Executive Compensation Trends Newsletter - December 2009
New Research
2009 Committee Member and Chair Compensation Trends Report
Setting or analyzing committee member and chair compensation?

Equilar has just released three (3) reports covering small, medium and large organizations.

  • Focused on compensation, audit and governance committees.
  • Governance committee members are more tenured.
  • Audit committees meet most often.
  • From 06 to 08 compensation committee chairs pay rose 20%.
  • These details and more in the extensive report.
2009 Committee Member and Chair Compensation Trends Report for S&P 600 (<$500M)
2009 Committee Member and Chair Compensation Trends Report for S&P 400 ($500M - $2B)
2009 Committee Member and Chair Compensation Trends Report for S&P 500 (>$2B)

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Equilar in the News                                                                                                                

To help you monitor the latest executive compensation headlines, we've selected several recent articles featuring Equilar data and research. Visit the news and publications section of our website to read the complete listing of new media mentions.

Executive Compensation: Booth School of Business Professor a Pay Pal of CEOs
December 6, 2009
Chicago Tribune
"CEO pay at public companies is highly tied to stock performance. (Equilar, a leading analyzer of executive pay, concluded that the wealth of corporate CEOs dropped 43 percent in the crisis.) And proponents of more regulation perpetuate this myth by talking about what boards of large companies expect to pay their CEOs in a given year, instead of what they actually get."
Oil and Gas Executive Compensation Survey: Methodology
November 29, 2009
Financial Times
"To examine CEO pay at leading energy sector companies, Financial Times asked Equilar, Inc., an information services firm which specializes in researching executive compensation, to compile and analyze pay data from corporate filings. The data prepared by Equilar includes information for 34 companies headquartered around the globe."
It's Good to Be Chief
November 22, 2009
New York Post
"The Post asked Equilar, an executive compensation research firm, to identify executive and board relationships at public companies valued greater than $1 billion. The focus was on individuals that were connected to multiple companies that consider themselves peers for the purpose of benchmarking executive compensation."
Windfall Seen as Bank Bonuses Are Paid in Stock
November 8, 2009
The New York Times
"Wells Fargo was one of more than a dozen major banks to award executives stock and options since the bailout. In February, the bank gave nearly three million options and roughly 528,000 shares to 11 executives. On paper, the grants have risen in value to $57.3 million from $12.1 million, according to Equilar."
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