- Lions Gate Entertainment (LGF) filed its proxy statement today for a Sept. 15 annual meeting, and with it news that CEO Jon Feltheimer is set to earn $6.77M in total compensation for fiscal 2015, after a fiscal 2014 where he received total comp of $66.3M.
- The 2014 total was boosted by option awards ($41.5M) and stock awards ($14.4M) tied to a new contract. In base salary terms, he's getting a raise to $1.5M from $1.47M. Another $4.05M comes via non-equity incentive compensation.
- Sizable raises are coming to co-COO Steven Beeks (to $4.2M total comp, from $1.73M) and Chief Strategic Officer/General Counsel Wayne Levin (to $4.88M from $1.65M) -- again, primarily via stock and option awards.
- LGF shares were up fractionally today -- at $38.53, they're just off an all-time high of $39.08 -- and are up 22.4% over the past three months.
- Previously: Media CEO pay jumps despite challenging, competitive year (Apr. 10 2015)