Shell's incentive award targets are largely based on its performance against rivals BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil and France's Total.

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There is a base salary, and a far more lucrative financial incentive through bonuses and stock options based on performance.

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Instead of basing incentive payments strictly on financial performance corporations could have based them on environmental and social performance as well as financial performance.

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Incentive compensation awards will be based on pre-determined performance goals that can be measured.

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The exceptional performance incentive plan would have granted free share options to senior executives based on the company's performance.

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He could still be entitled to his long-term incentive plan, which is broadly based on the bank's long-term performance and is worth up to 400% of his salary, if the Barclays remuneration committee awards him one.

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It is looking at cash-based incentive schemes or phantom option plans, which tie the cash bonus to the stock's performance.

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