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Monday, April 4, 2011
Despite Gulf oil spill, rig owner executives get big bonuses
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Transocean executives get pay raises, bonuses, SEC filing says
Cash awards based in part on company safety record
Despite Gulf oil spill, company claims 2010 "best year in safety"
Transocean declared 2010 "the best year in safety
performance"
in company history despite the Gulf oil spill.
(
CNN
)
-- Declaring 2010 "the best year in safety performance in our company's history," Transocean Ltd., owner of the Gulf of Mexico oil rig that exploded, killing 11 workers, has awarded its top executives hefty bonuses and raises, according to a recent filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
That includes a $200,000 salary increase for Transocean President and Chief Executive Officer Steven L. Newman, whose base salary will increase from $900,000 to $1.1 million, according to the SEC report. Newman's bonus was $374,062, the report states.
Newman also has a $5.4 million long-term compensation package the company awarded him upon his appointment as CEO in March 2010, according to the SEC filing.
The latest cash awards are
based in part on the company's "performance under safety," the Transocean filing states.
"
Notwithstanding the tragic loss of life in the Gulf of Mexico, we achieved an exemplary statistical safety record as measured by our total recordable incident rate and total potential severity rate," the SEC statement reads. "As measured by these standards, we recorded the best year in safety performance in our Company's history."
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