Thain to nab $2.6 million in Merrill stock

Merrill's new CEO will receive 46,304 shares of restricted stock that will vest over the next three years.
DEC 06, 2007
By  Bloomberg
John Thain, received about $2.6 million in restricted stock to replace the shares that he forfeited by leaving NYSE Euronext Inc., according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The new chief executive of Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., will receive 46,304 shares of Merrill restricted stock that will vest over the next three years. He also received 42,815 stock options to replace the NYSE stock-based compensation that he had to forfeit. Thain's replacement shares are in addition to the 500,000 restricted shares, 1.8 million stock options and a $15 million signing bonus he received for joining Merrill.

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