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Now comes Mr. Apotheker's $13.2 million severance payout when the stock price was cut in half.
But Ms. Mayer fired him just 14 months later, resulting in a $58 million severance payout.
Mr. Minder's case was unexpectedly bolstered last month when Novartis, the pharmaceutical company, agreed to a $78 million severance payout for its departing chairman, Daniel Vasella.
Asked if she would return any of the money, after the BBC's former archive chief Roly Keating handed back his severance payout, Thomson said: "No, I'm not.
Mr. Fishman will be paid well if he fails, and even better if the company is sold — including a big severance payout.
Mr. Whittingdale said the panel, the Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport, would also be keen to explore allegations that Mr. Hinton had personally insisted on a large severance payout for Mr. Goodman when he was released from prison.
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Let's begin with restrictions on severance payouts.
The Daily Telegraph puts the total cost of Whitehall severance payouts at £14m.
Last year, the company's shareholders approved by a wide margin a proposal intended to rein in executive severance payouts.
And many companies disputed that current severance payouts or enhanced retirement packages are really "golden parachutes," designed to offer soft landings in the event of takeovers.
At Hewlett-Packard, its revolving door for chiefs has led to tens of millions in severance payouts even as thousands of employees have lost their jobs.
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