Vonage 2010 Annual Report Download - page 50

PART III
ITEM 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
Th
e
di
scuss
i
on un
d
er t
h
e
h
ea
di
ngs
“P
roposa
lN
o. 1 –
El
ect
i
on
o
f Directors,” “
S
ection 16
(
a
)
Beneficial
O
wnership Reportin
g
C
om
p
liance,” “Director Nomination Process”, “
C
or
p
orat
e
G
overnance – Board
C
ommittees – Audit
C
ommittee”, an
d
“Executive
O
fficers of Vona
g
e” in our Proxy
S
tatement for th
e
2011 Annual Meetin
g
of
S
tockholders is hereby incorporate
d
by reference.
We have adopted a Vona
g
e
C
ode of
C
onduct applicable to all
our officers and employees and a Vona
g
e Finance
C
ode of Eth
-
ics applicable to our chief financial officer and other employees
in our finance or
g
anization. The Vona
g
e
C
ode of
C
onduct and
Vona
g
e Finance Code of Ethics are posted in the Investor Rela-
tions section o
f
our website, www.vona
g
e.com.
W
e will
p
rovid
e
y
ou with print copies o
f
our codes
f
ree o
f
char
g
e on written
r
equest to Vona
g
e Investor Relations, 23 Main Street, Holmde
l
NJ, 07733. We intend to disclose any amendments to, or waiv
-
e
rs
f
rom, provisions o
f
our codes that apply to our principal
e
xecutive o
ff
icer, principal
f
inancial o
ff
icer, principal accountin
g
off
icer or controller, or any person per
f
ormin
g
in similar
f
unc
-
tions, on our website promptly
f
ollowin
g
the date o
f
such
a
m
e
n
d
m
e
nt
o
rw
a
iv
e
r
.
ITEM
11. Executive
C
om
p
ensation
T
he discussion under the headings “
C
ompensation”
,
“Director
C
ompensation”, “
C
orporate
G
overnance –
C
ompensa
-
t
ion
C
ommittee Interlocks and Insider Participation”, and
“
C
orporate
G
overnance –
C
ompensation
C
ommittee Report” in
our Proxy
S
tatement for the 2011 Annual Meeting of
S
tock-
holders is hereb
y
incorporated b
y
reference
.
T
he “
C
ompensation
C
ommittee Report” contained in our Prox
y
S
tatement shall not be deemed “soliciting material” or “filed
”
with the
S
ecurities and Exchange
C
ommission or otherwise
s
ubject to the liabilities of
S
ection 18 of the
S
ecurities Exchang
e
Act of 1934
(
the “Exchan
g
e Act”
)
, nor shall it be deemed
i
ncorporated by reference in any filin
g
under the
S
ecurities Act
of 1933
(
the “
S
ecurities Act”
)
or the Exchan
g
e Act, except to th
e
extent we specifically request that such information be treate
d
as solicitin
g
material or specifically incorporate such informatio
n
b
y reference into a document filed under the
S
ecurities Act o
r
t
he Exchan
g
e Act
.
ITEM
12. Securit
y
Ownershi
p
of Certain Beneficial Owners an
d
Mana
g
ement and Related
S
tockholder Matter
s
T
he discussion under the headings “
S
tock
O
wnershi
p
Information” and “Equit
yC
ompensation Plan Information” in ou
r
P
roxy
S
tatement for the 2011 Annual Meeting of
S
tockholders i
s
hereb
y
incorporated b
y
reference
.
ITEM 1
3
.
C
ertain Relationshi
p
s and Related Transactions, and
Di
rector
I
n
d
epen
d
enc
e
T
he discussion under the headin
g
s “Proposal No. 1 – Election o
f
Directors – Transactions with Related Persons”, and “Cor
p
orat
e
G
overnance – Board Determination of Inde
p
endence” in our
P
roxy Statement for the 2011 Annual Meetin
g
of Stockholders i
s
hereby incorporated by re
f
erence
.
ITEM 14.
Principal Accountant Fees and Services
T
he discussion under the heading “Proposal No. 2 – Rat
-
i
fication of Independent Re
g
istered Public Accountin
g
Firm” i
n
our Proxy
S
tatement for the 2011 Annual Meeting of
S
tock
-
holders is hereb
y
incorporated b
y
reference
.
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