“STYBEL PEABODY/BOARD OPTIONS, INC. SEAT AT THE TABLE”

MISSION: Education for Board members and leaders whose roles touch the Board by providing discussions with expert moderators. We offer an intimate, small group environment conducive to the sharing of perspectives. Attendance limited to twenty.

TIME: 4:30-6:00PM

LIGHT REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED.

Location for all meetings, unless otherwise noted:

BAY COLONY CORPORATE CENTER

1100 Winter Street

Waltham, MA 02451

Tel. 617 594 7627

Exit 27B off Route 128 (The Winter Street Exit on Winter Wyman). You will find yourself on the South Bound side of Route 128. The Doubletree Hotel is on your left. Curve around to the right as the road passes the Astra Zeneca HQ sign. Stybel Peabody is in the Bay Colony Corporate Center on the left. Bay Colony is the third left after the Astra Zeneca HQ sign and immediately AFTER the Waltham Woods complex. Turn left at Bay Colony Corporate Center. Drive up the hill. Turn right at the second office building. There are three entrance doors. Use the middle one. You will walk in on the third floor. Take the elevator (look to your left) and go to the first floor. Look for the Stybel Peabody signs behind the elevator. Look to your left.

If you would like to attend any of the following Seat at the Table programs, please email lstybel@stybelpeabody.com. For more information about us, go to stybelpeabody.com or boardoptions.com.

2009-2010

August 25 "What Board Members Need to Know About Rapidly Moving a New Board or a Reconstituted Board to Effectiveness." Rick Williams. The Equity Company.

September 29 "What Questions Does the Board Need to Ask to Foster a Systemic Corporate Climate of Innovation." Eliza O'Donnell, Synectics, Inc.

October 27 "What Compensation Committees and CEOs Need to Know About Executive Compensation Trends." Arthur Warren. Arthur Warren Associates.

November 24 Managing Board Risks I: "Questions Board Members Should Ask About Their Personal Liability When Serving on Boards of Private Companies and Nonprofits." Bruce MacDougall, William Gallagher Associates, Inc., James Coffey, Esq. Nutter McClennen & Fish.

December No Program.

January 26 Managing Board Risks II: "Questions the Board Needs to Ask in Managing Risk/Uncertainty." Barrie Greiff, M.D.

February 23 Managing Board Risks III: "War Games at the Board of Director Level." Leonard Fuld. Fuld & Company.

March 30 "What Boards and Owners Should Know About Trends in Private Equity Financing." Bruce Macrae. Hastings Equity Partners.

April 27 "How Great Companies Manage Executive and Board Recruiting." David Lord. Executive Search Information Service.

May 25 "Now What: Steps to Take Once The Board Learns The An Unsolicitied Acquisition Offer Has Been Made." Stephen Honig, Duane Morris.