DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURYWASHINGTON, D.C. 20220 May 18, 2010
Exhibit 10(105)
| DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY WASHINGTON, D.C. 20220 |
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May 18, 2010
Jeffrey J. Hurd, Esq.
Senior Vice President
Human Resources and Communications
American International Group, Inc.
70 Pine Street
New York, New York 10270
Re: Supplemental Determination Regarding
2010 Compensation Payments and Structures for
Most Highly Compensated Employees
Dear Mr. Hurd:
This letter addresses requests submitted by you on behalf of American International Group, Inc. (AIG), for approval by the Special Master for TARP Executive Compensation (the Special Master) regarding (i) compensation potentially payable to a Top 25 executive, and (ii) the compensation structure for a candidate for an executive officer position in the Covered Employees 26100 group. This letter also provides a clarification regarding compensation structures approved for the Covered Employees 26100 group.
Under the Department of the Treasurys Interim Final Rule on TARP Standards for Compensation and Corporate Governance (the Rule), the Special Master must approve the compensation structures and amounts payable to Top 25 executives of exceptional assistance recipients such as AIG. 31 C.F.R. § 30.16(a)(3)(i). The Special Master must also approve the compensation structuresbut not individual amounts payableto executive officers who are in an exceptional assistance recipients Covered Employees 26100 group. Id. § 30.16(a)(3)(ii).
1. Top 25 Executive
Pursuant to the Rule, on March 23, 2010, the Special Master issued an initial determination (the Top 25 Determination), which concluded that certain compensation structures and amounts payable to AIGs Top 25 executive officers would not result in payments that are inconsistent with the purposes of section 111 of EESA or TARP, or [are] otherwise contrary to the public interest. Id. § 30.16(b)(1) (the Public Interest Standard). Subsequently, AIG submitted a request to alter the compensation package of a Top 25 executive as a result of the substantial expansion of the executives responsibilities after the issuance of the Top 25 Determination. AIG proposed to raise the executives cash salary by $300,000 and stock salary by $1,000,000 on an annualized basis, with the raises effective on the date of the executives pr omotion. No additional changes to the structural requirements or other amounts payable under
the Top 25 Determination were proposed. In light of the substantial expansion of the executives responsibilities and the corresponding increase to the current and expected contribution of the executive to the value of AIG, see id. § 30.16(b)(1)(vi), the Special Master has determined that the proposed alteration is consistent with the Public Interest Standard.
2. Executive Officer Candidate
Also pursuant to the Rule, on April 16, 2010, the Special Master issued an additional initial determination (the 26100 Determination), which concluded that certain compensation structures for AIGs Covered Employees 26100 group are consistent with the Public Interest Standard. Subsequent to the issuance of the 26100 Determination, AIG informed the Office of the Special Master that it had identified Henri Courpron as a potential candidate for an AIG executive officer position, serving as the Chief Executive Officer of International Lease Finance Corporation. On May 17, 2010, AIG submitted a proposed compensation structure for Mr. Courpron to the Office of the Special Masterits representatives having previously discussed the substance of the proposal with the Special Master and staff members in the Office of the Special Masterand requested a determination that the proposed structure is consistent with the Public Interest Standard. Under the proposal, which generally conforms to the requirements of the 26 100 Determination, Mr. Courpron will be eligible to receive cash salary, stock salary, cash and stock incentives, and other benefits (including eligibility under AIGs Executive Severance Plan) on the same terms and conditions as current executives of AIG in the Covered Employees 26-100 group. Accordingly, the Special Master has determined that AIGs proposed 2010 compensation structure for Mr. Courpron is consistent with the Public Interest Standard.
AIGs submission for Mr. Courpron also proposed compensation structures for 2011 and 2012, and contemplates that Mr. Courpron may become a Top 25 executive for 2012. The proposed 2011 and 2012 compensation structures generally conform with the compensation structures the Special Master has approved for executives in the Covered Employees 26100 group and Top 25 executives, respectively. Accordingly, the Special Master has concluded in principle that the proposed 2011 and 2012 compensation structures and amounts potentially payable to Mr. Courpron would be consistent with the Public Interest Standard. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, the Special Masters final determination under the Rule regarding compensation structures and payments for Mr. Courpron in any year after 2010 will not be made prior to the Special Masters regular review of AIG 46;s compensation proposals for that year, and will based on the totality of the facts and circumstances at that time.
3. Clarification Regarding Covered Employees 26100 Performance Metrics
The Special Masters 26100 Determination includes the requirement that the payment of incentive compensation must be conditioned upon the achievement of objective performance criteria. For the avoidance of doubt, for the purposes of the 26100 Determination, an incentive compensation plan that includes the sale of a subsidiary or assets of a subsidiary of AIG as a performance measure or payment conditionamong other objective performance measures or payment conditionswill not be deemed to be inconsistent with the Public Interest Standard merely because of the inclusion of such a measure or condition.
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The approvals in this letter apply only to the proposals in respect of the executives addressed in sections 1 and 2. Such conclusions are limited to the authority vested in the Special Master by Section 30.16(a)(3) of the Rule, and shall not constitute, or be construed to constitute, the judgment of the Office of the Special Master or the Department of the Treasury with respect to the compliance of the proposed compensation structure or any other compensation structure for the subject employee with any other provision of the Rule. Moreover, the Special Masters evaluations and conclusions have relied upon, and are qualified in their entirety by, the accuracy of the materials submitted by AIG to the Office of the Special Master, and the absence of any material misstatement or omission in such materials.
| Very truly yours, | |
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| /s/ Kenneth R. Feinberg | |
| Kenneth R. Feinberg | |
| Office of the Special Master | |
| for TARP Executive Compensation | |
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cc: | Robert H. Benmosche |
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| Marc Trevino, Esq. |
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