NEW YORK — Citigroup has paid its former Chief Executive Officer Vikram Pandit, who resigned abruptly last month, a bonus of $6.7 million for work he did for the bank this year.
The bank, which disclosed the payment in a regulatory filing Friday, also paid its former chief operating officer John Havens, who left the bank at the same time Pandit did, $6.8 million. Citi characterized the payments as “incentive awards” and said the two executives weren’t entitled to any severance payments as a result of their departures.
The executives will get 40 percent of the money right away, and the rest will be paid in installments through 2017.
Citi said Pandit and Havens will continue to vest in deferred stock and deferred cash incentive awards previously granted to them. Those were worth $8.8 million for Pandit and $8.7 million for Havens.
Pandit’s sudden departure from Citi on Oct. 16 shocked the financial industry. Citi gave no explanation at the time, but it was widely reported that Pandit had fallen out of favor with the company’s board. The bank was embarrassed by several missteps including failing a financial checkup this spring with the Federal Reserve, which refused Citi’s request to raise its dividend.
Pandit joined Citi in 2007 and steered the bank through the financial crisis. He accepted a token $1 in compensation in 2010 as the bank righted itself. His pay increased to $15 million in 2011.
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