Apple Awards Executives 1,000,000 Shares of Stock for Year-End Bonus
Golson Apple has awarded 1 million shares of stock to seven top executives as a reward for their hard work during Apple"s record fiscal year -- the first time the company did more than $100 billion in revenue. Earlier we reported that the recently promoted Eddy Cue received 100,000 shares of stock in the form of a restricted stock unit or RSU. These RSU"s convert into freely tradable shares of stock on their exercise dates. In Cue"s case, 25% of his shares on 9/21/2014 and 75% on 9/21/2016, assuming he continues his employment at Apple. According to Apple"s filings with the SEC, the other six executives each received 150,000 RSU"s, vesting in two equal parts -- 50% on 6/21/2013 and the remaining 50% on 3/21/2016. Those executives are: - Senior Vice President, iOS Software Scott Forstall (SEC Filing) - Senior Vice President, Hardware Engineering Bob Mansfield (SEC Filing) - Senior Vice President and CFO Peter Oppenheimer (SEC Filing) - Senior Vice President, Worldwide Product Marketing Phil Schiller (SEC Filing) - Senior Vice President and General Counsel Bruce Sewell (SEC Filing) - Senior Vice President, Operations Jeff Williams (SEC Filing) No paperwork has been filed showing any award for CEO Tim Cook. Earlier this year, when he was appointed CEO, Cook was awarded 1 million shares, vesting in 2016 and 2021, should he stay with the company. The only other executive on Apple"s leadership team to not receive an award, at least according to the SEC, is Senior Vice President, Industrial Design Jonathan Ive. At current prices, Cue"s 100,000 share award would be worth $40 million, and Forstall, Mansfield, Oppenheimer, Schiller, Sewell, and Williams" awards are worth $60 million each.