12. Dorrit Bern
Former President and CEO
Charming Shoppes (CHRS)2008 Total compensation: $12.0 million
* Bern left the Company in July 2008. 2008 total compensation includes $7,041,294 in potential severance pay.
Source: Equilar Inc.
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Last updated September 22 2009: 11:55 AM ET
Note: Total compensation includes annualized base salary, discretionary and performance-based bonus payouts, the grant-date fair value of new stock and option awards and other compensation. If relevant, other compensation includes severance payments. Equilar Inc., an executive compensation research firm in Redwood Shores, Calif., prepared the chart by looking at companies with more than $1 billion in revenues that filed proxies by Aug. 15.
