Amazon Shareholder Engagement Presentation Deck
Item 3-Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation
Why We Recommend You Support This Proposal
Our executive compensation philosophy focuses on the true long-term success of our business, not on
isolated 1, 2, or 3-year goals that:
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Encompass only a limited and selective portion of our objectives
Can reward executives with above-target payouts even when the stock price remains flat or declines
Our emphasis on periodic grants of time-vested restricted stock units that vest over the long term
perfectly aligns our executives' compensation with the returns we deliver to shareholders
Having considered other approaches, we remain committed to the structure of our executive
compensation because it has worked effectively, having allowed us to:
Attract and retain incredibly talented people who have guided our business through countless challenges
Develop our business in ways that we could not have conceived a few years earlier, including initiatives that later became
AWS, Kindle, Alexa, and our robust third-party seller business
► Make long-term commitments to sustainability and other environmental, social, and human capital initiatives and goals
Deliver strong long-term returns to our shareholders
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