Carnival is required to disclose the compensation of its ceo, cfo and the other three most highly paid officers. Given that Arison is no longer chief executive and his compensation doesn't put him among the three other best paid executives, he's not among the five named officers for 2015.
Since he's a director, though, Arison's compensation was reported, and the proxy showed he received $1m for his services as executive chairman, plus $210,000 in other compensation consisting of reimbursement for spousal travel.
Donald's salary stayed flat at $1m, and stock awards were again valued at $3.5m. His non-equity compensation, though, was higher, $4.6m, up from $3.9m. Other compensation of $227,000 included, mainly, personal use of the company's aircrafts, as well as items such as health insurance, other personal travel and a car lease.
The second highest compensated executive, chief operations officer Alan Buckelew, received a total package valued at $4.7m, down from $6m in 2014. His salary stayed flat at $825,000, but stock rewards were lower (under $1.6m, compared to $3.4m), while non-equity incentive compensation was higher. Other compensation was $416,000, the bulk in lieu of a savings plan profit sharing contribution, but also items like health insurance and a car lease.
Kruse's total compensation was $4m, including a salary of $825,000, stock awards worth nearly $1.6m, non-equity incentive compensation of $1.5m and $80,000 in other compensation, with personal air travel comprising $35,000 of that.
CFO David Bernstein's total package was $3.8m, down from $5.2m in 2014, mainly on the reduced value of stock awards ($1.2m, compared to $3.1m). His salary rose by $25,000, to $700,000. Non-equity incentive compensation topped $1.6m, up from $1.3m.
Total compensation for Michael Thamm, ceo of the Costa Group, went to $3.4m, down from nearly $6.5m in 2014. Paid in euros, Thamm's 2015 salary was $784,000, down from $938,000 the year before. The value of stock rewards was lower ($1.1m, down from $3.4m), and non-equity incentive compensation was $1.2m, down from just under $1.7m. Other compensation of $260,000 was lower, too, and consisted mainly of $144,000 for living accommodations plus $86,000 for a driver and security, and a $30,000 car allowance.
The executive compensation is in a proxy in advance of Carnival Corp. & plc's joint annual shareholders meetings set for April 14 in New York.
Besides being asked to approve executive pay in an advisory vote, shareholder agenda items include the re-election of directors. They are Arison, Donald, Sir Jonathon Band, Dick Glasier, Debra Kelly-Ennis, Sir John Parker, Stuart Subotnick, Laura Weil and Randall Weisenburger.
The proxy stated Carnival's corporate government guidelines dictate that diversity should be considered by the nominating and governance committees. Currently, two of nine, or 22% of the directors, are women. The boards have expressed their intent to fill the next vacancy with a female candidate, where skill set and experience for the vacancy can be met to achieve a target of 25% female board members.
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