Allergan's Top Guy Took a 80% Pay Cut in 2016

Allergan CEO Brent Saunders took home "only" $4.1M last year, far below 2015's $21.6M and $36.3M the year before. The main reason for the drop was the large amount of stock awards ($25.9M) and options ($8.6M) awarded in 2014 that were meant to cover 2015 through 2017. He also earned $14.3M in "merger success awards" in 2015 associated with the Forest Labs buyout.

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