30.12.2013 16:20 Uhr, Quelle: Macworld UK

Apple CEO Tim Cook could pocket $115M in 2014

Although Apple CEO Tim Cook's 2013 salary raise was less than half the 7.5% icrease given to his subordinates, he stands to rake in as much as $115 million in 2014.According to a proxy filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Cook is slated to receive up to 205,000 shares of stock in August and September 2014.At Friday's closing price, those shares would be worth $114.8 million. Their actual value will be determined by the share price on the day they "vest," or are placed in Cook's control. Depending on Apple's stock performance between now and then, their value could be much more or considerably less.A majority of the shares -- 125,000 -- will come from a grant given Cook three years ago, and will vest Sept. 21, 2014. That award was Cook's second of 2010. In March that year, Cook received a $5 million cash bonus and 75,000 shares of stock for what Apple called an "ou

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