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Proxy Statement
Insider Trading, Anti-Hedging and Anti-Pledging Policies
We maintain an insider trading policy designed to promote compliance by all of our employees and directors
with both federal and state insider trading laws. In addition, our insider trading policy prohibits our directors,
executive officers and other employees from engaging in any hedging transaction or short sale of our stock or
trading in any derivatives of our stock; our directors and Section 16 officers also are prohibited from pledging
our stock as collateral for any loan.
Compensation Recovery
Our equity award agreements contain a provision providing that if an employee engages in fraud or other
misconduct that contributes to an obligation to restate the Company’s financial statements, the Compensation
Committee may terminate the equity award and recapture any equity award proceeds received by the employee
within the 12-month period following the public issuance or filing of the financial statements required to be
restated.
Tax Deductibility and Compensation Expense
When making compensation decisions for our NEOs, the Compensation Committee considers if the
compensation arrangements would constitute “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the
Internal Revenue Code. However, the applicability of Section 162(m) is not the primary factor in determining
appropriate levels or modes of compensation and the Compensation Committee may enter into compensation
arrangements under which payments are not deemed “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m).
Risk Considerations
The Compensation Committee considers, in establishing and reviewing our compensation program, whether the
program encourages unnecessary or excessive risk taking and has concluded that it does not. See the section of
this Proxy Statement entitled “Oversight of Risk Issues” above for an additional discussion of risk
considerations.
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORT ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The following Compensation Committee Report on Executive Compensation shall not be deemed to be “soliciting
material” or to be “filed” with the SEC nor shall this information be incorporated by reference into any future
filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act except to the extent that EA specifically incorporates it by
reference into a filing.
The Compensation Committee has reviewed and discussed with management the CD&A. Based on its review
and discussions with management, the Compensation Committee recommended to the Board of Directors that the
CD&A be included in this Proxy Statement.
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Jay C. Hoag (Chair)
Leonard Coleman
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