Equity Incentive Enhancement Directions

• Why does raising salaries alone fail to boost motivation? Why do employees leave faster as wages increase? • 'Everyone must uphold the spirit of being an owner…' — 'You’re the owner; I’m just an employee—how much work I do depends on how much I’m paid…' • 'I’m also just an employee—don’t put me in a difficult position, everyone. As long as the boss doesn’t check, we’ll just…' — a manager addressing employee issues. • Developing a senior executive requires enormous investment from the company—but once trained, such executives often leave to start their own ventures, inflicting severe losses on the enterprise. How can the company retain and motivate these individuals? How can companies effectively align the interests of senior executives and core personnel with the firm’s long-term interests—providing appropriate compensation and rewards for entrepreneurial employees, attracting and retaining new high-caliber talent, while simultaneously avoiding short-termism and fostering complacency? Increasingly, novel long-term incentive mechanisms are being widely adopted across enterprises. Statistics show that 90% of the Global Fortune 500 industrial firms have implemented stock option compensation plans for senior executives. In major U.S. corporations, the CEO’s total compensation structure breaks down as follows: base salary (17%), annual bonus (11%), benefits (7%), and long-term incentive plans (65%). Currently, a key hotspot in China’s stock market is the 'non-tradable share reform' issue. As listed companies resolve the non-tradable share problem and move toward full tradability, integrating equity reform schemes with long-term incentive mechanisms—motivating senior executives and core staff to strive for improved corporate performance—offers an effective solution to the previously unaddressed executive incentive challenge within the ongoing share reform. This integration would also facilitate deeper progress of the reform itself. By incentivizing executives and key personnel, companies can drive stronger performance improvements—achieving a 'win-win-win' outcome for tradable shareholders, non-tradable shareholders, and management alike. Below are key directions for enhancing equity incentives—take a look: 1. Corporate equity structure design, equity incentives, and partnership mechanisms

Tesla Shareholders’ Meeting: Global CEO Compensation Controversy

Year Company Description 2024 AstraZeneca (AZN.L) Over one-third of AstraZeneca investors voted against its 2024 remuneration policy, which would raise CEO Pascal Soriot’s pay to £18.9 million. Nevertheless, the policy secured the required majority support. 2024 3M (MMM.N) In May, 3M shareholders rejected the annual executive compensation plan—including that of former CEO Mike Roman. 2024 BlackRock (BLK.N) BlackRock executive compensation—including CEO Larry Fink’s—received only marginal shareholder support, with approximately 42% of votes cast in opposition. 2024 Boohoo Group (BOOH.L) Following strong shareholder opposition, UK-based Boohoo Group executives abandoned their annual bonuses in May and scrapped plans to increase executive bonuses. 2023 BP (BP.L) UK energy giant BP slashed former CEO Bernard Looney’s compensation by over $40 million after determining he had misled the board regarding his private relationship with a colleague. 2023 Telecom Italia (TLIT.MI) Shareholders rejected Telecom Italia’s remuneration policy after its largest investor, Vivendi, criticized CEO Pietro Labriola’s bonus criteria. 2022 Intel (INTC.O) Intel shareholders rejected the executive compensation plan—including a proposed payout of up to $178.6 million to CEO Pat Gelsinger. 2021 Rio Tinto (RIO.L, RIO.AX) Rio Tinto shareholders rejected the mining company’s executive pay plan in protest against its destruction of ancient Aboriginal rock shelters in Western Australia the previous year. 2021 McDonald’s (MCD.N) Former CEO Steve Easterbrook agreed to return $105 million in equity awards and cash to settle litigation related to alleged dishonesty. 2021 General Electric (GE.N) GE shareholders rejected the executive compensation plan—including a proposed payout of up to $230 million to CEO Larry Culp. 2021 Morrisons Investors in this UK supermarket group overwhelmingly rejected its 2021 remuneration report. 2021 Halliburton (HAL.N) More than half of Halliburton’s shareholders voted against its proposed executive compensation plan. 2021 UniCredit (CRDI.MI) Andrea Orcel, CEO of this Italian bank, narrowly avoided shareholder backlash over his remuneration package—securing only 54% approval at the AGM after BlackRock, its largest investor, voted against it.

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