Apple Inc. Chief Executive Timothy Cook received an estimated $4.2 million in compensation for this year, a relativelymodest figure after being awarded a large pay package last year.

Mr. Cook's pay package for 2011 was valued at about $378 million, thanks largely to an award of one million restricted Apple shares. The grant, made when the stock traded around $376 a share, was intended to retain Mr. Cook as CEO because half of the award vests in 2016 and the remainder in 2021. Since the award, the company's shares have risen by more than a third.

Mr. Cook's salary rose to $1.4 million this year from $900,000, according to a regulatory filing Thursday, but he received no stock awards this year, resulting in the much-smaller pay package. Mr. Cook didn't receive stock this year because of the large award he received when he was promoted to CEO, the company said.

The rest of Mr. Cook's 2012 compensation came primarily from $2.8 million in performance-based bonuses. Apple said the company exceeded the maximumperformance goals for net sales and operating income set by its compensation committee for this year. As a result, each executive officer received the maximum payout of twice the person's base salary under the bonus plan.

In addition, four top executives at the technology company received large stock awards this year. The company recently began granting large restricted stock awards to certain executives every two fiscal years, creating sharp swings in pay packages, Apple said in its Securities and Exchange Commission proxy statement.

Scott Forstall