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PROPOSAL 1
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
Nominees
Our board of directors currently consists of nine members. Our amended and restated certificate of
incorporation divides the board of directors into three classes. One class is elected each year for a term of
three years. The board of directors, upon the recommendation of the nominating and corporate governance
committee, has nominated Colin M. Angle, Ronald Chwang, Ph.D., and Paul J. Kern, Gen. U.S. Army (ret.)
and recommended that each be elected to the board of directors as a class I director, each to hold office until
the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in the year 2012 and until his successor has been duly elected
and qualified or until his earlier death, resignation or removal. Messrs. Angle and Kern and Dr. Chwang are
class I directors whose terms expire at this annual meeting. Mr. Angle serves as our chairman of the board and
chief executive officer. The board of directors is also composed of (i) three class II directors (Helen Greiner,
George C. McNamee and Peter T. Meekin), whose terms expire upon the election and qualification of directors
at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2010 and (ii) three class III Directors (Rodney A.
Brooks, Ph.D., Andrea Geisser, and Jacques S. Gansler, Ph.D.) whose terms expire upon the election and
qualification of directors at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2011.
The board of directors knows of no reason why any of the nominees would be unable or unwilling to
serve, but if any nominee should for any reason be unable or unwilling to serve, the proxies will be voted for
the election of such other person for the office of director as the board of directors may recommend in the
place of such nominee. Unless otherwise instructed, the proxy holders will vote the proxies received by them
for the nominees named below.
Recommendation of the Board
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS
THAT YOU VOTE “FOR” THE NOMINEES LISTED BELOW.
The following table sets forth the nominees to be elected at the annual meeting and continuing directors,
the year each such nominee or director was first elected a director, the positions with us currently held by
each nominee and director, the year each nominee’s or director’s current term will expire and each nominee’s
and director’s current class:
Nominee’s or Director’s Name and
Year First Became a Director Position(s) with the Company Year Current Term
Will Expire Current Class
of Director
Nominees for Class I Directors:
Colin M. Angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1992 Chairman of the Board, Chief
Executive Officer and Director 2009 I
Ronald Chwang, Ph.D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1998 Director 2009 I
Paul J. Kern, Gen. U.S. Army (ret.) . . . . . . . . . . .
2006 Director 2009 I
Continuing Directors:
Helen Greiner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1994 Director 2010 II
George C. McNamee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1999 Director 2010 II
Peter T. Meekin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2003 Director 2010 II
Rodney A. Brooks, Ph.D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1990 Director 2011 III
Andrea Geisser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2004 Director 2011 III
Jacques S. Gansler, Ph.D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2003 Director 2011 III
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