares of the Company's Common Stock as of May 31, 1996. The following table shows the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by each director or nominee, by the Company's Chief Executive Officer and the next four most highly compensated executive officers of the Company serving at the close of the Company's most recent fiscal year and by all such directors, nominees and executive officers as a group, based upon information supplied by them: Number of Shares Beneficially Owned Percent of Name at April 30, 1996(1) Class David W. Biegler 1,600 * John Dane III 210,954 * Barry J. Galt 8,250 * Clifford J. Grum 3,000(2) * Dean P. Guerin 55,500 * Jess T. Hay 9,474(3) * Edmund M. Hoffman 39,771(4) * Ray J. Pulley 39,800(5) * John T. Sanford 85,085 * Mark W. Stiles 12,750 * Timothy R. Wallace 146,298 * W. Ray Wallace 1,337,429 3.1% Directors and Executive Officers as a Group 2,043,008 4.8% _________ * Less than one percent (1%). (1) Unless otherwise noted, all shares are owned directly and the owner has the right to vote the shares, except for shares that officers and directors have the right to acquire under the Company's stock option plans as of the record date or within sixty (60) days thereafter, which for Messrs. Galt, Guerin, Hay, Hoffman and Pulley are 7,500 shares each and for Messrs. Dane, Sanford, Stiles, Timothy R. Wallace and W. Ray Wallace are 70,030, 46,699, 12,317, 142,323 and 450,000 shares, respectively. (2) Shares are owned by Deerfield Corporation of which Mr. Grum is an owner. (3) Includes 384 shares owned of record by Mr. Hay's wife as custodian for their daughter in which Mr. Hay disclaims beneficial ownership. (4) Includes 1,500 shares held by Mr. Hoffman as trustee of a trust in which Mr. Hoffman disclaims beneficial ownership. (5) Included 22,300 shares held by NationsBank Texas, N.A., Profit Sharing Trust over which Mr. Pulley has sole investment power and also includes 1,500 shares owned by Mr. Pulley's wife. _____________ ITEM 1 - ELECTION OF DIRECTORS At the 1996 Annual Meeting, eight (8) directors are to be elected who shall hold office until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified. It is the intention of the persons named in the Company's proxy to vote for the election of each of the eight (8) nominees listed below, unless authority is withheld. All nominees have indicated a willingness to serve as directors, but if any of them should decline or be unable to serve as a director, the persons named in the proxy will vote for the election of another person recommended by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the election of each of the eight (8) nominees to the Board of Directors set forth below. Nominees - ------------------------------------------------------------------ W. Ray Wallace, 73. Director since 1956. Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. He is the father of Timothy R. Wallace, a director, Group Vice President of the Company, and Chairman of the Railcars segment and LPG Containers division. - ------------------------------------------------------------------ David W. Biegler, 49. Director since 1992. Member of the Compensation Committee. Mr. Biegler is the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of ENSERCH Corporation, an integrated natural gas company engaged principally in natural gas transmission and distribution, electric power development and other energy related activities. He is also Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and a director of Enserch Exploration, Inc. a company engaged in oil and gas exploration and production, and a director of Texas Commerce Bank, National Association, a national bank. - ------------------------------------------------------------------ Barry J. Galt, 62. Director since 1988. Member of the Audit Committee. Mr. Galt is the Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer and a director of Seagull Energy Corporation, a diversified energy company engaged in oil and gas exploration and development, as well as natural gas transportation, processing, marketing and distribution. He is also a director of Standard Insurance Company, a mutual life insurance company, and a director of Texas Commerce Bank, National Association, a national bank. - ------------------------------------------------------------------ Clifford J. Grum, 61. Director since 1995. Member of the Audit Committee. Mr. Grum is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and a director of Temple-Inland, Inc., a holding company with interests in corrugated containers, bleached paperboard, building products, timber and timberlands, and financial services. He is also a director of Cooper Industries, Inc., a company engaged in the businesses of electrical products, tools and hardware, and automotive products and a director of Tupperware Corporation, a multinational consumer products company. - ------------------------------------------------------------------ Dean P. Guerin, 74. Director since 1965. Chairman of the Compensation Committee and Member of the Audit Committee. Mr. Guerin's principal occupation is investments. Mr. Guerin is a director of Lone Star Technologies, Inc., engaged in oil country tubular goods and banking, and a director of Seagull Energy Corporation, a diversified energy company. - ------------------------------------------------------------------ Jess T. Hay, 65. Director since 1965. Member of the Compensation Committee. Mr. Hay is Chairman of Texas Foundation for Higher Education and of HCB Enterprises, Inc., a private investment firm. Prior to retirement on December 31, 1994, Mr. Hay was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lomas Financial Corporation, a diversified financial services company engaged principally in mortgage banking and real estate lending, and of Lomas Mortgage USA, a mortgage banking institution. Mr. Hay is a director of The Dial Corp., which is primarily involved in consumer products, services, transportation, manufacturing and financial services, a director of Exxon Corporation, a diversified energy company engaged principally in the exploration, production and marketing of petroleum products, and a director of SBC Communications, Inc., a telephone and wireless communications company. - ------------------------------------------------------------------ Edmund M. Hoffman, 74. Director since 1957. Chairman of the Audit Committee. Mr. Hoffman's principal occupation is investments, primarily in the soft drink bottling and full line vending business. Mr. Hoffman is also a director of Coca-Cola Bottling Group (Southwest) Inc., a distributor for Coca-Cola products. - ------------------------------------------------------------------ Timothy R. Wallace, 42. Director since 1992. Mr. Wallace is a Group Vice President of the Company and the Chairman of the Railcars segment and LPG Containers division of the Company. He is the son of Mr. W. Ray Wallace, a director and the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. - ------------------------------------------------------------------ Board Meetings and Committees The directors hold regular quarterly meetings, in addition to the meeting immediately following the Annual Meeting of Stockholders, attend special meetings, as required, and spend such time on the affairs of the Company as their duties require. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 1996, the Board of Directors held five (5) meetings. All directors of the Company attended at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the meetings of the Board of Directors and the committees on which they served during the fiscal year ended March 31, 1996. The Board of Directors has an Audit Committee consisting of Messrs. Galt, Grum, Guerin and Hoffman. The Audit Committee met three (3) times during the fiscal year ended March 31, 1996. The Audit Committee's functions include: (a) making recommendations to the Board of Directors for the engagement or discharge of the independent auditors, (b) reviewing the plan and results of the audit engagement with the independent auditors, (c) reviewing the degree of independence of the independent auditors, (d) approving the services performed by the independent auditors, (e) considering the range of audit and other fees and (f) reviewing the adequacy of the Company's system of internal controls. The Board of Directors also has a Compensation Committee consisting of Messrs. Biegler, Guerin, Hay and Pulley. The Compensation Committee, which met four (4) times during the fiscal year ended March 31, 1996, determines the base salary and incentive compensation arrangements for, and the granting of benefits to, officers of the Company and senior management of its subsidiaries. The Compensation Committee also determines, in connection with the Company's stock option and incentive plans, the persons to whom awards are granted, the type of awards, the number of shares covered by the awards, whether stock appreciation rights are granted, the option vesting schedule and, if other than an incentive stock option for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code, the option exercise price. See "Executive Compensation and Other Matters - Stock Option Plans" below. The entire Board of Directors acts as a nominating committee. Compensation of Directors During the fiscal year ended March 31, 1996, each director received $1,250 for each director's meeting attended and reimbursement for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses. In addition, each director who is not a compensated officer or employee of the Company or its subsidiaries received a fee of $30,000 per year for serving as a director (and the Chairman of the Audit Committee and the Chairman of the Compensation Committee received an additional $2,000 per year in those capacities) and $1,250 for each Audit Committee or Compensation Committee meeting attended. Each outside director (other than Messrs. Biegler and Grum) holds an option to purchase 7,500 shares of the Company's Common Stock at an option exercise price of $22.50 per share, the market value of the Company's Common Stock at the time of the grant. These options were granted pursuant to the Company's 1989 Stock Option Plan that was approved by the stockholders at the Annual Meeting on July 19, 1989. Mr. Biegler holds an option to purchase 7,500 shares of the Company's Common Stock at an option exercise price of $33.50 per share, the market price of the Company's Common Stock at the time of the grant to him under the Company's 1993 Stock Option and Inventive Plan that was approved by the stockholders at the Annual Meeting on July 21, 1993. The Company also has a Directors' Retirement Plan that was adopted on December 11, 1986. The plan is an unfunded arrangement through which monthly payments will be paid to members of the Board of Directors who are not employees of the Company upon retirement, disability or death while serving as a director on or after December 11, 1986. The payments will be made to the director and/or his designated beneficiary for a ten-year (10) period. The amount of each monthly payment will be equal to one-twelfth (1/12) of a percentage of the annual retainer paid to such director in the year of his retirement, disability or death while serving as a director. The applicable percentage is dependent upon the number of years of service as a member of the Board of Directors. If the director has less than five (5) years of service, the applicable percentage is zero. If the director has five (5) years of service, the applicable percentage is fifty percent (50%). The applicable percentage increases at the rate of ten percent (10%) for each year of service thereafter and reaches one hundred percent (100%) after ten years of service as a director. However, notwithstanding the number of years of service, a director's applicable percentage will be one hundred percent (100%) in the event of (i) any merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving corporation, (ii) a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, (iii) a sale of shares of the Company's Common Stock in which another corporation, person or entity acquires fifty percent (50%) or more of the outstanding Common Stock or (iv) the acquisition of fifty percent (50%) or more of the outstanding shares of the Company's Common Stock as a result of any tender or exchange offer. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND OTHER MATTERS Cash Compensation The following table sets forth information for the Company's fiscal years ended March 31, 1996, 1995 and 1994, with regard to the compensation for their services to the Company and its subsidiaries in all capacities of the Chief Executive Officer and each of the other four (4) most highly compensated executive officers serving the Company at the close of the Company's most recently completed fiscal year: SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
Annual Long Term Compensation Compen- sation All --------- Other Name and Year Other Stock Compen- Principal Position Annual Option sation Salary Bonus Compen- Awards sation (Shares) W. Ray Wallace - Chairman, 1996 $1,000,000 $2,033,372 $441,730 - $25,414 President & Chief Executive Officer 1995 $1,000,000 $2,000,000 $289,227 - $25,414 1994 $900,000 $1,557,203 $211,367 - $28,312 Timothy R. Wallace - Group Vice 1996 $475,000 $373,540 $84,854 - $25,084 President & Chairman of Railcars 1995 $295,000 $348,041 $64,304 - $23,464 segment and LPG Containers division 1994 $275,000 $197,643 - - $24,854 John T. Sanford - Senior Vice 1996 $380,000 $329,498 $70,950 13,202 $18,309 President and Group Vice President & 1995 $270,000 $105,111 $37,511 14,085 $17,559 Chairman of Construction Products 1994 $260,000 $112,580 - - $17,253 and Metal Components segments Mark W. Stiles - Group Vice 1996 $275,000 $295,130 $57,013 - $5,599 President and President of 1995 $165,000 $90,503 $25,550 1,500 $6,166 Construction Products division 1994 $155,000 $155,000 - - $5,769 John Dane III - Group Vice President 1996 $450,000 $36,810 $48,681 - $19,699 & President of Marine Products 1995 $265,000 $116,017 $38,102 13,030 $18,425 segment 1994 $250,000 $336,325 - - $19,273 Annual incentive bonuses are paid only upon the achievement of a predetermined financial goal set for each executive by the Compensation Committee at the beginning of the fiscal year. All or a portion of the incentive bonus is paid within ninety (90) days after the close of the Company's fiscal year. If the incentive bonus earned exceeds a certain percentage of base salary (ranging from twenty-five percent (25%) in the case of some executives to fifty percent (50%) in the case of other executives), the incentive bonus amount in excess of the applicable percentage is deferred and is payable in two (2), or in the case of an incentive bonus earned prior to fiscal 1996, three (3), equal annual installments in the succeeding years, provided the executive's employment with the Company has not been terminated prior to payment for any reason other than death, disability, retirement or a change of control of the Company. The amounts shown for bonus in the foregoing table include the deferred installments payable to the executive in the succeeding years if still employed by the Company at that time and were, in fiscal 1996, 1995 and 1994, respectively, $1,016,686, $1,500,000 and $1,107,203 for Mr. W. Ray Wallace, $186,770, $259,541 and $115,143 for Mr. Timothy R. Wallace, $164,749, $24,111 and $34,580 for Mr. Sanford, $147,565, $41,003 and $108,500 for Mr. Stiles and $18,405, $58,008 and $168,162 for Mr. Dane. An amount equal to fifteen percent (15%) of the salary and incentive bonus of Mr. W. Ray Wallace, and amounts equal to ten percent (10%) of the salaries and incentive bonuses of Messrs. Timothy R. Wallace, Sanford, Stiles and Dane, are set aside annually pursuant to the long term deferred compensation plans for them. All Other Compensation consists principally of the matching amounts under the Company's Supplemental Retirement Plan and Section 401(k) Plan (described below under "Retirement Plans"), automobile allowances, reimbursements for medical insurance premiums and, in the case of Messrs. W. Ray Wallace and Timothy R. Wallace, directors' fees.
Stock Option Plans The Company's 1993 Stock Option and Incentive Plan that was approved by the stockholders at the Annual Meeting held on July 21, 1993 permits the grant of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, performance and other stock related awards. The 1993 stock option plan terminated the Company's earlier 1989 stock option plan which in turn had terminated the Company's 1983 stock option plan, except in each case for options granted and outstanding under the prior plans. Stock options that expire, terminate or are surrendered unexercised under the prior plans are available for further award under the 1993 plan. At April 30, 1996, options were granted and outstanding under the 1993 plan on 919,124 shares of the Company's Common Stock, under the 1989 plan on 647,881 shares, and under the 1983 plan on 109,282 shares. The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors determines the officers and key employees to whom options are granted, the type of options, the number of shares covered by such options, the option vesting schedule and, if other than an incentive stock option for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code, the option exercise price. In the case of incentive stock options, the Internal Revenue Code requires that the option exercise price must not be less than the fair market value of the stock at the time that the option is granted and, in the case of any employee owning directly or indirectly more than ten percent (10%) of the total outstanding Common Stock, the option exercise price for an incentive stock option must be at least one hundred ten percent (110%) of the fair market value. Options become exercisable as set forth in the option agreements pursuant to which they are issued, but in no event are incentive stock options exercisable after the expiration of ten (10) years from the date of grant (or, in the case of an employee owning directly or indirectly more than ten percent (10%) of the total outstanding Common Stock, five (5) years from the date of grant). Regardless of any vesting schedule contained in an option agreement, the plan provides for the acceleration of vesting in certain events, including the optionee's death, disability or retirement, the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, certain reorganizations of the Company or the acquisition of fifty percent (50%) or more of the Company's outstanding Common Stock as a result of a tender or exchange offer other than by the Company. All rights to exercise an option terminate immediately upon an employee's discharge for cause, ten (10) days after an employee's resignation, three (3) months after an employee's disability, twelve (12) months after an employee's death and three (3) years (or three (3) months in case of incentive stock options) after the employee's retirement. All stock appreciation rights and limited stock appreciation rights, if any, terminate immediately upon cessation of employment, regardless of the reason for such cessation. Recipients of options may pay the option exercise price in cash or by delivering to the Company shares of the Company's Common Stock already owned by the optionee having a fair market value equal to the option exercise price. When the optionee surrenders stock already owned by him in payment of the exercise price, the optionee will be granted, except in limited instances, a new option on shares equal in number to those surrendered at an option exercise price that is the fair market value of the Company's Common Stock on the date of the new grant and exercisable no earlier than six (6) months after the date of such new grant. An optionee also may elect to satisfy the income tax withholding requirement upon the exercise of a nonincentive stock option either by payment of the amount of such withholding obligation in cash or through the retention by the Company of a number of shares of Common Stock out of the shares being purchased with a fair market value equal to the amount of the withholding obligation, but no new option is awarded for the shares retained to satisfy the employee's income tax withholding requirement. The provisions of the 1993 plan may be modified or amended at any time or from time to time by the Board of Directors; provided, however, no option at any time outstanding may be impaired or canceled without the consent of the holder thereof, and no amendment can increase the maximum number of shares subject to the plan, reduce the option exercise price of shares contrary to the provisions of the plan or materially modify the requirements as to eligibility for participation in the plan, without stockholder approval. One of the goals of the 1993 plan is to make the key executives to whom options are granted long term stockholders of the Company in order that their long range economic interests will be more directly aligned with the long term economic interests of the Company's stockholders. Further, the awards are designed to retain and develop a strong management team who will be dependent upon value created for the Company's stockholders for an accumulation of significant personal wealth. All stock options granted by the Company after the adoption of the 1993 plan have been granted under the Company's Executive Stock Ownership Program, other than options granted to Mr. W. Ray Wallace and "reload options", i.e., options granted to an optionee for the number of shares previously owned that the optionee surrendered in payment of the exercise price of a stock option. Options granted under the Company's Executive Stock Ownership Program become exercisable only in annual installments over a period of eight (8) years and must be exercised before ten (10) years from the date of the grant. More importantly, the shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of the option are restricted in respect to their transferability and are not transferable from the date of the exercise until the expiration of five (5) years thereafter, when fifty percent (50%) of the shares become transferable, and until the expiration of ten years thereafter, when the balance of the shares become transferable, except upon death, disability or normal retirement or a change in the control of the Company, or with the consent of the Compensation Committee (which consent will only be granted upon special request in case of hardship, to purchase a home, to pay for a child's education or for any other reason deemed appropriate by the Compensation Committee). The following table contains information concerning the grant of stock options with respect to fiscal 1996 each of the executives named in the Summary Compensation Table. OPTION GRANTS IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
Individual Grants -------------------------------------------------------- Percent of Total Potential Realizable Value Options at Assumed Annual Granted Market Rates of Stock Price to Exercise Price Appreciation For Option Term Employ- or on --------------------------------- ees in Base Date At 5% At 10% Options Fiscal Price of Expiration Annual Annual Name Granted Year ($/Sh) Grant Date Growth Growth All Stockholders' Stock appreciation N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A $978,000,000 $2,478,000,000 W. Ray Wallace - - - - - - - Timothy R. Wallace - - - - - - - John T. Sanford 13,202 - $37,875 $37,875 04/13/03 $314,000 $797,000 Mark W. Stiles - - - - - - - John Dane III - - - - - - - The stock options shown in the table were granted pursuant to the reload provisions of the 1993 plan. The Company has not granted any stock appreciation rights but most of the Company's stock option agreements provide that the option may be surrendered for cash for the difference between the then market value of the shares and the option exercise price within thirty (30) days after the acquisition of fifty percent (50%) of the Company's Common Stock pursuant to a tender or exchange offer other than one made by the Company.
The table below sets forth information concerning each exercise of stock options by each of the named executive officers during the most recently completed fiscal year and the number of exercisable and unexercisable stock options held by them and the fiscal year-end value of the exercisable and unexercisable options. Aggregated Option Exercises In Last Fiscal Year And FY-End Option Values
Value of Number of Unexercised Unexercised in-the-Money Shares Options at Fiscal Options at Fiscal Acquired Value Year-End Year-End Name on Realized Exercise Exercisable/ Exercisable/ Unexercisable Unexercisable W. Ray Wallace - - 450,000 $6,181,253 75,000 $515,625 Timothy R. Wallace 26,427 $579,922 142,323 $1,839,782 101,250 $881,091 John T. Sanford 58,088 $1,057,238 46,699 $322,620 101,250 $881,091 Mark W. Stiles - - 12,317 $99,539 20,250 $176,218 John Dane III - - 70,030 $597,874 101,250 $881,091
Retirement Plans The Company has noncontributory, defined benefit retirement and death benefit plans which are available to all eligible employees who have completed specified periods of employment. The benefits of the plans are funded by periodic contributions to retirement trusts that invest the Company's contributions and earnings thereon in order to pay the benefits to the employees. The plans provide for the payment of monthly retirement benefits determined under a calculation based on credited years of service and/or a participant's compensation. Retirement benefits are paid to participants upon normal retirement at the age of 65 or later, or upon early retirement. The plans also provide for the payment of certain disability and death benefits. The Company has also adopted a Supplemental Pension Plan that permits the payment of supplemental benefits to certain employees whose annual benefits under the foregoing retirement plan would exceed those permitted by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"). The Supplemental Pension Plan provides that if at any time the amount of the annual retirement benefit which would otherwise be payable under the Company's pension plan is or becomes limited by reason of compliance with the Code, such person shall be entitled to receive a supplemental pension benefit equal to the difference between the benefit that such person receives under the Company's pension plan and the benefit that such person would have received if such limitation had not been in effect. The benefits are payable from the general assets of the Company. The following table reflects the estimated aggregate annual benefits, computed on the basis of a monthly benefit payable for ten (10) years certain and life thereafter, payable under such plans to a fully vested executive officer of the Company upon retirement at age 65 after 10, 20, 30 and 40 credited years of service at the annual remuneration levels set forth in the table. Pension Plan Table Years of Service Remuneration 10 20 30 40 $100,000 $9,760 $19,520 $29,290 $39,040 $150,000 14,760 29,520 44,280 59,040 $200,000 19,760 39,520 59,280 79,040 $250,000 24,760 49,520 74,280 99,040 $300,000 29,760 59,520 89,280 119,040 $350,000 34,760 69,520 104,280 139,040 $400,000 39,760 79,520 119,280 159,040 $450,000 44,760 89,520 134,280 179,040 $500,000 49,760 99,520 149,280 199,040 $550,000 54,760 109,520 164,280 219,040 $600,000 59,760 119,520 179,280 239,040 $650,000 64,760 129,520 194,280 259,040 $700,000 69,760 139,520 209,280 279,040 $750,000 74,760 149,520 224,280 299,040 $800,000 79,760 159,520 239,280 319,040 $850,000 84,760 169,520 254,280 339,040 The compensation covered under those plans is the same as the salary and bonus reported earlier in the Summary Compensation Table. The annual benefits shown are not subject to any deduction for Social Security benefits or other offset amounts. The five (5) executive officers named in the Summary Compensation Table above have credited years of service under the plans under which they are covered as follows: Mr. Timothy R. Wallace has 21 years; Mr. Sanford has 12 years; Mr. Stiles has 4 years; and Mr. Dane has 9 years. Mr. W. Ray Wallace began receiving pension payments at age 65 of $126,933 per year from the Company's regular retirement plan. The Company also is obligated to pay supplemental retirement benefits to Mr. W. Ray Wallace, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, under an agreement made by the Company in 1990 which provides that the Company will supplement, commencing at his actual retirement, his other retirement benefits from the Company so that his aggregate retirement benefits from the Company will equal eighty percent (80%) of the average of his annual cash compensation earned during his most highly compensated five (5) consecutive years of employment. At March 31, 1996, the estimated annual benefit payable to him upon his retirement under this unfunded supplemental retirement program was $1,838,000. The Company maintains a Section 401(k) plan that permits employees to elect to set aside up to ten percent (10%) of their compensation (subject to the maximum limit on the amount of compensation permitted by the Code to be deferred for this purpose) in a trust to pay future retirement benefits. The Company matches fifty percent (50%) of the lesser of (i) the amount that the employee elects to set aside for this purpose or (ii) six percent (6%) of the employee's compensation. The Company also maintains a similar plan for its "highly compensated employees", as defined in the Code. The highly compensated employees are not limited as to the percentage of their compensation which may be contributed to the plan; however, the Company only matches the lesser of (i) the amount that the employee elects to set aside for this purpose or (ii) six percent (6%) of the employee's compensation (but the Company never contributes more than it would have contributed if the "highly compensated employees" had participated in the Section 401(k) plan). Participation in the Section 401(k) plan by all such "highly compensated employees" would have an adverse effect on the Section 401(k) plan. Contributions under the latter plan are also made to a trust, but unlike the contributions by the Company to the trust created pursuant to the Section 401(k) plan (which are deductible by the Company when paid to the trust), the contributions of the Company to the trust for the "highly compensated employees" are not deductible by the Company for federal income tax purposes until such amounts are paid out by the trust. Further, the assets of the trust created under the plan for the "highly compensated employees" are considered part of the general assets of the Company that can be attached by its creditors. Change of Control Agreements On June 8, 1989, the Board of Directors authorized agreements with each of the executive officers named in the Summary Compensation Table above and others to provide certain severance benefits to them in the event of a termination of employment following a change of control (as defined in the agreements) of the Company. Each agreement provides that if there is a change of control of the Company and if the Company terminates the executive's employment other than as a result of the executive's death, disability or retirement, or for cause (as defined in the agreements), or if the executive terminates his employment for good reason (as defined in the agreements), then the Company will pay to such executive a lump sum equal to three (3) times the amount of the executive's base salary and bonus paid by the Company and its subsidiaries to the executive during the twelve (12) months prior to termination or, if higher, the twelve (12) months prior to the change of control of the Company. The severance benefits provided by the agreements also include certain fringe benefits to which each executive would have been entitled if the executive had continued in the employment of the Company for thirty-six (36) months after the executive's termination, and a supplemental benefit based on the Company's retirement plan, which benefit is payable in a series of cash payments. The agreements further provide that if any payment to which the executive is entitled would be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, then the Company will pay to the executive an additional amount so that the net amount retained by the executive is equal to the amount that otherwise would be payable to the executive if no such excise tax had been imposed. Report of the Compensation Committee on Executive Compensation The following report is submitted by the Compensation Committee for inclusion in this Proxy Statement pursuant to the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission: The Company's executive compensation program is administered by the Compensation Committee appointed by the Board of Directors and is composed of independent outside directors. The Compensation Committee is responsible for setting and overseeing the administration of policy that governs the compensation of the Company's executives. It establishes the base salary, the incentive compensation, the deferred compensation and the stock options of each officer of the Company. It is the Compensation Committee's policy to provide a competitive and comprehensive compensation program to attract, motivate, reward and retain the key executives needed to enhance the profitability of the Company and to create value for its stockholders. The Compensation Committee believes that the Company's executive compensation should consist of competitive base salaries and incentive compensation plans that reward both short and long term performance. The key components of the Company's executive compensation program in the last fiscal year were a base salary, incentive compensation and in some cases, deferred compensation. The Compensation Committee periodically reviews each component of the Company's executive compensation program to ensure that pay levels and incentive opportunities are competitive, directly linked to performance and aligned with the interest of stockholders. The Compensation Committee determines each executive's compensation based upon past and expected future performance, the executive's responsibilities within the Company, and the executive's value to the Company as determined by the Committee. Base Salary The Compensation Committee each year reviews each executive's performance and establishes each executive's base salary based upon past and expected future performance, and the executive's responsibilities within the Company. The Compensation Committee also considers a survey of salaries of senior executives of other companies provided by an independent outside consultant. Base salaries are determined each year for each executive of the Company. Base salaries for the Chief Executive Officer and each of the other four most highly compensated officers for the fiscal years ending March 31, 1996, 1995 and 1994, are shown in the Summary Compensation Table. Incentive Compensation The Company's annual incentive bonuses of its executive officers are tied to the Company's success in achieving significant performance goals. An incentive bonus is determined for each executive upon the basis of the achievement of certain financial goals set each year by the Compensation Committee at the beginning of the year. The Company's corporate executives' performance targets are directly related to the Company's consolidated income before federal income tax; and targets of division executives responsible for the operation of a division or segment of the Company are directly related to the operating profits achieved by that division or segment. The performance goals are predetermined by the Compensation Committee on the basis of the Company's past performance and anticipated future performance. In the case of both corporate and division executives, the total amount of incentive compensation that may be earned in any year is limited to a predetermined maximum percentage of base salary. Stock Options and Deferred Compensation The long term incentive element of the Company's management compensation program is generally in the form of stock option grants. The Committee's objective is to create an opportunity for officers and other key employees of the Company to acquire a proprietary interest in the Company that aligns the executive's interest with the interest of the Company's stockholders. In April, 1993, the Compensation Committee made awards under the Executive Stock Ownership Program of nonqualified stock options on a larger number of shares that typically had been granted in previous years and provided for a ratable exercise over an eight year period (instead of the usual five years) and also provided that the shares acquired upon exercise would be subject to restrictions on transferability for periods after exercise of five years (when restrictions would lapse on fifty percent of the shares) and ten years (when restrictions would lapse on the other fifty percent of the shares), except in the case of the death, disability or retirement or a change in control of the Company or with the consent of the Compensation Committee. Consequently, the Compensation Committee did not award any stock options to executives in the fiscal year ended March 31, 1996, other than reload options. Commencing April 1, 1994, the Company established a deferred compensation plan for certain key officers of the Company other than Mr. W. Ray Wallace, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. Under the deferred compensation plan, ten percent (10%) of the participant's annual base salary and incentive compensation is accrued on the books of the Company, together with interest at the prime rate of a specified national bank, to be paid, as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company after consultation with the participant in annual installments over five years or other periods as determined by the Board of Directors. Payment of the deferred compensation commences one year and one day after the participant's termination of employment with the Company. If the participant dies, the installments are paid to his or her designated beneficiary. The installment payments terminate if the participant, without the prior written consent of the Company, directly or indirectly, becomes or serves as an officer, employee, owner or partner of any business which competes in a material manner with the Company. Chief Executive Officer Compensation The base salary, incentive compensation and stock option grants to Mr. W. Ray Wallace, the Company's Chief Executive Officer, are set within the philosophy and policies enunciated above for all other executives of the Company. His base salary in Fiscal 1996 was fixed by the Committee after reviewing the performance of the Company in Fiscal 1995, after considering the positioning of the Company for future years, and after assessing Mr. Wallace's past and ongoing personal performance in the position of Chief Executive Officer. The Compensation Committee did not follow any set formula in making such determination, but considered, among other things, the report of a nationally recognized consulting firm employed to survey the compensation of chief executive officers of other companies, with particular emphasis on companies with sales volumes comparable to that of the Company. Mr. Wallace's incentive compensation in Fiscal 1996 was derived from a formula directly related to the Company's pretax income, which in Fiscal 1996 totaled $186 million, up from $147 million in Fiscal 1995. His incentive compensation for the year is payable fifty (50%) percent currently and fifty (50%) percent in two (2) equal annual installments commencing in April, 1997. Mr. Wallace also has a long term deferred compensation plan with respect to which the Company sets aside annually an amount equal to fifteen percent (15%) of Mr. Wallace's combined salary and bonus in each fiscal year. Pursuant to an agreement between the Company and Mr. Wallace dated July 18, 1990, the Company is obligated to supplement his pension plan and other retirement benefits from the Company so that the aggregate amount of all his retirement benefits from the Company will equal eighty percent (80%) of his average annual compensation for the five consecutive years in which he was most highly compensated by the Company. Dean P. Guerin, Chairman David W. Biegler, Member Compensation Committee Jess T. Hay, Member Ray J. Pulley, Member Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation No member of the Compensation Committee is a current or former officer or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries. Mr. W. Ray Wallace was, until April 1995, prior to Mr. Biegler's membership on the Compensation Committee of the Company, a director of ENSERCH Corporation and a member of its Audit Committee and the Chairman of its Compensation Committee, of which Mr. Biegler, a director of the Company, is the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. The members of the Board of Directors of the Company were fully informed of this relationship. Performance Graph The following graph shows a comparison of the five (5) year cumulative return (assuming reinvestment of any dividends) for the Company, the New York Stock Exchange Index and the Dow Jones Transportation Equipment Index. The sources for the information contained in this table in respect to the return for the Company and for the Dow Jones Transportation Index are STAR Services, Inc. and, in respect to the New York Stock Exchange Index, is Media General Financial Services. [Appearing at this point is a performance graph comparing the five (5) year cumulative return (assuming reinvestment of any dividends) for the Company, the New York Stock Exchange Index and the Dow Jones Transportation Equipment Index, with the following plot points expressed dollars: 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Trinity 100 116 184 233 233 222 DJ Transport. 100 131 157 181 162 190 NYSE Index 100 110 126 131 146 190] COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 16(a) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires the Company's executive officers, directors and persons who own more than ten percent (10%) of the Company's Common Stock to file initial reports of ownership and changes in ownership with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). These reports are also filed with the New York Stock Exchange and a copy of each report is furnished to the Company. Additionally, SEC regulations require that the Company identify any individuals for whom one of the referenced reports was not filed on a timely basis during the most recent fiscal year. To the Company's knowledge, based solely on review of reports furnished to it and written representations that no other reports were required during and with respect to the fiscal year ended March 31, 1996, each individual who was required to file such reports during the fiscal year complied with the applicable filing requirements. RELATIONSHIP WITH INDEPENDENT AUDITORS Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors, or a predecessor of that firm, have been the auditors of the accounts of the Company each year since 1958, including the fiscal year ended March 31, 1996. It is anticipated that representatives of Ernst & Young LLP will be present at the 1996 Annual Meeting, will have the opportunity to make a statement if they so desire and will be available to respond to appropriate questions raised at the 1996 Annual Meeting or submitted to them in writing before the 1996 Annual Meeting. Ernst & Young LLP has informed the Company that it does not have any direct financial interest in the Company and that it has not had any direct connection with the Company in the capacity of promoter, underwriter, director, officer or employee. As is customary, auditors for the current fiscal year will be appointed by the Board of Directors at their meeting immediately following the 1996 Annual Meeting upon recommendation of the Audit Committee. STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS Stockholders' proposals to be presented at the 1997 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, for inclusion in the Company's Proxy Statement and form of proxy relating to the meeting, must be received by the Company at its offices in Dallas, Texas, addressed to the Secretary of the Company, not later than February 11, 1997. OTHER MATTERS Management of the Company is not aware of other matters to be presented for action at the 1996 Annual Meeting; however, if any such other matters are presented for action, it is the intention of the persons named in the accompanying form of proxy to vote in accordance with their judgment on such matters. It is important that proxies be returned promptly to avoid unnecessary expense. Therefore, stockholders are urged, regardless of the number of shares owned, to date, sign and return the enclosed proxy in the enclosed business reply envelope. By Order of the Board of Directors J. J. FRENCH, JR. Secretary June 11, 1996 Upon written request from any stockholder of record at May 31, 1996 (or any beneficial owner representing that he is or was entitled to vote at the 1996 Annual Meeting), the Company will furnish to such stockholder, without charge, its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1996, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including financial statements. The Company may impose a reasonable fee for its expenses in connection with providing exhibits referred to in such Form 10-K, if the full text of such exhibits is specifically requested. Requests should be directed to: Mr. F. Dean Phelps, Jr., Vice President, Trinity Industries, Inc., P. O. Box 568887, Dallas, Texas 75356-8887. [FRONT SIDE OF PROXY CARD] TRINITY INDUSTRIES, INC. THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS - July 17, 1996 The undersigned hereby appoints J. J. French, Jr., W. Ray Wallace and Dean P. Guerin and each of them with full power of substitution, attorneys, agents and proxies of the undersigned to vote as directed below the shares of stock which the undersigned would be entitled to vote, if personally present, at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Trinity Industries, Inc. to be held at its offices, 2525 Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, Texas 75207, on Wednesday, July 17, 1996 at 9:30 a.m. Central Daylight Saving Time, and at any adjournment or adjournments thereof. If more than one of the above attorneys shall be present in person or by substitution at such meeting or at any adjournment thereof, the majority of said attorneys so present and voting, either in person or by substitution, shall exercise all of the powers hereby given. The undersigned hereby revokes any proxy or proxies heretofore given to vote upon or act with respect to such shares of stock and hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys, their substitutes, or any of them, may lawfully do by virtue hereof. (1) Election of eight (8) Directors: David W. Biegler, Barry J. Galt, Clifford J. Grum, Dean P. Guerin, Jess T. Hay, Edmund M. Hoffman, Timothy R. Wallace and W. Ray Wallace. ___ /___/ FOR all nominees listed above (except as marked to the contrary) ___ /___/ WITHHOLD AUTHORITY to vote for all nominees listed above INSTRUCTION: To withhold authority to vote for one or more, but not all, of the above-named nominees, check the box before "FOR" and indicate your desire to withhold such authority by drawing a line through the name(s) of such nominee(s). (2) In their discretion on such other matters as may properly come before the meeting. (Please sign on reverse side) [BACK SIDE OF PROXY CARD] (Continued from other side) THIS PROXY, WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE UNDERSIGNED. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR EACH OF THE ABOVE NAMED NOMINEES FOR DIRECTOR. Signature(s): _____________________ _____________________ Date Signed: _____________________ Please sign exactly as your name appears on the proxy. If your stock is jointly owned, both parties must sign. Fiduciaries and representatives should so indicate when signing, and when more than one is named, a majority should sign. If signed by a corporation, its seal should be affixed. PLEASE DATE, SIGN AND RETURN THIS PROXY PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. NO POSTAGE IS REQUIRED. -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----