“Russo, for her part, had an incentive to leave by the end of this year. Under a bylaw change adopted at the annual shareholders' meeting (BusinessWeek.com, 5/27/08), she's entitled to a severance package of almost $9.5 million if she departs before Dec. 31. After that date, she would have received no severance pay unless the company met revenue and profit targets, which it has failed to do since the merger. ”