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8501 N. Scottsdale Rd.

Gainey Center II

Suite 100

Scottsdale, AZ 85253

LETTER TO STOCKHOLDERS

Dear TPI Composites, Inc. Stockholder:

I am pleased to invite you to attend the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of TPI Composites, Inc. (“TPI Composites”) to be held virtually on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. local time via live audio webcast on the Internet at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/TPIC2021.

Business Strategy

Our long-term success will be driven by our business strategy. The key elements of our business strategy are as follows:

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Capitalize on the long-term, global trends of decarbonization of the electric sector and the electrification of vehicles.

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Grow our existing relationships and develop new relationships with leading industry OEMs.

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Leverage our footprint in large and growing wind markets, capitalize on the continuing outsourcing trend, evaluate building wind blades for the growing offshore wind market and evaluate strategic acquisitions.

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Continue to drive down costs of wind energy.

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Expand our transportation and our field service inspection and repair businesses.

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Focus on continuing innovation.

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Enhance our environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) practices and execute upon our long-term ESG goals.

2020 Performance Highlights

For the full year 2020, with the backdrop of a difficult operating environment due to COVID-19, we delivered:

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Net sales of $1,670.1 million.

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Net loss of $19.0 million or $0.54 per diluted share.

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EBITDA of $52.3 million.

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ADJUSTED EBITDA of $94.5 million.

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The start-up of blade production at our Chennai, India facility and signing of a multi-year agreement with Nordex for India production.

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The extension of contracts with GE, Vestas, and Nordex.

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Continued progress on commercial delivery vehicles and production of parts for multiple passenger electric vehicle platforms.

EBITDA and ADJUSTED EBITDA are non-GAAP financial measures. See Appendix A to this Proxy Statement for a reconciliation of net loss, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, to EBITDA and ADJUSTED EBITDA.

Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability

At TPI, we view sustainability as more than a target, it is a principle that guides us to continuously improve our business and our impacts. We have embedded sustainability practices into our day-to-day operations to safeguard our people and the environment in which they work. In March 2021, we published our second ESG Report.

In preparing our most recent report, we refreshed our initial materiality assessment to identify the topics most important to our organization and our stakeholders. By analyzing the results of that assessment, we determined the following topics were most material to our stakeholders and reported on them in our ESG Report: governance and ethics; health and safety; COVID-19; supply chain, research and development; environment; associate metrics; and communities and economic impacts.

Details regarding the Annual Meeting and the business to be conducted are more fully described in the accompanying Notice of 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and Proxy Statement.

Thank you for your ongoing support of and continued interest in TPI Composites. We look forward to your participation at our Annual Meeting.

Sincerely,

William E. Siwek

President and Chief Executive Officer

YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT

On or about April 5, 2021, we expect to mail to our stockholders a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Notice”), containing instructions on how to access our Proxy Statement for our 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Proxy Statement”) and our 2020 Annual Report to Stockholders (the “Annual Report”). The Notice provides instructions on how to vote online, by telephone, or by proxy card. The Proxy Statement and our Annual Report can be accessed directly at the Internet address www.proxyvote.com by entering the sixteen-digit control number located on your proxy card.

In order to ensure your representation at the Annual Meeting, whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, please vote your shares as promptly as possible. Your participation will help to ensure the presence of a quorum at the Annual Meeting and save TPI Composites the extra expense associated with additional solicitation. If you hold your shares through a broker, your broker is not permitted to vote on your behalf in the election of directors unless you provide specific instructions to the broker by completing and returning any voting instruction form that the broker provides (or following any instructions that allow you to vote your broker-held shares via telephone or the Internet). For your vote to be counted, you will need to communicate your voting decision before the date of the Annual Meeting. Voting your shares in advance will not prevent you from attending the Annual Meeting, revoking your earlier submitted proxy or voting your stock at the Annual Meeting.

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NOTICE OF 2021 ANNUAL MEETING

OF STOCKHOLDERS


DATE:		Tuesday, May 18, 2021

TIME:		1:00 p.m. local time

VIRTUAL MEETING:		www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/TPIC2021

Agenda of Meeting

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To elect four Class II directors Paul G. Giovacchini, Jayshree S. Desai, Bavan M. Holloway, and Linda P. Hudson to hold office until the 2024 annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified, subject to their earlier resignation or removal;

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To ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021;

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To conduct a non-binding advisory vote on the compensation of our named executive officers; and

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To transact any other business that properly comes before the Annual Meeting (including adjournments, continuations and postponements thereof).

How to Vote

Due to the coronavirus (“COVID-19”), the public health and travel concerns our stockholders may have, and the protocols that federal, state and local governments may impose, our Board of Directors has determined to hold a live audio webcast in lieu of an in-person meeting in order to support the health and well-being of our employees, stockholders, directors and community. You will be able to vote and submit your questions during the Annual Meeting at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/TPIC2021. The health and safety of our employees, stockholders, directors and community is paramount and we believe that holding a virtual meeting will enable greater stockholder attendance and help accommodate participants who may be unable or unwilling to travel to an in-person meeting as a result of measures implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

On or about April 5, 2021, we expect to mail to our stockholders a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Notice”), containing instructions on how to access our Proxy Statement and our Annual Report. The Notice provides instructions on how to vote online, by telephone, or by proxy card. This Proxy Statement and our Annual Report can be accessed directly at the Internet address www.proxyvote.com by entering the sixteen-digit control number located on your proxy card.

Record Date:

Only stockholders of record at the close of business on March 22, 2021 (the “Record Date”) are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting as set forth in the Proxy Statement. Further information regarding voting rights and the matters to be voted upon is presented in the accompanying Proxy Statement.

If you have any questions regarding this information or the proxy materials, please contact our investor relations department via the methods listed at https://ir.tpicomposites.com/websites/tpicomposites/English/0/investor-relations.html.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

William E. Siwek

President and Chief Executive Officer

Scottsdale, Arizona

April 2, 2021

TABLE OF CONTENTS


GENERAL INFORMATION			1

PROPOSAL ONE: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS			3
Number of Directors; Board Structure			3
Nominees			3
Directors			4

PROPOSAL TWO: RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF OUR INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM			11
Policy on Audit Committee Pre-Approval of Audit and Permissible Non-Audit Services of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm			11
Audit Fees			11
Report of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors			12

PROPOSAL THREE: NON-BINDING ADVISORY VOTE ON NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION			13

TRANSACTION OF OTHER BUSINESS			14

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE			15
Meetings of the Board of Directors			15
Code of Business Conduct and Ethics			15
Independence of the Board of Directors			16
Board’s Role in Risk Oversight			16
Board Leadership Structure			16
Committees of the Board of Directors			16
Audit Committee			16
Compensation Committee			17
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee			17
Technology Committee			18
Identifying and Evaluating Director Nominees			18
Minimum Qualifications and Board Diversity			18
Stockholder Recommendations			19
Stockholder Communications			19

COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS			20
Overview			20
Executive Appointments in 2020			20
Executive Summary			20
Primary Compensation Programs			21
Pay for Performance Philosophy			21
Executive Compensation Policies and Practices			23
Say-on-Pay Vote on Executive Compensation			23
Setting Executive Compensation			23
Defining and Comparing Compensation to Market Benchmarks			24
Individual Compensation Elements			25

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Benefits and Other Compensation			30
Severance and Other Termination Arrangements			30
Tax and Accounting Considerations			31
Compensation Risk Assessment			32
“Clawback” Policy			32
Policy Prohibiting Hedging and Pledging of Equity Securities			32

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION			33
Option Exercises and Stock Vested			38
CEO Pay Ratio			42
Director Compensation			42
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation			44
Report of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors			45
Insider Trading Policy and Rule 10b5-1 Sales Plans			45

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT			46
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance			47

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS			48
Certain Relationships and Transactions			48
Procedures for Approval of Related Party Transactions			49

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION			50
Procedures for Submitting Stockholder Proposals			50

HOUSEHOLDING OF PROXY MATERIALS			51

APPENDIX A – NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES INFORMATION			A-52

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GENERAL INFORMATION

Our Board of Directors (the “Board”) solicits your proxy on our behalf for the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) and at any adjournment, continuation or postponement of the Annual Meeting for the purposes set forth in this Proxy Statement for our 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Proxy Statement”) and the accompanying Notice of 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The Annual Meeting will be held virtually at 1:00 p.m. local time on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 via live audio webcast. You will be able to attend the virtual Annual Meeting, vote your shares electronically and submit your questions during the live audio webcast of the Annual Meeting by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/TPIC2021 and entering your sixteen-digit control number located on your proxy card. On or about April 5, 2021, we mailed our stockholders a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials containing instructions on how to access our Proxy Statement and our Annual Report (the “Notice”).

In this Proxy Statement, the terms “TPI Composites,” “the Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to TPI Composites, Inc. and its subsidiaries. The mailing address of our principal executive offices is TPI Composites, Inc., 8501 N. Scottsdale Rd., Gainey Center II, Suite 100, Scottsdale, AZ 85253.


Record Date		March 22, 2021

Quorum		A majority of the shares entitled to vote on the Record Date must be present in person or represented by proxy to constitute a quorum.

Shares Outstanding		36,711,525 shares of common stock outstanding as of March 22, 2021.

Voting		There are four ways a stockholder of record can vote:

		(1) by Internet at www.voteproxy.com 24 hours a day, seven days a week, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on May 17, 2021 (have your proxy card in hand when you visit the website); We encourage you to vote this way as it is the most cost-effective method;

		(2) by toll-free telephone at 1-800-690-6903, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on May 17, 2021 (have your proxy card in hand when you call);

		(3) by completing and mailing your proxy card; or

		(4) by Internet during the Annual Meeting. Instructions on how to attend and vote at the Annual Meeting are described at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/TPIC2021.

		To be counted, proxies submitted by telephone or Internet at www.voteproxy.com must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on May 17, 2021. Proxies submitted by U.S. mail must be received before the start of the Annual Meeting.

		If you hold your shares through a bank or broker, please follow their instructions.

Revoking Your Proxy		Stockholders of record may revoke their proxies by attending the Annual Meeting and voting by Internet during the Annual Meeting, by filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy, by filing another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with our Secretary before the vote is counted, or by voting again using the telephone or Internet before the cutoff time (your latest telephone or Internet proxy is the one that will be counted). If you hold shares through a bank or broker, you may revoke any prior voting instructions by contacting that firm.

Votes Required to Adopt Proposals		Each share of our common stock outstanding on the Record Date is entitled to one vote on any proposal presented at the Annual Meeting:

		For Proposal One, the election of directors, the four nominees receiving the greatest number of votes will be elected as directors.

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		For Proposal Two, a majority of the votes properly cast is required to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021.

		The approval of the compensation of our named executive officers in Proposal Three, on a non-binding advisory basis, requires a majority of the votes properly cast “for” or “against” such matter. Because your vote is advisory, it will not be binding on the Board or our compensation committee, but the Board and compensation committee will review the voting results and take them into consideration when making future decisions about executive compensation.

Effect of Abstentions and Broker Non-Votes		Votes withheld from any nominee, abstentions and “broker nonvotes” (i.e., where a broker has not received voting instructions from the beneficial owner and for which the broker does not have discretionary power to vote on a particular matter) are counted as present for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum. Shares voting “withheld” have no effect on the election of directors. Abstentions have no effect on the ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021.

		Under the rules that govern brokers holding shares for their customers, brokers who do not receive voting instructions from their customers have the discretion to vote uninstructed shares on routine matters, but do not have discretion to vote such uninstructed shares on non-routine matters. Only Proposal Two, the ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP, is considered a routine matter where brokers are permitted to vote shares held by them without instruction. If your shares are held through a broker, those shares will not be voted in the election of directors unless you affirmatively provide the broker instructions on how to vote. Proposals One and Three are not considered routine matters and brokers are not permitted to vote shares held by them and broker nonvotes will have no effect.

Voting Instructions		If you complete and submit your proxy voting instructions, the persons named as proxies will follow your instructions. If you submit proxy voting instructions but do not direct how your shares should be voted on each item, the persons named as proxies will vote “FOR” the election of the nominees for director, “FOR” the ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm, and “FOR” the non-binding advisory vote to approve the compensation of our named executive officers. The persons named as proxies will vote on any other matters properly presented at the Annual Meeting in accordance with their best judgment, although we have not received timely notice of any other matters that may be properly presented for voting at the Annual Meeting.

Voting Results		We will announce preliminary results at the Annual Meeting. We will report final results by filing a Form 8-K within four business days after the Annual Meeting. If final results are not available at that time, we will provide preliminary voting results in the Form 8-K and will provide the final results in an amendment to the Form 8-K as soon as they become available.

Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials		In accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), we have elected to furnish our proxy materials, including this Proxy Statement and our Annual Report, primarily via the Internet. On or about, April 5, 2021, we mailed to our stockholders a “Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials” that contains instructions on how to access our proxy materials on the Internet, how to vote at the Annual Meeting, and how to request printed copies of the proxy materials and the Annual Report. Stockholders may request to receive all future proxy materials in printed form by mail or electronically by e-mail by following the instructions contained in the Notice. We encourage stockholders to take advantage of the availability of the proxy materials on the Internet to help reduce the environmental impact of our annual meetings.

Additional Solicitation/Costs		We are paying for the distribution of the proxy materials and solicitation of the proxies. As part of this process, we reimburse brokerage houses and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses for forwarding proxy and solicitation materials to our stockholders. Proxy solicitation expenses that we will pay include those for preparation, mailing, returning and tabulating the Notice and proxies. Our directors, officers and employees may also solicit proxies on our behalf in person, by telephone, email or facsimile, but they do not receive additional compensation for providing those services.

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PROPOSAL ONE: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

Number of Directors; Board Structure

Our Board is divided into three staggered classes of directors. One class is elected each year at the annual meeting of stockholders for a term of three years. The term of the Class II directors expires at the Annual Meeting. The term of the Class III directors expires at the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders and the term of the Class I directors expires at the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders. After the initial terms expire, directors are expected to be elected to hold office for a three-year term or until the election and qualification of their successors in office.

Nominees

Our Board has nominated Paul G. Giovacchini, Jayshree S. Desai, Bavan M. Holloway, and Linda P. Hudson for election as Class II directors to hold office until the 2024 annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified, subject to their earlier resignation or removal. Each of Paul G. Giovacchini, Jayshree S. Desai, Bavan M. Holloway, and Linda P. Hudson is a current member of our Board and all of the nominees have consented to serve if elected.

Unless you direct otherwise through your proxy voting instructions, the persons named as proxies will vote all proxies received “FOR” the election of each nominee. If any nominee is unable or unwilling to serve at the time of the Annual Meeting, the persons named as proxies may vote for a substitute nominee chosen by the present Board. In the alternative, the proxies may vote only for the remaining nominees, leaving a vacancy on the Board. The Board may fill such vacancy at a later date or reduce the size of the Board. We have no reason to believe that any of the nominees will be unwilling or unable to serve if elected as a director.

Summary of Director Core Competencies and Board Diversity

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Proposal One: Election of Directors

For Proposal One, the four nominees receiving the greatest number of votes will be elected as directors. With respect to Proposal One, you may vote “for” or “withheld” authority to vote for each of the nominees for the Board. If you “withheld” authority to vote with respect to one or more director nominees, your vote will have no effect on the election of such nominee. Broker non-votes will have no effect on the election of the nominees.

RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD

The Board recommends that you vote

“FOR” the election of each of the nominees.

The biographies of each of the nominees and continuing directors below contain information regarding each such person’s service as a director, business experience, director positions held currently or at any time during the last five years and the experiences, qualifications, attributes or skills that caused our Board to determine that the person should serve as a director of the Company. In addition to the information presented below regarding each nominee’s and continuing director’s specific experience, qualifications, attributes and skills that led the Board to the conclusion that he or she should serve as a director, we also believe that each of our directors has a reputation for integrity, honesty and adherence to high ethical standards. Each of our directors has demonstrated business acumen and an ability to exercise sound judgment, as well as a commitment of service to the Company and our Board. Finally, we value our directors’ experience in relevant areas of business management and on other boards of directors and board committees.

Our corporate governance guidelines also dictate that a majority of the Board be comprised of independent directors whom the Board has determined have no material relationship with the Company and who are otherwise “independent” directors under the published listing requirements of the Nasdaq Global Market (“NASDAQ”).

Directors

The following table sets forth information regarding our directors, including their ages, as of March 22, 2021:


Name	Age	Position
Steven C. Lockard (1)	59	Chairman of the Board and Director
Paul G. Giovacchini (2)	63	Lead Independent Director
William E. Siwek	58	President & Chief Executive Officer, Director
Jayshree S. Desai (2)(3)	49	Director
Bavan M. Holloway (3)	56	Director
Linda P. Hudson (1)(4)	70	Director
Jack A. Henry (3)	77	Director
James A. Hughes (3)	58	Director
Daniel G. Weiss (2)(4)	53	Director
Tyrone M. Jordan (1)(4)	58	Director
Philip J. Deutch (1)(4)	56	Director

(1)	Member of our technology committee.

(2)	Member of our compensation committee.

(3)	Member of our audit committee.

(4)	Member of our nominating and corporate governance committee.

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Paul G. Giovacchini.
Age: 63		Mr. Giovacchini is the Lead Independent Director and served as Chairman of our Board from 2006 to 2020. He currently serves as the Chairperson of our Compensation Committee. Mr. Giovacchini has served as an independent consulting advisor to Landmark Partners, Inc. since 2014. Prior to 2014, he served as a Principal of Landmark Partners, Inc. since 2005. Mr. Giovacchini has been investing in privately held companies on behalf of institutional limited partnerships since 1987. He currently serves as a director of CaLLogix, Inc., a fully integrated contact center providing a full menu of customized outsourced programs. Mr. Giovacchini holds an A.B. in Economics from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Harvard University.
We believe that Mr. Giovacchini is qualified to serve as a member of our Board because of his experience investing in growth companies and serving on their boards of directors, and his extensive knowledge of our business.


Jayshree S. Desai.
Age: 49		Ms. Desai has served as a member of our Board since September 2017. Since January 2020, Ms. Desai has served as the Chief Corporate Development Officer of Quanta Services, Inc., a leading specialty contractor for the electric power, pipeline, industrial and communications industries. From 2018 to 2019, Ms. Desai served as President of ConnectGen LLC, a company focused on the development of wind, solar and storage projects. From 2010 to 2018, Ms. Desai served as the Chief Operating Officer of Clean Line Energy Partners LLC, a developer of transmission line infrastructure projects that deliver wind energy to communities and cities that lack access to low-cost renewable energy resources. From 2002 to 2010, Ms. Desai served as Chief Financial Officer of EDP Renewables North America f/k/a Horizon Wind Energy, a developer, owner and operator of wind farms. Ms. Desai began her career as a business analyst at McKinsey & Company and also held various positions in the corporate development department of Enron Corporation. Ms. Desai also currently serves on the Board of KIPP Texas, a non-profit organization of public, charter schools for the underserved communities in Texas. Ms. Desai previously served as the Chairperson of the Board of the Wind Energy Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising public awareness of wind as a clean, domestic energy source. Ms. Desai holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin.
We believe that Ms. Desai is qualified to serve as a member of our Board because of her considerable expertise in energy markets and renewable energy policy, as well as her experience serving in high-level executive roles of wind energy transmission and development companies.


Bavan M. Holloway.
Age: 56		Ms. Holloway joined our Board in September 2020. From August 2010 to April 2020, Ms. Holloway served as Vice President of Corporate Audit for The Boeing Company (“Boeing”). Ms. Holloway also served in various senior finance roles for Boeing from May 2002 to August 2010. Prior to joining Boeing, Ms. Holloway worked for KPMG, LLP as a partner and in other roles primarily serving investment services, broker dealer and financial clients. Her internal audit experience has spanned the breadth of enterprise processes, including cybersecurity, supply chain, manufacturing, engineering and overall risk management. Ms. Holloway currently serves on the Board of the YWCA Seattle \| King \| Snohomish, a non-profit focused on eliminating racism, empowering women, and creating an inclusive, thriving, and healthy community. Ms. Holloway holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration from the University of Tulsa and a M.S. degree in Financial Markets and Trading from the Illinois Institute of Technology.
We believe Ms. Holloway is qualified to serve as a member of our Board because of her 30+ years of broad finance and audit experience in complex and highly regulated global business environments.

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Linda P. Hudson.
Age: 70		Ms. Hudson joined the Company’s Board in August 2020. From May 2014 to January 2020, Ms. Hudson served as the Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of The Cardea Group, a management consulting firm that she founded. Ms. Hudson previously served as CEO Emeritus of BAE, a U.S.-based subsidiary of BAE Systems, a global defense, aerospace, and security company headquartered in London, from February 2014 to May 2014, and as President and Chief Executive Officer of BAE from October 2009 until January 2014. Ms. Hudson also served as President of BAE Systems’ Land and Armaments operating group, from October 2006 to October 2009. Prior to joining BAE Systems, Ms. Hudson served as Vice President of General Dynamics Corporation and President of its Armament and Technical Products business, and held various engineering, production operations, program management, and business development positions for defense and aerospace companies. Ms. Hudson holds a B.S. in Systems Engineering from the University of Florida. She also holds an honorary doctorate in engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and an honorary doctorate in science from the University of Florida. In 2019, she was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering. Ms. Hudson currently serves as a director of Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) and Trane Technologies plc (NYSE: TT), formerly Ingersoll Rand, plc, and previously served as a director of The Southern Company from 2014 to July 2018. Ms. Hudson serves on the non-profit executive board of the University of Florida Foundation.
We believe Ms. Hudson is qualified to serve as a member of our Board because of her chief executive officer and public company board experience as well as her global operations expertise which she developed by managing operations in complex and highly regulated business environments for over 35 years.

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Information Concerning Directors Continuing in Office Until the 2022 Annual Meeting


Jack A. Henry.
Age: 77		Mr. Henry has served as a member of our Board since 2008 and currently serves as the Chairperson of our audit committee. Since 2000, Mr. Henry has served as the Managing Director of Sierra Blanca Ventures, LLC, a private investment and advisory firm. From 1966 to 2000, Mr. Henry worked as a certified public accountant for Arthur Andersen, a national accounting firm, retiring in 2000 as the Managing Partner of the Phoenix, Arizona office. Since 2000, Mr. Henry has served on the board of directors of eighteen public and private companies. Mr. Henry currently serves on the board of directors and chairs the audit committee of Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (NASDAQ: LOPE) and serves on the board of directors, chairs the audit committee and serves on the compensation committee of one private company. Mr. Henry also serves on the board and is the Treasurer of First Place Arizona, which provides housing and services for adults with autism and other neurodiversities. Mr. Henry is the past President of the Arizona Chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors. Mr. Henry received a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan.
We believe that Mr. Henry is qualified to serve as a member of our Board because of his substantial experience in serving as a director of numerous private and public companies, as well as his prior employment as an accountant, make him well suited to assist us as a director.


James A. Hughes.
Age: 58		Mr. Hughes has served as a member of our Board since October 2015. Since August 2019, Mr. Hughes has served as Managing Partner, Energy Transition at EnCap Investments, a leading provider of equity capital to independent energy companies in the upstream and midstream oil and gas industry and in the energy transition sector of the electric power industry. From December 2017 to August 2019, Mr. Hughes has served as CEO and Managing Director of Prisma Energy Capital, a private entity focused on investments in energy storage. Mr. Hughes served as Chief Executive Officer of First Solar, Inc. from May 2012 to July 2016, and served as a member of First Solar, Inc.’s board of directors from May 2012 until September 2016. Prior to serving as the Chief Executive Officer of First Solar, Inc., he served as the company’s Chief Commercial Officer from March 2012 to May 2012. Prior to joining First Solar, Inc., Mr. Hughes served as Chief Executive Officer and Director of AEI Services LLC from October 2007 until April 2011. Mr. Hughes currently serves as a director of PNM Resources Inc. (NYSE: PNM), an energy holding company that generates and provides electricity to homes and businesses in New Mexico and Texas through its regulated utilities. Mr. Hughes also serves as a director of Alcoa Corporation (NYSE: AA), a producer of bauxite, alumina and aluminum products. He is the former chairman and director of the Los Angeles branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. He is also a member of the Energy Advisory Council of the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank. Mr. Hughes holds a J.D. from the University of Texas at Austin School of Law, a Certificate of Completion in international business law from Queen Mary’s College, University of London and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Southern Methodist University.
We believe that Mr. Hughes is qualified to serve as a member of our Board because of his many years of experience in various sections of the energy industry, including renewable energy, as well as his experience serving as the CEO and in other high level executive roles of publicly-traded energy companies.

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Proposal One: Election of Directors


Daniel G. Weiss.
Age: 53		Mr. Weiss has served as a member of our Board since 2009 and currently serves as the Chairperson of our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Weiss is a co-founder and Managing Partner of Angeleno Group, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm focused on high growth investments in next generation clean energy and climate solutions related technology companies, since Angeleno Group’s founding in 2001. In addition to his firm management responsibilities, Mr. Weiss leads investments and serves on boards of multiple Angeleno Group private portfolio companies. Mr. Weiss also currently serves on the Board of Directors of: Atlas Technical Consultants, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATCX), a provider of professional testing, inspection, engineering, program management and consulting services; Edeniq, Inc., a company that develops and markets biofuel products and services; and New Forests, a sustainable real assets investment manager offering leading-edge strategies in forestry, land management, and conservation. Prior to joining Angeleno Group, Mr. Weiss was an attorney at O’Melveny & Myers from 1998 to 1999. Mr. Weiss currently and previously has served on boards or public commissions for a number of non-profit and government organizations including the World Resources Institute, the Stanford Law School Board of Visitors, the Federal Reserve Bank’s 12th District Economic Advisory Council, the City of Los Angeles Redistricting Commission and the UCLA Institute on the Environment and Sustainability. Mr. Weiss holds a B.A. in History from the University of California, Berkeley, an M.A. in Latin American Studies from Stanford University and a J.D. from Stanford Law School.
We believe that Mr. Weiss is qualified to serve as a member of our Board because he has substantial experience as an investor and director for energy and energy related technology companies.


Tyrone M. Jordan.
Age: 58		Mr. Jordan has served as a member of our Board since January 2019. Mr. Jordan served as President and Chief Operating Officer of DURA Automotive Systems, a leading tier one automotive supplier of electric/hybrid systems, advanced driver-assistance systems, mechatronics, lightweight structural systems, and luxury trim systems for premier automotive brands, from October 2015 until his retirement in March 2019. Mr. Jordan joined DURA following a career of more than three decades with General Motors Company and United Technologies Corporation, most recently serving as Executive Vice President, Global Operations and Customer Experience at General Motors. During his 25-year tenure with General Motors, which included living internationally in Brazil, China and Mexico, Mr. Jordan held positions of increasing responsibility in operations, purchasing, technology, business development, strategy, mergers and acquisitions, and engineering. Mr. Jordan currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Cooper Tire & Rubber Company (NYSE: CTB), Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE: OSK), Trinity Industries, Inc. (NYSE: TRN), and on the Dean’s Advisory Board of the College of Business of Eastern Michigan University. Mr. Jordan received his Executive Aerospace & Defense Master of Business Administration (ADMBA) in Operations, Strategy & Finance from the University of Tennessee, a degree in Pre-law from Eastern Michigan University and a degree in Industrial Engineering Technology from Purdue University. Mr. Jordan is the founder of the Beatrice Cozetta Jordan Scholarship, co-founder of the Henry Elbert Harden Scholarship and the Tyrone M. & Sherri L. Jordan Endowment Fund at Eastern Michigan University.
We believe that Mr. Jordan is qualified to serve as a member of our Board because he has substantial experience in advanced automotive and aerospace product development, strategic planning and manufacturing systems.

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Proposal One: Election of Directors

Information Concerning Directors Continuing in Office Until the 2023 Annual Meeting


Steven C. Lockard.
Age: 59		Mr. Lockard has been Chairman of the Board since May 2020 and currently serves as Chairperson of the Technology Committee. From 2004 to 2020, he was our President and Chief Executive Officer, and has served as a member of our Board since 2004. Prior to joining us in 1999, Mr. Lockard was Vice President of Satloc, Inc., a supplier of precision GPS equipment, from 1997 to 1999. Prior to that, Mr. Lockard was Vice President of marketing and business development and a founding officer of ADFlex Solutions, Inc., a NASDAQ-listed international manufacturer of interconnect products for the electronics industry, from 1993 to 1997. Prior to that, Mr. Lockard held several marketing and management positions at Rogers Corporation from 1982 to 1993. Mr. Lockard is the Chairman of the Board of Keystone Tower Systems, a manufacturer of wind turbine towers. Mr. Lockard serves as an Operating Partner with Angeleno Group, an equity investment firm that provides growth capital for next generation clean energy and natural resources companies. Mr. Lockard also serves as an Executive in Residence at the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. Mr. Lockard previously served for ten years as a board member and Chair of the American Wind Energy Association. Mr. Lockard holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University.
We believe that Mr. Lockard is qualified to serve as a member of our Board based on his deep knowledge of our company gained from his positions as our President and Chief Executive Officer, as well as his experience in the wind energy industry and in high-growth global manufacturing companies.


William E. Siwek.
Age: 58		Mr. Siwek was elected to our Board in May 2020 and has been our President and Chief Executive Officer since May 2020. In May 2019, Mr. Siwek was promoted to President and ceased serving as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, a role he had held since joining the Company in 2013. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Siwek previously served as the Chief Financial Officer for T.W. Lewis Company, an Arizona-based real estate investment company, from September 2012 to September 2013. From May 2010 until September 2012, he was an independent consultant assisting companies in the real estate, construction, insurance and renewable energy industries. Prior to that, Mr. Siwek was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Talisker Mountain, Inc., from January 2009 to April 2010. Prior to that, he was President and Chief Financial Officer of the Lyle Anderson Company from December 2002 to December 2008. Prior to that, Mr. Siwek spent 18 years, from September 1984 to May 2002, with Arthur Andersen where he became a Partner in both Audit and Business Consulting Divisions. Mr. Siwek currently serves on the board of the American Clean Power Association, which represents renewable energy companies in America and promotes the growth of clean power. Mr. Siwek holds B.S. degrees in Accounting and Economics from University of Redlands and is a Certified Public Accountant.
We believe Mr. Siwek is qualified to serve as a member of our Board because of his extensive knowledge of the Company gained from his positions as our Chief Financial Officer, President, and Chief Executive Officer.

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Proposal One: Election of Directors


Philip J. Deutch.
Age: 56		Mr. Deutch has served as a member of our Board since 2007. Since March 2020, Mr. Deutch has served as CEO and Founder of NGP ETP³, which invests in innovative technology companies seeking to transform global energy markets. Mr. Deutch is also the Managing Partner of NGP ETP, a private equity firm he founded in 2005. NGP ETP has managed two private equity funds affiliated with NGP Energy Capital Management, L.L.C., that invested in companies that provide products and services to the oil and gas, power, environmental, energy efficiency and alternative energy sectors. From 1997 to 2005, Mr. Deutch served as a Managing Director and Member of the Executive Committee of Perseus, LLC, a private equity fund management firm, where he co-led the Firm’s investments in energy and helped launch Perseus CDO I Limited, Perseus Acquisition-Recapitalization Fund, and Perseus-Soros Biopharmaceutical Fund, L.P. Prior to joining Perseus, Mr. Deutch was an attorney at Williams & Connolly LLP from 1991 to 1997 and worked in the Mergers and Acquisitions Department of Morgan Stanley & Co. from 1986 to 1988. From 2015-2018, Mr. Deutch was Partner, COO, and President of Social Capital, a $1.8 billion Silicon Valley-based investment firm where he helped launch SC Public Equity Partners and Social Capital Hedosophia. Mr. Deutch is also a board member of Switchback II Corporation (NYSE: SWBK.U) and serves and has served on multiple private company boards. Mr. Deutch holds a JD with distinction from Stanford Law School and a BA in Economics from Amherst College, where he was elected a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He is a member of the Board of Governors of the Folger Shakespeare Library and the External Advisory Committee of the MIT Study on the Future of Storage.
We believe that Mr. Deutch is qualified to serve as a member of our Board because of his substantial experience investing in energy companies in the areas of renewable and alternative energy, energy efficiency, power and oil and gas and serving on the board of directors of both public and private companies.

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PROPOSAL TWO: RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF OUR INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We have appointed KPMG LLP (“KPMG”) as our independent registered public accounting firm to perform the audit of our consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021, and we are asking you and other stockholders to ratify this appointment. During our fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, KPMG served as our independent registered public accounting firm.

The audit committee annually reviews the independent registered public accounting firm’s independence, including reviewing all relationships between the independent registered public accounting firm and us and any disclosed relationships or services that may impact the objectivity and independence of the independent registered public accounting firm, and the independent registered public accounting firm’s performance. As a matter of good corporate governance, the Board is submitting the appointment of KPMG to stockholders for ratification. A majority of the votes properly cast is required to ratify the appointment of KPMG. In the event that a majority of the votes properly cast do not ratify the appointment of KPMG, we will review our future appointment of KPMG.

We expect that a representative of KPMG will attend the Annual Meeting and the representative will have an opportunity to make a statement if he or she so chooses. The representative will also be available to respond to appropriate questions from stockholders.

Policy on Audit Committee Pre-Approval of Audit and Permissible Non-Audit Services of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

In connection with our initial public offering (our “Public Offering”), we adopted a policy under which the audit committee must pre-approve all audit and permissible non-audit services to be provided by the independent registered public accounting firm. As part of its review, the audit committee also considers whether the categories of pre-approved services are consistent with the rules on accountant independence of the SEC and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. The audit committee pre-approved all services performed since the pre-approval policy was adopted. This policy is set forth in our audit committee’s charter, which is available on our website at https://ir.tpicomposites.com/websites/tpicomposites/English/4300/governance-documents.html.

Audit Fees

The following table sets forth the fees billed or expected to be billed by KPMG for audit, audit-related, tax and all other services rendered for fiscal years 2019 and 2020:



Fee Category	2019		2020

Audit Fees		$3,167,000		$3,012,000

Audit-Related Fees		$ —		$ —

Tax Fees		$ 555,000		$ 723,000

All Other Fees		$ —		$ —

Total Fees		$3,722,000		$3,735,000

Audit Fees. Consist of professional services rendered in connection with the audit of our annual consolidated financial statements, including audited financial statements presented in our Annual Report and services that are normally provided by the independent registered public accountants in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for those fiscal years.

Audit-Related Fees. Consist of aggregate fees for accounting consultations and other services that were reasonably related to the performance of audits or reviews of our consolidated financial statements and were not reported above under “Audit Fees.”

Tax Fees. Consist of aggregate fees for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning services including the review and preparation of our federal and state income tax returns and were approved by the audit committee.

All Other Fees. Consist of aggregate fees billed for products and services provided by the independent registered public accounting firm other than those disclosed above, of which there were none in 2019 or 2020.

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Proposal Two: Ratification of the Appointment of Our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

For Proposal Two, a majority of the votes properly cast is required to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021. With respect to Proposal Two, you may vote “for,” “against” or “abstain” from voting on this proposal. If you “abstain” from voting with respect to this proposal, your vote will have no effect on this proposal. Broker non-votes will have no effect on the vote for this proposal.

RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD

The Board recommends that you vote

“For” the ratification of the appointment of KPMG

LLP as our independent registered public

accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021.

Report of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors

The information contained in this audit committee report shall not be deemed to be (i) “soliciting material,” (ii) “filed” with the SEC, (iii) subject to Regulations 14A or 14C of the Exchange Act, or (iv) subject to the liabilities of Section 18 of the Exchange Act. No portion of this audit committee report shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act, or the Exchange Act, through any general statement incorporating by reference in its entirety the proxy statement in which this report appears, except to the extent that TPI Composites specifically incorporates this report or a portion of it by reference. In addition, this report shall not be deemed filed under either the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.

This report is submitted by the audit committee of the Board. The audit committee consists of the four directors whose names appear below. None of the members of the audit committee is an officer or employee of TPI Composites, and the Board has determined that each of Mr. Henry, Mr. Hughes, Ms. Desai, and Ms. Holloway are “independent” for audit committee purposes as that term is defined under Rule 10A-3 of the Exchange Act and the applicable NASDAQ rules. Each member of the audit committee meets the requirements for financial literacy under the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and NASDAQ.

The audit committee’s general role is to assist the Board in monitoring our financial reporting process and related matters. Its specific responsibilities are set forth in its charter.

The audit committee has reviewed the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020 and met with management, as well as with representatives of KPMG, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, to discuss the consolidated financial statements. The audit committee also discussed with members of KPMG the matters required to be discussed by the applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and the SEC.

In addition, the audit committee received the written disclosures and communications from KPMG required by applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding the independent registered public accounting firm’s communications with the audit committee concerning independence and discussed with members of KPMG its independence.

Based on these discussions, the financial statement review and other matters it deemed relevant, the audit committee recommended to the Board that the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020 be included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Audit Committee

Jack A. Henry

James A. Hughes

Jayshree S. Desai

Bavan M. Holloway

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PROPOSAL THREE: NON-BINDING ADVISORY VOTE ON NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION

Our Board is providing our stockholders with an opportunity to cast a non-binding, advisory vote to approve the compensation of our named executive officers.

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) enables our stockholders to vote to approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed in this proxy statement in accordance with the SEC’s rules. As described in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section, we have developed a compensation program that is designed to motivate employees to achieve short-term and long-term results that we believe are in the best interests of our stockholders. We believe our compensation policy strikes an appropriate balance between the implementation of responsible, measured compensation practices and the effective provision of incentives for our named executive officers to exert their best efforts for our success.

We are asking for stockholder approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed in this proxy statement, which includes the disclosures in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section, and the compensation tables and the narrative discussion following the compensation tables in this proxy statement. This vote is not intended to address any specific item of compensation, but rather the overall compensation of our named executive officers and the policies and practices described in this proxy statement.

The following resolution will be submitted for a stockholder vote at the Annual Meeting:

“BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Company’s stockholders hereby approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the compensation tables and the narrative discussions that accompany the compensation tables.”

As this vote is advisory, it will not be binding upon our Board or compensation committee, and neither our Board nor our compensation committee will be required to take any action as a result of the outcome of this vote. However, our compensation committee will carefully consider the outcome of this vote when considering future executive compensation policies and decisions.

The approval of the compensation of our named executive officers in Proposal Three, on a non-binding advisory basis, requires a majority of the votes properly cast “for” or “against” such matter. With respect to Proposal Three, you may vote “for,” “against” or “abstain” from voting on this proposal. If you “abstain” from voting with respect to this proposal, your vote will have no effect on this proposal. Broker non-votes will have no effect on the vote for this proposal.

RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD

The Board recommends that you vote

“For” the approval, on a non-binding advisory

basis, of the compensation of the named executive

officers, as disclosed in this proxy statement.

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TRANSACTION OF OTHER BUSINESS

The Board knows of no other matters that will be presented for consideration at the Annual Meeting. If any other matters are properly brought before the Annual Meeting, the persons appointed in the accompanying proxy intend to vote the shares represented thereby in accordance with their best judgment on such matters, under applicable laws.

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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Our Board, which is elected by our stockholders, is responsible for directing and overseeing our business and affairs. In carrying out its responsibilities, our Board selects and monitors our top management, provides oversight of our financial reporting processes and determines and implements our corporate governance policies. A copy of our corporate governance guidelines can be found on our website at:

https://ir.tpicomposites.com/websites/tpicomposites/English/4300/governance-documents.html.

Our Board and management are committed to good corporate governance to ensure that we are managed for the long-term benefit of our stockholders, and we have a variety of policies and procedures to promote such goals. To that end, during the past year, our management periodically reviewed our corporate governance policies and practices to ensure that they remain consistent with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), SEC rules and the listing standards of NASDAQ.

Besides verifying the independence of the members of our Board and committees (which is discussed in the section titled “Independence of the Board of Directors”), at the direction of our Board, we also:

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Periodically review and make necessary changes to the charters for our audit, compensation and nominating and corporate governance, and technology committees;

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Have established disclosure control policies and procedures in accordance with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC;

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Have a procedure for receipt and treatment of anonymous and confidential complaints or concerns regarding audit or accounting matters in place; and

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Have a code of business conduct and ethics that applies to our officers, directors and employees.

In addition, we have adopted a set of corporate governance guidelines. The nominating and corporate governance committee is responsible for reviewing our corporate governance guidelines from time to time and reporting and making recommendations to the Board concerning corporate governance matters. Our corporate governance guidelines address such matters as:

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Director Independence – Independent directors must constitute at least a majority of our Board;

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Monitoring Board Effectiveness – Our Board, and each committee of the Board, must conduct an annual self-evaluation;

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Review of our Chief Executive Officer – Our compensation committee will conduct reviews of the performance of our chief executive officer;

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Board Access to Independent Advisors – Our Board as a whole, and each of its committees separately, have authority to retain independent experts, advisors or professionals as each deems necessary or appropriate; and

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Board Committees – All members of the audit, compensation and nominating and corporate governance committees are independent in accordance with applicable SEC and NASDAQ criteria.

Meetings of the Board of Directors

In 2020, our Board held five formal board meetings and also held telephonic update calls with respect to various operational and strategic matters although no formal actions were taken during these calls. Each director attended at least 75% of all meetings of the Board and the committees on which they served that were held during fiscal year 2020, except for Ms. Hudson and Ms. Holloway who joined the Board in August 2020 and September 2020, respectively. Ms. Hudson and Ms. Holloway attended all Board and applicable committee meetings in 2020 since their respective appointments to the Board. Under our corporate governance guidelines, directors are expected to spend the time needed and meet as frequently as our Board deems necessary or appropriate to discharge their responsibilities. Directors are also expected to make efforts to attend our annual meeting of stockholders, all meetings of the Board and all meetings of the committees on which they serve. All of our directors attended our 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, except for Ms. Hudson and Ms. Holloway.

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

Our Board has adopted a code of business conduct and ethics that applies to all of our employees, officers and directors, including our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and other executive and senior financial officers. A copy of our code of business conduct and ethics is available on our website at https://ir.tpicomposites.com/websites/tpicomposites/English/4300/governance-documents.html and may also be obtained, without charge, by contacting our Secretary at TPI Composites, Inc., 8501 N. Scottsdale Rd., Gainey Center II, Suite 100, Scottsdale, AZ 85253. We intend to disclose any amendments to our code of business conduct and ethics, or waivers of its requirements, on our website or in filings under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), as required by the applicable rules and exchange requirements. During fiscal year 2020, no waivers were granted from any provision of the code of business conduct and ethics.

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Independence of the Board of Directors

Our Board has undertaken a review of the independence of each director. Based on information provided by each director concerning his or her background, employment and affiliations, our Board has determined that Messrs. Giovacchini, Deutch, Henry, Hughes, Jordan, Weiss, Ms. Desai, Ms. Holloway, and Ms. Hudson do not have a relationship that would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director and that each of these directors is “independent” as that term is defined under the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC, and the listing standards of NASDAQ. In making these determinations, our Board considered the current and prior relationships that each non-employee director has with the Company and all other facts and circumstances our Board deemed relevant in determining their independence, including the beneficial ownership of our capital stock by each non-employee director.

Board’s Role in Risk Oversight

Our Board’s role in overseeing the management of our risks is conducted primarily through committees of our Board, as disclosed in the descriptions of each of the committees below and in the charters of each of the committees. Our full Board (or the appropriate board committee in the case of risks that are under the purview of a particular committee) discusses with management our major risk exposures, their potential impact on the Company, and the steps we take to manage them. When a board committee is responsible for evaluating and overseeing the management of a particular risk or risks, the chairperson of the relevant committee reports on the discussion to the full Board during the committee reports portion of the next Board meeting. This enables the Board and its committees to coordinate the risk oversight role, particularly with respect to risk interrelationships.

Board Leadership Structure

We believe that the structure of our Board and its committees provides strong overall management of the Company. The positions of Chairperson of our Board, Chief Executive Officer and lead independent director roles are held by separate individuals. This structure enables each person to focus on different aspects of company leadership. Our Chief Executive Officer is responsible for setting the strategic direction of the Company, the general management and operation of the business and the guidance and oversight of senior management. By contrast, the Chairperson of our Board oversees Board governance practices, monitors the content, quality and timeliness of information sent to our Board and is available for consultation with our Board regarding the oversight of our business affairs. Mr. Giovacchini has served as our lead independent director since May 2020. As lead independent director, Mr. Giovacchini presides over periodic meetings of our independent directors, will serve as a liaison between our Chairperson of the Board and the independent directors, and will perform such additional duties as our Board may otherwise determine and delegate.

We believe this structure of a separate Chairperson of our Board, Chief Executive Officer and lead independent director, reinforces the independence of our Board as a whole and results in an effective balancing of responsibilities, experience and independent perspective that meets the current corporate governance needs and oversight responsibilities of our Board.

Committees of the Board of Directors

Our Board has established an audit committee, a compensation committee, a nominating and corporate governance committee, and a technology committee. The composition and responsibilities of each committee are described below. Members serve on these committees until their resignation or until otherwise determined by our Board. Each of the audit, compensation, nominating and corporate governance and technology committees operates pursuant to a separate written charter adopted by our Board that is available on our website at https://ir.tpicomposites.com/websites/tpicomposites/English/4300/governance-documents.html.

Audit Committee

Our audit committee consists of Messrs. Henry and Hughes, Ms. Desai, and Ms. Holloway, with Mr. Henry serving as Chairman. Under NASDAQ listing standards and applicable SEC rules, we are required to have three members on the audit committee. Subject to phase-in rules, NASDAQ and Rule 10A-3 of the Exchange Act requires that the audit committee of a listed company be comprised solely of independent directors. The composition of our audit committee meets the requirements for independence under the listing standards of NASDAQ and SEC rules and regulations. Each member of our audit committee meets the financial literacy requirements under the listing standards of NASDAQ. Each of Mr. Henry, Mr. Hughes, Ms. Desai, and Ms. Holloway is an audit committee financial expert within the meaning of Item 407(d) of Regulation S-K under the 1933 Securities Act, as amended, (the “Securities Act”). Our audit committee, among other things:

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selects a qualified firm to serve as the independent registered public accounting firm to audit our consolidated financial statements;

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helps to ensure the independence and performance of the independent registered public accounting firm, including receiving the required written communications from the independent registered public accounting firm that disclose all relationships that may reasonably be thought to bear on its independence and to confirm its independence from us;

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discusses the scope and results of the audit with the independent registered public accounting firm, and reviews, with management and the independent registered public accounting firm, our interim and year-end results of operations and our earnings press releases;

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reviews our significant accounting policies and management’s judgments and accounting estimates;

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develops procedures for employees to submit concerns anonymously about questionable accounting or audit matters;

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reviews our policies on risk assessment and risk management, including cybersecurity, bribery and corruption risks;

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reviews related party transactions;

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discusses with the independent registered public accounting firm the matters related to the conduct of its audit that are required to be communicated by auditors to audit committees in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) Auditing Standard No. 1301, Communications with Audit Committees;

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reviews and discusses with management and the independent registered public accounting firm the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting, including management’s report on that topic; and

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approves (or, as permitted, pre-approves) all audit and all permissible non-audit services to be performed by the independent registered public accounting firm.

Our audit committee operates under a written charter that satisfies the applicable rules of the SEC and the listing standards of NASDAQ. Our audit committee held nine meetings during fiscal year 2020.

Compensation Committee

Our compensation committee currently consists of Messrs. Giovacchini and Weiss and Ms. Desai, with Mr. Giovacchini serving as Chairman. The composition of our compensation committee meets the requirements for independence under the listing standards of NASDAQ and SEC rules and regulations. Each member of the compensation committee is also a non-employee director, as defined pursuant to Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act and an outside director, as defined pursuant to Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”). The purpose of our compensation committee is to discharge the responsibilities of our Board relating to the compensation of our directors and executive officers. Our compensation committee, among other things:

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reviews, approves and determines, or makes recommendations to our Board regarding, the compensation of our executive officers and directors;

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administers our stock and equity incentive plans, including approval of all equity grants;

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reviews and approves and makes recommendations to our Board regarding incentive compensation and equity plans; and

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establishes and reviews general policies relating to compensation and benefits of our directors, officers, and senior management.

Our compensation committee operates under a written charter that satisfies the applicable rules of the SEC and the listing standards of NASDAQ. Our compensation committee held five meetings during fiscal year 2020.

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

Our nominating and corporate governance committee currently consists of Messrs. Weiss, Deutch and Jordan and Ms. Hudson, with Mr. Weiss serving as Chairman. The composition of our nominating and corporate governance committee meets the requirements for independence under the listing standards of NASDAQ and SEC rules and regulations. Our nominating and corporate governance committee, among other things:

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identifies, evaluates, selects, or makes recommendations to our Board regarding, nominees for election to our Board and its committees;

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evaluates the performance of our Board, both as a whole and on an individual basis;

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considers and makes recommendations to our Board regarding the composition of our Board and its committees;

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reviews developments in corporate governance practices;

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evaluates the adequacy of our corporate governance practices and reporting;

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develops and makes recommendations to our Board regarding corporate governance guidelines and governance matters;

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oversees and reviews our strategies and activities related to environmental, social and governance matters; and

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oversees our diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and activities.

The nominating and corporate governance committee operates under a written charter that satisfies the applicable listing requirements and rules of NASDAQ. Our nominating and corporate governance committee held five meetings during fiscal year 2020.

Technology Committee

The Board established a technology committee effective May 2020. Our technology committee currently consists of Messrs. Lockard, Deutch and Jordan and Ms. Hudson, with Mr. Lockard serving as Chairman. Our technology committee, among other things:

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assesses our technology strategies and the scope and quality of our intellectual property;

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provides guidance on technology as it may pertain to, among other things, market entry and exit; investments, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures; new business divisions and spin-offs; and

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assesses our research and development investments; licenses; litigation; and key competitor and partnership strategies.

Our technology committee held two meetings during fiscal year 2020.

Identifying and Evaluating Director Nominees

The Board has delegated to the nominating and corporate governance committee the responsibility of identifying suitable candidates for nomination to the Board (including candidates to fill any vacancies that may occur) and assessing their qualifications in light of the policies and principles in our corporate governance guidelines and the committee’s charter. The nominating and corporate governance committee may gather information about the candidates through interviews, detailed questionnaires, comprehensive background checks or any other means that the nominating and corporate governance committee deems to be appropriate in the evaluation process. The nominating and corporate governance committee then meets as a group to discuss and evaluate the qualities and skills of each candidate, both on an individual basis and taking into account the overall composition and needs of the Board. Based on the results of the evaluation process, the nominating and corporate governance committee recommends candidates for the Board’s approval as director nominees for election to the Board.

Minimum Qualifications and Board Diversity

Our nominating and corporate governance committee uses a variety of methods for identifying and evaluating director nominees and will consider all facts and circumstances that it deems appropriate or advisable. In its identification and evaluation of director candidates, our nominating and corporate governance committee will consider the current size and composition of our Board and the needs of our Board and the respective committees of our Board. Some of the qualifications that our nominating and corporate governance committee considers include, without limitation, issues of character, ethics, integrity, judgment, diversity of experience, independence, skills, education, expertise, business acumen, length of service, understanding of our business and industry, potential conflicts of interest and other commitments. Nominees must also have proven achievement and competence in their field, the ability to offer advice and guidance to our management team, the ability to make significant contributions to our success, and an understanding of the fiduciary responsibilities that are required of a director. Director candidates must have sufficient time available in the judgment of our nominating and corporate governance committee to perform all board of director and committee responsibilities. Members of our Board are expected to prepare for, attend, and participate in all board of director and applicable committee meetings. Other than the foregoing, there are no stated minimum criteria for director nominees, although our nominating and corporate governance committee may also consider such other factors as it may deem, from time to time, are in our and our stockholders’ best interests.

Although our Board does not maintain a specific policy with respect to board diversity, our Board believes that our Board should be a diverse body. Currently, our Board consists of 11 directors, of which 27% are female and 27% are ethnically diverse. It is our goal to achieve 33% female and ethnically diverse representation by 2023. Our nominating and corporate governance committee considers a broad range of backgrounds and experiences. In making determinations regarding nominations of directors, our nominating and corporate governance committee takes into account the benefits of diverse viewpoints. Our nominating and corporate governance committee also considers these and other factors as it oversees the annual Board and committee evaluations. After completing its review and evaluation of director candidates, our nominating and corporate governance committee recommends to our full Board the director nominees for selection.

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Corporate Governance

Stockholder Recommendations

Stockholders may submit recommendations for director candidates to the nominating and corporate governance committee by sending the individual’s name and qualifications to our Secretary at TPI Composites, Inc., 8501 N. Scottsdale Rd., Gainey Center II, Suite 100, Scottsdale, AZ 85253, who will forward all recommendations to the nominating and corporate governance committee. The nominating and corporate governance committee will evaluate any candidates recommended by stockholders against the same criteria and pursuant to the same policies and procedures applicable to the evaluation of candidates proposed by directors or management.

Stockholder Communications

The Board provides to every stockholder the ability to communicate with the Board as a whole, the non-employee directors as a group, and with individual directors on the Board through an established process for stockholder communication. For a stockholder communication directed to the Board as a whole, stockholders and other interested parties may send such communication to our Chief Executive Officer at TPI Composites, Inc., 8501 N. Scottsdale Rd., Gainey Center II, Suite 100, Scottsdale, AZ 85253, Attn: Board of Directors, Attn: Chief Executive Officer.

For a stockholder communication directed to an individual director in his or her capacity as a member of the Board, stockholders and other interested parties may send such communication to the attention of the individual director to: TPI Composites, Inc., 8501 N. Scottsdale Rd., Gainey Center II, Suite 100, Scottsdale, AZ 85253, Attn: [Name of Individual Director].

The Company shall review all incoming communications and forward such communications to the appropriate member(s) of the Board as well as the Chairperson of the Board, in his or her capacity as a representative of the Board. The Chief Executive Officer will generally not forward communications that are unrelated to the duties and responsibilities of the Board, including communications that the Chief Executive Officer determines to be primarily commercial in nature, product complaints or inquires, and materials that are patently offensive or otherwise inappropriate.

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COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

Overview

This Compensation Discussion and Analysis describes our executive compensation program as it relates to the following “named executive officers.”

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William E. Siwek, our President and Chief Executive Officer.

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Bryan R. Schumaker, our Chief Financial Officer.

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James M. Hilderhoff, our Chief Commercial Officer.

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Ramesh Gopalakrishnan, our Chief Operating Officer – Wind.

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Steven G. Fishbach, our General Counsel and Secretary.

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Steven C. Lockard, our former Chief Executive Officer, whose employment with us ended when he became the Non-Executive Chairman of the Board in May 2020.

The following discussion should be read together with the compensation tables and related disclosures set forth on the pages that follow.

Executive Appointments in 2020

In May 2020. Mr. Siwek assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer in addition to his role as President, while Mr. Lockard assumed the role of Chairman of the Board.

We hired Mr. Hilderhoff as our Chief Commercial Officer in August 2020.

Executive Summary

2020 Performance Overview

During 2020, we continued to grow our revenue and diversify our business.

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Our net sales grew to $1.67 billion in 2020 compared to net sales of $1.44 billion in 2019.

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We signed a multi-year agreement with our customer Nordex for India production. We also extended contracts with GE and Vestas and extended a contract with Nordex in Turkey.

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We continued to make investments in our transportation business to diversify our business.

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Our operations and profitability were adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused each of our manufacturing facilities to temporarily suspend production or operate at reduced production levels for certain periods during the first and second quarters of 2020 and caused us to incur COVID-19 related costs associated with the health and safety of our associates and non-productive labor. By the end of the second quarter of 2020, most of our manufacturing facilities had returned to operating at or near normal production levels.

2020 Executive Compensation Program Overview

With respect to 2020, we achieved the majority of our financial and operational goals despite a challenging operating environment due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business and manufacturing operations. As a result, we believe our financial and operational performance has been reflected in our executive pay outcomes and decisions made by our compensation committee in 2020, which are consistent with our pay for performance culture. For example:

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Cash Incentive Bonuses: Our executive compensation program includes short-term incentive compensation in the form of annual incentive cash bonuses that are contingent upon achievement of certain financial and business objectives, including targets relating to safety and quality. Our compensation committee recognized that it might have to make certain adjustments to the 2020 bonus performance objectives that it approved in March 2020 due to the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic had on our financial performance and operations during the first quarter of 2020 and the potential impact for the remainder of 2020. Although the COVID-19 pandemic required us to temporarily suspend or reduce production at virtually all of our manufacturing facilities during 2020, we achieved our original bonus performance objectives with respect to safety, total net sales and cost reductions without taking into account any adjustments for the COVID-19 pandemic. We also achieved our profitability bonus performance objective after taking into account certain adjustments made by our compensation committee to address the lost production that we experienced at our manufacturing facilities resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic as described in more detail below. We did not achieve our goals relating to quality and new business growth. As a result, consistent with our pay for performance culture, our compensation committee approved bonus payouts for our named executive officers at 84.5% of their respective bonus targets.

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Long-Term Equity Incentive Compensation: Our compensation committee granted long-term incentive opportunities to our named executive officers (other than Mr. Hilderhoff who received a stock option award upon his appointment) in the form of a combination of time-based restricted stock units subject to multi-year vesting based on continued service, and performance-based restricted stock units subject to multi-year vesting based on continued service and the achievement of pre-determined ADJUSTED EBITDA and stock price targets. Approximately 57% of the total restricted stock units granted to the named executive officers (other than Mr. Hilderhoff) were performance-based restricted stock units.

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Base Salary Adjustments: Our compensation committee approved increases in the base salaries of Mr. Siwek, Mr. Schumaker, Mr. Gopalakrishnan, Mr. Fishbach and Mr. Lockard of 3%, 3%, 6%, 7% and 3%, respectively, which were effective as of January 1, 2020. In May 2020, our compensation committee also approved a salary increase of 29% for Mr. Siwek in connection with his promotion to Chief Executive Officer in addition to his role as President as compared to his base salary in effect as of January 1, 2020. These salary increases considered competitive market data derived from the Company’s peer group described below.

Primary Compensation Programs

The primary compensation programs for our executive officers are designed to provide the following:


Compensation Element	Objective	Features
Base Salary	Attract, motivate and retain employees at the executive level who contribute to our long-term success.	Fixed component of pay to provide financial stability, based on responsibilities, experience, individual contributions, and peer company data.

Cash incentive bonuses	To compensate executives for Company-wide performance and individual performance in terms of achieving Company-wide and individual performance goals; to motivate and attract executives.	Variable component of pay based on annual corporate and individual quantitative and qualitative goals.

Long-term equity incentive compensation granted in the form of restricted stock units	To incentivize executives to deliver long-term financial performance and stockholder value, while also providing a retention vehicle for top executive talent.	Typically, a combination of time-based restricted stock units subject to multi-year vesting based on continued service, and performance-based restricted stock units subject to multi-year vesting based on continued service and the achievement of pre-determined goals tied to achieving certain ADJUSTED EBITDA and stock price targets. We believe these awards align employee interests with those of our stockholders over the longer-term.

Long-term equity incentive compensation granted in the form of stock options	To provide a strong reward for growth in the market price of our common stock as their entire value depends on future stock price appreciation, as well as a strong incentive for our executive officers to remain employed with the Company as they require continued employment with the Company through the vesting period.	Typically, granted upon an executive’s hire date and vests over a four-year period.

The other elements of our executive compensation program are severance and change in control benefits, broad-based health and welfare benefits, 401(k) plan available to all U.S. employees and limited perquisites, each of which are described in more detail below.

Pay for Performance Philosophy

We believe our executive compensation program is reasonable and competitive, and appropriately balances the goals of attracting, motivating, rewarding and retaining our executive officers with the goal of aligning their interests with those of our stockholders. The annual compensation of our executive officers, including our named executive officers, varies from year to year based on our corporate financial and operational results and individual performance. While we do not determine either “variable” or “fixed” pay for each named executive officer with reference to a specific percentage of target total direct compensation, consistent with our “pay-for-performance” philosophy, our executive compensation program emphasizes “variable” pay over “fixed” pay.

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Compensation Discussion and Analysis

In 2020, the majority of the target total direct compensation of our Chief Executive Officer consisted of variable pay in the form of long-term incentive compensation opportunities. Fixed pay, primarily consisting of base salary, made up approximately 22% of our Chief Executive Officer’s target total direct compensation, while contingent (“variable”) pay, consisting of short-term cash incentive bonus pay and long-term incentive compensation in the form of equity awards, made up approximately 78% of his target total direct compensation. Similarly, for our other named executive officers, variable pay was emphasized over fixed pay and delivered using the same vehicles as those that were used for our Chief Executive Officer. The following charts show the percentages of target variable pay versus target fixed pay for our Chief Executive Officer and our other named executive officers in 2020:

CEO Target Pay Mix

Avg. Other NEO Target Pay Mix (1)

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(1)	Mr. Hilderhoff’s 2020 compensation was excluded from the chart above because his new hire package differed significantly from the annual pay packages for the other NEOs. Mr. Lockard’s 2020 compensation was excluded because his employment with us ended in May 2020.

We believe that this approach provides balanced incentives for our executive officers to drive our financial performance and long-term growth.

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Executive Compensation Policies and Practices

In addition to our direct compensation elements, the following table summarizes features of our compensation policies and practices that are designed to align our executive team with stockholder interests and with market best practices:

What We Do

What We Don’t Do

✓ Allocate a significant portion of our executive officers’ target total direct compensation to equity-based awards, which are therefore “at risk,” to align the interests of our executive officers and stockholders

✓ Link a significant portion of our executive officers’ target total direct compensation to the performance of our stock price

✓ Maintain an industry-specific peer group comprised of similarly sized companies for benchmarking pay on an annual basis

✓ Offer market-competitive benefits for executives that are consistent with the rest of our employees

✓ Consult with an independent compensation consultant on compensation levels and practices on an annual basis

✓ Perform an annual compensation-related risk assessment by our compensation committee as described on page 32 below

✓ Maintain a clawback policy with respect to incentive-based cash and equity compensation

✓ Seek an annual non-binding advisory vote from stockholders to approve the named executive officer compensation program described in the CD&A

× Provide any compensation-related tax gross-ups

× Provide excessive perquisites

× Provide any pension arrangements, non-qualified deferred compensation arrangements or retirement plans to our executive officers other than a 401(k) plan that is generally available to all U.S. employees

× Allow hedging by our officers, directors, employees, and certain other persons of Company stock unless pre-approved by our audit committee

× Allow pledging by our officers, directors, employees, and certain other persons of Company stock unless pre-approved by our audit committee

Say-on-Pay Vote on Executive Compensation

Our compensation committee considered the results of the non-binding stockholder advisory votes on the compensation of our named executive officers conducted at the May 20, 2020 annual meeting of stockholders. As reported in our current report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on May 22, 2020, approximately 89% of the votes cast on the proposal expressed support for the compensation program offered to our named executive officers as disclosed in last year’s proxy statement (the “Say-on-Pay Vote”). Accordingly, our compensation committee made no material changes to our executive compensation program as a result of the Say-on-Pay Vote. Further, our Board has elected to conduct the Say-on-Pay Vote annually, thereby giving our stockholders the opportunity to provide feedback on the compensation of our named executive officers each year. We will be conducting our annual Say-on-Pay Vote as described in Proposal Three of this Proxy Statement at the Annual Meeting. Our Board and our compensation committee will consider the outcome of the Say-on-Pay Vote, as well as feedback received throughout the year, when making compensation decisions for our named executive officers in the future.

Setting Executive Compensation

Role of the Compensation Committee

Our compensation committee is primarily responsible for developing and implementing our compensation policies and establishing and approving the compensation for all of our executive officers. Our compensation committee may establish and delegate authority to one or more subcommittees consisting of one or more of its members, when the compensation committee deems it appropriate to do so in order to carry out its responsibilities. In 2020, our compensation committee did not delegate such authority. Our compensation committee oversees our compensation and benefit plans and policies, administers our equity incentive plans and reviews and approves annually all compensation decisions relating to all of our executive officers, including our Chief Executive Officer. When formulating its recommendations for the amount of each compensation element and approving each compensation element and the target total direct compensation opportunity for our executive officers, our compensation committee considers the following factors:

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our performance against the financial and operational objectives established by our compensation committee and our Board;

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our financial performance relative to our compensation peer group;

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the compensation levels and practices of our compensation peer group;

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each individual executive officer’s skills, experience and qualifications relative to other similarly-situated executives at the companies in our compensation peer group;

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the scope of each individual executive officer’s role compared to other similarly-situated executives at the companies in our compensation peer group;

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the performance of each individual executive officer, based on a subjective assessment of his or her contributions to our overall performance, ability to lead his or her business unit or function and ability to work as part of a team, all of which reflect our core values; and

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the recommendations provided by our Chief Executive Officer with respect to the compensation of our other executive officers.

These factors provide the framework for compensation decision-making and final decisions regarding the compensation opportunity for each executive officer. No single factor is determinative in setting pay levels, nor was the impact of any factor on the determination of pay levels quantifiable. Our compensation committee reviews the base salary levels, cash incentive bonuses, and long-term incentive compensation opportunities of our executive officers, including our named executive officers, each fiscal year at the beginning of the year, or more frequently as warranted. Long-term incentive compensation is granted on a regularly-scheduled basis, as described in the “Individual Compensation Elements – Long Term Incentives” section below.

Role of the Chief Executive Officer

In discharging its responsibilities, our compensation committee works with members of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer. Our management team assists our compensation committee by providing information on corporate and individual performance, market compensation data and management’s perspective on compensation matters. Our compensation committee solicits and reviews our Chief Executive Officer’s recommendations and proposals with respect to adjustments to annual cash compensation, long-term incentive compensation opportunities, program structures and other compensation-related matters for our executive officers (other than with respect to his own compensation).

Our compensation committee reviews and discusses these recommendations and proposals with our Chief Executive Officer and considers them as one factor in determining the compensation for our executive officers, including our other named executive officers. Our Chief Executive Officer recuses himself from all discussions and recommendations regarding his own compensation.

Role of the Compensation Consultants

Our compensation committee has the authority under its charter to engage the services of a consulting firm or other outside advisor to assist it in designing our compensation programs and in making compensation decisions. In 2020, the compensation committee retained the Rewards Solutions practice at Aon plc (“Aon”), as its independent third-party compensation consultant to advise on executive compensation matters including: overall compensation program design and the design of our performance-based equity award program, peer group development and updates, and benchmarking executive officer and board of director compensation programs. Aon did not provide any other services to us in 2020. Aon reports directly to our compensation committee. We do not believe the retention of, and the work performed by, Aon creates any conflict of interest.

Defining and Comparing Compensation to Market Benchmarks

In evaluating the total compensation of our named executive officers, our compensation committee, using information provided by Aon, establishes a peer group of publicly traded companies in the industrial machinery, aerospace and defense, and electrical components and equipment industries, among others, that is selected based on a balance of the following criteria:

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companies whose revenue, EBITDA and market capitalization are similar, though not necessarily identical, to ours;

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companies with global operations to align to our organizational complexity;

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companies with similar executive positions to ours;

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companies against which we believe we compete for executive talent; and

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public companies based in the U.S. whose compensation and financial data are available in proxy statements or through widely available compensation surveys.

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Based on these criteria, our peer group for 2020, as approved by our compensation committee, was comprised of the following 25 companies:

Actuant Corporation

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.

Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc.

Altra Industrial Motion Corp.

Ameresco, Inc.

AZZ Inc.

Barnes Group Inc.

Blue Bird Corporation

Comfort Systems USA, Inc.

Curtiss-Wright Corporation

EnPro Industries, Inc.

ESCO Technologies Inc.

Franklin Electric Co., Inc.

Generac Holdings Inc.

Hexcel Corporation

ITT Inc.

Kraton Corporation

Lydall, Inc.

Moog Inc.

NN, Inc.

Ormat Technologies, Inc.

RBC Bearings Incorporated

Renewable Energy Group, Inc.

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated

Woodward, Inc.

We believe that the compensation practices of our 2020 peer group provided us with appropriate compensation data for evaluating the competitiveness of the compensation of our named executive officers during 2020.

Notwithstanding any potential similarities with the 2020 peer group, due to the nature of our business, we compete for executive talent with many public companies that are larger and more established than we are or that possess greater resources than we do, and with smaller private companies that may be able to offer greater equity compensation potential. In 2020, the primary market reference point considered by our compensation committee in establishing target total compensation for our executive officers was the 50th percentile of our 2020 peer group. Although our compensation committee and the Board target compensation as described above, they also consider other criteria, including market factors, the experience level of the executive, organizational criticality and the executive’s performance against established goals of the Company, in determining variations to this general target.

Individual Compensation Elements

Base Salary

Base salary represents the fixed portion of the compensation of our executive officers, including our named executive officers, and is an important element of compensation intended to attract and retain highly-talented individuals.

Using the competitive market data provided by Aon, as well as evaluating the executive officer’s responsibilities, experience and individual contributions, our compensation committee reviews and develops recommendations for adjusting the base salaries for each of our executive officers, including our named executive officers, as part of its annual executive compensation review. In addition, the base salaries of our executive officers may be adjusted by our compensation committee in the event of a promotion or significant change in responsibilities.

Generally, our compensation committee sets base salaries with reference to the 50th percentile of the competitive range of our compensation peer group and applicable executive compensation survey data. Since our Public Offering, we have evaluated the base salaries of our executive officers in the context of establishing their total cash compensation at levels that are consistent with the target total cash compensation of executive officers holding comparable positions at other public companies in our peer group.

In March 2020, consistent with the recommendation of our Chief Executive Officer, our compensation committee determined to increase the base salaries of our executive officers, including our named executive officers (other than our Chief Executive Officer, whose base salary increase was determined solely by our compensation committee). In making these decisions, our compensation committee considered the current risks and challenges facing us, its objective of gradually positioning the target total cash compensation of our executive officers at levels that are more consistent with those of a public company in our industry, as well as the factors described in the “Setting Executive Compensation” section above.

The base salaries of our named executive officers for 2020 were adjusted as follows:



Named Executive Officer	2019 Base Salary as of 12/31/19 ($)		2020 Base Salary ($)			% Change

William E. Siwek		600,000		800,000	(1)		33	%

Bryan R. Schumaker		450,000		463,500			3	%

James M. Hilderhoff		N/A		475,000	(2)		N/A

Ramesh Gopalakrishnan		440,000		466,400			6	%

Steven G. Fishbach		350,000		375,000			7	%

Steven C. Lockard		825,000		850,000	(3)		3	%

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(1)	Mr. Siwek’s salary was increased to $800,000 as of May 20, 2020 to reflect his promotion to Chief Executive Officer in addition to his position as President. Prior to his promotion to Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Siwek’s base salary was $618,000 between January 1, 2020 and May 19, 2020.

(2)	Mr. Hilderhoff began employment in August 2020 as our Chief Commercial Officer.

(3)	Mr. Lockard transitioned from his position as Chief Executive Officer to Chairman of the Board in May 2020.

The actual base salaries paid to our named executive officers in 2020 are set forth in the “Summary Compensation Table” section.

Short Term Cash Incentive Program

In April 2016, our Board adopted the Senior Executive Cash Incentive Bonus Plan (the “Bonus Plan”). The Bonus Plan provides for cash bonus payments based upon the attainment of performance targets established by our compensation committee. The payment targets may be related to financial and operational measures or objectives with respect to the Company, which we refer to as corporate performance goals or objectives, as well as individual performance objectives.

Each executive officer who is selected to participate in the Bonus Plan will have a target bonus opportunity set for each performance period. Our compensation committee took into account market data, relative levels of responsibility across the Company, tenure, and other relevant factors in order to set the target performance-based incentive for each named executive officer. The corporate performance goals will be measured at the end of each performance period after our financial reports have been published or such other appropriate time as our compensation committee determines. If the corporate performance goals and individual performance objectives are met, payments will be made as soon as practicable following the end of each performance period. Subject to the rights contained in any agreement between the executive officer and us, an executive officer must be employed by us on the bonus payment date to be eligible to receive a bonus payment. The Bonus Plan also permits our compensation committee to approve additional bonuses to executive officers in its sole discretion; however, the compensation committee did not do so, for 2020.

2020 Annual Cash Incentive Program Performance Objectives

In considering performance objectives for the named executive officers for 2020, our compensation committee selected a combination of performance objectives that it believed would align with creating long term stockholder value. Our compensation committee also considered each named executive officer’s individual performance in determining his bonus payout. Specifically, our compensation committee selected a combination of objectives relating to safety, quality, total net sales, cost reductions, growth and profitability. These performance objectives were substantially identical to our 2019 objectives except that we added a performance objective for cost reductions to emphasize the importance of keeping our products and services competitive. The following table sets forth for each performance objective: its weighting, its minimum threshold, target, maximum performance cap and maximum payout percentage, whether the performance objective had been achieved and the actual payout percentage:



Performance Objective	Weighting	Minimum Performance Threshold (80% level)	Target Performance (100% level)	Maximum Performance Cap (200% level)	Maximum Payout Percentage	Achievement of Performance Objective	Actual Payout Percentage

Safety	5%	N/A	N/A	N/A	5%	100%	5%

Quality	10%	N/A	N/A	N/A	10%	50%	5%

Total Net Sales	10%	$1.55 billion	$1.65 billion	$1.7 billion	20%	100%	10%

Cost Reductions	20%	$5 million	$10 million	$20 million	40%	100%	20%

Growth	30%				60%	65%	19.5%

Profitability (ADJUSTED EBITDA)	25%	$100 million	$112 million	$130 million	50%	100%	25%

Total	100%				185%		84.50%

A named executive officer could earn 100% of their target and up to an additional 85% of his or her target bonus percentage if we achieved our safety and quality objectives in full and we achieved certain targets for total net sales, cost reductions, growth and profitability. In order for any of the total net sales, cost reductions, profitability and growth performance objectives to be paid, the applicable minimum threshold amount listed in the table above must be achieved. The actual amount payable under each of the total net sales, cost reductions, growth and profitability performance objectives would increase in a linear scale assuming the minimum threshold amounts were achieved. For example, if we achieved $1.6 billion in total net sales for 2020, the total payout percentage for the total net sales performance objective would be 9%.

Our compensation committee also made certain adjustments to the total net sales and profitability performance objectives to take into account the temporary suspensions and production shut-downs we experienced at virtually all of our manufacturing facilities in 2020 resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, we achieved $1.67 billion of total net sales for the year

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ended December 31, 2020, and our compensation committee added back $126 million to the total net sales performance objective to take into account the total number of wind blade sets that we had forecasted to produce under non-cancellable purchase orders associated with our long-term contracts but were unable to do so as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. We achieved $94.5 million of ADJUSTED EBITDA for the year ended December 31, 2020, and our compensation committee added back $34.5 million to the ADJUSTED EBITDA performance metric to take into account the forecasted ADJUSTED EBITDA margin on the forecasted wind blade sets which we were to produce during 2020 but were unable to do so as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and COVID-19 related costs associated with the health and safety of our associates and non-productive labor.

Our compensation committee determined that we had achieved the safety, cost reduction, total net sales and profitability performance objectives. We also achieved a portion of the quality and growth performance objectives. Our compensation committee approved cash incentive bonuses at 84.5% of target bonus levels based on the achievement of the various performance objectives under the 2020 Bonus Plan.

The following sets forth a more detailed description of each performance objective:

Safety (5%)

The first performance objective is related to promoting safety at our manufacturing facilities. Safety is our first core value, and our compensation committee believes it is imperative to promote a safer workplace for all of our associates. The specific safety performance objectives were reducing our lost time incident rate and recordable incident rate on a year over year basis from 2019 to 2020. The lost time incident rate calculates the number of incidents that result in time away from work, while the recordable incident rate is calculated by multiplying the number of recordable cases by 200,000, and then dividing that number by the total number of labor hours performed by our direct labor associates. In addition, the final safety performance metric was increasing the number of “near miss” incidents and “good catches” on a year over year basis from 2019 to 2020. We define “good catches” as identifying potential safety hazards or conditions before an incident occurs. In order to achieve this performance objective, we needed to satisfy all of the specific safety objectives set forth above. For 2020, we achieved each of the sub-criteria described and achieved 100% of the safety performance objective.

Quality (10%)

The second performance objective is related to a goal of improving customer satisfaction scores based on quality audits performed by our customers and our overall execution in managing repairs and warranty claims. For 2020, we did not achieve the customer satisfaction score criteria but achieved the management of repairs and warranty claims criteria. As such, we achieved 50% of the quality performance objective.

Total Net Sales (10%)

The third performance objective is related to total net sales. Our compensation committee chose total net sales as one of the performance objectives because it believes that achieving top line growth is a primary objective and contributes to the Company’s year-over-year financial performance. The target performance objective for 2020 total net sales was $1.65 billion. The minimum threshold for satisfying this performance objective was $1.55 billion of total net sales and the maximum performance cap was $1.70 billion of total net sales. We achieved $1.67 billion of total net sales for the year ended December 31, 2020, and our compensation committee added back $126 million to the total net sales performance objective to take into account the total number of wind blade sets that we had forecasted to produce under non-cancellable purchase orders associated with our long-term contracts but were unable to do so as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although we exceeded the 100% net sales performance objective before and after taking into account the foregoing adjustment for the COVID-19 pandemic, our performance was capped at 100% of the total net sales objective because we did not satisfy 100% of the quality performance objective, which was a prerequisite for achieving greater than 100% of the net sales performance objective.

Cost Reductions (20%)

The fourth performance objective is related to reducing our total variable costs, manufacturing overhead, fixed costs and corporate costs to promote the competitive position of our products and services. Our target goal was to reduce such costs by $10 million. The minimum threshold for satisfying this performance objective was $5 million of cost reductions and the maximum performance cap was $20 million of cost reductions. Although we exceeded 100% of the cost reduction performance objective, our performance was capped at 100% of the cost reductions performance objective because we did not satisfy 100% of the quality performance objective, which was a prerequisite for achieving greater than 100% of the cost reductions performance objective.

Growth (30%)

The fifth performance objective is related to growth of new business as measured by the following performance criteria: addition of four onshore manufacturing lines (5%); the additional of two new offshore manufacturing lines (5%); contract

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extensions of nine existing manufacturing lines (10%); new field service customer contracts with an estimated total contract value of $5 million (5%); and new transportation business contracts with an estimated total contract value of $60 million (5%). Our compensation committee chose growth as a performance objective because it believes that the additional growth in our contract backlog creates long term value for our stockholders.

The minimum performance criteria were as follows: two onshore manufacturing lines, $2.5 million of total contract value for new wind service business and $40 million of total contract value of new diversified market business.

We achieved 100% of the extension of existing manufacturing lines and new field service business objectives and 90% of the new onshore manufacturing line objective. We did not achieve the new offshore manufacturing line and new transportation business objectives.

Based on the foregoing, we achieved 65% of the growth performance objective.

Profitability (25%)

The sixth performance objective is related to profitability as measured by ADJUSTED EBITDA. We define EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure, as net income or loss plus interest expense (including losses on extinguishment of debt and net of interest income), income taxes and depreciation and amortization. We define ADJUSTED EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure, as EBITDA plus any share-based compensation expense, plus or minus any foreign currency losses or income, plus or minus any losses or gains from the sale of assets and asset impairments, plus any restructuring charges. Our compensation committee chose ADJUSTED EBITDA as a performance objective because it believes that top line growth must be achieved efficiently and with a long-term focus on achieving profitability. The specific ADJUSTED EBIDTA performance objective for 2020 was $112 million. The minimum threshold for satisfying this performance objective was $100 million of total ADJUSTED EBITDA and the maximum performance cap was $130 million of ADJUSTED EBITDA.

We achieved $94.5 million of ADJUSTED EBITDA for the year ended December 31, 2020, and our compensation committee added back $34.5 million to the ADJUSTED EBITDA performance metric to take into account the forecasted ADJUSTED EBITDA margin on the forecasted wind blade sets which we were to produce during 2020 but were unable to do so as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and COVID-19 related costs associated with the health and safety of our associates and non-productive labor. As such, we exceeded the performance target and achieved the total ADJUSTED EBITDA performance objective.

EBITDA and ADJUSTED EBITDA are non-GAAP financial measures. See Appendix A for a reconciliation of net loss, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, to EBITDA and ADJUSTED EBITDA.

The cash incentive bonus targets as a percentage of base salary, the target cash incentive bonus amounts in dollars, actual cash incentive bonus amounts paid as a percentage of target and the actual cash incentive bonus amounts paid to our named executive officers with respect to 2020 are set forth in the table below. The target incentive award percentages for each of the named executive officers for 2020 were the same as 2019 except for Mr. Siwek, whose target percentage was increased in May 2020 in connection with his promotion to Chief Executive Officer as set forth in the table below, and for Mr. Hilderhoff whose employment began with us in August 2020.



Named Executive Officer	Target Incentive Award as a % of Base Salary			Target Incentive Award ($)			Actual Cash Award as a % of Target Opportunity			Actual Cash Award ($)

William E. Siwek		100	% (1)		738,800	(1)		84.5	%		624,286

Bryan R. Schumaker		65	%		301,275			84.5	%		254,577

James M. Hilderhoff		65	%		308,750	(2)		42.1	% (2)		130,000	(3)

Ramesh Gopalakrishnan		65	%		303,160			84.5	%		256,170

Steven G. Fishbach		60	%		225,000			84.5	%		190,125

Steven C. Lockard		100	%		850,000			32.3	% (4)		274,730	(4)

(1)

In connection with Mr. Siwek’s promotion to Chief Executive Officer in addition to his position as President, Mr. Siwek’s 2020 base salary was increased from $618,000 to $800,000 and his target bonus percentage was increased from 80% to 100%, effective May 20, 2020. The cash award paid to Mr. Siwek reflects the base salary and target incentive percentages in effect both before and after his promotion in May 2020.

(2)	Mr. Hilderhoff joined the Company in August 2020. The target incentive award was prorated to reflect a partial year of service.

(3)	Mr. Hilderhoff’s employment agreement required a minimum cash award of $130,000 solely for fiscal year 2020 to pay him for compensation that Mr. Hilderhoff forfeited when he resigned from his prior employer.

(4)	The cash award was prorated to reflect a partial year of service for Mr. Lockard’s transition from his position as Chief Executive Officer to Chairman of the Board in May 2020.

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Long-term Incentives

We view long-term incentive compensation in the form of equity awards as a critical element of our executive compensation program. The realized value of these equity awards bears a direct relationship to our stock price, and, therefore, these awards are an incentive for our executive officers, including our named executive officers, to create value for our stockholders. Equity awards also help us retain qualified executive officers in a competitive market.

Long-term incentive compensation opportunities in the form of equity awards are granted by our compensation committee in accordance with our Amended and Restated 2015 Stock Option and Incentive Plan. The amount and forms of such equity awards are determined by our compensation committee after considering the factors described in the “Setting Executive Compensation” section. The amounts of the equity awards are also intended to provide competitively-sized awards and resulting target total direct compensation opportunities that are competitive with the compensation opportunities offered by the companies in our compensation peer group for similar roles and positions for each of our executive officers, taking into consideration the factors described in the “Setting Executive Compensation” section.

Performance-Based Awards

Our compensation committee grants performance-based RSUs to the named executive officers, which vest only if we meet specified objective performance criteria and remain in a continued service relationship with us through the applicable performance period. The goals of our Board and our compensation committee in selecting metrics for the performance-based component of the long-term incentive program include: alignment with business strategy; driving achievement of our development goals; and creating stockholder value.

In March 2020, as part of its annual executive compensation review, our compensation committee approved the grant of performance-based RSU awards to the named executive officers as described in the “Grant of Plan-Based Awards for Fiscal Year 2020” section below. These performance-based RSU awards represented approximately 57% of such named executive officers annual long term incentive award opportunity. These performance-based RSUs vest as follows:

•

Stock Hurdle PSUs: the applicable named executive officer must be in a continuous service relationship with the Company or any of its subsidiaries through December 31, 2022 to vest in any Stock Hurdle PSUs that may be credited with respect to the performance period (i.e., date of grant to December 31, 2022). One third of the Stock Hurdle PSUs will be credited if the Company achieves a stock price of at least $30, an additional one third will be credited if the Company achieves a stock price of at least $38 and an additional one third if the Company achieves a stock price of at least $43, in each case, based on the volume-weighted average stock price of a share of Company common stock over 30 consecutive trading days during the performance period. Each of these stock price hurdles were at prices significantly above the Company’s stock price on the date these performance-based RSUs were granted.

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ADJUSTED EBITDA PSUs: the applicable named executive officer must be in a continuous service relationship with the Company or any of its subsidiaries through December 31, 2022 to vest in any ADJUSTED EBITDA PSUs that may be credited with respect to the performance period (i.e., January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2022). One third of the ADJUSTED EBITDA PSUs will be credited if the Company achieves each of the three cumulative ADJUSTED EBITDA targets (as defined in the applicable performance-based restricted stock unit award agreement) during the three-year performance period.

For a summary and discussion of the vesting provisions of the Stock Hurdle PSUs and ADJUSTED EBTIDA PSUs in the event of an executive’s termination of employment in connection with the executive’s death or disability or a change in control of the Company, please see the “Employment, Severance and Change of Control Agreements” section.

In May 2020, in connection with the promotion of Mr. Siwek to Chief Executive Officer in addition to his position as President, Mr. Siwek received additional performance-based RSU awards of 14,304 Stock Hurdle PSUs and 10,191 ADJUSTED EBITDA PSUs that had the same vesting criteria as the performance-based RSUs that were issued in March 2020.

Time-Based Awards

We believe that issuing a combination of time-based restricted stock unit and stock option awards provides an appropriate balance of rewarding employees for potential growth in the market price of our common stock and providing a retention tool for our key executives.

To address heightened employee retention concerns in 2019 and 2020, we evaluated the mix of performance-based and time-based awards across the organization. Based on our assessment, and subsequent deliberations by the compensation committee on long-term incentive mix, our compensation committee in 2020 determined it was appropriate to modestly modify the mix of executive long-term incentives to maintain organizational continuity to award a slightly higher percentage of time-based RSU awards compared to performance-based RSU awards. Our compensation committee approved the grant of time-based RSU awards to the named executive officers other than Mr. Hilderhoff as described in the “Grant of Plan-Based Awards for Fiscal Year 2020” section below. These time-based RSU awards represented 43% of such named executive officers’ long-term incentive award opportunity. One hundred percent of these time-based RSUs vest on the third anniversary of the grant

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date, subject to the applicable named executive officer’s continued service with the Company through such date. We believe time-based RSUs with a three-year cliff vesting period provide a strong retention incentive for our executive officers and also provide a moderate reward for growth in the value of our common stock.

We may issue stock options to certain senior employees when they are first hired. Our stock options have a ten-year term and typically vest over four years with 25% vesting on the first anniversary date of the grant and 6.25% vests on each quarterly anniversary of the grant date over the remaining three years of the vesting period. In 2020, in connection with the appointment of Mr. Hilderhoff as our Chief Commercial Officer, our compensation committee approved granting him a time-based stock option award of 110,000 shares. We believe that time-based stock options provide a strong reward for growth in the market price of our common stock as their entire value depends on future stock price appreciation, as well as a strong incentive for our executive officers to remain employed with the Company as they require continued employment through the vesting period.

In May 2020, in connection with the promotion of Mr. Siwek to Chief Executive Officer in addition to his position as President, Mr. Siwek was awarded a grant of a time-based RSU award of 13,588 shares. This time-based RSU award vests on the third annual anniversary of the date of the grant, subject to the Mr. Siwek’s continued service with the Company.

In connection with Mr. Lockard’s transition from Chief Executive Officer to Chairman of the Board in May 2020, Mr. Lockard’s stock option awards were modified to allow for continued vesting of his stock options, which became fully vested in July 2020, and to allow him to exercise his stock options during his tenure on the Board through the earlier of six months after his resignation or the end of the term of his stock options. Our compensation committee approved this modification since Mr. Lockard was continuing to provide significant services to the Company in his new role as Chairman of the Board.

Benefits and Other Compensation

Other compensation to our executives consists primarily of the broad-based benefits we provide to all full-time employees, including medical, dental and vision insurance, medical and dependent care flexible spending accounts, group life and disability insurance and a 401(k) plan. In designing and structuring these benefit plans, we seek to provide an aggregate level of benefits that are comparable to those provided by similar companies.

We maintain a tax-qualified retirement plan that provides all regular U.S. employees with an opportunity to save for retirement on a tax-advantaged basis. Under our 401(k) plan, participants may elect to defer a portion of their compensation on a pre-tax basis and have it contributed to the plan subject to the applicable annual limits of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). Pre-tax contributions are allocated to each participant’s individual account and are then invested in selected investment alternatives according to the participants’ directions. Employee elective deferrals are 100% vested at all times. The 401(k) plan allows for matching contributions to be made by us. Effective January 1, 2020, we matched up to 100% of the first 4% of deferred compensation. As a tax-qualified retirement plan, contributions to the 401(k) plan and earnings on those contributions are not taxable to the employees until distributed from the 401(k) plan and all contributions are deductible by us when made.

We generally do not provide perquisites or personal benefits to our named executive officers, other than the payment for our executive officers to obtain a biannual executive physical and relocation benefits for executives who join the Company. We believe offering executive physicals to our executives is beneficial because it ensures that our key executives remain in optimal health and can achieve early identification of potential health risks to our executives. We also provided tax preparation assistance services for Mr. Gopalakrishnan in 2020 but do not expect to provide these services in 2021.

Severance and Other Termination Arrangements

We believe that having in place reasonable and competitive post-employment compensation arrangements are essential to attracting and retaining highly-qualified executive officers. We included certain provisions for payments and benefits in the event of a termination of employment, including an involuntary termination of employment in connection with a change in control of the Company, in employment agreements and equity award agreements with our named executive officers.

We believe that the severance payments and benefits provided to our executive officers under their employment agreements are appropriate in light of the post-employment compensation protections available to similarly-situated executive officers at companies in our compensation peer group and are an important component of each executive officer’s overall compensation as they help us to attract and retain our key executives who could have other job alternatives that may appear to them to be more attractive absent these protections.

We also believe that the occurrence or potential occurrence of a change in control transaction will create uncertainty regarding the continued employment of our executive officers. In order to encourage them to remain employed with us during an important time when their prospects for continued employment following a change in control transaction are often uncertain, we provide our executive officers with the opportunity to receive additional severance protections during a change in control protection period. In addition, we provide additional payment and benefit protections if an executive officer voluntarily

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terminates employment with us for good reason in connection with a change in control of the Company, because we believe that a voluntary termination of employment for good reason is essentially equivalent to an involuntary termination of employment by us without cause. The primary purpose of these arrangements is to keep our executive officers focused on pursuing potential corporate transactions that are in the best interests of our stockholders regardless of whether those transactions may result in their own job loss.

We provide for the immediate acceleration of vesting and exercisability of all time-based RSU awards, as well as that portion of an executive’s Stock Hurdle PSUs, to the extent that the applicable performance target(s) have been achieved, and a pro-rata portion of ADJUSTED EBITDA PSUs, to the extent that the applicable performance target(s) have been achieved, upon his or her death and disability in order to assist the executive’s family during such difficult times, as such termination provisions allow the executive’s family to receive the benefits of the executive’s existing equity incentive arrangements.

To protect the Company’s interests, our executive officers are required to sign a standard form of release prior to receiving any severance payments or benefits under the terms and conditions of their employment agreements with us.

We do not provide excise tax payments (or “gross-ups”) relating to a change in control of the Company and have no such obligations in place with respect to any of our named executive officers.

For detailed descriptions of the post-employment compensation arrangements we maintain with our named executive officers, as well as an estimate of the potential payments and benefits payable to our named executive officers under their post-employment compensation arrangements, see the “Employment, Severance and Change of Control Agreements” section below.

Tax and Accounting Considerations

Deductibility of Executive Compensation

Generally, Section 162(m) of the Code (“Section 162(m)”) disallows a federal income tax deduction for public corporations of remuneration in excess of $1 million paid in any fiscal year to certain specified executive officers. For taxable years beginning before January 1, 2018 (i) these executive officers consisted of a public corporation’s principal executive officer and up to three other executive officers (other than the principal financial officer) whose compensation is required to be disclosed to stockholders under the Exchange Act, because they are our most highly-compensated executive officers and (ii) qualifying “performance-based compensation” was not subject to this deduction limit if specified requirements are met.

Pursuant to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, the remuneration of a public corporation’s principal financial officer is also subject to the deduction limit. In addition, subject to certain transition rules (which apply to remuneration provided pursuant to written binding contracts which were in effect on November 2, 2017 and which are not subsequently materially modified), for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, the exemption from the deduction limit for “performance-based compensation” is no longer available. Consequently, these changes will cause more of our compensation to be non-deductible under Section 162(m) for fiscal years beginning after December 31, 2017 and will eliminate the Company’s ability to structure performance-based awards to be exempt from Section 162(m).

In designing our executive compensation program and determining the compensation of our executive officers, including our named executive officers, the compensation committee considers a variety of factors, including the potential impact of the Section 162(m) deduction limit. However, our compensation committee will not necessarily limit executive compensation to that which is or may be deductible under Section 162(m). Our compensation committee will consider various alternatives to preserving the deductibility of compensation payments and benefits to the extent consistent with its compensation goals. Our compensation committee believes that our stockholders’ interests are best served if its discretion and flexibility in awarding compensation is not restricted, even though some compensation awards may result in non-deductible compensation expense.

Taxation of “Parachute” Payments

Sections 280G and 4999 of the Code provide that certain individuals who hold significant equity interests and certain executive officers and certain other service providers may be subject to significant additional taxes if they receive payments or benefits in connection with a change in control of the Company that exceeds certain prescribed limits, and that the Company (or a successor) may forfeit a deduction on the amounts subject to this additional tax. We have not agreed to provide any executive officer, including any named executive officers, with a “gross-up” or other reimbursement payment for any tax liability that the executive officer might owe as a result of the application of Sections 280G or 4999 of the Code.

Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code

Section 409A of the Code imposes additional significant taxes in the event that an executive officer, director or service provider receives “deferred compensation” that does not satisfy the requirements of Section 409A of the Code. Although we do not maintain a nonqualified deferred compensation plan, Section 409A of the Code may apply to certain severance arrangements, bonus arrangements and equity awards. We aim to structure all of our severance arrangements, bonus arrangements and equity awards in a manner to either avoid the application of Section 409A or, to the extent doing so is not possible, to comply with the applicable requirements of Section 409A of the Code.

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Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation

We follow the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) ASC Topic 718 for our stock-based compensation awards. FASB ASC Topic 718 requires us to measure the compensation expense for all share-based payment awards made to our employees and non-employee members of our Board, including options to purchase shares of our common stock and other stock awards, based on the grant date “fair value” of these awards. This calculation is performed for accounting purposes and reported in the executive compensation tables required by the federal securities laws, even though the recipient of the awards may never realize any value from their awards.

Compensation Risk Assessment

We believe that our executive compensation program does not encourage excessive or unnecessary risk taking. As described more fully above, we structure our pay to consist of both fixed and variable compensation, particularly in connection with our pay-for-performance compensation philosophy. We believe this structure motivates our executives to produce superior short-term and long-term results that are in the best interests of the Company and stockholders in order to attain our ultimate objective of increasing stockholder value, and we have established, and our compensation committee endorses, several controls to address and mitigate compensation-related risks. As a result, we do not believe that our compensation programs are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on us.

“Clawback” Policy

Our Board has adopted a policy that gives the Board discretion to require that any of the Company’s executive officers, including the named executive officers, repay incentive-based compensation to the Company if the Board determines, in its sole discretion based on relevant facts and circumstances, that the executive officer’s intentional misconduct or fraud caused the Company to materially restate all or a portion of its financial statements. Our compensation committee believes that the clawback policy reflects good standards of corporate governance and reduces the potential for excessive risk taking by our executive officers.

Policy Prohibiting Hedging and Pledging of Equity Securities

We have an insider trading policy that prohibits our officers, directors, employees, and certain other persons from engaging in, among other things, short sales, hedging of stock ownership positions, and transactions involving derivative securities that provide the economic equivalent of ownership of any of the Company’s securities or an opportunity, direct or indirect, to profit from any change in the value of the Company’s securities unless such transactions are approved by our audit committee. In addition, our insider trading policy prohibits our officers, directors, employees, and certain other persons from using the Company’s securities as collateral in a margin account or from pledging the Company’s securities as collateral for a loan unless such transactions are approved by our audit committee. Our insider trading policy permits our officers, directors and employees to enter into trading plans complying with Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act.

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Fiscal year 2020 Compensation Tables

Summary Compensation Table

The following table sets forth the total compensation, for service rendered in all capacities, that was awarded to, earned by and paid during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2018, December 31, 2019, and December 31, 2020 for each of our named executive officers.


Name and Principal Position	Year		Salary ($)			Bonus ($)		Stock Awards ($) (1)		Option Awards ($) (2)			Non-equity Incentive Plan Compensation ($) (3)		All Other Compensation ($) (4)		Total ($)

William E. Siwek (5) Chief Executive Officer		2020		724,616	(6)		184,700		2,087,835		—			439,586		13,270		3,450,007
		2019		569,692			—		1,209,986		—			58,330		9,500		1,847,508
		2018		498,269			—		874,992		—			252,200		11,370		1,636,831

Bryan R. Schumaker Chief Financial Officer		2020		463,137			75,319		702,380		—			179,259		12,702		1,432,797
Bryan R. Schumaker Chief Financial Officer		2019		276,923			—		—		1,000,000			100,000		508		1,377,431

James M. Hilderhoff (7) Chief Commercial Officer		2020		182,692			180,000		—		1,511,400			—		35,223		1,909,315
James M. Hilderhoff (7) Chief Commercial Officer

Ramesh Gopalakrishnan Chief Operating Officer – Wind		2020		459,805			75,790		762,463		—			180,380		15,268		1,493,706
Ramesh Gopalakrishnan Chief Operating Officer – Wind		2019		405,079			—		542,610		—			150,000		15,364		1,113,053

Steven G. Fishbach General Counsel		2020		374,327			56,250		438,851		—			133,875		22,131		1,025,434
		2019		349,192			—		399,987		—			105,000		10,770		864,949
		2018		304,500			—		399,980		—			146,664		10,842		861,986

Steven C. Lockard (8) Chairman of the Board and Former Chief Executive Officer		2020		397,695			81,281		1,168,744		1,697,712	(9)		193,450		113,268		3,652,150
		2019		824,192			—		2,268,730		—			107,250		9,056		3,209,228
		2018		786,827			—		1,777,490		—			613,040		9,544		3,186,901

(1)

The amounts reported represent the aggregate grant date fair value of the restricted stock units (both time and performance based) awarded to the named executive officers, calculated in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. Such aggregate grant date fair values do not take into account any estimated forfeitures related to service vesting conditions. The assumptions used in calculating the aggregate grant date fair values of the restricted stock units reported in this column are set forth in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC on February 25, 2021. The amounts reported in this column reflect the accounting cost for these restricted stock units and do not correspond to the actual economic value that may be received by the named executive officers upon vesting and/or settlement of the restricted stock units. The grant date fair value of time-based awards granted in 2020 were as follows: Mr. Siwek $1,046,908; Mr. Schumaker $324,450; Mr. Gopalakrishnan $383,304; Mr. Fishbach $252,470 and Mr. Lockard $1,168,744. The grant date fair value of performance-based awards granted in 2020 were as follows: Mr. Siwek $1,040,927; Mr. Schumaker $377,930; Mr. Gopalakrishnan $379,159 and Mr. Fishbach $186,381. For the 2020 performance-based restricted stock units, the grant date fair value of such awards was based upon the probable outcome of the performance conditions, which assumed that the highest level of performance conditions will be achieved.

(2)

The amounts reported represent the aggregate grant date fair value of the options awarded to the named executive officers, calculated in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. Such aggregate grant date fair values do not take into account any estimated forfeitures related to service vesting conditions. The assumptions used in calculating the aggregate grant date fair values of the options reported in this column are set forth in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC on February 25, 2021. The amounts reported in this column reflect the accounting cost for these options and do not correspond to the actual economic value that may be received by the named executive officers upon exercise of the options.

(3)

For our named executive officers other than Mr. Hilderhoff, represents amounts earned under the 2020 Bonus Plan for achieving the performance objectives set forth in the 2020 Bonus Plan without taking into account any adjustments for the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Amounts earned under the 2020 Bonus Plan as a result of our compensation committee making an adjustment to the profitability performance objective due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business are set forth in the “Bonus” Column in the table above.

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(4)	The table below provides details on all other compensation provided to the named executive officers for fiscal year 2020.

Name

401(k)
Match
($)

Relocation
Expenses
($)

Annual
Physical
($)

Group
Term Life
Insurance
($)

Long-
Term
Disability
($)

Tax
Preparation
Assistance
($)

Director
Fees ($)

Siwek

11,400

1,290

580

Schumaker

8,154

3,668

300

580

Hilderhoff

SEC Form DEF 14A filed by TPI Composites, Inc.