Form 8-K
 
 

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): March 17, 2010

Toll Brothers, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         
Delaware   001-09186   23-2416878
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
     
250 Gibraltar Road, Horsham, PA
  19044
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (215) 938-8000

 
 
(Former name or former address if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 
 

 

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Approval of the Toll Brothers, Inc. Senior Officer Bonus Plan

On March 17, 2010, at the 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Toll Brothers, Inc. (the “Company”), the Company’s stockholders approved the Toll Brothers, Inc. Senior Officer Bonus Plan (the “Bonus Plan”). The Bonus Plan replaces the Toll Brothers, Inc. Executive Officer Cash Bonus Plan, which was approved by the Company’s stockholders in 2005.

The Bonus Plan is administered by the Executive Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors and its participants are those officers of the Company designated by the Executive Compensation Committee from time to time. The Executive Compensation Committee has designated Zvi Barzilay, Joel H. Rassman and Douglas C. Yearly, Jr. as participants in the Bonus Plan for the Company’s fiscal year ending October 31, 2010. The Bonus Plan is effective for the Company’s fiscal year ending October 31, 2010 and shall continue unless and until terminated by the Board of Directors.

The Bonus Plan provides that an award may be paid to any participant in the Bonus Plan based on such participant’s achievement of pre-established performance goals, which shall be established by the Executive Compensation Committee based on one or more of the business criteria set forth in the Bonus Plan and in accordance with the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code. No award may exceed $8.5 million (the “Award Cap”) and in no event will the maximum aggregate amount payable to any participant with respect to awards which have performance periods which end in the same fiscal year exceed two times the Award Cap.

The Bonus Plan is described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Schedule 14A in connection with the Company’s 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on March 17, 2010. The foregoing description of the Bonus Plan does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Bonus Plan, a copy of which is incorporated by reference in Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Retirement of Director

Effective as of March 17, 2010, Roger S. Hillas has retired from the Company’s Board of Directors.

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The Company held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on March 17, 2010 (“Annual Meeting”). There were 165,293,308 shares of common stock eligible to vote at the meeting. The results of voting were as follows:

1. Election of Directors:

                         
            Broker
NOMINEES
  FOR   Withheld   Non-Vote
 
           
Zvi Barzilay 
    119,073,780       3,712,850       15,029,188  
Edward G. Boehne 
    121,801,195       985,435       15,029,188  
Richard J. Braemer
    114,515,472       8,271,158       15,029,188  
Carl B. Marbach
    119,393,122       3,393,508       15,029,188  

 

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2. The ratification of the re-appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2010 fiscal year.

         
FOR
    134,897,436  
AGAINST
    2,545,805  
ABSTAIN
    220,587  
BROKER NON-VOTE
    151,990  

3. The approval of the protective amendment to the Company’s Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation to restrict certain transfers of common stock in order to preserve the tax treatment of the Company’s net operating losses and unrealized tax losses.

         
FOR
    91,428,896  
AGAINST
    31,295,411  
ABSTAIN
    62,322  
BROKER NON-VOTE
    15,029,189  

4. The approval of the Toll Brothers, Inc. Section 382 Rights Agreement.

         
FOR
    59,656,071  
AGAINST
    62,965,829  
ABSTAIN
    164,729  
BROKER NON-VOTE
    15,029,189  

5. The approval of the Toll Brothers, Inc. Senior Officer Bonus Plan.

         
FOR
    118,170,790  
AGAINST
    15,098,653  
ABSTAIN
    4,393,584  
BROKER NON-VOTE
    152,791  

6. A stockholder proposal requesting that the board of directors adopt a policy that the chairman of the board be an independent director who has not previously served as an executive officer of the Company.

         
FOR
    30,596,870  
AGAINST
    91,892,290  
ABSTAIN
    297,469  
BROKER NON-VOTE
    15,029,189  

7. A stockholder proposal requesting that the board of directors adopt quantitative goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the Company’s products and operations and report to shareholders on its plans to achieve these goals.

         
FOR
    23,365,298  
AGAINST
    56,508,169  
ABSTAIN
    42,912,162  
BROKER NON-VOTE
    15,030,189  

 

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ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(c). Exhibits.

The following Exhibits are furnished as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K:

     
Exhibit No.   Item
10.1   Toll Brothers, Inc. Senior Officer Bonus Plan (incorporated by reference to Addendum C to Toll Brothers, Inc.’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A for the Toll Brothers, Inc. 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on March 17, 2010 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 1, 2010).

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

     
Dated: March 18, 2010
TOLL BROTHERS, INC.
     
 
By:   Joseph R. Sicree
    Joseph R. Sicree
Senior Vice President,
Chief Accounting Officer

 

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