Earning Power

GUIDELINES FOR REPORTING COMPENSATION
Annualized Earnings (2014)
Enter gross annualized earnings by adding your estimated earnings from now until December 31, 2014 to your actual
earnings since January 1, 2013. Gross earnings are before any deductions for taxes, health or other insurance premiums,
retirement plan contributions, etc.
Exclude bonus, special cash awards, or compensation for overtime. Exclude the value of employer-paid benefits like
health insurance, retirement plans, housing allowance, car allowance, or travel reimbursements unless their value is rolled
into your salary without itemization.
Include any commissions based on pre-specified criteria, such as sales revenues.
Bonus (2014)
Include bonus(es) based on performance criteria and/or your organization's results. If a bonus earned in 2014 is paid in
2015, include it. Do not include one-time signing bonuses, deferred profit-sharing, or special awards that are variable and
unpredictable.
Other monetary compensation
Include any compensation not in the two categories above. For example - special awards such as one-time signing bonus,
recognition awards and holiday bonuses, housing allowance and car allowance. If you get free housing or free use of a
car or any other benefit of value, but without a specified monetary value, please use the market value of the benefit as an
estimate. Do not include employer contributions to pension plans (such as 401(k) plans in the U.S., Provident Funds in
India, etc.).
Exclusions
Do not include in any of the compensation elements the value of long-term incentives (stock options, contingent stock
grants, etc.), deferred compensation, unused vacation, or employer contributions to pension plans which involve vesting.
Compensation practices may vary substantially across different organizations and countries. These guidelines may help:
1. Include only earnings that you received in 2014, or earned in 2014 and received/will receive in 2015 that is owed
to you unconditionally.
2. If you are unsure of how to allocate certain compensation elements, use your best judgment according to the
above guidelines.
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23) Please enter amounts comprising your total compensation in {selected currency}:
Please make sure you have read and understood the guidelines above before responding to this question. If your currency
was not listed and you selected 'United States Dollars', convert your currency to US$ using the conversion rates found
here. Please round to whole numbers, and do not use currency symbols, commas or other delimiters when entering
values. If you did not receive Bonus or Other monetary compensation, please enter 0 (zero) in those fields.
a. Annualized salary/earnings (2014) ____________________
b. Bonus (2014) ____________________
c. Other monetary compensation (2014) ____________________
24) Please indicate the types of equities-based compensation you received in the past year. Please do not include any
stock (i.e. shares) that you purchased (at full price or discounted price) as part of a stock purchase plan, or any shares
that were contributed by the company to your pension benefits as part of matching funds.
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