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            Alpha scores, 74                        Assets
            Alternative minimum tax (AMT),             current, 48
              140, 448                                 long-term, 49
            American Institute for Certified Public    noncurrent, 49
              Accountants (AICPA), 147–48              short-term, 48
              Bulletin No. 43, 147–48, 758          Assignment and relocation expenses, 242,
            American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, 81,    244
              84, 86–87, 238, 261, 327, 329         Assignment method, and split-dollar
              and severance, 238                       insurance, 282–83
            American Stock Exchange, 129            Assignment of life insurance benefits,
            Amortization, 51                           294–95
            Amortization of goodwill, 44            Athletic programs, 244
            Annual grants, 417                      Attendance awards, 244
            Annual meetings, 153                    Attracting talent, 103–4, 531–32
            Annual planning process, 38             Audio care, as a company benefit, 274
            Annual retainers, for directors, 622    Auditing, Accountability, Responsibility
            Annual reviews,  of compensation           and Transparency Act of 2002. See
              programs, 547, 561–63                    Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
            Annual stock option grants, 417         Auto insurance, 247
            Annuities                               Automatic renewal clauses, 234
              payout of, 305–6                      Automobiles, as company perquisites,
              postretirement adjustments, 309–10       260–61
            Antitakeover proposals, 128–29          Average annual run rate, 493
              approval of the transaction, 129      Average annual run total, 493
              control of board of directors, 128    Average pay increases, analyzing, 196
              convertible rights, 128               Awards
              dead hand, 129                           discretionary individual, 361–63, 365
              discount stock price, 128                equity, 409–10
              fair stock price, 128                    formula individual, 361–65
              increased cost of transaction, 128       individual vs. aggregate totals, 360–95
              loan expense, 128                        liability, 410
              pension rights, 128                      of stock, 473–87
              poison pill, 128                         target, 351
              redemption rights, 128                   threshold, 351
              reincorporation, 129
              shareholder meetings, 129
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              supermajority requirement, 129
              unequal voting rights, 129            Backward vesting, and stock options,
            Apartments, as company perquisites, 263    420
            APB. See Accounting Principles Board    Balance sheets, 47–50
            Appreciation factors for deferred       Balanced scorecard, 393–95
              compensation, 81                      Bar charts, 72
            Appreciation rights, 459–64, 505–7      Base pay, 167
            Archer medical savings accounts, 275    Bear hugs, and unfriendly takeovers, 25
            Asset turnover, 51                      Bear investors, 127
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