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PROPOSAL 1—ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
Board Nominees and Qualifications
The Board of Directors, upon recommendation of its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, has nominated for
reelection as directors, for a one year term expiring at the 2017 Annual Meeting, each of the current members of the Board.
Information concerning our directors as of the record date, and the key experience, qualifications and skills they bring to our
Board is provided below.
Warren Eisenberg Co-Founder and Co-Chairman
Mr. Eisenberg, 85, is a Co-Founder of the Company and has served as Co-Chairman since 1999. He has served as a
director since 1971. Mr. Eisenberg served as Chairman from 1992 to 1999, and served as Co-Chief Executive Officer from
1971 to 2003.
Leonard Feinstein Co-Founder and Co-Chairman
Mr. Feinstein, 79, is a Co-Founder of the Company and has served as Co-Chairman since 1999. He has served as a director
since 1971. Mr. Feinstein served as President from 1992 to 1999, and served as Co-Chief Executive Officer from 1971 to 2003.
Messrs. Eisenberg and Feinstein remain active as part of the senior leadership of the Company and bring to the Board,
among other benefits, their experience in building the Company during its 45-year history and their overall experience in the
retail industry, in each case for over 50 years.
Steven H. Temares Chief Executive Officer
Steven H. Temares, 57, has served as Chief Executive Officer of the Company since 2003. He was President and Chief
Executive Officer from 2003 to 2006 and was President and Chief Operating Officer from 1999 to 2003. Mr. Temares joined
the Company in 1992 and has served as a director since 1999. Mr. Temares has been part of the leadership of the Company
throughout its entire history as a public company.
Dean S. Adler
Dean S. Adler, 59, is a Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Lubert-Adler Partners, L.P., a private real estate
investment firm. He has served as a Principal of Lubert-Adler Partners, L.P. for over ten years. Mr. Adler has been a director
of the Company since 2001. Mr. Adler also previously has served as a director of Developers Diversified Realty Corp., a
shopping center real estate investment trust, and Electronics Boutique, Inc., a mall retailer. Among other things, Mr. Adler
has wide experience and involvement in commercial real estate including, in particular, retail real estate.
Stanley F. Barshay
Stanley F. Barshay, 76, has served in a variety of senior executive positions at consumer healthcare companies. He served
as Executive Vice President of Merck & Co. (formerly Schering-Plough Corporation) and President of its Consumer Health
Care Division from November 2009 until his retirement on April 1, 2010; prior to November 2009, Mr. Barshay was Chairman,
Consumer Health Care, at Schering-Plough Corporation since June 2003. For many years, Mr. Barshay served in a variety of
senior executive positions at American Home Products (now part of Pfizer). Mr. Barshay has been a director of the Company
since 2003. Among other things, Mr. Barshay brings to the Board specialized knowledge about the marketing of consumer
goods, and in particular health and beauty care products.
Geraldine T. Elliott
Geraldine T. Elliott, 59, is retired Executive Vice President, Strategic Advisor at Juniper Networks, Inc. She served as
Executive Vice President and Chief Customer Officer at Juniper Networks, Inc. from March 2013 to February 2014 after prior
roles as Executive Vice President and Chief Sales Officer, and as Executive Vice President of Strategic Alliances. Ms. Elliott
joined Juniper in 2009 after seven years at Microsoft Corporation, where she held a series of senior executive positions,
including Corporate Vice President of the company’s Industry Solutions Group, Worldwide Public Sector organization, and
their North American Enterprise Sales region. Prior to joining Microsoft, Ms. Elliott spent 22 years at IBM Corporation, where
she held executive and management positions in North America and Asia Pacific in sales, services, consulting, strategy
development, and product management. She has been a director of the Company since February 2014. Additionally,
Ms. Elliott is founder of Broadrooms.com, an informational resource for executive women serving on corporate boards in the
U.S. She serves as an independent director on the boards of Whirlpool Corporation and Imperva, Inc. Among other things,
Ms. Elliott brings to the Board her strategic understanding of transformative digital technologies, as well as her global
marketing, sales, service and channel experience.
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