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portion of the financial liability based on the type and amount of hazardous substances disposed of by each party at
the site and the number of financially viable parties.
Some of our current and former sites have a history of commercial and industrial operations, including the use of
hazardous substances. Groundwater and soil contamination resulting from historical operations has been identified at
several of our current and former facilities and we are addressing the cleanup of these sites in cooperation with the
relevant government agencies.
While our ultimate costs in connection with these sites is difficult to predict with complete accuracy, based on
our current estimates of cleanup costs and our expected allocation of these costs, we do not expect costs in
connection with these superfund sites and contaminated sites to be material.
We may be subject to various state, federal and international laws and regulations governing the environment,
including those restricting the presence of certain substances in electronic products. For example, the European
Union (“EU”) has enacted the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic
Equipment (“RoHS”), which prohibits the use of certain substances, including lead, in certain products, including
hard drives, put on the market after July 1, 2006 as well as the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (“WEEE”
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directive, which makes producers of electrical goods, including disc drives, financially responsible for specified
collection, recycling, treatment and disposal of past and future covered products. Similar legislation has been or may
be enacted in other jurisdictions, including in the United States, Canada, Mexico, China and Japan. We will need to
ensure that we comply with such laws and regulations as they are enacted, and that our component suppliers also
timely comply with such laws and regulations. If we fail to timely comply with the legislation, our customers may
refuse to purchase our products, which would have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition
and results of operations.
Executive Officers
The following sets forth the name, age and position of each of the persons who were serving as executive
officers as of August 10, 2007. There are no family relationships among any of our executive officers.
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William D. Watkins
Chief Executive Officer and Director
age 54
Mr. Watkins has been Chief Executive Officer since 2004, and a Director of Seagate since
2000. Prior to that, he was President and Chief Executive Officer from 2004 to 2006; President
and Chief Operating Officer from 2000 to 2004; Executive Vice President and Chief Operating
Officer from 1998 to 2000; and Executive Vice President, Recording Media Operations from
1996 to 1998.
David A. Wickersham
President and Chief
Operating Officer
age 51
Mr. Wickersham has been President since 2006 and Chief Operating Officer since 2004. Prior
to that, he was Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President from 2004 to 2006;
Executive Vice President, Global Disc Storage Operations from 2000 to 2004, Senior Vice
President, Worldwide Product Line Management from 1999 to 2000; and Senior Vice
President, Worldwide Materials from 1998 to 1999.
Charles C. Pope
Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
age 52
Mr. Pope has been Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since 1999. From
1998 to 1999 he was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to that, he was
Senior Vice President Finance, Storage Products from 1997 to 1998; Vice President Finance,
Storage Products from 1996 to 1997; Vice President/General Manager, Media from 1994 to
1996; Vice President Finance and Treasurer from 1991 to 1994; and Vice President, Finance
Far East Operations from 1989 to 1991.
Brian S. Dexheimer
Executive Vice President and Chief Sales &
Marketing Officer
age 44
Mr. Dexheimer has been Executive Vice President and Chief Sales & Marketing Officer since
2006. Prior to that he was Executive Vice President, Storage Business and Worldwide Sales,
Marketing and Customer Service from 2005 to 2006; Executive Vice President, Worldwide
Sales, Marketing and Customer Service from 2000 to 2005; Senior Vice President, Worldwide
Sales from 1999 to 2000; Senior Vice President, Personal Storage Group/Product Line
Management from 1998 to 1999; Vice President, and General Manager, Removable Storage
Solutions from 1997 to 1998.
Todd A. Abbott
Executive Vice Present, Sales, Marketing
and Customer Service
age 48
Mr. Abbott has been Executive Vice President, Sales, Marketing and Customer Service since
2007. Prior to joining Seagate, he was Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales for Symbol
Technologies from 2002 to 2006; Group Vice President in the sales organization for Cisco
Systems from 2001 to 2002; and held other senior positions in the sales organization at Cisco
from 1994 to 2001.
William L. Hudson
Executive Vice President, General Counsel
and Corporate Secretary
age 55
Mr. Hudson has been Executive Vice President since November 2002, and General Counsel
and Corporate Secretary since January 2000. Prior to that he was Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary from January 2000 to November 2002.