11.   He notes, many executive bonus plans are tied to reported earnings.

12.   It also presented two bonus plans that link wages to the average copper futures price on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange.

13.   Kaiser Permanente has dropped a controversial bonus plan that rewarded physicians in Southern California for keeping hospital and drug costs down.

14.   Kendall-Jackson also had little in the way of a formal bonus plan, and employees say they received extra money largely at the whim of their bosses.

15.   Norwich Union Life Insurance and Standard Life Assurance Co. voted against the bonus plan.

16.   Patton used the survey to help companies develop bonus plans and stock option programs to improve executive performance.

17.   Raffetto conceived a lucrative bonus plan that would entice Holy Bull to East Boston.

18.   Shareholders can vote against the bonus plan for Eisner.

19.   Some shareholders may take the protest further and vote against a broader cash bonus plan covering top Disney executives, the council said.

20.   Squeezed on all sides, the principals just stuck with their familiar strategy when the bonus plan surfaced.