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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 14A

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No.)

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Filed by a Party other than the Registrant  o

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April 13, 2017

Dear Stockholders:

It is my pleasure to invite you to join us at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of TeleTech Holdings, Inc., to be held at 9197 South Peoria Street, Englewood, Colorado. The meeting will take place on Wednesday, May 24, 2017, at 1:00 p.m., Mountain Daylight Time. At the meeting, we will report on TeleTech’s results for fiscal year and comment on our expectations for the upcoming year. We hope you are able to attend.

Details regarding admission to the meeting and the business to be conducted at the meeting are provided in the Notice of the Annual Stockholders Meeting and the accompanying Proxy Statement. Together with the Proxy Statement, we are making available a copy of our 2016 Annual Report to Stockholders. We encourage you to read our Annual Report, which includes our audited financial statements and provides detailed information about our business.

We elected to provide access to our proxy materials via the internet under the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s internet notice and access rules. In our business, we are focused on improving the engagement between our clients and their customers. Our aspirations are no different about our stockholders. We believe that by making our proxy materials available via the internet, we enhance our stockholders’ experience in accessing our information and understanding our business and the way in which TeleTech is governed and managed to maximize our stockholder, client and employee value. By providing the proxy materials via the internet, we also reduce the environmental impact of our Annual Meeting. For additional information about the Annual Meeting, please see the Important Information About the Proxy Materials and Voting Your Shares section of this Proxy Statement.

PLEASE VOTE

Your vote is important. Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, we encourage you to read these materials carefully and promptly vote your shares. There are several ways you can vote: via the internet, by telephone, by mailing the enclosed proxy, or by attending our Annual Stockholders Meeting in person. Please vote as soon as possible to ensure that your vote is recorded promptly. If you hold shares in a brokerage account, your broker will not be able to vote your shares on most matters unless you provide your voting instructions.

On behalf of the Board of Directors and all TeleTech employees, thank you for your continued support of, and confidence in, TeleTech and our business.

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Notice of 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

Wednesday, May 24, 2017

1:00 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time

TeleTech Global Headquarters

9197 South Peoria Street

Englewood, Colorado 80112

ITEMS OF BUSINESS:

At the meeting, our stockholders will be asked to:

·        Elect seven directors named in the Proxy Statement, for a term of one year;

·        Ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2017;

·        Approve, on an advisory basis, our executive compensation;

·        Approve an advisory vote on frequency of say-on-pay votes; and

·        Transact such other business, including stockholder proposals, as may properly come before the meeting.

The meeting will also include a report on our financial results for fiscal year 2016, our operations, and our business outlook for 2017.

RECORD DATE:

Only stockholders of record at the close of business on March 31, 2017, will be entitled to receive notice of, and to vote at, the 2017 Annual Stockholders Meeting.

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting to be held on May 24, 2017: this Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement and the 2016 Annual Report are available at teletech.com.

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9197 South Peoria Street
Englewood, Colorado 80112

PROXY STATEMENT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This summary highlights only selected information contained in this Proxy Statement. We encourage you to read the entire Proxy Statement and TeleTech 2016 Annual Report before voting your shares.

MATTERS TO BE VOTED ON AT 2017 ANNUAL MEETING

OUR COMPANY

·        Our Company was founded in 1982 and from early days was a pioneer in the customer engagement management industry. Today, we deliver integrated customer consulting, technology, growth, and care solutions on a global scale.

·        Our portfolio of products and services allows us to design and deliver superior customer experience and engagement across numerous communication channels for clients in the automotive, communications and media, financial services, government, healthcare, technology, transportation, and retail industries.

·        Our solutions are supported by approximately 48,000 employees delivering services in 23 countries from 82 delivery centers on six continents.

·        Our services are value-oriented, outcome-based, and delivered from our four business segments: Customer Management Services (CMS), Customer Growth Services (CGS), Customer Technology Services (CTS) and Customer Strategy Services (CSS).

·        TeleTech is committed to the highest ethical, environmental and safety standards everywhere we do business, and, through our TeleTech Community Foundation, TeleTech invests in education and development in communities where we live and work.

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2016 PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS

In 2016, we had the following performance highlights:

1 TeleTech computes company performance metrics on a constant currency basis in order to compare year-over-year operating performance. To establish a constant currency comparison, actual reported metrics are translated utilizing each underlying exchange rate in effect at the end of the prior year resulting in year-over-year operating performance excluding the impact from currency fluctuations. Additionally, the Company adjusts for non-operating items including, but not limited to, asset impairment and restructuring charges, deconsolidation of subsidiaries, changes in acquisition earn-outs and changes in tax valuation allowances and return to provision adjustments. The same methodology is utilized for other adjusted and non-GAAP constant currency metrics reported in this Proxy Statement. Please review a copy of the 2016 Annual Report and 2016 full year earnings press release for a reconciliation of these non-GAAP adjustments.

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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE HIGHLIGHTS

Our Board follows sound governance practices.

DIRECTOR EXPERIENCE

The Board and our Nominating and Governance Committee believe that diversity in experience and perspectives is important for achieving sound decisions and driving stockholder value. The following chart reflects the experience of our Board in 2016:

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2017 BOARD NOMINEES

2016 EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION HIGHLIGHTS

·        Our executive compensation program is designed to reward financial results and effective strategic leadership, which we believe are key to building sustainable value for our stockholders.

·        Our executive compensation program utilizes a mix of base salary, and short- and long-term incentives, to attract and retain highly qualified executives and maintain a strong relationship between executive pay and company performance.

·        Our executive compensation program places significant weight on ethical and responsible conduct in pursuit of TeleTech’s strategic goals.

·        Our executive compensation programs place a meaningful portion of compensation “at risk” by aligning cash incentive payments to performance and by granting equity that vests over four- and five-year periods to ensure that the actual compensation realized by executives aligns with stockholder value over the long term.

·        Our executive officers are subject to stock holding requirements that further align their interests with our stockholders.

·        We ensure that our rewards are affordable by aligning them to the Company’s annual business plan.

·        Our stockholders have indicated strong support for our executive compensation program with 98.62 percent voting in favor of the program at our 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

The following table reflects the compensation decisions made by the Compensation Committee for TeleTech’s Named Executive Officers (NEOs) who continue to serve as TeleTech’s executive officers as of the date of this Proxy Statement.

1        Actual TDC represents base salary earned in 2016, FMV equity grant awarded in 2016 and, if applicable, bonus earned for 2016 performance.

2        As previously disclosed, at Mr. Tuchman’s request, the Compensation Committee approved Mr. Tuchman’s base salary to be $1 per year.

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GENERAL INFORMATION

This proxy statement (“Proxy Statement”) is issued in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Board of Directors of TeleTech Holdings, Inc. (“TeleTech” or the “Company”) for use at the 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) to be held on May 24, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time, at 9197 South Peoria Street, Englewood, Colorado 80112 and at any adjournment or postponement thereof.

On or about April 13, 2017, we will begin distributing to each stockholder entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting either (1) this Proxy Statement, a proxy card or voting instruction form, and our 2016 Annual Report to Stockholders, which we collectively refer to as the “proxy materials,” or (2) an email or notice of internet availability of proxy materials, in each case with instructions on how to access electronic copies of our proxy materials.

This Proxy Statement contains important information regarding the Annual Meeting, the proposals on which you are being asked to vote, information about our voting procedures, and information you may find useful in determining how to vote.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROXY MATERIALS AND VOTING YOUR SHARES

Why am I receiving these proxy materials?

The Company is soliciting your proxy in connection with the Annual Meeting. As a stockholder, you are invited to attend the Annual Meeting and are requested to vote on the items of business discussed in this Proxy Statement.

Why did I receive a Notice of Internet Availability of proxy materials?

Under the rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, we are using the internet as the primary means of furnishing proxy materials to our stockholders. Most of our stockholders will not receive printed copies of the proxy materials unless they request them. Accordingly, if you received a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Notice of Internet Availability”) by mail, you will not receive a printed copy of the proxy materials, unless you request one as instructed in that notice. Instead, the Notice of Internet Availability will instruct you on how you may access and review the proxy materials on the internet, free of charge. This approach to distribution of proxy materials reduces the environmental impact of our Annual Meeting, expedites stockholders’ receipt of the proxy materials, and lowers our costs. The Notice of Internet Availability also includes instructions allowing stockholders to request to receive future proxy materials in printed form by mail or electronically by email.

How can I vote my shares?

If you are a stockholder of record, you may vote by internet, by telephone or by mail at any time prior to the meeting, or you may vote in person at the meeting, as follows:

·        Vote by Internet at www.proxyvote.com. Use the internet to transmit your voting instructions and for electronic delivery of information up until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on May 23, 2017. Have your proxy card or Notice of Internet Availability in hand when you access the website and follow the instructions to obtain your records and to create an electronic voting instruction form.

·        Vote by Phone. Use any touch-tone telephone to call 1-800-690-6903 to transmit your voting instructions up until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on May 23, 2017. Have your proxy card in hand when you call and then follow the instructions. If you received a Notice of Internet Availability, you may request a proxy card by following the instructions in the notice.

·        Vote by Mail. If you received or requested a printed copy of the proxy materials by mail, you may vote by proxy by filling out the proxy card and returning it in the postage-paid envelope we have provided or returning it to Vote Processing, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717. If you received a Notice of Internet Availability, you may request a proxy card by following the instructions in the notice.

·        Vote at the Meeting. You may vote your shares at the meeting. You will be admitted to the meeting only if you have a ticket. See “How can I attend the Annual Meeting?” in this Proxy Statement for instructions on obtaining a ticket.

If your shares are held in an account at a brokerage firm, bank or similar organization, you will receive voting instructions from the organization holding your account and you must follow those instructions to vote your shares.

Additional Procedures. Votes cast by proxy prior to the Annual Meeting will be tabulated by an automatic system administered by Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. Votes cast by proxy or in person at the Annual Meeting will be counted by the persons we appoint to act as election inspectors for the Annual Meeting. With regard to the election of directors, votes may be cast in favor or withheld; votes that are withheld will be excluded entirely from the tabulation of votes and will have no effect. Cumulative voting is not permitted in the election of directors. Consequently, you are entitled to one vote for each share of our common stock held in your name for as many persons as there are directors to be elected, and for whose election you have the right to vote.

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With respect to the other proposals submitted for stockholder approval (other than the election of directors), you may vote for or against the proposal, or you may abstain. Abstentions will have the same effect as a negative vote on the ratification of the appointment of our independent registered public accounting firm for 2017 but will have no effect on the advisory vote on executive compensation.

If you hold shares beneficially in street name and do not provide your broker with voting instructions, your shares may constitute “broker non-votes.” Generally, brokerage firms have the authority to vote your shares without your voting instructions on certain “routine” matters, such as Proposal 2, but not on other “non-routine” items, such as Proposals 1,3 and 4. In tabulating the voting result for any particular proposal, shares that constitute broker non-votes are not considered votes cast on that proposal. Thus, broker non-votes will not affect the outcome of any matter being voted on at the meeting, assuming that a quorum is obtained.

For your information, voting via the internet is the least expensive to us, followed by telephone voting, with voting by mail being the most expensive. Also, you may help to save us the expense of a second mailing if you vote promptly.

What are the matters to be voted on at the Annual Meeting?

The items of business scheduled to be voted on at the Annual Meeting are:

·        Proposal 1: The election of seven directors (see page 35);

·        Proposal 2: The ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2017 (see page 39);

·        Proposal 3: The approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation for our executive officers (see page 40);

·        Proposal 4:  The approval on an advisory vote on frequency of say-on-pay votes (see page 41).

We will also consider other business that properly comes before the Annual Meeting.

What are my voting choices?

For the election of directors (Proposal 1), you may vote “FOR”, “AGAINST”, or “ABSTAIN” with respect to each nominee. For Proposals 2 and 3, you may vote “FOR” or “AGAINST” or you may “ABSTAIN” from voting. Proposal 4 (Frequency on Say-on-Pay) where you are invited to select whether stockholders can provide an advisory vote on executive compensation every “3 Years”, “2 Years”, or “1 Year”.

How does the Board recommend that I vote?

Our Board recommends that you vote your shares:

·                  “FOR” each of the nominees to our Board;

·                  “FOR” the ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2017;

·                  “FOR” the proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation for our Named Executive Officers; and

·                  “FOR” the proposal to approve an advisory vote on frequency of say-on-pay votes every three years

Kenneth D. Tuchman, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and the beneficial owner of 68.7 percent of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock as of the record date (68.7 percent of the shares entitled to vote, excluding stock options) has indicated that he intends to vote:

·                  “FOR” each of the nominees to our Board;

·                  “FOR” the ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2017;

·                  “FOR” the proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation for our Named Executive Officers; and

·                  “FOR” the proposal to approve an advisory vote on frequency of say-on-pay votes every three years.

How will my shares be voted by proxy?

Valid proxies provided to the Company by telephone, over the internet or by mailed proxy card will be voted at the Annual Meeting as directed by you unless revoked in accordance with the instructions. If you properly execute and submit your proxy, but do not indicate how you want your shares voted, the persons named as your proxies will vote your shares in accordance with the recommendations of our Board of Directors. These recommendations are:

·                  “FOR” each of the nominees to our Board;

·                  “FOR” the ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2017;

·                  “FOR” the proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation for our Named Executive Officers; and

·                  “FOR” the proposal to approve an advisory vote on frequency of say-on-pay votes every three years.

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How can I revoke my proxy or change my vote?

You may revoke your proxy or change your vote at any time prior to the taking of the vote at the Annual Meeting. If you are the stockholder of record, you may change your vote by:

·          Voting again through the internet or by telephone, or by completing, signing, dating and returning a new proxy card with a later date, all of which automatically revoke the earlier proxy so long as completed prior to the applicable deadline for each method;

·          Providing a written notice of revocation to our Corporate Secretary at TeleTech Holdings, Inc., 9197 South Peoria Street, Englewood, Colorado 80112 prior to your shares being voted; or

·          Attending the Annual Meeting and voting in person. Your attendance at the meeting alone will not cause your previously granted proxy to be revoked unless you specifically so request before the taking of the vote.

For shares you hold beneficially in street name, you may change your vote by submitting new voting instructions to your broker, bank, trustee or nominee following the instructions they provided, or, if you have obtained a legal proxy from your broker, bank, trustee or nominee giving you the right to vote your shares, by attending the Annual Meeting and voting in person.

Will shares I hold in my brokerage account be voted if I do not provide timely voting instructions?

If your shares are held through a brokerage firm, they will be voted as you instruct on the voting instruction card provided by your broker. If you sign and return your card without giving specific instructions, your shares will be voted in accordance with the recommendations of our Board of Directors.

If you do not provide timely instructions as to how your brokerage shares are to be voted, your broker will have the authority to vote them only on the ratification of our independent registered public accounting firm. Your broker will be prohibited from voting your shares on the election of directors, and the advisory approval of our executive compensation and frequency with which stockholders are invited to vote on executive compensation. These “broker non-votes” will be counted only for the purpose of determining whether a quorum is present at the meeting and not as votes cast.

Will shares that I own as a stockholder of record be voted if I do not return my proxy card in a timely manner?

Shares that you own as a stockholder of record will be voted as you instruct on your proxy card. If you sign and return your proxy card without giving specific instructions, they will be voted in accordance with the recommendations of our Board of Directors. If you do not return your proxy card in a timely manner, your shares will not be voted unless you or your proxy holder attends the Annual Meeting and vote in person.

What is required to conduct the business of the Annual Meeting?

In order to conduct business at the Annual Meeting, a quorum of a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock entitled to vote as of the record date must be present in person or represented by proxy. Both abstentions and broker non-votes are counted for the purpose of determining the presence of a quorum.

How many votes are required to approve each proposal?

Directors are elected by a plurality of the votes cast. This means that the seven individuals nominated for election to the Board who receive the most “FOR” votes (among votes properly cast in person, electronically, telephonically or by proxy) will be elected.

The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote is required to approve the ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm.

The vote on executive compensation and frequency with which stockholders are invited to vote on executive compensation is advisory and non-binding, but we will consider stockholders to have approved the compensation of our Named Executive Officers if the number of votes cast “FOR” the proposal exceeds the number of votes cast “AGAINST” the proposal.

How are votes counted?

Abstentions will be treated as shares that are present and entitled to vote and will consequently have the effect of a vote “AGAINST” the particular matter, except in the case of the vote on executive compensation and frequency with which stockholders are invited to vote on executive compensation for which an abstention will have no effect. Votes withheld from a director nominee will have no effect on the election of the director from whom votes are withheld. If a broker indicates on the proxy card that it does not have discretionary authority to vote certain shares on a particular matter, it is referred to as a “broker non-vote.” Broker non-votes will be treated as shares that are present and entitled to vote for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum, but will not be considered as voted for the purpose of determining the approval of the particular matter.

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If I own or hold shares in a brokerage account, can my broker vote my shares for me?

The vote on election of directors, the executive compensation, and frequency with which stockholders are invited to vote on executive compensation are matters on which brokers do not have discretionary authority to vote. Thus, if your shares are held in a brokerage account and you do not provide instructions as to how your shares are to be voted on these proposals, your broker or other nominee will not be able to vote your shares on these matters. Accordingly, we urge you to provide instructions to your broker or nominee so that your votes may be counted. You should vote your shares by following the instructions provided on the voting instruction card that you receive from your broker.

If I share an address with another stockholder, how will we receive our proxy materials?

For stockholders of record, we have adopted a procedure called “householding,” which the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has approved. Under this procedure, we are delivering a single copy of the Notice of Internet Availability and, if applicable, this Proxy Statement and the 2016 Annual Report to multiple stockholders who share the same address unless we have received contrary instructions from one or more of the stockholders. This procedure reduces our printing and mailing costs and the impact of printing and mailing these materials on the environment. Stockholders who participate in householding will continue to be able to access and receive separate proxy cards. Upon written or verbal request, we will deliver promptly a separate copy of the Notice of Internet Availability and, if applicable, this Proxy Statement and the 2016 Annual Report to any stockholder at a shared address to which we delivered a single copy of any of these documents. To receive a separate copy of the Notice of Internet Availability and, if applicable, this Proxy Statement or the 2016 Annual Report, or to request delivery of a single copy of these materials if multiple copies are currently being delivered, stockholders may contact us at TeleTech Holdings, Inc., 9197 South Peoria Street, Englewood, Colorado 80112, Attention: Investor Relations, or by calling 1.800.TELETECH (1.800.835.3832). Outside of the U.S., please dial +1.303.397.8100.

Stockholders who hold shares in “street name” (as described above) may contact their brokerage firm, bank, broker- dealer or other similar organization to request information about householding.

How can I attend the Annual Meeting?

If you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, please mark the appropriate box on the proxy card and return the proxy card promptly. The admission ticket for the meeting will be forwarded to you. If you are a stockholder of record and arrive at the Annual Meeting without an admission ticket, we will have to verify your share ownership before you are admitted to the meeting. If you are a beneficial owner, you will only be admitted upon presentation of evidence of your beneficial holdings, such as a bank or brokerage firm account statement.

How can I see the list of stockholders entitled to vote?

A complete list of stockholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting will be available for examination by any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, at the Annual Meeting and at our principal office located at 9197 South Peoria Street, Englewood, Colorado 80112 during normal business hours for a period of at least 10 days prior to the Annual Meeting.

What happens if additional items of business are presented at the Annual Meeting?

We are not aware of any item that may be voted on at the Annual Meeting that is not described in this Proxy Statement. However, the holders of the proxies that we are soliciting will have the discretion to vote them in accordance with their best judgment on any additional matters that may be voted on, including matters incidental to the conduct of the Annual meeting.

Is my vote confidential?

Stockholders may elect that their identity and individual vote be held confidential by marking the appropriate box on their proxy card or ballot. Confidentiality will not apply to the extent that voting disclosure is required by law or is necessary or appropriate to assert or defend any claim relating to voting. Confidentiality also will not apply with respect to any matter for which votes are solicited in opposition to the director nominees or voting recommendations of our Board of Directors, unless the persons engaging in the opposing solicitation provide stockholders with voting confidentiality comparable to that which we provide.

Where can I find the voting results?

We expect to announce preliminary voting results at the Annual Meeting and to publish final results in a Current Report on Form 8-K that we will file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission within four business days following the meeting. The report will be available on our website at teletech.com under the “Investors” and “SEC Filings” tabs.

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How may I obtain financial and other information about TeleTech?

Additional financial and other information about the Company is included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, which we file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and which is available on our website at teletech.com under the “Investors” and “SEC Filings” tabs. We will also furnish a copy of our 2016 Annual Report (excluding exhibits, except those that are specifically requested) without charge to any stockholder who so requests by contacting our Investor Relations department at TeleTech Holdings, Inc., 9197 South Peoria Street, Englewood, Colorado, 80112, Attention: Investor Relations, by calling 1.800.TELETECH (1.800.835.3832). Outside of the U.S., please dial +1.303.397.8100, or by emailing investor.relations@teletech.com.

You can also obtain, without charge, a copy of our bylaws, codes of conduct and Board committee charters by contacting the Investor Relations department or you can view these materials on the internet by accessing our website at teletech.com and clicking on the “Investors” tab, then clicking on the “Corporate Governance” tab.

Who will conduct and pay for the cost of this proxy solicitation?

We will bear all costs of soliciting proxies, including reimbursement of banks, brokerage firms, custodians, nominees and fiduciaries for reasonable expenses they incur. Proxies may be solicited personally, by mail, by telephone, or via internet; by our directors, officers or other regular employees without remuneration other than regular compensation. We will request brokers and other fiduciaries to forward proxy materials to the beneficial owners of shares of common stock that are held of record by such brokers and fiduciaries and will reimburse such persons for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

TeleTech is committed to best practices in corporate governance. The Company is governed by our Board of Directors. The role of the Board includes:

·        Oversight of the Company’s management;

·        Appointment of the Chief Executive Officer;

·        Goal setting for and overseeing performance of the Company’s executive management team;

·        Management succession planning;

·        Oversight of effective corporate governance, including selecting and recommending for stockholders’ approval nominees for the Board of Directors;

·        Assessment of Board performance;

·        Board succession planning;

·        Forming and staffing Board committees;

·        Review and oversight of the development and implementation of the Company’s annual strategic, financial, and operations plans and budgets;

·        Assessment and monitoring of Company’s risk and risk management practices;

·        Review and approval of significant corporate actions;

·        Monitoring of processes designed to assure TeleTech’s integrity and transparency to its stakeholders, including financial reporting, compliance with legal and regulatory obligations, maintenance of confidential channels to report concerns about violations of laws and policies, and protection against reprisals for those who report such violations;

·        Oversight of the relationship between the Company and its stockholders; and

·        Support for the Company’s commitment to its corporate responsibility and sustainable business.

Board Leadership Structure

Our Board is led by TeleTech’s founder, Mr. Kenneth D. Tuchman, who serves as the Chairman of the Board. Mr. Tuchman is also TeleTech’s Chief Executive Officer. The Board retains the flexibility to determine from time to time whether the position of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chairman of the Board should be combined or separated, whether an independent director should serve as Chairman of the Board, and whether to appoint a lead independent director to serve as a liaison between independent directors and the Chairman.

At present, the Board believes that the Company is best served by having Mr. Tuchman serve as both the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of TeleTech. The Board’s view is based on the facts that Mr. Tuchman beneficially owns 68.7 percent of the outstanding equity in the Company, has a unique insight into the Company’s customer engagement solutions strategy as an industry innovator and the Company founder, and is intimately involved in the day-to-day strategic direction of the Company.

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Since the size of the Company’s Board is relatively small and each independent director has unrestricted access to Mr. Tuchman and the Company’s management, the independent members of the Board do not currently perceive the need for an appointment of a lead independent director. Our Board also believes that appointing a lead independent director may serve to create a potential conflict among the directors and interfere with the current collaborative environment in the boardroom that permits the Board to leverage the knowledge and experience of each Board member to drive strategic initiatives necessary to support the Company’s transformation from a business process outsourcing service provider to an integrated customer consulting, technology, growth and care services company.

With the exception of Mr. Tuchman, all of our other directors are independent.

The Board is aware of the potential conflicts that may arise in having Mr. Tuchman, the Company’s largest and controlling stockholder, serve as the Chairman of the Board, but believes that there are adequate governance safeguards in place to mitigate against such risks. Such safeguards include, but are not limited to,

Although we qualify as a “controlled company” under the listing rules of the NASDAQ Stock Market, the Company elects not to avail itself of governance exceptions available to “controlled companies” under these rules. Specifically, a majority of our Board of Directors is independent and our Board’s committees, including our Nominating and Governance Committee and our Compensation Committee are comprised solely of independent directors, even though the Company is exempt from these corporate governance requirements as a controlled company.

Lastly, our Board has in the past demonstrated the independence necessary to address potential conflicts of interest through the use of special ad hoc committees to address specific matters when they arise or requesting that the Chairman abstain from deliberations and voting on certain decisions that may represent a conflict with his controlling stockholdings in the Company.

Board Risk Oversight

While our executive officers are responsible for day-to-day management of TeleTech risk, our Board oversees and monitors our enterprise risk management (ERM) practices in the course of its ongoing review of the Company’s strategy, business plans, risk management and risk transfer programs. The Board recognizes that certain risk taking is essential for any company to stay competitive. It is the view of the Board, however, that the risk taking must be reasoned and measured, and must be evaluated and mitigated appropriately. To this end, the Board as a whole and through its Audit Committee actively participates in the oversight of the Company’s ERM program.

In 2016, the Board’s ERM oversight primarily focused on, but was not limited to, the following areas: (i) the oversight of the Company’s strategy and long-term growth plans; (ii) the oversight of acquisition integration; (iii) the oversight of the Company’s business continuity planning; (iv) the oversight of the Company’s information security preparedness; and (v) the oversight of the Company’s internal controls over its financial reporting. The responsibility for managing each of these high priority risks, as identified by the ERM process, was assigned to one or more members of the executive management team. The Board has delegated the oversight of certain categories of risk management to designated Board committees, which report to the Board on matters related to the specific areas of risk they oversee.

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The Board and its committees periodically request and receive comprehensive reports from key Company functions, including finance, treasury, tax, legal, information security, and IT; and have the opportunity to assess risk exposures of the business in these specific functional areas. The Audit Committee, with assistance and input from management, conducts an annual enterprise-wide risk assessment and adopts the Company’s annual internal audit plan, designed to test business processes that may represent special risk exposures to the Company. The Audit Committee quarterly reviews the results of completed internal audits and actively monitors the progress of recommended remedial and mitigation plans. In addition to the Company’s ERM and internal audit processes, the Board and the Audit Committee monitor and oversee the Company’s periodic assessment of the effectiveness of its internal controls over financial reporting.

To ensure that the Company’s compensation practices and policies do not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its business, the Compensation Committee annually reviews TeleTech’s executive compensation programs for inherent risks and alignment with the Company’s objectives. The Committee receives periodic reports from the Company’s human capital and legal departments on steps that TeleTech takes to anticipate and mitigate any potential risks in long and short term incentive and performance-based compensation programs. The Compensation Committee believes that executive compensation should be contingent on performance relative to targets and business plans. It expects TeleTech senior executives to achieve these targets in a manner consistent with TeleTech’s values, ethical standards and policies. The Board engages in periodic discussions with management on how to maximize executives’ performance through compensation incentives without creating unreasonable risks to the business. For additional information on TeleTech compensation programs’ risks, please review section titled “Executive Compensation – Compensation Discussion and Analysis,” in these proxy materials.

Communications With Our Board

The Board established a process for stockholders and other interested parties to communicate with the Board or any directors by requesting that all communication be sent to the following address:

Board of Directors

c/o Corporate Secretary

TeleTech Holdings, Inc.

9197 South Peoria Street

Englewood, Colorado 80112

Board Committees

The following table outlines the composition of each of our Board committees during 2016:

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Audit Committee

The Audit Committee operates under the Audit Committee charter adopted by our Board and available at teletech.com/investors/corporate-governance/ (“Corporate Governance” under the “Investors” tab on our public website teletech.com). It is responsible for, among other things:

·        Assisting the Board in its oversight of the integrity of TeleTech’s financial statements;

·        Overseeing the adequacy of internal controls and the financial reporting and disclosure processes;

·        Selecting, evaluating, and appointing the independent registered public accounting firm, including assessing the public accounting firm’s independence and qualifications;

·        Reviewing and approving all non-audit services performed by the independent registered public accounting firm;

·        Overseeing the activities and progresses of the TeleTech internal audit department;

·        Overseeing TeleTech’s ethics program and its confidential hotline process, including reviewing the establishment of and compliance of executives with the Company’s employee code of conduct, Ethics Code: How TeleTech Does Business, and the Company’s Code of Conduct for Senior Executive and Financial Officers;

·        Overseeing investigations into any matters within the Audit Committee’s scope of responsibility;

·        Overseeing the enterprise risk management programs; and

·        Reviewing and approving all related-party transactions.

In 2016, the members of the Audit Committee included Gregory A. Conley (Chair), Robert N. Frerichs, and Steven J. Anenen. Throughout 2016, each Committee member was “independent” within the meaning of the NASDAQ Stock Market Rules and Rule 10A-3(b)(l) under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Our Board determined that Mr. Conley qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” within the meaning of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rules. Mr. Conley’s relevant experience includes his experience as a chief executive officer and director of several public and private companies.

The Audit Committee oversees TeleTech’s internal disclosure processes, including TeleTech’s anonymous and confidential channels available to employees to report concerns about financial reporting. The Committee established procedures for, and oversees receipt and treatment of, confidential (including anonymous) submissions by TeleTech employees of concerns about the Company’s accounting, internal control and auditing practices. These processes are established to assure accurate and complete financial reporting and to identify timely any potential issues that could impact TeleTech’s accounting, financial reporting and effectiveness of its internal controls. The Audit Committee reviews and assesses the matters raised through these reporting channels and monitors management’s response to these reports, engaging when warranted.

The Audit Committee evaluates the independence, qualifications and performance of TeleTech’s internal audit function and annually approves the Company’s internal audit plan. The Committee also discusses with management TeleTech’s risk assessment and management practices, the Company’s major financial, operational and regulatory risk exposures and the steps management has taken to monitor and mitigate such exposures to be within the Company’s risk tolerance levels.

During 2016, the Audit Committee held four regularly scheduled meetings and four special meetings, and did not approve any matters through unanimous written consent.

The Audit Committee reviews and assesses the adequacy of its charter, and revises it as appropriate, on an annual basis.

Compensation Committee

The Compensation Committee operates under the Compensation Committee charter adopted by our Board and available at teletech.com/investors/corporate-governance/ (“Corporate Governance” under the “Investors” tab on our public website teletech.com). It is responsible for, among other things:

·        Reviewing performance goals and approving the annual salary, incentives and all other compensation for each executive officer, including any employment arrangements and change of control agreements with such officers;

·        Reviewing and approving compensation programs for independent Board members;

·        Reviewing and approving material employee benefit plans (and changes thereto);

·        Reviewing and evaluating risks associated with our compensation programs; and

·        Adopting and administering various equity-based incentive plans.

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In 2016, the members of the Compensation Committee included Tracy L. Bahl (Chair), Gregory A. Conley, and Robert N. Frerichs. Throughout 2016, each member of the Committee was “independent,” as defined under the NASDAQ Stock Market Rules, a “non-employee director,” as defined under U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 16b-3, and an “outside director,” as defined under section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

During 2016, the Compensation Committee held four regularly scheduled meetings and one special meeting, and approved two matters through unanimous written consent. The Compensation Committee reviews and assesses the adequacy of its charter, and revises it as appropriate, on an annual basis.

Nominating and Governance Committee

The Nominating and Governance Committee operates under the Nominating and Governance Committee charter adopted by our Board and available at teletech.com/investors/corporate-governance/ (“Corporate Governance” under the “Investors” tab on our public website teletech.com). It is responsible for, among other things:

·        Identifying and recommending to our Board qualified candidates to stand for election to the Board (or be appointed pending the election at the Annual Stockholders Meeting); and

·        Overseeing TeleTech’s corporate governance, including the evaluation of the Board and its committees’ performance and processes, and assignment and rotation of Board members to various committees.

During 2016, the members of the Nominating and Governance Committee included Robert N. Frerichs (Chair), Tracy L. Bahl, and Steven J. Anenen each of whom satisfies the independence requirements for nominating committee members pursuant to the NASDAQ Stock Market Rules.

During 2016, the Nominating and Governance Committee held four regularly scheduled meetings, no special meetings, and approved no matters through unanimous written consent. The Nominating and Governance Committee reviews and assesses the adequacy of its charter, and revises it as appropriate, on an annual basis.

Executive Committee

The Board’s Executive Committee is a special standing committee of the Board appointed to take certain action, under a delegation of authority resolution from the Board, between regularly scheduled Board meetings that are otherwise reserved to the Board. All actions taken by the Executive Committee are reported to and reviewed by the full Board at the Board meeting immediately following the action taken. The Executive Committee is authorized to consider and approve, among other things:

·        Mergers, acquisitions, and divestiture transactions at a level in excess of management’s authority but below a certain specific authority limit designated by the Board, provided that such transactions are not inconsistent with TeleTech’s overall strategy as approved by the Board;

·        Capital expenditure transactions at a level in excess of management’s authority but below a certain specific authority limit designated by the Board, provided that such transactions are consistent with the annual business plan approved by the Board; and

·        Funding for the share repurchase program at a level in excess of management’s authority but below a certain specific limit designated by the Board.

During 2016, the members of the Executive Committee included Kenneth D. Tuchman (Chair), Shrikant Mehta, and Tracy L. Bahl.

Mr. Mehta indicated his intent to retire from our Board after the conclusion of the Annual Stockholders Meeting.  The Board intends to fill his vacancy on the Executive Committee during its May 2017 meeting.

The Executive Committee did meet during 2016.

Ethics Code for Senior Executive and Financial Officers

We have adopted an Ethics Code for Senior Executive and Financial Officers. It applies to all of our senior executives and financial officers, including our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice Presidents leading each of our business segments, General Counsel, Treasurer, Vice President of Finance, and Global Controller, financial directors and controllers of each of our business segments and any person performing similar functions. The Ethics Code for Senior Executive and Financial Officers is available on our website at teletech.com/investors/corporate-governance/ (“Corporate Governance” under the “Investors” tab on our public website teletech.com) and we intend to disclose any waiver of, or amendments to, the Ethics Code for Senior Executive and Financial Officers on our website. You may also obtain a copy of the document without charge by writing to:

TeleTech Holdings, Inc.

9197 South Peoria Street

Englewood, Colorado 80112

Attention: Corporate Secretary

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In addition to our Ethics Code for Senior Executive and Financial Officers, TeleTech also has a code of business conduct (Ethics Code: How TeleTech Does Business). This document mandates rules of ethical business conduct for all TeleTech employees, members of our Board of Directors, and members of our supply chain, including our executives and financial officers. We maintain a confidential web-based and telephone hotline, where employees can seek guidance or report concerns about violations of laws, our policies, or either of the ethics codes, including any concerns about financial reporting, misconduct, or fraud.

Director Compensation Overview

During 2016, the independent directors’ compensation was set as follows:

·        An annual retainer of $75,000;

·        Additional annual retainer fees for Board committee service as follows:

·            An annual grant of $100,000 of restricted stock units in TeleTech stock, based on the fair market value of our common stock on the grant date; and

·        Non-employee directors who join the Board also receive an initial fair market value-grant in the amount of $100,000, based on the fair market value of our common stock on the grant date. The initial restricted stock unit grant vests on the earlier of the first anniversary of the grant date or the date of the succeeding year’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders, or any change-in-control event (as defined in the relevant restricted stock unit agreement).

The employee directors do not receive additional compensation for their Board service.

The following table summarizes the actual compensation earned by independent directors during 2016:

1        Reflects the aggregate dollar amounts recognized for stock awards for financial statement reporting purposes in accordance with the guidance in Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718, Compensation—Stock Compensation (“FASB ASC Topic 718”).

For information regarding assumptions used to compute grant date fair market value with respect to the stock awards, see Note 20 to our financial statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016.

2        As of December 31, 2016, Mr. Anenen held 7,442 unvested restricted stock unit awards of which 3,721 are associated with a welcome equity grant.

3        As of December 31, 2016, independent directors Messrs. Bahl, Conley, Frerichs, Holtzman and Mehta all held 3,721 unvested restricted stock unit awards.

4        As of December 31, 2016, Mr. Mehta held 15,000 of outstanding options.

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AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT

The TeleTech Audit Committee of the Board (the “Audit Committee”) is comprised entirely of independent directors who meet the independence requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and NASDAQ Stock Market’s Listing Rules. The Audit Committee operates pursuant to a charter that is reviewed annually and updated to comply with the relevant regulatory requirements. The Audit Committee charter is available in the Investor Relations section of our website at teletech.com/sites/default/files/audit_committee_charter.pdf.

In performing its functions, the Audit Committee acts in an oversight capacity: the Audit Committee is responsible for overseeing TeleTech’s financial reporting process and internal control structure on behalf of the Company’s Board of Directors, while management is responsible for the preparation, presentation, and integrity of the financial statements, and the effectiveness of TeleTech’s internal control over financial reporting. TeleTech’s independent auditor, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC (“PwC”), is responsible for auditing TeleTech’s financial statements and providing an opinion on the conformity of TeleTech’s consolidated financial statements with generally accepted accounting principles and on the effectiveness of TeleTech’s internal control over financial reporting.

As part of its oversight function, the Audit Committee reviews TeleTech’s quarterly and annual reports on Form 10-Q and Form 10-K prior to their filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and has detailed discussions with management about the quality and reasonableness of significant accounting judgments and estimates, and the clarity of disclosures in the financial statements. In addressing the quality of management’s accounting judgments, the Audit Committee asks for management’s representations and reviews certifications prepared by TeleTech’s Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer that the unaudited quarterly and audited annual consolidated financial statements of the company fairly present, in all material respects, the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of TeleTech.

As part of TeleTech’s enterprise risk management program, the Audit Committee also periodically reviews the status of TeleTech’s key risks and risk mitigation activities, including its cyber security risks and steps that management takes to protect TeleTech’s systems and information against possible cyberattacks; business continuity and disaster recovery planning; TeleTech’s emergency preparedness and mitigation and recovery planning; risks associated with geographic concentration of some of TeleTech’s operating and enterprise services facilities as well as TeleTech’s overall global footprint; and risks arising from the complexities of global regulatory compliance framework that affects TeleTech business. In 2016, in addition to its regular risk management activities, the Audit Committee focused on TeleTech cybersecurity preparedness, reviewed the Company’s cybersecurity upgrade plan for the year and, throughout the year, reviewed the Company’s progress against the plan. The Audit Committee also receives periodic status reports on the effectiveness of the company’s treasury function, including its foreign exchange exposure management, tax planning practices, and acquisition integration activities.

In 2016, the Audit Committee held eight meetings. The Audit Committee’s agenda is set by the Audit Committee’s chairperson in consultation with TeleTech’s Chief Financial Officer. During 2016, at each of its regularly scheduled meetings, the Audit Committee met with the senior members of TeleTech’s financial management team, and, when appropriate, had separate private sessions with TeleTech’s Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel, head of internal audit, and PwC to discuss financial management, legal, accounting, auditing, and internal control issues. Periodically during the year, the Audit Committee also reviewed with senior management and the independent auditor the overall adequacy and effectiveness of the company’s legal, regulatory, and ethical compliance programs, including the Company’s code of business conduct (Ethics Code: How TeleTech Does Business), the Ethics Code for Senior Executive and Senior Financial Officers, and the trends for the Company’s confidential hotline activity.

As part of its oversight responsibilities, the Audit Committee also oversees TeleTech’s annual audit by its independent auditor, PwC, including PwC’s audit approach and audit plan and whether the provision of minor non-audit services is appropriate given the auditor’s independence.

Each year, the Audit Committee evaluates the performance of PwC and its senior engagement team as TeleTech’s independent auditor, and determines whether to re-engage them for the coming year. In doing so, the Audit Committee considers the quality and efficiency of the services provided by the auditor, the auditor’s global capabilities, the auditor’s technical expertise, their tenure as TeleTech’s independent auditor, knowledge of the Company’s global operations and industry, and the quality of the auditor’s interactions with the Audit Committee of the Board. Based on this evaluation, the Audit Committee decided to engage PwC as TeleTech’s independent auditor for the year ended December 31, 2016. This appointment was ratified by TeleTech stockholders at the 2016 Annual Stockholders Meeting.

Starting in 2016, PwC audit team was led by a new engagement partner after the previous engagement partner transitioned to a different assignment by PwC. Therefore, in 2016, in addition to reviewing PwC’s performance overall, the Audit Committee also assessed PwC’s new engagement team, and considered its suitability for TeleTech’s independent audit needs. As a result of this review, the Audit Committee has worked with PwC to make sure that the PwC audit team, supported by PwC’s partners with experience related to TeleTech’s operations in key countries where TeleTech does business and other PwC subject matter experts, has the appropriate level of professional expertise to oversee the conduct of the TeleTech annual independent audit.

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In 2016, the Audit Committee also oversaw management’s remediation activities for material weakness in internal controls over financial reporting, and was satisfied with progress made to date. Management enhanced controls, introduced reporting analytics, and invested in training of accounting personnel to address Account Reconciliation and Journal Entries material weaknesses. Based on these improvements, management and PwC completed testing of the controls and have both deemed that the controls are adequately designed and operated effectively for a sufficient period of time, and thus these two material weaknesses have been remediated as of December 31, 2016.

The Audit Committee also considered the fees charged by PwC for the audit services, and determined them to be reasonable and adequate to ensure a comprehensive audit.

The Audit Committee reviewed and discussed with management TeleTech’s audited annual consolidated financial statements. Based on this review, the discussions referenced above about the quality and reasonableness of management’s significant accounting judgments, and in reliance on the reports and opinions of the independent auditor, the Audit Committee unanimously recommended to the TeleTech Board of Directors that the audited consolidated financial statements be included in the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016.

The Audit Committee also discussed with the independent auditor those matters required to be discussed under the rules adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (the “PCAOB”).

The Audit Committee received written disclosures from the independent auditor required by applicable PCAOB requirements regarding the independent auditor’s communication with the Audit Committee concerning their independence.

Although the Audit Committee has the sole authority to appoint the independent auditor, the Audit Committee will continue its long-standing practice of recommending that the Board ask the stockholders, at their annual meeting, to ratify the appointment of the independent auditor (see Proposal 2 beginning on page 39).

STOCK OWNERSHIP OF DIRECTORS, MANAGEMENT AND CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS

The table below sets forth information, as of March 31, 2017, concerning the beneficial ownership of the following persons and entities:

·        Each person or entity known to us to beneficially own more than five percent of our outstanding common stock;

·        Each of our directors and nominees for our Board;

·        Each of our executive officers, including our Named Executive Officers; and

·        All of our current directors and executive officers as a group.

We have determined beneficial ownership in accordance with U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION rules. Except as indicated by the footnotes below, we believe, based on the information furnished to us, that the persons and entities named in the table below have sole voting and/or investment power with respect to all shares of common stock that they beneficially own, subject to applicable community property laws.

Applicable percentage ownership is based on 45,768,986 shares of common stock outstanding at March 31, 2017. In computing the number of shares of common stock beneficially owned by a person or entity and the percentage ownership of that person or entity in accordance with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rules, we deemed outstanding shares of common stock: (1) subject to stock options held by that person that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of March 31, 2017; and (2) issuable upon the vesting of Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”) within 60 days of March 31, 2017. Also in accordance with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rules, we did not deem outstanding these two categories of shares of common stock for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person or entity.

The information provided in the table is based solely on our records, and information filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to the owners of our shares of common stock, except where otherwise noted. Unless otherwise indicated, the address of each beneficial owner listed in the table is c/o TeleTech Holdings, Inc., 9197 South Peoria Street, Englewood, Colorado 80112.

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Stock Ownership of Directors, Management, and Certain Beneficial Owners

*Less than 1 percent.

1        Includes 31,454,707 shares subject to sole voting and investment power, and 10,000 shares with shared voting and investment power. The shares with sole voting and investment power consist of: (i) 6,687,901 shares held by Mr. Tuchman; (ii) 14,766,806 shares held by a limited liability partnership controlled by Mr. Tuchman; and (iii) 10,000,000 shares held by a revocable trust controlled by Mr. Tuchman. The shares with shared voting and investment power consist of 10,000 shares owned by Mr. Tuchman’s spouse. Mr. Tuchman is the beneficial owner of 68.7 percent of the shares of common stock entitled to vote at the meeting.

2        Includes 7,442 RSUs scheduled to vest within 60 days after March 31, 2017.

3        Includes 3,721 RSUs scheduled to vest within 60 days after March 31, 2017.

4        Includes 2,987 RSUs scheduled to vest within 60 days after March 31, 2017.

5        Includes 7,161 shares held by Mr. Holtzman directly, 3,300 shares held for Mr. Holtzman’s minor children and 3,721 shares scheduled to vest within 60 days after March 31, 2017.

6        Includes 14,920 RSUs scheduled to vest within 60 days after March 31, 2017.

7        Includes 15,000 options exercisable within 60 days after March 31, 2017 and 3,721 RSUs scheduled to vest within 60 days after March 31, 2017.

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requires our directors, executive officers and holders of more than 10 percent of our common stock to file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reports regarding their ownership and changes in ownership of our equity securities. Based on our review of the Forms 3, 4 and 5 filed, we believe that except as stated below all our directors, executive officers and 10 percent stockholders filed all Section 16(a) reports on a timely basis during 2016. Mr. Robert Jimenez filed his Form 4 disclosure with respect to this performance based equity grant approximately 10 days late in June 2016 in connection with the equity grant made in May 2016.

RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS

In accordance with our written Related Party Transaction Policy, the Audit Committee of the Board is responsible for reviewing and approving transactions required to be disclosed as a “related party” transaction under applicable law, including U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rules (generally, transactions involving amounts in excess of $120,000 in which a related person has a direct or indirect material interest). TeleTech management monitors all related-party transactions and reports on their status to the Audit Committee quarterly. TeleTech executive officers and directors complete a questionnaire during the first quarter of each fiscal year, in which they provide information about the terms of all their related-party transactions (as defined in Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K) that occurred during the prior year and that are expected to occur during the current year. In reviewing related-party transactions, the Audit Committee considers whether these transactions are executed at “arms-length” by reviewing all relevant facts and circumstances, including among others, the commercial reasonableness of the terms, the actual and perceived benefit to the Company, opportunity costs of alternate transactions, the materiality and character of the related party’s interest, the actual and apparent conflict of interests, the impact on a director’s independence (if the related party is a director, an immediate family member of a director, or an entity controlled by a director) and the terms on which a similar transaction can be secured from unrelated third parties.

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During 2016, TeleTech has undertaken the following related-party transactions subject to disclosure:

The Company entered into an agreement under which Avion, LLC (“Avion”) and Airmax LLC (“Airmax”) provide certain aviation flight services as requested by the Company. Such services include the use of an aircraft and flight crew. Kenneth D. Tuchman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, has a direct 100 percent beneficial ownership interest in Avion and Airmax. During 2016, 2015 and 2014, the Company expensed $1.0 million, $1.7 million and $1.0 million, respectively, to Avion and Airmax for services provided to the Company. There was $80 thousand outstanding to Avion and Airmax as of December 31, 2016.

During 2014, the Company entered into a vendor contract with Convercent Inc. (“Convercent”) to provide learning management and web and telephony based global helpline solutions. This contract was renewed, after an arms-length market pricing review, in the fourth quarter of 2016. The majority owner of Convercent is a company which is owned and controlled by Kenneth D. Tuchman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. During 2016, 2015 and 2014, the Company paid $100 thousand, $100 thousand, and $20 thousand, respectively, to Convercent and is expecting to spend another $60 thousand with Convercent during 2017.

During 2015, the Company entered into a contract to purchase software from CaféX, which is a company that TeleTech holds a 17.0 percent equity investment in. During the second quarter of 2015 and the fourth quarter of 2016, the Company purchased $0.4 and $0.25 million, respectively, of software from CaféX.

EXECUTIVES AND EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

TeleTech Executive Team

The following persons are our executive officers:

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Information regarding Kenneth D. Tuchman, Chairman and CEO is provided in this section under the heading “2017 Director Nominees.”

Compensation Discussion and Analysis

In this section, we discuss our compensation philosophy and describe the 2016 compensation program for our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and three additional highest compensated members of our executive leadership team, whom we refer to as our Named Executive Officers (“NEOs”). We describe compensation earned by each of our Named Executive Officers and explain how our Compensation Committee of the Board determined this compensation, including its rationale for specific 2016 compensation decisions.

2016 TeleTech Performance Highlights

In 2016, we had the following performance highlights:

1 TeleTech computes company performance metrics on a constant currency basis in order to compare year-over-year operating performance. To establish a constant currency comparison, actual reported metrics are translated utilizing each underlying exchange rate in effect at the end of the prior year resulting in year-over-year operating performance excluding the impact from currency fluctuations. Additionally, the Company adjusts for non-operating items including, but not limited to, asset impairment and restructuring charges, deconsolidation of subsidiaries, changes in acquisition earn-outs and changes in tax valuation allowances and return to provision adjustments. The same methodology is utilized for other adjusted and non-GAAP constant currency metrics reported in this Proxy Statement. Please review a copy of the 2016 Annual Report and 2016 full year earnings press release for a reconciliation of these non-GAAP adjustments.

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2016 Named Executive Officers

2016 Executive Compensation Summary

Our executive compensation program is designed to reward financial results and effective strategic leadership, which we believe are key elements in building sustainable value for stockholders. Our compensation program’s performance metrics align the interests of our stockholders and senior executives by correlating the timing and amount of actual pay to the Company’s short- and long-term performance goals. Our compensation program encourages ethical and responsible conduct in pursuit of these goals and the alignment of our leaders with TeleTech’s vision, mission and values.

We carefully benchmark our compensation decisions against a relevant group of peer companies – all of which are our potential competitors for the caliber of executive talent required to manage a global and complex business like TeleTech.

Our executive compensation program includes three principle elements:

In 2016, we paid the following to our Named Executive Officers:

1        Actual TDC represents base salary earned in 2016, FMV equity grant awarded in 2016 and, if applicable, bonus earned for 2016 performance.

2        As previously disclosed, at Mr. Tuchman’s request, the Compensation Committee approved Mr. Tuchman’s base salary to be $1 per year.

The mix of base and variable, “at risk”, compensation for 2016 was as follows. As no cash bonus was earned for 2016 performance, the “at risk” actual pay only reflects equity awards.

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CONSIDERATION OF LAST YEAR’S “SAY-ON-PAY” VOTE

At our 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, 98.62 percent of the votes cast in our stockholder advisory vote (our “say-on-pay” vote) approved the compensation of our Named Executive Officers. In light of this stockholder support, the Compensation Committee made no significant changes to the overall design of our compensation programs during 2016. They did, however, make a modification to the distribution of the funded incentive pool; allocating more dollars based on segment performance, further aligning bonuses to personal performance. The Compensation Committee will continue to consider the outcome of the Company’s say-on-pay votes when making future compensation decisions for our Named Executive Officers.

The Compensation Committee considered, and will continue to consider, refinements and supplements to the current executive compensation structure to stay current on compensation market trends and to make sure that TeleTech’s executive compensation aligns the interest of the executive leadership team with the interests of the Company’s stockholders.

EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM COMPENSATION APPROACH AND STRUCTURE

Our Approach to Executive Leadership Compensation

We structure our executive compensation to attract and retain executive talent who can maximize our performance results. Our compensation program is designed to motivate our executive leadership team to remain focused on delivering superior performance that creates long-term investor value. Our executive compensation program also places significant weight on how our leaders align their conduct with TeleTech’s vision, mission and values, as they achieve their personal goals and the Company’s performance goals.

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Executive Leadership Team Compensation Structure

To achieve its overarching objectives, our executive compensation program consists of the following three principle elements:

In addition to these primary components of compensation, our senior executives are also eligible to participate in our general health and welfare programs, 401(k) plan, life insurance program and other employee benefit programs. Although to be competitive, we pay as perquisites all or a portion of certain Named Executive Officers’ healthcare premiums, we believe that perquisites should be limited in scope and value, and, historically, they have not constituted a significant portion of executive compensation.

OVERSIGHT OF OUR EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION PROGRAM

Role of the Compensation Committee

Our Compensation Committee determines all compensation for members of our executive leadership team, including our Named Executive Officers, on an annual basis. In doing so, the Compensation Committee:

The Compensation Committee utilizes these subjective factors because it believes they are critical to increasing stockholder value. These factors are not quantified or weighted for importance; and the Compensation Committee’s use of these factors is tied directly to the individual role and the responsibilities of each executive officer. For example, greater weight may be given to the role of developing and maintaining key client relationships for the Executive Vice President, Chief Revenue Officer due to her responsibilities for overseeing sales operations, while greater weight will be given to contribution to our overall operating effectiveness, strategic success and profitability, and completion of strategic projects, among other factors, for the Chief Financial Officer, given her responsibilities relating to our financial performance and growth.

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Funding for performance-based cash incentives and our equity grants are based on objective Company performance targets set at the beginning of each year. As a result, there is uncertainty with respect to the achievement of these funding targets at the time they are set. The Compensation Committee has the authority to modify the funding for these variable incentives, in its sole discretion, when material changes in the business warrant it.

Our ability to achieve the funding target is heavily dependent not only on factors within our control, but also on current economic conditions, foreign exchange rate movements, weather events, and other performance variables outside of our control. In measuring our performance against pre-determined performance targets, the Compensation Committee may make (and over the years has made) adjustments to these targets for items outside of the executive leadership team’s control.

In addition to its discretion with respect to the performance-based cash incentives and equity grants, the Compensation Committee may from time to time determine that funding should be provided outside of the objective Company performance criteria to fund discretionary bonuses and equity awards to retain or to reward executive officers for their exceptional efforts (measured on an individual, subjective basis) during those years in which our actual performance resulted in a lower than anticipated level of funding for the variable incentives. Although the Compensation Committee has this discretion, it utilizes it infrequently to maintain the integrity of the Company’s compensation structure and philosophy.

Because they include material subjective components, our performance-based cash incentives do not meet the requirements for exempt performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code. In the future, the Compensation Committee will continue to consider whether to make awards that satisfy the “qualified performance-based compensation” requirements of Section 162(m) in order to maximize tax deductibility of executive compensation, while balancing the interests of our stockholders and the most appropriate methods and approaches for the design and delivery of compensation to our Named Executive Officers.

How We Use Compensation Consultants

From time to time, and as needed, the Compensation Committee retains services of compensation consultants, law firms, and other professionals to act as independent advisors to the Compensation Committee. In selecting its consultants, the Compensation Committee takes measures to assure that no member of our Board or any Named Executive Officer has any affiliations with such consultants. The Compensation Committee requires that all off its consultants provide it with annual certification of their independence.

In 2016, the Compensation Committee utilized the services of Compensia, Inc., an executive compensation consulting firm (Compensia). The Committee did not use services of other advisors in 2016, but they were available to the Committee as directed by the Committee chair.

Compensia

At least every other year, Compensia provides the Compensation Committee with independent compensation advice on various aspects of executive compensation, including:

When asked to provide advice to the Compensation Committee, Compensia takes its direction solely from, and provides reports to, the Compensation Committee, or members of our in-house human capital department at the direction and on behalf of the Compensation Committee. All costs of Compensia’s services are paid by the Company at the direction of the Compensation Committee chair. Although Compensia provides recommendations on the structure of our compensation programs, Compensia does not determine the amount or form of compensation for any of our Named Executive Officers. From time to time, Compensia also provides advice to the Company.

In those years when Compensia is not utilized by the Compensation Committee of our Board, similar compensation analysis is performed by members of our in-house human capital department who have special expertise in executive compensation.

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How We Use Peer Group, Survey and Benchmark Data

Each year, the Compensation Committee reviews the competitiveness of our compensation program. For 2016, the Compensation Committee, with the assistance of our human capital department, identified a peer group of companies for 2016. The peer group for 2016 included:

The Compensation Committee selected this peer group because the companies in the group are in the same or similar industries, compete with us for executive talent, follow similar compensation models and are of a similar size. The Compensation Committee reviews the compensation practices of this peer group to effectively design compensation arrangements to attract new executives in our highly competitive, rapidly changing markets and to confirm proper levels of compensation for our Named Executive Officers.

This peer group data for executive officers performing the same or similar roles is one factor the Compensation Committee uses in establishing Named Executive Officer base salaries (which, in 2016, the Compensation Committee targeted at the 50th percentile of the peer group), and performance-based cash incentive and equity grants (which, in 2016, the Compensation Committee targeted at the 75th percentile of the peer group), and in otherwise determining the overall mix of equity grants, cash incentives, and base salaries for executive compensation. The Compensation Committee does not adhere to strict formulas, benchmarking in its review of this peer group data to determine the mix of our executive’s compensation elements. The peer group data is instructive but it is neither binding nor a dispositive factor in how the Compensation Committee’s makes its compensation decisions for the Company.

CEO COMPENSATION

Mr. Tuchman, our Chief Executive Officer, beneficially owns 68.7 percent of the Company. His interest in the Company’s performance, therefore, is very closely and personally aligned with that of our other stockholders. Mr. Tuchman believes that compensation for his services should be in the form of a return on his investment in the Company. At Mr. Tuchman’s request, the Compensation Committee approved Mr. Tuchman’s base salary to be $1 for 2016. Mr. Tuchman’s salary has remained at this level since 2012. Prior to the Committee’s determination of any incentive awards for 2016, Mr. Tuchman advised the Compensation Committee that he did not desire to receive any cash incentives or equity grants.

2016 BASE SALARY COMPENSATION FOR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

The Compensation Committee analyzed benchmarks for competitive base salaries using the peer group as described above, targeting the 50th percentile overall as the guide for the executive leadership team’s base salaries. Based on these benchmarks, in 2016, the Compensation Committee approved a base salary increase for Judi Hand from $350,000 to $400,000. The Committee determined that the base salaries for other Named Executive Officers were in line with targets, with the exception of Mr. Tuchman’s base salary which has been set at $1 based on Mr. Tuchman’s request. Base salaries for our Named Executive Officers during 2015, 2016 and as of this filing for 2017 have been as follows: