Hier ein ausführlicher Artikel aus dem Guardian:
http://www.theguardian.com/bus…all-sale-verizon-wireless
"Vodafone bosses to collect £56m windfall after sale of Verizon Wireless
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Vodafone's senior team will collect a £56m windfall when the mobile operator completes the sale of its Verizon Wireless subsidiary next year.
In the third-largest transaction in corporate history, Vodafone is selling its stake in America's biggest mobile network to its joint venture partner, Verizon Communications, for $130bn (£80.4bn), and has promised to return 71% of the money to shareholders.
The return is worth 112p per share and will be paid in a mixture of cash and Verizon Communications shares, delivering significant gains for Vodafone's top managers. The company has disclosed that its full senior team, about 250 people, has accumulated a total of 50m Vodafone shares. The deal will see them collect £16m in cash plus £40m worth of Verizon shares. Chief executive Vittorio Colao will receive more than £10m, a sum nearly equivalent to his £11m remuneration last year.
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Unlike outside investors, Vodafone executives have not paid cash for their shares, but were given them under incentive plans, meaning much of the Verizon windfall will be pure profit. Colao stands to make a significant gain, because he has not sold a single share in Vodafone since being appointed chief executive, other than to cover his tax bills.
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Vodafone is one of the most widely held stocks in Britain. Its ability to pay the highest dividend of any blue chip company listed in London has made it a mainstay choice for pension funds. Many executives are expected to re-invest their gains back into Vodafone, which has promised to increase its dividend by 8% to about 11p a share next year.
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