vikingivesterled
That is absolutely normal. Pretty much all CEO contracts contain clauses that make sure that the pay for the full contract period has to be paid (including pension benefits) even if the CEO will be fired quite early. That can be, but does not necessarily have to be in conjunction with a non-compete clause. Had that experience in a previous company that had the habit of signing 5 year contracts with its CEOs and replacing them every 13 months on average... Cost them millions to do that, which did not really matter all that much as the company lost hundreds of millions each year anyway.