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Committee Composition

Below is a summary of our committee structure and membership information. To read more about any of the committees click on the committee name listed at the top of the table. To learn more about some of our board members, visit the Board of Directors area of our web site.

Lead Independent Director = Lead Independent Director Committee Chair = Chair Committee Member = Member

  Audit Compensation and Management Development Nomination and Governance Acquisition Finance
Outside Directors
Carol Bartz Lead Independent Director   Member of Compensation and Management Development Committee      
M. Michele Burns Member of Audit Committee     Member of Acquisition Committee Member of Finance Committee
Michael D. Capellas     Member of Nomination and Governance Committee Committee Chair for Acquisition Committee Committee Chair for Finance Committee
Larry Carter         Member of Finance Committee
Brian L. Halla   Member of Compensation and Management Development Committee      
John L. Hennessy Ph.D.     Member of Nomination and Governance Committee Member of Acquisition Committee  
Richard Kovacevich     Committee Chair for Nomination and Governance Committee   Member of Finance Committee
Roderick C. McGeary Member of Audit Committee Committee Chair for Compensation and Management Development Committee      
Michael K. Powell       Member of Acquisition Committee  
Arun Sarin Member of Audit Committee        
Steven M. West Committee Chair for Audit Committee       Member of Finance Committee
Jerry Yang     Member of Nomination and Governance Committee Member of Acquisition Committee  
Inside Directors
John T. Chambers       Member of Acquisition Committee  

Audit Committee
The purpose of the Audit Committee (the "Committee") is to assist the Board of Directors (the "Board") in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities by reviewing the financial information which will be provided to the shareholders and others; reviewing the systems of internal controls which...read more

Compensation and Management Development Committee
The Compensation and Management Development Committee's (the "Committee") basic responsibility is to review the performance and development of Company management in achieving corporate goals and objectives and to assure that senior executives of the Company are compensated effectively in a manner consistent with...read more

Finance Committee
The Finance Committee is authorized to review and approve the Company's global investment policy which applies to all equity and fixed income investments made by the Company and by its subsidiaries worldwide; review the Company's minority investments and fixed income assets; authorize the issuance of debt securities of the Company; oversee stock repurchase ...read more

Acquisition Committee
The Acquisition Committee shall have the authority to review and approve merger and acquisition transactions and investment transactions proposed by the Company's management. The Acquisition Committee is authorized to approve merger and acquisition transactions and investment transactions by the Company valued in an amount not to exceed, for any particular ...read more

Nomination and Governance Committee
The Nomination and Governance Committee (the "Committee") shall oversee, review, and make periodic recommendations concerning the Company's corporate governance policies...read more