Ahmad R. Chatila, the new chief executive of MEMC Electronic Materials, will get a base salary of $750,000 plus a  minimum bonus this year of $500,000 and a signing bonus of $600,000. The former Cypress Semiconductor executive, who became CEO on March 2,  also was given options to buy 1.7 million shares over the next five years, plus 75,000 restricted stock units. The details of his employment agreement are in a proxy statement filed today with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Former CEO Nabeel Gareeb, who stepped down in November, earned $6.6 million in his last year with the company. That included a salary of $892,500 and a bonus of an identical amount, plus options valued at $4.8 million. The latter is an accounting charge for older awards; he got no new options during 2008.

Gareeb’s W-2 will show a much bigger figure because of options he exercised during the year. His gain on them was $37.5 million.

Marshall Turner, a director who took over as interim CEO on Nov. 12, got a salary of $90,000 and options with a grant-date value of $345,600.