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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
20549
Form 10-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)
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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO
SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
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For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO
SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
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For the transition period
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YAHOO! INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as
specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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77-0398689
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(State or other jurisdiction
of
incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the
Act:
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Title of Each Class
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Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
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Common stock, $.001 par value
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The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (NASDAQ Global Select Market)
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Rights to Purchase Series A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock
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The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (NASDAQ Global Select Market)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the
Act:
None
(Title of Class)
Indicate by check mark if
the Registrant is a well-known
seasoned issuer as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities
Act.
Yes
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Indicate by check mark if
the Registrant is not required to file
reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Act. Yes
o No
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Indicate by check mark whether
the Registrant (1) has filed
all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding
12 months (or for such shorter period that
the Registrant
was required to file such reports), and (2) has been
subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes
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Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers
pursuant to Item 405 of
Regulation S-K
(§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and
will not be contained, to the best of Registrant’s
knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this
Form 10-K
or any amendment to this
Form 10-K.
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Indicate by check mark whether
the Registrant is a large
accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated
filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of
“large accelerated filer,” “accelerated
filer,” and
“smaller reporting company” in
Rule 12b-2
of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
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Indicate by check mark whether
the Registrant is a shell company
(as defined by
Rule 12b-2
of the Exchange Act). Yes
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As of
June 29, 2007, the aggregate market value of voting
stock held by non-affiliates of
the Registrant, based upon the
closing sales price for
the Registrant’s common stock, as
reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, was
$32,724,039,883. Shares of common stock held by each officer
and director and by each person who owns 10 percent or more
of the outstanding common stock have been excluded in that such
persons may be deemed to be affiliates. This determination of
affiliate status is not necessarily a conclusive determination
for any other purpose.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY
REFERENCE
The following documents (or parts thereof) are incorporated by
reference into the following parts of this
Form 10-K:
None.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXPLANATORY
NOTE
This Amendment No. 1 to
Form 10-K
(this
“Amendment”) amends the Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2007 (the
“2007
Form 10-K”),
originally filed on
February 27, 2008 (the
“Original
Filing”), of Yahoo! Inc., a Delaware corporation
(
“Yahoo!”, the
“Company”,
“our”,
“we”, or
“us”). We are filing this
Amendment to include the information required by Part III
and not included in the Original Filing as we will not file our
definitive proxy statement within 120 days of the end of
our fiscal year ended
December 31, 2007.
Except as described above, no other changes have been made to
the Original Filing. The Original Filing continues to speak as
of the date of the Original Filing, and we have not updated the
disclosures contained therein to reflect any events which
occurred at a date subsequent to the filing of the Original
Filing.
Part III
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Item 10.
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Directors,
Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
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OUR
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Executive officers are elected by and serve at the discretion of
the board of directors. Set forth below is information
regarding our executive officers as of
April 1, 2008.
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Jerry Yang
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Chief Executive Officer, Chief Yahoo and Director
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David Filo
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Chief Yahoo
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Susan L. Decker
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President
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Blake Jorgensen
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Chief Financial Officer
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Aristotle Balogh
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Chief Technology Officer
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Michael J. Callahan
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Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
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Michael A. Murray
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Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer
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Mr. Yang, a founder of Yahoo! and Chief
Yahoo, has served as Chief Executive Officer of Yahoo! since
June 2007 and as a member of the board of directors since March
1995. Mr. Yang co-developed Yahoo! in 1994 while he was
working towards his Ph.D. in electrical engineering at Stanford
University. Mr. Yang also serves as a director of Yahoo!
Japan Corporation and Cisco Systems, Inc. Mr. Yang holds a
Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in electrical
engineering from Stanford University.
Mr. Filo, a founder of Yahoo! and Chief
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 our Chief Executive
Officer, Jerry Yang. 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 and morale. Mr. Filo
co-developed Yahoo! in 1994 while working towards his Ph.D. in
electrical engineering at Stanford University, and co-founded
Yahoo! in 1995.
Ms. Decker became President of Yahoo! in June
2007. Prior to that time, Ms. Decker served as Head of
Advertiser and Publisher Group from January 2007 to June 2007
and as Yahoo!’s Chief Financial Officer from June 2000 to
June 2007. Ms. Decker served as Executive Vice President,
Finance and Administration from January 2002 to December 2006.
Prior to that, Ms. Decker served as Senior Vice President,
Finance and Administration from June 2000 to January 2002. From
August 1986 to May 2000, Ms. Decker held several positions
for Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, including Director
of Global Research from 1998 to 2000. Prior to 1998, she was a
Publishing & Advertising Equity Securities Analyst for
12 years. Ms. Decker also serves as a director
Berkshire Hathaway, Intel Corporation and Costco Wholesale
Corporation.
Mr. Jorgensen became Chief Financial Officer
of Yahoo! in June 2007. Prior to joining
the Company,
Mr. Jorgensen was the Chief Operating Officer and
Co-Director
of Investment Banking at Thomas Weisel Partners, which he
co-founded in 1998. From December 1998 to January 2002,
Mr. Jorgensen served as a Partner and Director of Private
Placement at Thomas Weisel Partners. From December 1996 to
September 1998, Mr. Jorgensen
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was a Managing Director and Chief of Staff for the CEO and
Executive Committee of Montgomery Securities and a Principal in
the Corporate Finance Department of Montgomery Securities.
Previously, Mr. Jorgensen worked as a management consultant
at MAC Group/Gemini Consulting and Marakon Associates.
Mr. Jorgensen holds a Bachelor’s degree from Stanford
University and an M.B.A. from Harvard University.
Mr. Balogh became Chief Technology Officer of
Yahoo! in February 2008. Prior to joining Yahoo!,
Mr. Balogh held various positions beginning in 1998 at
VeriSign, Inc., a provider of Internet infrastructure services,
where he was most recently Executive Vice President, Chief
Technology Officer and Head of Global Product Design.
Mr. Balogh holds an M.S.E. in Electrical and Computer
Engineering and a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Science from
John Hopkins University.
Mr. Callahan became Executive Vice President
in April 2007 and has served as General Counsel and Secretary
since September 2003. Mr. Callahan served as Senior Vice
President from September 2003 to April 2007. Prior to that,
Mr. Callahan served as Deputy General Counsel and Assistant
Secretary from June 2001 to September 2003 and in various other
positions in the Yahoo! legal department from December 1999 to
June 2001. Prior to joining Yahoo!, Mr. Callahan held
positions with Electronics for Imaging Inc. and the law firm of
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.
Mr. Murray has served as Senior Vice
President, Finance since October 2004 and Chief Accounting
Officer since December 2004. Prior to joining Yahoo!,
Mr. Murray held several positions with Sun Microsystems,
Inc., including Vice President, Global Financial Services and
Treasurer from July 2002, Treasurer from July 2001 to June 2002
and Vice President Finance, Sun Services from April 1998 to July
2001.
OUR
DIRECTORS
The names of our directors, their ages as of
April 1, 2008
and certain other information about them are set forth below:
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Jerry Yang
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Chief Executive Officer, Chief Yahoo and Director
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Roy J.
Bostock(1)(3)
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Chairman of the Board
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Ronald W.
Burkle(1)(4)
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Director
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Vyomesh
Joshi(2)(4)
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Director
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Arthur H.
Kern(1)(3)
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Robert A.
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Edward R.
Kozel(4)
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Mary Agnes
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Gary L.
Wilson(2)
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Each of the directors listed above, except for
Mrs. Wilderotter who joined the Board in July 2007, was
elected to be a director for a one-year term at the
Company’s annual meeting of stockholders held on
June 12, 2007. There are no family relationships among any
of the directors or executive officers of
the Company. Our
board of directors has affirmatively determined that each of
Messrs. Bostock, Burkle, Hippeau, Joshi, Kern, Kotick,
Kozel and Wilson and Mrs. Wilderotter is an independent
director (
“Independent Director”) under the rules of
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”),
the listing standards of The Nasdaq Stock Market
(
“Nasdaq”) and
the Company’s Corporate Governance
Guidelines.
Mr. Yang’s biography is set forth under
the heading “Our Executive Officers.”
Mr. Bostock has served as Chairman of the
Board since January 2008 and as a member of the board of
directors since May 2003. He has served as Chairman of the
Board of Northwest Airlines Corporation, the parent of Northwest
Airlines, Inc. since May 2007 and has served as Chairman of the
Board of the Partnership for a Drug Free
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America since October 2002. Mr. Bostock also serves as a
director of Morgan Stanley. Mr. Bostock holds a
Bachelor’s degree from Duke University and an M.B.A. from
Harvard University.
Mr. Burkle has served as a member of the
board of directors since November 2001. Mr. Burkle is
managing partner of The Yucaipa Companies, a private investment
firm, which he co-founded in 1986. Mr. Burkle also serves
as a director of Occidental Petroleum Corp. and KB Home
Corporation.
Mr. Hippeau has served as a member of the
board of directors since January 1996. Mr. Hippeau has
been a Managing Partner of SOFTBANK Capital, a technology
oriented venture capital firm, since 2000. Mr. Hippeau also
serves as a director of Starwood Hotels and Resorts WorldWide,
Inc.
Mr. Joshi has served as a member of the board
of directors since July 2005. Mr. Joshi has been an
Executive Vice President of the Imaging and Printing Group at
Hewlett-Packard Company since 2002. Mr. Joshi holds a
Master’s degree in electrical engineering from Ohio State
University.
Mr. Kern has served as a member of the board
of directors since January 1996. Mr. Kern is an investor
in several media and marketing companies and has served as
Chairman of the Board of Directors of American Media Management,
Inc., a group owner of commercial radio stations, which is now
part of Clear Channel Communications, Inc., since December
1990. Mr. Kern holds a Bachelor’s degree from Yale
University.
Mr. Kotick has served as a member of the
board of directors since March 2003. Since February 1991,
Mr. Kotick has been the Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of Activision, Inc., a publisher of interactive
entertainment software products.
Mr. Kozel has served as a member of the board
of directors since October 2000. He has been Managing Member of
Open Range, LLC, a venture capital firm, since 2001. He has
been the chairman of the board of Skyrider, Inc., a developer of
a peer-to-peer networking platform, since March 2006 and was the
Chief Executive Officer from March 2006 to December 2007.
Mr. Kozel was the managing member of Open Range Ventures, a
venture capital firm, from January 2000 to December 2006.
Between January 2004 and December 2004, Mr. Kozel was a
managing director of Integrated Finance Ltd. Mr. Kozel
also serves as a director of Network Appliance, Inc.
Mr. Kozel holds a Bachelor’s degree in electrical
engineering from the University of California, Davis.
Mrs. Wilderotter has served as a member of
the board of directors since July 2007. She has served as
Chairman of the Board of Citizens Communications Company since
December 2005 and as Chief Executive Officer and President and
as a director since November 2004. From February 2004 to
November 2004, Mrs. Wilderotter was Senior Vice President
of World Wide Public Sector at Microsoft Corporation, and from
November 2002 to February 2004, she was Microsoft’s Senior
Vice President, Business Strategy. Mrs. Wilderotter also
serves as a director of Xerox Corporation.
Mrs. Wilderotter holds a Bachelor’s degree from The
College of the Holy Cross.
Mr. Wilson has served as a member of the
board of directors since November 2001. Mr. Wilson served
as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Northwest Airlines
Corporation, the parent of Northwest Airlines, Inc., from April
1997 to May 2007. Mr. Wilson also serves as a director of
CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. Mr. Wilson holds a
Bachelor’s degree from Duke University and an M.B.A. from
the Wharton Graduate School of Business.
SECTION 16(A)
BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the
“Exchange Act”) requires the
Company’s directors, executive officers and persons who own
more than 10 percent of
the Company’s common stock
(collectively,
“Reporting Persons”) to file with the
SEC initial reports of ownership and changes in ownership of the
Company’s common stock. Reporting Persons are required by
SEC regulations to furnish
the Company with copies of all
Section 16(a) reports they file. To
the Company’s
knowledge, based solely on its review of the copies of such
reports received or written representations from certain
Reporting Persons that no other reports were required, the
Company believes that during its fiscal year ended
December 31, 2007 all filing requirements applicable to the
Reporting Persons were timely met, except one Form 4 to
report two transactions by Eric Hippeau (the acquisition of
35,000 shares by option exercise and the sale of those
shares) and the Forms 4 to report the automatic annual
option grants to certain of Yahoo!’s non-employee
directors: Roy J. Bostock, Ronald W. Burkle, Eric Hippeau,
Vyomesh Joshi, Arthur H. Kern, Robert A. Kotick, Edward R.
Kozel, and Gary L. Wilson. Such late filings did not result in
any liability under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act.
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CODE OF
CONDUCT
Our board of directors has adopted two codes of conduct, which
are posted on
the Company’s
website at
www.yahoo.com.
These codes may be found as follows: From our main webpage,
first click on
“Company Info” at the bottom of the
page and then on
“Corporate Governance.” Next, click
on, as applicable,
“Code of Ethics” or
“Guide to
Business Conduct and Ethics.”
Code of Ethics. The Company’s Code
of Ethics applies to our Chief Executive Officer, Chief
Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and Controller
and sets forth specific policies to guide the designated
officers in their duties. We intend to satisfy the disclosure
requirement under Item 5.05 of
Form 8-K
regarding any amendment to, or waiver from, a provision of this
Code of Ethics by posting such information on our
website, at
the address and location specified above.
Guide to Business Conduct and
Ethics. The Company’s Guide to Business
Conduct and Ethics applies to
the Company’s employees and
directors. The Guide to Business Conduct and Ethics sets forth
the fundamental principles and key policies and procedures that
govern the conduct of our business.
AUDIT
COMMITTEE
The Company has a separately-designated Audit Committee
established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the
Exchange Act. The Audit Committee is comprised of three of the
Company’s Independent Directors: Mrs. Wilderotter
(Chair) and Messrs. Joshi and Wilson. Mr. Kern served
as a member of the Audit Committee until
January 1, 2008
when Mrs. Wilderotter was elected to the Audit Committee.
Mr. Kozel served as Chair of the Audit Committee until
March 3, 2008, when he resigned from the Audit Committee
and Mrs. Wilderotter was appointed Chair of the Audit
Committee. The Audit Committee is responsible for the
appointment, retention and termination of
the Company’s
independent registered public accounting firm and monitors the
effectiveness of the audit effort,
the Company’s financial
and accounting organization and its system of internal controls
and disclosure controls. Each member of the Audit Committee is
independent within the meaning of the rules of the SEC and
Nasdaq. The Board has determined that Mr. Wilson qualifies
as an audit committee financial expert within the meaning of SEC
rules.
On
March 3, 2008, the Board approved an amendment to
Section 2.5 (Advance Notice of Stockholder Nominees) of the
Company’s amended and restated
bylaws to extend the date by
which stockholders may submit nominations of persons for
election to the Board of Directors of
the Company at the
Company’s 2008 annual meeting of stockholders to the close
of business on the 10th day following the earlier of
(a) the day on which notice of the date of the 2008 annual
meeting is mailed or (b) the day public announcement of the
date of the 2008 annual meeting is first made.
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Item 11.
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Executive
Compensation
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DIRECTOR
COMPENSATION
The Company does not currently pay cash fees to its directors
for performance of their duties as directors of
the Company,
other than the Chairman and committee chair fees described
below.
The Company does reimburse its directors for their
out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with attendance at
board, committee and stockholder meetings, and other business of
the Company.
The Company’s 1996 Directors’ Stock
Plan, as amended and restated, (the
“Directors’
Plan”) provides that each newly appointed or elected
non-employee director of
the Company will be granted a
nonqualified stock option to purchase 30,000 shares of
common stock and an award of 10,000 restricted stock units on
the date he or she first becomes a director. Thereafter, on the
date of each annual meeting of stockholders at which such
non-employee director is elected, he or she will be granted an
additional option to purchase 15,000 shares of common stock
and an additional award of 5,000 restricted stock units if, on
that date, he or she has served on the board of directors for at
least six of the preceding 12 months. If the director has
served on the board of directors for less than six of the
preceding 12 months, he or she will receive a pro rata
portion of such option and restricted stock units based on
number of days served during such six month period. The options
and restricted stock units granted to non-employee directors are
scheduled to vest in equal quarterly
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installments over the one-year period following the date of
grant. The restricted stock units granted under the
Directors’ Plan will generally be paid in an equivalent
number of shares of common stock on the earlier of the date the
non-employee director’s service terminates and the third
anniversary of the date of grant, subject to any election by the
non-employee director to defer the payment date.
The Directors’ Plan provides certain benefits that are
triggered by certain corporate transactions. In the event of
the dissolution or liquidation of
the Company, a sale of all or
substantially all of the assets of
the Company, or the merger or
consolidation of
the Company with or into another corporation in
which
the Company is not the surviving corporation or any other
capital reorganization in which more than 50% of the shares of
the Company entitled to vote are exchanged (a
“Corporate
Transaction”), options and restricted stock units granted
under the Directors’ Plan will become fully vested, and the
Company will provide each director optionee either a reasonable
time within which to exercise the option or a substitute option
with comparable terms as to an equivalent number of shares of
stock of the corporation succeeding
the Company or acquiring its
business by reason of such Corporate Transaction. Vested
restricted stock units will generally be paid in an equivalent
number of shares of common stock immediately prior to the
effectiveness of such Corporate Transaction.
The non-executive Chairman of the board of directors receives an
additional annual fee of $275,000 for his service as Chairman
payable in cash.
The Company also pays an annual fee to each
non-employee director who serves as the chair of a committee of
the board of directors. The fee is $35,000 for the chair of the
Audit Committee and $15,000 for the chair of each of the
Compensation, Nominating/Governance and Transaction Committees.
These committee chair fees are payable in cash, but the director
may elect to have his or her fee converted into an award of
either stock options or restricted stock units granted under the
Directors’ Plan. If the director elects a stock option,
the option would cover a number of shares of
the Company’s
common stock determined by multiplying his or her fee by three
and dividing the product by the fair market value of a share of
the Company’s common stock on the grant date, which is
generally the last day of the calendar quarter for which the
applicable fees would have otherwise been paid. The exercise
price of the stock option would be equal to the fair market
value of a share of
the Company’s common stock on the grant
date. If the director elects a restricted stock unit award, he
or she would be credited with a number of restricted stock units
equal to the amount of his or her fee divided by the fair market
value of a share of
the Company’s common stock on the grant
date, which is generally the last day of the calendar quarter
for which the applicable fees would have otherwise been paid.
Any stock option or restricted stock unit award granted upon
conversion of committee chair fees would be fully vested on the
grant date.
Each of our non-employee directors will have served for more
than six months of the preceding 12 months at the time of
the 2008 annual meeting, and each will therefore be granted an
option to purchase 15,000 shares of
the Company’s
common stock and 5,000 restricted stock units under the
Directors’ Plan if he or she is elected to the board of
directors at the 2008 annual meeting.
The Board has adopted stock ownership guidelines for directors.
By the later of three years after joining the Board or
October 20, 2008, each director should own at least
12,000 shares of Yahoo! common stock. Vested but unpaid
restricted stock units count toward satisfaction of this
threshold.
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Director
Compensation Table — Fiscal 2007
A director who is also an employee of Yahoo! receives no
additional compensation for serving on the Board or its
committees. The following table shows compensation information
for Yahoo!’s non-employee directors for fiscal 2007.
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140,035
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|
|
|
359,229
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(5)
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|
N/A
|
|
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|
N/A
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|
|
|
0
|
|
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499,264
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Ronald W. Burkle
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|
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0
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|
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140,035
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|
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342,011
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|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
482,046
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|
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Eric Hippeau
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0
|
|
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140,035
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|
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356,639
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(6)
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N/A
|
|
|
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N/A
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|
|
|
0
|
|
|
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496,674
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|
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Vyomesh Joshi
|
|
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0
|
|
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140,035
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|
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379,485
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|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
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|
519,520
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Arthur H. Kern
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0
|
|
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154,979
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(7)
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342,011
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
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|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
496,990
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|
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Robert A. Kotick
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0
|
|
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140,035
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|
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352,739
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(8)
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N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
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|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
492,774
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|
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Edward R. Kozel
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|
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0
|
|
|
|
140,035
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|
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376,167
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(9)
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|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
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|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
516,202
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Mary Agnes Wilderotter
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0
|
|
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103,736
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(10)
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102,096
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(10)
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|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
205,832
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|
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Gary L. Wilson
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
140,035
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|
|
|
342,011
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
482,046
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|
|
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Amounts shown in this column
reflect the Company’s accounting expense for these awards
and do not reflect whether the recipient has actually realized a
financial benefit from the awards (such as by vesting in a
restricted stock unit award). This column represents the dollar
amount recognized for financial statement reporting purposes
with respect to the 2007 fiscal year for the fair value of
restricted stock units granted to the directors in accordance
with Financial Accounting Standard No. 123 (revised 2004),
“Share-Based Payment” (“SFAS 123R”).
Pursuant to SEC rules, the amounts shown exclude the impact of
estimated forfeitures related to service-based vesting
conditions. No stock awards were forfeited by any of our
non-employee directors in 2007. For additional information,
refer to Note 12 of the Yahoo! consolidated financial
statements in the 2007
Form 10-K,
as filed with the SEC. For information on the valuation
assumptions with respect to grants made prior to 2007, refer to
the note on Employee Benefits in Yahoo!’s consolidated
financial statements in the
Form 10-K
for the respective year.
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Except for Mrs. Wilderotter,
who joined the Board on July 26, 2007, each non-employee
director listed in the table above was granted an award of 5,000
restricted stock units on June 12, 2007 under the
Directors’ Plan. Each of these awards had a grant date
fair value of $135,250. The outstanding and unvested restricted
stock units held by each director at 2007 fiscal year-end:
Mr. Bostock (2,500), Mr. Burkle (2,500),
Mr. Hippeau (2,500), Mr. Joshi (2,500), Mr. Kern
(2,500), Mr. Kotick (2,500), Mr. Kozel (2,500),
Mrs. Wilderotter (7,500), and Mr. Wilson (2,500).
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Amounts shown in this column
reflect the Company’s accounting expense for these awards
and do not reflect whether the recipient has actually realized a
financial benefit from the awards (such as by exercising stock
options). This column represents the dollar amount recognized
for financial statement reporting purposes with respect to the
2007 fiscal year for the fair value of stock options granted to
the directors. The fair value was estimated using the
Black-Scholes option pricing model in accordance with
SFAS 123R. Pursuant to SEC rules, the amounts shown
exclude the impact of estimated forfeitures related to
service-based vesting conditions. No stock options were
forfeited by any of our non-employee directors in 2007. For
additional information, refer to Note 12 of the Yahoo!
consolidated financial statements in the 2007 Form
10-K, as
filed with the SEC. For information on the valuation
assumptions with respect to grants made prior to 2007, refer to
the note on Employee Benefits in Yahoo!’s consolidated
financial statements in the
Form 10-K
for the respective year.
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Except for Mrs. Wilderotter,
each non-employee director listed in the table above was granted
a stock option to purchase 15,000 shares on June 12,
2007 under the Directors’ Plan with an exercise price of
$27.05. Each of these options had a grant date fair value of
$134,576. The outstanding options held by each director at 2007
fiscal year-end: Mr. Bostock (251,356), Mr. Burkle
(430,000), Mr. Hippeau (652,560), Mr. Joshi (130,000),
Mr. Kern (650,885), Mr. Kotick (252,140),
Mr. Kozel (290,144), Mrs. Wilderotter (30,000), and
Mr. Wilson (343,200).
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In lieu of cash, Mr. Bostock
elected to receive payment of his committee chair fees earned
during 2007 in the form of options to purchase the
Company’s common stock. Accordingly, Mr. Bostock was
granted an option to purchase 161 shares on
December 31, 2007 with an exercise price of $23.26, which
had a grant date fair value of $1,377.
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In lieu of cash, Mr. Hippeau
elected to receive payment of his committee chair fees for 2007
in the form of options to purchase the Company’s common
stock. Accordingly, Mr. Hippeau was granted an option to
purchase 359 shares on March 30, 2007 with an exercise
price of $31.29, which had a grant date fair value of $3,411; an
option to purchase 414 shares on June 29, 2007 with an
exercise price of $27.13, which had a grant date fair value of
$3,331; an option to purchase 419 shares on
September 30, 2007 with an exercise price of $26.84, which
had a grant date fair value of $3,756; and an option to purchase
483 shares on December 31, 2007 with an exercise price
of $23.26, which had a grant date fair value of $4,131.
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In lieu of cash, Mr. Kern
elected to receive payment of his committee chair fees for 2007
in the form of restricted stock units. Accordingly,
Mr. Kern was granted an award of 119 restricted stock units
on March 30, 2007, which had a grant date fair value of
$3,724; an award of 138 restricted stock units on June 29,
2007, which had a grant date fair value of $3,744; an award of
139 restricted stock units on September 30,
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2007, which had a grant date fair
value of $3,731; and an award of 161 restricted stock units on
December 31, 2007, which had a grant date fair value of
$3,745.
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(8) |
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In lieu of cash, Mr. Kotick
elected to receive payment of his committee chair fees for 2007
in the form of options to purchase the Company’s common
stock. Accordingly, Mr. Kotick was granted an option to
purchase 359 shares on March 30, 2007 with an exercise
price of $31.29, which had a grant date fair value of $3,411; an
option to purchase 414 shares on June 29, 2007 with an
exercise price of $27.13, which had a grant date fair value of
$3,331; an option to purchase 419 shares on
September 30, 2007 with an exercise price of $26.84, which
had a grant date fair value of $3,756; and an option to purchase
322 shares on December 31, 2007 with an exercise price
of $23.26, which had a grant date fair value of $2,754.
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(9) |
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In lieu of cash, Mr. Kozel
elected to receive payment of his committee chair fees for 2007
in the form of options to purchase the Company’s common
stock. Accordingly, Mr. Kozel was granted an option to
purchase 838 shares on March 30, 2007 with an exercise
price of $31.29, which had a grant date fair value of $7,961; an
option to purchase 967 shares on June 29, 2007 with an
exercise price of $27.13, which had a grant date fair value of
$7,780; an option to purchase 978 shares on
September 30, 2007 with an exercise price of $26.84, which
had a grant date fair value of $8,768; and an option to purchase
1,128 shares on December 31, 2007 with an exercise
price of $23.26, which had a grant date fair value of $9,647.
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In connection with her appointment
to the board of directors, Mrs. Wilderotter was granted on
July 26, 2007 a nonqualified stock option to purchase
30,000 shares of common stock with an exercise price of
$24.03, which had a grant date fair value of $236,502, and an
award of 10,000 restricted stock units which had a grant date
fair value of $240,300.
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EXECUTIVE
OFFICER COMPENSATION AND OTHER MATTERS
Compensation
Discussion and Analysis
The Company’s general compensation arrangements are guided
by the following principles and business objectives:
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Our people strategy is to hire and retain top talent in an
extremely competitive marketplace, especially for high-impact
positions that directly contribute to stockholder value creation.
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We target our resources toward the highest contributors by
focusing on high impact positions and differentiating at all
levels based on performance.
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We believe in broad-based equity compensation to align employee
and stockholder interests, with greater equity ownership
concentrated among those who have the greatest impact on
performance.
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The Company’s compensation philosophy for executive
officers is designed with these principles in mind and is
intended to achieve two principal objectives: (1) to
provide a total compensation arrangement for executive talent
that enables
the Company to attract and retain the key executive
talent needed to achieve
the Company’s business objectives,
and (2) to link executive compensation to improvements in
Company performance, increases in long-term stockholder value
and individual performance and achievements.
In 2007, Yahoo! embarked on a transformation of the
Company’s business and articulated three primary strategic
objectives that will form the core of our strategy and
operations for the next few years: become the starting point for
users on the Internet; establish Yahoo! as the “must
buy” for advertisers; and deliver industry-leading
platforms that attract developers. During 2007, there were
significant changes to our executive leadership team. Notably,
our board appointed Jerry Yang, Yahoo! co-founder and long-time
board member, to succeed Terry Semel as our Chief Executive
Officer, named Susan Decker as our President, and named Blake
Jorgensen as our Chief Financial Officer. In 2007, the
Compensation Committee gave significant consideration to the
retention of our existing executive talent during this period of
transition. Consideration was also given to the following
significant accomplishments during the year which were achieved
through the leadership and oversight of our executive team:
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acquisition of Right Media Inc., an online advertising exchange,
and BlueLithium Inc., an online global ad network, to further
the Company’s objectives in building the industry’s
leading advertising and publishing network;
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launching Yahoo! Search Assist, among the most advanced
assistance technology on the Web;
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launching Yahoo! Go for Mobile 2.0, an innovative application
that significantly enhanced the mobile Internet experience for
consumers through a unique product design, the ability to
personalize with content from the entire Internet, and an all
new mobile search;
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launching the second phase of the search marketing system, known
as Project Panama, by introducing the new ranking model which
allows ads to be ranked by quality and keyword bid price;
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combining Yahoo!’s search and display advertising sales
teams in the U.S. to better serve all our advertisers’
marketing objectives from brand awareness to direct response;
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strengthening of the Company’s position in advertising,
social media, communications and mobile through a range of
product launches, strategic partnerships and
acquisitions; and
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continuing to create compelling new consumer offerings to drive
audience growth and deepen engagement.
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Those individuals listed in the Summary Compensation Table in
this report are referred to as the
“Named Executive
Officers.” The Company’s executive compensation
arrangements are administered by the Compensation Committee.
The Compensation Committee confers with the board of directors
in determining the compensation for Mr. Yang, our Chief
Executive Officer. In determining compensation for the other
Named Executive Officers, and as discussed in more detail below,
the Compensation Committee considers, among other things,
Mr. Yang’s recommendations. The Compensation
Committee is, however, solely responsible for making the final
decisions on compensation for the Named Executive Officers. (As
noted below, Messrs. Semel, Rosensweig and Nazem each
terminated employment with
the Company during 2007; references
in the following discussion to the “Named Executive
Officers’ generally do not include these former executive
officers unless otherwise expressly noted.)
Executive
Compensation Program Objectives and Overview
Overview
In order to increase the size of our business and create
continued stockholder value,
the Company must be able to respond
rapidly to new technological developments and changing trends in
the multiple worldwide businesses in which we compete. The broad
scope and complexity of our business require unique experience
and talents in our executives, making it critical to retain on a
long-term basis those executives who have developed and grown
our business to date, as well as to attract new talent. We also
operate in a highly competitive executive labor market and face
competitors of similar size and scale to
the Company as well as
new competitors and
start-ups
seeking to hire our executives to facilitate and speed their
entry into, or expansion of, competing businesses.
Executive
Compensation Programs
The Company’s current executive compensation program has
three key components, which are designed to be consistent with
the Company’s compensation philosophy and to reward
executives based on individual and company performance:
(1) base salary; (2) annual incentive bonuses; and
(3) long-term stock awards, including stock options and
restricted stock units. In structuring executive compensation
arrangements, the Compensation Committee considers how each
component promotes retention
and/or
rewards performance by the executive. Other than our 401(k)
plan,
the Company does not provide any pensions or other
retirement benefits for our executive officers, nor does it
generally provide material perquisites. Furthermore, our
executive officers generally do not have contractual rights to
severance benefits upon a termination of their employment,
except as described below under
“Change in Control
Severance Plan” and
“Potential Payments Upon
Termination or Change in Control.”
In order to attract and retain our key executives,
the Company
seeks to provide targeted
“total direct compensation”
to our executives above the 50th percentile of competitive
market practice. As used in this discussion, the term
“total direct compensation” means the executive’s
base salary, annual incentive bonus, and long-term equity
incentive awards based on the grant-date fair value of such
awards as determined in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles and SEC rules. While the Compensation
Committee does not target compensation levels to specific
bench-marks against the peer companies identified below, base
salary levels are generally intended to be consistent with
competitive market base salary levels. Performance-based
compensation, such as bonus and long-term equity incentive
opportunities, is generally targeted to make up a larger portion
of each executive’s total direct compensation
opportunities. The Compensation Committee believes that the
design of our annual bonuses and long-term equity incentives
provides an effective and appropriate mix of incentives to
ensure our executive performance is focused on long-term
stockholder value creation. For this reason, performance-based
compensation constitutes the most substantial portion of each
Named Executive Officer’s total direct compensation
opportunity.
2007 Compensation Arrangement with Mr. Yang
Mr. Yang is a founder and one of
the Company’s largest
stockholders based on beneficial ownership of
the Company’s
common stock during 2007. Given the value of
Mr. Yang’s existing equity stake in
the Company and
the
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fact that a substantial portion of Mr. Yang’s net
worth is dependent upon the value of
the Company’s common
stock, the Compensation Committee and Mr. Yang agreed that
it would be appropriate to pay him a base salary of $1 for his
services to
the Company during 2007. Mr. Yang did not
receive an annual bonus or long-term equity incentive grant from
the Company during 2007.
2007 Compensation Arrangement with Ms. Decker
In November 2007, the Compensation Committee approved a new
compensation arrangement for Ms. Decker in connection with
her appointment, and significantly increased responsibilities,
as
the Company’s President. The Compensation Committee
determined that in light of Ms. Decker’s increased
responsibilities in her new position for the overall operations
of
the Company, and to encourage her retention during a period
of important strategic and organizational transition for the
Company, the changes in Ms. Decker’s compensation, and
the differences between her compensation level and the
compensation levels of the other Named Executive Officers, were
appropriate. Ms. Decker’s past contributions to the
Company were also considered.
In determining the new compensation arrangement for
Ms. Decker, the Compensation Committee considered data
provided by Compensia, compensation consultants retained by
management to provide assistance in preparing recommendations
for Ms. Decker’s arrangement, as well as input from
Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc., the Compensation
Committee’s compensation consultant. Compensia identified
certain companies as having executives whose role, level and
scope of duties and responsibilities are similar to those
performed by Ms. Decker for Yahoo!; specifically, Adobe
Systems Incorporated, Apple Inc., eBay Inc., Hewlett-Packard
Company, International Business Machines Corporation, Microsoft
Corporation, Motorola, Inc., Network Appliance, Inc., Oracle
Corporation, and Time Warner Inc. Compensia also provided
comparable data for the executives performing these roles at
these companies.
After consideration of the market data provided by Compensia,
input from Frederic W. Cook & Co., the other factors
described above, the compensation levels of
the Company’s
other executives, and Mr. Yang’s recommendations, the
Compensation Committee approved an arrangement to provide total
direct compensation for Ms. Decker in the top quartile of
competitive market practice. Ms. Decker’s base salary
level was intended to be consistent with competitive market
levels for her position. To link her interests with those of
the Company’s stockholders, over 90% of
Ms. Decker’s total direct compensation opportunity for
2007 was performance-based and tied directly to stockholder
value creation.
As described in more detail below, the new arrangement increased
Ms. Decker’s base salary and annual target bonus
opportunity, provided retention grants of stock options and
restricted stock units, and modified the termination-related
provisions of stock options granted to her in May 2006. In
setting the levels of the equity-based awards, the Compensation
Committee took into account the size of the May 2006 option
grant, as well as competitive market data for similarly situated
executives. The specific components of Ms. Decker’s
arrangement are described in the sections below and in the
tables that follow this Compensation Discussion and Analysis.
Independent
Consultant and Peer Group
The Compensation Committee’s practice has been to retain
independent compensation consultants to help identify
appropriate peer group companies and to obtain and evaluate
current executive compensation data for these companies. For
2007, the Compensation Committee retained the consulting firm of
Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc. for this purpose.
Frederic W. Cook & Co. advised the Compensation
Committee with respect to trends in executive compensation,
determination of pay programs, assessment of competitive pay
levels and mix (e.g., proportion of fixed pay to incentive pay,
proportion of annual cash pay to long-term incentive pay), and
setting compensation levels. Frederic W. Cook & Co.
also provided advice to the Compensation Committee as it
considered Ms. Decker’s compensation arrangements
described above. In setting compensation levels, the
Compensation Committee also considers compensation survey data
compiled from the Mercer Benchmark Database —
Executive Positions and data included in the Radford Executive
Survey. The Compensation Committee reviews the information
provided by Frederic W. Cook & Co. and obtained from
these surveys to inform its decisions on executive compensation
arrangements, including the competitive reasonableness of
arrangements.
In consultation with Frederic W. Cook & Co., the
Compensation Committee selected the following companies as our
peer group companies for 2007: Amazon.com Inc., Adobe Systems
Incorporated, Apple Inc., eBay Inc., Electronic Arts Inc., EMC
Corporation, Expedia, Inc., Google Inc., IAC/InterActiveCorp,
Intuit Inc., Juniper
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Networks, Inc., Network Appliance, Inc., News Corp., Oracle
Corporation, QUALCOMM Incorporated, SAP AG, Symantec
Corporation, Time Warner Inc., Viacom Inc., and The Walt Disney
Company. Given the breadth of
the Company’s business and
the rapidly changing environment in which
the Company competes,
it is very difficult to identify comparable companies. Each
peer group company is comparable to
the Company in certain
respects or areas of our business but not others. Factors such
as whether the founders run
the company or outside executives
have been hired also affect executive compensation comparisons
among peer companies, as well as the way that the companies
structure their top-management organizations. The Compensation
Committee believes that the nature of
the Company’s
business and the environment in which we operate requires
flexibility in setting compensation based on a consideration of
all facts and circumstances with respect to each executive. As
a result, the Compensation Committee does not base its decisions
on targeting compensation to specific bench-marks against the
peer group. Instead, the role of peer group compensation data is
to generally inform the Compensation Committee regarding
competitive pay levels.
Current
Executive Compensation Program Elements
Base
Salaries
The Company provides base salaries to executive officers
primarily to provide them with a minimum fixed level of cash
compensation each year. Salaries for our Named Executive
Officers are generally reviewed by the Compensation Committee on
an annual basis. As noted above, base salary levels are
generally intended to be consistent with competitive market base
salary levels. The Compensation Committee sets base salaries so
that the most substantial portion of the executives’ total
direct compensation remains dependent on performance-based
annual bonuses and long-term equity awards. In setting specific
salary levels for each Named Executive Officer and the
Company’s other executive officers, the Compensation
Committee considers, among other factors, the executive’s
scope of responsibility, prior experience, past performance,
advancement potential, impact on results, salary relative to
other executives in
the Company, and relevant competitive data.
The Compensation Committee does not target compensation levels
to specific bench-marks against its peer group.
In connection with her promotion to the position of President,
Ms. Decker’s annual base salary was increased from
$500,000 to $815,000, effective
July 1, 2007.
Mr. Jorgensen’s annual base salary was set at $450,000
upon his joining
the Company in June 2007.
Mr. Callahan’s annual base salary was increased
effective
April 1, 2007 from $325,000 to $360,000, and
Mr. Murray’s annual base salary was increased
effective
July 1, 2007 from $340,000 to $360,000. On
March 3, 2008, the Compensation Committee increased the
2008 annual base salary levels of Messrs. Jorgensen,
Callahan and Murray to $500,000, $420,000, and $375,000,
respectively. The Compensation Committee determined that these
increases were appropriate based on its general assessment of
individual merit and the factors noted above.
Annual
Cash Bonuses
The Compensation Committee believes that it is important to
retain flexibility and discretion in determining executive
bonuses given the dynamic nature of the business. Accordingly,
the Compensation Committee has not historically established any
specific quantitative Company or individual performance
objectives, or any predetermined qualitative performance
objectives, that must be achieved in order for a Named Executive
Officer to earn his or her annual incentive compensation.
Instead, the Compensation Committee’s decision regarding
the annual incentive bonus to be paid to each Named Executive
Officer is subjective. Factors considered by the Compensation
Committee when determining the annual incentive bonus to be paid
to a Named Executive Officer are
the Company’s overall
financial performance, achievement of strategic operating
objectives, each Named Executive Officer’s individual
performance during the year, and Mr. Yang’s general
recommendations and performance evaluations. Bonus decisions
are the result of the Compensation Committee’s overall
assessment of performance and not related to any single specific
goal or achievement. The members of the Compensation Committee
have interaction with all of the Named Executive Officers
frequently throughout the year and form their own subjective
views on the executive’s performance throughout the year,
which plays a factor in the Named Executive Officers’
compensation arrangements.
Another factor considered by the Compensation Committee in
making its bonus decisions for the Named Executive Officers is
the percentage at which
the Company’s management incentive
bonus plan is funded for the corresponding year. The management
incentive bonus plan is maintained by
the Company for members of
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management other than the executive officers. Target bonuses
are set as a percentage of salary for each level of participant,
and then aggregate earned awards are determined based on Company
financial performance, and allocated based on individual
performance. For 2007, the management incentive plan was funded
at 90% of aggregate target awards. While
the Company’s
executive officers do not participate in the management
incentive bonus plan, the Compensation Committee believes that
the Named Executive Officers generally should not receive a
greater percentage of their target bonuses than employees across
the Company, and took the amount funded under
the Company’s
management incentive plan into account in determining the 2007
earned bonuses for the Named Executive Officers.
The Compensation Committee also generally considers each Named
Executive Officer’s bonus for the prior year. While there
is no specific correlation between the levels of the prior
year’s annual bonus to the current year’s annual
bonus, the Compensation Committee generally considers prior year
bonus information to help ensure consistency in the
Company’s compensation policies from year to year,
particularly since the Compensation Committee’s bonus
determinations are subjective.
In determining Ms. Decker’s bonus for 2007, the
Compensation Committee also considered Ms. Decker’s
increased responsibilities and successful transition to the role
of President of
the Company. Prior to becoming President, she
served as
the Company’s Chief Financial Officer until June
2007 and headed up
the Company’s Advertiser and Publisher
Group, developing its strategy and organization and executing on
this strategy. She also played a key role in executing the
Company’s online advertising exchange and network
strategies, with the acquisitions of Right Media Inc. and
BlueLithium, Inc., and its platform strategy with the
development of its new online display advertising platform;
continued expansion of the Newspaper Consortium; and continued
expansion of
the Company’s network of premium publishers.
After assuming the role of President, she implemented new
procedures to increase operational efficiency and execution and
create synergies across
the Company’s consumer and
advertiser businesses. She also worked with Mr. Yang to
develop a three-year strategic plan for
the Company and to
implement programs for enhancing our culture and vision. As
part of the compensation arrangement established for
Ms. Decker in November 2007, her annual target bonus is
150% of her base salary, which was determined to be consistent
with the 75th percentile of peer company practice. Based
on the factors considered, the Compensation Committee determined
that Ms. Decker would receive 90% of her target bonus
($1,100,250). This bonus was for her service as both President
and Head of Advertiser and Publisher Group and so was not
pro-rated.
In determining Mr. Jorgensen’s bonus for 2007, the
Compensation Committee also considered that Mr. Jorgensen
had successfully transitioned into his new role as Chief
Financial Officer and had helped refine
the Company’s
business model to support our vision, reorganized the
Company’s finance department, and made significant
contributions to
the Company’s 2008 operating plan.
Mr. Jorgensen’s annual target bonus is 100% of his
base salary, which was determined to be consistent with the peer
group median. Based on the factors considered, the Compensation
Committee determined that Mr. Jorgensen would receive 90%
of his target bonus ($405,000). The Compensation Committee
determined that it was appropriate to pay this amount, without
pro-ration for the portion of the year that Mr. Jorgensen
worked for
the Company, in light of the fact that
Mr. Jorgensen accepted employment with
the Company in June
2007 and was not eligible for a 2007 bonus from his prior
employer.
In determining Mr. Callahan’s bonus for 2007, the
Compensation Committee also considered that Mr. Callahan
had made significant contributions by assisting
the Company with
executive employment matters, including departures, transitions
to new positions and compensation arrangements; successful
management of
the Company’s litigation and regulatory
matters; successful recruitment of new talent to the legal
department; further developing and strengthening the
Company’s public policy, compliance and intellectual
property functions; and efficient management of the
Company’s expenses in the areas of his responsibility. The
Compensation Committee determined that he would receive a bonus
of $225,000, which was consistent with relative payouts for
other high-performing executives and in the median competitive
range for similar positions.
In determining Mr. Murray’s bonus for 2007, the
Compensation Committee also considered Mr. Murray’s
significant contributions in global tax planning and strategy,
overall cost management, real estate strategies, global
workforce planning, outsourcing of administrative functions, and
oversight of the internal controls and tax audit functions.
Mr. Murray did not have a target bonus. The Compensation
Committee determined that he would receive a bonus of $180,000,
which was consistent with relative payouts for other
high-performing executives.
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In July 2007, the Compensation Committee also awarded
Mr. Murray a retention bonus of $100,000, which will be
paid in two installments in June 2008 and June 2009, provided
that Mr. Murray remains employed with
the Company through
the respective payment dates. The Compensation Committee
determined that this bonus was appropriate in light of its
general assessment of Mr. Murray’s individual
contributions, and the importance to
the Company of continued
retention of his services.
Long-Term
Incentive Equity Awards
In the past,
the Company has relied on long-term equity awards
as a key element of compensation of our executive officers so
that a substantial portion of their total direct compensation is
tied to increasing the value of
our Company.
The Company has
historically made annual grants of stock options and restricted
stock unit awards to align our executives’ interests with
those of our stockholders, to promote executives’ focus on
the long-term financial performance of
the Company, and, through
staggered grants with extended time-based vesting requirements,
enhance long-term retention.
In determining the size of equity-based awards, the Compensation
Committee considers competitive grant values for comparable
positions as well as various subjective factors primarily
relating to the responsibilities of the individual executive,
past performance, and the executive’s expected future
contributions and value to
the Company. The Compensation
Committee also considers the executive’s historic to