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9
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฀thirteen฀members.฀All฀members฀are฀to฀be฀elected฀
at฀the฀annual฀meeting฀to฀serve฀until฀the฀annual฀meeting฀in฀2015,฀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฀by฀the฀Proxy฀Committee฀
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 15
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฀currently฀serving฀ as฀the฀lead฀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.
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