In last year's annual report, Sir John Hood, who chairs WPP's compensation committee and agrees Sorrell's pay deals, said: "The value of Sir Martin's award, while large by any standard, equates to approximately one-third of 1% of the increase in value for share owners".
But I think this makes a very compelling argument for sharing numbers — owners need to bust the myth that all companies are rolling in cash.
And to get more specific results, anyone can now do the following: – Search for shared files by file owner using their name or email address.
"The new deal you propose, in response to the commission, makes no sense for our share owners, for the same strategic reasons".
"A stock market-led recovery may be great for rich share owners but it does nothing to improve the living standards of the majority," she said.
It was the privatisation of historic mutual wealth for current share owners.
We mentioned yesterday that we've been hearing buzz about Microsoft's idea to compensate Zune owners for sharing their music virally, as that is one of the main reasons for the Zune's existence.
Android And finally, for some light relief... Dog Click is an app from South Korea that's essentially Instagram for dog owners – an app for sharing photos of your pet pooch, with the added feature that it can make "sounds that may get your dog's attention and make them look at the camera".
"This reduction in no way reflects the committee's or the board's view of the importance of the chief executive to the company and its success and his unique mix of skills, and for which numerous share owners have expressed their appreciation".
In another phase, he worked for U.S. News & World Report, which shared an owner with the magazine I worked for, The Atlantic, and I had occasion to experience what it's like to have him affix his startlingly blue eyes on you and give you to understand, through a few artfully mumbled words, that you and he belong to a small company of people who fully grasp the glory of journalism.
