Other executives eligible for the performance-share units include John Gerspach, the chief financial officer, and Manuel Medina-Mora, a co-president with oversight of global consumer banking.

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Mr Ash, 52, is eligible for retirement, having completed more than 30 years of service as a police officer in Kent, Hertfordshire and Suffolk.

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Also eligible--and this comes from a real call to the IRS--is a police officer forced to move from his no-pet condo when he was assigned to a canine unit.

FORBES: Shocked