Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; election of directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

EX-10.1 2 v28404exv10w1.htm EXHIBIT 10.1 exv10w1
 

Exhibit 10.1
     The following summarizes the current compensation information regarding certain of the issuer’s executive officers. It is intended only to be a summary of existing arrangements and is not intended to provide any additional rights to any officer.
     On March 12, 2007, the Compensation Committee (the “Compensation Committee”) of the Board of Directors of Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation (the “Company”) approved new annual base salaries (effective March 26, 2007) for the Company’s executive officers for fiscal 2007. The following table sets forth new annual base salaries for fiscal 2007 for the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and each of the Company’s three other most highly compensated executive officers during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 (salary information for the two prior years is also included for comparison purposes):
                 
NAME AND POSITION   FISCAL YEAR   ANNUAL SALARY
 
Steven G. Miller
    2007     $ 463,000  
Chairman of the Board, President and
    2006     $ 443,000  
Chief Executive Officer
    2005     $ 433,000  
 
Barry D. Emerson
    2007     $ 315,000  
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
    2006     $ 300,000  
Officer
    2005     $ 275,000  
 
Thomas J. Schlauch
    2007     $ 263,000  
Senior Vice President, Buying
    2006     $ 251,000  
 
    2005     $ 243,000  
 
Richard A. Johnson
    2007     $ 237,000  
Executive Vice President
    2006     $ 225,000  
 
    2005     $ 217,000  
 
Gary S. Meade
    2007     $ 202,000  
Senior Vice President, General Counsel
    2006     $ 190,000  
and Secretary
    2005     $ 177,000  
     Also, on March 12, 2007, the Compensation Committee authorized the payment of an annual cash bonus to each of the foregoing executive officers in respect of the year ended December 31, 2006 (fiscal 2006), which amounts were as follows (bonuses previously paid for the prior two years are also shown for comparison purposes):
                 
NAME   FISCAL YEAR   BONUS
 
Steven G. Miller
    2006     $ 600,000  
 
    2005     $ 415,000  
 
    2004     $ 615,000  
 
Thomas J. Schlauch
    2006     $ 233,000  
 
    2005     $ 200,000  
 
    2004     $ 217,000  
 
Richard A. Johnson
    2006     $ 213,000  
 
    2005     $ 180,000  
 
    2004     $ 197,000  
 
Barry D. Emerson
    2006     $ 185,000  
 
    2005     $ 100,000  
 
Gary S. Meade
    2006     $ 120,000  
 
    2005     $ 100,000  
 
    2004     $ 98,000