Subject: Executive Compensation Author: Bill.Jones@enmu.edu (Bill Jones) Date: 4/16/99 7:22 PM Dear Secretary Jonathan Katz & Chairman Arthur Levitt, I am writing as a citizen concerned about disclosure of executive and board compensation in proxy statements. Current disclosure requirements for compensation are inadequate and do not provide shareholders with the information necessary to accurately assess these compensation packages. I believe the following changes in executive and board compensation disclosure would benefit shareholders and the public: 1. Corporations should be required to disclose in their proxy statements the relationship between executive compensation and employee compensation. This would help investors better evaluate employee-management relations and their impact on company performance. Disclosure should include the ratio of average employees' compensation to top executives' compensation, growth in average employee compensation compared to growth in executive compensation, and full reporting of stock options and profit sharing plans for all employees. 2. Currently the SEC allows companies to report the value of stock option grants by one of two methods, creating confusion for shareholders who are left without a consistent way of evaluating the value of these grants. The SEC should require all companies to report the present value of stock option grants according to a uniform method, such as the Black-Scholes method. 3. The SEC should require that all benefits to members of a company's board of directors be reported in tabular form, including: the director's name; the amount of any annual retainer fees; the amount of any separate attendance fees; the amount of any consulting fees, special assignment fees or other special compensatory fees; the number of any shares of stock granted; and the number of securities underlying any stock options/SARs granted. 4. The proxy statement should include full disclosure of severance benefits and deferred compensation for the five most highly paid executives. Please incorporate these recommendations into any current or future proposed rules which deal with executive and board compensation disclosure. Sincerely, Bill Jones 1200 Libra Portales, NM 88130 (505) 562-2120 Bill.Jones@enmu.edu