CEO gives back bonus, says he doesn't deserve it
by Dan Primack @danprimack DECEMBER 18, 2014, 2:21 PM EST
Longtime timber executive Rick Holley returns nearly $2 million worth of stock.
Well, here’s something you don’t see too often. Or maybe never…
Rick Holley is CEO of Plum Creek Timber Co. PCL -0.50% , a Seattle-based real estate investment trust that owns and manages around 6.8 million acres of timberland in 19 states. Today Holley disclosed, via a regulatory filing, that he has returned 44,445 restricted stock units back to the company because “he does not believe that he should receive such an award unless Plum Creek’s stockholders see an increase in their investment return.”
At today’s opening price of $41.80 per share, Holley’s giveback would work out to more than $1.85 million.
To be sure, it’s been a rough 18 months for Plum Creek shareholders, in part due to low levels of new home construction. The stock hit an all-time high of $54.04 per share on May 12,2013, before falling as low as $39 per share on October 1, 2014. Revenue has also been nearly flat over the past two years, while net income is expected to fall in fiscal 2014. That said, it’s hard to remember the last time a CEO voluntarily gave up stock as a sort of apologia to disappointed investors.
Holley has been president and CEO of Plum Creek since 1994, before which he was its chief financial officer. He began his career at General Electric GE 0.12% in 1974.
Here is the full statement from Plum Creek’s filing:
http://fortune.com/2014/12/18/ceo-gives-back-bonus-says-he-doesnt-deserve-it/
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