Pearl Meyer & Partners' 2007 Executive Briefing

Boston
April 10, 2007
Seaport Hotel
200 Seaport Boulevard
Boston, MA 02110
877-732-7678
www.seaportboston.com
San Jose
April 12, 2007
Fairmont San Jose
170 South Market Street
San Jose, CA 95113
408-998-1900
www.fairmont.com/sanjose

Pearl Meyer & Partners
Founded in 1989, Pearl Meyer & Partners (PM&P) is a premier compensation consultancy, serving as trusted advisor to Boards and their senior management in the areas of governance, strategy and compensation program design. Clients from the Fortune 500 to not-for-profits and emerging high-growth companies rely on us to help align rewards with their long-term business goals to create value for all stakeholders: shareholders, executives and employees.
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Agenda

8:00 am Continental Breakfast and Registration

9:00 am Welcome and Introduction
Ken Cardinal
Managing Director
Pearl Meyer & Partners

Session I

9:15 - 10:15 am The Early Returns - A Look at 2007 Executive Pay Disclosures
Joseph R. Rich
President
Pearl Meyer & Partners
By late March, we'll be in the thick of the proxy reporting season, and we will have an initial read on how the new reporting requirements might be affecting executive compensation. Are pay levels moderating? Are programs changing? Are the disclosures fully forthcoming, or are issuers playing close to the vest? Join us for a review and discussion of the early trends, the potential implications, and where go from here.

10:15 - 10:30 am Refreshment Break

10:30 - 11:15 am Does Performance Matter? Pay Differences between High and Low Performing Technology Firms
An overview of how high performing and low performing technology firms — segmented by industry and size — differ in their executive pay programs, including:

Differences in pay levels
Differences in pay mix
Annual incentive leverage and volatility
LTI awards and vehicles employed

SAN JOSE
Michael T. Esser
Managing Director
Pearl Meyer & Partners BOSTON
Jim Heim
Vice President
Pearl Meyer & Partners

11:15 am - 12:00 pm Poll Your Peers: Trends in Compensation Planning and Design
Matthew T. Stinner
Managing Director
Pearl Meyer & Partners
Join us for a fun and interactive session as we “poll your peers” to learn how your fellow attendees are managing their executive compensation programs.

12:00 pm Lunch

12:45 pm Roundtable Discussions

1:45 - 2:00 pm Refreshment Break

2:00 pm Session I Concludes

Session II*

2:15 - 4:30 pm Job Matching: Pearl Meyer & Partners (CHiPS) Executive and Senior Management Total Compensation Survey

4:30 pm Briefing Concludes

*NOTE: To attend the job matching portion of the meeting you must be a current survey participant or plan to participate in Pearl Meyer & Partners' 2007 Executive and Senior Management Total Compensation Survey. For more information about attending the job matching sessions, or if you have questions, please contact surveys@pearlmeyer.com or call 508-630-1535.