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Nominees to the Board of Directors
The nominees, and their ages, occupations and length of board service are provided in the table below. Additional
biographical descriptions of each nominee are set forth in the text below the table. These descriptions include the primary
individual experience, qualifications, qualities and skills of each of our nominees that led to the conclusion that each should
serve as a member of our board of directors at this time.
Name of Director/Nominee Age Principal Occupation Director Since
Marne Levine(1)(2) . . . . . . . . . . 44 Chief Operating Officer, Instagram May 2013
Richard Sarnoff(3) . . . . . . . . . . 56 Managing Director and Head of the Media & Communications industry group, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. August 2012
(1) Member of the nominating and corporate governance committee
(2) Member of the compensation committee
(3) Member of the audit committee
Marne Levine has served on our board of directors since May 2013. Since January 2015, Ms. Levine has served as the
Chief Operating Officer of Instagram, a social media company. Previously, Ms. Levine served as Vice President, Global Public
Policy for Facebook, a social media company, from June 2010 to January 2015. Prior to those roles, Ms. Levine served as Chief
of Staff at the White House National Economic Council and Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, from
January 2009 to June 2010. She began her career at the United States Department of Treasury, where she served in a variety of
positions, including as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for banking and finance in the Office of Legislative Affairs and Public
Liaison. Ms. Levine holds a B.A. in political science and communications from Miami University and an M.B.A. from Harvard
Business School. We believe that Ms. Levine is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to her extensive experience in
the policy, communication and technology fields.
Richard Sarnoff has served on our board of directors since August 2012. Since July 2014, Mr. Sarnoff has served as
the Managing Director and Head of the Media & Communications industry group for the Private Equity platform of Kohlberg
Kravis Roberts & Co., a private equity firm. From 2011 to 2014, Mr. Sarnoff was a Senior Adviser to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
& Company. Prior to that role, Mr. Sarnoff was employed by Bertelsmann, a diversified media and services company, where he
served as the Co-Chairman of Bertelsmann from 2008 to 2011, the President of Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments from
2006 to 2011, and the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Random House, a subsidiary of Bertelsmann
from 1998 to 2006. Mr. Sarnoff also served as a member of the supervisory board of Bertelsmann from 2002 to 2008 and
served as a member of the boards of directors of The Princeton Review from 2000 to 2009, of Audible from 2001 to 2008 and
of Amdocs from 2009 to 2011. Mr. Sarnoff currently serves on the boards of directors of Activision Blizzard and several
privately held companies. Mr. Sarnoff holds a B.A. in art and archeology from Princeton University and an M.B.A. from
Harvard Business School. We believe that Mr. Sarnoff is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to his extensive
experience serving in senior leadership roles, including chief financial officer, and on the boards of directors of media and
digital technology companies.
Continuing Directors
The directors who are serving for terms that end in 2016 and 2017, and their ages, occupations and length of board
service are provided in the table below. Additional biographical descriptions of each continuing director are set forth in the text
below the table. These descriptions include the primary individual experience, qualifications, qualities and skills of each
continuing director that led to the conclusion that each should serve as a member of our board of directors at this time.