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Published on: 6/26/2002
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A. George Battle , Mr. Battle has been the Chief Executive Officer of Ask Jeeves, Inc. since December 2000.Mr. Battle served from 1968 until his retirement in June 1995 in various roles of increasing responsibility with Andersen Consulting (now known as Accenture).He retired from Andersen Consulting as a Managing Partner of Market Development in 1995.Mr. Battle is a Senior Fellow at the Aspen Institute, an international nonprofit educational institution.In addition, Mr. Battle is a Director of PeopleSoft, Inc., Ask Jeeves, Inc., Fair Isaac Company, as well as a director of three registered investment companies, Masters Select Equities Fund, Masters Select International Equities Fund and Masters Select Value Fund.
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Battle, Laboe and Ostler.
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Battle, Hull and Ostler.
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Mr. Battle resigned from the Compensation Committee on May 5, 2001 and was reappointed to the Compensation Committee on August 9, 2001.The Compensation Committee ratifies the compensation paid to our executive officers, and approves and administers grants of options to purchase Barra's Common Stock ("2000 Plan Options") under the 2000 Equity Participation Plan (the "2000 Plan").In addition, the Compensation Committee administers Initial Grants, Succeeding Grants and other grants of options to purchase Barra's Common Stock under the Directors Plan (collectively, "Directors Options").The Compensation Committee also approves and administers grants of options to purchase Barra's Common Stock ("1991 Plan Options") under the Barra, Inc.Stock Option Plan (the "1991 Plan").The 1991 Plan expired pursuant to its terms on July 29, 2001.When the 2000 Plan was adopted in August 2000, Barra ceased making grants under the 1991 Plan.
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Hull, Battle, and Duggirala, and held one meeting during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2002.
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Also includes 9,000 shares held of record by Mr. Battle and 3,125 shares held in the Daniel KW Battle Trust, which was formed in 1996 for the benefit of Mr. Battle's son with Mr. Battle as trustee, as well as 2,000 shares and 450 shares held in accounts for the benefit of Mr. Battle's daughter and sister, respectively.Mr. Battle holds trading discretion over the accounts for the 2,450 shares held by his daughter and sister, but disclaims beneficial ownership.
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Battle, Hull and Ostler, who were each members of our Board and who were not in the last three years and are not currently executive officers of Barra.
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Mr. Battle, a director of Barra, is also the CEO and a director of Ask Jeeves.Mr. Battle resigned from the Compensation Committee for the period from May 5, 2001 to August 9, 2001 in order to avoid any conflict of interest caused by Mr. Kirsner's employment at Barra.
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Battle, Laboe, and Hull were each granted Succeeding Grants to purchase 4,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $46.76.
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George Battle
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The Audit Committee consists of the following members of BARRA INC /CA's Board of Directors: A. George Battle, Norman J. Laboe, and Clyde W. Ostler.