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October 28, 2010 The Year that Was - 2010 A Review of Equity Compensation in the Media, Academia and Politics (nothing really happens in November and December)

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October 28, 2010

The Year that Was - 2010A Review of Equity Compensation in the Media, Academia and Politics

(nothing really happens in November and December)

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OCTOBER 2009

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Oct. 2, 2009SEC may delay proxy rulesThe agency is studying rule changes that would make it easier to oust directors. A vote may not come until 2010.~Money Central, MSN.com

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Oct. 12, 2009Option Grants Draw ScrutinyExecutives Receive Unusual Awards During Negotiations in Spate of Large Mergers~Wall Street Journal

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Oct. 22, 2009Obama's pay czar Ken Feinberg may cut pay of top 100 executives at bailed out companies~NYDailyNews.com

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NOVEMBER 2009

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Nov. 16, 2009Treasury Issues Final Regulations under Section 6039

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Nov. 19, 2009In Era of Benefit Cuts, Employee Equity Plans Likely to Survive~WorldatWork, PARC, Hewitt New Bridge Street

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DECEMBER 2009

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Dec. 11, 2009Pay Czar Puts $500K Limit on Executive Compensation~cbsnews.com

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Dec. 23, 2009A Christmas Present from the SEC

The Adoption of Final Executive Compensation Disclosure Requirements for the 2010 Proxy Season

~Veritas

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JANUARY 2010

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Jan. 2, 2010Silicon Valley takes a new look at stock options~Mercury News

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Jan. 22, 2010House Committee Holds Hearing on Compensation in the Financial Industry~Alston+Bird

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Jan. 24, 2010Ex-Brocade Chief Reyes Gets 18 Months for BackdatingFormer HR Chief Gets 2 Months~Bloomberg

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FEBRUARY 2010

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Feb. 5, 2010SEC drops backdating suit against Broadcom figures~LA Times

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Feb 24, 2010No IFRS Requirement Until 2015 or Later Under New SEC Timeline~Journal of Accountancy

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Feb. 25, 2010Despite Downturn, Top Tech Firms Awarded Big Restricted-Stock Grants~Wall Street Journal

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MARCH 2010

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Mar. 7, 2010Dot-com bust ripples still felt 10 years later ~SF Chronicle

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Mar. 17, 2010How Stock Options Became Toxic ~Huffington Post

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Mar. 25, 2010CEOs Defy Obama With More Cash Instead of Pay for Performance~Bloomberg

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APRIL 2010

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Apr. 6, 2010Facebook restricts

employee stock salesFacebook announced its new policy last week

to its 1,200 employees.~San Jose Business Journal

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Apr. 16, 2010UnitedHealth CEO reaps nearly $100 million from stock options~The Washington Post

Forgets to mention that it was a cash and hold exercise

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MAY 2010

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May 21, 2010The Senate on Thursday approved a far-reaching financial regulatory bill, 59 to 39~New York Times

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May 22, 2010Exec Pay

Needs “Performance

Trusts”~Barron's

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May 25, 2010Moody's Staff Said To Have Worked In Fear

Stock options claimed to be linked to dangerous change in culture.~hereisthecity.com

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JUNE 2010

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Jun. 3, 2010CEO pay windfalls: Stock options rise on market rally~Company Focus msn.com

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Jun. 10, 2010Research Shows Investors Could Profit from Executive Stock OptionsA new research paper could serve as a cheat sheet to savvy investors looking to capitalize on executive stock options~Rutger's Today

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JULY 2010

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Jul. 1, 2010A lawsuit by a former

Fidelity Investments CFO raises the question of

what happens to unvested stock options in a layoff.

~cfo.com

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Jul. 23, 2010Ken Feinberg, The Special Master for TARP Executive Compensation Concludes the Review of Prior Payments~US Dept of Treasury Press Room

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AUGUST 2010

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Aug. 2, 2010SEC Pushes Companies for More Risk Information~cfo.com

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Aug. 6, 2010HP CEO Hurd to get $12M severance payoutStock options and grants could be cashed in for potentially millions more in total compensation~Dayton Business Journal

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SEPTEMBER 2010

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Sep. 7, 2010Bring Back Stock Options And Million Dollar Secretaries~Forbes

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Sep. 10, 2010Dutch history student finds world's oldest share~Reuters

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Sep. 21, 2010TD CEO to Exercise Options, Hold Shares and Donate Portion to Charity~prnewswire.com

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OCTOBER 2010

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Oct. 4, 2010Massachusetts firms make big blunders in reporting executive pay~The Boston Globe

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Oct. 18, 2010SEC Proposes changes to Sec 951 - "Say on Pay"~sec.gov

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Oct. 28, 2010Twin Cities NASPP Hosts Equity Fueled Social Event~me

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News, Networking and Calendar of Events~Equity Compensation Experts

www.equitycompensationexerts.groupsite.com

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October 28, 2010

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