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was the Vice President of Corporate Resources at Sun Microsystems, Inc. Mr. Beveridge is a director of Scottish
Equity Partners Ltd. and Memec, Inc.
J. Hallam Dawson has served as Chairman of IDI Associates, a private investment bank specializing in Latin
America, since September 1986. Mr. Dawson is a director China Trust Bank (USA) and was a director of Serena
Software, Inc. through February 2006.
Michael J. Fister has served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
since May 2004. Previously, Mr. Fister served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Enterprise
Platforms Group of Intel Corporation from 2002 to May 2004. Mr. Fister joined Intel in 1987 as the Chandler,
Arizona operations manager for the 8-bit focus group. From 1988 through 2000, Mr. Fister was promoted to a
series of engineering positions, and elected corporate Vice President in 2000.
Per-Kristian Halvorsen has served as the Chief Technology Innovation Officer of Intuit, Inc. since February
2006. Previously, he was Vice President and Director of the Solutions and Services Research Center at HPLabs
from 2000 to 2005. Previously, Dr. Halvorsen served as Director and Principal Scientist of the Information
Sciences and Technologies Laboratory at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center from June 1992 until June 2000.
Dr. Halvorsen is a member of the Board of Directors of FinnTech and Finn.
Steven L. Scheid has served as Chairman of Janus Capital Group, Inc. since January 2004. He served as Chief
Executive Officer of Janus Capital Group Inc. from April 2004 to December 2005. Previously, Mr. Scheid served
as an independent business consultant from February 2002 to April 2004, Vice Chairman of Charles Schwab &
Co., Inc. from July 1999 to February 2002, as President of the Schwab Retail Group from October 2000 to February
2002 and as the Chief Financial Officer of Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. from June 1996 to July 1999. Mr. Scheid
is a director of PMI Group, Inc.
Mary Alice Taylor is an independent business consultant. Previously, Ms. Taylor served as Chief Executive
Officer and Chairman of the Board of HomeGrocer.com from September 1999 to September 2000. Ms. Taylor
served as Executive Vice President of Global Operations and Technology of CitiCorp from January 1997
until September 1999 and served as Senior Vice President of Federal Express Corporation from September 1991
until December 1996. Ms. Taylor is a director of The Allstate Corporation, Sabre Holdings Corporation and
Blue Nile, Inc.
Larry W. Wangberg served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of TechTV, previously ZDTV,
Inc., from August 1997 until his retirement in June 2002. Previously, Mr. Wangberg was Chief Executive Officer
and Chairman of the Board of StarSight Telecast, Inc., an interactive program guide company, from February 1995
to August 1997. Mr. Wangberg is a director of Charter Communications, Inc. and ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “FOR”
THE NOMINEES LISTED ABOVE.
Board Meetings and Committees
The Board of Directors held a total of 5 meetings (including regularly scheduled and special meetings) during
fiscal 2006. No director attended fewer than 75% of the total number of meetings of the Board of Directors and
committees ofwhich he or she is a member, if any. The Company’s Board of Directors currently has three standing
committees: an Audit Committee, a Compensation and Human Resources Committee, and a Corporate
Governance and Nominating Committee.
Audit Committee
The Audit Committee, which has been established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Exchange
Act, currently consists of directors Mary Alice Taylor, Chairman, Steven L. Scheid and Larry W. Wangberg, each
of whom is “independent” as such term is defined for audit committee members by the listing standards of The
Nasdaq Stock Market. The Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Scheid and Ms. Taylor are each an “audit
committee financial expert” as defined in rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
The principal functions of the Audit Committee and its activities during fiscal 2006 are described in “Report
of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors” below.
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