TORONTO -
Ed Clark has taken a 41 per cent pay cut to $8 million as chief executive of Toronto-Dominion Bank, after declining to accept $3 million and turning this amount over to charity.
Clark, continuing a sackcloth-and-ashes performance by Canadian bank CEOs after a painful year for shareholders, was awarded $11 million in total compensation for 2008, down 19 per cent from $13.5 million in 2007, the bank disclosed Thursday.
However, "in light of the difficult economic circumstances that Canada and the world face, Mr. Clark asked that his 2008 compensation be reduced by an additional $3 million."


