EXTRA CREDIT:individual extra-credit assignment:
Research a publicly traded company in the United States of America. Using the regulatory filings
(Proxy statements and 10-K) made by that company, prepare a report in Word® document that
provides five consecutive years of data about the following pieces of information with respect to the
degree of decentralization of the company and the compensation of its executives:
1. Legal name of the corporation, stock ticker, date of incorporation and location of headquarters.
2. Operating segments of the corporation
3. Main performance metrics used to evaluate the segments and their progression over the five-year
period chosen.
4. Top 5 executives by compensation level
5. Composition of their pay packages; were these executives awarded a bonus? If yes, for what reason?
6. Did this company mention a transfer pricing methodology in its disclosures? If yes, have they
negotiated an advanced pricing agreement with the IRS with respect to transfer pricing?
This assignment is due by email on the last day of class (December 11th, 2012).
Please make the work original, it wil be tested for plagarism. There is no requirement for how long it should be, it just needs to answer all of the questions.