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JACK A. VANWOERKOM, age 57, has been Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate
Secretary since June 2007. Prior thereto, Mr. VanWoerkom served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary of Staples, Inc., an office products company, from March 2003 through May 2007 and as Senior
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Staples, Inc. from March 1999 until March 2003.
Mr. VanWoerkom serves as a director of Wright Express Corporation, a vehicle-fleet payment processing
company.
Information about our directors and director nominees standing for election at the 2011 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders is included in Proxy Statement in the section entitled “Election of Directors” and incorporated
herein by reference. Information about our current director not standing for re-election is as follows:
DAVID H. BATCHELDER, age 61, has been a director of the Company since 2007. Mr. Batchelder brings over
25 years of expertise in retail, accounting and financial management and perspective into corporate management
and board dynamics. He has served as a director of both large public and private companies in a wide range of
industries (including retail, pharmaceuticals, waste disposal, healthcare, technology, energy and construction).
Mr. Batchelder originally joined our Board in February 2007 as a representative of Relational Investors LLC, an
investment advisory firm that he founded and for which he has been a Principal since 1996. From 1988 to 2005,
Mr. Batchelder was also a Principal of Relational Advisors LLC, a financial advisory and investment banking
firm that he founded. Prior to founding Relational, Mr. Batchelder held various executive positions at Mesa
Petroleum Company, including Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, and served on Mesa’s board
of directors. Prior to his affiliation with Mesa, Mr. Batchelder was an Audit Manager with Deloitte & Touche
LLP. Mr. Batchelder’s extensive financial and accounting experience qualifies him as an “audit committee
financial expert” under Securities and Exchange Commission guidelines, and he serves in such capacity on our
Audit Committee. Mr. Batchelder is currently a director of Intuit Inc., and served as a director of ConAgra Foods,
Inc. from 2002 to 2007 and Washington Group International, Inc. from 1993 to 2007.
Item 11. Executive Compensation.
The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the sections entitled “Executive
Compensation,” “Leadership Development and Compensation Committee Report” and “Director Compensation”
in the Company’s Proxy Statement.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder
Matters.
The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the sections entitled “Beneficial Ownership
of Common Stock” and “Executive Compensation – Equity Compensation Plan Information” in the Company’s
Proxy Statement.
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.
The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the sections entitled “Board of Directors
Information” and “General” in the Company’s Proxy Statement.
Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services.
The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the section entitled “Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm’s Fees” in the Company’s Proxy Statement.
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