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Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the form or schedule and the date of its filing. ------------------------------- (1) Amount previously paid: ------------------------------- (2) Form, Schedule or Registration Statement no.: ------------------------------- (3) Filing Party: ------------------------------- (4) Date Filed: INTEL CORPORATION 2200 Mission College Blvd. P. O. Box 58119 Santa Clara, CA 95052-8119 (408) 765-8080 [INTEL LOGO] Dear Stockholder: Intel's 1999 Annual Meeting of Stockholders will be held on May 19, 1999 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California, and we look forward to your attending either in person or by proxy. The Notice of Annual Meeting, the Proxy Statement and the Proxy Card from the Board of Directors are enclosed. The materials provide further information concerning the Annual Meeting. Stockholders may access the Notice of Annual Meeting and the Proxy Statement via the Internet at the Internet Web site address indicated on the Proxy Card. Some of our stockholders will be accessing these materials and voting via the Internet and will not be receiving a paper Proxy Card by mail. At this year's Annual Meeting, the agenda includes the annual election of directors and a proposal to ratify the appointment of our independent auditing firm. The Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR the election of the slate of nominees for directors and FOR ratification of the appointment of the independent auditors. Arthur Rock, one of our founding directors (since 1968), will not be standing for re-election. Arthur has provided Intel with invaluable assistance for 30 years. He was the Company's first Chairman of the Board from 1970 (when the position was created) to 1975. He has been active on all of the Board's committees, and has served as the Lead Independent Director and as the Chairman of the Executive, Audit & Finance and Corporate Governance Committees. We will still look to his wise counsel in his new position as Director Emeritus. At the same time, we have recently welcomed David S. Pottruck to the Board as a new director. David is President and Co-Chief Executive Officer of The Charles Schwab Corporation, and he is appearing on our slate of director nominees for the first time. Please refer to the Proxy Statement for detailed information on each of the proposals. If you have any further questions concerning the Annual Meeting or any of the proposals, please contact Harris Trust and Savings Bank at (800) 298-0146 (within the U.S. and Canada) or (312) 360-5125 (outside the U.S. and Canada, call collect), or speak with D. F. King & Co., our proxy solicitors, at (800) 487-4870 (within the U.S. and Canada) or (212) 269-5550 (outside the U.S. and Canada, call collect). Sincerely yours, /s/Andrew S. Grove Andrew S. Grove Chairman of the Board Notice of 1999 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and Proxy Statement [INTEL LOGO] TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders Proxy Statement Election of Directors (Proposal 1)........................ 2 Board Committees and Meetings............................. 6 Corporate Governance Guidelines and Policies.............. 7 Directors' Compensation................................... 8 Report of the Compensation Committee on Executive Compensation.............................................. 9 Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation............................................ 13 Employment Contracts and Change of Control Arrangements............................................. 13 Certain Relationships and Related Transactions........... 13 Stock Price Performance Graph............................ 14 Executive Compensation................................... 15 Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management........................................... 18 Ratification of Selection of Independent Auditors (Proposal 2)............................................. 20 Other Matters............................................ 21 Voting Via the Internet or By Telephone.................. 22 Communicating with the Company................................ 23 Directions to the Santa Clara Convention Center....... Back Cover RETURN OF PROXY Please complete, sign, date and return the accompanying Proxy Card promptly in the enclosed addressed envelope, even if you plan to attend the Annual Meeting. Postage need not be affixed to the envelope if mailed in the United States. The immediate return of your proxy will be of great assistance in preparing for the Annual Meeting and is therefore urgently requested. If you attend the Annual Meeting and have made arrangements to vote in person, your Proxy Card will not be used. VOTING ELECTRONICALLY OR BY TELEPHONE Instead of submitting your proxy vote with the paper Proxy Card, you may be able to vote electronically via the Internet or by telephone. See "Voting Via the Internet or By Telephone" in the Proxy Statement for further details. Please note that there are separate Internet and telephone voting arrangements, depending upon whether shares are registered in your name or in the name of a broker or bank. IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING IN PERSON The Annual Meeting will be held at 10:00 a.m., Pacific Daylight Time, on May 19, 1999 at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, California, located at the corner of Great America Parkway and Tasman Drive. A map to the Convention Center is printed on the back cover of this Proxy Statement. Signs will direct you to the conference room where the Annual Meeting will be held. Please note that the doors to the meeting room at the Convention Center will not open for admission until 9:30 a.m. If your shares are not registered in your own name and you plan to attend the Annual Meeting and vote your shares in person, you should contact your broker or agent in whose name your shares are registered to obtain a broker's proxy and bring it to the Annual Meeting in order to vote. [INTEL LOGO] INTEL CORPORATION Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders May 19, 1999 10:00 a.m., Pacific Daylight Time Dear Stockholder: You are cordially invited to attend the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Intel Corporation ("Intel" or the "Company") which will be held on May 19, 1999 at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, California, at 10:00 a.m., Pacific Daylight Time. A map to the location appears on the back cover of the Proxy Statement. The Annual Meeting is being held for the following purposes: 1. To elect a Board of Directors to hold office until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their respective successors have been elected or appointed. 2. To ratify the appointment of the accounting firm of Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditors for the Company for the current year. 3. To transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. These items are fully discussed in the following pages, which are made part of this Notice. Only stockholders of record on the books of the Company at the close of business on March 22, 1999 will be entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. A list of stockholders entitled to vote will be available for inspection at the offices of Intel, 2200 Mission College Blvd., Santa Clara, California 95052-8119, for 10 days prior to the Annual Meeting. Stockholders are requested to complete, date, sign and return the Proxy Card as promptly as possible. Stockholders with shares registered directly with the Company's transfer agent, Harris Trust and Savings Bank ("Harris Bank"), may choose to vote those shares via the Internet at Harris Bank's voting Web site (www.harrisbank.com/wproxy), or they may vote telephonically, within the U.S. and Canada only, by calling Harris Bank at (888) 266-6795 (toll-free). Stockholders holding Intel shares with a broker or bank may also be eligible to vote via the Internet or to vote telephonically if their broker or bank participates in the proxy voting program provided by ADP Investor Communication Services. If your Intel shares are held in an account with a broker or bank participating in the ADP Investor Communication Services program, you may choose to vote those shares via the Internet at ADP Investor Communication Services' voting Web site (www.proxyvote.com) or telephonically by calling the telephone number shown on your voting form. See "Voting Via the Internet or By Telephone" in the Proxy Statement for further details. Submitting your proxy with the Proxy Card or via the Internet or by telephone will not affect your right to vote in person should you decide to attend the Annual Meeting. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS /s/F. THOMAS DUNLAP, JR. By: F. THOMAS DUNLAP, JR., Secretary Santa Clara, California April 6, 1999 DOORS WILL OPEN AT 9:30 a.m. First mailed to stockholders and made available on the Internet (www.intc.com) on or about April 6, 1999 [INTEL LOGO] INTEL CORPORATION 2200 Mission College Boulevard Santa Clara, California 95052-8119 PROXY STATEMENT The enclosed proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors of Intel Corporation ("Intel" or the "Company") for use in voting at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") to be held at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, California, on Wednesday, May 19, 1999, at 10:00 a.m., Pacific Daylight Time, and at any postponement or adjournment thereof, for the purposes set forth in the attached notice. Voting and Revocability of Proxies When proxies are properly dated, executed and returned, the shares they represent will be voted at the Annual Meeting in accordance with the instructions of the stockholder. If no specific instructions are given, the shares will be voted FOR the election of the nominees for directors set forth herein and FOR ratification of the appointment of auditors. In addition, if other matters come before the Annual Meeting, the persons named in the accompanying form of proxy will vote in accordance with their best judgment with respect to such matters. A stockholder giving a proxy has the power to revoke it at any time prior to its exercise by voting in person at the Annual Meeting, by giving written notice to the Secretary prior to the Annual Meeting or by giving a later dated proxy. If you are a participant in the Company's 401(k) Savings Plan, the proxy represents the number of shares in your plan account as well as other shares registered in your name. For those shares in your plan account, the proxy will serve as a voting instruction for the trustee of the plan. If voting instructions are not received by the trustee for shares in your plan account, the trustee will not be able to vote those shares on your behalf. Each share of Common Stock outstanding on the record date will be entitled to one vote on all matters. The 11 candidates for election as directors at the Annual Meeting who receive the highest number of affirmative votes will be elected. The ratification of the independent auditors for the Company for the current year will require the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of the Company's Common Stock present or represented and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. Because abstentions with respect to any matter are treated as shares present or represented and entitled to vote for the purposes of determining whether that matter has been approved by the stockholders, abstentions have the same effect as negative votes for each proposal other than the election of directors. Broker non-votes are not deemed to be present or represented for purposes of determining whether stockholder approval of that matter has been obtained, but they are counted as present for purposes of determining the existence of a quorum at the Annual Meeting. Record Date and Share Ownership Only stockholders of record on the books of the Company at the close of business on March 22, 1999 will be entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. Presence in person or by proxy of a majority of the shares of Common Stock outstanding on the record date is required for a quorum. On January 27, 1999, Intel's Board of Directors declared a two-for-one stock split in the form of a special stock distribution payable on April 11, 1999 to stockholders of record on March 23, 1999. Data regarding shares of Common Stock and per share amounts in this Proxy Statement has been adjusted to reflect the stock split. As of the close of business on February 26, 1999, there were 3,324,680,452 shares of Common Stock outstanding, as adjusted for the stock split. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS (Proposal 1) Unless marked otherwise, proxies received will be voted FOR the election of each of the nominees named below. Each of the current directors has been nominated for election to the Board of Directors except Arthur Rock, a director for 30 years, who is not standing for re-election. If any such nominee is unable or unwilling to serve as a nominee for the office of director at the time of the Annual Meeting, the proxies may be voted either (i) for a substitute nominee who shall be designated by the proxy holders or by the present Board of Directors to fill such vacancy or (ii) for the balance of the nominees, leaving a vacancy. Alternatively, the size of the Board may be reduced accordingly. The Board of Directors has no reason to believe that any of such nominees will be unwilling or unable to serve if elected as a director. Such persons have been nominated to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders following the 1999 Annual Meeting or until their successors, if any, are elected or appointed. The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR the election of each of the nominees listed below. Craig R. Barrett Craig R. Barrett has been President 59 Years Old of the Company since May 1997, Director Since 1992 Chief Executive Officer since May President and Chief 1998 and a director of Intel since Executive Officer of 1992. Dr. Barrett joined the the Company Company in 1975. In 1984 he was elected Vice President, and in 1985 he became Vice President and [PHOTO APPEARS HERE] General Manager of the Components Technology and Manufacturing Group. Dr. Barrett became a Senior Vice President in 1987 and General Manager of the Microcomputer Components Group in 1989. Dr. Barrett was an Executive Vice President from 1990 to 1997, and he was Chief Operating Officer from 1993 to 1998. Dr. Barrett is also a director of Komag, Incorporated and U.S. West, Inc., and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. John P. Browne John P. Browne has been a director 51 Years Old of Intel since 1997. He has been a Director Since 1997 Managing Director since 1991 and Group Chief Executive Group Chief Executive since 1995 of of BP Amoco p.l.c. BP Amoco p.l.c. (formerly The British Petroleum Company p.l.c.). John Browne is also a director of PHOTO APPEARS HERE SmithKline Beecham, a member of the Supervisory Board of DaimlerChrysler AG and a Trustee of the British Museum. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in the United Kingdom, a Fellow of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Chemical Engineers and an Honorary Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge. He is also Emeritus Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, a trustee of The Conference Board, Inc. and a Vice President and Member of the Board of the Prince of Wales Business Leaders Forum. Winston H. Chen Winston H. Chen has been a director 57 Years Old of Intel since 1993. He is Chairman Director Since 1993 of Paramitas Foundation, a Chairman of Paramitas charitable foundation. Between 1978 Foundation and 1994, he held several positions, including President, Chief Executive Officer and PHOTO APPEARS HERE Chairman of the Board of Directors, at Solectron Corporation, an electronics contract manufacturer in Milpitas, California. Dr. Chen continues as a director of Solectron. He is also a director of Edison International and a member of the Board of Trustees of Santa Clara University and the Board of Trustees of Stanford University. Andrew S. Grove Andrew S. Grove has been a director 62 Years Old of Intel since 1974 and Chairman of Director Since 1974 the Board since May 1997. Dr. Grove Chairman of the Board participated in founding the of the Company Company in 1968 and served as Vice President and Director of Operations through 1974. He became PHOTO APPEARS HERE Executive Vice President in 1975 and was Chief Operating Officer from 1976 to 1987. He was President from 1979 to 1997 and Chief Executive Officer from 1987 to May 1998. Dr. Grove is a part-time Lecturer at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. He is a director of CaP CURE and the International Rescue Committee. He is also a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers ("IEEE"). D. James Guzy D. James Guzy has been a director 63 Years Old of Intel since 1969 and is Chairman Director Since 1969 of the Nominating Committee of the Chairman of Arbor Board of Directors. Since 1969, he Company has been Chairman of Arbor Company, a limited partnership engaged in the electronics and computer PHOTO APPEARS HERE industry. Mr. Guzy is also a director of Cirrus Logic, Inc.; Micro Component Technology, Inc.; Novellus Systems, Inc.; Davis Selected Group of Mutual Funds; and Alliance Capital Management Technology Fund; and he is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of SRC Computers Inc. Gordon E. Moore Gordon E. Moore has been a director 70 Years Old of Intel since 1968 and Chairman Director Since 1968 Emeritus of the Board since May Chairman Emeritus of 1997. Dr. Moore co-founded the the Board of the Company in 1968 and has served on Company the Board since that time. Prior to 1975, he served as Executive Vice President. Between 1975 and 1979, PHOTO APPEARS HERE Dr. Moore served as President, and between 1975 and 1987 he served as Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Dr. Moore served as Chairman of the Board from 1979 to 1997. Currently, Dr. Moore is also a director of Gilead Sciences, Inc. and Transamerica Corporation. He is also Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the IEEE and a member of the Board of Directors of Conservation International. David S. Pottruck David S. Pottruck was elected to 50 Years Old the Board of Directors of the Director Since 1998 Company in December 1998. Mr. President and Co-Chief Pottruck is the President and Co- Executive Officer of Chief Executive Officer of The The Charles Schwab Charles Schwab Corporation. Mr. Corporation Pottruck is also a director of McKesson Corporation, Preview Travel, Inc., Bay Area Sports PHOTO APPEARS HERE Organizing Committee and the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team Foundation. He is a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania. Jane E. Shaw Jane E. Shaw has been a director of 60 Years Old Intel since 1993. Dr. Shaw is Director Since 1993 Chairman and Chief Executive Chairman and Chief Officer of AeroGen, Inc., a private Executive Officer of company specializing in controlled AeroGen, Inc. delivery of drugs to the lungs. She founded The Stable Network, a biopharmaceutical consulting PHOTO APPEARS HERE company, in 1995. She was President and Chief Operating Officer of ALZA Corporation, a drug delivery company, from 1987 to 1994. Dr. Shaw is currently a director of Aviron, McKesson Corporation, Boise Cascade Corporation and Point Biomedical Corporation, and Chairman of the Board of IntraBiotics Pharmaceuticals, a privately held developer of antimicrobial drugs. Leslie L. Vadasz Leslie L. Vadasz has been a 62 Years Old director of Intel since 1988 and Director Since 1988 became Senior Vice President, Senior Vice President, Director of Corporate Business Director of Corporate Development, in 1991. Mr. Vadasz Business Development of joined the Company in 1968 when it the Company was founded and became Director of Engineering in 1972. In 1975 he was elected Vice President, and in 1976 PHOTO APPEARS HERE he became Assistant General Manager of the Microcomputer Division. From 1977 to 1979, he was Vice President, General Manager of the Microcomputer Components Division. Mr. Vadasz became a Senior Vice President in 1979 and served as Director of Corporate Strategic Staff from 1979 to 1986. From 1986 to 1990, he was Senior Vice President, General Manager, and then President of the Systems Group. He is a Fellow of the IEEE. David B. Yoffie David B. Yoffie has been a director 44 Years Old of Intel since 1989. He is Chairman Director Since 1989 of the Compensation Committee of Professor of the Board of Directors. He has been International Business Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Administration at the Harvard Business School Business School since 1990 and in June 1993 was appointed to the position of Max & Doris Starr PHOTO APPEARS HERE Professor of International Business Administration. He was Associate Professor of Business Administration from 1985 to 1990 and has been on the Harvard University faculty since 1981. He is also a member of the Boards of Directors of Bion, Inc. and the National Bureau of Economic Research. Charles E. Young Charles E. Young has been a 67 Years Old director of Intel since 1974. He is Director Since 1974 Chancellor Emeritus of the Chancellor Emeritus of University of California at Los the University of Angeles. Dr. Young served as California, Los Angeles Chancellor of the University of California at Los Angeles from 1968 to 1997. He is also Chairman of the PHOTO APPEARS HERE Board of Governors Foundation for the International Exchange of Scientific and Cultural Information by Telecommunications, a member of the National Committee on United States-China Relations, Inc., a director of Nicholas-Applegate Fund, Inc., a trustee of Nicholas- Applegate Mutual Funds, a director of the Canada/United States Fulbright Commission and a director of University Net. Except as noted above, each of the nominees has been engaged in the principal occupation set forth above during the past five years. There are no family relationships among any directors or executive officers of the Company. Stock ownership information is shown under the heading "Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management" and is based upon information furnished by the respective individuals. Retiring Director Arthur Rock Arthur Rock has been a director of 72 Years Old Intel since its founding in 1968. Director Since 1968 He is the Lead Independent Director Venture Capitalist and is Chairman of the Executive Committee, the Audit & Finance Committee and the Corporate PHOTO APPEARS HERE Governance Committee of the Board of Directors. Mr. Rock is a principal of Arthur Rock and Company, a venture capital firm. He is also a director of AirTouch Communications, Inc. and Echelon Corporation, a trustee of the California Institute of Technology and a member of the Board of Governors of the National Association of Securities Dealers. Directors Emeriti The following have been elected by the Board of Directors to act as Directors Emeriti. Directors Emeriti are eligible to attend Board and committee meetings, but they do not have voting rights. Upon Arthur Rock's retirement from the Board of Directors, the Board intends to elect Mr. Rock a Director Emeritus. Richard Hodgson Richard Hodgson is a self-employed 82 Years Old industrialist and was a director of Intel Director Emeritus from 1974 to 1993. He was formerly a Since 1993 Corporate Senior Vice President of Self-Employed International Telephone and Telegraph Industrialist Company, and had worldwide responsibility for the Engineered Products Group. Mr. Hodgson's term as Director Emeritus will end in May 1999. Sanford Kaplan Sanford Kaplan is a private investor and 82 Years Old was a director of Intel from 1974 to 1993. Director Emeritus Mr. Kaplan retired from Xerox Corporation Since 1993 in 1977 where he had served as a Senior Private Investor Vice President and director since 1969. Prior to that time, Mr. Kaplan was a Senior Vice President and director of Scientific Data Systems, Inc., a mainframe computer manufacturer acquired by Xerox Corporation in 1969. Prior thereto, Mr. Kaplan was with Ford Motor Company for 15 years where he held various management positions. Mr. Kaplan's term as Director Emeritus will end in May 1999. Max Palevsky Max Palevsky is a self-employed 74 Years Old industrialist and was a director of Intel Director Emeritus from 1968 to 1997. He is a self-employed Since1997 investor and serves as a director of Komag, Self-Employed Incorporated. In 1961, Mr. Palevsky founded Industrialist Scientific Data Systems, Inc., which was acquired by Xerox Corporation in 1969, at which time he became a director and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Xerox Corporation. He retired as a director of Xerox Corporation in 1972. BOARD COMMITTEES AND MEETINGS The Company currently has standing Executive, Audit & Finance, Nominating, Corporate Governance and Compensation Committees of the Board of Directors. Each of these committees has a written charter that has been approved by the Board. The members of the committees are identified in the following table. Audit & Nominat- Corporate Compen- Director Executive Finance ing Governance sation - ---------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- C. Barrett X J. Browne X X W. Chen X X X A. Grove X J. Guzy X Chair X G. Moore X D. Pottruck A. Rock* Chair Chair X Chair X J. Shaw X X L. Vadasz D. Yoffie X X Chair C. Young X X X * Retiring The Executive Committee may exercise the authority of the Board between Board meetings, except to the extent that the Board has delegated authority to another committee or to other persons, and except as limited by Delaware law. The Executive Committee did not hold any formal meetings in 1998. The Audit & Finance Committee recommends for approval by the Board of Directors an independent firm of certified public accountants whose duty it is to audit the financial statements of the Company for the fiscal year in which they are appointed. The Audit & Finance Committee monitors the activities of the Company's internal and external auditors, including the audit scope, the external audit fees and the extent to which the independent auditors may be retained to perform advisory services. The Audit & Finance Committee also reviews the results of the internal and external audit work to assess the adequacy and appropriateness of the Company's financial and accounting controls. The Audit & Finance Committee reviews changes in accounting standards that impact the financial statements and obtains an explanation from management of all major events, including legal matters and tax audits that may have significant financial impact or are the subject of discussions with the independent auditor. In addition, the Audit & Finance Committee oversees the Company's internal compliance programs and considers various capital and investment matters. The Audit & Finance Committee held three meetings during 1998. The Nominating Committee makes recommendations to the Board regarding the size and composition of the Board. The Nominating Committee establishes procedures for the nomination process, recommends candidates for election to the Board of Directors and nominates officers for election by the Board. The Nominating Committee held two meetings during 1998. The Nominating Committee will consider nominees proposed by the stockholders. Any stockholder who wishes to recommend a prospective nominee for the Board of Directors for the Nominating Committee's consideration may do so by giving the candidate's name and qualifications in writing to the Secretary of the Company, M/S SC4-203, 2200 Mission College Blvd., Santa Clara, California 95052-8119. The Corporate Governance Committee reviews and reports to the Board on a periodic basis with regard to matters of corporate governance. The Corporate Governance Committee also reviews and assesses the effectiveness of the Board's Guidelines on Significant Corporate Governance Issues and recommends to the Board proposed revisions thereto. The Corporate Governance Committee held one meeting during 1998. The Compensation Committee administers the Company's stock option plans, including the review and grant of stock options to officers and other employees under the Company's stock option plans. The Compensation Committee also reviews and approves various other Company compensation policies and matters, and reviews and approves salaries and other matters relating to compensation of the executive officers of the Company. The Compensation Committee acted by written consent six times and met two times during 1998. The Board of Directors held seven meetings during 1998. Each director is expected to attend each meeting of the Board and those committees on which he or she serves. No director attended less than 75% of all the meetings of the Board and those committees on which he or she served in 1998. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE GUIDELINES AND POLICIES The Board of Directors has adopted Guidelines on Significant Corporate Governance Issues ("Corporate Governance Guidelines") and in 1997 established a Corporate Governance Committee to oversee the Corporate Governance Guidelines and to report and make recommendations to the Board concerning corporate governance matters. Among other matters, the Board's Corporate Governance Guidelines include the following: 1. A majority of the members of the Board of Directors are independent directors, as defined in the applicable rules for Nasdaq-traded issuers. Independent directors do not receive consulting, legal or other fees from the Company other than Board compensation. 2. Directors stand for re-election every year. Directors may not stand for re-election after age 72. 3. Members of Board committees are appointed by the Board. 4. The Audit & Finance, Nominating, Compensation and Corporate Governance Committees consist entirely of independent directors. 5. The Board has initiated a process whereby the Board and its members are subject to periodic evaluation and assessment. 6. The Board annually reviews the Company's strategic long- range plan, business unit initiatives, capital projects and budget matters. 7. The Board has established the position of Lead Independent Director. Independent directors meet on a regular basis apart from other Board members and management representatives, and the Lead Independent Director is responsible for setting the agenda and running these meetings. 8. Succession planning and management development are reported periodically by the Chief Executive Officer to the Board. 9. The Board evaluates the performance of the Chief Executive Officer and other senior management personnel at least annually. 10. Incentive compensation plans link pay directly and objectively to measured financial goals set in advance by the Compensation Committee. See "Report of the Compensation Committee on Executive Compensation" for additional information. The Corporate Governance Guidelines are published on the Internet at the Company's Investor Relations Web site (www.intc.com). DIRECTORS' COMPENSATION Directors who are Company employees receive no additional or special remuneration for serving as directors. In March 1998, non- employee director compensation was increased from $20,000 per year to $24,000 per year, payable in quarterly installments. Thus, non-employee directors serving for the entire year were paid $23,000 in 1998. In addition, non-employee directors receive a fee plus out-of-pocket expenses for each regular Board of Directors meeting attended. From January through March 1998, this fee was $2,000 per regular meeting attended. Effective April 1998, this fee was increased to $4,000 for each regular meeting attended. Non-employee directors also receive a fee of $500 for each special telephonic Board of Directors meeting attended. Mr. Rock received an additional $6,000 per year as Chairman of the Executive Committee. Non-employee directors are also granted stock options by the Company. In accordance with the Company's 1984 Stock Option Plan, option grants to non-employee directors may not exceed 20,000 shares per director per year, and the exercise price of the options must be equal to the fair market value on the date of grant. During 1998, each non-employee director (except Mr. Pottruck) was granted an option to purchase a total of 10,000 shares at an exercise price of $38.97 per share. Mr. Pottruck was granted an option to purchase 10,000 shares at an exercise price of $67.16 per share shortly after he joined the Board of Directors in December 1998. Non-employee director options are exercisable in full one year from the date of grant. In March 1998, the Board terminated its retirement program for non-employee directors. The retirement program provided a retirement benefit to any non-employee director who had at least 10 years of service or who retired after the age of 65 with at least five years of service. Previously retired non-employee directors were unaffected by the termination, and all non- employee directors serving at the time of termination were vested with the number of years served (regardless of whether they had met the previous vesting requirements). No further years of service will accrue for purposes of retirement benefits. Directors vested under the program receive an annual benefit equal to the annual retainer fee in effect at the time of payment, to be paid beginning at commencement of retirement and continuing for the lesser of the number of years served as a non- employee director or the life of the director. In 1998, Messrs. Hodgson, Kaplan and Palevsky each was paid $23,000 under the program. Mr. Rock, upon his retirement as a director in May, will also receive payments under this program. In 1998, the Company adopted a deferred compensation plan for non-employee directors. Under this plan, non-employee directors may elect to defer up to 100% of their annual retainer, meeting fees and fees for acting as a committee chairman, and receive an investment return on the deferred funds as if the funds were invested in the Company's Common Stock. Non-employee directors participating in the plan may make irrevocable elections to receive the deferred funds in a lump sum or in equal annual installments over 5 years or 10 years, and to begin receiving distributions at retirement or at the earlier of retirement and a date specified at the time of the election, which cannot be less than 24 months from the election date. Deferred non-employee director compensation is an unsecured obligation of the Company. As of December 31, 1998, only Mr. Yoffie had elected to participate in the deferred compensation plan. REPORT OF THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION The Company's executive compensation program is administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. In this regard, the role of the Compensation Committee, which is comprised entirely of outside, non-employee directors, is to review and approve salaries and other compensation of the executive officers of the Company and to administer the Executive Officer Bonus Plan (the "EOBP"). The Compensation Committee also reviews and approves various other Company compensation policies and matters, and administers the Company's stock option plans, including the review and approval of stock option grants to the executive officers of the Company. General Compensation Philosophy The Company's general compensation philosophy is that total cash compensation should vary with the performance of the Company in attaining financial and non-financial objectives and that any long-term incentive compensation should be closely aligned with the interests of the stockholders. The Company has several performance-based compensation programs in which the majority of Intel's employees are eligible to participate. Most Company employees not compensated on a commission basis participate in the Employee Bonus Program (the "EBP"). For the executive officers, participation in the EOBP is in lieu of participation in the EBP. Total cash compensation for the majority of Intel's employees, including its executive officers, consists of the following components: - - Base salary; - - A cash bonus (either through the EBP or the EOBP) that is related to growth in earnings per share of the Company and is based on an individual bonus target for the performance period (see "Executive Officer Bonus Plan" for a discussion of the bonus plan covering executive officers); and - - A cash bonus that is proportional to corporate profitability (see "Employee Cash Bonus Plan"). Long-term incentive compensation is realized through the granting of stock options to most employees, including eligible executive officers. The Company has no other long-term incentive plans. In addition to encouraging stock ownership by granting stock options, the Company further encourages its employees to own Company stock through a tax-qualified employee stock purchase plan, which is generally available to all employees. This plan allows participants to buy Company stock at a discount to the market price with up to 10% of their salary and bonuses (subject to certain limits), therefore allowing employees to profit when the value of the Company's stock increases over time. Setting Executive Compensation In setting the base salary and individual bonus target amount (together referred to as "BSBT") for executive officers, the Compensation Committee reviews information relating to executive compensation of U.S.-based companies that are considered generally comparable to the Company (a substantial majority of which companies are included in the Dow Jones Technology Index). While there is no specific formula that is used to set pay in relation to this market data, executive officer BSBT is generally set to be slightly below the average salaries for comparable jobs in the marketplace. However, when the Company's business groups meet or exceed certain predetermined financial and non-financial goals, amounts paid under the Company's performance-based compensation programs may lead to total cash compensation levels that are higher than the average salaries for comparable jobs. The Compensation Committee also reviews the compensation levels of the executive officers for internal consistency relative to the 100 most highly paid employees of the Company. Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), places a limit of $1,000,000 on the amount of compensation that may be deducted by the Company in any year with respect to each of the Company's five most highly paid executive officers. Certain performance-based compensation that has been approved by stockholders is not subject to the deduction limit. The Company's 1984 and 1988 stock option plans and the EOBP are qualified so that awards under such plans constitute performance-based compensation not subject to Section 162(m) of the Code. To maintain flexibility in compensating executive officers in a manner designed to promote varying corporate goals, the Compensation Committee has not adopted a policy that all compensation must be deductible. Base Salary The Compensation Committee reviews the history of and proposals for the compensation package of each of the Company's executive officers, including BSBT and its base salary and performance-based compensation components. The base salary is then set as a percentage of BSBT, taking into account the level and amount of responsibility of the individual. In general, executive officers having the highest level and amount of responsibility have the lowest percentage of their BSBT as base salary and the highest percentage of their BSBT as their individual bonus target amount. For example, in 1998 the base salary for Dr. Barrett, the President and Chief Executive Officer, was 50% of his total BSBT. The other executives' base salaries (other than Dr. Moore's) were determined in the same manner, but the base salary segment as a percentage of their BSBT for 1998 ranged from 50% to 65% depending on their job responsibilities. Once fixed, base salary does not depend on the Company's performance. In 1998, Dr. Moore, the Company's Chairman Emeritus, elected to receive, in lieu of BSBT, compensation equal in amount to that paid to outside directors (as described under "Directors' Compensation"). As a result of this process, and in accordance with the Company's compensation philosophy that total cash compensation should vary with Company performance, the Compensation Committee establishes base salaries of the Company's executive officers at levels which the Compensation Committee believes are below the average base salaries of executives of companies considered by the Compensation Committee to be comparable to the Company. Thus, as set forth below, a large part of each executive officer's potential total cash compensation is dependent on the performance of the Company as measured through its performance-based compensation programs. Performance-Based Compensation Executive Officer Bonus Plan The EOBP is a cash-based incentive bonus program. The purpose of the EOBP is to motivate and reward eligible employees for good performance by making a portion of their cash compensation dependent on growth in diluted earnings per share ("EPS") of the Company. The EOBP provides for the determination of a maximum bonus amount which is established annually for each executive officer pursuant to a predetermined objective formula, subject to a maximum annual limit of $5,000,000. Under this predetermined formula, the maximum bonus payment for any performance period is the product of (i) the executive officer's individual bonus target for the performance period and (ii) the numerical value of the Company's EPS for the performance period multiplied by a pre- established factor (the "multiplier") set by the Compensation Committee. For purposes of this formula, "EPS" means the greater of (x) the Company's operating income or (y) the Company's net income (adjusted to reflect any unusual income statement items), in each case per weighted average common share outstanding, assuming dilution during such performance period. Operating income does not include interest and other income earned by the Company, and does not include a deduction for interest expense and income taxes; as a result, the figure for operating income per share generally exceeds the figure for net income per share. The EPS data to be utilized in the calculations (and which is also used in the Company's published financial statements) is reviewed and approved by the Compensation Committee. In January 1998, the Compensation Committee established individual bonus targets ranging from $95,000 to $490,000 for each of the then executive officers except Dr. Moore (representing a range of 37% to 50% of BSBT), and set the multiplier as 2.14 for the 1998 performance period (as adjusted to reflect the April 1999 two-for-one stock split described under "Record Date and Share Ownership"). During this period, operating income per share of $2.38 exceeded net income per share of $1.77 and led to an EPS value, as defined, of $2.38 to be used in the formula for determining the maximum bonus amount. Under the EOBP, the Compensation Committee has discretion to reduce (but not to increase) an individual's actual bonus payment from the amount that would otherwise be payable under the above formula. In the past, the Compensation Committee has exercised its discretion to pay bonuses at amounts which were below the maximum amounts permitted under the EOBP. The EOBP does not specify the factors that the Compensation Committee evaluates in the exercise of its discretion to reduce bonus payments under the EOBP and does not require the Compensation Committee to make such a reduction. The EOBP generally requires that an executive officer be on the Company's payroll as of the last day of the performance period for which the bonus is payable in order to be eligible to receive payment of the bonus for such performance period. For the 1998 performance period, the Compensation Committee chose to exercise its discretion to reduce the bonus amounts paid under the EOBP to the amounts which would have been paid to the executive officers under the EBP. Bonus payments under the EBP are generally lower than the maximum bonuses payable under the EOBP, in part because the EBP formula utilizes the reported net income per share amount (adjusted to reflect any unusual income statement items), whereas the EPS utilized in the EOBP formula is based on the greater of operating income or net income as described above. The EBP formula also takes into account whether certain business group objectives have been met over the performance period. For example, for 1998, business group objectives considered in determining the bonus payments under the EBP included financial and non-financial goals such as sales, customer satisfaction, productivity measures, cost reduction and employee training. The particular goals are set each year and vary from year to year. In determining bonuses payable to the executive officers with responsibility for overall performance of the Company, such as the Chairman of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer, the Compensation Committee took into account the corporate average score on achievement of business objectives. For those executive officers with specific responsibility for a particular business group, achievement scores were based on either the individual business group's score or a combination of the group's score and the corporate average score. Employee Cash Bonus Plan The Employee Cash Bonus Plan (the "ECBP") is a profit- sharing program that offers cash rewards to employees, including executive officers, based on corporate profitability. Twice a year, eligible employees receive .55 day's pay (calculated based on eligible earnings for the six-month period, including one-half of EBP or EOBP bonus targets as applicable) for every two percentage points of corporate pretax profit as a percentage of revenues, or a total payment based on 4% of net income, whichever is greater. The Employee Cash Bonus is paid in the first and third quarters of each year based on corporate performance for the preceding two quarters. During 1998, payments based on 4% of net income resulted in an annual cash bonus payment under the ECBP of 22.8 days' pay per employee (including one day's pay during 1998 as a result of meeting corporate goals under a vendor of choice, customer satisfaction program). Profit-Sharing Retirement Plans The Company has both tax-qualified and non-qualified capital accumulation/retirement plans ("Profit-Sharing Retirement Plans"). The tax-qualified plans are available to eligible employees in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and there are similar plans for certain of the Company's non-U.S. subsidiaries. The non- qualified plan is a supplemental plan that provides to eligible employees in the U.S. those contributions that could not be contributed to their accounts under the qualified plan because of limitations under the Code. The Profit-Sharing Retirement Plans are defined contribution plans that are designed to accumulate retirement funds for employees, including the executive officers, and to allow the Company to make contributions or allocations to those funds. The Company contribution is totally discretionary and is not based on any formula. The contributions approved by the Board may vary with the financial performance of the Company, particularly the revenues and income of the Company. However, there are no corporate performance factors or other specific factors that are required to be considered by the Board in determining the contribution. Contributions made by the Company under the plans vest based on years of service. Vesting begins after three years of service in 20% annual increments until the employee is 100% vested after seven years. For 1998, the discretionary Company contributions (including allocation of forfeitures) to the Profit-Sharing Retirement Plans for all eligible employees, including executive officers, equaled 12.5% of eligible salary (which includes actual EBP or EOBP bonus payments as applicable). Contributions to the qualified plan are limited under the Code. Where Code limits applied, the excess, up to 12.5% of eligible salary, was allocated to the non-qualified plan for eligible employees, including executive officers. Stock Options Stock options are granted by the Company to aid in the retention of employees and to align the interests of employees with those of the stockholders. Stock options have value for an employee only if the price of the Company's stock increases above the fair market value on the grant date and the employee remains in the Company's employ for the period required for the stock option to be exercisable, thus providing an incentive to remain in the Company's employ. In addition, stock options directly link a portion of an employee's compensation to the interests of stockholders by providing an incentive to maximize stockholder value. The Company has a 1984 Stock Option Plan, as amended, for use with officers and directors. The 1984 Stock Option Plan is generally used for making annual grants to officers and directors as a part of the Company's executive performance review process. Annual stock option grants for executives are a key element of market-competitive total compensation. In 1998, stock options for the executive officers were granted upon recommendation of management and approval of the Compensation Committee. Individual grant amounts were based on internal factors such as the size of prior grants, relative job scope and contributions made during the past year, as well as a review of publicly available data on senior management compensation at other companies. In general, initial grants are exercisable in increments over a five-year period, and subsequent grants are first exercisable five years after the date of grant (e.g., options granted in 1998 become exercisable in 2003). The Company had a 1988 Executive Long Term Stock Option Plan ("ELTSOP"), under which the Company made additional stock option grants to key officers and other senior- level employees in recognition of their future potential in leading the corporation. The vesting schedule for these grants is generally longer than that of regular stock options, typically vesting in increments beginning four years after the grant date, with the final increment vesting eight years after the grant date. No further grants will be made under the ELTSOP, which expired in September 1998, but the Company may continue to grant options with similar terms to key officers and other senior-level employees under the 1984 Stock Option Plan. The Company also has a 1997 Stock Option Plan for use with all employees other than officers and directors. Stock options under all plans are granted at a price equal to the fair market value on the date of grant. Company Performance and CEO Compensation The Company's compensation program is designed to support the achievement of corporate and business objectives. This pay- for-performance program is most clearly exemplified in the compensation of the Company's Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Barrett. Dr. Barrett does not have an employment contract. Dr. Barrett's BSBT is determined in the same manner as described above for all executive officers. In setting compensation levels for the Chief Executive Officer, the Compensation Committee considers data reflecting comparative compensation information from other companies for the prior year. In line with the Compensation Committee's general practice and discretionary authority, however, Dr. Barrett's 1998 salary and individual bonus target were not tied directly to the comparative compensation data. Upon assuming the role of CEO in May of 1998, Dr. Barrett's base salary and bonus target were set at levels which, by comparison to selected companies reflected in the market data (a majority of which companies are included in the Dow Jones Technology Index), were 49% of the average for base salary, 45% of the average for target incentive-based compensation and 47% of the average for BSBT. Under the EOBP, Dr. Barrett's actual bonus for 1998 (paid in 1999) was $1,698,600. This bonus, like the bonuses paid to each of the other executive officers under the EOBP, was less than the maximum bonus provided under the EOBP formula due to the Compensation Committee's exercise of its discretion to reduce the maximum bonus to the bonus derived by utilizing the EBP formula, as described above. Although Dr. Barrett's BSBT was 47% of the average total target compensation disclosed by the selected peer group, due to the high variability in the Company's total compensation program and to the Company's strong 1998 financial performance, his actual cash compensation (i.e., base salary and bonus) for 1998 was 93% of the average total actual cash compensation disclosed by the selected peer group. In 1998, the Compensation Committee awarded Dr. Barrett stock options to purchase 144,000 shares of stock. These options first become exercisable in 2003. Additionally, Dr. Barrett received a special stock option grant to purchase 600,000 shares of stock; these options first become exercisable between 2002 and 2005. In 1998, the Company also contributed $20,000 to Dr. Barrett's account under the tax-qualified retirement plan and allocated $308,700 to Dr. Barrett's account under the non- qualified retirement plan, based on the Company's 1998 results. In general, Dr. Barrett's retirement plan accounts are available to Dr. Barrett only upon termination, retirement, death or disability. The Compensation Committee is pleased to submit this report to the stockholders with regard to the above matters. Compensation Committee: David B. Yoffie, Chairman Arthur Rock John P. Browne Jane E. Shaw COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION Messrs. Browne and Rock and Drs. Yoffie and Shaw served on the Compensation Committee in 1998. Mr. Rock was formerly a non- employee officer of the Company as Chairman of the Board from 1970 to 1975. Dr. Yoffie's sister-in-law is President of Research Connections, Inc., a market research company. During fiscal 1998, Intel paid Research Connections, Inc. $69,800 for market research and consulting services. Dr. Yoffie has no financial interest in Research Connections, Inc. EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS AND CHANGE OF CONTROL ARRANGEMENTS None of the Company's executive officers has employment or severance arrangements with the Company. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS In November 1997, the Company loaned $1,134,000 to Sean Maloney at an interest rate of 4.1% pursuant to the Company's employee relocation program. Mr. Maloney was a Vice President of the Company at the time of the loan and became an executive officer in February 1998. This loan, which was originally due in November 1998, was extended and was paid in full in January 1999. STOCK PRICE PERFORMANCE GRAPH Set forth below is a line graph comparing the cumulative total stockholder return on the Company's Common Stock against the cumulative total return of the S&P 500 Index and the Dow Jones Technology Index for the period of five years commencing December 25, 1993 and ending December 26, 1998. The graph and table assume that $100 was invested on December 25, 1993 in each of the Company's Common Stock, the S&P 500 Index and the Dow Jones Technology Index, and that all dividends were reinvested. This data was furnished by Standard & Poor's Compustat Services, Inc. and Dow Jones and Company, Inc. Intel and the Dow Jones Technology Index are based on Intel's fiscal year. The S&P 500 Index is based on a calendar year. COMPARISON OF FIVE-YEAR CUMULATIVE RETURN AMONG INTEL, THE S&P 500 INDEX AND THE DOW JONES TECHNOLOGY INDEX [PERFORMANCE GRAPH APPEARS HERE] 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Intel Corporation $100 $103 $184 $440 $461 $815 S&P 500 Index $100 $101 $139 $171 $229 $294 Dow Jones Technology $100 $114 $161 $212 $246 $418 Index EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION The following tables set forth the annual compensation for both individuals who served as the Company's Chief Executive Officer during 1998, and for the four most highly compensated executive officers of the Company, other than the Chief Executive Officer, serving as executive officers at the end of 1998. Dr. Grove was Chief Executive Officer until May 1998 and was also one of the four most highly compensated executive officers at the end of 1998.