Valeant to pay new CEO Papa base salary of $1.5 million
(Reuters) - Drugmaker Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc's <VRX.TO> new chief executive, Joseph Papa, will receive a base salary of $1.5 million, the company said in a filing on Wednesday.
Valeant said on Monday former Perrigo Co Plc <PRGO.N> head Papa would replace Michael Pearson as its CEO.
Papa will also receive a cash payment of $8 million to make up for the equity-based compensation he forfeited in connection with the termination of his employment with Perrigo.
Valeant said in March Pearson was leaving the company, just three weeks after returning from a two-month medical leave.
Pearson's base salary for full-year 2014 was $2 million and his total compensation amounted to $10.3 million, according to a regulatory filing. (http://1.usa.gov/1aapxiM)
(Reporting by Subrat Patnaik in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila)