1. Election of directors for a term of one year
General information:
- Board of directors
- Committees of the board
- Certain transactions and relationships
- Certain information about insurance and indemnification
- 2007 Director compensation
- Section 16(a) beneficial ownership reporting compliance
- Ownership of securities
- 2007 Compensation discussion and analysis:
- 2007 Summary compensation
- 2007 Grants of plan-based awards
- 2007 Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end
- 2007 Option exercises and stock vested
- 2007 Retention plan
- 2007 Pension benefits
- 2007 Nonqualified deferred compensation
- 2007 Potential payments upon termination
Report of the audit committee of the board of directors
Audit and non-audit fees
2. Ratification of appointment of independent registered public accounting firm
Stockholder proposals
3. Stockholder proposal on cumulative voting
4. Stockholder proposal on executive compensation
5. Stockholder proposal on board committee on human Rights
6. Stockholder proposal on special meetings
7. Stockholder proposal on advisory vote on executive compensation
2007 Option exercises and stock vested
| Options Awards(1) | Stock Awards(2) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name (a) |
Number of Shares Acquired on Exercise (#) (b) |
Value Realized on Exercise ($) (c) |
Number of Shares Acquired on Vesting (#) (d) |
Value Realized on Vesting ($) (e) |
|
(1) Options that were exercised by the named executive officers in 2007 were nearing the end of their ten year terms, at which time they would have been cancelled if not exercised. (2) Amounts in this column for Mr. Palmisano reflect PSUs and the 10,753 performance-based RSUs that vested on March 8, 2007 in connection with the Lenovo transaction involving IBM’s personal computing business. For the other named executive officers, amounts in this column reflect PSUs, RSUs, and RRSUs. See 2007 Summary Compensation Table Narrative for details on these types of awards. |
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| S.J. Palmisano | 184,000 | $ 9,411,461 | 64,920 | $ 6,346,204 |
| M. Loughridge | 0 | 0 | 24,194 | 2,441,013 |
| S.A. Mills | 0 | 0 | 34,467 | 3,524,704 |
| M.E. Daniels | 1,466 | 76,261 | 21,216 | 2,160,710 |
| D.T. Elix | 45,000 | 2,780,244 | 36,685 | 3,743,851 |
