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Proxy Statement
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE—FISCAL 2008-2010
The following table presents information regarding compensation of the Named Executive Officers for services
rendered during fiscal 2010, 2009 and 2008.
Name and Principal
Position (a)
Year
(b)
Salary
($)
(c)
Bonus
($) (1)
(d)
Stock
Awards
($) (2)(3)
(e)
Option
Awards
($) (2)
(f)
Non-Equity
Incentive
Plan
Compensation
($) (1)
(g)
Change in
Pension Value
and
Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings
($)
(h)
All Other
Compensation
($) (4)
(i)
Total
($)
(j)
Dr. Eli Harari, ......... 2010 945,769 — 3,493,832(6) 18,791,651(6) 2,312,500 — 4,001,520(7) 29,545,272
Former Chairman of
the Board & Former
Chief Executive
Officer (5)
2009 848,000 1,696,000 — 1,520,075 — — 15,024 4,079,099
2008 848,000 — 371,821 1,899,660 — — 20,124 3,139,605
Sanjay Mehrotra, ...... 2010 597,115 — 752,809 1,264,944 1,500,000 — 14,212 4,129,080
President & Chief
Executive Officer (5)
2009 561,000 1,000,000 — 575,772 — — 5,212 2,141,984
2008 553,154 — 320,425 1,137,660 — — 4,933 2,016,172
Judy Bruner, .......... 2010 505,385 — 376,419 632,472 950,000 — 8,988 2,473,264
Executive Vice
President
Administration &
Chief Financial Officer
2009 486,000 750,000 — 407,839 — — 5,545 1,649,384
2008 480,462 — 197,225 805,843 — — 2,483 1,486,013
Yoram Cedar, ......... 2010 433,787 — 873,073 1,548,360 730,000 — 13,926 3,599,146
Executive Vice
President and Chief
Technology Officer
2009 404,693 625,000 — 359,858 — — 6,919 1,396,470
2008 401,728 — 197,225 568,830 — — 17,232 1,185,015
James F. Brelsford ..... 2010 367,885 25,000(9) 112,920 189,742 525,000 — 11,299 1,231,837
Chief Legal Officer
and Senior Vice
President of IP
Licensing
Sumit Sadana ......... 2010 249,038 — 531,187 597,780 375,000 — 139,974(8) 1,892,979
Senior Vice President
and Chief Strategy
Officer (10)
(1) As described in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section above, each of the Named Executive
Officers received a bonus for fiscal 2010 in the amount reported in column (g) of the table above, which were
paid in March 2011. Each of the Named Executive Officers received a bonus for fiscal 2009 in the amount
reported in column (d) of the table above, which were paid in March 2010. No payouts were made with respect
to fiscal 2008 cash incentive awards.
(2) In accordance with recent changes in the SEC’s disclosure rules, the amounts reported in Columns (e) and
(f) of the table above for fiscal 2010 reflect the fair value on the grant date of the restricted stock unit and
option awards granted to the Named Executive Officers during fiscal 2010, the fair value of option awards
granted during fiscal 2009 and the fair value of stock and option awards granted during fiscal 2008. These
values have been determined under the principles used to calculate the value of equity awards for purposes of
the Company’s financial statements. For a discussion of the assumptions and methodologies used to value the
awards reported in Column (e) and Column (f), please see the discussion of stock awards and option awards
contained in Note 8—Compensation and Benefits to the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements,
included as part of the Company’s 2010 Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC. Under general
accounting principles, compensation expense with respect to stock awards and option awards granted to the
Company’s employees and directors is generally recognized over the vesting periods applicable to the awards.
The SEC’s disclosure rules previously required that the Company present stock award and option award
information for fiscal 2008 based on the amount recognized during the corresponding year for financial
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