But C only lost 92% of its stock price over the last 5 years. If you don’t pay a jackass like Pandit $15 million, you might get second rate management like Dick Fuld, and then where would you be?
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If you enjoy the content at iBankCoin, please follow us on TwitterIs Citigroup (C) CEO Vikram Pandit worth $15 million?
Citi shareholders don’t think so. They gave a vote of no confidence to Pandit’s board-approved compensation package on Tuesday, snubbing Pandit and sounding a clarion call to other investors: It’s time to fight excessive executive pay.
Shareholders definitely made a bold statement by rejecting the offer but their vote is nonbinding, meaning Citi’s board can still pay Pandit the proposed $14.9 million compensation package this year.
After accepting a $1 salary in 2009 and 2010, Pandit’s compensation increased to around $7 million last year. He also received a $40 million retention package that will be paid out over the next few years.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Citigroup is the first major bank to have experienced shareholder backlash against executive pay. Just two percent of compensation packages were voted down last year based on research by ISS Proxy Advisory Services, a provider of corporate governance solutions to financial firms.
Shareholders have singled out executive pay over the past few years as CEO salaries have reached unprecedented levels, even in the face of falling stock prices and disappointing company performance.
