Red Hat 8-K Executive Base Salaries and Target Award Amounts under Red Hat, Inc.’s Executive Variable Compensation

Exhibit 99.1

Executive Base Salaries and Target Award Amounts under Red Hat, Inc.’s Executive Variable Compensation

Plan for the Fiscal Year Ending February 29, 2012

Name of Executive	Base Salary1		FY2012 EVCP Target Award Amount
James M. Whitehurst	$	775,000	$	775,000
Charles E. Peters, Jr.	$	465,000	$	372,000
Paul Cormier	$	465,000	$	372,000
Alex Pinchev	$	465,000	$	372,000
Michael R. Cunningham	$	410,000	$	328,000

¹  Effective August 1, 2011