value for our stockholders requires a team of passionate, innovative, dedicated and experienced executives. Our overriding executive compensation philosophy is clear and consistent -- we pay for performance. Our executives are accountable for the performance of the company and the segments they manage and are compensated primarily based on that performance. We believe that our executive compensation program contributes to a high- performance culture where executives are expected to deliver results that drive sustained profitable growth. are participating in the high growth storage markets of the future through innovation and strategic acquisitions, resulting in a more diversified mix of revenue. Fiscal 2013 revenue was $15.4 billion, with approximately 50% coming from our non-personal computing (non-PC) businesses (which include our enterprise, branded products and consumer electronics businesses), up from 34% five years ago. We also made several important investments recently to help strengthen and expand our enterprise solid state drive (SSD) capabilities, including our acquisitions of sTec, Inc. and VeloBit, Inc., our planned acquisition of Virident Systems, Inc., and our investment in Skyera, Inc. In addition to these key strategic growth initiatives, we also continued to focus on executing and strengthening our core business. In fiscal 2013, we reported net income of $980 million, or $3.98 per share, which included a $681 million accrual for an arbitration award against us. We also generated $3.1 billion in cash from operations and returned over $1.0 billion to stockholders during fiscal 2013 in the form of stock repurchases and dividends. the Compensation Committee in fiscal 2013 are summarized below: Officer position. In addition, the Compensation Committee approved an increase in the base salary level for Mr. Nickl from $400,000 to $450,000 in connection with his promotion from Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and to better align with competitive market pay. Mr. Leyden also approved a base salary increase for Mr. Murphy from $425,000 to $450,000 in December 2012 in connection with Mr. Murphy's assumption of additional responsibilities for the WD Subsidiary. No other named executive officer's base salary level was adjusted for fiscal 2013. connection with his appointment to the Chief Executive Officer position. In addition, the Compensation Committee approved an increase in the target bonus opportunity for Mr. Nickl from 75% of base salary to 85% of base salary in connection with his promotion to the Executive Vice President level. No other named executive officer's target bonus level was adjusted for fiscal 2013. For Messrs. Milligan, Coyne and Nickl, these ICP bonus opportunities were earned based on achievement against pre-established adjusted earnings per share goals. For Messrs. Leyden and Cordano, these ICP bonus opportunities were earned based on achievement of pre-established adjusted operating income goals for the respective subsidiary businesses for which they are principally responsible. For the first half of fiscal 2013, payouts under the ICP were approved at 90% of target for Messrs. Milligan, Nickl, Leyden and Murphy, 92.5% of target for Mr. Cordano and 65% of target for Mr. Coyne. For the second half of fiscal 2013, payouts under the ICP were approved at 151% of target for Mr. Milligan, 164% of target for Mr. Nickl, 174% of target for Messrs. Leyden and Murphy, and 152% of target for Mr. Cordano. The payout for each semi-annual period is expressed as a percentage of the executive's base salary for that six-month period. |