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AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT
The Board of Directors has determined that the membership of the Audit Committee meets the SEC and NASDAQ
independence and experience requirements. The Board of Directors has also determined that Mr. Heller qualifies as an ‘‘audit
committee financial expert.’’
The Audit Committee discussed the auditors’ review of quarterly financial information with the auditors prior to the release of
that information and the filing of the Company’s quarterly reports with the SEC; the Audit Committee also met and held
discussions with management and the independent auditors with respect to the audited year end financial statements.
Further, the Audit Committee discussed with the independent auditors the matters required to be discussed by Statement on
Auditing Standards No. 61, as amended, and as adopted by the Public Company Oversight Board in Rule 3200T, received the
written disclosures and the letter from the independent auditors required by applicable requirements of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board regarding the independent accountant’s communications with the Audit Committee concerning
independence and discussed with the auditors the auditors’ independence. The Committee also discussed with the auditors
and the Company’s financial management matters related to the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Based
on these discussions and the written disclosures received from the independent auditors, the Committee recommended that
the Board of Directors include the audited financial statements in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended March 2, 2013, filed with the SEC on April 30, 2013.
This audit committee report is not deemed filed under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and is
not incorporated by reference into any filings that the Company may make with the SEC.
AUDIT COMMITTEE
Stanley F. Barshay
Patrick R. Gaston
Jordan Heller
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Set forth below is information concerning our executive officers as of May 3, 2013.
Name Age Position
Warren Eisenberg 82 Co-Chairman and Director
Leonard Feinstein 76 Co-Chairman and Director
Steven H. Temares 54 Chief Executive Officer and Director
Arthur Stark 58 President and Chief Merchandising Officer
Eugene A. Castagna 47 Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Matthew Fiorilli 56 Senior Vice President − Stores
The biographies for Messrs. Eisenberg, Feinstein and Temares are set forth above under Election of Directors (Proposal 1).
Biographies for our other executive officers are as follows:
Arthur Stark has been President and Chief Merchandising Officer since 2006. Mr. Stark has served as Chief Merchandising
Officer since 1999 and was a Senior Vice President from 1999 to 2006. Mr. Stark joined the Company in 1977.
Eugene A. Castagna has been Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since 2006. Mr. Castagna served as Assistant Treasurer from
2002 to 2006 and as Vice President — Finance from 2000 to 2006. Mr. Castagna is a certified public accountant and joined the
Company in 1994.
Matthew Fiorilli has been Senior Vice President − Stores since 1999. Mr. Fiorilli joined the Company in 1973.
In addition to Messrs. Stark, Castagna and Fiorilli, the following officers (who are not considered to be executive officers under
the Exchange Act) also report directly to Mr. Temares: Barry Feld, Chief Executive Officer — Cost Plus, Inc., Scott Hames, Vice
President — Marketing and Analytics, Richard McMahon, Chief Strategy Officer and Vice President — Corporate Operations
and President — BBB Canada Ltd., Allan N. Rauch, Vice President — Legal and General Counsel, and G. William Waltzinger, Jr.,
Vice President — Corporate Development and President — Harmon Stores, Inc.
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