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.