…”It is a little bit counterintuitive that we would see any kind of increase in director perk levels, just because in general those have been being reduced over the last four years or so,” says Paul Hodgson, chief research analyst for GMI Ratings. Though matching gift policies might be the most prevalent perk, it’s not [...]
Tag Archives | Director compensation
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Director Pay Rising at Mid-Market Boards
June 24, 2011 in Board Pay
By Greg Ruel – Research Associate Director pay rose 7% in the last year at middle market size companies according to a recent study by accounting form BDO USA. The study notes a median change increase to $110,155 in 2010 from $102,089 in 2009, across a sample of 600 companies. The rise was explained primarily [...]
Small Print
October 29, 2010 in Small Print
It’s a big one this week because, well, because I had proper work to do last week and didn’t have time to get to this. So these first three are from last week. Just in time for Halloween First from Marge Schwietering, a nice little find from a Family Dollar website press release on October [...]
Martin Lipton on Boards and “Aspirational Best Practices”
July 16, 2010 in Boards
Legendary counsel to corporate insiders Martin Lipton spoke to the NYSE and CEO Peer Forum about "The Future of the Board of Directors" and his remarks are now available on Harvard's Corporate Forum on Corporate Governance and Finance website. Lipton continues to show his deftness at redefining the questions to fit his answers. He says [...]
New Blog Feature: Small Print
March 1, 2010 in Small Print
This week, The Corporate Library introduces a new feature for this blog: Small Print. This section will showcase weird, funny, even disturbing information (such as unusual perks) that our hard-working data team finds in 8k press releases. While we are launching this new feature on a Monday, Small Print will be updated every Friday, beginning [...]
Director Perquisites: Are these really non-employee forms of compensation?
February 10, 2010 in Board Pay
The latest research from The Corporate Library examines aspects of director pay that go above and beyond traditional pay elements and how that could serve to influence board decisions. For instance, did you know that some independent directors are allowed 40 hours of personal flight time a year on company owned aircraft? Or that some [...]