Compensation Glossary

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Discretionary annual variable cash paid out based on some subjective measure of company or individual performance.

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26 - Compensation Committees: Framework for Executive Compensation Alignment

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75 - Creating a Variable Pay Plan

10

76 - Sales Compensation and Expense Allowances

8

22 - Black-Scholes Valuations

2

92 - Expatriate Compensation

6

72 - Nonprofit Variable Pay

10

91 - Multiple Country Compensation Programs

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