Norway Sovereign Wealth Fund Backs FedEx CEO Pay

Norway Sovereign Wealth Fund Backs FedEx CEO Pay
Fedex CEO Fred Smith is pictured at a business roundtable meeting of company leaders and U.S. Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney in Washington on June 13, 2012. Jason Reed/Reuters
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OSLO—Norway’s $1.4 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, said on Wednesday it will support FedEx CEO Fred Smith’s $54 million pay package at a meeting of the logistics company’s shareholders next week.

The pay of the billionaire chief executive has been challenged by a labour union over the company’s decision to cancel a bonus programme while giving him an option award instead, only to then re-instate the bonus.