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CBS Gives Moonves New Deal

President and CEO to Stay with Network Through Sept. 30, 2011

By Ben Grossman -- Broadcasting & Cable, 10/16/2007 4:45:00 PM

CBS Tuesday announced a new deal for president and CEO Leslie Moonves that will keep him steering the company through Sept. 30, 2011.

Leslie Moonves

His new agreement, which supersedes his previous contract, will earn him $3.5 million per year as a base, down from $5.9 million in the previous contract. The previous number included $2.9 million in deferred compensation.

According to a CBS press release, Moonves also gets an annual performance-based bonus and “significant equity-based compensation that ties the value of the agreement to the performance of the company’s stock.”

The deal includes a one-time option to purchase 5 million shares of CBS class-B common stock, which will be granted later this week and will vest in four equal installments over the next four years.

Additionally, the agreement grants annual restricted-stock units during the term with a value of $7.6 million per year.

CBS also said it “provided incentives for Moonves to continue his relationship with the company upon the end of the employment term.”

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