The CEO of bookstore chain Barnes & Noble’s compensation skyrocketed to $10 million from just $1.6 million last year, due to a hefty stock option grant, as the company sought to compensate William Lynch for his work on expanding Barnes & Noble’s digital business.
But a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission shows the company planned to give CEO William Lynch double the $5.3 million in stock options it granted, but found it couldn’t due to its 2009 incentive plan rules.
