Stock compensation reporting may be misleading

PVSAs are essentially cash bonuses in the form of stock awards. "The companies tell the CEOs, ‘I’m going to pay you in stock, but the number of shares you get is going to be based on how well you perform,'" says Pawliczek. "By doing this, the company is combining the two forms of performance-based pay — cash bonuses and stock awards — that have been most prevalent in the last 20 to 30 years." READ MORE