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PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
Set forth below are the names, ages at September 2, 2005, principal occupations for the last five years, and other directorships of each of our directors.
Directors of the Registrant
John R. Cook
Age 64
Director Since 1998
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Harcourt General, Inc. and of The Neiman Marcus
Group, Inc. from September 1992 to July 2001.
Gary L. Countryman
Age 66
Director Since 2002
Since 1963, Mr. Countryman has held various positions with Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, including
President and Chief Operating Officer and Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer; current Chairman
Emeritus of Liberty Mutual Group; director of Bank of America; Trustee of NSTAR, an investor-owned electric
and gas utility company; director of BlackRock Funds.
Matina S. Horner
Age 66
Director Since 1993
Former Executive Vice President of the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association—College Retirement
Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF) and President Emerita of Radcliffe College since 1989; Trustee of NSTAR, an
investor-owned electric and gas utility company; director of BlackRock Funds.
Brian J. Knez
Age 47
Director Since 1998
Managing Partner of Castanea Partners, Inc., a private equity investment firm, since 2001; Vice Chairman since
May 2001; Co-Chief Executive Officer from May 1999 to May 2001; President and Co-Chief Executive Officer
of Harcourt General, Inc. from November 1999 to July 2001; President and Co-Chief Operating Officer of
Harcourt General, Inc. from January 1997 until November 1999; Co-Chief Executive Officer of Harcourt
General, Inc. from May 1999 until July 2001; President (until November 1998) and Chief Executive Officer of
Harcourt General, Inc. prior thereto. Mr. Knez is the son-in-law of Richard A. Smith and the brother-in-law of
Robert A. Smith.
Vincent M. O'Reilly
Age 68
Director Since 1997
Distinguished Senior Lecturer, Carroll School of Management, Boston College since October 1997; Executive
Vice Chairman of Coopers & Lybrand prior thereto; director of Eaton Vance Corp. and Teradyne, Inc.
Mr. O'Reilly was also a member of the Executive Committee of the SEC Practice Section of the AICPA, a
member of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Advisory Council, and a founding member of the
Accounting Education Change Commission.
Walter J. Salmon
Age 74
Director Since 1987
Stanley Roth Sr. Professor of Retailing (Emeritus since 1997), Graduate School of Business Administration,
Harvard University; director of Stage Stores, Inc., Party City Corporation, and PetsMart, Inc.
Carl Sewell
Age 62
Director Since 2002
Chairman of Sewell Automotive Companies, a large company of automobile dealerships based in Dallas, Texas,
where he began in 1967; Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Southern Methodist University and member
of the Executive Board of the Southern Methodist University Edwin L. Cox School of Business.
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