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Biographical information about this year’s nominees:
Name Age Position, Principal Occupation, Business Experience and Directorships
Joan L. Amble ........ 60 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 of 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 of 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
Anthony J. Bates ...... 46 Mr.Bates has been a director since September 2013. From July 2013 until March
2014, Mr. Bates was the Executive Vice President, Business Development and
Evangelism, of Microsoft Corporation. Prior to July 2013, he was the President
of Microsoft’s Skype Division since its acquisition by Microsoft in 2011.
Mr. Bates was the Chief Executive Officer of Skype, a leading provider of
software applications and related internet communications products, since 2010.
Before joining Skype, Mr. Bates spent fifteen years at Cisco Systems, Inc. where
he had been Senior Vice President and General Manager of several business
groups, including Enterprise, Commercial and Small Business, and Cisco’s core
high-end router business.
Key Attributes, Experience and Skills:
Mr. Bates brings to the board of directors extensive executive leadership
experience in the technology industry, including the management of worldwide
operations, sales, service and support, areas that the board considers valuable
given the evolving nature of the audio entertainment industry and the increasing
competition we face.
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