Wholesale / Distribution Compensation & Benefits Benchmarking Report 2012 Wholesale / Distribution Benchmarking Report | Page 25

2012 One way companies looked to im y mprove profitability in the past few ye e ears was by tinkering with y the bonus and comm mission syste ems. Below is a graph th shows w hat what percenta of the age participants has mad changes to bonus and commissio structures over the pa 5 years: de t d on s ast Co ommission and Bonu Compen n us nsation STRU UCTURE CHANGES C 30% % 25% % 27 7% 27% 25% 24% 23% 20% 20% % % 18% 2 2004 to 2005 17% 2 2006 to 2007 15% % 2 2008 to 2009 10% % 2 2010 to 2011 5% % 0% % Commission C © Barnes Dennig & Co Ltd. and US Midwest o., SI Bonus s pa 21 age