Nach Steve Jobs Auszeit Anfang letzten Jahres hat Tim Cook, der ohnehin schon das operative Geschäft bei Apple leitet, Steve Jobs als CEO vertreten.
Die Vertretung hat sich gelohnt: Für die 6 Monate gab es einen Bonus in Höhe von $5 Millionen und 75.000 Apple Aktien – derzeit ungefähr weitere $16 Millionen.
On March 10, 2010, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Apple Inc. (the “Company”) unanimously approved a recommendation by Steve Jobs, the Company’s CEO, to award Timothy D. Cook, the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, a one-time discretionary bonus of $5,000,000 and 75,000 restricted stock units in recognition of his outstanding performance in assuming the day-to-day operations of the Company for the period in fiscal 2009 during which Mr. Jobs was on medical leave of absence.
Fifty percent of the restricted stock units are scheduled to vest on each of March 10, 2011 and March 10, 2012, subject to Mr. Cook’s continued employment with the Company through that date.