Investor Owning 3% of Range Stock Voting Against Mgmt Compensation

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Although the average employee at Range Resources made $123,500 last year (see today’s lead story, Average Worker at Top Marcellus Drillers Makes $100K+ Salary), those in upper management at Range made considerably more. We don’t have the 2017 number, but in 2016, Range CEO Jeff Ventura made $9.8 million (see EQT Pay Dispute – Comparing CEO Salaries for Top M-U Firms). Ventura’s salary works out to be 79 times the average Range worker’s salary–actually far better than the average for all industries which averages 140 times as much. Still, not everyone is happy with the what Range’s upper management gives themselves. A significant investor in Range, Stelliam Investment Management, which owns around 3% of all outstanding Range stock, has issued a press release and an open letter to the board to say they intend to vote against Range’s proposed management compensation plan at today’s annual meeting. Stelliam says over the past four years management compensation has “remained generous” while during the same period the company’s stock price has slipped a huge 80% in value. So who is Stelliam, and does their vote of no confidence create any issues for Range management?…

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