A company has a policy making the compensation of its CEO proportional to the dividends that are paid to shareholders. If the dividends increase from $72 to $80 and the CEO's compensation is increased from $360,000 to $420,000, was the company's policy followed? yes or no

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Adolfo Briggs

20 March, 04:21

A company has a policy making the compensation of its CEO proportional to the dividends that are paid to shareholders. If the dividends increase from $72 to $80 and the CEO's compensation is increased from $360,000 to $420,000, was the company's policy followed? yes or no

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Evangeline Clements · Answer 1

Percentage increase of dividends:

[ (80-72) / 72] x 100 = 11.1% increase

Percentage increase of CEO compensation:

[ (420000-3600000/3600000] x 100 = 16.67% increase

Therefore the company policy was not followed as the CEO's compensation had a greater percentage increase than the dividends to the shareholders