| Ticker | Company | CEO Name | Year | Compensation ($) |
| VIA/B | Viacom | Philippe P. Dauman | 2010 | 84,515,308 |
| OXY | Occidental Petroleum Corp. | Ray R. Irani | 2010 | 76,107,010 |
| ORCL | Oracle Corp. | Lawrence J. Ellison | 2010 | 70,143,075 |
| CBS | CBS Corp. | Leslie Moonves | 2010 | 57,729,020 |
| GBL | Gamco Investors Inc. | Mario J. Gabelli | 2010 | 56,608,736 |
| MCK | McKesson Corp. | John H. Hammergren | 2010 | 54,584,021 |
| JEF | Jeffries Group Inc. | Richard B. Handler | 2010 | 47,349,121 |
| YHOO | Yahoo Inc. | Carol Bartz | 2009 | 47,229,273 |
| DISCA | Discovery Communications, Inc. | David M. Zaslay | 2010 | 42,589,296 |
| ANF | Abercrombie & Fitch | Michael S. Jeffries | 2009 | 36,335,644 |
| DTV | DirectTV | Michael D. White | 2010 | 32,932,618 |
| SWK | Stanley Black & Decker Inc. | John F. Lundgren | 2010 | 32,730,259 |
| IBM | International Business Machines Corp. | S.J. Palmisano | 2010 | 31,718,608 |
| CMCSA | Comcast Corp. | Brian L. Roberts | 2010 | 31,058,959 |
| NVR | NVR Inc. | Paul C. Saville | 2010 | 30,879,812 |
| DIS | Disney (Walt) Co. | Robert A. Iger | 2010 | 29,617,964 |
| SNDK | Sandisk Corp. | Eli Harari | 2010 | 29,545,272 |
| CVS | CVS Caremark Corp. | Thomas M. Ryan | 2010 | 29,216,536 |
| XOM | Exxon Mobil Corp. | R.W. Tillerson | 2010 | 28,952,558 |
| JNJ | Johnson & Johnson | William C. Weldon | 2010 | 28,720,491 |
| RL | Polo Ralph Lauren CP | Ralph Lauren | 2010 | 27,200,007 |
| FCX | Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold Inc. | Richard C. Adkerson | 2009 | 27,622,333 |
| T | AT&T Inc. | Randall L. Stephenson | 2010 | 27,341,628 |
| F | Ford Motor Company | Alan Mulally | 2010 | 26,520,515 |
| TWX | Time Warner Inc. | Jeffrey L. Bewkes | 2010 | 26,303,071 |
| FIS | Fidelity National Info Svcs. | Frank R. Martire | 2010 | 25,761,432 |
| ABT | Abbot Laboratories | Miles D. White | 2010 | 25,564,283 |
| EMR | Emerson Electric Co. | D.N. Farr | 2010 | 24,805,965 |
| KO | Coc-Cola Co. | Muhtar Kent | 2010 | 24,782,017 |
| WRB | Berkley (WR) Corp. | Willliam R. Berkley | 2010 | 24,633,641 |
| SPG | Simon Property Group Inc. | David Simon | 2010 | 24,559,899 |
| APC | Anadarko Petroleum Corp. | James T. Hackett | 2010 | 24,328,710 |
| VRX.1 | Valeant Pharmaceuticals | J. Michael Pearson | 2009 | 24,047,455 |
| MO | Altria Group Inc. | Michael E. Szymanczyk | 2010 | 24,046,719 |
| BLK | Blackrock Inc. | Laurence D. Fink | 2010 | 23,839,294 |
| RAI | Reynolds American Inc. | Susan M. Ivey | 2010 | 23,813,815 |
| MMM | 3M Co. | George W. Buckley | 2010 | 23,709,094 |
| NBR | Nabors Industries Ltd. | Eugene M. Isenberg | 2009 | 23,257,988 |
| HAS | Hasbro Inc. | Brian Goldner | 2010 | 23,153,471 |
| MYL | Mylan Inc. | Robert J. Coury | 2010 | 22,935,936 |
| NOC | Northrop Grumman Corp. | Wesley G. Bush | 2010 | 22,849,412 |
| NWSA | News Corp. | K. Rupert Murdoch | 2010 | 22,725,275 |
| PRU | Prudential Financial Inc. | John R. Strangfeld Jr. | 2010 | 22,572,279 |
| TRW | TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. | John C. Plant | 2010 | 22,562,466 |
| UTX | United Technologies Corp. | Louis Chenevert | 2010 | 22,086,161 |
| LMT | Lockheed Martin Corp. | Robert J. Stevens | 2010 | 21,897,820 |
| SD | Sandridge Energy Inc. | Tom L. Ward | 2010 | 21,756,257 |
| SBUX | Starbucks Corp. | Howard Schultz | 2010 | 21,733,013 |
| PM | Philip Morris International | Louis C. Camilleri | 2010 | 21,656,906 |
| NLY | Annaly Capital Management | Michael A.J. Farrell | 2009 | 21,533,549 |
| GE | General Electric Co. | Jeffrey R. Immelt | 2010 | 21,428,765 |
| UNF | Unifirst Corp. | Ronald D. Croatti | 2010 | 21,370,201 |
| DOW | Dow Chemical | Andrew N. Liveris | 2010 | 21,337,757 |
| AMGN | Amgen Inc. | Kevin W. Sharer | 2010 | 21,138,133 |
| CYH | Community Health Systems Inc. | Wayne T. Smith | 2010 | 20,960,569 |
| JPM | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | James Dimon | 2010 | 20,816,289 |
| AON | Aon Corp. | Gregory C. Case | 2010 | 20,783,301 |
| LTD | Limited Brands Inc. | Leslie H. Wexner | 2010 | 20,508,490 |
| TRV | Travelers Cos. Inc. | Jay S. Fishman | 2010 | 20,415,060 |
| JNS | Janus Capital Group Inc. | Richard M. Weil | 2010 | 20,337,868 |
| CB | Chubb Corp. | John D. Finnegan | 2010 | 20,259,761 |
| CNX | Consol Energy Inc. | J. Brett Harvey | 2010 | 20,157,821 |
| HON | Honeywell International Inc. | David M. Cote | 2010 | 20,154,012 |
| AMG | Affiliated Managers Group Inc. | Sean M. Healey | 2010 | 19,968,321 |
| NUAN | Nuance Communications Inc. | Paul A. Ricci | 2010 | 19,772,130 |
| BA | Boeing Co. | W. James McNerney Jr. | 2010 | 19,740,023 |
| ATML | Atmel Corp. | Steven Laub | 2010 | 19,379,257 |
| BK | Bank of New York Mellon Corp. | Robert P. Kelly | 2010 | 19,379,257 |
| APA | Apache Corp. | G. Steven Farris | 2010 | 19,294,429 |
| KFT | Kraft Foods Inc. | Irene Rosenfeld | 2010 | 19,287,983 |
| HNZ | Heinz (HJ) Co. | William R. Johnson | 2010 | 19,006,263 |
| WFC | Wells Fargo & Co. | John G. Stumpf | 2010 | 18,973,722 |
| CSCO | Cisco Systems Inc. | John T. Chambers | 2010 | 18,871,875 |
| USB | US Bancorp | Richard K. Davis | 2010 | 18,771,205 |
| WMT | Wal-Mart Stores Inc. | Michael T. Duke | 2011 | 18,712,721 |
| RTN | Raytheon Co. | William H. Swanson | 2009 | 18,636,872 |
| CHK | Chesapeake Energy Corp. | Aubrey K. McClendon | 2009 | 18,551,296 |
| HES | Hess Corp. | John B. Hess | 2010 | 18,188,947 |
| ATI | Allegheny Technologies Inc. | L. Patrick Hassey | 2010 | 18,177,410 |
| VZ | Verizon Communications Inc. | Iva G. Seidenberg | 2010 | 18,166,006 |
| AEO | American Eagle Outfitters Inc. | James V. O’Donnell | 2009 | 17,946,755 |
| COP | ConocoPhillips | James J. Mulva | 2010 | 17,932,895 |
| IP | International Paper Co. | John V. Faraci | 2010 | 17,849,343 |
| MEE | Massey Energy Co. | D.L. Blankenship | 2009 | 17,835,837 |
| ABII | Abraxis Bioscience Inc. | Lonnie Moulder | 2009 | 17,777,883 |
| AMP | Ameriprise Financial Inc. | James M. Cracchiolo | 2010 | 17,708,144 |
| QCOM | Qualcomm Inc. | Paul E. Jacobs | 2010 | 17,626,939 |
| UTHR | United Therapeutics Corp. | Martine A. Rothblatt | 2009 | 17,591,098 |
| JCI | Johnson Controls Inc. | Stephen A. Roell | 2010 | 17,563,931 |
| TWC | Time Warner Cable Inc. | Glenn A. Britt | 2010 | 17,422,329 |
| PFE | Pfizer Inc. | Ian C. Read | 2010 | 17,396,112 |
| TJX | TJX Companies Inc. | Carol Meyrowitz | 2010 | 17,362,112 |
| PH | Parker-Hannifin Corp. | Donald E. Washkewicz | 2010 | 17,312,616 |
| PRE | Partnerre Ltd. | Patrick A. Thiele | 2010 | 17,124,446 |
| DHR | Danaher Corp. | H. Lawrence Culp Jr. | 2010 | 17,032,244 |
| D | Dominion Resources Inc. | Thomas F. Farrell II | 2010 | 16,924,385 |
| APD | Air Products & Chemicals Inc. | John E. McGlade | 2010 | 16,918,012 |
| MRK | Merck & Co. | Richard T. Clark | 2009 | 16,838,367 |
| APX | American Express Co. | K.I. Chenault | 2010 | 16,813,272 |
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