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by BeetleB 1548 days ago
Summary: Intel aimed to offer $110m, but because of the way it was calculated and the volatility of the stock price, it went up to $169.5m.

Usually you get the full amount based on how well the stock does, and Intel's stock has been poor, so I don't know if he really got all of it. The article isn't clear.

Here is the relevant filing:

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000050863/000005086...

It says:

> Furthermore, 73% of the awards’ target value requires significant stock price appreciation in order for the awards to be earned.

Going further into the details, it seems that he scored a 0 on that 73%, although the timeline to hit those targets is 3 years, so he could still achieve it.

He got 27% of the amount in RSUs that will vest over 3 years, so he got some compensation out of it.

He got a sign on cash bonus of $1.75M, and his base salary was $1.25M. He got a few other performance bonuses in cash.

So the amount he actually earned in 2021 is not a huge amount. He merely has the potential to hit a huge number if Intel's stock does well. It likely will not hit the targets set forth in the 3 year period, given all the capital investment going on.