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1
DEFINITIONS
1998 Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NVIDIA Corporation 1998 Equity Incentive Plan
1999 Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PortalPlayer, Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan
2004 Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PortalPlayer, Inc. Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Incentive Plan
2007 Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NVIDIA Corporation Amended and Restated 2007 Equity Incentive Plan
2012 ESPP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NVIDIA Corporation Amended and Restated 2012 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
2014 Annual Meeting. . . . . . . . . 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
2015 Annual Meeting. . . . . . . . . 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
AC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audit Committee
Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Company’s Board of Directors
CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Compensation Committee
CD&A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Compensation Discussion and Analysis
CEO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chief Executive Officer
Company, We or Us. . . . . . . . . . NVIDIA Corporation, a Delaware corporation
Dodd Frank Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
Exchange Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
Exequity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exequity LLP, the CC’s independent compensation consultant
Fiscal 2014. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Company’s fiscal year 2014 (January 28, 2013 to January 26, 2014)
Fiscal 2015. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Company’s fiscal year 2015 (January 27, 2014 to January 25, 2015)
Form 10-K . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for Fiscal 2015 filed with the SEC on
March 11, 2015
GAAP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Generally accepted accounting principles
Internal Revenue Code. . . . . . . . U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
Lead Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lead independent director
NASDAQ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
NCGC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
NEOs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Named Executive Officers
Non-GAAP Operating Income. . GAAP operating income adjusted for certain pre-determined costs and/or credits as
the Company reports in its earnings materials
Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials
NYSE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New York Stock Exchange
PSUs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Performance stock units
RSUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Restricted stock units
SEC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
PwC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Variable Cash Plan. . . . . . . . . . . The Company’s variable cash compensation plan