Equilar in the News

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Featured on Potential Windfalls Loom for Some Top Executives The Wall Street Journal, January 5, 2012 "More than $780 million of equity will be eligible to be sold in the first quarter of 2012 by Bay Area executives overall, an amount that represents nearly 44% of the equity scheduled to vest during the year, according to a new Equilar study based on its Atlas tool, which looks at coming wealth events."

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Featured on Equilar's Social Atlas Helps Advisers Lure Wealthy Facebook-Skipping CEOs Bloomberg, September 27, 2011 "Equilar, a provider of executive compensation data, is offering those who manage money a social- networking tool to attract high-net-worth clients."

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Featured on CEO Options Payout CNBC, September 11, 2011 "Here is Equilar's, Aaron Boyd, ‘...a lot of the values that we're seeing are due in large part to what happened back in 2008 and 2009...’"

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Featured on Executive Compensation 2011 Update WorldatWorkTV, Aug 16, 2011 "As the economy recovers, so does CEO pay. David Chun, CEO, Equilar, summarizes executive compensation trends over the past three years, including organizational performance, profits per employee, long-term incentive grants, and say on pay."

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Featured on CEO Pay in the USA CNBC, April 11, 2011 "Aaron Boyd, head of research at Equilar, and CNBC's Mary Thompson, discuss what's behind rising CEO pay in America. The median CEO pay last year was up 12 percent to just over $9.5 million, while the Average CEO pay was up 20 percent to just over $11.5 million."

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Featured on The Drought Is Over (at Least for C.E.O.'s) The New York Times, April 9, 2011 The median pay for top executives at 200 major companies was $9.6 million last year. That was a 12 percent increase over 2009, according to a study conducted for The New York Times by Equilar, a compensation consulting firm based in Redwood City, Calif.

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January 2012

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New Service Could Change Say-on-Pay Votes Agenda, January 17, 2012 "McCauley adds that the Equilar tool will probably come in handy for investors who want to take a closer look at 'gray zone' companies that got less than 70% support for their pay plans in the 2011 proxy season. The Florida pension fund will use Equilar’s database when a company's 'pay-for-performance relationship is in the middle and we might be on the fence,' McCauley says."

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Meg Whitman Gets Another Stock Option Welcoming at H-P Compliance Week, January 17, 2012 "Every month, Compliance Week publishes a list of the largest stock option grants and restricted stock awards during the previous period. The data and analysis are provided by compensation research firm Equilar."

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Apple's New Chief Collects $US377m, as Silicon Valley Bosses Enjoy a Lift The Australian Business, January 10, 2012 "Bay Area executives sold $US1.6 billion of stock in the first quarter of 2011, according to Equilar, up about 50 per cent from nearly $US1.1bn in the same period in 2010."

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Apple Chief Tim Cook in $378m Pay Package BBC News, January 10, 2012 "Aaron Boyd, head of research at Equilar, an executive compensation data firm, said Mr Cook's stock award was the largest single award given by a company for a decade. Mr Cook will receive half of the shares in 2016 and half in 2021."

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Apple Makes Stock Award for New Chief The New York Times, January 9, 2012 "'As far as a singular award, we haven't seen anything this large in a long time,' said Aaron Boyd, head of research at Equilar, an executive compensation data firm."

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Apple CEO's Stock Awards Lift Compensation to $378 Million SFGate, January 10, 2012 "The total puts Cook ahead of the highest-paid CEOs as ranked recently by Equilar Inc., which tracks executive compensation."

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Apple Makes Stock Award for New Chief The New York Times, January 9, 2012 "'As far as a singular award, we haven't seen anything this large in a long time,' said Aaron Boyd, head of research at Equilar, an executive compensation data firm."

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Yahoo's New CEO Gets $26 Million Welcome Mercury News, January 6, 2012 "Bartz never collected the full stated value of her first-year pay package because it included millions in stock incentives that turned out to be worth less than the initial estimate that Yahoo reported to regulators, according to Aaron Boyd at the Equilar compensation research firm."

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Undercover Zillionaires CNNMoney, January 6, 2012 "Sure, corporate chiefs' pay often is eye-poppingly high. But at some companies, executives lower down the ladder quietly out-earned their CEO bosses in 2010." Source: Equilar, Inc.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook Is In Line To Make A Boatload Of Money From Stock Grants This Quarter Business Insider, January 5, 2012 "Apple CEO Tim Cook is in position to make a boatload of money from vested stock grants in the first quarter of 2012, according to data provided to the WSJ by Equilar Inc., which tracks compensation."

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Top CEO Compensation in 2011 CNBC, January 4, 2012 "Drawing from S.E.C. filings submitted from January 1st to December 31st, 2011, pay consultant Equilar's Money in Motion found only 220 of S&P 500 CEOs actually sold stock last year."

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He's One of the Nation's Highest-Paid CEOs—and You've Never Heard of Him The Daily Beast, January 2, 2012 "But his haul in the 13 years he has been running McKesson? More than $500 million, according to data provided by Equilar, an executive-compensation data firm."

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December 2011

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Tax Benefits From Options as Windfall for Businesses The New York Times, December 29, 2011 "According to regulatory filings compiled by Equilar, an executive compensation consulting firm, the number of options issued by companies in the Standard & Poor's 500 jumped to 2.4 billion in 2009 from 2.1 billion in 2007, though they had been on the decline since 2003."

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Loading Up on Stock Options The New York Times, December 29, 2011 "When the financial crisis depressed stock prices, many companies saw an opportunity to grant a large number of options to their executives — so that if the share prices recovered, the executives would reap windfalls." (Sources: Equilar; Bloomberg)

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Study Shows Trend: More Women in S&P 1500 Boards Compliance Week, December 19, 2011 "On average female representation increased to 13.2 percent last year compared to 12.2 percent in 2008, said executive compensation data research firm, Equilar."

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U.S. CEO Pay Jumps Minimum Of 27 Percent Last Year, Survey Finds Huff Post Business, December 15, 2011 "Still, some don't seem to mind the huge CEO paydays. The vast majority of corporate shareholders say that CEOs are being compensated correctly, according to an October study from research firm Equilar"

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Study Sheds Light on Board Committee Trends Among S&P 1500 Compliance Week, December 15, 2011 "Equilar's evaluation of 1,185 companies in the S&P 1500 found that the most common number of directors on a board is nine, while the average size of a board is slightly higher at 9.5 directors."

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Study Sheds Light on Board Committee Trends Among S&P 1500 Compliance Week, December 14, 2011 "The average number of board committees among S&P 1500 companies has remained relatively stable at 4 committees per corporate board over the three-year period from 2008 to 2010, according to executive compensation data firm Equilar."

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Marriott CEO J.W. Marriott Jr. to step down The Washington Post, December 13, 2011 "According to data compiled by Equilar, these chief executives, including J.W. Marriott Jr., were the area's highest paid in fiscal year 2010."

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Vital Signs The Wall Street Journal, December 1, 2011 "Stanford grads accounted for 32 of the 802 executives whose companies filed for IPOs in the first half of 2011, followed by Harvard University with 24, according to a new analysis by research firm Equilar Inc."

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November 2011

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In Chapter 11, a Bid to Cut Costs at American Airlines The New York Times DealBook, November 29, 2011 "Despite Mr. Arpey's long tenure as AMR's chief executive, he does not appear to be bailing out with a golden parachute. Under the terms of his contract, he will not receive any severance, according to the research firm Equilar. And with AMR closing at 26 cents a share on Tuesday, his stock holdings are essentially worthless."

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AMR flies into Chapter 11 Star Tribune, November 29, 2011 "Despite Arpey's long tenure as AMR's chief executive, he does not appear to be bailing out with a golden parachute. Under the terms of his contract, he will not receive any severance, according to the research firm Equilar."

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Who's On Board? The Tennessean, November 27, 2011 "Among other Nashville-area companies, shoe retailer Genesco Inc. this year raised by $10,000 each the annual cash retainer and value of restricted stock awards, according to an analysis by executive compensation data firm Equilar Inc."

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Banks Adding Ex-government Leaders to Boards San Francisco Chronicle, November 16, 2011 " Of the more than 500 new directors among Standard & Poor's 500 index companies since the beginning of last year, at least 80 have ties to elected office, regulation or the military, according to a list of appointees compiled by executive compensation data company Equilar and examined by Bloomberg."

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6 Candidates for the Next Great Tech CEO Financial Edge, November 8, 2011 " According to Equilar, Ellison earned roughly $8.4 million in 2009 and his overall compensation over the last 10 years is in the neighborhood of $1.84 billion."

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$1 Tech Executives CNNMoney, November 9, 2011 "Note: Equilar, an executive compensation research firm in Redwood Shores, Calif., prepared the data by looking at companies with more than $1 billion in revenues that filed proxies by Sept. 30, 2011."

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Wall Street Executives' Bonuses to Fall 30pc Financial Review, November 9, 2011 "Last year, for instance, JPMorgan Chase chief executive James Dimon had a base salary of just $US1 million, but a cash bonus of $US5 million and stocks and options grants that took total pay to more than $US20 million, according to compensation specialists Equilar."

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Air Products' CEO Says Education is Key The Morning Call, November 8, 2011 "Indeed, McGlade was the highest paid employee of a Lehigh Valley-based, publicly traded company last year, earning $11.6 million, according to research firm Equilar Inc. of Redwood City, Calif."

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Inside Track: Say-on-pay Vote Puts Regis on Notice StarTribune, November 7, 2011 "According to Equilar, which tracks compensation data, Regis becomes just the 43rd company out of more than 2,982 shareholder votes this year to reject management's compensation proposals."

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Chief Operating Officers Got More Bonuses, Bigger Paychecks In 2010, Study Finds The Huffington Post, November 4, 2011 "The research, compiled by Equilar, an executive compensation data firm, looks at the compensation for nearly 300 chief operating officers in 2010. Equilar found that the median compensation among COOs rose by 30 percent in that year — climbing to $2.2 million in 2010 from $1.7 million in 2009."

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Investing in Failure: Weak Goverance Contributes to MF Global Downfall Business Insider, November 3, 2011 "Corzine received $4.3 million in total compensation through March of 2011, the latest period for which figures are available, according to Equilar."

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MF Global Chief Corzine Won't See Golden Parachute CNNMoney, November 2, 2011 "As part of Corzine's employment contract detailed in a March proxy filing, he's entitled to the money unless he leaves the firm 'for cause,' which usually means getting fired for doing something illegal, said Aaron Boyd, head of research at Equilar, an executive compensation data firm."

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The Telltale Symptoms of Troubled Companies Fortune Magazine, November 2, 2011 "Overall, nearly 20% of outside directors listed as independent and who served as chairs of company boards did not truly meet the standard, according to a recently released study by Equilar, Inc., which tracks company compensation."

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Tech's Highest-paid Executives CNNMoney, November 1, 2011 "Equilar Inc., an executive compensation research firm in Redwood Shores, Calif., prepared the data by looking at companies with more than $1 billion in revenues that filed proxies by Sept. 30, 2011."

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October 2011

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Equilar Brings Sweeping Changes to the Way Universities and Colleges Find, Connect and Do Business with Influential, High Net Worth Executives University Business, October 27, 2011 "'Equilar Atlas enables people to work smarter by helping them to identify and prioritize key prospects and shorten the paths to reach them at the times they are likeliest to spend, donate or invest their assets,' explained David Chun, CEO and founder of Equilar."

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Better Times, Better Pay Staffing Industry Analysts, October 27, 2011 "Total compensation for top staffing executives at publicly traded firms in the United States rose by a median 24.9 percent, according to a report by Equilar, an executive compensation data firm, that conducted the analysis on behalf of Staffing Industry Analysts, the publisher of this magazine."

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20 Highest Paid Under 40 CNNMoney, October 25, 2011 "Equilar Inc., an executive compensation research firm in Redwood City, Calif., prepared the chart by looking at Fortune 1000 companies with fiscal year ends."

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Adding Up What CEOs Made Chicago Tribune, October 19, 2011 "To examine compensation trends, the Chicago Tribune asked Equilar Inc., an executive compensation research firm based in Redwood Shores, Calif., to gather data on the pay of chief executives of the 100 largest public companies in Illinois and northwest Indiana, as determined by market capitalization."

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"Lake Wobegon" Effect: When All CEOs Are Above Average — Pay Wise Seattle Times, October 15, 2011 "In fact, because of peer benchmarking, raises at one company have ripple effects across corporate America: Thirty-seven other companies name Amgen as a 'peer,' including Wal-Mart, MasterCard and Time-Warner, as well as other drug companies, according to Equilar."

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Obama's Jobs Council: A Look at Pay Packets of Group ABC News, October 11, 2011 "Equilar, an executive compensation data firm, provided the salaries of 12 members of the council, publicly available in their most recent proxy statements, which are usually filed before an annual shareholders' meeting. Financial services not-for-profit TIAA-CREF voluntarily publishes the data for its CEO. According to Equilar, the median total compensation for all S&P 500 CEOs was $9 million, an increase of 28.2 percent in 2010 compared with 2009, after two consecutive years of decline."

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More Companies Turning to Performance-Based Shares Compliance week, October 7, 2011 "A study of S&P 1500 companies by Equilar revealed that shareholders no longer feel time-based restricted stock, including stock options, are sufficient to tie pay to performance. Equilar found the number of stock options assigned to CEOs increased from 6.2 percent (2006) to 7.4 percent (2010)."

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Apple's Game Plan: Avoiding Culture Shock The Wall Street Journal, October 7, 2011 "But it doesn't necessarily rely on benchmarking salaries with the rest of the tech industry, said Aaron Boyd of compensation-research firm Equilar Inc."

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How Peer Pressure Imperils Your Profits The Motley Fool, October 7, 2011 "Time Warner uses one peer group in the entertainment and media industry for benchmarking purposes, and that peer group is a very well-paid bunch in its own right. It includes other CEOs that made Equilar's Top 10 list — namely, Viacom (NYSE: VIA) (2010 CEO pay: $84.5 million) and CBS (NYSE: CBS) (2010 CEO pay: $56.9 million)."

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Less Leverage for Apple in Media Deals with Jobs's Demise International Business Times, October 7, 2011 "An Equilar analysis said Mr Cook's award was the second-highest equity award in Silicon Valley history in the past 11 years. Of course, the highest is still Mr Jobs's package in 2000."

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More Companies Turning to Performance-Based Shares Compliance Week, October 7, 2011 "The use of performance-based equity in a CEO compensation packages has gained popularity over the last five years, as shareholders are increasingly demanding that companies provide compensation that attempts to link pay and performance, says Equilar, an executive compensation data firm."

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Cronyism and Executive Compensation Columbia Journalism Review, October 4, 2011 "Amgen selected 11 companies in the biotech/pharmaceutical field, which seems natural enough. But most of the companies on the list are far larger than Amgen. Amgen’s revenue in 2010 was $15 billion; the median revenue of its peer companies was $40 billion, according to Equilar."

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America: Where all (Public Co.) CEO’s are Above Average International Business Times, October 4, 2011 "In fact, because of peer benchmarking, raises at one company have ripple effects across corporate America: Thirty-seven other companies name Amgen as a 'peer,' including Wal-Mart, MasterCard and Time-Warner, as well as other drug companies, according to Equilar."

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Cozy Relationships and 'Peer Benchmarking' Send CEOs' Pay Soaring The Washington Post, October 3, 2011 "Moreover, Discovery chose much larger companies for comparisons. Discovery's revenue was $3.8 billion last year, but it chose as 'peers' such companies as Time Warner Cable, which had five times as much revenue; CBS, which is more than three times as large; and DirecTV, which is six times as large, according to data from Equilar, the executive compensation research firm."

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September 2011

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What Happened To Curbing CEO Pay? Fortune, September 30, 2011 "Some curbs on executive perks are underway, according to a new report from compensation firm Equilar."

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What Happened To Curbing CEO Pay? The New York Times, September 29, 2011 "On Thursday, H.P. released a regulatory filing showing that Meg Whitman, its new chief executive, would receive a sign-on package worth about $13.1 million, according to an analysis of the filing by Equilar."

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25 Highest-Paid Men CNN Money, September 29, 2011 "See how the best-compensated male executives' paychecks compare to the 25 best-paid women. Source: Equilar"

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Apple Takes Top Spots in Equity Grant Tally The Wall Street Journal, September 29, 2011 "Equilar ended up with a list of Silicon Valley's top 10 equity grants that is largely a reflection of a bygone era."

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Too Old for Murdoch Board Is Young Among Buffett’s Octogenarian Directors Bloomberg, September 14, 2011 "About 15 percent of directors at companies in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index are older than 69, compared with 9.8 percent in 2002, according to data compiled by executive-compensation benchmarking firm Equilar."

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Performance at a Premium Plastics News, September 13, 2011 "'It's what I would have expected as far as payouts going up,' said Aaron Boyd, research director at Equilar Inc. of Redwood City, Calif. Boyd oversees Equilar's calculations for Plastics News' executive ranking. 'NEIP payouts have been up quite a bit.'"

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Court Ruling Delays SEC Financial Reforms Plastics News, September 13, 2011 "'I'm not surprised they pushed it down the road, because the CEO pay disclosure ratio is one of the most controversial issues of the Dodd-Frank reform bill,' added Aaron Boyd, research director at executive compensation research firm Equilar Inc. in Redwood Shores, Calif."

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Executives' Pay Continues to Outpace Workers' Plastics News, September 13, 2011 "'Pay design is well thought-out,' said Aaron Boyd, research director for executive compensation research firm Equilar Inc. in Redwood Shores, Calif. 'A lot of that started in 2008. Companies are continuing to take seriously the design of their pay plans to make sure it links pay to performance.'"

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Executive Pay Likely to Rise Again in 2011 Plastics News, September 13, 2011 "Aaron Boyd, research director for executive compensation research firm Equilar Inc. in Redwood Shores, Calif., said: 'For 2011, the crystal ball gets a little murky. But I suspect that pay will be flat, or even a little down, because we saw such a big increase in 2010 over 2009.'"

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One-Year Incentive Plans Questioned Plastics News, September 13, 2011 "'When the stock market was going down, executives were being hurt financially because the majority of their pay is in equity,' said Aaron Boyd, research director for executive compensation firm Equilar Inc. in Redwood Shores, Calif. 'So the concern that executives will always be paid isn't true.'"

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Putting a Price on Tim Cook's Value as Apple CEO Forbes, September 7, 2011 "It was the 2nd largest grant in US corporate history according to Equilar. Second only to one received by Jobs 11 years ago worth $600 million. Aaron Boyd of Equilar said: ‘Apple has done quite well recently with Cook in charge, but you'd still be surprised no matter who was getting it.’"

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August 2011

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Apple's New CEO Gets $384 Million Bonus San Jose Mercury News, August 29, 2011 "Apple gave little explanation for the grant, which, according to compensation research firm Equilar, in U.S. corporate history is second in value only to the $600 million grant made 11 years ago to Jobs."

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HR's Elite: The Class of '10 Human Resource Executive Magazine, August 29, 2011 "‘Going into this year, pay was expected to be up, but I think many people are surprised by how much,’ says Aaron Boyd, a researcher with Equilar, a Redwood Shores, Calif.-based research firm specializing in executive compensation."

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Apple's New CEO, Tim Cook, a Business "Maestro" CBS News, August 24, 2011 "At Apple, Cook has earned a reported $156.2 million, including salary, bonuses and gains from stock awards, according to Equilar, a company that analyzes executive compensation. In addition, he holds Apple stock valued at about $140 million, Equilar said."

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CEO Pay Looking Up D Magazine, August 17, 2011 "A study of CEOs in the Standard & Poor's 500 by Equilar, an executive compensation research firm, showed a 24 percent increase in total direct compensation following two straight years of small declines."

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Government Dollars Fuel Wealth: D.C. Enclaves Reap Rewards of Contracting Boom The Washington Post, August 15, 2011 "The CEOs of big defense contractors here received compensation packages that rival those on Wall Street: Robert J. Stevens, chief executive of Lockheed Martin, received $19 million last year, while General Dynamics CEO Jay L. Johnson made $13 million, according to a recent survey conducted for The Washington Post by the research firm Equilar."

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Special Report: Executive Compensation in Cincinnati Cincinnati.com, August 14, 2011 "‘'Pay is up quite a bit this year. Bonuses are back, and companies are awarding more stock,’ says Aaron Boyd, head of research for Equilar Inc.. of Redwood City, Calif."

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Comcast's Roberts is Area's Best-paid CEO The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 14, 2011 "Equilar and other shareholder services companies that scour corporate filings to calculate executive compensation each use their own methods and often arrive at different totals for CEO pay."

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Those Who Make the Cool Millions The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 14, 2011 "Equilar Inc., an executive compensation data firm, has analyzed the proxies of 2,252 companies out of the Russell 3000 Index that held their annual meetings between Jan. 21 and June 30."

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Why it's Good at the Top The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 14, 2011 "First, there are significant differences. The local data, prepared by the compensation research firm Equilar Inc., include a mix of companies of all sizes. Plus, while Equilar calculated that the average total pay for 2010 was $7.46 million - less than what the AFL-CIO found - median is a better measure."

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Turning to the Experts for the ‘Why’ of Big Corporate Paychecks The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 14, 2011 "The 100 top-paid CEOs of the public companies that have headquarters or big operations in the Philadelphia region are evidence that the trend continues, even in recent years. Research firm Equilar Inc. found that median total pay rose 11.96 percent in 2010, compared with 2009."

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Experts Advise Comp. Committees to Prepare For SEC Clawback Requirements Bureau of National Affairs, Corporate Accountability Report, August 1, 2011 "‘From 2006 to 2010, the number of Fortune 100 companies with publicly disclosed clawback policies increased from less than 20 percent to over 80 percent,’ according to Equilar's 2010 Clawback Policy Report. However, fewer than 20 percent of Fortune 100 clawback policies are triggered by the issuance of a financial restatement, while nearly 80 percent of Fortune 100 clawback policies have provisions allowing companies to recoup pay if an executive behaves unethically."

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July 2011

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After going private, SRA makes an expensive change in leadership The Washington Post, July 31, 2011 "On top of the nearly $4 million payout, Sloane is to receive $1.2 million in cash out of vested options, nearly $3 million in cash out of common shares he owns and about $280,000 in payout of accrued leave, according to Equilar."

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A Crystal-Clear Visualization Of Why These 10 CEOs Are Overpaid Business Insider, July 20, 2011 "Executive pay at the 200 largest companies was up 23% in 2010 compared to year earlier according to a study by Equilar."

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Corporate America's sunshine patriots Salon, July 19, 2011 "A new study conducted for the New York Times by the executive compensation data firm Equilar found that the median pay for top executives at ‘200 big companies’ last year was $10.8 million: ‘That works out to a 23 percent gain from 2009.’"

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The 2011 GC Compensation Survey Corporate Counsel, July 19, 2011 "‘A lot of these executives who have been around for several years, who are seeing these pay increases, are the executives who were either brought in to bring the company out of the recession or who have survived it,’ says Aaron Boyd, head of research at Equilar, Inc."

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Compensation Confrontation CFO.com, July 15, 2011 "Both Boyd of Equilar, which provided the data used in the article, and Pradnya Joshi, its author, acknowledge that an executive's total pay as shown on a proxy statement under the new SEC rules could be misleading in cases like Schultz's. ‘People can definitely have a gripe about the numbers,’ allows Boyd. ‘They are not perfect. You can't accurately capture what an executive is going to walk away with in the future after just one year of a multiyear cycle.’"

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Efforts to Rein In Executive Pay Meet With Little Success The New York Times DealBook, July 12, 2011 "According to the research firm Equilar, the median compensation for chief executives at 200 large companies was $10.8 million in 2010. This was a 26 percent increase from the previous year, which was preceded by a rare decline in 2008."

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Wouldn't You Like to Know How Much More Than You Your CEO Earns? CBS, July 7, 2011 "According to Equilar, an executive compensation research firm, the median pay package of an S&P 500 chieftain totals $7.5 million — about 187 times as much as the average worker."

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Compensation Is Going Up — But Only At The Top Forbes, July 6, 2011 "The Times ran a piece about the compensation levels for the top executives at 200 big American companies, freshly updated with research from Equilar, an executive compensation data firm in Redwood City, Calif. Equilar's figures show a robust 23% jump in 2010 CEO pay, compared to 2009."

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CEO pay keeps going up, latest study shows San Francisco Chronicle, July 6, 2011 "And much of the increase is coming in the form of cash bonuses. ‘We're seeing a lot of that reflected in the pay,’ Aaron Boyd, Equilar's head of research, told the New York Times, which commissioned the study."

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Can we stop berserk pay hikes at the top in tough times? St. Petersburg Times, July 6, 2011 "Equilarfound that pay skyrocketed last year because many companies brought back cash bonuses. Those bonuses, as opposed to those awarded in stock options, jumped by 38 percent, the final numbers show."

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Survey: Only Executives Expecting Pay Raises BNET, July 5, 2011 "BNET's Kimberly Weisul reported ‘median CEO compensation rose an impressive 35 percent, according to a preliminary survey from Governance Metrics International,’ while the New York Times just announced the results of a review of executive pay conducted for the paper by Equilar which found ‘the median pay for top executives at 200 big companies last year was $10.8 million. That works out to a 23 percent gain from 2009.’"

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Salary of Top American Executives Up 23 Percent in 2010 Newser, July 3, 2011 "The report, which was prepared for the New York Times by Equilar, an executive compensation data firm, found that the median CEO salary was $10.8 million."

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Swallow This: Executive Pay Jumped 23% in 2010 Newser, July 3, 2011 "We know CEOs have it good … but this good? The New York Times had executive pay data firm Equilar analyze bigwigs' 2010 compensation, and what Equilar found wasn't just a gain. It was a big, big gain: a 23% boost over 2009, with the median pay for chief executives at 200 large companies clocking in at $10.8 million. That's not back to where it was pre-recession, but, as the Times notes, it definitely seems headed in that direction."

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We Knew They Got Raises. But This? The New York Times, July 2, 2011 "But that study, conducted for The New York Times by Equilar, an executive compensation data firm based in Redwood City, Calif., was just an early snapshot, and there were even more riches to come. Some big companies had not yet disclosed their executive compensation. So Sunday Business asked Equilar to run the numbers again."

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How the Pay Figures Were Calculated The New York Times, July 2, 2011 "Sunday Business asked Equilar, the executive compensation data company, to compile and analyze pay data from corporate filings. To be included in the revised study, a company must have been incorporated in the United States and must have filed a definitive proxy statement by June 23. The 200 highest-paid C.E.O.'s at companies with revenue of $10.78 billion or more were included."

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Podcast: Executive Pay, the World Bank and Twitter's New Home The New York Times, July 1, 2011 "Big paydays are back for American chief executives. In a cover article in the Sunday Business section, P.J. Joshi reports that a study conducted for The New York Times by Equilar, an executive compensation data firm, showed that the median pay for top executives at 200 big companies last year was $10.8 million, a gain of 23 percent from 2009."

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June 2011

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Deferred Compensation Lets Executives Avoid 401(k) Saving Caps Bloomberg, June 29, 2011 "Last year, about 79 percent of chief executive officers at Fortune 100 companies were offered so-called nonqualified deferred compensation plans, according to Equilar, an executive- compensation data firm in Redwood City, California. Depending on the employer's plan, executives and managers may be able to defer an unlimited amount of their salaries or bonuses on a pretax basis until a future date."

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Nissan Ghosn Gets 982 Million Yen as Carmaker Posts Record Market Share Bloomberg, June 29, 2011 "Ghosn's total compensation was 0.3 percent of Nissan's net income for the year ended March 31, compared with an average of 1.4 percent for CEOs at S&P 500 companies, according to Equilar Inc., a Redwood City, California-based executive-pay researcher."

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Execs at Nation's Largest Companies Received Higher Compensation in 2010 The Seattle Times, June 25, 2011 "The typical pay package for the head of a company in the Standard & Poor's 500 was $9 million in 2010, according to an Associated Press analysis using data provided by Equilar, an executive-compensation research firm. That was 24 percent higher than a year earlier, reversing two years of declines."

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A 13% Gain for Northwest CEOs in 2010 after 2 Down Years The Seattle Times, June 25, 2011 "This stop-and-start economic recovery may not be a rising tide that lifts all boats. But it's clearly lifting a few yachts. Northwest CEO pay rose in 2010 after falling for the previous two years, according to a survey prepared for The Seattle Times by executive-pay research firm Equilar."

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For 2nd year, Shareholders Passing 'Say on Pay' Advisory Votes at Northwest Companies The Seattle Times, June 25, 2011 "More than 60 percent of the Portland company's shareholders voted against its executive-compensation program, which included a 104 percent raise in 2010 for President and CEO Raymond Davis. His total compensation rose from less than $1.3 million to nearly $2.6 million, according to research firm Equilar."

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For 2nd year, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is Northwest's Best-paid Executive The Seattle Times, June 24, 2011 "Schultz is representative of a class of CEOs who have steered their companies through the worst of the recession and now are reaping the rewards, helping drive up CEO pay overall, said Aaron Boyd, Equilar's head of research. ‘A lot of these are CEOs that survived the down years and have kind of made it through,’ he said. ‘Many others didn't.’"

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Maryland CEOs Feel the Economic Recovery Gazette.Net, June 24, 2011 "The recovering economy is fueling more robust corporate earnings, which are driving the top pay increases, said Aaron Boyd, head of research at Equilar. ‘A lot of the jump in pay had to do with two previous years of declines and the improving economy,’ Boyd said."

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CEO Pay on the Rise Charlotte Observer, June 20, 2011 "The state's higher CEO pay last year mirrors national results. Median compensation for the CEOs of S&P 500 companies increased 28 percent last year, compensation analysis firm Equilar found."

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Stock Awards and Bonuses Push Up Compensation Totals The Washington Post, June 19, 2011 "Option awards locally shot up 41 percent year over year in 2010, while stock grants rose 12.6 percent, according to a study conducted for Capital Business by Equilar, an executive compensation research firm. Salaries climbed a smaller 4.3 percent, though bonuses surged 19.2 percent."

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Who Are the Washington, D.C. Area's Most Highly Compensated Executives? The Washington Post, June 19, 2011 "According to data compiled by Equilar, these chief executives were the area's highest paid in fiscal year 2010."

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How We Compiled our List of Washington Area Executive Compensation Data The Washington Post, June 19, 2011 "To examine chief executive pay at nearly 100 of the largest public companies in the District of Columbia, Northern Virginia and Maryland region, Capital Business asked Equilar, an executive compensation data firm, to analyze pay data from corporate filings."

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Silicon Valley CEOs Make Bigger Pay Gains than National Counterparts San Jose Mercury News, June 19, 2011 "Silicon Valley's corporate chiefs made bigger pay gains last year than CEOs at the nation's biggest companies, according to data compiled by Equilar, an executive compensation research firm in Redwood City."

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Bonuses Spring Back For Technology CEOs The Wall Street Journal, June 16, 2011 "According to an analysis from compensation-research firm Equilar Inc., cash bonuses for CEOs of Bay Area-based companies that are in the Standard & Poor's 1500 Index more than doubled last year. Indeed, local CEOs' cash bonuses soared a median 145% in 2010 to a median $1.1 million, up from $446,798 in 2009."

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Bankers' Pay Rises 36%: Idiot Outraged Forbes, June 15, 2011 "The analysis by Equilar, the US-based pay research company, shows chief executive pay at several banks is still significantly lower than its pre-crisis high. Mr Blankfein earned more than $70m at Goldman in 2007 while Mr Dimon received $40m in 2006."

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As Executive Pay Soars, Worker Pay Stagnates The Huffington Post, June 15, 2011 "In the latest sign of the growing disconnect between reality as enjoyed by corporate chieftains and that experienced by pretty much everyone else, compensation for chief executives of publicly traded companies in the S&P 500 last year leaped by more than 28 percent compared to 2009, according to a new survey from Equilar, a research firm that tracks executive pay."

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Bank Chiefs Ditch the Hair Shirts Financial Times, June 15, 2011 "Gone were 2008's and 2009's grand gestures, when bank bosses on both sides of the Atlantic waived their bonuses to defuse public and political outrage over pay. In 2010, according to data exclusively compiled for the Financial Times by Equilar, the executive compensation research firm, total pay for these chief executives rose by 36 per cent to $9.7m."

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Daniels and Varley were ‘bonus winners’ This is Money, June 15, 2011 "American pay consultants Equilar showed two of the biggest winners in the 2010 were two bank chiefs who since stepped down from their roles, it was also reported."

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Apple Stores Chief to Take the Helm at J.C. Penney The New York Times, June 14, 2011 "During his tenure at Apple, Mr. Johnson received total compensation valued at $141 million, according to Equilar, an executive compensation research firm. The analysis excludes the years 2008 and 2009, during which Mr. Johnson realized additional stock gains valued at more than $100 million, Equilar said."

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Winn-Dixie leader eclipses Publix CEO in executive compensation The Palm Beach Post, June 13, 2011 "‘Publix tends to pay much lower than other companies,’ said Aaron Boyd, director of research at Equilar, a compensation consulting firm."

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Average executive pay soars to $1.7 million The Palm Beach Post, June 13, 2011 "Area companies reflect the national trend of soaring pay in the corner office. Executives of S&P 500 companies saw median pay rise by 28 percent, said Aaron Boyd, head of research at Equilar, an executive compensation firm in Redwood City, Calif. "

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Who are San Diego's highest-paid CEOs? Signon San Diego, June 11, 2011 "Nationwide, chief executives at the nation's largest companies were paid better last year than they were in 2007, when the economy was booming. The typical pay package for the head of a company in the Standard & Poor's 500 was $9 million in 2010, according to an analysis by The Associated Press using data provided by Equilar, an executive compensation research firm. That was 24 percent higher than a year earlier."

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CFOs' salary rises outpace CEOs' CFO World, June 11, 2011 "Meanwhile, compensation research firm Equilar recently prepared its 2011 report on CFO pay strategies in the S&P 600, studying 386 companies that have had the same finance chief in place for at least two years. That study found that the median compensation for the CFOs grew by 20.2 percent between 2009 and 2010, with median total comp being about $924,848 for the group, up from about $769,389."

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Executive Compensation's New Normal: A Missed Opportunity Forbes, June 9, 2011 "Recent economic turmoil has raised noteworthy trends among executive compensation. After two modest years (2008-2009), executive pay in the U. S. skyrocketed and reached an all time high in 2010. The Hay and Equilar executive pay surveys show that in 2010 the average pay package for the head of a large U.S. company was over eight million dollars – an increase of about 25 percent from the previous year."

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Despite Worries, Serving at the Top Carries Little Risk The New York Times, June 7, 2011 "According to a recent study by Equilar for The New York Times, the median salary of a chief executive at the top 200 major companies was $9.6 million last year. Salaries for chief financial officers at companies listed on the S.&P. 500-stock index shot up last year by 26.1 percent, according to Equilar, and the median salary is now $3 million."

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The Old American Dream Is Dead: What Will Replace It? BNET, June 7, 2011 "To ensure strong profits, corporations are cutting out the middle layers of management - the middle-class. In their place, they are hiring at the very low end and promoting at the high end. Senior management compensation is up nearly 25 percent this year ($9M for the average S&P 500 CEO), to levels higher than in pre-recession days, according to executive compensation research firm Equilar."

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Bullish on Pay Stores, June 2, 2011 "‘Clearly, the retail segment doesn't align with other businesses this year, but we saw the median pay rebound by 43 percent last year among retail CEOs when other segments endured flat to slight gains in compensation,’ says Aaron Boyd, research manager for Equilar. ‘Looking back, you might say retail led the charge.’"

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Executive pay soars to multimillions Fierce Healthcare, June 1, 2011 "Heads of Tennessee hospitals witnessed up to a 24 percent jump in their own compensation, including bonuses and benefits, according to data firm Equilar, Inc., reports The Tennessean. For example, HCA CEO Richard M. Bracken saw a 212 percent increase, totaling $38 million last year. Community Health Systems CEO and Chair Wayne T. Smith earned $21 million, and LifePoint Hospitals CEO and Chair William F. Carpenter III earned $8 million."

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May 2011

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America's Middle Class Is Disappearing Business Insider, May 31, 2011 "Senior management compensation is up nearly 25% this year ($9M for the average S&P 500 CEO), to levels higher than in pre-recession days, according to executive compensation research firm Equilar."

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Salaries soar for top execs in Tennessee The Tennessean, May 30, 2011 "With CEOs of hospital chains leading the way, the average compensation for the top executives among Tennessee's major companies rose 24 percent, according to an analysis by executive compensation data firm Equilar Inc."

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Viacom execs at top in media pay Los Angeles Times, May 29, 2011 "The 30 highest-paid media executives in the U.S. made an average of nearly $22 million last year, an increase of 13% over 2009, according to a survey by Redwood City, Calif., executive compensation research firm Equilar Inc."

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Executive pay is zooming skyward again after pausing a few years for the recession Los Angeles Times, May 29, 2011 "At California's 100 biggest public companies as measured by revenue, the total pay bestowed on CEOs surged 23% last year to an average of $10.4 million, according to data compiled for The Times by compensation research firm Equilar Inc. The sharp increase was consistent with the national trend in executive pay, surveys show."

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CEOs enjoy big payoffs in 2010 Chicago Sun-Times, May 22, 2011 "A recovering economy and major changes in leadership and corporate structure pushed new names to the top of the list of highest-paid chief executives among the region's largest companies in 2010... The Delves Group, a Chicago-based executive compensation firm, used data from Equilar, Inc., to compile the CEO compensation chart. "

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The Annual Fortunate 50 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 22, 2011 "Median pay among CEOs of more than 300 S&P 500 companies increased 28 percent last year to $9 million, according to Equilar, a Redwood City, Calif., firm that compiles compensation data."

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CEO pay up sharply at region's 100 biggest public companies Chicago Tribune, May 22, 2011 "‘Pay is up, and by quite a bit,’ both locally and nationally, said Aaron Boyd, a researcher for Equilar Inc., an executive compensation data firm, which provided the data to the Chicago Tribune."

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Viacom chief top-paid CEO at $84.5M Chicago Sun-Times, May 22, 2011 "The typical pay package for the head of a company in the Standard & Poor's 500 was $9 million in 2010, according to an analysis by the Associated Press using data provided by compensation research firm Equilar."

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Chicago CEO pay in 2010 Chicago Tribune, May 22, 2011 "To examine compensation trends, the Chicago Tribune asked Equilar, an executive compensation data firm, to gather information on the pay of chief executives of the 100 largest public companies in Illinois and northwest Indiana, as determined by market capitalization on March 31."

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Stop Enabling Crazy CEO Pay MSN Money, May 19, 2011 "According to executive compensation research firm Equilar, the typical CEO made $9 million in 2010, a 24% increase over last year. In 2007, before the housing bubble burst and the financial crisis hit, the median pay for CEOs was $8.4 million. Although CEO pay did clock two years of declines, major CEOs have apparently quickly regained lost ground in pay levels. "

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American CEOs package jumps 28% in 2010: Report The Economic Times, May 17, 2011 "The average compensation for S&P 500 CEOs was about USD 9 million, up from around USD 7 million in 2009, while, the median bonus payouts for these CEOs rose by 43.3 per cent to USD 2.15 million in 2010, the Equilar study said. "

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Lawsuits Over Say-On-Pay Votes Up Ante for Boards Reuters, May 13, 2011 "CEO pay, which fell in 2009, jumped sharply last year as a surging stock market triggered more bonus awards tied to share performance. Median pay for S&P 500 company executives rose 28 percent to about $9 million in 2010, according to Equilar, an executive compensation data firm."

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$4 Million Man The Register-Guard, May 13, 2011 "Kartar Khalsa's annual compensation in recent years is more in the league of much larger, publicly traded companies, according to a report by Equilar, an executive compensation data firm. Median total compensation last year was $2.2 million for CEOs of S&P 600 firms, Equilar reported. The companies in the study had median revenue last year of $5.9 billion — 47 times greater than Golden Temple's $125 million annual revenue before it sold its cereal division to Hearthside."

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The 10 Highest Paid CEOs Of 2010: Equilar Huffpost Business, May 12, 2011 "The 50 highest-paid CEOs for 2010 in an Associated Press analysis for Standard & Poor's 500 companies. The analysis includes companies that had the same CEO for all of 2009 and 2010 and that filed proxy statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission between Jan. 1 and April 30. They are based on the AP's compensation formula, which adds up salary, perks, bonuses, preferential interest rates on pay set aside for later, and company estimates for the value of stock options and stock awards on the day they were granted last year. Source: Equilar"

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Businesses Now Hiring at Fastest Pace Since 2006 The Washington Post, May 12, 2011 "The typical pay package for the head of a company in the Standard & Poor's 500 was $9 million in 2010, according to an analysis by The Associated Press using data provided by Equilar, an executive compensation research firm. That was 24 percent higher than a year earlier, reversing two years of declines."

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Hauling in Large Paychecks The Epoch Times, May 12, 2011 "Bonuses were the component of compensation that saw the most growth in 2010, with a 43.3% rise. The median bonus was $2.15 million. 85.1% of CEOs received an annual bonus payout in 2010, compared to 73.6% in 2009, according to Equilar, a firm that tracks executive compensation, in an entry on its website."

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CEO Pay Exceeds Pre-recession Level The Associated Press, May 9, 2011 "The median pay value of $9 million, calculated by Equilar, is the midpoint of the companies used in the AP analysis; half of the CEOs made more and half made less. In 2007, the median pay was $8.4 million. In 2008 it was $7.6 million, and in 2009 it was $7.2 million. The $9 million median for 2010 is the highest since the AP began the analysis in 2006."

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Oil Company Tax Breaks ‘Aren't Smart’ Says Obama Digital Journal, May 3, 2011 "Equilar, an executive compensation data firm, notes that Rex Tillerson, CEO of Exxon Mobil, received a 2010 compensation package of $21.5 million, closely followed by ConocoPhillips CEO James Mulva, at $17.9 million. John Watson, CEO of Chevron, rounded out the top three oil executives with a 2010 compensation of $14 million."

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April 2011

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D-FW Public Cos. Began to Rebound in 2010 Dallas Business Journal, April 29, 2011 "Of 163 D-FW companies that were public in 2010, 107 of them, or 65.6 percent, saw at least some increase in revenue compared to '09, according to data supplied for this newspaper by Equilar, a financial data provider."

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Voting For Corporate Tax Cuts Rewards the Rich, Not You The Vancouver Sun, April 28, 2011 "Equilar just released its report on CEO pay trends in the S&P 500. CEOs saw their total compensation rise 28.2 per cent from 2009 to 2010, to a median of $9 million."

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Has Wall Street Lost It's Way? Huffington Post, April 27, 2011 "Today Equilar, a compensation analyst, reported that the S&P American CEO's bonus increased 43% between 2009 and 2010, and that their average salary ($ 9 million) increased by 28%."

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When it Comes to CEO Pay, Some Get What They Deserve Minneapolis Star Tribune, April 23, 2011 " ‘Companies are taking the vote seriously,’ said Aaron Boyd, head of research for Equilar, a compensation consulting firm based in Redwood City, Calif. ‘We're seeing more dialogue between companies and large shareholders, and more disclosure and context around pay practices and formulas.’ "

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American Firms Prefer Younger CEOs: Research Business Standard, April 22, 2011 "When it comes to taking over the management reins, American corporates seem to prefer young candidates already working in the company as chief executive officers (CEO) rather than outsiders, says research firm Equilar."

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TOP Sponsors CEO Pay; Atos Origin Opens London Center; Sberbank, Visa Partner Around the Rings, April 16, 2011 "Total compensation for executives from TOP sponsors Coca-Cola, Dow Chemical, General Electric, Procter & Gamble and Visa was released in a New York Times report Friday on the pay of major U.S. corporate leaders[…] Compensation research company Equilar compiled the data from corporate filings."

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Drugstore.com, Walgreens talked for a year before striking a deal The Seattle Times, April 13, 2011 "[Lepore] owns an additional $4 million of drugstore.com stock, according to an analysis of Wednesday's filing by Equilar, an executive-compensation data firm in the San Francisco Bay Area."

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Highest Paid CEOs 2010 International Business Times, April 12, 2011 "CEO pay of the biggest US companies saw a sharp rebound in 2010, according to compensation consulting firm Equilar, in a study commission by New York Times."

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Study: CEO pay jumped in 2010 Bizjournals.com, April 12, 2011 "The study by Redwood City, Calif.-based compensation consulting firm Equilar surveyed 200 major companies, and found the median pay for chief executives was $9.6 million last year — a 12 percent increase over 2009."

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The $100 million question: Is exec pay out of line? Hr Morning, April 12, 2011 "Those figures came from a study by Equilar, a compensation consulting company. While top execs are cashing in on recent economic recoveries, a large chunk of American workers think they're being shortchanged, reported The Wall Street Journal."

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Median CEO Pay Up 12% CNBC, April 11, 2011 " According to the research done by Equilar[...]CEO pay increases for the first time in three years, reports CNBC's Mary Thompson."

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Four Georgia CEOs Make Top Pay List The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, April 11, 2011 "The Times, with the help of the Equilar research firm, posted the total compensation for 200 CEOs whose 2010 salaries were released in proxies by April 1. The companies had to have at least $7 billion in annual revenue."

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Paychecks for top American executives are growing again The Economic Times, April 10, 2011 "For the average CEO, however, the good times have returned. The median pay for top executives at 200 major companies was $9.6 million last year. That was a 12 per cent increase over 2009, according to a study conducted for The New York Times by Equilar, a compensation consulting firm based in Redwood City, Calif."

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Viacom's Philippe Dauman Is Nation's Highest-Paid CEO (Report) The Hollywood Reporter, April 10, 2011 "According to the Times, who hired compensation consulting firm Equilar to conduct the study, the top executives at 200 major companies earned a median pay of $9.6 million last year. That marks a 12 percent increase over the previous year."

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Viacom's Dauman Highest-Paid CEO as Pay Gains, N.Y. Times Says Bloomberg , April 10, 2011 "The median total compensation for U.S. executives gained 12 percent to $9.6 million, while the average was up 20 percent, the newspaper said, citing the survey by executive compensation tracker Equilar."

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The Pay at the Top The New York Times, April 9, 2011 "The compensation research firm Equilar compiled data reflecting pay for 200 chief executives at 199 public companies that filed their annual proxies by April 1 and had revenue of at least $7 billion."

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Enriching a Few at the Expense of Many The New York Times, April 9, 2011 "After a few years in the wilderness, top executives are getting hefty raises, according to Equilar, a compensation analysis firm in Redwood City, Calif. But while outrage over executive pay has been eclipsed in recent years by anger over the causes and consequences of the financial crisis, compensation issues still resonate among many investors."

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Calculating the Pay Figures The New York Times, April 8, 2011 "To measure the amounts that executives were paid last year, Sunday Business asked Equilar, an executive compensation data company, to compile and analyze pay data from corporate filings."

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Podcast: Stimulus, Shutdown and Executive Pay The New York Times, April 8, 2011 "Businesses have bounced back from the financial crisis, and, over the last year, the compensation of C.E.O.'s has soared, according to a study done for The Times by Equilar, a consulting firm in California."

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A Passport to the Top of The Business World The Independent, April 7, 2011 "According to a recent analysis of top-ranking CEOs by the US pay consultancy Equilar, fewer than half the people in this position have an MBA, and only handful of these have an MBA from any sort of elite business school."

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10 Biggest Insider Stock Sales CNN Money, April 6, 2011 "What executives cashed in and sold their company's stock last year? No. 1 Steve Ballmer sold $2 billion (!) of MSFT. In all, these 10 execs made over $6.5B from stock sales in 2010, according to an analysis by Equilar."

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March 2011

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Drugstore.com CEO Stands to Win Big When Deal Closes The Seattle Times, March 24, 2011 "Drugstore.com Chief Executive Dawn Lepore stands to walk away with $9.1 million in stock and options when Walgreens completes its planned purchase of the Bellevue-based company, according to an analysis by Equilar, an executive-compensation data firm in the San Francisco Bay Area."

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NVR CEO Received 2010 Compensation Valued At $31M The Wall Street Journal, March 18, 2011 "Lennar Corp.'s (LEN) Stuart Miller reported 2010 total compensation of $9.7 million, up 31% from a year earlier. Ian J. McCarthy, chief executive of Beazer Homes USA (BZH), saw total compensation soar 283% to $5.4 million, Equilar reports."

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Dividends Will Enrich Bank Chiefs New York Times, March 17, 2011 "In the next few days, the Federal Reserve is expected to give a handful of institutions, including JPMorgan Chase and Capital One, permission to pay higher dividends, another sign of the remarkable comeback of banks since the depths of the financial crisis." (Compensation data provided by Equilar)

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Ford Chief Alan Mulally's Compensation is a Record for an Auto CEO Detroit Free Press, March 11, 2011 "Already, Mulally's accumulated equity–based incentives — 13.9 million shares and 14.5 million options — are worth about $313 million based on Ford's $14.01 closing price Monday, according to an analysis by Equilar, a firm that specializes in executive pay."

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Talking about Governance with C-Suite Insight Magazine Microsoft TechNet, March 9, 2011 "I recently sat down for an interview with C-Suite Insight Magazine, one of the leading publications for board members and corporate governance professionals, to talk about the foundations of Microsoft's approach to corporate governance, how we apply our principles to the most prominent issues for boards in 2011, and the company's focus going forward."

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February 2011

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Case on Mortgage Official Is Said to Be Dropped New York Times, February 19, 2011 "In his years at Countrywide, Mr. Mozilo became one of the highest-paid executives in America. From 2000 until 2008, when he left, Mr. Mozilo received total compensation of $521.5 million, according to Equilar, a compensation research firm."

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Pepco Shareholders Faring Better than Customers The Washington Post, February 13, 2011 "In addition to their pay and stock options, Rigby and Pepco Holdings' other top officials get executive perks including some club dues, spouses' travel costs, and tickets to sporting events and shows for business or pleasure, according to company filings. Such perks are not unusual for a chief executive, said Aaron Boyd of Equilar, a California research firm specializing in executive compensation, but in the wake of the recession, companies have been cutting back. Utilities similar in size to Pepco Holdings across the country have frozen executive pay or cut back on perks, he said."

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Wells Fargo CFO Atkins May Receive $22 Million After Resigning Bloomberg Businessweek, February 10, 2011 "Atkins will receive about $7.4 million in deferred compensation, almost $900,000 in a supplemental retirement plan and pension benefits worth almost $940,000, said Aaron Boyd, head of research at Equilar, citing the proxy statement."

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Bonus Deferrals and Clawbacks: Sign or Decline? FINS Finance, February 7, 2011 "Nearly three-quarters of the Fortune 100 had clawback provisions in 2009, up from just 18% in 2006, according to Equilar, an executive compensation advisory firm.."

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Keeping Company Executives Healthy Los Angeles Times, February 6, 2011 "Last year, 32 Fortune 100 companies paid for executive physicals for their CEOs, according to Equilar, an executive compensation data firm."

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January 2011

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Goldman CEO gets salary boost, $12.6 million shares Reuters, January 28, 2011 "Median total compensation for big public company CEOs was $7.5 million in 2009, according to Equilar, while median U.S. household income is closer to about $50,000."

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Chief Risk Officer, Hollywood's New Sex Symbol New York Times, January 27, 2011 "Brian Leach, Citigroup's chief risk officer, was awarded stock and options topping $5.1 million last year, more than any member of the bank's leadership team, according to an analysis of corporate filings by Equilar, a compensation research firm. Barry L. Zubrow, JPMorgan Chase's chief risk officer, was handed more than $6.6 million in equity pay. "

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SEC Approves Investor Say on CEO Pay Marketwatch, January 25, 2011 "For the nation's top chief executives, much is at stake. In 2009, the median total compensation for S&P 500 chief executives was roughly $7.5 million, down from approximately $8.2 million in 2008, according to Equilar Inc., a Redwood City, Calif.-based executive-compensation research firm. "

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The Understudy Takes the Stage at Apple New York Times, January 23, 2011 "At Apple, Mr. Cook has earned $156.2 million, including salary, bonuses and gains from stock awards, according to Equilar, a company that analyzes executive compensation. In addition, he holds Apple stock valued at about $140 million, Equilar said."

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Big Paydays Return With Big Profits at Wall St. Banks New York Times, January 21, 2011 "At JPMorgan Chase, Jes Staley, the head of its investment bank, was awarded more than $14.5 million in stock and options, according to Equilar, a compensation research firm. His total compensation may be even higher when his salary and bonus are disclosed."

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Top Option Grants, Stock Awards for December Compliance Week (Subscription), January 19, 2011 "Every month, Compliance Week publishes a list of the largest stock option grants and restricted stock awards during the previous period. The data and analysis are provided by compensation research firm Equilar."

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Study Points to Windfall for Goldman Partners New York Times, January 18, 2011 "Goldman Sachs executives have long been among the most richly paid on Wall Street in the best of times. They are now poised to reap a windfall that was sown in the dark days of the financial crisis in 2008."

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More Companies Axe Gross-Ups on Perks Agenda (Subscription), January 10, 2011 "For the first time in five years the prevalence of Fortune 100 companies offering tax reimbursements to their CEOs declined in 2009, according to Equilar research. For the past two years the number of companies eliminating gross-ups on perks has accelerated."