Caterpillar CEO's 2015 Pay Package Reached $17.9 Million -- Update
April 25 2016 - 11:39AM
Dow Jones News
By Tess Stynes and Bob Tita
Caterpillar Inc. said Chief Executive Doug Oberhelman's
compensation for 2015 rose 4.5% to $17.9 million, but his
performance-based pay plunged as the construction equipment maker's
sales and profit fell in the face of weak markets.
Mr. Oberhelman's non-equity incentive pay for 2015 dropped to
$822,804 last year from $4.9 million in 2014, according to the
company's annual proxy statement. Other top executives received
sharply lower incentive pay as well "based primarily on severe
market downturns in mining, energy and oil and gas" and the
company's declining performance in recent years, the proxy
said.
The Peoria, Ill.-based company's annual sales have contracted
for three straight years and the company is forecasting lower sales
for 2016 as well. The company on Friday lowered its outlook for
2016 amid ongoing sales weakness in key markets. Caterpillar now
expects revenue of $40 billion to $42 billion this year after
chopping $2 billion from the top end of its earlier revenue range.
Caterpillar expects per-share profit this year of $3.00, or $3.70
excluding restructuring costs, down from its previous outlook of
$3.50, or $4.00 without restructuring expenses.
Mr. Oberhelman's base salary last year was flat with 2014 at
$1.6 million. His overall compensation increased because of larger
awards of stock and options. He received stock and options worth
$13 million when they were issued, compared with $8.4 million in
2014 when he received only options.
Mr. Oberhelman has served as CEO since July 2010. Executive pay
at Caterpillar has come under scrutiny. Last year, proxy advisers
Glass Lewis & Co. and Institutional Shareholder Services Inc.,
along with the union-affiliated CtW Investment Group, had urged
shareholders to vote against Caterpillar's compensation
policies.
In an unusually stinging rebuke, around a third of the votes
cast by Caterpillar shareholders at the annual meeting in June
rejected the heavy-equipment maker's executive-compensation
policies. The company defended its pay policies, saying that it
tied compensation closely to performance and that executives
deserved raises because they reduced costs and gained market
share.
Write to Tess Stynes at tess.stynes@wsj.com and Bob Tita at
robert.tita@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
April 25, 2016 11:24 ET (15:24 GMT)
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