UNITED STATES
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Washington, DC 20549

 

 

SCHEDULE 14A

 

 

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FLEXSTEEL INDUSTRIES, INC.
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FLEXSTEEL INDUSTRIES, INC.
P.O. Box 877
Dubuque, Iowa 52004-0877

 

AMENDMENT TO PROXY STATEMENT FOR THE ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS MEETING

To Be Held on December 8, 2014

 

 

This Amendment No. 1 (“Amendment No. 1”) amends the definitive proxy statement of Flexsteel Industries, Inc. for its Annual Shareholders Meeting to be held on December 8, 2014 (“Proxy Statement”), which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 28, 2014, in order to provide additional information inadvertently omitted. The Grants of Plan-Based Awards table omitted the grant date fair value of stock awards. This information was included in the Stock Awards column of the Summary Compensation Table. The Ownership of Stock By Directors and Executive Officers table omitted the amount and percentage of Common Stock beneficially owned by Timothy E. Hall and Julia K. Bizzis. The corrected tables are set forth below. Except as specifically set forth herein, this Amendment No. 1 does not modify or update any other disclosures presented in the Proxy Statement. In addition, this Amendment No. 1 does not reflect events occurring after the date of the original filing of the Proxy Statement or modify or update disclosures that may have been affected by subsequent events.

 

Grants of Plan-Based Awards

 

The following table sets forth certain information relating to non-equity and equity incentive plan awards granted to our named executive officers during fiscal 2014.

 

    Estimated Future Payouts
Under Non-Equity
Incentive Plan Awards (1)
  Estimated Future Payouts
Under Equity
Incentive Plan Awards (2)
  All Other
Option
Awards:
Number of
Securities
Underlying
  Exercise
or Base
Price of
Option
  Grant Date
Fair Value
of Stock
and Option
Name   Grant
Date
  Threshold
($)
  Target
($)
  Maximum
($)
  Threshold
(#)
  Target
(#)
  Maximum
(#)
  Options (3)
(#)
  Awards
($/Sh)
  Awards (4)
($)
                                         
Karel K. Czanderna   12/09/13                           3,600   27.57     27,720
    09/09/13   210,000   600,000   1,200,000   7,424   21,211   42,422           480,000
                                         
Timothy E. Hall   12/09/13                           2,400   27.57     18,480
    09/09/13     52,500   150,000      300,000   2,088     5,966   11,931           135,000
                                         
James R. Richardson   12/09/13                           2,400   27.57     18,480
    09/09/13     58,380   166,800      333,600   2,580     7,371   14,741           166,800
                                         
Jeffrey T. Bertsch   12/09/13                           2,400   27.57     18,480
    09/09/13     47,775   136,500      273,000   1,478     4,222     8,445             95,550
                                         
Julia K. Bizzis   12/09/13                           2,400   27.57     18,480
    09/09/13     43,750   125,000      250,000   1,547     4,419     8,838           100,000

 

(1)These columns show the potential range of payouts for fiscal 2014 performance under our cash incentive program described in the section titled “Cash Incentive Compensation” in the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” above. The cash incentive payments for 2014 performance are shown in the column “Non-equity Incentive Plan Compensation” of the Summary Compensation Table above.

 

(2)These columns show the potential range of payouts of three-year performance stock awards granted under the Long-Term Management Incentive Plan during fiscal 2014. The 2014 three-year performance period is July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2016.

 

(3)The amounts represent stock options granted on December 9, 2013 in accordance with our Omnibus Stock Plan described in the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” above. The options are fully vested at the time of grant and they expire on December 9, 2023.

 

(4)The amounts shown for stock options represent the aggregate grant date fair value computed in accordance with FASB ASC Top 718. The assumptions used in calculating the stock option award amount may be found in Note 8 to the audited financial statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014. The amounts shown for stock awards reflect the grand date fair value of the awards assuming achievement of the target performance goals.

 

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OWNERSHIP OF STOCK BY
DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

 

The table below sets forth the shares of the Company’s common stock beneficially owned by the Company’s directors, the named executive officers, and by all directors and executive officers as a group as of September 30, 2014. Unless otherwise indicated, to the best knowledge of the Company, all persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to the shares shown.

 

Name   Title   Amount of
Common Stock
Beneficially
Owned(1)(2)
  Percent
of Common
Stock
Outstanding(5)
Jeffrey T. Bertsch   Senior Vice President Corporate Services, Director      299,015 (3)(4)     4.0%
Julia K. Bizzis   Senior Vice President Strategic Growth   12,400          0.2%
Mary C. Bottie   Director   21,550          0.3%
Karel K. Czanderna   President and Chief Executive Officer, Director   55,336          0.7%
Lynn J. Davis   Chair of the Board of Directors   32,750          0.4%
Robert E. Deignan   Director   30,250          0.4%
Timothy E. Hall   Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President Finance, Treasurer and Secretary   73,073          1.0%
Ronald J. Klosterman   Director   155,275            2.1%
Thomas M. Levine   Director   13,250          0.2%
Robert J. Maricich   Director   16,142          0.2%
Eric S. Rangen   Director   23,000          0.3%
James R. Richardson   Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing, Director    251,191 (4)        3.4%
Nancy E. Uridil   Director   17,400          0.2%
             
All Directors and Executive Officers as a Group (14)   1,047,282             13.6%

 

(1)Includes the following number of shares which may be acquired by exercise of stock options: J.T. Bertsch – 81,450; J. K. Bizzis – 12,400; M.C. Bottie – 17,750; K.K. Czanderna – 33,600; L.J. Davis – 22,750; R.E. Deignan – 14,250; T. E. Hall – 35,680; R. J. Klosterman – 30,580; T.M. Levine – 7,750; R.J. Maricich – 2,750; E.S. Rangen – 19,000; J.R. Richardson – 2,400; N.E. Uridil – 10,250.

 

(2)Includes shares, if any, owned beneficially by their respective spouses.

 

(3)Does not include 111,153 shares held in irrevocable trusts for which trusts American Trust & Savings Bank serves as sole trustee. Under the Terms of Trust, J. T. Bertsch has a possible contingent interest in each trust. J. T. Bertsch disclaims beneficial ownership in the shares held by each such trust.

 

(4)Includes the following number of shares deferred pursuant to election to participate in the Company’s Voluntary Deferred Compensation Plan: J.T. Bertsch – 17,829; J.R. Richardson – 15,049.

 

(5)Shares of the Company’s common stock not outstanding but deemed beneficially owned because the respective person or group has the right to acquire the shares as of September 30, 2014, or within 60 days of such date, are treated as outstanding for purposes of calculating the percentage of common stock outstanding for such person or group.

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