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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001209191-12-014454
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120228
FILED AS OF DATE: 20120301
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120301
REPORTING-OWNER:
OWNER DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: KERR WILLIAM T
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001166858
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: 4
SEC ACT: 1934 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-01969
FILM NUMBER: 12657866
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: C/O MEREDITH CORP
STREET 2: 1716 LOCUST ST
CITY: DES MOINES
STATE: IA
ZIP: 50309-3023
ISSUER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ARBITRON INC
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000109758
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-ENGINEERING, ACCOUNTING, RESEARCH, MANAGEMENT [8700]
IRS NUMBER: 520278528
STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE
FISCAL YEAR END: 1231
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 9705 PATUXENT WOODS DRIVE
CITY: COLUMBIA
STATE: MD
ZIP: 21046
BUSINESS PHONE: 410-312-8000
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 9705 PATUXENT WOODS DRIVE
CITY: COLUMBIA
STATE: MD
ZIP: 21046
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CERIDIAN CORP
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920901
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CONTROL DATA CORP /DE/
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: COMMERCIAL CREDIT CO
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19680910
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doc4.xml
FORM 4 SUBMISSION
X0304
4
2012-02-28
0
0000109758
ARBITRON INC
ARB
0001166858
KERR WILLIAM T
9705 PATUXENT WOODS DRIVE
COLUMBIA
MD
21046
1
1
0
0
President and CEO
Deferred Stock Units
2012-02-28
4
A
0
24122
0.00
A
Common Stock
24122
112740.9881
D
Deferred Stock Units
2012-02-28
4
A
0
1181
0.00
A
Common Stock
1181
113921.9881
D
These Deferred Stock Units convert on a one for one basis.
On February 8, 2011, the reporting person was granted performance-based deferred stock units, which contain a one-year performance criteria and vest in four equal annual installments commencing on the first anniversary of the date of grant provided that the performance criteria is met. On February 24, 2012, Arbitron Inc. filed its 2011 Form 10-K. On February 28, the Compensation and Human Resources Committee determined that the performance criteria had been met, resulting in one-quarter of the performance-based deferred stock units vesting on February 8, 2012. The award will continue to vest in equal annual installments on February 8, 2013, February 8, 2014, and February 8, 2015 and are payable following termination of service of the Reporting Person from the Company.
Includes an aggregate of 349.9881 Deferred Stock Units acquired through dividend reinvestment.
These Deferred Stock Units are vested as of the date of grant and are payable following termination of service of the Reporting Person from the Company.
Timothy T. Smith as Attorney In Fact for William T. Kerr
2012-03-01
EX-24.4_413311
2
poa.txt
POA DOCUMENT
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS
The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints TIMOTHY T. SMITH, RICHARD J.
SURRATT, and SEAN P. MULCAHY and each of them, to be the undersigned's true and
lawful attorney-in-fact for thirteen months from the date hereof to:
(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned a Form 3 reflecting
the undersigned's initial beneficial ownership of Arbitron Inc. (the "Company")
reportable on such form, including any amendments to the Form 3; and
(2) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned any Form 144, Form
4 or Form 5 or any amendments to such forms reporting any changes in the
undersigned's beneficial ownership of the Company's equity securities reportable
on such form; and
(3) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete or amend any such
Form 3, Form 144, Form 4 or Form 5 and to effect the timely filing of such form
with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any other
authority; and
(4) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned any registration
statements on Form S-8 and any amendments (including post-effective amendments)
thereto relating to the Company's employee benefit plans, provided that any
registration statement or amendment in final form is first reviewed by my
attorney-in-fact; and his or her name, when thus signed, shall have the same
force and effect as though I had manually signed the registration statement
and/or amendment; and
(5) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with
the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit
to, in the best interest of, or legally required of, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his
discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever necessary
and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes,
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and
the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned hereby revokes any and
all powers of attorney previously granted by the undersigned relating to the
subject matter of this Power of Attorney.
The undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of
this 24th day of August, 2011.
/s/ William T. Kerr
William T. Kerr