With executive pay under an increasingly harsh spotlight, more large companies are attempting to link pay with performance by requiring executives to build stakes in their firms through stock ownership guidelines and holding requirements, according to an analysis of Fortune 250 companies by compensation research firm Equilar Inc.
Of 237 public Fortune 250 companies, 200 (84 percent) disclosed stock ownership policies last year, consistent with the 82 percent that did so in 2008, according to Equilar, which looked at companies’ 2009 proxy filings and in some cases, data from company Websites.
