UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 14A (RULE 14a-101) INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION 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:
[FLOWSERVE LOGO] Irving, Texas 75039 March 18, 2002 NOTICE OF 2002 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS Flowserve's Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held on Thursday, April 18, 2002, at 11:00 a.m. We are holding the meeting at the Crescent Court Hotel, 400 Crescent Court, Dallas, Texas. If you owned Flowserve common stock at the close of business on March 4, 2002, you may vote at this meeting. At the meeting we plan to: o elect three directors to each serve a three-year term, and o attend to other business properly presented at the meeting. This booklet includes the notice of annual meeting and the proxy statement. The proxy statement contains information you should consider when you vote your shares. The Board is not aware of any other proposals for the annual meeting. Your vote is important. Whether or not you plan to attend the meeting in person, we hope that you will vote. We ask you to vote by completing and mailing the proxy card in the enclosed envelope. On behalf of Flowserve's Board of Directors, Ronald F. Shuff Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
FLOWSERVE CORPORATION PROXY STATEMENT THE ANNUAL MEETING AND VOTING This proxy statement and proxy card contain information about the election of directors you will vote on at the annual meeting. Who can vote and number of votes If you are a shareholder of record at the close of business on March 4, 2002, you can vote. You have one vote for each share you own. How to vote You may vote in person by attending the meeting or by completing and returning a proxy by mail. To vote your proxy, mark your vote on the enclosed proxy card; then follow the instructions on the card. Your shares will then be voted according to your directions. If you do not mark any selections, your shares will be voted as recommended by the Board of Directors. Whether you plan to attend the meeting or not, we encourage you to vote by proxy as soon as possible. Changing your vote You can revoke your proxy before the time of the meeting by: o mailing in a revised proxy dated later than the first or o notifying Flowserve's corporate secretary in writing that you are revoking your proxy. You may also revoke your proxy by voting in person at the meeting. A quorum for the meeting A majority of the outstanding shares, present or represented by proxy, is a quorum. A quorum is necessary to conduct business at the annual meeting. You are part of the quorum if you have voted by proxy. Votes withheld from director nominees count at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum. Under the law of New York, Flowserve's state of incorporation, only "votes cast" count in the voting results. Withheld votes will not be considered "votes cast." Directors are elected by a plurality of votes cast. At the close of business on March 4, 2002, the record date for the meeting, Flowserve had 45,310,922 shares of common stock which may be voted. Cost of proxy solicitation Flowserve pays the cost of soliciting proxies. We will reimburse brokerage firms and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses for sending proxy materials to shareholders and obtaining their votes. Shareholder director nominations If you are a shareholder entitled to vote at an annual meeting, you may nominate one or more persons for election as directors of Flowserve at that meeting. You may do this by sending a written notice to: Corporate Secretary, Flowserve Corporation, 222 West Las Colinas Boulevard, Suite 1500, Irving, TX 75039. The notice must include certain information about the persons you nominate. Generally, we must receive it not less than 50 days before the annual meeting date. However, if fewer than 60 days' notice of the meeting date is given to shareholders, we must receive it not later than the tenth day following this notice. The proposed nomination will be referred to the Executive Committee of the Board for further consideration. For complete details, contact the corporate secretary. Shareholder proposals Flowserve plans to hold its next annual meeting on April 17, 2003. You must submit shareholder proposals in writing by November 18, 2002, for them to be considered for the 2003 proxy statement. Please address all shareholder proposals to the corporate secretary of Flowserve at the above address.
Voting by participants in the Flowserve Corporation Retirement Savings Plan If you are a participant in the Flowserve Corporation Retirement Savings Plan, the proxy card serves as a voting instruction to the trustee for the Plan. This card indicates the number of shares of common stock credited to your account under the Retirement Savings Plan as of March 4, 2002, the record date for voting at the meeting. o If you sign and return the card on time, the trustee will vote the shares as you have directed. o If you do not return the card, the trustee will vote your shares in the same proportion as the shares voted by participants who return their cards to the trustee. Vote counting Votes are counted by employees of National City Bank, Flowserve's independent transfer agent and registrar. This bank is inspector of elections. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Committees and meetings of the Board The Board of Directors considers all major decisions of Flowserve. The Board met five times in 2001. All directors attended at least 75% of the meetings of the Board and committees on which they served. The Board maintained the following committees in 2001: Audit/Finance Committee The Audit/Finance Committee advises the Board on strategic financial matters, including making recommendations on acquisitions, divestitures, major financing, pension fund performance, capital structure and dividend policy. The committee meets with Flowserve's independent auditors, as well as the Company's internal auditors and management personnel, to review the scope and results of the annual external and internal audits of the Company. The committee considers the recommendations of the independent internal and external auditors pertaining to accounting practices, policies and procedures, and overall internal controls. The committee approves major capital expenditures made in the ordinary course of business. It also approves annually the appointment of independent auditors for the Company. In addition, this committee issued the report of the Audit/Finance Committee located on page 15 of this proxy statement. The committee met five times in 2001. Compensation Committee The Compensation Committee is responsible for establishing executive compensation for officers and key management personnel. This is done by the committee in a manner that is internally equitable, externally competitive and an incentive for effective performance in the best interests of shareholders. The committee has the authority of the Board to fix the compensation of officers, including the Chief Executive Officer, who are elected by the Board. The committee is responsible for reviewing the management succession plan and for recommending changes in director compensation to the Board. In addition, this committee issues the report of the Compensation Committee on executive compensation located on page 12 of this proxy statement. The committee met four times in 2001. Executive Committee The Executive Committee has authority to act on behalf of the Board, except about matters not delegable to a committee under the New York Business Corporation Law. The committee makes recommendations to the Board for the positions of Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer and candidates for director. The committee also reviews and makes recommendations to the Board on Board self-governance matters. This committee met two times in 2001. BOARD SELF-GOVERNANCE GUIDELINES The Board has adopted internal self-governance guidelines designed to promote superior management of the Company. The guidelines address the director selection process and the composition of Board committees (including selection of an outside director as chairperson of the Executive Committee). They also cover the formal process for Board review of Chief Executive Officer, individual director and full Board performance. The guidelines establish requirements for director stock ownership, including requiring the receipt of one-half of a director's target annual compensation in the form of restricted common stock. The guidelines 2
further mandate that directors own common stock with a value of at least $100,000 by the end of his or her fifth year of Board service. Finally, these guidelines require the offer of resignation by a non-employee director when the director's principal occupation has changed during a term of office. DIRECTORS' COMPENSATION Non-employee directors receive an annual retainer with a total target value of $45,000 per year. The cash portion of this retainer is $25,000 and the remaining portion is paid in the form of restricted stock with a grant date valuation equal to $20,000. Dividends and voting rights accompany the restricted stock which vests after one year. Non-employee directors also receive an annual stock option grant at fair market value covering 1,500 shares of common stock. Committee chairpersons receive an additional annual retainer of $2,500 and an additional option grant of 200 shares. All non-employee directors are also eligible to receive $500 for attendance at any special meeting requiring travel. Directors may elect to defer all or part of this compensation. Interest is paid on cash deferrals. For directors electing to defer the cash retainer in the form of Flowserve stock, the deferral is increased by 15%. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS Flowserve's Board of Directors has nine members who are divided into three classes. Directors are elected for three-year terms. The terms for members of each class end in successive years. The Board of Directors has nominated three members of the class of directors, whose terms of office are expiring, to each serve for new three-year terms that will end in 2005. They are Messrs. Michael F. Johnston, Charles M. Rampacek and Kevin E. Sheehan. The individuals named as proxies on the enclosed proxy card will vote your proxy for the election of these nominees unless you withhold authority to vote for any one or more of them. If any director is unable to stand for election, the Board may reduce the number of directors or choose a substitute. 3
NOMINEES TO SERVE FOR A THREE-YEAR TERM EXPIRING IN 2005
DIRECTORS WHOSE TERMS EXPIRE IN 2003
DIRECTORS WHOSE TERMS EXPIRE IN 2004
FLOWSERVE STOCK OWNERSHIP This table shows beneficial ownership of Flowserve common stock by directors and executive officers at March 1, 2002. The named executive officers are the current Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Greer, and the other four current officers who were the highest paid in 2001 and one additional former officer. No individual director, nominee or executive officer owned more than 1% of the outstanding shares of Flowserve common stock. The total ownership shown for directors and executive officers as a group (including shares that could be purchased by exercise of stock options within 60 days after March 1, 2002) represents approximately 1.9% of outstanding shares. Unless otherwise indicated, voting power and investment power are exercised solely by the named individual or are shared by the individual and his or her family members. STOCK OWNERSHIP OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Compliance with director and officer reporting requirements Section 16(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 requires that directors and executive officers file reports with the SEC regarding their ownership of Flowserve stock and any changes in their ownership. We believe that all of these reports were filed on a timely basis in 2001. OWNER OF MORE THAN 5% OF FLOWSERVE STOCK The following shareholder reported to the Securities and Exchange Commission its ownership of more than 5% of Flowserve common stock. We know of no other shareholder holding 5% or more of Flowserve stock.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE This table summarizes the compensation for the CEO and the other four executive officers and one former officer who were the highest paid in 2001.
2001 STOCK OPTION GRANTS
(2) Exercise price and withholding taxes paid through delivery of "already owned" shares upon exercise so the net increase was 10,197 shares of which 5,250 shares were immediately sold. (3) Exercise price and withholding taxes paid through delivery of "already owned" shares upon exercise so the net increase was 4,234 shares. (4) All shares issued upon exercise were immediately sold. PENSION PLANS Flowserve provides pension benefits to executive officers under Flowserve's qualified "cash balance" defined benefit pension plan and its non-qualified supplemental executive retirement plans. The supplemental plans provide benefits that plan participants cannot receive under the qualified plan because of Internal Revenue Code limits. Since July 1, 1999, when the Company's pension plan was converted to the cash balance design, participants accrue contribution credits based on age and years of service at the rate of 3% to 7% for qualified earnings up to the Social Security wage base and at the rate of 6% to 12% for qualified earnings in excess of the Social Security wage base. Qualified earnings include salary and annual incentive payments. For executive officers, including the executives listed below, contribution percentages are increased by 5% under provisions of the non-qualified plan. Participants also earn interest on the accrued cash benefit amount in their plan accounts. The following executives (except Messrs. Greer and Dailey) also received certain transitional benefits in their plan account balances when the Company converted to the cash balance plan. The estimated annual retirement annuities for the following officers at age 65 are:
EMPLOYMENT AND CHANGE IN CONTROL ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS The Company entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Greer as of July 1, 1999, for him to join the Company as President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Greer became Chief Executive Officer on January 1, 2000 and Chairman of the Board on April 20, 2000. Mr. Greer's employment agreement includes the following compensation: (i) annual base salary now equal to $670,670, subject to increase based on annual reviews, (ii) minimum annual bonus opportunity of no less than 75% of base salary and participation in the Long-Term Incentive Plan, (iii) a stock option grant to purchase 700,000 shares of Flowserve common stock and a restricted stock grant of 100,000 shares and (iv) an interest-free loan of $325,738, forgiven after five year's employment (or pro rata for shorter periods), in recognition of his willingness to promptly relocate and resulting loss of equity on his prior home. Pursuant to an agreement commencing March 1, 2002, Mr. Wynn will receive certain payments equivalent to one-year salary continuation in addition to his retirement benefits to be paid over a one-year period. CHANGE-IN-CONTROL ARRANGEMENTS The Company maintains an executive severance plan covering Mr. Greer, Mr. Dailey, Ms. Hornbaker, Mr. Shedlarski, Mr. Shuff and certain other officers of the Company providing certain benefits. These benefits are paid in the event the officer's employment is terminated immediately prior to or within two years after a change-in-control and include the following payments: (i) three times the sum of the officer's base salary and the average of target awards under incentive plans, (ii) immediate vesting of non-exercisable stock-based compensation (iii) continuation of participation in certain employee benefit plans for three years and (iv) full reimbursement for certain potential excise tax liabilities. REPORT OF THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE Committee membership and charter The Compensation Committee of the Board consists of four directors, none of whom is a present or former officer or employee of the Company. The Board-adopted statement of purposes and responsibilities of the Compensation Committee states that the Committee is charged with the broad responsibility of seeing that officers and key management personnel are effectively compensated in terms of salaries, supplemental compensation, and benefits that are internally equitable and externally competitive. Committee compensation philosophy Following that charter, and in order to tie compensation directly to performance, the Committee has adopted an "incentive-leveraged" compensation policy. This policy offers the Company's officers, including the Chief Executive Officer, the opportunity to supplement their base salaries with substantial cash and stock-based incentives when Company financial objectives are achieved. Compensation benchmark evaluation process The Committee has established for all officers, including the Chief Executive Officer, a compensation policy which would place the officers' total annual cash compensation (consisting of salary and annual incentive plan awards) at the fiftieth percentile of companies of comparable size, if the Company attains its target financial goals under its incentive plans. In addition, the Committee has established total compensation targets, which include long-term incentive targets in addition to annual cash compensation targets, which it believes represent the fiftieth percentile of total compensation for industrial companies of comparable size. The Committee established these benchmarks based on data received by the Committee from Hay Associates and Hewitt Associates to allow the Committee to consider overall executive compensation trends. Incentive plans - 2001 overview In 2001, the Company continued to maintain an annual incentive plan and long-term incentive plan. For 2001, the Company's Chief Executive Officer's target annual and long-term incentives were set, when combined, to be 125% of his individual salary reference rate if all goals were met. In comparison, the total target combined annual and long-term incentives were set within a band of 95 to 115% of salary for other officers listed in the Summary Compensation Table on page 9. 12
Incentive Plans - 2001 goals The Committee approved an earnings per share goal for the 2001 Annual Incentive Plan. This goal was then used to establish an aggregate incentive "award pool" for the Company which is designed to reinforce the direct linkage between corporate performance and officer awards. However, the Committee also authorized the CEO to utilize more discretion in 2001 in recommending the amount of actual award to be delivered from this pool for subsequent Committee approval. The Committee retained sole direct authority to set the CEO target and approve any CEO award under this Plan. The Committee intends to keep this basic plan design in effect for the 2002 Annual Incentive Plan. The Committee decided to change the design of the Long-Term Incentive Plan design for the 2001 - 2003 plan cycle. For this cycle, the goals are based on a target of significant annual growth in Company earnings per share. The Long-Term goals in the Plan covering 1999 - 2001 and 2000 - 2002, which are EVA-based (and which thus require the Company to earn "economic value added" over the Company's calculated cost of capital for awards), were unaffected. The Company intends to continue the Long-Term Incentive Plan design implemented in 2001 for the 2002-2004 cycle. Incentive plans - 2001 results For 2001, the CEO and the other named officers received significantly reduced Annual Incentive Plan awards as compared to 2000. This result occurred despite the fact that the Company reported earnings per share, before special items, of $1.42 per share for 2001, as compared to the counterpart 2000 results of $1.35 per share. The primary reason for this annual award reduction was that the Company fell short of its internal 2001 financial goals, although the Company did improve over the counterpart 2000 results. Despite this year-over-year financial improvement, the Committee authorized no awards under the Long-Term Incentive Plan cycle for the three-year period ending December 31, 2001, since applicable EVA goals under this cycle were not attained. Stock-based compensation Stock Options. With regard to stock options, the Committee has adopted a stock option plan administration policy under which options are normally granted annually to officers and selected key employees, as a part of their long-term incentive compensation targets, to better link the objectives of management and shareholders. However, Mr. Greer did not receive a grant in 2001 since he received a special recruitment grant when he joined the Company in 1999. For 2002, the Company intends to continue the stock option granting program. Mr. Greer will first become eligible, under the terms of his hiring agreement, to begin participation in the stock option granting program on July 1, 2002. Restricted Stock. None of the officers listed in the Summary Compensation Table received restricted stock grants in 2001. The Committee normally awards these grants only under special circumstances. Stock ownership guidelines The Committee, as part of its review of stock-based compensation, adopted personal stock ownership guidelines for all the Company officers. These guidelines require personal equity holdings equal to four times salary for the Chief Executive Officer and two times salary for the other officers within a prescribed period. Officers failing to meet their personal ownership target are subject to partial forfeiture of their eligibility for awards under the annual stock option granting program. Tax deductibility of executive compensation The Committee has not formally adopted a policy with regard to qualifying executive compensation plans for tax deductibility under Internal Revenue Code Section 162(m), since the Company has never yet been affected by this provision. The Committee currently believes that the Company should be able to continue to manage the executive compensation program so as to preserve the related federal income tax deductions, although individual exceptions may occur. George T. Haymaker, Jr. (Chair) Hugh K. Coble Michael F. Johnston Kevin E. Sheehan 13
STOCK PERFORMANCE GRAPHS [GRAPH] This graph compares the most recent five-year performance of Flowserve common stock with the S&P 500 Index and S&P Machinery (Diversified) - 500 Index. It shows an investment of $100 on December 31, 1996, and the reinvestment of any dividends.
REPORT OF THE AUDIT/FINANCE COMMITTEE The Audit/Finance Committee of the Flowserve Corporation Board of Directors is composed of four independent directors. The Committee operates under a written charter adopted by the Board of Directors. A copy of that charter was an attachment to last year's proxy statement. All directors who serve on the Committee are "independent" for purposes of the New York Stock Exchange listing standards. The members of the Committee are listed at the end of this report. Management has primary responsibility for the Company's internal controls and the financial reporting process. The independent accountants are responsible for performing an independent audit of the Company's consolidated financial statements in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and to issue a report on this audit. The Committee's responsibility is to monitor and oversee this process, including the selection of the independent accountants. In this context, the Committee has met and held discussions with management on the Company's consolidated financial statements. Management represented to the Committee that the Company's consolidated financial statements were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The Committee has relied upon this representation without any independent verification, except for the work of the independent accountants. The Committee also discussed these statements with the Company's independent accountants and has relied upon their reported opinion on these financial statements. The Committee further discussed, with the independent accountants, matters required to be discussed by Statement on Auditing Standards No. 61 (Communication with Audit Committees) and No. 90 (Audit Committee Communications), including the independence of these accountants. During this review, the Company's independent accountants also provided to the Committee the written letter required by Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1 (Independence Discussions with Audit Committees). The Committee has also considered whether the principal accountant's provision of non-audit services were compatible with maintaining the accountant's independence in conducting the annual audit and concluded that no conflict existed. Based upon the Committee's discussion with management and the independent accountants, and the Committee's review of the representation of management and the report of the independent accountants to the Committee, the Committee recommended that the Board of Directors include the audited consolidated financial statements in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001. Diane C. Harris (Chair) William C. Rusnack James O. Rollans Charles M. Rampacek 15
OTHER AUDIT INFORMATION Relationship with independent accountants PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP ("PwC") began service as the Company's independent accounting firm in 2000. In this role, PwC audits the financial statements of the Company. The Audit/Finance Committee reviews the fees and services provided by PwC, including both annual audit work and other work. This Committee also reviews any factors that could impact the independence of PwC in conducting the audit. The following chart summarizes the fees for professional services incurred by the Company for the audit of its 2001 financial statements and the other fees billed to the Company by PwC in 2001. In general, the Company has followed the policy of retaining PwC for additional services which are logically related to or natural extensions of the annual audit.
DETACH HERE FLOWSERVE CORPORATION PROXY FOR ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING - APRIL 18, 2002 SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY The undersigned hereby appoints C. SCOTT GREER and KEVIN E. SHEEHAN, and each of them, with full power to act without the other, as proxies with full power of substitution, to represent and to vote on behalf of the undersigned all of the shares of common stock of Flowserve Corporation which the undersigned is entitled in any capacity to vote if personally present at the 2002 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Flowserve Corporation to be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 18, 2002, at the Crescent Court Hotel, 400 Crescent Court, Dallas, Texas, and at any adjournment thereof, upon the election of directors as listed on the reverse side of this proxy and more fully described in the Notice of 2002 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement, dated March 18, 2002, and upon all matters presented at the Annual Meeting but not known to the Board of Directors at a reasonable time before the solicitation of this proxy. THIS PROXY, WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE UNDERSIGNED SHAREHOLDER(S). IF NO DIRECTION IS GIVEN, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR THE ELECTION OF ALL NOMINEES FOR DIRECTOR. (CONTINUED, AND TO BE DATED AND SIGNED, ON OTHER SIDE)
DETACH HERE (Continued from the other side) 1. Election of three directors each for a three-year term.