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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 3, 2008
Yahoo! Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
         
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation )
  000-28018
(Commission File Number)
  77-0398689
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     
701 First Avenue
Sunnyvale, California

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
   
94089
(Zip Code)
(408) 349-3300
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Item 5.02   Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(e) Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
     On March 3, 2008, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Yahoo! Inc. (“Yahoo!”) approved the 2008 base salary levels and 2007 annual cash bonuses for Yahoo’s principal financial officer and the other executive officers who were named in the Summary Compensation Table of Yahoo!’s Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2007 and are currently employed by Yahoo! (together with Yahoo!’s principal executive officer, the “Named Executive Officers”). Jerry Yang, Yahoo!’s principal executive officer, receives an annual base salary of $1, and the Compensation Committee did not make any adjustments to his compensation. The following table sets forth the current annual base salary level and the annual bonus for 2007 for each of the following Named Executive Officers:
                 
    2008   2007
    Annual   Annual
Name and Principal Position   Salary   Bonus
Susan Decker
President
  $ 815,000     $ 1,100,250  
Blake Jorgensen
Chief Financial Officer
  $ 500,000     $ 405,000  
Michael J. Callahan
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
  $ 420,000     $ 225,000  

 


 

SIGNATURE
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
  YAHOO! INC.
(Registrant)
 
 
  By:   /s/ Michael J. Callahan    
Date: March 7, 2008    Michael J. Callahan   
    Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary