Attorneys for North Little Rock archivist John Rogers on Thursday asked a Pulaski County judge to withdraw his arrest order for Rogers.
Circuit Judge Timothy Fox issued a bench warrant for Rogers on June 8 for not responding to an order to produce discovery requests in a lawsuit filed last year by First Arkansas Bank & Trust of Jacksonville.
The order states that Rogers, after his arrest, can be released on a bond of almost $1.5 million or 10 percent of the judgment he faces in the lawsuit, which is excessive, Blake Hendrix, an attorney for Rogers said in the filing.
"I'm interpreting this order for 'body attachment' to be a criminal contempt proceeding," Hendrix said in an interview. "It's like a criminal case. You're entitled to all the constitutional protections under the Arkansas and federal constitutions, none of which appear to be provided for."
Acxiom CEO's pay $6.3M in fiscal 2015
Scott Howe, chief executive officer and president of Acxiom Corp., earned about $6.3 million in total compensation during the data firm's 2015 fiscal year, according to Acxiom's proxy report.
Howe was paid $650,000 in salary, $300,000 in incentive plan compensation, more than $5.3 million in stock and option awards, and $7,800 in other compensation.
Warren Jenson, chief financial officer and executive vice president, was paid about $3.9 million.
Nada Stirratt, former chief revenue officer and executive vice president, was paid about $2.5 million. Stirratt resigned as chief revenue officer earlier this year.
Phil Mui, chief innovation and technology officer, was paid about $1.7 million.
Jerry Jones, chief ethics and legal officer and executive vice president, was paid $1.1 million.
Acxiom will hold its annual shareholders meeting Aug. 18 at 12:30 p.m. The meeting will be available online at virtualshareholdermeeting.com/ACXM15.
State index off 1.68 as 14 stocks slump
The Arkansas Index, a price-weighted index that tracks the largest public companies based in the state, fell 1.68 to 365.65 Thursday.
Fourteen stocks declined and four advanced.
Bear State Financial fell 3.9 percent Thursday in light trading.
For the week, 15 stocks declined and three rose.
P.A.M. Transportation Services climbed 5.7 percent for the week and USA Truck fell 9.3 percent.
Total volume of the index was 18.7 million shares. The average daily volume for the week was 23.4 million shares.
The index was developed by Bloomberg News and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette with a base value of 100 as of Dec. 30, 1997.
Business on 07/03/2015