Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Protect Thy Bonus

Shareholders should call the company and express their opinions.

WaMu protects exec bonuses from subprime fallout
Wed Mar 5, 2008 8:15am EST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Washington Mutual Inc's board of directors approved a plan which helps protect its management's bonus targets from the impact of the subprime loan fallout, according to a filing with U.S. regulators.

The board's human resources committee on February 26 approved bonus targets, some of which will be calculated to exclude expenses related to business re-sizing or restructuring, foreclosed real estate assets and loan loss provisions other than related to its credit card business.

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