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Re: | File No. 001-32630 |
1. | On page 15, you disclose that you used three marketplace data sources in determining 2009 compensation levels. You disclose that the second source is publicly-available compensation information for a group of approximately 80 publicly-traded companies, which were selected because they had revenues of between $5 billion to $7 billion. Please provide us with draft disclosure for your 2011 proxy statement which provides: |
| all the names of the companies included in this benchmark; | |||
| if you benchmarked against a survey in its entirety, the name of the survey; or | |||
| if you used a subset of companies from a survey, the name of the survey and the specific selection criteria used in the database to select the companies in this benchmark group. | |||
| A general compensation survey prepared by Towers Perrin, which contains data on approximately [___] companies. | ||
| Publicly-available compensation information for the following group of [___] publicly-traded companies, which were selected because they had revenues of between $[___] billion to $[___] billion: | ||
[companies used in 2010 compensation decisions to be listed] | |||
| Publicly-available compensation information for the following group of [___] publicly-traded companies, which were selected because the companies have comparable annual revenues or because they compete directly with us in the same general industry and for the same key employees: | ||
[companies used in 2010 compensation decisions to be listed] |
2. | Please provide us with draft disclosure for your 2011 proxy statement which provides the following for your 2011 performance-based cash incentive payments: |
| the corporate performance threshold, target and maximum performance level for each goal that has been established and | ||
| the weighting of the performance goals. |
Please also confirm that in your 2011 proxy statement you will discuss how your committee arrived at the specific payment amounts. For example, you disclose that your committee retains discretion to reduce the amounts earned. If your committee exercises discretion and/or evaluates performance, please confirm that you will describe the evaluation of the respective executive officer with specific factors that lead to the committees conclusions and describe how this evaluation will affect the actual bonuses to be paid. To the extent that the goals are quantified, the discussion should also be quantified. |
Performance Metric | Weight | Threshold | Target | Maximum | Results | |||||
ROE
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[___]% | [___] | [___] | [___] | [___] | |||||
Pre-Tax Margin (Title Segment)
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[___]% | [___] | [___] | [___] | [___] |
3. | Please confirm that in your 2011 proxy statement you will revise your discussion of the factors considered in granting your Long-Term Equity Incentive Awards to discuss how your committee arrives at the specific awards to be granted for each named executive officer. |
4. | Please file copies of your January 2009 and April 2009 LandAmerica Synergy Incentive Programs pursuant to Item 601(b)(10)(iii) of Regulation S-K. You disclose that the participants earned the maximum incentives and that the pool was allocated among employees based on their ability to achieve synergy results. To the extent you establish another similar compensation program in the future, please confirm that in addition to the disclosure you have provided for this plan, you will disclose |
| how you determined the size of the incentive pool; | ||
| for each named executive officer, the threshold, target and maximum incentive amounts for each goal; | ||
| your Compensation Committees evaluation of each goal at the end of the fiscal year; and | ||
| how the level of achievement will affect the actual bonuses to be paid. |
| how we determined the size of the incentive pool; | ||
| for each named executive officer, the threshold, target and maximum incentives for each goal; | ||
| our compensation committees evaluation of each goal at the end of the fiscal year; and | ||
| how the level of achievement will affect the actual bonuses to be paid. |
| FNF is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filings; | ||
| Staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to Staff comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filings; and | ||
| FNF may not assert Staff comments as a defense in any proceedings initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. |
Very truly yours, |
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/s/ Robert S. Rachofsky | ||||
Robert S. Rachofsky | ||||