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Table of contents
 Voting procedures and quorum 56
 Election of directors 57
     Nominees for directorship 57
     Director nomination process 58
     Board diversity and nominee qualifications 58
     Communications with the board 60
     Corporate governance 60
     Annual meeting attendance 60
     Director independence 60
 Board organization 61
     Board and committee meetings 61
     Committees of the board 61
     Board leadership structure 63
     Risk oversight by the board 64
 Director compensation 64
     2012 director compensation 65
 Executive compensation 67
     Proposal regarding advisory approval of the company’s executive compensation 67
 Compensation discussion and analysis 68
 Compensation Committee report 80
 2012 summary compensation table 80
     Grants of plan-based awards in 2012 82
     Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2012 83
     2012 option exercises and stock vested 86
     2012 pension benefits 86
     2012 non-qualified deferred compensation 88
     Potential payments upon termination or change in control 89
 Audit Committee report 93
 Proposal to ratify appointment of independent registered public accounting firm 93
 Additional information 94
     Voting securities 94
     Security ownership of certain beneficial owners 94
     Security ownership of directors and management 95
     Related person transactions 96
     Compensation committee interlocks and insider participation 97
     Cost of solicitation 97
     Stockholder proposals for 2014 97
     Benefit plan voting 97
     Section 16(a) beneficial ownership reporting compliance 98
     Telephone and Internet voting 98
     Stockholders sharing the same address 98
     Electronic delivery of proxy materials 98
 
 
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