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The Directors & Boards survey: mergers & acquisitions 2009.

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This Directors & Boards survey was conducted in June 2009 via the web, with an email invitation to participate. The invitation was emailed to the recipients of Directors & Boards' monthly e-Briefing. A total of 372 usable surveys were completed.

About the respondents (Multiple responses allowed) A director of a publicly held company 34.6% A director of a privately held company 44.9% A director of a non-profit entity 40.5% A senior level executive (CEO, CFO, CxO) of a publicly 6.5% held company A senior level executive (CEO, CFO, CxO) of a privately 25.9% held company Institutional shareholder 5.9% Other shareholder 18.4% Academic 10.3% Auditor, consultant, board advisor 14.1% Attorney 14.1% Investor relations professional/officer 3.2% Other 7.6% (Other responses include: Head of executive compensation, retired public company director, retired public company CEO.) Revenues (For the primary company of the respondent) Average revenues: $2.056 billion Less than $250 million 50.5% $251 million-$500 million 8.7% $501 million to $999 million 9.2% $1 billion to $10 billion 25.5% More than $10 billion 6.0% Board Service (Average number of boards respondents serve) Public 1.25 Private 1.75 Charitable 1.58 Respondents' Age Average Age: 56.7 21-29 1.6% 30-39 6.6% 40-49 15.8%...

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