CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Lexmark is governed by a twelve-member Board of Directors, chaired by its CEO, Paul A. Rooke. Please refer to the Company's Form 10-K for expanded information with reference to governance. Additional information related to the Board composition, qualifications and performance evaluation and compensation linkage is available on our Corporate Governance Web page.
COMMITMENTS TO EXTERNAL INITIATIVES
Lexmark is involved with trade associations at the local, state, federal and international level. Some examples include the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI), ITI Environmental Leadership Council, DIGITAL EUROPE, the Greater Lexington Chamber of Commerce, the U.S. Information Technology Office, the National Chamber of Commerce, Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA), Business Imaging Association of Australia (BIAA), Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC), TechAmerica EUROPE, American National Standards Institute (ANSI), Ecma International, Association Connecting Electronics Industries, Bundesverband Informationswirtschaft Telekommunikation (BITKOM) and Deutsches Institut für Normung (DIN).
Lexmark is active in these groups because we want to participate in the industry and public policy discussions led by these organizations and take advantage of those collective resources. We engage with these groups in meetings and by participating in and leading committees, conference calls and electronic communications.