{"id":379799,"date":"2010-03-02T10:44:09","date_gmt":"2010-03-02T15:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.footnoted.org\/?p=4564"},"modified":"2010-03-02T10:44:09","modified_gmt":"2010-03-02T15:44:09","slug":"exxon-mobil-directors-say-fill-er-up%e2%80%a6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/379799","title":{"rendered":"Exxon Mobil directors say fill er up\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Gas prices may be much lower than they were during the summer of 2008, when they were approaching $5 a gallon in many parts of the country. But we couldn’t help but think about gas prices as we dipped into the 10-K<\/a> that Exxon Mobil (XOM) filed on Friday.<\/p>\n

In the filing, which was significantly longer than the 2008 10-K, the company disclosed that total compensation for one of its directors was over $600,000 in 2009. Eight other directors collected more than $300,000 and two received a little less than $250K. \u00a0Kenneth Frazier, Merck\u2019s Executive Vice President of Global Human Health and a new bee to Exxon\u2019s Board of Directors last year, made the most: $614,283, though to be fair, the bulk of that was in stock awards as opposed to cash compensation. While the other 10 directors took home $201,263 in stock awards, Frazier’s award was valued at $554,280. The footnotes reveal Frazier received a one-time grant of 8,000 restricted shares upon being first elected to the Board in May 2009. The valuation of this award is based on a market price of $69.29 on the date of grant, which is actually higher than Exxon stock is currently trading at.<\/p>\n

Our find on Exxon\u2019s director pay was just one of a few gems buried in last weeks\u2019 filings. Other companies that fueled up their director\u2019s pay in 2009 were Baker Hughes (BHI), Brocade Communications (BRCD) and Arkansas Best (ABFS). Directors at Brocade and Baker Hughes received more than $200K, while Robert Young of Arkansas Best pocketed $280K. Young\u2019s perquisite value included personal use of the company\u2019s aircraft and a hunting lodge, an administrative assistant, a nominal gift related to business activities and a Christmas gift from the Company.<\/p>\n

This post was written by footnoted intern Kristen Scholer, who is a junior at Northwestern University.<\/em><\/p>\n

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