‘FAT CATS’: A total of 96 listed companies raised compensation for board directors in 2018, despite posting losses that year, Taiwan Stock Exchange statistics showed

Taipei Times
Date: Feb 01, 2020
By:: Natasha Li  /  Staff reporter

Yageo Corp (國巨) topped the list of average compensation to board directors for a second straight year based on 2018 financial results, the latest statistics released yesterday by the Taiwan Stock Exchange showed.

Directors at the world’s third-largest passive component supplier received an average of NT$114.27 million (US$3.78 million) in compensation, the data showed.

However, that was markedly lower than the average of NT$1.03 billion it gave out for 2017.

CTBC Financial Holding Co (中信金控) again placed second, with its directors receiving an average of NT$54.29 million in compensation for 2018.    [FULL  STORY]