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Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Account- The following sets forth certain information with respect
ants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure to the other executive officers of Yahoo!:
None. Michael Callahan (age 35), has served as Senior Vice Pres-
ident, General Counsel and Secretary since Septem-
ber 2003. Prior to that, Mr. Callahan served as Deputy
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures General Counsel and Assistant Secretary from June 2001
Disclosure Controls and Procedures. The Company’s man- to September 2003, Associate General Counsel from
agement, with the participation of the Company’s Chief July 2000 to June 2001, Senior Corporate Counsel from
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evalu- March 2000 to July 2000 and Corporate Counsel from
ated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls December 1999 to March 2000. Prior to joining Yahoo!
and procedures (as such term is defined in in December 1999, Mr. Callahan served as Manager, Bus-
Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities iness Development and Corporate Counsel for Electronics
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the ‘‘Exchange Act’’)) for Imaging Inc. from January 1999 to November 1999.
as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based Prior to that, Mr. Callahan was associated with the law
on such evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.
Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that,
as of the end of such period, the Company’s disclosure Susan Decker (age 41), has served as Yahoo!’s Chief
controls and procedures are effective in recording, process- Financial Officer since June 2000 and as Executive Vice
ing, summarizing and reporting, on a timely basis, infor- President, Finance and Administration since January 2002.
mation required to be disclosed by the Company in the Prior to that, Ms. Decker served as Senior Vice President,
reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act. Finance and Administration from June 2000 to Janu-
ary 2002. From August 1986 to May 2000, Ms. Decker
Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. There have held several positions for Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette,
not been any changes in the Company’s internal control including Director of Global Research from 1998 to
over financial reporting (as such term is defined in 2000. Prior to 1998, she was a Publishing & Advertising
Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) Equity Securities Analyst for 12 years.
during the most recent fiscal quarter that have materially
affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the David Filo (age 37), Chief Yahoo! and a founder of
Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Yahoo!, has served as an officer of Yahoo! since
March 1995, and served as a director of Yahoo! from its
founding through February 1996. Mr. Filo reports to
Part III Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Terry Semel. He is
involved in guiding Yahoo!’s vision, is involved in many
key aspects of the business at a strategic and operational
level, and is a stalwart of the Company’s employee culture
Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the and morale. Mr. Filo co-developed Yahoo! in 1994 while
Registrant working towards his Ph.D. in electrical engineering at
The information required by this item relating to our Stanford University, and co-founded Yahoo! in 1995.
directors and nominees, and compliance with Sec-
tion 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is Farzad Nazem (age 42), has served as Executive Vice Pres-
incorporated by reference from Yahoo!’s Proxy Statement ident and Chief Technology Officer since January 2002.
for its 2004 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed Prior to that, from February 2001 to January 2002,
with the SEC within 120 days after the end of the fiscal Mr. Nazem served as Senior Vice President, Communica-
year ended December 31, 2003. tions and Technical Services and Chief Technology
Officer. From January 1998 to February 2001,
Mr. Nazem served as Chief Technology Officer. Prior to
that, he served as Yahoo!’s Senior Vice President, Product
Development and Site Operations from March 1996 to
January 1998. From 1985 to 1996, Mr. Nazem held a
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