Thomas P. Koestler
2008
In 2008, Thomas P. Koestler earned a total compensation of $9.5M as Former Executive Vice President and President, Schering-Plough Research Institute at Merck & Co., a 62% increase compared to previous year.
Compensation breakdown
| Change in Pension Value and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings | $520,241 |
|---|---|
| Non-Equity Incentive Plan | $786,377 |
| Option Awards | $1,317,792 |
| Salary | $811,288 |
| Stock Awards | $5,921,475 |
| Other | $150,115 |
| Total | $9,507,288 |
Koestler received $5.9M in stock awards, accounting for 62% of the total pay in 2008.
Koestler also received $520.2K of change in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation earnings, $786.4K in non-equity incentive plan, $1.3M in option awards, $811.3K in salary and $150.1K in other compensation.
Rankings
In 2008, Thomas P. Koestler's compensation ranked 301st out of 9,135 executives tracked by ExecPay. In other words, Koestler earned more than 96.7% of executives.
| Classification | Ranking | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
All | 301 out of 9,135 | 97th |
Division Manufacturing | 88 out of 3,436 | 97th |
Major group Chemicals And Allied Products | 14 out of 815 | 98th |
Industry group Drugs | 12 out of 597 | 98th |
Industry Pharmaceutical Preparations | 10 out of 408 | 98th |
Source: SEC filing on April 12, 2010.
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