For example, Mr. Davis is a director of Axis Capital Holdings, according to its most recent proxy.

According to its most recent proxy, Commerce's audit committee has a similar makeup.

Its chief executive, James E. Oesterreicher, must own seven times his annual salary, according to the company's most recent proxy.

According to the most recent proxy, he owns six million shares of Human Genome, worth about $70 million.

McCaughey was paid $6.24 million in total direct compensation in 2009, according to the company's most recent annual proxy circular.

Staples Inc., for example, said in its most recent proxy that it adopted formal policies in 2004 regarding personal use of the company's leased aircraft.

In its most recent proxy, Farmer said the Securities and Exchange Commission had raised concerns about whether it is an unregistered investment company.

Mr. Sullivan owned 3.3 million shares as of this April, according to WorldCom's most recent proxy.

It has been struggling since then, which may explain a recent proxy mailed to shareholders.

He owned 5.4 percent of the shares outstanding as of the most recent proxy filed this spring.