Robert Nardelli's Disclosed Federal Campaign Contributions

$90,300	Republican
$1,480	Democrat
$44,100	special interest
total: $135,880 NARDELLI, ROBERT L MR ATLANTA , GA 30327 CHRYSLER/CHAIRMAN AND CEO NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL COMMITTEE (R) $25,000 primary 09/05/07 Nardelli, Robert L. Atlanta, GA 30327 The Home Depot DREIER, DAVID (R) House (CA 26) DREIER FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE $2,100 general 06/16/06 NARDELLI, ROBERT ATLANTA, GA 30327 The Home Depot Inc./PRESIDENT AND C HOME DEPOT INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, THE $5,000 primary 05/12/06 NARDELLI, ROBERT ATLANTA, GA 30342 RETIRED CHAMBLISS, C SAXBY (R) Senate - GA CHAMBLISS FOR SENATE $2,100 primary 12/23/05 Nardelli, Robert Atlanta, GA 30327 The Home Depot/CEO WESTMORELAND, LYNN A. (R) House (GA 03) WESTMORELAND FOR CONGRESS $1,000 primary 08/11/05 NARDELLI, ROBERT MR ATLANTA, GA 30327 HOME DEPT/EXECUTIVE ISAKSON, JOHN HARDY (R) Senate - GA GEORGIANS FOR ISAKSON $2,100 primary 07/29/05 NARDELLI, ROBERT ATLANTA, GA 30327 The Home Depot Inc./PRESIDENT AND C HOME DEPOT INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, THE $5,000 primary 07/20/05 NARDELLI, ROBERT ATLANTA, GA 30327 ISAKSON, JOHN HARDY (R) Senate - GA GEORGIANS FOR ISAKSON $2,000 general 08/31/04 Nardelli, Robert L Mr. Atlanta, GA 30339 The Home Depot/President & CEO REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE (R) $20,000 primary 05/13/04 NARDELLI, ROBERT ATLANTA, GA 30327 The Home Depot/PRESIDENT AND CEO HOME DEPOT INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, THE $5,000 primary 05/07/04 Nardelli, Robert L. Mr. Atlanta, GA 30327 Home Depot Inc./President & CEO REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE (R) $25,000 primary 09/17/03 NARDELLI, ROBERT L MR. SR. ATLANTA, GA 30327 THE HOME DEPOT/CHAIRMAN/C.F.O./PRES BUSH, GEORGE W (R) President BUSH-CHENEY '04 (PRIMARY) INC $2,000 primary 06/30/03 NARDELLI, ROBERT ATLANTA , GA 30327 The Home Depot/PRESIDENT AND CEO HOME DEPOT INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, THE $5,000 primary 04/08/03 NARDELLI, ROBERT ATLANTA, GA 30327 HOME DEPOT INC CLELAND, JOSEPH MAXWELL (D) Senate - GA FRIENDS OF MAX CLELAND FOR THE US SENATE INC $480 primary 06/19/02 NARDELLI, ROBERT ATLANTA, GA 30327 HOME DEPOT INC CLELAND, JOSEPH MAXWELL (D) Senate - GA FRIENDS OF MAX CLELAND FOR THE US SENATE INC $1,000 general 05/16/02 NARDELLI, ROBERT ATLANTA, GA 30327 SPECTER, ARLEN (R) Senate - PA CITIZENS FOR ARLEN SPECTER $1,000 primary 01/21/02 NARDELLI, ROBERT ATLANTA, GA 30327 THE HOME DEPOT INC/PRESIDENT & CEO HOME DEPOT INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, THE $5,000 primary 02/07/01 Nardelli, Robert Mr. Schenctady, NY 12345 GE Power Systems/President BUSH, GEORGE W (R) President BUSH-CHENEY 2000 COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE INC. $1,000 general 11/03/00 NARDELLI, ROBERT GE POWER SYSTEMS SWEENEY, JOHN E. (R) House (NY 20) SWEENEY FOR CONGRESS INC $1,000 general 10/28/00 NARDELLI, ROBERT L SCHENECTADY, NY 12345 GE POWER SYSTEMS GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GEPAC) $1,000 primary 10/24/00 NARDELLI, ROBERT GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GEPAC) $1,000 general 10/24/00 NARDELLI, ROBERT GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GEPAC) $1,000 general 10/24/00 NARDELLI, ROBERT L SCHENECTADY, NY 12345 GE POWER SYSTEMS GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GEPAC) $3,000 primary 09/09/99 NARDELLI, ROBERT L SCHENECTADY, NY 12345 GE POWER SYSTEMS GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GEPAC) $3,000 primary 07/15/98 NARDELLI, ROBERT L SCHENECTADY, NY 12345 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GEPAC) $-1,000 primary 12/31/97 NARDELLI, ROBERT GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GEPAC) $100 primary 12/31/97 NARDELLI, ROBERT SCHENECTADY, NY 12345 GE POWER SYSTEMS SOLOMON, GERALD B H (R) House (NY 22) FRIENDS OF JERRY SOLOMON $1,000 general 07/26/97 NARDELLI, ROBERT SCHENECTADY, NY 12345 GE POWER SYSTEMS SOLOMON, GERALD B H (R) House (NY 22) FRIENDS OF JERRY SOLOMON $1,000 primary 07/26/97 NARDELLI, ROBERT GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GEPAC) $1,000 general 07/18/97 NARDELLI, ROBERT GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GEPAC) $1,000 primary 07/18/97 NARDELLI, ROBERT L D'AMATO, ALFONSE M (R) Senate - NY FRIENDS OF SENATOR D'AMATO (1998 COMMITTEE) $1,000 primary 06/02/97 NARDELLI, ROBERT L D'AMATO, ALFONSE M (R) Senate - NY FRIENDS OF SENATOR D'AMATO (1998 COMMITTEE) $1,000 general 06/02/97 NARDELLI, ROBERT GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GEPAC) $1,000 general 05/29/97 NARDELLI, ROBERT GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GEPAC) $1,000 primary 05/29/97 NARDELLI, ROBERT L SCHENECTADY, NY 12345 GE POWER SYSTEMS D'AMATO, ALFONSE M (R) Senate - NY FRIENDS OF SENATOR D'AMATO (1998 COMMITTEE) $1,000 general 06/03/96 NARDELLI, ROBERT GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GEPAC) $1,000 general 05/29/96 NARDELLI, ROBERT L SCHENECTADY, NY 12345 GENERAL ELECTRIC CO P A C DOLE, ROBERT J (R) President DOLE FOR PRESIDENT INC $1,000 primary 06/09/95 NARDELLI, ROBERT GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GEPAC) $1,000 primary 05/11/95 NARDELLI, ROBERT L ERIE, PA 16531 GENERAL ELECTRIC CO GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GEPAC) $2,000 primary 01/27/93 NARDELLI, ROBERT L GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GEPAC) $1,000 general 06/04/92 NARDELLI, ROBERT L ERIE, PA 16531 GENERAL ELECTRIC CO GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GEPAC)

Chrysler CEO

As the deal to sell Chrysler to Cerberus Capital Management finally came to a close on Friday, there was one rather salient fact that slipped under the radar. Robert Nardelli was appointed Chrysler's chairman and chief executive officer upon the deal's completion.

Chrysler is American again

That's right. Ceberus has confirmed that the disgraced former CEO of Home Depot (Charts, Fortune 500), who became the poster child for excessive CEO compensation, has taken the reigns at Chrysler. On the day the deal was finalized, August 3, Nardelli was elected to the Chrysler board. Soon after, the directors appointed him chairman and chief executive.

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Nardelli angered Home Depot shareholders when he refused to take questions during a shareholder meeting in May 2006 as the stock was floundering. His rich pay package drew fire; he earned $38.1 million last year. Ultimately he was forced out of the company in January 2007, but left with a $210 million golden parachute in cash and stock options that included a $20 million severance payment and retirement benefits of $32 million.

To be sure, plenty of executives before Nardelli have gotten away with big paychecks and imperious behavior. In the end, it was the stock price that got him. As Bernie Marcus, co-founder of Home Depot, told Fortune after Nardelli's departure, "if the stock had doubled, who would have cared? Instead it went nowhere, and that's what this is all about."

By the time Nardelli left the retail chain, its shares were trading at about the same price as when he arrived in 2000. Moreover, analysts said that the stock had actually lost about 40% of its value because a series of stock
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