SEC Form DEF 14A filed by Lindsay Corporation

Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders

IMPORTANT: THE PROMPT RETURN OF PROXIES WILL SAVE THE COMPANY THE EXPENSE OF FURTHER SOLICITATION FOR PROXIES TO ENSURE A QUORUM AT THE ANNUAL MEETING.

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		PROXY STATEMENT SUMMARY

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		PROXY STATEMENT SUMMARY

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		PROXY STATEMENT FOR FISCAL 2025 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

Proxy Statement for

Fiscal 2025 Annual Meeting of

Stockholders

This Proxy Statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies for use at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Lindsay Corporation (the “Company”) to be held virtually via a live webcast on Wednesday, January 8, 2025, at the time, on the website and for the purposes set forth in the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Only record holders of the Company’s common stock at the close of business on November 12, 2024 are entitled to vote at the virtual Annual Meeting.

The accompanying proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Company and is revocable at any time before it is exercised by written notice of revocation delivered to the Secretary of the Company or by filing a later dated proxy with him. Furthermore, stockholders who are present at the virtual Annual Meeting may withdraw their proxies and vote virtually. All shares of the Company’s common stock represented by properly executed and unrevoked proxies will be voted by the Board of Directors of the Company in accordance with the directions given therein. Where no instructions are indicated, proxies will be voted in accordance with the recommendation of the Board of Directors with respect to each of the proposals set forth in this Proxy Statement for consideration at the Annual Meeting. Shares of common stock entitled to vote and represented by properly executed, returned and unrevoked proxies will be considered present at the virtual Annual Meeting for purposes of establishing a quorum, including shares with respect to which votes are withheld, abstentions are cast or there are broker non-votes.

The principal executive offices of the Company are located at 18135 Burke Street, Suite 100, Omaha, Nebraska 68022.

This Proxy Statement and the proxy cards are first being mailed to stockholders on or about November 20, 2024.

Voting Securities and Beneficial Ownership Thereof by Principal Stockholders, Directors and Officers

As of November 12, 2024 (the “Record Date”), there were 10,856,112 shares of the Company’s common stock issued and outstanding. Each share of common stock is entitled to one vote upon each matter to be voted on at the Annual Meeting. There is no cumulative voting with respect to the election of directors.

The table below sets forth, as of the Record Date, the beneficial ownership of the Company’s common stock by each director, by each nominee to become a director, by each of the executive officers named in the Summary Compensation Table (the “Named Executive Officers”), and by all current executive officers and directors of the Company as a group. The shares beneficially owned by executive officers and directors of the Company represent approximately 1.7% of the total shares outstanding on the Record Date and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. The Board of Directors believes that all of such shares currently issued and outstanding will be present at the Annual Meeting and will be voted in accordance with the recommendation of the Board of Directors with respect to each proposal being considered at the Annual Meeting. The table below also sets forth the beneficial ownership of the Company’s common stock by each other stockholder believed by the Company to beneficially own more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock based on a review of reports on Schedule 13D and Schedule 13G filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) with respect to the Company’s common stock.

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		PROXY STATEMENT FOR FISCAL 2025 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

Beneficial ownership of the Company’s common stock is determined under the rules of the SEC and generally includes any shares over which a person exercises sole or shared voting or investment power. Shares of common stock subject to options currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of the Record Date and restricted stock units that will be settled into shares of common stock within 60 days of the Record Date are deemed to be outstanding and beneficially owned by the person, but such shares are not actually outstanding and may not be voted at the Annual Meeting.

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Proposal 1 Election of Directors

The Company’s Certificate of Incorporation requires that the Board of Directors be divided into three classes that are elected to the Board on a staggered basis for three-year terms. At the Annual Meeting, the terms of three directors will terminate and stockholders will be voting on nominees to fill these three positions on the Board. Accordingly, the Board of Directors, upon recommendations made by the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, has nominated Pablo Di Si, Mary A. Lindsey, and Consuelo E. Madere to serve as directors for terms ending at the Fiscal 2028 Annual Meeting.

Mr. Di Si, Ms. Lindsey, and Ms. Madere are current directors of the Company serving for terms that will expire as of the date of the Annual Meeting. Each of Mr. Di Si, Ms. Lindsey, and Ms. Madere has expressed an intention to serve, if elected. The Board of Directors knows of no reason why any of them might be unavailable to continue to serve, if elected. There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Di Si, Ms. Lindsey, or Ms. Madere, on the one hand, and any other person, on the other hand, pursuant to which they were nominated to serve on the Board of Directors.

The election of a director requires the affirmative vote of a plurality of the votes cast virtually or by proxy by persons entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. Consequently, votes withheld and broker non-votes with respect to the election of directors will have no impact on the election of directors. If Mr. Di Si, Ms. Lindsey, or Ms. Madere is unable to serve, the shares represented by all valid proxies will be voted for the election of such substitute nominee as the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee may recommend to the Board of Directors. Proxies cannot be voted for a greater number of persons than the three director nominees named in this proposal.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT STOCKHOLDERS VOTE “FOR” THE ELECTION

OF MR. DI SI, MS. LINDSEY, AND MS. MADERE AS DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY WITH

TERMS ENDING AT THE FISCAL 2028 ANNUAL MEETING.

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Board of Directors and Committees

The following sets forth certain information regarding the directors and director nominees of the Company, including the three persons who have been nominated to serve for new terms expiring at the Fiscal 2028 Annual Meeting. Information is also provided concerning each director’s and director nominee’s specific experience, qualifications, attributes or skills that led the Board of Directors to conclude that each of them should serve as a director of the Company. The Board of Directors has determined that each of the non-employee directors, Messrs. Brunner, Christodolou, Di Si, Gokcen and Rayburn and Mses. Lindsey and Madere, are independent directors of the Company under the listing standards adopted by the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”).

Director Qualifications, Skills, and Background

The following matrix highlights the Board of Directors’ broad range of qualifications, skills, and perspectives, producing a balanced and well-informed mix that facilitates the Board’s oversight of management and the Board’s ability to address the Company’s strategic opportunities and risks.

The matrix sets forth the primary factors which the Board of Directors believes are important to the Company’s business and industry and which the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee considers in connection with identifying and recommending nominees to serve as directors. While marked qualifications, skills, and experiences indicate strong expertise or experience in the applicable category or categories, the matrix does not encompass all of the directors’ abilities.

The matrix also presents additional information regarding each director and director nominee’s background attributes. With an average age of 61 (with ages ranging from 46 to 76) and an average tenure of 9 years of service on the Board of Directors (with tenures ranging from 3 years to 25 years), each director brings a unique viewpoint as evidenced in part in the matrix below. While certain diversity characteristics, such as gender, race, and ethnicity, are important factors considered by the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee when identifying, reviewing, and recommending nominees to serve as directors, neither the Board of Directors nor the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee have a formal policy with regard to consideration of such factors. Directors, nominees, and prospective nominees are not discriminated against on the basis of gender, race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or any other basis prescribed by law.

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NOMINEES FOR ELECTION – Terms to expire at the Fiscal 2028 Annual Meeting

Pablo Di Si, age 55, is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Volkswagen Group of America and the former Chief Executive Officer of Volkswagen North American Region. Mr. Di Si joined Volkswagen, a multinational automotive manufacturing company, in 2014 as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Argentina and was subsequently appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer of Argentina in 2016 and as President and Chief Executive Officer of Latin America in 2017. Mr. Di Si then served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Volkswagen Group of America and Chief Executive Officer of Volkswagen North American Region from 2022 to 2024. Prior to joining Volkswagen, Mr. Di Si held various key positions in finance, business development, and project management with CNH Global, Fiat Industrial S.p.A., Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Monsanto, and Abbott Laboratories. Since 2021, Mr. Di Si has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Copersucar, a global trader of sugar and ethanol. Since 2023, Mr. Di Si has served as an independent member of the Boards of Directors of JHSF Participações (Brazil’s Bovespa “JHSF”) and its parent company JHSF International. JHSF is a Brazilian luxury real estate and hotel conglomerate. Since 2023, Mr. Di Si has served as Chairman of Autos Drive America, a trade association that represents international automakers with presences in the United States. Mr. Di Si has completed the Managing Efficient Boards program at Harvard University and the CEO Global Program at Wharton, IESE and CEIBS Business School. Mr. Di Si has been a director of the Company since 2022 and he is also a member of the Company’s Audit Committee and the Company’s Human Resources and Compensation Committee. Mr. Di Si’s experience in international operations and business management and development, as well as his knowledge of corporate finance, taxation and accounting, provide him with the relevant experience to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors. These experiences have given Mr. Di Si an understanding of accounting principles, internal controls and audit committee functions; as a result, the Board has determined that he qualifies as an audit committee financial expert.

Mary A. Lindsey, age 69, is the retired Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Commercial Metals Company, a global manufacturer and recycler of steel and other metals. Ms. Lindsey joined Commercial Metals Company in September 2009 as Vice President-Tax. She was subsequently appointed Commercial Metals Company’s Vice President-Tax and Investor Relations in June 2015, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in January 2016, and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in September 2017. In connection with Ms. Lindsey’s planned retirement from Commercial Metals Company, Ms. Lindsey stepped down as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in August 2019. Prior to joining Commercial Metals Company, Ms. Lindsey served as Vice President Tax and Tax Counsel for Albany International Corp., a global advanced textiles and materials processing company, from March 2006 to September 2009, and from January 2005 to March 2006, Ms. Lindsey was an attorney at Baker & Hostetler LLP, a national law firm. In addition, Ms. Lindsey served in various roles, including Vice President Tax and Tax Counsel, Legal Counsel responsible for global M&A and intellectual property, and General Manager of Corporate M&A, at The Timken Company, a global manufacturer of bearings, transmissions, gearboxes, and related components, from January 1985 to January 2005. Since 2020, Ms. Lindsey has served as a member of the Boards of Directors and the Audit Committees of Methode Electronics, Inc. and Orion Engineered Carbons S.A. Ms. Lindsey serves as the Chair of the Audit Committee of Methode Electronics, Inc. Ms. Lindsey has been a director of the Company since 2018 and currently serves as Chairperson of the Company’s Audit Committee and as a member of the Company’s Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. Ms. Lindsey’s experience in investor relations and international M&A, as well as her knowledge of corporate finance, taxation and accounting, provide her with the relevant experience to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors. These experiences have given Ms. Lindsey an understanding of accounting principles, internal controls and audit committee functions; as a result, the Board has determined that she qualifies as an audit committee financial expert.

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Consuelo E. Madere, age 64, is the President of Proven Leader Advisory, LLC, a management consulting and executive coaching firm she founded in 2014. She is a former executive officer of Monsanto Company, which during her tenure was a Fortune 500 company and a leading global provider of innovative, sustainable agricultural solutions. She retired from Monsanto in 2013 as Vice President of the company’s Global Vegetables and Asia commercial businesses and was a member of the Chief Executive Officer’s executive leadership team. Ms. Madere currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Nutrien, a leading global crop inputs and services provider and a publicly traded Canadian company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. She currently chairs the Nominations and Governance Committee of the Nutrien Board and is a member of Nutrien’s Audit Committee. From 2018 to 2022, Ms. Madere served as a member of the Board of Directors of S&W Seed Company, a Nasdaq-listed agricultural seed company, where she chaired the Nominations and Governance Committee and was a member of the Compensation Committee. From 2014 to 2018, Ms. Madere served as a member of the Board of Directors of PotashCorp and was a member of its Audit Committee and its Safety, Health and Environment Committee. Ms. Madere is a NACD Board Leadership Fellow and holds a CERT certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight from the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. Ms. Madere has been a director of the Company since 2018 and currently serves as Chairperson of the Company’s Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and as a member of the Company’s Human Resources and Compensation Committee. Ms. Madere’s 30-plus years of domestic and global experience at Monsanto, spanning manufacturing, strategy, technology, business development, profit and loss responsibility and general management, along with her service as a director of public companies, provide her with the relevant experience to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors.

DIRECTORS CONTINUING IN OFFICE

Robert E. Brunner, age 67 (current term to expire at the Fiscal 2027 Annual Meeting), was an Executive Vice President of Illinois Tools Works, Inc., a diversified manufacturer of advanced industrial technology, from 2006 until his retirement in 2012. Prior to that position, Mr. Brunner was President, Global Automotive Fasteners from 2005 to 2006 and President, North American Automotive Fasteners from 2003 to 2005. Prior to that, Mr. Brunner held a variety of positions within Illinois Tools Works, Inc., including general management, operations management and sales and marketing. Mr. Brunner currently serves as the Lead Director on the Board of Directors of Leggett & Platt, Inc., a publicly held diversified manufacturer of engineered components and products, where he also serves as a member of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee and the Nominating, Governance and Sustainability Committee. From 2012 to 2023, Mr. Brunner served on the Board of Directors of NN, Inc., a diversified industrial company that designs and manufactures high-precision components and assemblies on a global basis, where he served as a member of the Compensation Committee and the Governance Committee. Mr. Brunner has been a director of the Company since 2013 and also serves as the Chairperson of the Board of Directors and as a member of the Company’s Human Resources and Compensation Committee. Mr. Brunner’s extensive experience in business management and development, international operations and mergers and acquisitions provide him with the relevant experience to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors.

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Michael N. Christodolou, age 62 (current term to expire at the Fiscal 2026 Annual Meeting), is the Manager of Inwood Capital Management, LLC, an investment management firm he founded in 2000. From 1988 to 1999, Mr. Christodolou was employed by Bass Brothers/Taylor & Company, an investment firm associated with the Bass family of Fort Worth, Texas. Since 2020, Mr. Christodolou has served as a member of the Board of Directors of NETSTREIT Corp., a publicly-traded REIT that acquires, owns, and manages single-tenant triple net lease e-commerce resistant retail commercial real estate, where he serves as Chair of the Audit Committee. From 2016 until it was acquired in December 2017, Mr. Christodolou served on the Board of Directors of Omega Protein Corporation, a nutritional products company. From 2015 to 2016, Mr. Christodolou served on the Board of Directors of Farmland Partners, Inc., a publicly-traded REIT that acquires and owns high-quality North American farmland. Mr. Christodolou also previously served on the Board of Directors of XTRA Corporation from 1998 until 2001 when it was acquired by Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Mr. Christodolou has been a director of the Company since 1999 and served as Chairman of the Board from 2003 to January 2015. He currently serves as a member of each of the Company’s Audit Committee and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. Mr. Christodolou has over 35 years of experience in investment management and working with the management teams and boards of public companies on matters including corporate strategy, capital allocation, and mergers and acquisitions. His knowledge of the investment and capital markets and his experience as a director of public companies provide him with the relevant experience to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors. These experiences have given Mr. Christodolou an understanding of accounting principles, internal controls and audit committee functions; as a result, the Board has determined that he qualifies as an audit committee financial expert.

Ibrahim Gokcen, age 46 (current term to expire at the Fiscal 2026 Annual Meeting), has served as the Chief Data & Analytics Officer for Aon plc, a leading global professional services firm providing advice and solutions in risk, retirement and health, since May 2023. From October 2020 until he joined Aon in May 2023, Mr. Gokcen was the Founder and Managing Partner of Velocis Digital LLC, an interim executive services and management and execution consulting firm. From 2021 to 2023, Mr. Gokcen was also Strategic Advisor for NEO Holdings International, LLC, a blockchain company focused on transforming commodity trading for which he also previously served as Chief Technology Officer during 2021. Mr. Gokcen was the President and Chief Revenue Officer for Open Insights LLC, a data advisory and services company, during 2021. Prior to that, Mr. Gokcen was the Senior Vice President and Digital Chief Technology Officer for Schneider Electric, an energy management and automation company, from 2018 to 2020. Prior to that, Mr. Gokcen served as the Chief Digital Officer for A.P. Moller Maersk, an integrated transport and logistics company, from 2016 to 2018. Mr. Gokcen also previously held senior product, information technology, and research and development leadership roles at General Electric. Mr. Gokcen is NACD Directorship Certified^TM. Mr. Gokcen currently serves as an independent director for PNO, a company with the Nordics’ largest range of short and long-term trailer rentals. Mr. Gokcen also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of AnitaB.org, an organization that helps women and nonbinary people succeed in technology. From 2018 to 2023, Mr. Gokcen served as an independent director for Maersk Tankers, a service company that provides commercial management solutions for shipowners in the tanker industry. From 2020 to 2023, Mr. Gokcen served as an independent director for ZeroNorth, a maritime technology company. Mr. Gokcen has been a director of the Company since 2021 and currently serves as a member of the Company’s Audit Committee and the Company’s Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. Mr. Gokcen’s strong background in international markets and transforming businesses in a number of industries with technology provides him with the relevant experience to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors.

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David B. Rayburn, age 76 (current term to expire at the Fiscal 2026 Annual Meeting), is the retired President and Chief Executive Officer of Modine Manufacturing Company, a publicly-traded thermal management company that designs, manufactures and tests heat transfer products. Mr. Rayburn was the President and Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Modine Manufacturing Company from January 2003 until March 2008 when Mr. Rayburn retired. From 2002 to January 2003 Mr. Rayburn served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Modine Manufacturing Company. From 1991 to 2002, he served in various executive roles at Modine Manufacturing Company including Executive Vice President, Vice President and General Manager. Mr. Rayburn previously served on the Board of Directors of Twin Disc, Inc. from 2000 to 2022, on the Board of Directors of Creative Foam Corporation from 2009 to 2017, on the Board of Directors of Jason, Inc. from 2001 to 2010, and on the Board of Directors of Unico, Inc., from 2008 to 2010. Mr. Rayburn has been a director of the Company since 2014 and he is also Chairperson of the Company’s Human Resources and Compensation Committee and a member of the Company’s Audit Committee. Mr. Rayburn’s strong background in manufacturing, international markets and acquisitions, combined with his corporate governance experience serving on public company boards, provide him with the relevant experience to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors. These experiences have given Mr. Rayburn an understanding of accounting principles, internal controls and audit committee functions; as a result, the Board has determined that he qualifies as an audit committee financial expert.

Randy A. Wood, age 52 (current term to expire at the Fiscal 2027 Annual Meeting), is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and has held such position since January 2021. Mr. Wood has also been a director of the Company since January 2021 and he is the only executive officer of the Company serving on the Board of Directors. Between September 2020 and December 2020, Mr. Wood served as Chief Operating Officer of the Company. Between May 2016 and August 2020, Mr. Wood served as the Company’s President – Irrigation. Between October 2013 and May 2016, Mr. Wood served as President – International Irrigation of the Company. Between February 2012 and October 2013, Mr. Wood served as Vice President – Americas / ANZ Sales and Marketing. Previously he was Vice President – North America Irrigation Sales of the Company and held such position from March 2008, when he joined the Company. Prior to March 2008, Mr. Wood spent 11 years with Case Corporation / CNH Global including roles as the Senior Director of Marketing, Case IH Tractors, and Senior Director of Sales and Marketing, Parts and Service. Mr. Wood’s extensive experience in leading domestic and international irrigation businesses enables him to provide the Board of Directors with expert advice on a wide range of issues in the industries in which the Company operates. As an experienced Company executive who now serves as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Wood will continue to provide the Board of Directors with valuable insight into the Company’s day-to-day operations and achievements.

Information regarding executive officers of the Company is found in the Company’s Annual Report which has been supplied with this Proxy Statement.

Corporate Governance

The Board of Directors operates pursuant to the provisions of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws as well as a set of Corporate Governance Principles which address a number of items, including the qualifications for serving as a director, the responsibilities of directors and board committees and the compensation of directors. The Company has adopted a Code of Ethical Conduct that applies to the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller, as required by Section 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Additionally, the Company has published a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics applying to all persons associated with the Company, including its directors, officers and employees, which complies with the listing standards adopted by the New York Stock Exchange. Both of these codes and the Company’s Corporate Governance Principles are

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available on the Company’s website at http://www.lindsay.com by clicking on the Ethics link under the Investor Relations tab and are available in print to any stockholder who submits a request in writing to the Secretary of the Company.

The Board of Directors conducts its business through meetings and actions taken by written consent in lieu of meetings. During the fiscal year ended August 31, 2024, the Board of Directors held nine meetings and acted pursuant to unanimous written consent on two occasions. During fiscal 2024, each director attended at least 75% of the aggregate of (i) the total number of meetings of the Board of Directors held during the period of such member’s service and (ii) the total number of meetings of the committees of the Board of Directors on which he or she served held during the period of such member’s service.

The Company’s independent directors normally meet in executive session at each regularly scheduled Board meeting. The Chairperson of the Board, currently Mr. Brunner, an independent director, serves as the presiding director at each executive session of the independent directors.

Hedging and Pledging. The Board of Directors has adopted Corporate Governance Principles prohibiting directors and executive officers from pledging Company securities as collateral for any outstanding obligation. Directors and executive officers are also prohibited from trading in derivative securities of Company securities, engaging in short sales of Company securities, or purchasing any other financial instruments (including prepaid variable forward contracts, equity swaps, collars, and exchange funds) that are designed to hedge or offset any decrease in the market value of Company securities.

Board Leadership Structure

The Company’s Corporate Governance Principles provide that the position of Chairperson of the Board of Directors be held by an independent director and, accordingly, the same individual cannot serve as both the Chairperson of the Board and as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. This policy is designed to facilitate the ability of the Board of Directors to perform the important functions of providing independent oversight of management and to address risks faced by the Company. This policy also allows the Chairperson to convene executive sessions with independent directors without the need for a separate director to discharge the role of a presiding director.

Board’s Role in Risk Oversight

Management has the primary responsibility for identifying and managing the risks to which the Company is subject, under the oversight of the Board of Directors. Among other things, the Board of Directors considers risks presented by business strategy, competition, regulation, compensation plans, global economic conditions, cybersecurity, general industry trends including the disruptive impact of technological change, capital structure and allocation, and mergers and acquisitions. The Board of Directors as a whole has the primary responsibility for performing this oversight function. The Company’s three standing committees are also responsible for the assessment of risks associated with the general subject matters for which those standing committees have responsibility. The Board’s risk oversight process includes the regular consideration and evaluation of the Company’s cybersecurity risks, information security awareness training efforts, and information security risk insurance coverage, which are reported on a quarterly basis to the Board by the Company’s Chief Information Officer. The Board’s risk oversight process also includes close interaction with the Company’s internal auditors and is facilitated by an annual risk assessment prepared by management. The Company has engaged the accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP to assist the Company’s internal auditors in the design, execution and preparation of reports with respect to the Company’s overall internal audit plan. Deloitte & Touche LLP also assists the Company’s internal auditors in the performance of certain other internal audit services and in the provision of regular updates to the Audit Committee regarding its services and testing results. The goal of the Board’s risk evaluation process is to identify any activities that create risks that may not be appropriate for the Company, quantify the magnitude of these risks and work with management to develop a plan to mitigate these risks.

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Committees of the Board of Directors

The Board of Directors has established an Audit Committee, a Human Resources and Compensation Committee, and a Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee.

Audit Committee. The primary purpose of the Audit Committee is to assist the Board of Directors in the oversight of (i) the integrity of the Company’s financial statements, (ii) the Company’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, (iii) the independent auditor’s qualifications and independence, and (iv) the performance of the Company’s internal audit function. The Audit Committee is responsible for selecting, compensating and evaluating the Company’s independent auditor. Specific functions performed by the Audit Committee include reviewing periodically with the independent auditor the performance of the services for which they are engaged, reviewing the scope of the annual audit and its results, reviewing the Company’s annual financial statements and quarterly financial statements with management and the independent auditor, reviewing the scope and results of the Company’s internal audit function, and reviewing the adequacy of the Company’s internal accounting controls with management and the independent auditor. The Audit Committee operates under a written charter adopted by the Board of Directors, which is available on the Company’s website at http://www.lindsay.com by clicking on the Committees link under the Investor Relations tab and is available in print to any stockholder who submits a request in writing to the Secretary of the Company. The charter meets the requirements of the listing standards adopted by the New York Stock Exchange.

The Audit Committee is currently comprised of Directors Lindsey (Chairperson), Christodolou, Di Si, Gokcen and Rayburn, each of whom the Board of Directors has determined to be independent under the listing standards adopted by the New York Stock Exchange. The Board of Directors has also determined that each of Ms. Lindsey and Messrs. Christodolou, Di Si, and Rayburn qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” under the rules of the SEC. During fiscal 2024, the Audit Committee held four meetings.

Human Resources and Compensation Committee. The Human Resources and Compensation Committee is responsible for providing oversight of the Company’s human resources programs, executive compensation and benefit programs. The Human Resources and Compensation Committee reviews and approves the Company’s compensation policies, benefit plans, employment agreements, salary levels, bonus payments, and awards pursuant to the Company’s management incentive plans for its executive officers and other appointed officers. The Human Resources and Compensation Committee approves all individual grants and awards under the Company’s long-term equity incentive plans; provided, however, that the Human Resources and Compensation Committee has delegated limited authority to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer to make certain time-vested restricted stock unit awards to non-officer employees. The Human Resources and Compensation Committee also reviews compensation for non-employee directors and recommends changes in such compensation to the Board of Directors. The Human Resources and Compensation Committee is specifically responsible for determining the compensation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and conducts an annual performance evaluation of the Chief Executive Officer. The Company’s Chief Executive Officer makes recommendations to the Human Resources and Compensation Committee regarding the compensation paid to executive officers and other appointed officers. However, the final authority for setting executive officer compensation rests with the Human Resources and Compensation Committee. The Human Resources and Compensation Committee has the discretion to delegate specific responsibilities to the Chairperson of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee, any other Human Resources and Compensation Committee member(s) or subcommittees as the Human Resources and Compensation Committee may establish from time to time.

The Human Resources and Compensation Committee has retained external compensation consulting firms to assist and advise it on particular matters. During fiscal 2024, the Company received independent compensation consulting services from Meridian Compensation Partners, LLC (“Meridian”). Meridian was engaged directly by the Human Resources and Compensation Committee, but its fees were paid by the Company. The nature and scope of Meridian’s engagement with respect to the Human Resources and Compensation Committee’s decisions regarding fiscal 2024 executive and director compensation are described under “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” found later in this Proxy Statement.

The Human Resources and Compensation Committee operates under a written charter adopted by the Board of Directors, which is available on the Company’s website at http://www.lindsay.com by clicking on the Committees link under the Investor Relations tab and is available in print to any stockholder who submits a request in writing to the Secretary of the Company. The charter meets the requirements of the listing standards adopted by the New York Stock Exchange. The Human Resources and Compensation Committee is currently comprised of Directors Rayburn (Chairperson), Brunner, Di Si, and Madere, each of whom has been determined to be independent by the Board of Directors under the listing standards adopted by the New York Stock Exchange. During fiscal 2024, the Human Resources and Compensation Committee held three meetings.

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Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. The Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee is responsible for making recommendations to the Board of Directors of persons to serve as directors of the Company and as chairpersons and members of committees of the Board of Directors and for reviewing and recommending changes in the general Corporate Governance Principles of the Company. It also oversees the annual evaluation by the Board of Directors to determine whether the Board and its committees are functioning effectively. The Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee operates under a written charter adopted by the Board of Directors, which is available on the Company’s website at http://www.lindsay.com by clicking on the Committees link under the Investor Relations tab and is available in print to any stockholder who submits a request in writing to the Secretary of the Company. The charter meets the requirements of the listing standards adopted by the New York Stock Exchange.

The Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee identifies nominees to serve as a director of the Company through a combination of suggestions made by independent search firms, directors and stockholders. The Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee will consider director nominees for next year’s Annual Meeting recommended by stockholders which are submitted in writing, complete with biographical and business experience information regarding the nominee, to the Secretary of the Company by October 10, 2025. Candidates for directors are evaluated based on their independence, character, judgment, diversity of experience, financial and/or business acumen, ability to represent and act on behalf of all stockholders, and the needs of the Board. The Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee does not have a formal policy on diversity with regard to consideration of director nominees, but the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee considers diversity in its selection of nominees and seeks to have a Board that reflects a diverse range of views, backgrounds and experience. The Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee uses the same criteria to evaluate its own nominees for director as it does for persons nominated by Company stockholders.

The Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee is currently comprised of Directors Madere (Chairperson), Christodolou, Gokcen, and Lindsey, each of whom has been determined to be independent by the Board of Directors under the listing standards adopted by the New York Stock Exchange. During fiscal 2024, the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee held four meetings.

Related Party Transactions

The Board of Directors has adopted a written policy regarding the review, approval or ratification of related party transactions. Under the policy, all such related party transactions must be pre-approved by the Audit Committee or ratified by the Audit Committee if pre-approval is impracticable. Under the policy, certain transactions are excluded from the definition of related party transaction, including (i) transactions available to all employees generally, (ii) director and officer compensation approved by the Human Resources and Compensation Committee and/or Board of Directors, as applicable, (iii) transactions in the ordinary course of the Company’s business that are on substantially the same terms as those prevailing at the time for comparable products and services to unrelated third parties, and (iv) certain transactions with other companies where the related party’s only relationship is as an employee (other than an executive officer), director or beneficial owner of less than 5% of that company’s shares, if the aggregate amount involved during the fiscal year does not exceed the greater of $1,000,000 or 2% of that company’s total annual revenues. In determining whether to approve or ratify a related party transaction, the Audit Committee will consider, among other factors, whether the terms of the transaction are fair to the Company, whether the transaction would present an improper conflict of interest for any director, officer or other related party, or whether the transaction would impair the independence of an outside director. Any Audit Committee member who has an interest in a transaction under discussion must abstain from voting on the proposed transaction.

Compensation Discussion and Analysis

Executive Summary.

Compensation Philosophy and Overview. The overall goal of the Company’s compensation policy is to maximize stockholder value by attracting, retaining, and motivating the executive officers who are critical to the Company’s long-term success. The Board’s Human Resources and Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) believes that executive compensation should be designed to promote both the short-term and long-term goals of the Company. Accordingly, an important component of the Committee’s compensation philosophy is to closely align the financial interests of the Company’s executive officers with those of the Company’s stockholders.

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In order to implement its compensation philosophy, the Committee has determined that the total compensation program for executive officers should consist of the following components:

Fiscal 2024 Business Highlights. Fiscal 2024 marked a year of significant achievements for the Company, in which the Company’s steady execution and commitment to solid operating performance helped to overcome weaker agriculture fundamentals that impacted its irrigation business. In the face of a challenging market environment, the Company’s valued employees, dealers, and distributors executed at a high level, both operationally and strategically, helping position the Company for continued success and growth. The Company’s performance supported its ability to deliver large-scale solutions, expand strategic partnerships, and fuel investments in innovation, while empowering its employees, dealers, and distributors to further the Company’s clear and compelling mission: to provide powerful irrigation, infrastructure, and industrial technology solutions that conserve natural resources, expand our world’s potential, and enhance the quality of life for people around the world. Among other highlights, the Company announced plans to invest over $50 million to modernize and expand its largest global manufacturing facility in Lindsay, Nebraska, with aims to improve operating efficiency, enhance product quality, increase adaptability and responsiveness to cyclical market needs, address labor availability challenges, and achieve best-in-class performance and service. The Company also agreed to acquire minority interest in its strategic partner Pessl Instruments, a leading global provider of advanced agricultural technology solutions. The Company’s operating performance, along with effective working capital management, resulted in free cash flow generation that exceeded net earnings for the second consecutive year, with the Company also succeeding in utilizing its balance sheet to deliver immediate returns to its stockholders in the form of increased dividends and $22.5 million in opportunistic share repurchases.

Fiscal 2024 Total Compensation Program. Highlights include:

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Annual Cash Incentives Earned for Fiscal 2024 Performance. For fiscal 2024, payments in connection with the Company’s annual cash incentive awards were reflective of the Company’s performance against its financial objectives and the officers’ performance against their individual goals. The financial performance component and the individual performance component accounted for 80% and 20%, respectively, of each officer’s potential annual cash incentive award. The Company exceeded the threshold level for both its revenue goal and its operating margin goal and exceeded the target level for its free cash flow goal. Based on these results, the overall Company financial performance component payout percentage was 82.5% of target. In addition, the officers generally achieved their individual objectives and were entitled to payouts under the individual performance component ranging from 85% to 93%.

Performance Stock Units (“PSUs”) Earned for Fiscal 2022-2024 Performance. The end of fiscal 2024 marked the end of the three-year performance period for PSUs granted in fiscal 2022. For this performance period, the Company achieved three-year relative total stockholder return at the 15^th percentile (resulting in a 0% of target payout for this component) and three-year average return on invested capital of 13% (resulting in a maximum 200% of target payout for this component), which equated to a cumulative payout percentage of 100% of target.

Say on Pay. The Board of Directors and the Committee take several measures to monitor the degree of alignment between the financial interests of the Company’s executive officers and those of the Company’s stockholders, which include conducting a non-binding “say on pay” vote at each annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders. At the Company’s Fiscal 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, approximately 95% of votes were cast in favor of the non-binding “say on pay” resolution – marking the 14th consecutive annual meeting in which more than 90% of votes were cast in support of the proposal. While the Committee considered the “say on pay” voting results in establishing fiscal 2024 and fiscal 2025 compensation, no specific actions were deemed necessary as the Committee believed the results of the “say on pay” votes were a confirmation that stockholders were in general agreement with the Committee’s compensation philosophy. The Committee will continue to consider the “say on pay” voting results and other feedback provided by the Company’s stockholders when making future compensation decisions concerning the Company’s executive officers.

Compensation-Related Risk Assessment. The Committee has assessed the risks that could arise from the Company’s compensation program and does not believe that the terms of this program encourage excessive risk-taking that is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company. The Committee considered the following factors as they relate to the compensation program:

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The Committee’s Independent Compensation Consultant. The Committee engaged Meridian Compensation Partners, LLC (“Meridian”) in fiscal 2024 to, among other things, provide a competitive assessment of the Company’s executive compensation program and to evaluate the compensation of the Named Executive Officers in comparison to peer group proxy data and relevant survey data. Meridian was engaged directly by the Committee, but its fees were paid by the Company.

Market Alignment of Executive Compensation. When evaluating the market competitiveness of executive salaries, target annual incentive opportunities, and target long-term incentive values, the Committee generally considers the market medians for comparable positions among manufacturing and general industry companies of similar size (measured by annual revenues) and complexity (measured primarily by number of distinct business lines and scope of international focus) as the Company, based on available peer group and survey data, with variation due to differences in executive skill levels and experience, the executive’s role, individual performance, organizational hierarchy, and internal fairness with other positions and roles within the Company.

The Committee annually compares the Named Executive Officers’ general compensation levels against available market data and then also performs an in-depth review of the entire compensation program approximately every three years in order to comprehensively review the Company’s short and long-term compensation strategies, award mixes and performance metrics.

In conducting its review and analysis, Meridian used a combination of proxy data from peer companies and survey composite data. Peer group data was used as the primary data source for establishing benchmark compensation levels for the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and other positions where comparable position data was available, with general industry survey data used as a supplemental data source for these positions. General industry survey data was used as the primary data source for positions where comparable position data was not sufficiently available in peer group public disclosures. The composite data was obtained from the Equilar Executive Compensation Survey and included compensation information from general industry companies with revenue between approximately one-third and three-and-one-half times the Company’s annual revenues.

Each year, the Committee, with assistance from Meridian, reviews and considers modifications to the peer group, generally using the following selection criteria:

For fiscal 2024, Meridian again reviewed the peer group and recommended one change from the previous year’s membership, as Altra Industrial Motion Corp. was removed because it was acquired. The resulting 21-company peer group used for fiscal 2024 pay decisions consists of the following companies (each of which was publicly traded, had updated proxy filings, remained within an appropriate size range with five-year average revenue within approximately one-third and three-and-one-half times the Company’s five-year average revenue, and did not have any pending mergers or acquisitions, bankruptcies, or other known issues that could diminish its effectiveness as a peer):

Role of Management in Setting Compensation. In addition to reviewing the compensation of executive officers against the competitive market, the Committee also considers recommendations from the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer regarding the total compensation for executive officers. Further, the Committee considered the historical

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compensation of each executive officer, from both a total compensation and a component by component basis, in setting the fiscal 2024 compensation for the executive officers.

Recoupment Policies. In accordance with Section 10D of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), Rule 10D-1 promulgated thereunder, and the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange, the Committee adopted the Lindsay Corporation Policy for the Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation (the “Dodd-Frank Clawback Policy”) effective as of October 2, 2023. The Dodd-Frank Clawback Policy requires the Company to recover from covered executive officers (i.e., its Named Executive Officers) the amount of erroneously awarded compensation (i.e., the amount of incentive-based compensation received that exceeds the amount of incentive-based compensation that otherwise would have been received had it been determined based on restated amounts) resulting from an accounting restatement (i) due to the material noncompliance of the Company with any financial reporting requirement under the securities laws or (ii) that corrects an error that is not material to previously issued financial statements, but would result in a material misstatement if the error were not corrected in the current period or left uncorrected in the current period.

The Committee subsequently adopted the Lindsay Corporation Supplemental Recovery Policy (the “Discretionary Clawback Policy”) effective as of July 1, 2024. The Discretionary Clawback Policy allows the Company to recover from executive officers and a broader group of employees any type of performance-based cash or equity compensation, time-based cash retention awards or equity compensation, and/or cash severance payments, even when a mandatory recoupment is not required under the Dodd-Frank Clawback Policy. Under the Discretionary Clawback Policy, the Company may, but is not required to, seek recoupment of performance- based cash or equity compensation paid to any of its current or former executive officers or any other employees who receive such compensation in the event of an accounting restatement or an error in the calculation or determination of any financial reporting measure or performance metric criteria, in each case to the extent the executive officer or employee is determined to have been responsible for or have had a material role in directly or indirectly causing such restatement or error. Likewise, the Company may, but is not required to, seek recoupment of performance-based cash and/or equity compensation, time-based cash retention awards and/or equity compensation, and/or cash severance payments in scenarios involving (i) a willful and material breach of the Company’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, insider trading policy, or other related internal policies; (ii) a material breach of any restrictive covenant (e.g., non-competition, non-solicitation, confidentiality provision, non-disparagement), (iii) a gross or willful failure to substantially perform reasonably assigned duties, (iv) a conviction of or plea of nolo contendere to (A) a felony or (B) any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, deceit, dishonesty or fraud in the performance of one’s duties on behalf of the Company or that causes demonstrable harm to the business or reputation of the Company, or (v) the commission of any act of fraud, misappropriation, or embezzlement against the Company.

The Dodd-Frank Clawback Policy applies to incentive-based compensation received for achieving performance measures in fiscal 2024 and beyond, while the Discretionary Clawback Policy effectively applies to incentive-based compensation received for achieving performance measures in fiscal 2025 and beyond. The Company’s prior compensation recoupment policy, which still applies to annual cash incentive and certain long-term incentive compensation payments made to covered executive officers for achieving performance measures for or prior to fiscal 2023, allows recoupment or repayment of such incentive payments made during the three years preceding the restatement of Company financial statements to the extent such payments exceeded the amounts that would have been payable based on the restated financial results. Conversely, the prior policy also allows for additional payments to the extent the amounts paid as annual cash incentive and certain long-term incentive payments received in the three years preceding a restatement of Company financial statements were less than the amounts that would have been payable based on the restated financial results.

2024 Executive Compensation Program. The Company’s fiscal 2024 compensation program for its executive officers, including the Named Executive Officers, consisted of four basic components, which are (i) base salary, (ii) annual cash incentive awards, (iii) long-term incentive compensation and (iv) other employee benefits. The purposes of each of these components of executive compensation and the manner in which compensation for fiscal 2024 under these components was determined by the Committee for executive officers are as follows:

Base Salary. Base salaries are designed to provide executive officers with a competitive level of fixed compensation that is commensurate with the executive officer’s individual responsibility, experience, tenure and general performance of duties. Base salary levels are also subject to competitive pressures faced by the Company for attracting and retaining qualified executives to fill key positions in the different geographic regions where the Company’s executives reside. The Committee considers peer group and compensation survey information regarding base salary levels for executive officers with comparable positions and responsibilities in similar companies in order to maintain base salaries at competitive

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levels. In general, the Committee evaluates each executive officer’s base salary on an annual basis to determine if an increase from the prior fiscal year’s base salary is justified based on these criteria and considerations.

In the first quarter of fiscal 2024 , the Committee established the base salaries for each of the Named Executive Officers. With respect to the base salaries of Named Executive Officers other than Mr. Wood, the Committee considered Mr. Wood’s recommendations for salary adjustments and competitive salary information included in Meridian’s report on executive compensation. Mr. Wood made his recommendations for salary adjustments primarily based on individual performance and the Meridian report. The table below sets forth information about the fiscal 2024 base salary level for each of the Named Executive Officers:

Annual Cash Incentive Awards. The Company provided annual cash incentive awards to its executive officers under a Management Incentive Plan for fiscal 2024 (the “2024 MIP”) that was adopted by the Committee. The Company utilized the annual cash incentive awards under the 2024 MIP primarily to encourage its executive officers to achieve specific short-term financial goals of the Company. In addition, a portion of the annual cash incentive awards was tied to individual performance objectives established for each executive officer participating in the 2024 MIP. The Committee adopted the 2024 MIP and established the financial and individual goals for executive officers under the 2024 MIP during the first quarter of fiscal 2024.

The 2024 MIP established a target cash incentive amount for each Named Executive Officer (each a “Target Cash Incentive Award”). The Target Cash Incentive Awards were set as follows:

In each case, a Target Cash Incentive Award represents the total cash incentive a Named Executive Officer was entitled to receive if he had achieved 100% of the target levels under the financial performance component and individual performance component established for such Named Executive Officer under the 2024 MIP.

The financial performance component accounted for 80% of each Named Executive Officer’s potential annual cash incentive award. This component consisted of three subcomponents: revenue, operating margin, and free cash flow. The Committee believed the use of revenue, operating margin, and free cash flow would provide a good balance of financial objectives to promote maximum stockholder value. For each Named Executive Officer, the financial performance component was based 100% on consolidated Company financial performance.

For purposes of the annual cash incentive awards under the 2024 MIP, (i) revenue was defined as the Company’s fiscal 2024 operating revenues, (ii) operating margin was defined as the Company’s fiscal 2024 operating profit divided by the Company’s fiscal 2024 operating revenues, and (iii) free cash flow was defined as the Company’s fiscal 2024 net cash provided by operations divided by the Company’s fiscal 2024 net earnings. Each of the three subcomponents was to be calculated using the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ended August 31, 2024. The Committee chose to use revenue, operating margin, and free cash flow as the financial performance measures for determining annual cash incentive awards under the 2024 MIP because it believed that the Named Executive Officers had significant influence over these measures, that these measures align the interests of officers with the creation of stockholder value, that these measures incentivize revenue growth as well as improving operating efficiency and profitability, and that these measures were well-understood by management and stockholders. Accordingly, each of the revenue subcomponent and the operating margin subcomponent was assigned a weighting of 37.5% by the Committee, and the free cash flow subcomponent was assigned a weighting of 25% by the Committee.

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In general, the Committee seeks to establish target levels for financial performance goals based on the Company’s annual budget for the relevant fiscal year as approved by the Board of Directors. In fiscal 2024, the Committee used its discretion to limit the numerator in the free cash flow subcomponent to cash generated from operations in order to avoid rewarding Named Executive Officers for capital expenditures below originally budgeted levels. The Committee made corresponding adjustments to the free cash flow target levels after subtracting the effect of budgeted capital expenditures.

Transaction costs associated with any acquisition or divestiture considered, pursued, or closed are added back to profitability in the year or years in which such costs are incurred. In the event that there had been any acquisitions made during fiscal 2024, (i) actual results for the selected financial performance goals would have been adjusted by subtracting the Board-approved business cases for such acquisitions for purposes of award payout calculations (which would serve to reward executives for better-than-business-case performance while holding executives accountable for lower-than-business-case performance), unless the Committee were to approve a modification to include any such items, and (ii) transaction costs would have been added back to profitability. In the event that there had been any divestitures made during fiscal 2024, (a) actual results for the selected financial performance goals would have been adjusted by including the Board-approved budgets (and removing actual performance results) for such divestitures for purposes of award payout calculations, unless the Committee were to approve a modification to exclude any such items, and (b) transaction costs would have been added back to profitability. Further, if a planned divestiture were not included in the budget, its financial performance metrics would not be included in the calculation of the financial performance goals so long as the divestiture was not completed by the end of the fiscal year. Transaction costs associated with any acquisition or divestiture considered, pursued, or closed shall be added back to profitability in the year or years in which such costs are incurred.

Under the 2024 MIP, a Named Executive Officer could earn a portion of his Target Cash Incentive Award if he achieved at least a threshold level of performance for any of the financial or individual performance components. Separate analyses were performed to determine the payout earned under the financial performance component and the individual performance component, and those two components were then added together to determine the final cash incentive awarded to a Named Executive Officer. The financial performance subcomponents are calculated according to a scale that provides varying percentage payouts for “threshold”, “intermediate”, “target” and “maximum” performance levels. If the Company fails to meet the “threshold” performance level for a specific financial performance subcomponent, then the Named Executive Officer will receive no payout under that specific subcomponent. Percentage payouts between the threshold, intermediate, target and maximum levels are linearly interpolated for each financial performance subcomponent.

For fiscal 2024, the following performance levels trigger the following percentage award payouts (calculated as a percentage of the Target Cash Incentive Award available under the overall Company financial performance component weighted at 80%):

The Committee also approved the use of individual performance objectives to determine 20% of the annual cash incentives under the 2024 MIP for each Named Executive Officer. The individual performance objectives were designed to focus on goals or initiatives that are intended to create longer-term value for the Company. For fiscal 2024, each officer had an individual performance objective specific to employee engagement and, depending on the officer, other performance objectives relate to areas such as safety, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, commercial messaging and launch plans, market penetration, strategic planning, cost management, succession planning, and investor relations.

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Some of these individual performance objectives are objective and depend upon the accomplishment of specific measurable goals such as the achievement of certain employee engagement metrics or certain revenue and cost reduction targets. Others are subjective in nature, such as performance objectives tied to operational improvements, comprehensive commercial strategies and launch plans, or the strengthening of functional capabilities.

The cash incentive award earned under the individual performance component is calculated based on the Named Executive Officer’s level of performance relative to his respective annual individual or team objectives. Calculated as a percentage of the Target Cash Incentive Award available under the individual performance component, a Named Executive Officer who meets all of his individual performance objectives will receive a 100% award payout, with award payouts ranging from 0% for not meeting any individual performance objectives to 200% for significantly exceeding all individual performance objectives.

Both the financial and individual performance component calculations offer a range of payouts for performance that exceeds or falls short of the target levels. The Committee believes that this not only provides an incentive for executives to achieve performance that exceeds expectations, but it also provides constant motivation during down business cycles which can have detrimental effects on both financial performance and organizational health. By rewarding a range of performance, the Committee strives to partially counteract the cyclical nature of the Company’s business. Likewise, the payout of an earned award under one component or subcomponent is not contingent upon meeting a certain performance standard under any of the other components or subcomponents. For example, an executive who has met all of his individual performance objectives would still be entitled to receive a payout under the individual component even if the Company failed to meet the threshold financial performance objectives. Similarly, an executive may receive a payout if the threshold level (or higher) is met for a specific financial performance subcomponent even if the executive failed to meet his individual performance objectives and/or the Company failed to meet the threshold levels for any of the other financial performance subcomponents.

During fiscal 2024, for purposes of the 2024 MIP, the Company recorded revenue of $607.1 million, operating margin of 12.6%, and free cash flow percentage of 144.5%. Based on these results, the overall Company Financial Performance Component payout percentage was 82.5% of target based on subcomponent payout percentages of 55.8%, 69.4%, and 142.2% for each of the revenue (37.5%), operating margin (37.5%), and free cash flow (25.0%) subcomponents, respectively. In addition, after the conclusion of fiscal 2024, Mr. Wood recommended scores to the Committee for each Named Executive Officer (including himself) under the Individual Performance Component of the 2024 MIP. The Committee then discussed and approved those scores, determining that the Named Executive Officers generally achieved their individual objectives and were entitled to payouts under the Individual Performance Component of the 2024 MIP ranging from 85% to 93%.

The table below sets forth the 2024 MIP Target Cash Incentive Awards and actual payouts to each of the Named Executive Officers based upon fiscal 2024 performance.

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Long-Term Incentive Compensation. Long-term incentive compensation is designed to reward the achievement of longer-term strategic objectives and align the financial interests of the Company’s executive officers with those of the Company’s stockholders. For fiscal 2024, the Committee approved a target dollar amount for the long-term incentive award for each of the Company’s Named Executive Officers which was allocated as follows:

The PSUs, RSUs and stock options were granted pursuant to the Company’s 2015 Long-Term Incentive Plan, which was approved by the stockholders at the Company’s annual stockholder meeting in January 2015. The Committee believes that this mix of PSUs, RSUs and stock options will continue to promote sustained long-term performance and retention.

In determining the number of PSUs, RSUs and stock options granted to the Named Executive Officers as part of their long-term incentive compensation for fiscal 2024 , the Committee first established a dollar value of the total long-term incentive awards to be awarded to each Named Executive Officer assuming they achieved target performance levels for the PSUs. The Committee established total targeted long-term incentive award amounts as follows for fiscal 2024:

The grant date values allocated to PSUs and RSUs were divided by the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the grant date ($120.54 as of October 23, 2023) to convert those dollar values into total numbers of stock units initially awarded to each Named Executive Officer. While the number of PSUs granted was based upon a target level, the actual number of PSUs actually earned may be as low as 0% if the Company fails to meet the threshold performance level for both performance measures. Alternatively, the number of PSUs actually earned may be as high as 200% if the Company meets or exceeds the maximum performance level for both performance measures. The dollar values allocated to stock options were converted to a number of stock options by using the Black-Scholes option pricing formula on the grant date.

Under the terms of the individual award agreements, both the PSUs and RSUs awarded to Named Executive Officers for fiscal 2024 are payable in common stock and provide the Named Executive Officers with special cash dividend equivalents which entitle them to receive any special cash dividend paid by the Company while the PSUs and RSUs are outstanding; provided, however, that any special cash dividend equivalents will be converted into additional units and will not be payable until all applicable vesting and performance conditions have been met. No cash payment or dividend equivalent will be payable in connection with any regular quarterly dividends. In addition, awards under the PSUs, RSUs and stock options are subject to certain anti-dilution adjustments in the event of a stock split, stock dividend, merger or other similar corporate transaction. The Committee has adopted a policy regarding the timing of grants of

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PSUs, RSUs and stock options to employees which generally provides that such grants will be made on an annual basis during the first quarter or at the beginning of the second quarter of the fiscal year and at least two business days after the Company has issued its full-year earnings release for the prior fiscal year.

The specific terms of the PSU, RSU and stock option grants made to the Named Executive Officers for fiscal 2024 are as follows:

Performance Stock Unit (PSU) Awards. PSUs represent a right to receive a certain target number of shares of the Company’s common stock at a specified time in the future if certain performance objectives have been met during the specified performance period leading up to the payout of the PSU. PSUs are, therefore, designed to reward achievement of specific performance objectives over this period. Historically, the Committee has awarded PSUs with a threshold payout of 50% of the target number and a maximum payout of 200% of the target number. In addition to requiring satisfaction of the applicable threshold performance levels, PSUs are only payable if the recipient remains employed with the Company until payout occurs after the end of the performance period (or under certain circumstances involving a change in control, death or complete disability, as discussed in the “Termination Payments” section below).

Each PSU awarded in fiscal 2024 has a three-year performance period running through the end of fiscal 2026 (i.e. August 31, 2026) with any earned PSUs cliff vesting on November 1, 2026. The Committee selected a three-year performance period because measuring performance over a long period would be less affected by cyclical variations in the Company’s business and one-time events. The Committee felt that a three-year period was commonly used by similar companies for this reason. The Committee chose total stockholder return relative to a select peer group (“Relative Total Stockholder Return”) and return on invested capital (“ROIC”), each equally weighted, as the performance measures to be used to determine PSU payouts for the three-year performance period.

Ultimately, the Committee chose to base PSU payouts on Relative Total Stockholder Return and ROIC because it determined that they align executives’ potential payouts with stockholder value creation and continue to encourage the efficient use of capital. Additionally, these performance measures could be easily quantified and calculated for the purposes of determining whether the Company had met the necessary performance requirements. The Committee assigned equal weighting to Relative Total Stockholder Return and ROIC for purposes of determining PSU payouts in order to drive profitable growth and focus on appropriate asset management. Although the Committee feels that Relative Total Stockholder Return and ROIC reasonably approximate the connection between executive performance and stockholder value, future developments could possibly prompt the Committee to make subsequent PSU awards according to different performance measures.

For purposes of PSUs awarded in fiscal 2024, “Total Stockholder Return” means with respect to the Company or other entities (if measured on a relative basis), (i) the change in the market price of the entity’s common stock (as measured by the average of the closing prices for the entity’s common stock over the 20 trading days prior to the end and the beginning of the three-year performance period), divided by (ii) the beginning market price (as measured by the average of the closing prices for the entity’s common stock over the 20 trading days prior to the beginning of the three-year performance period), all of which is adjusted for any changes in equity structure, including but not limited to stock splits and stock dividends. “Relative Total Stockholder Return” is calculated by comparing the Company’s Total Stockholder Return to the Total Stockholder Returns of 30 peer companies consisting of S&P 600 companies in the Agriculture and Farm Machinery, Construction Machinery and Heavy Transportation Equipment, and Industrial Machinery and Supplies and Components industries, and other entities commonly understood to be the Company’s competitors, the stock of which is believed to be exposed to and react to similar external and industry forces as the Company’s common stock. The resulting 30-company peer group used for the Relative Total Stockholder Return analysis consists of the following companies:

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In the event a member of the above peer group experiences a bankruptcy, that entity shall remain in the peer group but shall drop to the bottom of the ranking (i.e., lowest Total Stockholder Return). In the event that a member of the above peer group is acquired or delisted, that entity shall be removed from the peer group.

For purposes of PSUs awarded in fiscal 2024, “ROIC” is calculated in the following manner:

In the event of an acquisition, actual financial results will be adjusted in the year in which the acquisition occurs for purposes of calculating ROIC by subtracting the Board-approved business case for each acquisition, unless the Committee approves a modification to include any such items. In the event of a divestiture, actual financial results will be adjusted in the year in which the divestiture occurs for purposes of calculating ROIC by including the Board-approved budget (and removing actual performance results) for each divestiture, unless the Committee approves a modification to include any such items. If a planned divestiture is not included in the budget, its financial performance metrics will not be included in the calculation of ROIC if the divestiture is not completed by the end of the applicable budget year. Transaction costs associated with any acquisition or divestiture considered, pursued, or closed shall be added back to profitability in the year or years in which such costs are incurred.

The Committee has established the following three-year average performance measures for Relative Total Stockholder Return and ROIC for the PSUs awarded in fiscal 2024:

To the extent the Company’s three-year absolute Total Stockholder Return is negative but relative performance is above the 50^th percentile, the total percentage of PSUs to be eligible to be settled pursuant to the Relative Total Stockholder Return subcomponent shall be capped at the “target” amount.

The Committee selected target performance measures that were aligned with the long-term target financial performance goals communicated by the Company to its stockholders in its investor conference calls and related presentations. The Committee attempted to establish maximum and threshold performance levels that would appropriately reward the Named Executive Officers for exceptional performance, while also providing them with continued motivation in the event that market factors or down periods make it impossible to meet target performance levels. Percentage payouts between the threshold, target and maximum levels are linearly interpolated for each financial performance subcomponent. A partial PSU payout can be earned by the Named Executive Officers as long as the Company achieves the threshold performance for one of the performance factors even if the Company does not achieve threshold performance for the other performance factor.

The Committee also has discretion to adjust the payout calculation in order to reduce (but not increase) the number of PSUs earned to take into account any unanticipated events including, but not limited to, extraordinary or non-recurring items, changes in tax laws, changes in generally accepted accounting principles, impacts of discontinued operations and restatements of prior period financial results.

If any of the Company’s financial statements are restated before the payout of PSUs as the result of errors, omissions or fraud, for any fiscal year during the three-year performance period, such restated results will be used to recalculate any PSU conversions made at the expiration of the performance period.

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Fiscal 2022-2024 Performance. The end of fiscal 2024 marked the end of the three-year performance period for PSUs granted in fiscal 2022. For this performance period, the Company achieved three-year Relative Total Stockholder Return in the 15^th percentile (resulting in a 0% payout for this component) and three-year average Return on Invested Capital of 13% (resulting in a maximum 200% payout for this component), which equated to a cumulative payout percentage of 100% of target. In accordance with the terms of the PSUs earned for this performance period, Mr. Wood was issued 5,996 shares of common stock (resulting from 5,996 PSUs awarded in fiscal 2022), Mr. Ketcham was issued 1,455 shares of common stock (resulting from 1,445 PSUs awarded in fiscal 2022), Mr. Oberto was issued 770 shares of common stock (resulting from 770 PSUs awarded in fiscal 2022), and Mr. Marion was issued 770 shares of common stock (resulting from 770 PSUs awarded in fiscal 2022). No payouts have yet been earned with respect to the PSUs awarded in fiscal 2023 and fiscal 2024 which have three-year performance periods ending at the end of fiscal 2025 and fiscal 2026, respectively.

For PSUs granted in fiscal 2022, “Relative Total Stockholder Return” and “Return on Invested Capital” or “ROIC” were calculated in the same manner as described above for PSUs granted in fiscal 2024. For purposes of calculating Relative Total Stockholder Return, three members of the originally approved peer group, including CIRCOR International, Inc., were acquired and thus removed from the peer group for PSUs granted in fiscal 2022. Otherwise, except for the exclusion of 3D Systems Corporation, Kennametal Inc., and Trinity Industries, Inc. (which were included in the Company’s peer group for PSUs granted in fiscal 2024), the peer group for PSUs granted in fiscal 2022 was identical to the peer group identified above for PSUs granted in fiscal 2024.

Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) Awards. For the previously discussed reasons, the Committee determined that one quarter of each Named Executive Officer’s long-term incentive award should consist of RSUs. RSUs represent a right to receive a certain number of shares of the Company’s common stock at a specified time in the future, but are not conditioned upon achieving any specific performance objectives, and are only payable if the recipient remains employed by the Company at the end of the vesting period leading up to the payout of the RSU (or under certain circumstances involving a change in control, death or complete disability, as discussed in the “Termination Payments” section below). RSUs are designed primarily to encourage retention of executive officers and key employees.

The RSUs awarded in fiscal 2024 vest according to a three-year schedule, with one-third of the RSUs vesting on November 1 of each fiscal year following the fiscal year of their award contingent upon the Named Executive Officer’s continued employment with the Company. Upon vesting, each RSU converts into a share of the Company’s common stock.

Nonqualified Stock Option Awards. Nonqualified stock options represent an option to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock at a price equal to the closing price on the New York Stock Exchange of the Company’s common stock on the grant date. Stock options have a 10-year term and, in order to be consistent with other long-term equity awards, stock options awarded in fiscal 2024 vest and become exercisable ratably over a 3-year period (one-third each year) on November 1 of the next three calendar years following the grant date contingent upon the Named Executive Officer’s continued employment with the Company (or under certain circumstances involving a change in control, death or complete disability, as discussed in the “Termination Payments” section below). The stock options are designed to motivate executives to increase stockholder value as the stock options will only have value if stockholders also benefit from increasing stock prices.

The nonqualified stock options awarded in fiscal 2024 have an exercise price of $120.54, which is equal to the closing price on the New York Stock Exchange of the Company’s common stock on the grant date of October 23, 2023. No stock option may be exercised more than 10 years from the date of grant.

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Stock Ownership Guidelines. The Committee intends that annual grants of long-term incentive awards will create a layering effect that will provide constant motivation and alignment of executive and stockholder interests extending into the future and will support executive retention. In December 2014, the Board adopted formal stock ownership guidelines applicable to all members of senior management. Each Named Executive Officer is expected to reach his respective ownership guideline within seven years after the date of his appointment as an officer. In addition to shares owned by the executive, outstanding RSUs and in-the-money stock options, net of taxes and exercise price, are counted toward the ownership guideline. PSUs are not counted toward the ownership guideline until they are earned, vested and distributed to the executive. The following table sets forth the applicable stock ownership guideline for each Named Executive Officer and the current ownership multiple for such officer as of the Record Date.

Anti-Pledging/Hedging Policy. Please carefully review the “Corporate Governance—Hedging and Pledging” section of this Proxy Statement above for a detailed discussion of the Company’s pledging and hedging policy.

Other Employee Benefits. The Company also provides certain other benefits to its Named Executive Officers in the normal course of business as appropriate to be competitive with market practice. In addition to this standard benefits package, Named Executive Officers are provided supplemental life insurance coverage and offered participation in a concierge executive health program. Named Executive Officers may also participate in an annual executive physical program that provides each of them with a comprehensive health and wellness examination that goes beyond the standard physical examinations covered by most insurance programs and which reduces the risk for a significant business disruption by striving to prevent and/or timely treat executive illness. In fiscal 2022, the Company adopted a nonqualified deferred compensation plan to allow a select group of eligible participants, including all Named Executive Officers, to elect to defer a portion of their compensation without regard to the tax code limitations applicable to tax-qualified plans. Additional information regarding the deferred compensation plan for this group is included under “Nonqualified Deferred Compensation” below.

Other benefits provided to the Named Executive Officers are those which are generally available to all employees of the Company, subject to the satisfaction of certain eligibility requirements, such as participation in Company-sponsored health and dental insurance, life insurance and disability benefits, and the employee stock purchase plan. The Company and employee participants share in the cost of these programs. The Company maintains a qualified 401(k) retirement plan to which the Company makes matching contributions corresponding to employee contributions. The Company’s Named Executive Officers are eligible to participate in each of these employee benefit plans.

See the Summary Compensation Table for additional information about the value of benefits and perquisites provided to Named Executive Officers in fiscal 2024.

Termination Payments. The Company is party to arrangements with its Named Executive Officers that provide for termination payments under several possible scenarios, including payments that are triggered by a change in control of the Company.

For all equity awards issued and outstanding under the Company’s 2015 Long-Term Incentive Plan, there will be no acceleration of vesting of RSUs and options upon a change in control unless (i) such awards are not assumed or substituted by the acquirer or (ii) the acquirer’s securities are not publicly traded in the United States, in which case, vesting would be fully accelerated. In the event of a change in control of the Company, outstanding PSUs will convert into

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an amount of Company common stock that is prorated to account for the amount of time the Named Executive Officers held the PSUs prior to the change in control transaction and will be paid out based on the probable or expected level of Relative Total Stockholder Return and ROIC at the time of the change in control.

The Company has entered into employment agreements with each Named Executive Officer which do provide for certain additional compensation to them if their employment with the Company is terminated without cause. All termination provisions are designed to provide these executive officers with cash to provide for their living expenses in situations where their employment was not terminated voluntarily or for cause.

As provided in Mr. Wood’s employment agreement, if Mr. Wood’s employment is terminated without cause other than at any time within one year following a change of control, he will receive severance compensation equal to one and one-half times the sum of his annual base salary plus target bonus. If Mr. Wood is terminated without cause within one year following a change in control, then he will receive severance compensation equal to three times the sum of his annual base salary plus target bonus.

In the case of Messrs. Ketcham, Oberto, and Marion, each of them will be entitled to receive a lump sum payment equal to his annual salary if his employment is terminated without cause other than at any time within one year following a change in control or the sum of his annual salary plus target bonus if his employment is terminated without cause or if he terminates his employment for good reason within one year following a change in control.

Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control. The following tables set forth the estimated amount of the benefits that each of the Named Executive Officers would have received under a variety of hypothetical termination and change in control scenarios occurring on August 31, 2024. All of the information presented in the following tables is provided for illustrative purposes only.

TERMINATION SCENARIOS NOT INVOLVING A CHANGE IN CONTROL

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CHANGE IN CONTROL SCENARIOS

Tax Considerations. The Committee considers the impact of applicable tax laws with respect to executive compensation. Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Section 162(m)”), imposes an annual, individual limit of $1 million on the deductibility of the Company’s compensation payments to the chief executive officer and certain other Named Executive Officers. Prior to the effectiveness of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, the deduction limit did not apply to performance-based compensation, provided that certain conditions were satisfied. However, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 eliminated the Section 162(m) provisions exempting performance-based compensation from the $1 million deduction limit, subject to an exception for remuneration pursuant to a written binding contract which was in effect on November 2, 2017. As a result, while the Committee attempted to preserve, to the extent practicable, the deductibility of all compensation payments to the Company’s executive officers until the tax law change,

the Company is generally no longer able to take a deduction for any annual compensation paid to its current or former

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Named Executive Officers in excess of $1 million and does not limit executive compensation to amounts deductible under Section 162(m).

Compensation Committee Report

The Company’s Human Resources and Compensation Committee has reviewed and discussed the Compensation Discussion and Analysis contained in this Proxy Statement with management. Based on the Committee’s review of, and the discussions with management with respect to, the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the Committee recommended to the Board of Directors that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in this Proxy Statement.

David B. Rayburn, Chairperson

Robert E. Brunner

Pablo Di Si

Consuelo E. Madere

Pay Ratio Information

The Company is providing the following information about the relationship of the annual total compensation of its employees and the annual total compensation of Randy A. Wood, its Chief Executive Officer for fiscal 2024. The pay ratio included in this information is a reasonable estimate calculated in a manner consistent with applicable securities regulations. This information is being provided for the purposes of compliance with the pay ratio disclosure requirement. Neither the Human Resources and Compensation Committee nor management of the Company used the pay ratio measure in making compensation decisions.

Under Instruction 2 to Item 402(u) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act (“Regulation S-K”), the median employee may be identified once every three years if there is no impact to the pay ratio disclosure. On August 31, 2022, the date which was originally selected to identify the median employee (the “Pay Ratio Date”), the Company had approximately 683 U.S. employees and 579 non-U.S. employees, for a total of 1,262 employees. This population consisted of the Company’s full-time, part-time, seasonal and temporary employees. In determining the median employee, the Company excluded from its employee population all of its 31 employees then located in Italy pursuant to a de minimis exemption permitted under SEC rules.

Also, as reported in the Company’s previous Proxy Statements, to identify the median employee from the Company’s employee population, a comparison was made of the amount of base salary and wages plus target cash bonus for each employee who was employed on the Pay Ratio Date as reflected in payroll records from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2022, excluding the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. The compensation was annualized for employees who were hired during the measurement year but did not work for the Company the entire year, excluding seasonal and temporary employees. No cost-of-living adjustments were made in identifying the median employee.

The median employee we identified for fiscal 2022 was no longer employed by the Company at the end of fiscal 2024. Therefore, as there were no other changes in the Company’s employee population that the Company reasonably believes would significantly change this pay ratio disclosure and as allowed under SEC rules, we identified a new median employee for fiscal 2024 whose compensation was substantially similar to the original median employee selected for fiscal 2022. As in prior years, the annual total compensation for the median employee continued to be calculated using the same methodology used for the Company’s Named Executive Officers as set forth in the Summary Compensation Table.

For fiscal 2024, the total compensation for Mr. Wood was $3,650,302 and the annual total compensation for the median employee was $52,978, which resulted in a ratio of 68.9 to 1.

The SEC rules for identifying the median employee and calculating the pay ratio based on that employee’s annual total compensation allow companies to adopt a variety of methodologies, to apply certain exclusions, and to make reasonable estimates and assumptions that reflect their compensation practices. The Company believes that the calculated ratios are reasonable estimates calculated in a manner consistent with the pay ratio disclosure requirements. The pay ratios reported by other companies, including those within the Company’s peer group and industry, may not be comparable to the pay ratio reported above, as other companies may have different employment and compensation practices and may utilize different methodologies, exclusions, estimates, and assumptions in calculating their own pay ratios.

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Executive Compensation

The table below sets forth information regarding all forms of compensation earned by the Company’s Named Executive Officers during the last three fiscal years.

SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE

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The following table sets forth information concerning each grant of an award made to the Company’s Named Executive Officers during the last completed fiscal year under the Company’s 2015 Long-Term Incentive Plan and Management Incentive Plan for fiscal 2024.

GRANTS OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS

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The following table sets forth information concerning unexercised options, stock that has not vested and equity incentive plan awards for each of the Company’s Named Executive Officers that were outstanding as of the end of the last completed fiscal year.

OUTSTANDING EQUITY AWARDS AT FISCAL YEAR-END