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Restricted stock programs are relatively rare in St. If the company meets certain financial goals, the chief executive, Eugene S. In most cases, executives must stay a fixed number of years before they can take possession of the shares or sell them. Either way, the pay of chief executives was hundreds of times that of average workers. Earnings per share rose because the number of shares outstanding dropped by about 8 percent.