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Table of Contents
PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
The following table sets forth the name, age, and position of individuals who currently serve as our directors and executive
officers.
Name Age Position
David A. Barr 45 Director since 2005
Jonathan Coslet 43 Director since 2005
James Coulter 48 Director since 2005
John G. Danhakl 52 Director since 2005
Sidney Lapidus 70 Director since 2005
Kewsong Lee 43 Director since 2005
Carrie Wheeler 36 Director since 2005
Burton M. Tansky 70 Director since 2005, President and Chief Executive Officer
Karen W. Katz 51 Executive Vice President and President and Chief Executive Officer of Neiman Marcus
Stores
James E. Skinner 55 Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Brendan L. Hoffman 40 President and Chief Executive Officer of Neiman Marcus Direct
James J. Gold 44 President and Chief Executive Officer of Bergdorf Goodman
Nelson A. Bangs 55 Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Marita O'Dea 59 Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resource Officer
Phillip L. Maxwell 60 Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Wayne A. Hussey 58 Senior Vice President, Properties and Store Development
The following biographies describe the business experience of our directors and executive officers.
David A. Barr has been a member and managing director of Warburg Pincus LLC and a general partner of Warburg
Pincus & Co. since January 2001. Prior to joining Warburg Pincus in 2000, Mr. Barr served as a managing director at Butler Capital
where he focused on consumer and industrial leveraged buyout transactions for more than ten years. Mr. Barr also serves on the board
of directors of Builders First Source, Inc., Polypore Inc., and TransDigm Group Inc.
Jonathan Coslet has been a partner of TPG Capital, L.P. since 1993 and is currently a senior partner and member of the
firm's Executive, Management and Investment Committees. Prior to joining TPG Capital, L.P., Mr. Coslet worked at Donaldson,
Lufkin & Jenrette, specializing in leveraged acquisitions and high yield finance from 1991 to 1993. Mr. Coslet also serves on the
board of directors of Harrah's Entertainment, Inc., Quintiles Transnational Corp., IASIS Healthcare Corp., J. Crew Group, Inc., Petco
Animal Supplies, Inc., and Biomet, Inc.
James Coulter co-founded TPG Capital, L.P. in 1992 and has been Managing General Partner of TPG Capital, L.P. for more
than eight years. From 1986 to 1992, Mr. Coulter was a Vice President of Keystone, Inc. From 1986 to 1988, Mr. Coulter was also
associated with SPO Partners, an investment firm that focuses on public market and private minority investments. Mr. Coulter also
serves on the board of directors of Lenovo Group Limited, J. Crew Group, Inc., and Alltel Corporation.
John G. Danhakl is a Managing Partner of Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. with whom he has been a partner since 1995.
Prior to joining Leonard Green & Partners, L.P., he served as a Managing Director in the Los Angeles office of Donaldson, Lufkin &
Jenrette, which he joined in 1990. From 1985 to 1990, Mr. Danhakl was a Vice President in corporate finance at Drexel Burnham
Lambert. He also serves on the board of directors of Arden Group, Inc., Horseshows In the Sun, Inc., Leslie's Poolmart, Inc., Petco
Animal Supplies, Inc., The Tire Rack, Inc., and Sagittarius Brands, Inc.
Sidney Lapidus retired in December 2007 as Managing Director and Senior Advisor of Warburg Pincus LLC. He had been
employed at Warburg Pincus since 1967. Prior to that time, he was an attorney with the SEC. He presently serves as a director of
Lennar Corporation and Knoll, Inc. He is also trustee of the New York University Medical Center and chairman of the American
Jewish Historical Society and United Neighborhood Houses of New York.
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