watsonwyatt.com Competitive Compensation Assessment of BCBSD’s CEO Position Donald Gallo Daniel Everett 303-575-9802 303-575-9724
[email protected] [email protected] July 9, 2009 Overview Objective: Conduct a competitive market assessment of the compensation provided to BCBSD Inc.’s Chief Executive Officer Scope: – Documentation of BCBSD’s executive compensation comparison framework – Valuation of all significant components of pay for BCBSD’s CEO – Detailed market assessment using valid third-party data – Documentation of the assessment – Confirmation of findings with the Chairmen of the Board and Personnel Committee, the CEO and outside counsel Copyright © Watson Wyatt Worldwide. All rights reserved. 2009-07-09 BCBSD EC Assessment FINAL 2 Executive Summary At the request of BCBSD’s Board, Watson Wyatt assessed the competitiveness of the core compensation and benefits for BCBSD’s Chief Executive Officer using a market comparison framework approved by the Personnel Committee – Compensation: Salary Annual Incentive Long-Term Incentive Total Direct Compensation – Benefits: Supplemental retirement benefits (non-qualified deferred compensation) Automobile allowance Most of the compensation and benefit values for BCBSD’s CEO are below median values in the defined market Details of our assessment are provided in this report Copyright © Watson Wyatt Worldwide. All rights reserved. 2009-07-09 BCBSD EC Assessment FINAL 3 Executive Compensation Comparison Framework Compensation Assessment Nonqualified Benefits & Perquisites