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Fourteen of the 19 companies in the Baltimore region that paid their CEOs at least $1 million last year reported increases in that compensation in 2010, according to a Baltimore Sun analysis. The increases largely reflected improved performance by the companies.

Constellation Energy Group CEO Mayo A. Shattuck III and other top executives of the Baltimore company are eligible to receive more than $36 million in cash severance and previously-owned incentive awards if the proposed merger with Chicago-based Exelon Corp. is successful.