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
- 2008 Director compensation
- Section 16(a) beneficial ownership reporting compliance
- Ownership of securities
- 2008 Compensation discussion and analysis:
- 2008 Summary compensation
- 2008 Grants of plan-based awards
- 2008 Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end
- 2008 Option exercises and stock vested
- 2008 Retention plan
- 2008 Pension benefits
- 2008 Nonqualified deferred compensation
- 2008 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
3. Approval of long-term incentive performance terms for certain executives pursuant to section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code
Equity compensation plan information
4. Stockholder proposal on cumulative voting
5. Stockholder proposal on executive compensation and pension income
6. Stockholder proposal on advisory vote on executive compensation
2008 Option exercises and stock vested table
| Options Awards |
Stock Awards(1) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) Amounts shown in this column reflect PSUs, RSUs, and/or RRSUs that vested during 2008. See 2008 Summary Compensation Table Narrative for details on these types of awards. |
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| S.J. Palmisano | 350,000 | $14,973,648 | 59,764 | $6,610,537 |
| M. Loughridge | 53,969 | 2,586,403 | 16,865 | 1,938,718 |
| M.E. Daniels | 28,200 | 904,686 | 22,851 | 2,591,542 |
| S.A. Mills | 29,438 | 1,004,951 | 18,881 | 2,144,461 |
| V.M. Rometty | 29,400 | 986,223 | 28,364 | 3,082,660 |
