Citigroup Board Limits Executive Pay Should Returns Decline

Citigroup said its board changed the way the lender calculates performance pay for executives after receiving some complaints.

Executives can earn more than 100 percent of their annual performance-based compensation only if shareholder returns are positive, the New York-based bank said Wednesday in a regulatory filing. The change is designed to ensure that executives don't receive a bigger bonus than initially awarded when the bank's total return is negative over a three-year period.

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