How will global leaders meet challenges and seize opportunities in 2006 and beyond? That's what the New York Stock Exchange set out to learn when it initiated the NYSE CEO Agenda 2006 survey earlier this year.

The more than 100 listed-company CEOs who responded represent more than 35 industries and 11 countries. Their companies have a combined market capitalization of approximately $928 billion, 2.5 million employees and 2004 revenues of nearly $885 billion.

Among other factors, the CEOs say, responding to new governance regulations, assessing and managing risks, and maintaining shareholder value now seem to dictate their time allocation. In fact, 80 percent
of the CEOs say they’re spending more time than they did five years ago on regulatory and compliance issues, and almost 68 percent of them are spending more time reporting to their boards.

What else consumes their time and defines their roles as business leaders?
The NYSE CEO Agenda 2006 examines the new realities for global leaders from four pivotal business perspectives:
■ Opportunities and Risks
■ Globalization
■ Governance and Compliance
■ Human Capital Management

August 2, 2005 Press Release: “NYSE CEO AGENDA 2006” Defines Challenges and Opportunities Ahead for Global Leaders 1st Annual Survey of NYSE Listed-Company CEOs

Methodology

In April 2005, Time Inc. Strategic Communications commissioned Schulman, Ronca & Bucuvalas Inc., an independent global strategy and market research organization, to conduct a market research study for the New York Stock Exchange. The study, entitled the NYSE CEO Agenda 2006, was directed at chief executive officers of the largest NYSE companies by market capitalization.

The questionnaire, which was delivered through the mail, generated 103 responses* (a 6.9 percent response rate) from NYSE CEOs in more than 35 industries and 11 countries. Completed surveys represent more than 5 percent of the 2,052 operating companies listed on the NYSE.

The NYSE is the world’s largest equities market. Its approximately 2,780 total listings (common and preferred), including about 455 non-U.S. companies from 47 countries, have a combined market capitalization of nearly $20 trillion. Companies listed on the NYSE meet the most stringent listing requirements of any marketplace, and range from the largest, most well-known blue chips to many of the world’s leading technology companies and newer, high-growth enterprises.

*86 from the U.S., seven from Europe and the U.K., six from South and Central America, two from Canada, one from the Asia-Pacific region and one from South Africa.

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