Summary of 2007 ManagementIncentive Plan
Exhibit 10.24
Summary of
2007 Management Incentive Plan
On January 12, 2007, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Haynes International, Inc. (the Company) approved the 2007 Management Incentive Plan (the Plan). Under the Plan, certain employees of the Company are eligible for cash awards based on Company performance, including, but not limited to, Francis J. Petro, the President and Chief Executive Officer, and the other named executive officers as set forth in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2006, which are Marcel Martin, Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer; August A. Cijan, Vice President Operations; James A. Laird, Vice President International Sales and Marketing; and Gregory M. Spalding, Vice President Haynes Wire and Chief Operating Officer (Messrs. Petro, Martin, Cijan, Laird and Spalding are herein referred to collectively as the named executive officers).
If the Company meets certain specific financial targets established by the Compensation Committee for fiscal 2007 (the Financial Targets), each named executive officer is eligible for a cash payment under the Plan based on fiscal 2007 base salary. The target cash payments under the Plan are 60% of fiscal 2007 base salary for Mr. Petro, 45% of fiscal 2007 base salary for Mr. Martin, Mr. Cijan and Mr. Laird, and 25% of fiscal 2007 base salary for Mr. Spalding. The named executive officers are also eligible for a cash payment under the Plan if the Companys performance is equal to at least 85% of the Financial Targets. Those cash payments would be 35% of fiscal 2007 base salary for Mr. Petro, 25% of fiscal 2007 base salary for Mr. Martin, Mr. Cijan and Mr. Laird, and 12.5% of fiscal 2007 base salary for Mr. Spalding. If the Companys performance exceeds the Financial Targets by at least 15%, the named executive officers would be eligible for cash payments of 90% of fiscal 2007 base salary for Mr. Petro, 67.5% of fiscal 2007 base salary for Mr. Martin, Mr. Cijan and Mr. Laird, and 37.5% of fiscal 2007 base salary for Mr. Spalding. All payments pursuant to the Plan must be approved by the Companys Board of Directors.
Individual awards may be made at the discretion of the Board of Directors even if the Companys performance is below the Financial Targets, provided that liquidity goals for fiscal 2007 established by the Compensation Committee are met. In addition, a discretionary bonus pool is available for grants by the Board of Directors, provided that in no case will total cash bonuses pursuant to the Plan exceed $2.2 million. The Board of Directors has full discretion to eliminate, delay or change any awards or payouts and may choose to pay awards at any level of performance.