Redwood Shores, CA - Equilar, the market leader for executive compensationbenchmarking solutions, today released its 2007 Fortune 1000 Equity Report. This report, sponsored by Fidelity Investments’ Stock Plan Services, provides a comprehensive analysis of equity compensation trends at Fortune 1000 companies for the past three fiscal years. Select key findings include:
From 2004 to 2006, the median number of total stock options granted to all employees by Fortune 1000 companies fell by 40.9 percent.
The prevalence of Fortune 1000 companies reporting restricted stock grants for employees increased from 46.6 percent in 2004 to 61.8 percent in 2006.
Driven largely by declines in stock option grant rates, median burn rates for Fortune 1000 companies fell from 1.2 percent in 2004 to 0.7 percent in 2006.
From 2004 to 2006, the prevalence of additional share requests devoted to Employee Stock Purchase Plans (ESPPs) at Fortune 1000 companies remained fairly consistent, increasing from 15.1 percent to 15.6 percent, respectively.
The 2007 Fortune 1000 Equity Report is available online in Equilar’s new CustomInsight knowledge center library. Copies of the report may also be obtained by calling Equilar at 1-877-441-6090 or visiting http://www.equilar.com/Equilar_Fidelity_2007_Equity_Report.html.
