Theme_Park_Insider
04-15-2009, 01:10 PM
By Robert Niles: Ah, the good stuff that can be found in SEC documents (http://edgar.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/701374/000091412109000771/0000914121-09-000771.txt).
In the one linked above, we learned yesterday that Six Flags CEO Mark Shapiro (http://www.themeparkinsider.com/flume/200903/1111/) could get a $3 million bonus if the chain successfully renegotiates its crushing debt burden. Shapiro would get the bonus if Six Flags restructures the debt on its own, or if the debt is restructured as a result of filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
So if the chain goes bankrupt, and emerges from bankruptcy, Shapiro gets an extra $3 million, on top of his $1.3 million annual salary.
To be fair, the chain does have to emerge from bankruptcy for Shapiro to get the cash. If Six Flags goes belly up, no bonus. But still. While I think Shapiro deserves a hefty bonus if he can continue Six Flags' turnaround while staying out of bankruptcy court, it seems just wrong to me to be rewarding corporate executives for anything when their firms end up in bankruptcy.
Bloomberg also has some reaction (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103 & sid=aIiePxq5Z2Fs) to this so-called "success bonus."
More... (http://www.themeparkinsider.com/flume/200904/1163/)
In the one linked above, we learned yesterday that Six Flags CEO Mark Shapiro (http://www.themeparkinsider.com/flume/200903/1111/) could get a $3 million bonus if the chain successfully renegotiates its crushing debt burden. Shapiro would get the bonus if Six Flags restructures the debt on its own, or if the debt is restructured as a result of filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
So if the chain goes bankrupt, and emerges from bankruptcy, Shapiro gets an extra $3 million, on top of his $1.3 million annual salary.
To be fair, the chain does have to emerge from bankruptcy for Shapiro to get the cash. If Six Flags goes belly up, no bonus. But still. While I think Shapiro deserves a hefty bonus if he can continue Six Flags' turnaround while staying out of bankruptcy court, it seems just wrong to me to be rewarding corporate executives for anything when their firms end up in bankruptcy.
Bloomberg also has some reaction (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103 & sid=aIiePxq5Z2Fs) to this so-called "success bonus."
More... (http://www.themeparkinsider.com/flume/200904/1163/)