Executive		Company	2010 total comp.	2009 total comp.	1-year percent change	1-year percent stock change
	Lois Martin * Martin resigned as Capella CFO in Sept. 2010 and left the company in Jan. 2011	Capella Education Co.	3,840,483			-11.6
Title(s): CFO, SVP 2010 Revenue: $426,123,000 2010 Base Salary: $372,577 1-year % change: 27.3% 1-year % change: % 2010 Profit: $61,179,000 Bonus: $365,496 Stock Symbol: CPLA Miscellaneous: $10,426 Headquarters: Minneapolis Stock gains: $3,091,984 Company Description: An online postsecondary education services company specializing in master's and doctoral degrees. Shares Vesting:
	Gail Boudreaux	UnitedHealth Group Inc.	3,580,771			19.9
Title(s): EVP, P-UnitedHealthcare 2010 Revenue: $94,155,000,000 2010 Base Salary: $700,000 1-year % change: 8.1% 1-year % change: % 2010 Profit: $4,634,000,000 Bonus: $1,605,000 Stock Symbol: UNH Miscellaneous: $68,679 Headquarters: Minnetonka Stock gains:   Company Description: Does benefit design and implementation for companies, owns and operates health plans, provides senior services, and provides other specialized health benefit and technology services Shares Vesting: $1,207,092
	Kathryn Tesija	Target Corp.	2,908,689	2,432,151	19.6	8.6
Title(s): EVP-Merchandising 2010 Revenue: $67,390,000,000 2010 Base Salary: $750,000 1-year % change: 3.1% 1-year % change: 15.4% 2010 Profit: $2,818,000,000 Bonus: $1,107,900 Stock Symbol: TGT Miscellaneous: $379,779 Headquarters: Minneapolis Stock gains: $671,010 Company Description: General merchandise retailer Shares Vesting:
	Jody Feragen	Hormel Foods Corp.	2,451,686	1,062,470	130.8	28.6
Title(s): SVP, CFO 2010 Revenue: $7,414,830,000 2010 Base Salary: $413,400 1-year % change: 13.5% 1-year % change: 8.5% 2010 Profit: $434,415,000 Bonus: $1,218,609 Stock Symbol: HRL Miscellaneous: $34,977 Headquarters: Austin Stock gains: $784,700 Company Description: Produces food products for consumers, retail grocers, food-service and industrial markets Shares Vesting:
	Sally Smith	Buffalo Wild Wings Inc.	1,965,583	1,989,836	-1.2	8.9
Title(s): P, CEO 2010 Revenue: $613,256,000 2010 Base Salary: $560,000 1-year % change: 13.8% 1-year % change: 0.0% 2010 Profit: $38,400,000 Bonus: $328,104 Stock Symbol: BWLD Miscellaneous: $133,521 Headquarters: St. Louis Park Stock gains: $160,266 Company Description: A restaurant chain featuring a fast-casual grill and sports bar concept Shares Vesting: $783,692
	Pamela Patsley * Moneygram moved its headquarters to Texas	MoneyGram International Inc.	1,672,549			-5.9
Title(s): Ch, CEO 2010 Revenue:   2010 Base Salary: $860,673 1-year % change: -100.0% 1-year % change: % 2010 Profit: $  Bonus: $602,000 Stock Symbol: MGI Miscellaneous: $9,876 Headquarters: St. Louis Park Stock gains: $200,000 Company Description: Provides global money transfer, money order and payment processing products and services Shares Vesting:
	Carol Surface * received a $600,000 signing bonus	Best Buy Co. Inc.	1,289,313			-10.3
Title(s): EVP, Chief Human Resources 2010 Revenue: $52,272,000,000 2010 Base Salary: $457,308 1-year % change: 5.2% 1-year % change: % 2010 Profit: $1,277,000,000 Bonus: $766,833 Stock Symbol: BBY Miscellaneous: $65,172 Headquarters: Richfield Stock gains:   Company Description: A retailer of consumer electronics, home office products, personal computers, and entertainment software Shares Vesting:
	L.A. Walker	Valspar Corp.	1,202,287			29.4
Title(s): CFO 2010 Revenue: $3,396,728,000 2010 Base Salary: $405,000 1-year % change: 16.6% 1-year % change: % 2010 Profit: $217,589,120 Bonus: $513,945 Stock Symbol: VAL Miscellaneous: $150,302 Headquarters: Minneapolis Stock gains: $133,040 Company Description: Makes paint and coatings Shares Vesting:

The annual Star Tribune compensation survey examined compensation data for the largest publicly-held companies in Minnesota. Proxy information for some companies was not available at press time; the survey analyzed information from more than 150 public companies. Total compensation includes all cash payments, deferred compensation and the monetary value of stock awarded, as specified by each company in its annual proxy statement or 10-K filing. Total compensation also includes any gains from the exercise of stock options. The chart on this page includes top executives within each company, ranked in order of total compensation.

ABBREVIATIONS:
Ch - Chairman
Chw - Chairwoman
CEO - Chief Executive Officer
P - President
COO - Chief Operating Officer
Sec. - Secretary
NM - Not meaningful
NR - Not ranked
- Means not available
Source: Company reports, Bloomberg News