Interpublic chief Roth earned $12.9M in 2014

• Interpublic Group (NYSE:IPG) CEO Michael Roth got paid $12.9M last year -- up 9.7%, though the 10-year veteran still trails ad-industry peers like Omnicom's John Wren and WPP's Martin Sorrell.
• CFO Frank Mergenthaler was the company's second-highest paid exec, with $5.4M in total comp (up 9%).
• Roth earned an unchanged base salary of $1.4M, but stock awards went up 71% to $6.4M, and cash bonus rose to $4.7M. Omnicom's Wren also has most of his salary (95%) tied to performance.
• Interpublic grew organic revenues by 5.5% last year amid growing profit margins. The stock rose 31.5% over the past year and in February reached its highest point in over a decade.