Executive Summary | Corporate Governance Highlights

DIRECTOR NOMINEES

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP OTHER (C: Chair) CURRENT U.S.- LISTED PUBLIC NAME/AGE/INDEPENDENCE DIRECTOR OCCUPATION/CAREER GOV COMP AUD PRC RISK BOARDS* SINCE HIGHLIGHTS

Lloyd Blankfein, 63 April Chairman & CEO, 0 Chairman and CEO 2003 The Group, Inc.

Adebayo Ogunlesi, 64 October Chairman & Managing Partner, Independent Lead C Ex-Officio 2 2012 Global Infrastructure Partners Director

Retired Michele Burns, 60 October (Chairman & CEO, Mercer LLC; CFO of each aa C** 4*** Independent 2011 of: Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., Mirant Corp. and Delta Air Lines, Inc.)

Retired Mark Flaherty, 58 December (Vice Chairman, Wellington Management aaa0 Independent 2014 Company)

William George, 75 December Senior Fellow, aa C0 Independent 2002 (Retired, Chairman & CEO, Medtronic, Inc.)

James Johnson, 74 May Chairman, a C** a 0 Independent 1999 Johnson Capital Partners

Retired Ellen Kullman, 62 December (Chairman & CEO, E.I. du Pont de Nemours aa a 3 Independent 2016 and Company)

Lakshmi Mittal, 67 June Chairman & CEO, aa a 1 Independent 2008 ArcelorMittal S.A.

Peter Oppenheimer, 55 March Retired a C a 0 Independent 2014 (Senior Vice President and CFO, Apple, Inc.)

David Viniar, 62 January Retired a 1 Non-Employee 2013 (CFO, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.)

Mark Winkelman, 71 December Private investor aaa** 0 Independent 2014

* As per SEC rules. ** Effective May 2, 2018, Ms. Burns will become the Chair of our Compensation Committee and Mr. Winkelman will become the Chair of our Risk Committee. *** Ms. Burns is retiring from one of her other boards at its upcoming 2018 annual meeting, after which she will serve on three other U.S.- listed public company boards.

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