Bothell, Washington-Based Alder BioPharmaceuticals' Top-Tier Executives Average Annual Pay and Employee Benefits Increase Was a Blistering 44.2% Per Year During the Past Five Years

From annual compensation information contained in Proxy Statement filings with the US SEC, the table below shows Alder BioPharmaceuticals' Top-Tier Executives Annual Total Compensation for each of the two consecutive full years of employment for the past five years.

	FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE
	Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec
Alder BioPharmaceuticals	2018	2017		2017	2016		2016	2015		2015	2014		2014	2013
Top-Tier	Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total
Executive	Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp
	$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s
Schatzman Former CEO	N/A	N/A		4,217	4,037		4,037	2,821		2,821	2,203		2,203	554
Benedict	1,238	1,081		1,081	1,452		1,452	829
Sandoval	1,534	2,539		N/A	N/A
Latham				2,263	1,958		1,958	1,539		1,539	1,152		1,152	484
Smith				2,060	1,941		1,941	1,352		1,352	1,037		1,037	486
Litton										1,037	815		815	412
Totals	2,772	3,620		9,621	9,388		9,388	6,541		6,749	5,207		5,207	1,936
Annual % Change vs Prior Year	-23.4%			2.5%			43.5%			29.6%			169.0%
5 Year Average Per Year % Change		44.2%