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Corporate Governance PROXY STATEMENT
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NOTICE OF 2014 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS AND PROXY STATEMENT
Corporate Governance and Public Policy Committee
Dinyar S. Devitre
Committee Chair
Additional Committee Members: Betsy D. Holden, Linda Fayne Levinson, and Wulf von Schimmelmann
Meetings Held in 2013: 9
Primary Responsibilities: Pursuant to its charter, the Corporate Governance and Public Policy Committee is
responsible for:
•  r ecommending to the Board of Directors criteria for Board and committee membership;
•considering,inconsultationwiththeChairmanoftheBoardandtheChiefExecutiveOfficer,andrecruitingcandidates
to fill positions on the Board of Directors;
•evaluatingcurrentdirectorsforre-nominationtotheBoardofDirectors;
•recommendingthedirectornomineesforapprovalbytheBoardofDirectorsandthestockholders;
•recommendingtotheBoardofDirectorsappointmentstocommitteesoftheBoardofDirectors;
•recommendingtotheBoardofDirectorscorporategovernanceguidelines,reviewingthecorporategovernance
guidelines at least annually, and recommending modifications to the corporate governance guidelines to the Board
of Directors;
•establishingandimplementingself-evaluationproceduresfortheBoardofDirectorsanditscommittees;
•reviewingstockholderproposalssubmittedforinclusionintheCompany’sProxyStatement;
•reviewingtheCompany’srelatedpersonstransactionpolicy,andasnecessary,reviewingspecificrelatedperson
transactions; and
•reviewingandadvisingtheBoardofDirectorsregardingmattersofpublicpolicyandsocialresponsibilitythatare
relevant to the Company or the industries in which the Company operates.
Independence: Each member of the Corporate Governance and Public Policy Committee meets the independence
requirements of our Corporate Governance Guidelines, the NYSE and the Exchange Act, and as the Board has
determined, has no material relationship with the Company.