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NYSE Elects 13 To Board of Directors

Date 06/06/2002

The New York Stock Exchange today elected five new and eight current directors to the Exchange's board of directors.

The board consists of 12 public members, 12 industry members, NYSE chairman and CEO Dick Grasso, and NYSE Co-Chief Operating Officers, Presidents and Executive Vice Chairmen Catherine Kinney and Robert Britz.

Five New Directors Elected

The new directors representing the public are Carol Bartz, chairman and CEO of Autodesk, Inc.; Laurence D. Fink, chairman CEO of BlackRock, Inc.; and Martha Stewart, chairman and CEO of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc.

The new securities industry representatives are James E. Cayne, chairman and CEO of The Bear Stearns Companies Inc.; and John J. Mack, CEO of Credit Suisse First Boston.

Four Public Directors Re-elected

Four current public directors were re-elected. They are:

  • William B. Harrison, Jr., chairman and CEO of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
  • Peter N. Larson, chairman and CEO of Brunswick Corporation. (retired)
  • Gerald M. Levin, CEO of AOL Time Warner Inc. (retired)
  • Juergen E. Schrempp, chairman of the Board of Management, of DaimlerChrysler AG.
Four Securities Industry Directors Re-elected

Four current securities industry directors were re-elected. They are:

  • James M. Duryea, president of J.M. Duryea, Inc.
  • Kenneth G. Langone, chairman of the board of Invemed Associates LLC.
  • Robert M. Murphy, CEO of LaBranche & Co. LLC.
  • William B. Summers, Jr., chairman of McDonald Investments Inc.
The new candidates fill the positions vacated by Maurice R. Greenberg, chairman and CEO, American International Group, Inc.; Richard S. Fuld, Jr., chairman and CEO of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., and Alex Trotman, chairman of Imperial Chemical Industries PLC and chairman of the board, and CEO (retired) of Ford Motor Co., Joe L. Roby, chairman (emeritus) of Credit Suisse First Boston; and Linda J. Wachner.

Two Vice Chairmen Re- elected

Robert M. Murphy, CEO, LaBranche & Co. LLC and David H. Komansky, chairman and CEO, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. were re-elected as vice chairmen of the board.