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Solutions, Inc. since 2003, where he chairs the Audit Committee, and is a member of the Compensation
Committee and the Mergers and Acquisitions Committee. In addition, Mr. Barker is a member of the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Director Qualifications:
x Finance and Global experience – approximately twenty years as an audit partner at a multinational
accounting firm; member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Audit Committee and
Compensation Committee and the Mergers and Acquisitions Committee of other multinational
public companies
Jan L. Docter, Consultant
Jan L. Docter, age 61, has served as a Director of priceline.com since November 2007. Mr. Docter
has been a self-employed business consultant since mid-2006. Mr. Docter provides a range of consulting
services to companies and other organizations, including, without limitation, advice to boards of directors and
senior management on general strategic matters, organizational methods (i.e., how to structure and organize
companies internally to accomplish stated goals) and strategic human resource issues. Mr. Docter served as the
interim Chief Financial Officer of Corio NV, a Dutch real estate investment company which was listed on the
Amsterdam Stock Exchange, from mid-2005 to mid-2006. From 2003 to mid-2005, Mr. Docter was self-
employed and Chief Financial Officer of Booking.com B.V. From 1998 to 2003, he was Chief Financial Officer
of, and later also Vice-Chairman and a member of the managing board of, Getronics NV, a Dutch information
and communications technology services company which was listed on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange. From
1985 to 1988, he was Chief Financial Officer of Centrafarm Group NV, a European producer and distributor of
generic pharmaceuticals and other drugs. Mr. Docter has also served as an Industry Special Grants Officer for
the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and as a member of the Advisory Board of the Amsterdam Stock
Exchange.
Director Qualifications:
x Finance experience – former chief financial officer of European-based public companies
x Industry and Global experience – former chief financial officer of and human resource consultant
to Booking.com B.V., the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary in the Netherlands
Jeffrey E. Epstein, Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Oracle Corporation
Jeff Epstein, age 54, has served as a Director of priceline.com since April 2003, and is currently a
member of the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee. Mr. Epstein was Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer of Oracle Corporation from September 2008 to April 2011. Mr. Epstein served as
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Oberon Media, Inc., a leading global provider of casual
games and game platforms from April 2007 to June 2008. From June 2005 until its sale in March 2007, Mr.
Epstein was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ADVO, Inc., the largest direct mail media
company in the United States. Mr. Epstein is a member of the Audit and Compliance Committee of the Stanford
University Hospital and a member of the Management Board of the Stanford University Graduate School of
Business.
Director Qualifications:
x Finance and Global experience – former chief financial officer of the world’s largest enterprise
software company
x Industry experience – former senior executive at Internet advertising company