Textron 2020 Proxy Statement
12 TEXTRON 2020 PROXY STATEMENT NOMINATING AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE James T. Conway (Chair) Kathleen M. Bader Lawrence K. Fish Deborah Lee James Lionel L. Nowell III Maria T. Zuber Primary Responsibilities: • Identifies individuals to become Board members and recommends that the Board select the director nominees for the next annual meeting of shareholders, considering suggestions regarding possible candidates from a variety of sources, including shareholders • Develops and recommends to the Board a set of corporate governance principles applicable to Textron • Oversees the evaluation of the Board and its committees • Annually reviews the Board’s committee structure, charters and membership • Makes recommendations on compensation of the Board after conducting an annual review of director compensation and benefits program, consulting with independent board compensation advisors, as appropriate • Annually reviews the Board’s composition, appropriate size of the Board, results of the review of the Board’s overall performance and the strategy of the Company to determine future requirements for Board members Meetings in 2019: 4 AUDIT COMMITTEE R. Kerry Clark (Chair) Kathleen M. Bader Paul E. Gagné Ralph D. Heath Lionel L. Nowell III Deborah Lee James Lloyd G. Trotter Primary Responsibilities: • Assists the Board with its oversight of (i) the integrity of Textron’s financial statements, (ii) Textron’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, (iii) the independent auditor’s qualifications and independence, (iv) the performance of Textron’s internal audit function and independent auditor, and (v) risk management • Directly responsible for the appointment, compensation, retention and oversight of Textron’s independent auditors Meetings in 2019: 10 The Board has determined that each member of the Audit Committee is independent as defined for audit committee members in the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange. No member of the committee simultaneously serves on the audit committees of more than three public companies. The Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Clark, Mr. Gagné, Mr. Heath and Mr. Nowell each are “audit committee financial experts” under the criteria adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Board has determined that each member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is independent as defined under the New York Stock Exchange listing standards.
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