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Executive compensation
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(This information reflects the 2008 proxy statement)
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Report on Executive Compensation
2007 Report of the executive compensation and management resources committee of the board of directors
Set out below is the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, which is a discussion of the Company’s executive compensation programs and policies written from the perspective of how we and management view and use such programs and policies. Given the Committee’s role in providing oversight to the design of those programs and policies, and in making specific compensation decisions for senior executives using those policies and programs, the Committee participated in the preparation of the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, reviewing successive drafts of the document and discussing those with management. The Committee recommended to the Board that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in this Proxy Statement. We join with management in welcoming readers to examine our pay practices and in affirming the commitment of these pay practices to the long-term interests of stockholders.
Sidney Taurel (chair)
William R. Brody
Juergen Dormann
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