Janice - Same Board of Directors with the exception of (1) Dr. Schmidt.
In my opinion, the only way to change the Board is to somehow
influence the nominating process.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS (1996 10-K)
(2) Elaine R. Bond
ELAINE R. BOND +#
Retired Chase Fellow/Sr. Consultant
The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.
(3) Hans-Werner Hector
HANS-WERNER HECTOR
Cofounder
SAPAG, Germany
(4) Jack L. Messman
JACK L. MESSMAN +#
President and Chief Executive Officer
Union Pacific Resources Group, Inc.
(5) Larry W. Sonsini
LARRY W. SONSINI *
Partner
Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati
(6) Ian R. Wilson
IAN R. WILSON *
Managing Partner
Dartford Partnership
(7) John A. Young
JOHN A. YOUNG +#
Retired President and Chief Executive Officer
Hewlett-Packard Company
+ Member of Audit Committee
# Member of Compensation Committee
* Member of Corporate Governance Committee
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Board Nominees (1997 DEF 14A)
(1) Eric E. Schmidt
Dr. Schmidt entered into an employment contract with Novell on March 18,
1997 whereby he would become Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the
Board on April 7, 1997. Since 1983, Dr. Schmidt has held various positions
at Sun Microsystems, Inc. (world class supplier of network computing
solutions) including Chief Technology Officer from February 1994 to March
1997 and president of Sun Technology Enterprises from February 1991 until
February 1994. Dr. Schmidt is also a director of Geoworks, Inc. and Siebel
Systems, Inc
(2) Elaine R. Bond
Ms. Bond retired in December 1994 as a Chase Fellow and Senior Consultant
for Chase Manhattan Bank (a New York based Money Center Bank), a position
held since December 1991. Ms. Bond is also a director of Washington
National Corporation.
(3) Hans-Werner Hector
Cofounder of SAP AG, Germany (an international provider of general purpose
software). Mr. Hector was a member of Advisory Board of SAP AG from June
1995 until December 1996. Mr. Hector also served as Chief Executive
Officer, President and Vice Chairman for SAP America, Inc., a fully owned
subsidiary of SAP AG, from February 1992 to January 1995. Mr. Hector was
also a Member of the Board of Directors of SAP AG from 1972 to June 1995.
(4) Jack L. Messman
Chief Executive Officer of Union Pacific Resources Group, Inc. (an oil and
gas company) since March of 1991. Mr Messman is also Chairman of Union
Pacific Resources Group, Inc. since October 1996. Mr. Messman previously
served as President of Union Pacific Resources Group, Inc. from March 1991
to October of 1996. Mr. Messman is also a director of Cambridge Technology
Partners, Inc., Tandy Corporation, Safeguard Scientific, Inc., U.S. Data,
Inc. and Union Pacific Resources Group, Inc.
(5) Larry W. Sonsini
Member and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &
Rosati (a law firm) for more than the last five years. Mr. Sonsini is also
a director of Lattice Semiconductor Corporation, Pixar, Inc., Pure Atria
Software and Silicon Valley Group, Inc.
(6) Ian R. Wilson
Managing partner of Dartford Partnership (a holding company) since August
1994. Mr. Wilson served as Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer
and President of Windmill Holdings Corp., (a milling and baking company)
from February 1989 until January 1995. Mr. Wilson is a director of New Age
Beverages Investments Limited, Golden State Foods, Corp., CAMAC Holdings,
Inc., Windy Hills Pet Food Company and Van de Kamp's, Inc.
(7) John A. Young
Mr. Young retired in 1992 from his position as Chief Executive Officer of
Hewlett-Packard Company, (an international computation and measurement
company), a position he held for fifteen years. He has had a long
association with competitiveness issues having chaired President Reagan's
Commission on Industrial Competitiveness and founded the Council on
Competitiveness in 1986. Mr. Young is also a director of Wells Fargo & Co.,
Chevron Corp., SmithKline Beecham plc, Shaman Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,
Affymetrix, Ciphergen Biosystems, Inc. and Lucent Technology, and is a
member of The Business Council. He also is chairman of the board of Smart
Valley, Inc.
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