Our employees are among our best assets and are critical for our continued success. We expect to continue
investing in hiring talented employees and to provide competitive compensation programs to our employees. As of
December 31, 2014, we had 53,600 full-time employees: 20,832 in research and development, 17,621 in sales and
marketing, 7,510 in general and administrative functions, and 7,637 in operations. Although we have work councils
and statutory employee representation obligations in certain countries, our U.S. employees are not represented by a