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CEO, CFO See Annual Compensation Decline at Acxiom

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Two of five named executive officers at Acxiom Corp. of Little Rock saw their annual compensation decline in fiscal 2016, a year when the publicly traded data services company swung to an annual profit from a loss the year before.

The company detailed compensation for its top executives in its annual proxy, filed June 24 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

The document showed Acxiom CEO Scott Howe with total compensation of $5.3 million, down from $6.3 million in fiscal 2015. His compensation included a base salary of $650,000, stock awards of $2.7 million and option awards of $1.1 million.

Howe also received a boost in non-equity incentive plan compensation, which was $854,750, up from $300,000 in the previous fiscal year.

Two other executives also received increases in non-equity incentives: Warren C. Jenson, executive vice president and CFO, received $673,000, up from $340,000; and Jerry C. Jones, executive vice president and chief ethics and legal officer, received $344,000, up from $172,000.

Two others — Richard E. Irwin, president and general manager of the company’s audience solutions business; and S. Travis May, president and general manager of the its connectivity division — were included among named executive officers for the first time.

More on the executives and their compensation:

  • Jenson received total compensation of $2.8 million, down from $3.9 million in the previous year. That includes base salary of $515,000, stock awards of $1.1 million and option awards of $462,128.
  • Erwin received total compensation of $2.3 million. That includes base salary of $400,000, stock awards of $1 million and option awards of $406,645.
  • Jones received total compensation of $1.2 million. That includes base salary of $405,000, stock awards of $332,437 and option awards of $134,165.
  • May received total compensation of $1.5 million. That includes base salary of $340,000, stock awards of $701,313 and option awards of $178,890.

May also exercised $1 million in stock options.

Acxiom has scheduled a shareholders meeting via webcast for 10:30 a.m. Aug. 9. During the meeting, the shareholders will vote to elect directors to the board; approve, on an advisory basis, compensation for named executive officers; and ratify KPMG LLP as its accounting firm.

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