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ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS GROUP INC (04/30/10) - Between study periods, any executive compensation changes which may be necessary are considered based on the Committee s review of market median data extracted from peer proxy statements and the
Economic Research Institute Inc.'s database.
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ATP OIL GAS CORP (04/29/10) - L&A utilized published executive compensation survey sources specific to the energy industry to develop the Market Reference Points, that were used by the Compensation Committee in the compensation process. These published survey sources for 2009 included:
- Economic Research Institute Executive Compensation Assessor
- Watson Wyatt Top Management Compensation Survey,
- Mercer U.S. Executive Energy Compensation Survey, and
- WorldatWork Total Salary Budget Survey
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NATIONAL BANK OF INDIANAPOLIS CORP (04/29/10) - Crowe Horwath LLP used five different data points for its review and analysis, which consisted of the following:
- Financial Institutions Compensation Survey (Comprehensive, Midwest, Regional, and State of Indiana);
- Economic Research Institute (May 1, 2007);
- 2007 US Mercer Benchmark Database: Top Executive Total Compensation Survey (with specific data for the Finance/Banking Industry);
- Watson Wyatt 2007/2008 Survey Report on Financial Institution Compensation: General Executive Positions; and
- Compensation derived from proxy data from a peer group of six publicly traded financial institutions.
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Titan Machinery Inc (04/27/10) - For fiscal 2010, we used an executive compensation assessment prepared for us by the
Economic Research Institute. The
Economic Research Institute does not identify the companies utilized in the assessment.
As a means of assessing the competitive market for executive talent, we review competitive compensation data gathered in comparative third-party surveys that we believe to be relevant, considering our size and industry. For fiscal 2010, we used an executive compensation assessment prepared for us by the
Economic Research Institute. The assessment provided comparative compensation information for executive officer salaries at companies with comparable size, sales and growth levels to us in the Minneapolis and Fargo markets. The
Economic Research Institute does not identify the companies utilized in the assessment. Our Compensation Committee reviewed the assessment to assist it in setting fiscal 2010 base salary and short-term cash incentive compensation for our executive officers. The Compensation Committee also used the
Economic Research Institute assessment when setting fiscal 2011 base salaries for our Chief Executive Officer and President. Our executive officer compensation falls within the bottom quartile range of compensation levels at comparable companies. Our relatively low executive compensation is balanced, in part, by the significant share holdings of Mr. Meyer and Mr. Peter Christianson, each of whom has the potential to be rewarded by our growth and bears the risk of our failure to grow. For this reason we have also not historically provided these executives with significant long-term incentive compensation.
L&A also provided us with market compensation data from published survey sources utilizing companies that operate in the natural gas and oil industries. Specific surveys included:
- Economic Research Institute, 2008 ERI Executive Compensation Assessor;
- Watson Wyatt, 2007/2008 Top Management Compensation – Compensation Calculator;
- William Mercer, 2008 US Energy Compensation Survey; and
- Effective Compensation Solutions, Inc., 2007 Oil/Gas E&P Compensation Survey.
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DRI CORP (04/21/10) - The Company employs a direct subscription with the
Economic Research Institute to access and utilize market compensation data from a peer group of companies, which provides information about the compensation levels of all of our top- and mid-level employees as compared to comparable positions in peer group companies. Based on the
Economic Research Institute's survey data, the HR&C Committee determined that base salaries and incentive compensation amounts, inclusive of compensation adjustments, as appropriate, were generally comparable to, compatible with, or below current median rates of compensation for our peer group while within the overall framework of the HR&C Committee's philosophy and objectives.
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FROZEN FOOD EXPRESS INDUSTRIES INC (04/20/10) - In addition to the peer group analysis, we also utilized data from published surveys sponsored by nationally recognized compensation consulting firms. These surveys included: The 2007
Economic Research Institute, Inc. Executive Compensation Assessor, the 2007 Mercer, LLC. Executive Benchmark Database, and the 2007/2008 Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Inc. Top Management Report.
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GREATBATCH INC (04/20/10) - Our 2010 total compensation packages are based upon a 2009 market study performed by Ernst & Young which utilized compensation peer group data supplemented by market survey data and adjusted for factors such as prior individual performance and expected future contributions, performance of our Company, internal equity within our Company and the degree of difficulty in replacing the individual. Prior to this, the last market study was performed in 2008. The 2009 market study, which provided base salary, total cash compensation and total direct compensation analysis, utilized proxy data of our peer group from 2006 to 2008 and survey data from the following sources:
- Executive Compensation Assessor, Economic Research Institute, 2009
- U.S. Executive Survey Report, Mercer HR Consulting, 2008
- Top Management Compensation, Watson Wyatt Data Services, 2008-2009
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MAC GRAY CORP (04/19/10) - Market executive total compensation results were also drawn from a combination of nationally recognized executive compensation surveys (
Economic Research Institute ("ERI") and Watson Wyatt) and selected Massachusetts-based publicly-traded companies' proxy statements.
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UNITED FIRE CASUALTY CO (04/19/10) - In determining the overall compensation for our executive officers for 2009, the Compensation Committee utilized information contained in an executive salary study provided every two to three years by CRI. Rather than utilizing salary and benefit data of specific peer companies, CRI conducted a study of data contained within the following ten published salary surveys:
- Benchmark Database Finance, Accounting, & Legal Survey Report©; William M. Mercer
- Executive Assessor©; Economic Research Institute (ERI)
- Executive Compensation Report — Insurance Industry©; Confidential Data Source
- Executive Compensation Survey©; Confidential Data Source
- National Executive & Senior Management Compensation Survey©; Confidential Data Source
- Property & Casualty Agency / Brokerage Compensation & Benefits Survey©;
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BLUE NILE INC (04/16/10) - Milliman's analysis of our executive compensation included data from the proxy statements of our peer group of publicly-traded companies and published survey data. The proxy data provided a focused comparison of the five most highly compensated executives for each company within our peer group. To conduct this proxy analysis, Milliman evaluated three years of data and averaged the three years to gain a picture of our peer companies' compensation policies over time. Additionally, Milliman provided specific compensation benchmarks for all of our executive positions using several compensation survey sources. The Milliman survey data came from the following sources: Mercer Executive,
Economic Research Institute Executive Assessor, Watson Wyatt Top Management Compensation Survey, Milliman Executive Pay Survey, Aon Executive Compensation Report, Compensation Data Survey, Culpepper Technology Executive Pay Report, Custom Proxy Survey, and Hay Retail Executive.
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PAETEC Holding Corp (04/15/10) - The consultant also prepared and presented the committee with data from national survey sources, including Watson Wyatt Data Services, Mercer Human Resources, and the
Economic Research Institute, using, to the extent reasonably possible, reported data from the telecommunications industry for...
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OHIO VALLEY BANC CORP (04/14/10) - Over the years, the Company has retained Crowe Horwath LLP ("Crowe Horwath") to update the benchmarking information. In 2007, the Company benchmarked the pay range for base salary and bonus established for each position using the services of Crowe Horwath. The 2007 Crowe Horwath Comprehensive and Midwest Financial Institutions Surveys, the
Economic Research Institute salary database, the Watson Wyatt Financial Institutions Compensation Survey (commercial banks category) and the 2006 proxy data from a peer group of ten companies were used in the benchmarking analysis. The selection criteria for inclusion in the peer group were as follows: total assets between $675 and $850 million, located in the Midwest Region with comparable performance metrics in return on assets, return on equity, net interest margin and efficiency ratio.
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ARRIS GROUP INC (04/09/10) - Survey data from various sources also are utilized, including the following:
- ERI Executive Compensation Assessor 2008 (Economic Research Institute)
- 2007/2008 Top Management Compensation — Industry Report (Watson Wyatt)
- 2007 Mercer Benchmark Database Executive (Mercer Human Resources Consulting)
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OVERSTOCK COM INC (04/09/10) - The Compensation Committee also reviewed information from the
Economic Research Institute database to obtain additional information regarding executive compensation practices.
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SRI SURGICAL EXPRESS INC (04/09/10) - Historically, the Board of Directors, including the Compensation Committee, has relied on its members' extensive general business and industry-specific knowledge and experience in determining executive compensation, and neither the Board of Directors nor the Compensation Committee retained a compensation consultant. In establishing compensation for newly engaged executives, the Compensation Committee considers recommendations of the executive search firms that assisted in recruiting those executives. The Compensation Committee annually reviews compensation-related survey data through the
Economic Research Institute for similarly-sized companies operating in the same industries and regions, including local competitors, in determining cash compensation for our executive officers, establishing performance objectives and making its recommendations to the Board of Directors regarding future compensation decisions.
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TEXAS CAPITAL BANCSHARES INC TX (04/08/10) - L&A relied upon published survey information provided by recognized sources including the
Economic Research Institute, Watson Wyatt, William Mercer, and World at Work.
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BELDEN INC (04/07/10) - For 2009, the Committee and management considered survey data from
Economic Research Institute, Watson Wyatt, and Mercer.
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RUSH ENTERPRISES INC TX (04/06/10) - In addition to the above, Longnecker analyzed published survey data from the following sources:
- Economic Research Institute, 2009 ERI Executive Compensation Assessor;
- Watson Wyatt, 2008/2009 Top Management Compensation;
- Watson Wyatt, 2008/2009 Top Management Compensation — Regression Analysis;
- WorldatWork, 2008/2009 Total Salary Increase Budget Survey; and
- William Mercer, 2009/2010 US Executive Compensation Survey.
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MANTECH INTERNATIONAL CORP (04/01/10) - The three published surveys that the Company used for compensation setting purposes for 2009 were (i) the
Economic Research Institute Executive Compensation Assessor 2008 (the ERI Survey); (ii) the Mercer Human Resources Consulting U.S. Executive Survey Report 2008 (the Mercer Survey); and (iii) the Watson Wyatt Top Management Compensation 2008-2009 Survey (the Watson Wyatt Survey). WorldatWork's 2008/2009 Total Salary Increase Budget Survey was also used to trend the data presented in the
ERI, Mercer and Watson Wyatt surveys to February 1, 2009 by a factor of 4.4% to allow for varying effective dates of the data collected from those surveys.
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KEY ENERGY SERVICES INC (03/31/10) - In 2008, Longnecker also reviewed survey data as a reference point to compare the compensation of our executives to those of a broad range of companies. The following published surveys utilized by Longnecker were:
- Economic Research Institute, ERI Executive Compensation Assessor 2008;
- Mercer Human Resources Consulting, 2007 Mercer Benchmark Database Executive;
- Mercer Human Resources Consulting, 2007 Mercer Energy Survey;
- Watson Wyatt, 2007/2008 Top Management Compensation — Regression analysis Report;
- Watson Wyatt, 2007/2008 Industry Report on Top Management Compensation;
- Towers Perrin, 2007 Oilfield Services Compensation Study; and
- WorldatWork, 2008 Salary Budget Survey.
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SEAHAWK DRILLING INC (03/31/10) - The published surveys that L&A primarily utilized for market comparison purposes were:
Economic Research Institute, 2008 ERI Executive Compensation Assessor Watson Wyatt, 2008/2009 Top Management Compensation Compensation Calculator Mercer, 2008 US Executive Compensation Survey Pearl...
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EXACTECH INC (03/26/10) - The sources for this data include: Organization Resource Counselors Executive Compensation Survey, Radford Global Life Sciences Survey, and,
Economic Research Institute Executive Compensation Assessor.
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UNIT CORP (03/19/10) - (April 2009); The Salary Assessor survey from the
Economic Research Institute (dated October 2009 and covering 2, 000 industries, 300 cities and 6, 200 executives); and The Watson Wyatt Data Services ECS Industry Report on Top Management Compensation (April 2009). The Proxy Group.
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HELMERICH PAYNE INC (01/26/10) - The Committee also uses survey data to assist in compensation decisions, including those instances in which a named executive officer's position or duties do not match the position or duties of Compensation Peer Group executives. The data from these surveys is statistically regressed according to our revenue. This survey data includes oilfield services, energy, and general industry data. The surveys referenced in Deloitte's 2009 compensation report were:
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Economic Research Institute 2009 Executive Compensation Assessor
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Pearl Meyer & Partners 2009 Drilling Management Survey
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Stone Partners 2009 Oilfield Manufacturing and Services Industry Executive Compensation Survey
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Towers Perrin 2009 Oilfield Services Compensation Survey
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Watson Wyatt 2009/2010 Survey Report on Top Management Compensation
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William Mercer 2009 Executive and Energy Compensation Surveys
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Clearwire Corp DE (04/30/09) - To assist the Compensation Committee in its review of executive officer compensation, we compile data and participate in compensation surveys conducted by independent third parties, such as Radford, Culpepper, Equilar and
Economic Research Institute.
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GASTAR EXPLORATION LTD (04/30/09) -
Economic Research Institute, 2008 ERI Executive Compensation Assessor; Watson Wyatt, 2007/2008 Top Management Compensation Compensation Calculator; William Mercer, 2008 US Energy Compensation Survey; and Effective Compensation Solutions, Inc., 2007 Oil/Gas E&P Compensation Survey.
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MASIMO CORP (04/30/09) - In addition, our Compensation Committee considered market data from the
Economic Research Institute, the Employers Group, which provides data regarding California payroll practices
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NATIONAL BANK OF INDIANAPOLIS CORP (04/30/09) - Crowe Horwath LLP used five different data points for its review and analysis, which consisted of the following:
- Financial Institutions Compensation Survey (Comprehensive, Midwest, Regional, and State of Indiana);
- Economic Research Institute;
- 2007 US Mercer Benchmark Database: Top Executive Total Compensation Survey (with specific data for the Finance/Banking Industry);
- Watson Wyatt 2007/2008 Survey Report on Financial Institution Compensation: General Executive Positions; and
- Compensation derived from proxy data from a peer group of six publicly traded financial institutions.
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HASTINGS ENTERTAINMENT INC (04/29/09) - The last market evaluation was performed in fiscal 2007, with data provided by the
Economic Research Institute (ERI)
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ATP OIL GAS CORP (04/28/09) - L&A utilized published executive compensation survey sources specific to the energy industry to develop the Market Reference Points discussed below, which were used by the Compensation Committee in the compensation process. These published survey sources included:
- Economic Research Institute Compensation Assessor,
- Watson Wyatt Top Management Compensation Survey, and
- WorldatWork Salary Budget Survey
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ENERGY RECOVERY INC (04/28/09) - A sample of companies in the
Economic Research Institute surveys includes Consolidated Water Co.
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FROZEN FOOD EXPRESS INDUSTRIES INC (04/24/09) - These surveys included: The 2007
Economic Research Institute, Inc. Executive Compensation Assessor, the 2007 Mercer, LLC.
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GEOKINETICS INC (04/24/09) - For each named executive officer, the Company reviewed the relevant benchmark position and the salary data from three major sources: (1) a national energy industry survey which includes exploration and production companies, oil field service companies, and seismic companies; (2) a confidential seismic industry compensation survey conducted through an industry liaison group in which the Company was a participant; and (3) publicly available reports from the
Economic Research Institute to supplement the Company’s compensation data.
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DRI CORP (04/23/09) - The Company employs a direct subscription with the
Economic Research Institute (“ERI”) to access and utilize market compensation data from a peer group of companies, which provides information about the compensation levels of all of our top- and mid-level staff as compared to comparable positions in peer group companies. Based on
ERI’s survey data, the Board of Directors’ HR&C Committee determined that base salaries and incentive compensation amounts, inclusive of compensation adjustments, as appropriate, were at, below or comparable to current median rates of compensation for our peer group while within the overall framework of the HR&C Committee’s philosophy and objectives.
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PRGSCHULTZ INTERNATIONAL INC (04/23/09) - In connection with the hiring of Mr. White in June 2006, in order to ensure that his compensation was properly benchmarked, the Compensation Committee reviewed survey data from the
Economic Research Institute, which provides geographic-specific survey data derived from 14,000 U.S. publicly-traded corporations’ proxy statements, annual and other reports filed with the SEC (1994 to present), loan and employment applicant earnings verifications and digitized public records.
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ARRIS GROUP INC (04/20/09) - Survey Data. Survey data from various sources also are utilized, including the following:
- ERI Executive Compensation Assessor 2008 (Economic Research Institute)
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CAPITAL BANK CORP (04/20/09) - In making compensation decisions, the Committee generally compares each element of total compensation, other than retirement plan benefits and perquisites, against a peer group of publicly-traded financial institutions (collectively, the “Compensation Peer Group”) and published surveys such as the
Economic Research Institute’s Executive Compensation Assessor. Silverton assists the Committee in identifying the Compensation Peer Group and comparable positions, salaries and incentive compensation at Compensation Peer Group companies.
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OHIO VALLEY BANC CORP (04/20/09) - The 2007 Crowe Horwath Comprehensive and Midwest Financial Institutions Surveys, the
Economic Research Institute salary database, the Watson Wyatt Financial Institutions Compensation Survey (commercial banks category) and the 2006 proxy data from a peer group of ten companies were used in the benchmarking analysis.
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BAKER MICHAEL CORP (04/17/09) - For 2008 salaries, the Compensation Committee reviewed such data from Hewitt,
Economic Research Institute (ERI), Dietrich Surveys ( Dietrich ), Salary.com, and WorldatWork.
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ELECTRO OPTICAL SCIENCES INC NY (04/17/09) - In performing their study, AGF analyzed a peer group of twenty-three publicly-held companies, as well as industry specific data from the 2006 Compensation and Entrepreneurship Report in Life Sciences (a survey of 170 private companies in the life sciences, including approximately 80 medical device companies) and general compensation data from the
Economic Research Institute
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WORLD ENERGY SOLUTIONS INC (04/17/09) -
Economic Research Institute, Inc., a regional survey reporting on companies in the northeast region.
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KEY ENERGY SOLUTIONS INC (04/16/09) - Longnecker also reviewed survey data as a reference point to compare the compensation of our executives to those of a broad range of companies. The following published surveys utilized by Longnecker were:
- Economic Research Institute, ERI Executive Compensation Assessor 2008;
- Mercer Human Resources Consulting, 2007 Mercer Benchmark Database Executive
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DOUBLE EAGLE PETROLEUM CO (04/14/09) - Additionally, the majority of these companies have operations in the Rocky Mountains and/or Texas. o Survey Data: the survey data used to benchmark compensation were from the 2008
Economic Research Institute (ERI) and Mercer s 2007 U.S. Energy Compensation Survey.
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GREATBATCH INC (04/13/09) - Our total compensation packages are based in part upon a 2008 market study performed by Ernst & Young which utilized compensation peer group data supplemented by market survey data and adjusted for factors such as prior individual performance and expected future contributions, performance of the Company, internal equity within our Company and the degree of difficulty in replacing the individual. The 2008 market study, which provided base salary, total cash compensation and total direct compensation analysis, was based upon proxy data of our peer group and 2007 and 2008 survey data, trended to 2008, from the following sources:
| Title | Publisher | Year |
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| Executive Compensation Assessor | ERI | 2008 |
| U.S. Executive Survey Report | Mercer HR Consulting | 2007 |
| Top Management Compensation Calculator | Watson Wyatt Data Services | 2007/2008 |
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JUNIATA VALLEY FINANCIAL CORP (04/13/09) - Published survey sources used were from
Economic Research Institute, CompAnalyst, Watson Wyatt 2008-2009 Financial Institution Survey and L.R. Webber Associates 2008 Survey.
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VIROPHARMA INC (04/10/09) - The salary surveys utilized by CBIZ Human Capital Services detail compensation for positions within the labor markets in which we typically hire our executive staff. Published survey sources utilized by CBIZ Human Capital Services in the analyses were:
- CompAnalyst Executive
- Economic Research Institute (ERI)—Consultants Salary Assessor
- Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc.—Change-in-Control Report
- Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc.—Fair Value Transfer Report
- Unifi Network—Change in Control
- Watson Wyatt Data Services—Compensation Policies & Practices, Non-Qualified Benefits & Perquisite Practices, Survey Reports on Top Management Compensation, and Top Management Compensation Calculator
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COBRA ELECTTRONICS CORP (04/09/09) - For this purpose, the Compensation Committee uses salary survey data of comparably situated companies from
Economic Research Institute to guide it in its compensation recommendations.
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NATIONAL DENTEX CORP MA (04/09/09) - In reviewing compensation policies and practices for executives, the Compensation Committee reviews executive compensation surveys provided by its independent compensation consultant, Strategic Compensation Partners, obtained from The Survey Group, AON Consulting,
ERI Executive Salary Assessor, and Towers Perrin.
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TEXAS CAPITAL BANCSHARES INC TX (04/09/09) - L&A relied upon published survey information provided by recognized sources including the
Economic Research Institute, Watson Wyatt, William Mercer, and World at Work.
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BELDEN INC (04/06/09) - Consistent with our pay for performance philosophy, we target salaries of executive officers at the 50th percentile of the survey data of the competitive market and target annual cash incentive and long-term equity opportunities at the 75th percentile of the competitive market. For 2008, survey salary data included:
- Economic Research Institute 2008 Executive Compensation Assessor
- Watson Wyatt 2008/2009 Survey Report on Top Management Compensation
- HayGroup 2008 Executive Compensation Report
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SUPERIOR INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC (04/06/09) - Both the CEO and the Compensation Committee reviewed executive officer compensation survey data from Watson Wyatt Data Service, Salary.com, Inc. and
Economic Research Institute.
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MANTECH INTERNATIONAL CORP (04/03/09) - The three published surveys that ManTech used for compensation setting purposes for 2008 were (i) the
Economic Research Institute 2008 Executive Compensation Assessor (the
ERI Survey); (ii) the Mercer Human Resources Consulting 2007 Executive Survey Report (the Mercer Survey); and (iii) the Watson Wyatt Data Services 2007/2008 Industry Report on Top Management Compensation (the Watson Wyatt Survey). WorldatWork’s 2007/2008 Total Salary Increase Budget Survey was also used to trend the data presented in the
ERI, Mercer and Watson Wyatt surveys to March 1, 2008 by a factor of 3.9% to allow for varying effective dates of the data collected from those surveys.
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RENT A CENTER INC DE (04/03/09) - The Compensation Committee did not retain a compensation consultant to assist it with compensation decisions for 2008 executive compensation, but relied on market data gathered by our Human Resources department in evaluating the competitiveness of pay arrangements for our named executive officers, including independent compensation surveys by companies (such as Mercer LLC and the
Economic Research Institute (ERI), conducted with respect to companies categorized as retailers with similar sales revenue as our company.
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RUSH ENTERPRISES INC TX (04/01/09) - In addition to the above, Longnecker analyzed published survey data from the following sources:
- Economic Research Institute, ERI Executive Compensation Assessor;
- Watson Wyatt, Top Management Compensation - Industry Report;
- Watson Wyatt, Top Management Compensation - Regression Analysis Report;
- WorldatWork, Total Salary Increase Budget Survey; and
- William Mercer, Executive Compensation Survey.
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TRINITY INDUSTRIES INC (04/01/09) - In addition to the comparator company proxy statement data, comparator company comparison data for base salary, cash annual incentives and long term incentives was obtained from a combination of the following published survey sources —
Economic Research Institute, 2007 ERI Executive Compensation Assessor (“
ERI”); Watson Wyatt, 2007/2008 Top Management Compensation — Industry Report (“Watson Wyatt”); William Mercer, 2007 Executive Compensation Survey (“Mercer”) and Hewitt, TCM Online Executive, United States 2007 Survey (“Hewitt TCM”).
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KNOLOGY INC (03/30/09) - The
Economic Research Institute data offers a broader range of information regarding compensation rates and practices for comparable classification matches which are modified for industry, annual revenue and geographic location.
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EXACTECH INC (03/27/09) - 15 Organization Resource Counselors Executive Compensation Survey, Radford Global Life Sciences Survey, and,
Economic Research Institute Executive Compensation Assessor, and the Florida Comp Data Survey.
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GOLFSMITH INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS INC (03/26/09) - In gathering the information for this study, we utilized reports from Mercer Corp., Watson Wyatt, and
Economic Research Institute (jointly, the Compensation Surveys ) on executive and employee compensation.
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IDEXX LABORATORIES INC DE (03/25/09) - The company looks at surveys prepared by WorldatWork,
Economic Research Institute, Mercer, and Radford.
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BRIDGE BANCORP INC (03/24/09) - Data is used from the
Economic Research Institute (“ERI”) to assess the cost of wages in the Bank’s local market.
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PERFICIENT INC (03/24/09) - Published survey compensation data from the following sources was utilized: William Mercer, Watson Wyatt, World at Work, and the
Economic Research Institute.
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STERLING CHEMICALS INC (03/24/09) - For 2009, our Compensation Committee initially received summary market data from Business & Legal Reports (Southwest),
Economic Research Institute, Mercer Human Resources Consulting, Salary.com, Watson Wyatt Worldwide and World at Work.
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AXSYS TECHNOLOGIES INC (03/20/09) - Some of the resources used for comparison in the data provided by Buck Consultants were the Watson Wyatt Top Management Survey, the
Economic Research Institute Salary Assessor and the Buck Consultants Proprietary Executive Survey.
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UNIT CORP (03/20/09) - Additionally, information from the following published surveys was incorporated into Longnecker s 2007 study:
Economic Research Institute, ERI Executive Compensation Assessor 2007; Mercer Human Resources Consulting, 2007 Mercer Benchmark Database Executive; Watson Wyatt...
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FARMERS NATIONAL BANC CORP OH (03/11/09) - With the assistance of J.L. Nick, the Compensation Committee has reviewed (i) the 2007 Community Bankers Association of Ohio Financial Compensation Survey, (ii) the Ohio Bankers League 2007 Compensation Survey, (iii) the
Economic Research Institute’s Executive Compensation Assessor and (iv) identified various peer banking companies for the fiscal year 2008 that are competitive with the Corporation in terms of asset size and geography.
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Perficient, Inc. (04/30/08) - The following companies were included in the peer group: Advent Software, Inc., Computer Programs & Systems, Inc., Computer Task Group, Inc., Diamond Management & Technology Consultants Inc., EPIQ Systems, Inc., iGATE Corporation, QuadraMed Corporation, Secure Computing Corporation, Synaptics, Incorporated, and Syntel, Inc. Published survey compensation data from the following sources was utilized: William Mercer, Watson Wyatt, World at Work, and the
Economic Research Institute.
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CLEARWIRE CORP (04/29/08) - To assist the committee in its review of executive compensation, we compile data and participate in compensation surveys conducted by independent third parties, such as Culpepper, Thobe, Equilar and
Economic Research Institute.
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INTEST CORP (04/29/08) - Management periodically obtains survey data of comparably situated companies from
Economic Research Institute ("ERI") to guide it in its compensation recommendations.
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INTROGEN THERAPEUTICS INC (04/29/08) -
Economic Research Institute, Executive Benchmark Survey 2007 ... The independent consultant utilized seventy-five percent peer company data and twenty-five percent published survey data to create the market median and seventy-fifth percentile of total compensation.
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MICROVISION INC (04/29/08) - The nationally recognized published surveys utilized were the Aon Executive Compensation Survey,
Economic Research Institute Executive Assessor, Culpepper Technology Executive Pay Report, Mercer Executive Compensation Survey, and Watson Wyatt Top Management Compensation Survey.
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NATIONAL BANK OF INDIANAPOLIS CORP (04/29/08) - Crowe Chizek used five different data points for its review and analysis, which consisted of the following: ...
Economic Research Institute (May 1, 2007);
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SCM MICROSYSTEMS (04/29/08) - (2) considered informal data on salaries of executive officers in similar positions based on general benchmarking data for the technology industry from the
Economic Research Institute...
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SUPERIOR INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC (04/28/08) - In 2007, the Committee relied primarily on the published surveys of Watson Wyatt Data Service and
Economic Research Institute and generally targeted compensation levels between the 50th and 75th percentile of manufacturing companies with similar profiles.
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Titan Machinery Inc (04/28/08) - For fiscal 2008, we used an executive compensation assessment prepared for us by the
Economic Research Institute. The assessment provided comparative compensation information for executive officer salaries at companies with comparable size, sales and growth levels to us in the Minneapolis and Fargo markets.
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World Energy Solutions Inc (04/25/08) -
Economic Research Institute, Inc., a regional survey reporting on companies in the northeast region.
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CHENIERE ENERGY INC (04/23/08) - Published survey data from the following compensation surveys: Watson Wyatt Top Management Compensation Calculator, Mercer Energy Survey and
ERI Executive Compensation Assessor ...
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WILLBROS GROUP INC (04/23/08) - In addition to the Towers Perrin report with respect to the marketplace in general and the base salaries of the Peer Group, the Committee considered compensation data from the
ERI Economic Research Institute regarding amounts budgeted for merit raises within the energy industry.
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GREATBATCH INC (04/22/08) - The 2007 market study provided base salary, total cash compensation and total direct compensation based upon our peer group proxy data and blended publicly available 2006 survey data trended to 2007 as follows:
Economic Research Institute ERI 2006 ... Mercer Executive Compensation Survey William M. Mercer 2006 ... Top/Middle Management Compensation Calculator Watson Wyatt 2006/2007
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NTN BUZZTIME INC (04/22/08) - In determining base salaries for newly hired executive officers, the Committee considers objective external market data and internal parity of the executive’s compensation across peer levels. Surveys regularly used include the Radford High Technology Benchmark and Executive Compensation Survey along with
Economic Research Institute Survey and regional data from the San Diego Salary and Benefits Survey.
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FROZEN FOOD EXPRESS INDUSTRIES INC (04/18/08) - In addition to the peer group analysis, we also utilized data from published surveys sponsored by nationally recognized compensation consulting firms. These surveys included: The 2007
Economic Research Institute, Inc. Executive Compensation Assessor, the 2007 Mercer, LLC. Executive Benchmark Database, and the 2007/2008 Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Inc. Top Management Report.
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CORE LABORATORIES N V (04/17/08) - The Compensation Committee reviews several sources as a reference for determining competitive total compensation packages. These include published data from Watson Wyatt Top Management, Mercer-Executive,
Economic Research Institute Executive Assessor and Stone Partner’s Executive Oilfield Manufacturing and Services Industry compensation surveys. Watson Wyatt’s survey includes 2,567 US companies, 154 of which are in the Utilities and Energy industry. Mercer’s survey includes 2,258 companies, 101 of which are in the Energy/Mining industry. Watson Wyatt, Mercer-Executive and
Economic Research Institute are nationally known, highly respected sources for data.
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BELDEN INC (04/16/08) - For executive officers, the Company sets midpoint salaries at the 50th percentile and annual cash incentive awards and long-term equity awards at the 75th percentile of peer group and survey data assuming target performance levels. For 2007, survey salary data included 2007
Economic Research Institute Executive Compensation Assessor; 2007/2008 Watson Wyatt Survey Report on Top Management Compensation; and the 2007 William Mercer Executive Compensation Survey. The survey data was adjusted to reflect Belden’s revenue size.
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KEY ENERGY SERVICES INC (04/16/08) - Longnecker utilizes an average of public peer company information (50% weight) and published survey data (50% weight) in making their recommendations to the Compensation Committee. The following published surveys utilized by Longnecker were:
Economic Research Institute Executive Compensation Assessor ...
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OHIO VALLEY BANC CORP (04/16/08) - The Crowe Chizek survey included 26 financial institutions with $500 million to $1 billion in assets in the Midwest Region. From the
Economic Research Institute salary database, which has information from a collection of compensation surveys, Crowe Chizek used information designated by the
Economic Research Institute as reflecting individuals who had held their positions for three years at commercial banks with a Huntington, West Virginia, database location.
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PRGSCHULTZ INTERNATIONAL INC (04/16/08) - ... in order to ensure that his compensation was properly benchmarked, the Compensation Committee reviewed survey data from the
Economic Research Institute which provides geographic-specific survey data derived from 14,000 U.S. publicly-traded corporations’ proxy statements, annual and other reports filed with the SEC (1994 to present), loan and employment applicant earnings verifications and digitized public records.
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ELECTRO OPTICAL SCIENCES INC NY (04/15/08) - In performing their study, AGF analyzed a peer group of twenty-three publicly-held companies, as well as industry specific data from the 2006 Compensation and Entrepreneurship Report in Life Sciences (a survey of 170 private companies in the life sciences, including approximately 80 medical device companies) and general compensation data from the
Economic Research Institute.
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NATIONAL DENTEX CORP MA (04/14/08) - In reviewing compensation policies and practices for executives for 2007, the Compensation Committee reviewed executive compensation surveys provided by its independent compensation consultant, Strategic Compensation Partners, obtained from The Survey Group, AON Consulting,
ERI Executive Salary Assessor, and Towers Perrin. The surveys were generally based on broad indexes of U.S. public companies of reasonably comparable size.
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EXACTECH INC (04/11/08) - This data details relevant market rates for executive salaries based on independent salary surveys that have been selected for benchmarks and verified by the surveying body through payroll records. The sources for this data include: Organization Resource Counselors Executive Compensation Survey, Top Five Medic Benchmark Compensation Survey,
Economic Research Institute Executive Compensation Assessor, and the Florida Comp Data Survey. Criteria used to select the surveys used for benchmarking remain consistent from year-to-year and the surveys have remained constant for four years; however, the companies participating in the surveys may vary depending upon changes in subscribing companies.
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VIROPHARMA INC (04/11/08) - The salary surveys utilized by our consultant detail compensation for positions within the labor markets in which we typically hire our executive staff. Published survey sources utilized by the consultant in the analyses were: ...
Economic Research Institute (ERI)—Consultants Salary Assessor
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ARRIS GROUP INC (04/09/08) - Survey data from various sources also are utilized, including the following: ...
ERI Executive Compensation Assessor 2008 (
Economic Research Institute)
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RAM ENERGY RESOURCES INC (04/09/08) - The reports included a competitive salary analysis showing market average salaries for executive positions similar to ours. The market average data was based on a compilation of industry survey data, including the Watson Wyatt Data Services Survey, the Mercer 2006 Energy Compensation Survey and the 2007 Salary Assessor prepared by the
Economic Research Institute.
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RUSH ENTERPRISES INC TX (04/09/08) - In addition to the above, Longnecker analyzed published survey data from the following sources: ...
Economic Research Institute, ERI Executive Compensation Assessor;
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TOREADOR RESOURCES CORP (04/09/08) - In addition, the named executive officers were compared against published surveys as follows: ...
ERI Executive Compensation Assessor — Crude Oil Exploration and Production
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FNB United Corp (04/04/08) - The primary data used in setting competitive market compensation levels for the named executive officers was derived from two sources. The first source included various market salary surveys for banks of similar asset size, including 2007 Crowe Southeast,
ERI Salary Assessor, Mercer-Banking Executive Survey, and Watson-Wyatt, Southeast.
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CAPITAL PROPERTIES INC RI (03/28/08) - Data for these companies was compiled from current proxy statements. In addition, compensation information was compiled from several published survey sources which report data for business services and non-technical companies with revenues less than $50 million. These survey sources are: ...
Economic Research Institute — Real Estate;
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GOLFSMITH INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS INC (03/27/08) - We have supplemented the Aon Report with reports from Mercer Corp., Watson Wyatt, and
Economic Research Institute (jointly, the “Compensation Surveys”) on compensation for executives in our peer group.
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IDEXX LABORATORIES INC (03/27/08) - The company annually budgets total cash compensation to increase by roughly the amount reported by general US industry surveys on projected salary trends. The company looks at surveys prepared by WorldatWork,
Economic Research Institute, Mercer, and Radford. This budgeted rate applies to all employees, including executives.
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BRIDGE BANCORP INC (03/24/08) - Data is used from the
Economic Research Institute (“ERI”) to assess the local cost of wages in the Bank’s local market. As a matter of compensation philosophy, regional adjustments made to the national data are based on the differential in salaries not the differential in cost of living.
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LANCE INC (03/24/08) - The consultants used data from comprehensive surveys and performed a peer group analysis using similar sized food and snack food companies. The consultants used the 2006/2007 Industry Report on Top Management Compensation by Watson Wyatt and the 2006 Executive Compensation Assessor by
Economic Research Institute and its market analysis of our executive compensation. All elements of executive compensation were compared to market data from food and kindred products industries data.
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UNIT CORP (03/14/08) - Additionally, information from the following published surveys was incorporated into Longnecker’s 2007 study: ...
Economic Research Institute, ERI Executive Compensation Assessor 2007;
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UMPQUA HOLDINGS CORP (03/03/08) - PWC’s analysis was based on a review of proxy data for three years and compensation surveys performed by Mercer Human Resource Consulting, Watson Wyatt and the
Economic Research Institute.
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SIGNATURE EYEWEAR INC (02/28/08) - This increase was based on a recommendation of the Compensation Committee. In making this recommendation, the Compensation Committee considered the Executive Compensation Assessor prepared by the ERI
Economic Research Institute for information concerning compensation of chief executive officers and chief financial officers of public companies with annual revenues of $15 million to $50 million.
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Diamond Foods Inc (02/11/08) - In establishing compensation benchmarks, Aon summarized survey data from Towers Perrin,
Economic Research Institute, Watson Wyatt Data Services and William Mercer for companies of similar size to Diamond.
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HELMERICH PAYNE INC (01/25/08) - The data from these surveys is statistically regressed according to our revenue. This survey data includes oilfield services, energy and general industry data. The surveys referenced in Deloitte's 2007 compensation report were: ...
Economic Research Institute 2007 Executive Compensation Assessor
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INTEGRATED ELECTRICAL SERVICES INC (01/04/08) - The Survey Group consists of four “Industry Peer Group” companies and “General Industry” companies regressed from Construction and Engineering industries with annual revenues of approximately $950 million. The compensation consultant utilized published survey compensation data from the following sources: ...
Economic Research Institute, ERI Executive Compensation Assessor
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Noble International, Ltd. (06/15/07) - we reviewed compensation survey results from the
Economic Research Institute (ERI) Survey for metal fabrication companies, both in the Midwest and nationwide...
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Merger Proposed - Beneficial Mutual Bancorp, Inc and FMS Financial Corporation (05/23/07) - The 2006 survey sources included the
Economic Research Institute – Executive Compensation Assessor, proxy statement data for publicly traded commercial banks and thrifts located in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey ranging in asset size between $2 billion and $12 billion
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Mitcham Industries, Inc. (05/23/07) - For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2007, compensation indices from the ECS Industry Report on Top Management Compensation, which was prepared by Watson Wyatt Data Services, and the Salary Assessor, which was prepared by
Economic Research Institute, were used in the Committee's analysis.
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Digital Recorders, Inc. (04/30/07) - The Company's professional employer organization, The Castleton Group, retained
ERI Economic Research Institute ('ERI') to perform a compensation benchmarking study for fiscal year 2006.
ERI surveyed market compensation data from a peer group of companies, and evaluated the compensation levels of our named executive officers compared to named executive officers of the peer group companies. Based on the survey, the Company's Board of Directors' HR&C Committee determined that base salaries and incentive compensation amounts were at, or below, current median rates of compensation for our peer group. The study results are being utilized in establishing recommended compensation levels for the Company's named executive officers for fiscal year 2007 with a general objective of maintaining the base salary component of our executive compensation at or below the median levels of our peer group within the overall framework of the HR&C Committee's philosophy and objectives.
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Perficient, Inc. (04/30/07) - Published survey compensation data from the following sources was utilized: William Mercer, Watson Wyatt, World at Work, and the
Economic Research Institute.
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PRG-Schultz International, Inc. (04/30/07) - In connection with the hiring of Mr. White in June 2006, in order to ensure that his compensation was properly benchmarked, the Compensation Committee reviewed survey data from the
Economic Research Institute which provides geographic-specific survey data derived from 14,000 U.S. publicly-traded corporations' proxy statements, annual and other reports filed with the SEC (1994 to present), loan and employment applicant earnings verifications and digitized public records.
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ViroPharma Incorporated (04/30/07) - The salary surveys utilized detail compensation for positions within the labor markets in which we hire our executive staff. Published survey sources utilized in the analyses included:
Economic Research Institute (ERI)—Consultant's Compensation Assessor—a compensation database that combines over 1,500 published survey resources...
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Georgia-Carolina Bancshares, Inc. (04/27/07) - Our consultant reviewed national compensation surveys from the following sources: America's Community Bankers Compensation Survey; BAI Bank Cash Compensation Survey; BAI Key Executive Compensation Survey; Crowe Chizek – Comprehensive Financial Institutions Compensation Survey; and
Economic Research Institute – Executive Compensation Assessor.
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InTEST Corporation (04/27/07) - In addition, management periodically obtains survey data of comparably situated companies from
Economic Research Institute ('ERI') to guide it in its compensation recommendations. The specific parameters we define for
ERI are job description, company revenue size, company SIC code and geographic location. Based upon these inputs,
ERI supplies base salaries, incentive and total compensation information for comparable job descriptions. Where comparable job descriptions do not exist, further analysis is necessary to determine appropriate comparable compensation parameters. Thus, because it is our policy to have both an executive Chairman and a President and Chief Executive Officer, the starting point for our consideration of the compensation for these two positions is determined by combining the
ERI data for the position of 'Outside Chairman' and the position of 'President and Chief Executive Officer' and adjusting for the additional activities and responsibilities of our Chairman.
Changes to director compensation are periodically considered by the Committee and recommended to the Board of Directors for approval. Such changes may be proposed by any director. Any change in the compensation of any director or any group of directors is approved by a majority of non-interested directors, and, if such recommendation applies to the compensation of all directors, by a majority of the independent directors in addition to a majority of the directors then in office. Information regarding director compensation at comparable companies is also obtained periodically from
ERI.
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Omega Protein Corporation (04/27/07) - In its review of officer base salaries, AGF utilized two separate sets of comparative market data on total compensation pay. The first set of data was a proprietary research database developed by
Economic Research Institute ('ERI') which reflected pay practices of more than 20,000 businesses. The
ERI data was screened to provide comparable data for the equivalent eight officer positions at comparable sized (based on revenues) specialty food manufacturing companies.
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Electro-Optical Sciences, Inc. (04/20/07) - In performing their study, AGF analyzed a peer group of twenty-three publicly-held companies, as well as industry specific data from the 2006 Compensation and Entrepreneurship Report in Life Sciences (a survey of 170 private companies in the life sciences, including approximately 80 medical device companies) and general compensation data from the
Economic Research Institute.
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Nara Bancorp, Inc. (04/19/07) -
Economic Research Institute compensation data base by location, industry and size. America's Community Bankers 32nd Annual Compensation Survey. Data was compiled using banks with assets over $1 billion by region.
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Lake Shore Bancorp, Inc. (04/18/07) - The outside consultant blends several data categories from these sources to reflect our asset size and geographical region. The consultant also adjusts the data for geographical pay differentials, using data from the
Economic Research Institute, to adjust for salary ranges in the Western New York area. The data, which is based upon actual salaries for the previous year, is further adjusted by an estimated percentage for salary increases within the industry.
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Golden Star Resources, Ltd. (04/16/07) - The Corporation also refers to compensation survey data from the below listed resources to ensure that its total senior executive compensation program is competitive:
Economic Research Institute...
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Labor Ready, Inc. (04/16/07) - The surveys were national surveys published by Mercer Human Resource Consulting, Watson Wyatt Data Services and
Economic Research Institute.
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K2 Inc. (04/12/07) - he Compensation Committee, with the assistance of Milliman, benchmarks the compensation levels of the Named Executive Officers versus compensation levels of comparable job functions and responsibilities across such companies. Milliman independently determines the methodology of its compensation surveys and the companies included in its surveys. In this benchmarking, the compensation of the Named Executive Officers was compared against compensation information published by the
Economic Research Institute ('ERI')...
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Longview Fibre Company (04/12/07) - Selected peer organizations consisted of: AEP Industries, Inc., Anchor Glass Container, Caraustar Industries, Inc., Chesapeake Corporation, CLARCOR Inc., Constar International, Inc., Greif, Inc., Kimball International, Inc., OMNOVA Solutions, Inc., P.H. Glatfelter Company, Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc., Pope & Talbot, Inc., Potlatch Corporation, Rayonier, Inc., Rock-Tenn Company, Spartech Corporation and Wausau-Mosinee Paper. Published salary surveys consisted of the Printing Industry of the Carolinas, Inc. (PICA) Wage & Benefits Compilation Report, the
Economic Research Institute: Executive Assessor, the Mercer Executive Compensation Survey, the Stanton Group Forest Products Industry Compensation Association (FPICA) and the Watson Wyatt Top Management Compensation Report.
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Belden CDT Inc. (04/11/07) - For 2006 compensation, survey sources included the 2006
Economic Research Institute Executive Compensation Assessor; 2006/2007 Watson Wyatt Top Management and Middle Management Compensation Calculator; and the 2006 William H. Mercer Executive Compensation Survey. The survey data is regressed to reflect Belden's revenue size.
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Allied Waste Industries, Inc. (04/10/07) - Under its charter, the Compensation Committee has authority to retain compensation consultants, outside counsel, and other advisors that the Committee deems appropriate, in its sole discretion, to assist it in discharging its duties, and to approve the terms of retention and fees to be paid to such consultants. The Compensation Committee engaged Cook to assist the Committee in establishing the compensation structure for our NEOs for 2006 and 2007. Our company also retains
Economic Research Institute, Mercer Consultants, and Watson Wyatt to advise us with respect to our compensation programs for executives and members of our management team, other than the NEOs.
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Arris Group, Inc. (04/09/07) - Survey data from various sources also are utilized, including
ERI Executive Compensation Assessor 2006 (
Economic Research Institute)...
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Exactech, Inc. (04/09/07) - This data details relevant market rates for executive salaries based on independent salary surveys that have been selected for benchmarks and verified by the surveying body through payroll records. The sources for this data include: Organization Resource Counselors Executive Compensation Survey, Top Five Medic Benchmark Compensation Survey,
Economic Research Institute Executive Compensation Assessor, and the Florida Comp Data Survey. Criteria used to select the surveys used for benchmarking remain consistent from year-to-year and the surveys have remained constant for three years; however, the companies participating in the surveys may vary depending upon changes in subscribing companies.
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Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. (04/09/07) - The Company uses the services of The Whitney Smith Company to conduct reviews of compensation approaches and levels for relationship managers, key management and the named executives. The study was directed to cover competitive base salaries, annual bonuses, and total annual cash compensation. The survey information provided by The Whitney Smith Company uses survey information compiled from information from recognized sources including the
Economic Research Institute, Watson Wyatt, Mercer, Delves Group, and World at Work. In addition to the published survey information, publicly available information from a selected peer group was considered.
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Freightcar America, Inc. (04/04/07) - The annual base salary for each executive officer (including the NEOs) generally is increased on the anniversary of his or her start date. In 2005, the compensation committee asked Hewitt Associates to study the overall compensation levels, including base salary, of the CEO and two other senior management employees. With respect to other senior management employees and other management employees, the Company uses the results of an annual study by the
Economic Research Institute and sets annual base salaries at plus or minus 25% of the midpoint, depending on an assessment of the individual's sustained performance and the location of his or her position.
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Allied Security Holdings, llc (04/02/07) - Data for this analysis was drawn from the following sources: (i) Mercer Consulting Benchmarking Database — Executive Compensation Report, (ii) Watson Wyatt Data Services: ECS Survey Report on Top Management Compensation, (iii)
Economic Research Institute: Salary Assessor, and (iv) Aon Consulting — Executive Compensation.
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Option Care, Inc. (04/02/07) - Overall compensation of each executive officer is evaluated against that of similarly situated executives in the peer group, considering the overall scope of the executive's individual and geographic responsibilities. This evaluation is conducted using a software database from the
Economic Research Institute, which inputs a variety of surveys, proxy information and other sources outlining the market for various positions (including CEO, CFO, and Chief Legal Counsel) within the industry within specific geographic and revenue parameters. In making compensation determinations for executive officers, the Committee also considers recommendations of the Chief Executive Officer (other than with respect to his own compensation). Individual compensation of our executive officers is comprised of three elements: base salary, cash bonus and stock options.
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Vertis, Inc. (04/02/07) - The Company utilizes various independent survey sources when performing their review. The predominant survey utilized in 2006 was the Salary Assessor Series published electronically by the
Economic Research Institute. The Salary Assessor Series includes the Executive Compensation Assessor, which allows data segmentation by industry classification and annual revenues.
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Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (03/30/07) - Lawrence Associates utilizes compensation and specific salary survey data provided by the
Economic Research Institute ('ERI'), a recognized leader in survey analyses and web-based collection of compensation survey data. The
ERI database consists of both proxy information and a compilation of compensation data obtained from numerous sources, including subscriber provided data and purchased surveys. While the information gathered from proxies can be attributed to specific companies, individual organizations that otherwise participate in the database compilation cannot be specifically identified. Lawrence Associates uses
ERI data for organizations with an SIC code of 6100 ('Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate — Nondepository institutions'). Using regression analysis, the
ERI software database enables Lawrence Associates to statistically approximate the competitive market survey data for the requested executive positions at the desired asset size level.
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Capital Properties, Inc. (03/28/07) - The consultant's report found that the compensation for the Chairman, the President and the Treasurer, based upon survey sources ranging from the
Economic Research Institute to data for a peer group of 12 real estate operator and lessor companies1, was below the 50% median of base salary. At the date of the report, as compared to total compensation at peer companies, the compensation for two of the three executives was below the 25th percentile and for one executive slightly above the 25th percentile. Based upon the report, our overall compensation philosophy, our evaluation of the Chief Executive's performance and the Chief Executive's evaluation of the performance of the President and the Treasurer, we adjusted the base salaries of the Chairman, the President and the Treasurer to the 50th percentile of the base compensation of the peer companies.
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Encysive Pharmaceuticals Inc. (03/27/07) - They conducted a study to assist us in developing an overall compensation plan for our work force and developing formalized policies with respect to the determination of the compensation philosophy, structures, salary ranges and the various elements of total compensation. Aon utilized various sources of compensation reports and surveys including Radford Benchmark Compensation Report, ECS/Watson Wyatt Salary Surveys,
Economic Research Institute Salary Surveys, Mercer Compensation Reports and Towers Perrin Surveys. Aon used data from these sources to benchmark the various compensation elements for existing and proposed executive and technical positions against biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies of comparable size. Data from twenty to several hundred companies were utilized depending upon the particular position being evaluated.
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Lance, Inc. (03/26/07) - The consultants used the 2006/2007 Industry Report on Top Management Compensation by Watson Wyatt and the 2006 Executive Compensation Assessor by
Economic Research Institute and its market analysis of our executive compensation. All elements of executive compensation were compared to market data from food and kindred products industries data.
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EPL Intermediate, Inc. (03/23/07) - Overall, the total compensation opportunity is intended to create an executive compensation program that is fair, reasonable and competitive when compared to the median compensation levels of comparable limited service restaurant companies. In setting compensation, the Company informally considers competitive market practices derived from various sources, such as recruiting firms, SEC filings of comparable companies and data available from the
Economic Research Institute, which provides a database of executive compensation statistics regarding other limited service restaurant companies of comparable size and revenue and similar geographic location. Generally, we believe that executive salaries should be targeted near the median of the range of salaries for executives in similar positions and with similar responsibilities at comparable companies but we do not engage in a formal benchmarking process.
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Mace Security International (01/18/07) - CRI utilized the most recent published surveys in our in-house library, as follows, to obtain specific market data for this position ... 2. Executive Compensation Assessor,
Economic Research Institute.
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PFF Bancorp, Inc. (07/28/06) - Salary levels recommended by the committee are intended to be in the middle range of the marketplace. There is no provision for 'automatic annual raises;' however, adjustments will be made from time to time for individuals whose salaries are trailing the market. Sources of compensation information include a peer group analysis as obtained through review of proxy statements and various compensation surveys including Employer Group Survey,
Economic Research Institute Survey, Western Management Group Survey, California Bankers Association Survey, American Community Bankers Survey and other published sources and consultation with independent compensation consultants.
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