µþ±ð±ô»å±ð²ÔÌýChief Executive John Stroup's compensation fell 10 percent last year, and the company's falling stock price means he may not collect the full $6.3 million.
Belden's , filed Tuesday, points out that for 2016, Stroup collected about $3 million less than the $6.25 million in compensation it originally reported. That's because a big chunk of his pay is in stock units that are tied partly to relative shareholder return over a three-year period. By the end of 2018, Stroup earned just 39 percent of the target amount of units, at a lower share price.
Last year, $2.6 million of Stroup's pay was in similar three-year stock awards. In addition, he got $2.1 million worth of stock-appreciation rights, which also are at risk because Belden's share price fell 46 percent last year.
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Stroup's salary was $893,750. He also got a $620,100 bonus, which was 53 percent of the target amount. Belden says it set "challenging, realistic" goals for earnings, revenue and capital efficiency.
Stroup's perquisites included $28,400 for tax preparation costs.
Belden is a Clayton-based manufacturer of wire, cable and technology products. It reported a 64 percent increase last year in earnings per share before unusual items.
Last year, Stroup earned 146 times as much as the median Belden employee, who made $46,238. The pay ratio was down from 174 in 2017.
Here's what 30 St. Louis CEOs earned in 2017:
Meet the 30 top-paid CEOs in St. Louis, 2017 pay
* Jeffrey S. Hollister, American Railcar Industries

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30. Timothy D. Boyd, Peak Resorts

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29. Earl R. Refsland, Allied Healthcare Products

28. Robert L. Montgomery, Reliv International

27. Jon P Vrabely, Huttig Building Products

; CEO earned 20 times as much as median Huttig employee. The company says its 1,300 full- and part-time workers earn a median of $47,091.
26. James B. Lally, Enterprise Financial

.ÌýEnterprise calculates that the CEO made 16 times as much as its median employee, who earned $60,000.Ìý
25. Robert D. Moore, Foresight Energy

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24. Mike Anderson, Avadel Pharmaceuticals

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23. Sharon John, Build-A-Bear Workshop

;ÌýJohn earned 306 times as much last year as the median Build-A-Bear employee. Median pay was $6,198 for the Overland-based company's 4,455 U.S. and British workers.Ìý
22. Eric H. Brunngraber, Cass Information Systems

21. Charles R. Gordon, Aegion

;ÌýGordon made 36 times as much as the median employee's compensation of $73,848. The Chesterfield-based pipe-repair company employs 6,242 people worldwide.
20. V.L. Richey Jr., Esco Technologies

19. Suzanne Sitherwood, Spire

18. Jeffrey S. Davis, Perficient

. Its 2,078 workers in the United States, China and India earned a median $96,193.
17. David P. Hatfield, Edgewell Personal Care

16. David Kemper, Commerce Bancshares

15. Alan R. Hoskins, Energizer

From January:
14. John Stroup, Belden

;Ìýthe CEO earned 133.6 times as much as the median Belden worker, who made $52,487 last year.
13. Anna Manning, Reinsurance Group

;ÌýManning's pay is 66 times as much as the median employee earned last year. Median pay for the company's 2,741 employees was $107,171.
12. Diane M. Sullivan, Caleres Inc.

. Median pay for its 12,055 workers was $21,528 (about 40 percent of its employees are part-time/temporary/seasonal).
11. John E. Fischer, Olin

. Olin employs 6,526 people worldwide.
10. Warner L. Baxter, Ameren

;ÌýBaxter earned 66 times as much as the median Ameren employee. Ameren employs 8,600 people and says they earn a median of $122,003.
9. Robert V. Vitale, Post Holdings

8. John W. Eaves, Arch Coal

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7. David Farr, Emerson

From February:
6. Ronald J. Kruszewski, Stifel

Stifel reported that its CEO earned 92 times as much as its median employee. .
Mark C. Trudeau, Mallinckrodt

; Mallinckrodt CEO Mark Trudeau's pay in 2017 was 102 times as much as the median company employee, who earned $146,870.
4. Timothy Wentworth, Express Scripts

. Median pay for its 26,600 workers was $52,509.
3. Hugh Grant, Monsanto

From April:
2. Glenn L. Kellow, Peabody Energy

. Peabody's 7,148 employees in the United States and Australia earned a median $118,812 last year.
1. Centene, Michael Neidorff

The CEO earned 379 times as much as the median Centene employee, . The company's 33,312 workers earned a median $66,600, including medical premiums.
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