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Survey Results: Corporate Airplane Use by Outside Directors

1. At our company, when it comes to allowing non-employee directors to use the company's plane to travel to - and from - board meetings: (Total responses: n=97)
(select only one)
n=1 (1.03%) Yes, we allow - but we disclose the aggregate incremental costs associated with such use as director perks in the Director Compensation Table.
n=59 (60.82%) Yes, we allow - but we believe such travel is for a business purpose and thus do not disclose it in the proxy statement.
n=12 (12.37%) Yes, we allow - but we believe such travel is for a business purpose and therefore only disclose that such travel is permitted in the narrative portion of the proxy statement.
n=0 (0.00%) Yes, we allow - but only a percentage of the amounts associated with such use is considered for a business purpose – so some of the cost is disclosed in the Director Compensation Table.
n=7 (7.22%) No, we don't allow non-employee directors to fly on the company plane to our board meetings.
n=1 (1.03%) No, as a result of a recent change in our travel policy, we no longer allow non-employee directors to fly on the company plane to board meetings.
n=17 (17.53%) We don't have a company plane.