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Daktronics Inc. (DAKT)At 4:00PM ET: 9.26  Down 0.20 (2.11%)  
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Daktronics Inc.
201 Daktronics Drive
PO Box 5128
Brookings, SD 57006-5128
United States - Map
Phone: 605-692-0200
Fax: 605-697-4700
Web Site: http://www.daktronics.com

DETAILS 
Index Membership:S&P 600 SmallCap
S&P 1500 Super Comp
Sector:Industrial Goods
Industry:Industrial Electrical Equipment
Full Time Employees:2,500

BUSINESS SUMMARY 
Daktronics, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, marketing, and support of electronic display systems, as well as related products, maintenance, and professional services worldwide. The company’s products include sports products, such as indoor and outdoor scoreboards, timing systems, digit displays, sound systems, statistics software, and other related products; and automated rigging and hoist products comprising automated rigging systems, which complement arena center-hung scoreboard/display systems for small and large sporting facilities. It also offers video products consisting of displays, such as a number of pixels capable of creating various levels of video, graphics, and animation, as well as controllers that manage the operation of the display; commercial products, which include various indoor and outdoor applications primarily as graphics and text-based displays; and transportation products, including a range of LED-based display products for road management, parking, mass transit, and aviation applications. In addition, Daktronics provides software products, including Venus 1500 control software that allows the creation, display, and scheduling of dynamic text and basic graphics content on electronic displays; Venus 7000 display control system, which controls multi-color displays and video displays; and Visiconn control software that is used to display targeted messages to specific audiences and to control large networks of digital displays. Further, it engages in the rental of its display equipment. Daktronics distributes its products through a combination of direct sales personnel and resellers. The company was founded in 1968 and is based in Brookings, South Dakota.
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    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 
    Daktronics Inc.'s Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ®) as of 3-Jan-10 is better than 13.8% of S&P 600 companies and 45.1% of Technology Hardware & Equipment companies.
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    KEY EXECUTIVES 
     PayExercised
    Dr. Aelred Kurtenbach Ph.D, 76
    Co-founder and Chairman
    $ 169.00K $ 3.89M
    Mr. James B. Morgan , 63
    Chief Exec. Officer, Pres
    $ 402.00K $ 1.79M
    Dr. Duane Sander Ph.D, 72
    Co-Founder, Director and Member of Nominating & Corp. Governance Committee
    $ 22.00KN/A
    Mr. Bill Retterath CPA, 48
    Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and Treasurer
    $ 235.00K $ 262.00K
    Mr. Bradley T. Wiemann , 47
    VP of Commercial & Transportation Bus. Units
    $ 213.00K $ 686.00K
    Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-09 and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc. "Exercised" is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year.
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