Re:
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United Parcel Service, Inc. | |
Definitive 14A | ||
Filed March 19, 2007 | ||
File No. 001-15451 |
Comment 1:
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We note your response to prior comment 5. You state that you will provide additional disclosure with respect to the categories of individual performance considered by the compensation committee. Please confirm that you will also disclose for each named executive officer the specific contributions which were considered by the compensation committee. In addition, please confirm that you will discuss how the contributions factored into your specific compensation decisions. | |
Response 1:
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We confirm that, to the extent the compensation committee considered specific contributions of each named executive officer, we will disclose for each such named executive officer the specific contributions which were considered by the compensation committee in determining 2007 annual compensation. Further, we confirm that we will discuss how the contributions factored into the compensation committees specific compensation decisions. |
Comment 2:
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We note your response to prior comment 6 and specifically that you undertake to further describe target award levels for each named executive officer. Please confirm that you will disclose the performance targets for the MIP and LTIP in future filings. If you believe that disclosure of the goals is not required because it would result in competitive harm such that you may omit the disclosure under Instruction 4 to Item 402(b) of Regulation S-K, please provide a detailed supplemental analysis supporting your conclusion. Please refer to prior comment 6 for additional guidance, as appropriate. | |
Response 2:
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At the time of the filing of our 2007 proxy statement, we concluded that disclosure of the specific numerical performance targets that were based on our confidential business plans for MIP and LTIP was not necessary to provide investors with a material understanding of these compensation arrangements. However, in light of our discussions with the Commission, we confirm that we will disclose in future filings: (1) the numerical performance targets, as applicable, for the MIP (noting that certain MIP business elements do not have numerical targets); and (2) the range of performance targets for growth in consolidated revenue and consolidated operating return on invested capital for the LTIP, with an example of the combination of performance targets that would result in a 100% payout under the LTIP. |
Very truly yours, |
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/s/ Teri P. McClure | ||||
Teri P. McClure | ||||
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ||||