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BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF COMMON STOCK
The following table sets forth the beneficial ownership of our common stock held as of April 7, 2014 by each person who
is known by us to beneficially own more than 5% of the outstanding shares of our common stock, and as of April 7, 2014 by
(1) each current director and nominee for director; (2) each of the named executive officers listed in the Summary Compensation
Table included elsewhere in this proxy statement; and (3) by all current directors and executive officers as a group:
Name of beneficial owner
Number of
Shares
beneficially
owned (1)
Number of
shares
acquirable
within 60
days (2)
Percentage of
common
stock
beneficially
owned (3)
5% Stockholders
FMR, LLC (4)
245 Summer Street Boston, MA 02109 59,011,049 — 9.11 %
BlackRock, Inc. (5)
40 East 52nd Street New York, NY100222 54,902,794 — 8.48 %
Vanguard Group (6)
100 Vanguard Blvd Malvern, PA 19355 44,781,598 — 6.92 %
Directors, Nominees for Director and Named Executive Officers
Basil L. Anderson 216,105 (7) 91,367 *
Joseph G. Doody 346,657 1,063,554 *
Drew G. Faust 48,047 — *
Justin King 55,784 82,367 *
Christine T. Komola 106,611 (8) 172,704 *
Carol Meyrowitz 71,130 77,867 *
Rowland T. Moriarty 434,703 (9) 136,367 *
Robert C. Nakasone 325,124 (10) 158,867 *
Demos Parneros 457,811 (11) 1,063,554 *
Ronald L. Sargent 2,207,756 (12) 4,413,969 *
Elizabeth A. Smith 67,763 41,954 *
Robert E. Sulentic 115,293 (13) 82,367 *
Raul Vazquez 31,650 — *
Vijay Vishwanath 77,541 86,867 *
Paul F. Walsh 206,488 (14) 158,867 *
John Wilson 100,862 106,703 *
All current directors and executive officers as a
group (19 persons) 5,050,365 8,439,912 2.06%
*Less than 1%
(1) Each person listed has sole investment and/or voting power with respect to the shares indicated, except as otherwise noted. The inclusion
herein of any shares as beneficially owned does not constitute an admission of beneficial ownership. Amounts listed in this column do not reflect
shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options available on April 7, 2014 or within 60 days thereafter.
(2) Reflects shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options available on April 7, 2014 or within 60 days thereafter, including options with an
exercise price in excess of the stock price on that date.
(3) Number of shares deemed outstanding includes 647,496,922 shares of our common stock outstanding as of April 7, 2014 and any options
for shares that are exercisable by such beneficial owner on April 7, 2014 or within 60 days thereafter.
(4)As set forth in a Schedule 13G filed on February 14, 2014, FMR, LLC had, as of December 31, 2013, sole dispositive power and sole voting
power with respect to all of the shares.
(5) As set forth in a Schedule 13G filed on February 10, 2014, BlackRock, Inc. had, as of December 31, 2013, sole dispositive power and sole
voting power with respect to all of the shares.
(6) As set forth in a Schedule 13G filed on February 11, 2014,Vanguard Group had, as of December 31, 2013, sole dispositive power and sole
voting power with respect to all of the shares.
(7) Includes 12,624 shares owned by Mr. Anderson's wife, 87,000 shares owned by the Basil Anderson Revocable Trust and 92,255 shares owned
by the Basil L. Anderson GRAT 2014.
(8) Includes 14,028 shares owned by the John A. Komola Trust and 75,505 shares owned by the Christine T. Komola Trust.