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Biographical information about this year’s nominees:
Name Age Position, Principal Occupation, Business Experience and Directorships
Joan L. Amble ........ 59 Ms.Amble has been a director since July 2008. From December 2006 until the
closing of our merger with XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (“XM”) in
July 2008, Ms. Amble served as a director of XM. From May 2011 to December
2011, Ms. Amble was the Executive Vice President, Finance for the American
Express Company and also served as its Executive Vice President and Corporate
Comptroller from December 2003 until May 2011. Prior to joining American
Express, Ms. Amble served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial
Officer of GE Capital Markets, a service business within GE Capital Services,
Inc., overseeing securitizations, debt placement and syndication, as well as
structured equity transactions. From 1994 to March 2003, Ms. Amble served as
Vice President and Controller for GE Capital. Ms. Amble serves as a member of
the board of directors of Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation and Brown-
Forman Corporation. Ms. Amble also served as a director at Broadcom
Corporation during the last five years.
Key Attributes, Experience and Skills:
Ms. Amble has extensive experience in financial reporting, including experience
with the rules and regulations of the SEC, based, in part, on her experience at
Ernst & Young, The Financial Accounting Standards Board, the General Electric
Company and American Express. Ms. Amble also has significant experience in
the areas of: financial controls; Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance; operations; risk
management; six sigma quality; and consumer-oriented subscription businesses.
Name Age Position, Principal Occupation, Business Experience and Directorships
Mark D. Carleton ..... 52 Mr.Carleton has served as a director since January 2013. He has served as a
Senior Vice President of Liberty Media Corporation (formerly known as Liberty
Spinco, Inc.) since January 2013. Mr. Carleton served as a Senior Vice President
of Liberty Media Corporation (now known as Starz) from May 2007 to January
2013. He has also served as a Senior Vice President of Liberty Interactive
Corporation since December 2003. Prior to December 2003, Mr. Carleton was a
partner at KPMG LLP, where he had overall responsibility for the
communications sector. He also served on KPMG LLP’s Board of Directors.
Mr. Carleton serves as a director of Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., Barnes &
Noble, Inc., Air Methods Corporation, Atlanta Braves, Inc., Ideiasnet and Mobile
Streams Plc. He previously served as a director of Ticketmaster Entertainment,
Inc. and The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
Key Attributes, Experience and Skills:
Mr. Carleton brings to the board, among his other skills and qualifications,
financial and accounting expertise acquired while serving as a partner at KPMG
LLP. He has extensive experience in the media, telecommunications and
entertainment industries, experience that is very valuable in assessing and
evaluating opportunities and our plans from both a short- and long-term
perspective. In addition, Mr. Carleton’s service on other public company boards
has provided him with a number of skills, including experience in the areas of
leadership development and succession planning, risk assessment, and
stockholder and government relations.
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