Delek US Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:DK) Files An 8-K Other EventsItem 8.01Other Events.
On April 27, 2018 , the following disclosure was filed by Delek US Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) as a supplement (the “Supplement”) to the definitive proxy statement filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 29, 2018 (the “Proxy Statement”) in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Company’s board of directors for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 8, 2018 and any adjournment or postponement thereof (the “Annual Meeting”). This supplemental information should be read together with the Proxy Statement, which should be read in its entirety. Terms used in this Current Report on Form 8-K and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Proxy Statement.
Supplemental Disclosure Concerning Proposal 3
Proposal 3 seeks stockholder approval of an amendment to the Delek US Holdings, Inc. 2016 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2016 Plan”) to increase the reservation of common stock available for issuance thereunder by 4,500,000 shares. The Company is supplementing its disclosure with respect to Proposal 3 with additional information regarding changes in the law related to Section 162(m) of the Code, as follows.
Section 162(m) of the Code. In general, a U.S. Federal income tax deduction is allowed to the Company in an amount equal to the ordinary taxable income recognized by a participant with respect to awards granted under the 2016 Plan. However, Section 162(m) of the Code generally provides that the Company may not deduct compensation of more than $1,000,000 that is paid to covered employees in any taxable year. Following the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, beginning with the 2018 calendar year, there is no longer any exception to the Section 162(m) limitation for qualified performance-based compensation. Although some outstanding awards will not result in a compensation deduction until after 2017, we believe the transition rules in effect for binding contracts in effect on November 2, 2017 should continue to allow certain awards to maintain their exemption from the $1 million annual deduction limitation for so long as such awards are not materially modified (“grandfathered amounts”). For periods after 2017, without the performance-based compensation exception, it is expected that any compensation deductions (other than grandfathered amounts) for any individual who is our CEO, CFO or one of our other three most highly compensated executive officers in 2017 or any later year will be subject to a $1 million annual deduction limitation. Although the deductibility of compensation is a consideration evaluated by the Committee, the Committee believes that the lost deduction on compensation payable in excess of $1 million for each named executive officer is not material relative to the benefit of being able to attract and retain talented management. Accordingly, the Committee will continue to retain the discretion to pay compensation that is in excess of the $1 million deductibility limit, including compensation in the form of awards under the 2016 Plan.
Additional Information and Where to Find It
This supplemental disclosure may be deemed to be solicitation material in respect of the solicitation of proxies from stockholders for the Annual Meeting to be held on May 8, 2018. The Company has filed with the SEC and made available to the holders of its common stock as of March 29, 2018 the Proxy Statement containing important information relating to the incentive plan proposal. STOCKHOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED BY THIS SUPPLEMENT, CAREFULLY AND IN ITS ENTIRETY BECAUSE IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION RELATING TO THE PROPOSAL.
Copies of the Proxy Statement, Annual Report to Stockholders and Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, and our other annual, quarterly and current reports we file with the SEC, and any amendments to those reports, are available free of charge on our website, which is located at http://www.DelekUS.com. These reports and other information are also filed electronically with the SEC and are available at the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov. Copies of these reports will be sent without charge to any stockholder requesting it in writing to our Secretary, at Delek US Holdings, Inc., 7102 Commerce Way, Brentwood, Tennessee 37027. The investor relations page of our website contains our press releases, earnings releases, financial information and stock quotes, as well as links to our SEC filings. The information posted on our website is not incorporated into this Proxy Statement.
About Delek US Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:DK)
Delek US Holdings, Inc. is an integrated energy business focused on petroleum refining, the transportation, storage and wholesale of crude oil, intermediate and refined products and convenience store retailing. The Company operates through three segments: Refining, Logistics and Retail. Its Refining Segment operates independent refineries in Tyler, Texas, and El Dorado, Arkansas with a combined design crude distillation capacity of approximately 155,000 barrels per day (bpd). The Logistics Segment gathers, transports and stores crude oil and markets, distributes, transports and stores refined products in select regions of the southeastern United States and west Texas for both its refining segment and third parties. Its Retail Segment markets gasoline, diesel, other refined petroleum products and convenience merchandise through a network of over 360 Company-operated retail fuel and convenience stores located in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee and Virginia.