NAME AND POSITION FISCAL YEAR ANNUAL BASE SALARYSteven G. Miller 2008 $ 473,000 Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer 2007 $ 463,000 Barry D. Emerson 2008 $ 325,000 Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer 2007 $ 315,000 Thomas J. Schlauch 2008 $ 270,000 Senior Vice President, Buying 2007 $ 263,000 Richard A. Johnson 2008 $ 244,000 Executive Vice President 2007 $ 237,000 Gary S. Meade 2008 $ 209,000 Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary 2007 $ 202,000

EX-10.1 2 v38841exv10w1.htm EXHIBIT 10.1 Exhibit 10.1
 

         
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 3, 2008, 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 24, 2008) for the Company’s executive officers for fiscal 2008. The following table sets forth new annual base salaries for fiscal 2008 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 30, 2007 (salary information for the prior year is also included for comparison purposes):
                 
NAME AND POSITION   FISCAL YEAR   ANNUAL BASE SALARY
Steven G. Miller
    2008     $ 473,000  
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
    2007     $ 463,000  
 
               
Barry D. Emerson
    2008     $ 325,000  
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
    2007     $ 315,000  
 
               
Thomas J. Schlauch
    2008     $ 270,000  
Senior Vice President, Buying
    2007     $ 263,000  
 
               
Richard A. Johnson
    2008     $ 244,000  
Executive Vice President
    2007     $ 237,000  
 
               
Gary S. Meade
    2008     $ 209,000  
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
    2007     $ 202,000  
     Also, on March 3, 2008, 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 30, 2007 (fiscal 2007), which amounts were as follows (bonuses previously paid for the prior year are also shown for comparison purposes):
                 
NAME   FISCAL YEAR   BONUS
Steven G. Miller
    2007     $ 500,000  
 
    2006     $ 600,000  
 
               
Barry D. Emerson
    2007     $ 175,000  
 
    2006     $ 185,000  
 
               
Thomas J. Schlauch
    2007     $ 214,000  
 
    2006     $ 233,000  
 
               
Richard A. Johnson
    2007     $ 194,000  
 
    2006     $ 213,000  
 
               
Gary S. Meade
    2007     $ 110,000  
 
    2006     $ 120,000