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8
PR O P O S A L S T O S H A R E H O L D E R S
EL E C T I O N O F D I R E C T O R S
( I T E M N O. 1)
The Board of Directors, as now authorized, consists of fourteen members. All members are to be elected
at the annual meeting to serve until the annual meeting in 2014, or until their successors have been elected
by the shareholders or by the Board of Directors pursuant to Kroger’s Regulations, and qualified. Kroger’s
Articles of Incorporation provide that the vote required for election of a director by the shareholders, except
in a contested election or when cumulative voting is in effect, will be the affirmative vote of a majority of the
votes cast for or against the election of a nominee.
The฀experience,฀qualifications,฀attributes,฀and฀skills฀that฀led฀the฀Corporate฀Governance฀Committee฀and฀
the Board to conclude that the following individuals should serve as directors are set forth opposite each
individual’s name. The committee memberships stated below are those in effect as of the date of this proxy
statement. It is intended that, except to the extent that authority is withheld, proxies will be voted for the
election฀of฀the฀following฀persons:
Name
Professional
Occupation (1) Age
Director
Since
NO M I N E E S F O R D I R E C T O R F O R T E R M S O F O F F I C E
CO N T I N U I N G U N T I L 2 0 14
Reuben V. Anderson Mr.฀ Anderson฀ is฀ a฀ Senior฀ Partner฀ in฀ the฀ Jackson,฀ Mississippi฀ office฀
of Phelps Dunbar, a regional law firm based in New Orleans. Prior
to joining this law firm, he was a justice of the Supreme Court of
Mississippi.฀ Mr.฀ Anderson฀ is฀ a฀ director฀ of฀ AT&T฀ Inc.,฀ and฀ during฀
the฀ past฀ five฀ years฀ was฀ a฀ director฀ of฀ Trustmark฀ Corporation.฀ He฀ is฀
a฀member฀of฀the฀Corporate฀Governance฀and฀Public฀Responsibilities฀
Committees.
Mr.฀ Anderson฀has฀ extensive฀litigation฀ experience,฀ and฀ he฀ served฀as฀
the฀first฀African-American฀Justice฀on฀the฀Mississippi฀Supreme฀Court.฀
His฀knowledge฀and฀judgment฀gained฀through฀years฀of฀legal฀practice฀
are of great value to the Board. In addition, as former Chairman of the
Board฀of฀Trustees฀of฀Tougaloo฀College฀and฀a฀resident฀of฀Mississippi,฀he฀
brings to the Board his insights into the African-American community
and฀the฀southern฀region฀of฀the฀United฀States.฀Mr.฀Anderson฀has฀served฀
on numerous board committees, including audit, public policy,
finance, executive, and nominating committees.
70 1991