The Corporate Library's 2010 Mega-Grants Survey

July 15, 2010

Greg Ruel and Michelle Lamb, Research Associates

This report found that ten CEOs who received stock option mega-grants in 2009 gained nearly $230 million total in paper profits as of May 24, 2010. A mega-grant is any single grant of at least 500,000 stock options. The report examined trends in stock option mega-grants and took a critical look at the reasons companies give for granting them.

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Compensation Complicity: Mutual Fund Proxy Voting and the Overpaid American CEO

July 19, 2010

AFSCME, The Corporate Library and Shareowners.org

An analysis of mutual fund proxy voting patterns on compensation issues in 2009.

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Starbucks' Options Mega-Grant - Paying A CEO Millions Simply For A Market Rebound?

July 13, 2010

Michelle Lamb, Research Associate

A new case study from The Corporate Library found that Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz received a mega-grant of more than 2.7 million options in fiscal 2009 in the same week that the company experienced a five-year low in its stock price. As of May 24, 2010, after an overall market rebound, the notional profit on these options was more than $44.6 million.

The case study is an example of the type of analysis conducted for companies included in The Corporate Library's 2010 mega-grants report, which will be released Thursday, July 15, 2010.

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2010 Proxy Season Foresights #9: Spotlight on Severance Payments

April 29, 2010

Greg Ruel, Research Associate

This report examined severance paid to CEOs of 125 public companies that filed proxy statements between January 30, 2009, and January 29, 2010, finding that the largest severance packages were paid to CEOs whose tenure ranged from a little more than one year to just six years.

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The Corporate Library's Preliminary 2010 CEO Pay Survey

April 13, 2010

Paul Hodgson, Senior Research Associate and Greg Ruel, Research Associate

CEO pay declined for the second year in a row, according to this preliminary survey of CEO compensation data from fiscal year 2009.

The data set from which this report was produced is also available for purchase.

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Data Set from The Corporate Library's Preliminary 2010 CEO Pay Survey

April 13, 2010

The full data set used to produce The Corporate Library's Preliminary 2010 CEO Pay Survey includes 23 data fields for 823 companies in the S&P 1500, Russell 3000 and TSX 60 that filed proxy statements between July 1, 2009, and March 25, 2010.

The report is also available for purchase.

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2010 Proxy Season Foresights #7: Club Membership Benefits Holding Steady

March 23, 2010

Paul Hodgson, Senior Research Associate

This report examined trends in the provision of club membership perquisites to CEOs at more than 3,200 publicly-traded companies, finding that 382 CEOs received these benefits in 2008/2009, a slight increase over the previous year.

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2010 Proxy Season Foresights #8: CEOs’ Personal Use of Corporate Jets Still Flying High

March 30, 2010

Michelle Lamb, Research Associate

This report concludes that expenses related to CEOs’ personal use of corporate aircraft increased by over 9 percent at the median between 2007/2008 and 2008/2009. The increase occurred as the incidence of personal corporate jet use held steady.

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Say on Pay at HP

March 17, 2010

Hoang Nguyen, Ratings Manager

This analyst alert summarizes compensation policy issues at Hewlett Packard that will likely affect a shareholder advisory vote on executive compensation.

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Testimony of Nell Minow: Hearing on Corporate Governance after the Citizens United Decision

March 11, 2010

Nell Minow, Editor

Testimony of Nell Minow before the House Committee on Financial Services' Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises at the Hearing on Corporate Governance after the Citizens United Decision. The hearing took place March 11, 2010.

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