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Part III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
The information contained under the captions “Proposal One: Election of Directors,” “Governance,” and “Stock Ownership” in
the 2015 Proxy Statement, with respect to directors, shareholder nomination procedures, the code of ethics, the Audit
Committee, our audit committee financial experts, and Section 16(a) beneficial ownership reporting compliance, is
incorporated herein by reference in response to this item. The information contained in Part I of this Form 10-K under the
caption “Supplemental Item. Executive Officers of the Registrant,” with respect to executive officers, is incorporated herein by
reference in response to this item.
Item 11. Executive Compensation
The information contained under the captions “Governance,” “Director Compensation,” and “Executive Compensation” in the
2015 Proxy Statement, with respect to corporate Compensation Committee interlocks and insider participation, director
compensation, the Compensation Committee Report, and executive compensation, is incorporated herein by reference in
response to this item.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
Equity Compensation Plan Information
The following table summarizes information as of January 31, 2015, relating to our equity compensation plans pursuant to
which our common shares may be issued.
Number of securities
to be issued upon
exercise of
outstanding options,
warrants, and rights
(#)
Weighted-average
exercise price of
outstanding
options, warrants,
and rights ($)
Number of securities
remaining available
for future issuance
under equity
compensation plans
(excluding securities
reflected in column
(a)) (#)
Plan Category (a) (b) (c)
Equity compensation plans approved by
security holders 2,429,743 (1)(2) 37.59 (3) 5,272,581 (4)
Equity compensation plans not approved
by security holders — — —
Total 2,429,743 37.59 (3) 5,272,581
(1) Includes stock options, performance share units, and restricted stock units granted under the 2012 LTIP, the 2005
LTIP, the Director Stock Option Plan and the 1996 LTIP. In addition, we had 464,225 shares of unvested restricted
stock outstanding under the 2012 LTIP and the 2005 LTIP.
(2) The common shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding stock options granted under each shareholder-approved
plan are as follows:
2012 LTIP 775,125
2005 LTIP 895,688
Director Stock Option Plan 20,000
1996 LTIP 12,400
(3) The weighted average exercise price does not take into account the performance share units and the restricted stock
units granted under the 2012 LTIP.
(4) The common shares available for issuance under the 2012 LTIP are limited to 5,272,581 common shares. There are
no common shares available for issuance under any of the other shareholder-approved plans.