In records documented with the US markets controller, Apple said the strategy was "in light of a legitimate concern for security and effectiveness". 

Apple announced that Mr Cook's own movement costs came to $93,109 (£69,253) in 2017.

His own security costs came to $224,216, the tech monster included.

In 2017, the CEO's pay was simply finished $3m. He additionally got $9.3m in rewards, in addition to $89m of offers that were guaranteed to him in the event that he met certain objectives.

Apple's market capitalisation rose to $868bn in November, making it the world's most profitable traded on an open market organization.

The tech goliath has endured discussion as of late.

On 21 December, Apple was compelled to concede that it had been purposely backing off maturing iPhones to help oversee execution issues caused by their batteries destroying.

The firm is being sued in eight separate cases in the US over the issue, and in addition confronting lawful activity in Israel and France.

Furthermore, in November, Apple was compelled to push out a refresh to settle a noteworthy security gap in its Mac working framework that made it conceivable to pick up section to a Mac without a secret key, and furthermore approach effective overseer rights.