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Director Compensation Analysis: In May, Executive Compensation Trends explores recent trends in non-employee director compensation at Fortune 500 companies. Using new information from Proxy Season 2007, our analysis examines Board-level compensation and pay packages for Audit and Compensation Committee members.
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Non-Employee Director Pay Up 10.0 Percent to $165,000 |
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In April, we published a detailed analysis of year-over-year CEO compensation trends at companies in the S&P 500 index. We now turn our attention to non-employee director compensation at Fortune 500 companies. In our analysis, we found director pay increased by 10.0 percent from 2005 to 2006, reaching a median of $165,000. This advance was largely driven by a 7.7 percent increase in median annual equity awards over the same period.
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Equilar will appear at several conferences in June. To learn more, click on the links below to view registration and event details. For a complete list of future Equilar events, please visit the Presentations section of our website.
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Executive Compensation Conference
Hosted by The Conference Board
June 6, 2007
New York, New York
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Changes in Director Compensation
Hosted by Directorship
June 27, 2007
Malibu, California
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Equilar's research appeared in numerous articles in May. To learn more, click on the links below, or for a complete list of articles featuring Equilar research, please visit the News & Publications section of our website.
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New era of full disclosure?
May 28, 2007
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"It makes the whole calculation of bonuses less of a black box for investors,' says Alexander Cwirko-Godycki, senior analyst at Equilar, an executive compensation research firm in San Mateo, Calif. 'Companies aren't just listing the performance measures they're using, but explaining how they chose them."
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CEO-CFO pay gap grows
May 28, 2007
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"Data prepared by Crain’s Detroit Business’ sister publication, Financial Week by Equilar Inc., an executive pay benchmarking company based in San Mateo, Calif., shows that median total compensation for CFOs at S&P 500 companies rose substantially after Sarbanes-Oxley was passed but declined in the last two years."
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Supplier CEO's top payday list
May 28, 2007
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"This year's compensation list is based on data from Equilar Inc., an executive compensation research firm in San Mateo, Calif. Equilar analyzed proxy statements and other filings for publicly traded suppliers, dealership groups and automakers."
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Investors Get Voice on Pay At Verizon
May 19, 2007
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"Ivan G. Seidenberg, Verizon’s chief executive, received a pay package worth $20 million last year, an 11 percent increase over 2005, according to Equilar Inc., a compensation research firm in San Mateo, Calif."
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Proxies shed light on CEO stashes
May 19, 2007
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"A full 85 percent of SP 500 CEOs have some balance in their deferred plans. The national median last year was more than $3.7 million, according to a recent survey by Equilar Inc., a San Mateo, Calif.-based compensation analytics company."
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SEC Scrutiny of Stock Plans Could Spell Trouble for GCs
May 16, 2007
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"In January 2004, Mark Webbink, then-general counsel for software maker Red Hat Inc., entered into a plan designed to put his stock trades on autopilot. Broadcom Corp.'s general counsel, David Dull, made a similar move the following year -- as have executives at more than 35 percent of S&P 500 companies, according to a 2006 study by Equilar."
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State cautious on estimating tax revenue
May 15, 2007
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"And a Mercury News analysis in April indicated that employees at 10 of Silicon Valley's largest companies were sitting on an estimated $7 billion in stock option profits. That's even as nearly 700 executives at Silicon Valley's 150 biggest companies pocketed nearly $1.5 billion in gains last year, according to Equilar, an executive compensation research firm in San Mateo."
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A Seller’s Market (PDF)
May 15, 2007
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"If you look at the entire package, Equilar Inc., a compensation research firm in San Mateo, Calif., puts the median CFO pay package in 2006 at $5,676,163, 9.9% higher than in 2005."
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What's in CEOs' wallets?
May 15, 2007
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"A snapshot of CEO pay at companies based in Chicago or with significant presences here shows pay-for-performance is the latest hot topic, but the pay that follows the performance is still amazing. The data were compiled by Equilar, a San Mateo, Calif., research firm that specializes in executive compensation[.]"
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The Elite Circle of $1 CEOs
May 10, 2007
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"Seven CEOs in the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index were paid $1 or less in 2006, along with eight smaller companies, according to executive compensation research firm Equilar."
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Pay climbs for auto execs
May 6, 2007
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"Executive pay in the auto industry was in line with pay at other public companies, according to data compiled by Equilar Inc., a California-based firm that specializes in executive compensation analysis. Looking at just the CEOs, usually the highest-paid executives, Equilar found a median CEO compensation for the auto industry of $7.1 million in 2006, compared to a median CEO pay of $8.5 million for public companies in the Standard & Poor's 500 index."
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Overhaul means more details on pay
May 6, 2007
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"In general, the SEC is trying to improve transparency and shed more light on a lot of the things that might have been called stealth wealth in the past,' said Alexander Cwirko-Godycki, a senior analyst with Equilar Inc., a San Mateo, Calif.-based firm that specializes in analyzing data on executive compensation."
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An Outside Job: External CEO Hires Paid More
May 1, 2007
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"According to compensation research firm Equilar, external CEO hires received median total direct compensation of roughly $8.9 million in 2005—a 13.2 percent premium over the median pay for CEOs in place for at least two years."
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2007 Client Alert:
CD&A Overview
To assist clients in developing a better understanding of CD&A disclosure, this report provides an examples-based overview of key CD&A focus areas.
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MaterialInsight
Equilar's New Online 8-K Database
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