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The person named as attorney-in-fact in the proxies, Glen D. Weinstein, was selected by the board of
directors and is an officer of the Company. All properly executed proxies returned in time to be counted at the
annual meeting will be voted by such person at the annual meeting. Where a choice has been specified on the
proxy with respect to the foregoing matters, the shares represented by the proxy will be voted in accordance
with the specifications. If no such specifications are indicated, such proxies will be voted FOR election of the
director nominees, FOR ratification of the appointment of our independent registered public accountants and
FOR the approval of an amendment to the 2005 Plan and a stock option exchange program for eligible
employees, excluding, among others, our executive officers.
Aside from the election of directors, ratification of the appointment of the independent registered public
accountants, and approval of an amendment to the 2005 Plan and a stock option exchange program for eligible
employees, the board of directors knows of no other matters to be presented at the annual meeting. If any
other matter should be presented at the annual meeting upon which a vote properly may be taken, shares
represented by all proxies received by the board of directors will be voted with respect thereto in accordance
with the judgment of the person named as attorney-in-fact in the proxies.
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The following table sets forth certain information regarding beneficial ownership of the Company’s
common stock as of March 27, 2009: (i) by each person who is known by the Company to beneficially own
more than 5% of the outstanding shares of common stock; (ii) by each director or nominee of the Company;
(iii) by each named executive officer of the Company; and (iv) by all directors and executive officers of the
Company as a group. Unless otherwise noted below, the address of each person listed on the table is c/o iRobot
Corporation, 8 Crosby Drive, Bedford, Massachusetts 01730.
Name of Beneficial Owner Shares Beneficially
Owned(1)
Percentage of Shares
Beneficially
Owned(2)
OppenheimerFunds, Inc.(3)..........................
2 World Financial Center
225 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10281-1008
2,571,257 10.3%
BlackRock, Inc.(4) ................................
40 East 52
nd
Street
New York, NY 10022
1,399,950 5.6%
Morgan Stanley(5) ................................
1585 Broadway
New York, NY 10036
1,242,630 5.0%
Colin M. Angle(6) ................................ 1,906,292 7.6%
John J. Leahy.................................... 0 *
Joseph W. Dyer(7) ................................ 247,267 1.0%
Glen D. Weinstein(8) .............................. 113,636 *
Alison Dean(9)................................... 30,724 *
Rodney A. Brooks, Ph.D.(10) ........................ 1,266,939 5.1%
Ronald Chwang(11) ............................... 754,681 3.0%
Jacques S. Gansler(12) ............................. 61,401 *
Andrea Geisser(13)................................ 50,775 *
Helen Greiner(14) ................................ 1,530,178 6.1%
George C. McNamee(15) ........................... 107,128 *
Peter T. Meekin(16) ............................... 48,000 *
Paul J. Kern(17) .................................. 34,001 *
Geoffrey P. Clear(18) .............................. 182,140 *
All executive officers, directors and nominees as a
group (19) (13 persons)........................... 6,151,022 24.7%
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