As of November these are the "retention bonuses" that will be paid out to senior management for great job it has done since last November.

Of course these payments extend to other senior managers, but only the top five need be disclosed per SEC.

Full disclosure here in the SEC filings of 26 nov 08.

http://biz.yahoo.com/e/081126/nsm8-k.htm...

Estimated Retention Payment

Closing Price Per Share of Company Common Stock

Less than Greater
$10.00 $10.01-12.50 $12.51 - $15.00 $15.01 - $17.50 than
$17.50
Brian L. Halla $1,500,000 $2,250,000 $3,000,000 $3,750,000 $4,500,000
Donald Macleod 1,000,000 1,500,000 2,000,000 2,500,000 3,000,000
Lewis Chew 1,000,000 1,500,000 2,000,000 2,500,000 3,000,000
Detlev Kunz 500,000 750,000 1,000,000 1,250,000 1,500,000
Suneil Parulekar 500,000 750,000 1,000,000 1,250,000 1,500.000