新奇事件簿 巴宝莉公司

Shareholders¹ from the British fashion house Burberry are up in arms about a proposed pay package for its CEO. They rejected a resolution at the company's annual general meeting to provide newly-appointed CEO Christopher Bailey with a multi-million-dollar remuneration deal. The vote was 52.7 per cent against the resolution. Executives³ proposed to hand Mr Bailey a $12.3 million "golden hello", an annual salary of up to $17 million and shares worth up to $33 million by 2018. The share package has been called a "golden handcuffs" arrangement to stop him from joining a rival company in the next few years. He will also receive add-ons for pensions and performance bonuses.

英国时尚商店巴宝莉的股东对于付给公司CEO薪资报酬的提议，感到很愤怒。他们在公司年会上反对支付CEO克里斯托弗.贝利数百万年薪的决定。反对这项决定的人数达52.7%。执行主管提议付给贝利先生1230万美元的高额薪资。年薪高达1700万美元，到2018年股份价值达到3300万美元。这一股份包被称作“黄金手铐”手段，目的是阻止贝利在今后几年加入竞争对手的公司。贝利还会享受额外的福利，以及绩效奖金。

Burberry chairman Sir John Peace defended the package. He said he was "disappointed" and would talk to shareholders. He said: "I want to understand why they felt so strongly to vote against." He said the packages for Bailey and his predecessor⁴ Angela Ahrendts were to keep "world-class executives" at the company. Under Ms Ahrendts' guidance between 2006 and 2014, the company's sales increased to over $3.4 billion, and shares gained more than threefold to $12 billion. Peace pointed² out that many companies around the world would be willing to pay Mr Bailey a lot more. He added that Bailey was "worth every penny". Bailey joined Burberry in 2001 as Design Director and became Creative Director in 2004.

巴宝莉董事长庄贝斯支持这一薪资待遇。他说自己感到很失望，并且会找股东进行谈话。他说，他想知道他们为什么会如此坚决地投反对票。他说，公司给予贝利的薪资待遇，以及安吉拉.阿伦的茨前辈的薪资报酬，是为了将世界级的主管留在公司。阿伦的茨女士在2006年至2014年之间在公司担任主管，在此期间，公司产品的销量增长至3400亿美元。而且，公司份额翻三倍，高达120亿美元。皮斯指出，世界上的许多公司都想要付给贝利先生更高的薪酬。他还说，付给贝利高额薪资是非常值得的。2001年，巴宝莉公司聘用贝利做设计总监，而后在2004年，成为公司的创意总监。

1 shareholders   

n.股东( shareholder的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The meeting was attended by 90% of shareholders. 90%的股东出席了会议。
• the company's fiduciary duty to its shareholders 公司对股东负有的受托责任

2 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

3 executives   

（公司或机构的）经理( executive的名词复数 )； （统称公司或机构的）行政领导； （政府的）行政部门； [the Executive][美国英语]（美国政府的）行政当局

参考例句：

• They have taken measures to equate the salaries of higher civil servants to those of business executives. 他们采取措施使高级文职人员的工资和企业管理干部的工资相等。
• He disregarded the advice of his executives. 他对主管层的建议置若罔闻。

4 predecessor   

n.前辈，前任

参考例句：

• It will share the fate of its predecessor.它将遭受与前者同样的命运。
• The new ambassador is more mature than his predecessor.新大使比他的前任更成熟一些。