UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 2, 2009
MasterCard Incorporated
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-32877 | 13-4172551 | ||||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||||
| 2000 Purchase Street Purchase, New York |
10577 | |||||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||||
(914) 249-2000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
NOT APPLICABLE
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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| Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On February 2, 2009, the Human Resources and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Compensation Committee”) of MasterCard Incorporated (the “Company”) approved performance targets for the Company for the year ending December 31, 2009 that will be used to determine the amounts of cash bonus awards that may be paid to the principal executive officer, principal financial officer, and other named executive officers disclosed in the Company’s most recent proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (on April 24, 2008) under its Senior Executive Annual Incentive Compensation Plan (“SEAICP”). The cash bonus awards for 2009 under the SEAICP are based upon the Company’s achievement of predetermined net income and operating margin improvement targets. Actual bonus award amounts will be based upon a weighting of two-thirds for actual performance achieved against the net income target and one-third for actual performance achieved against the operating margin improvement target. The Compensation Committee may reduce award amounts at its discretion. The Compensation Committee set the 2009 annual cash incentive awards (as a percentage of base salary) under the SEAICP for the Company’s named executive officers as follows:
| Name |
Performance Level Achieved | ||||||||
| Threshold | Target | Maximum | |||||||
| Robert W. Selander |
75 | % | 150 | % | 375 | % | |||
| Noah J. Hanft |
50 | % | 100 | % | 250 | % | |||
| Martina Hund-Mejean |
50 | % | 100 | % | 250 | % | |||
| Chris A. McWilton |
50 | % | 100 | % | 250 | % | |||
Performance below threshold would result in no cash bonus payout.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| MASTERCARD INCORPORATED | ||||||
| Date: February 6, 2009 | By | /s/ Noah J. Hanft | ||||
| Noah J. Hanft | ||||||
| General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | ||||||