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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
Our executive officers are elected by the Board of Directors and hold office until a successor is chosen or
qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal. The following lists our executive officers and gives a brief
description of their business experience as of February 21, 2011:
Ravichandra K. Saligram, 54, was elected as Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company, as
well as a director of the Company, effective on November 8, 2010. Until his election as Chief Executive Officer
and President of the Company, Mr. Saligram had been Executive Vice President, ARAMARK Corporation
(“ARAMARK”), a global professional services company, since November 2006, President, ARAMARK
International since June 2003, and ARAMARK’S Chief Globalization Officer since June 2009. From 1994 until
2002, Mr. Saligram served in various capacities for the InterContinental Hotels Group, a global hospitality
company, including as President of Brands & Franchise, North America; Chief Marketing Officer & Managing
Director, Global Strategy; President, International and President, Asia Pacific. Earlier in his career, Mr. Saligram
held various general and brand management positions with S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. in the United States and
overseas. Since 2006, he has been a director of Church & Dwight Co., Inc., a consumer and specialty products
company.
Bruce H. Besanko, 52, was first elected an officer of the Company on February 16, 2009. Mr. Besanko has
served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of the Company since that time, and as chief
administrative officer since October 2009. Mr. Besanko previously served as executive vice president and chief
financial officer of Circuit City Stores, Inc. (“Circuit City”), a leading specialty retailer of consumer electronics
and related services, from July 2007 to February 2009. Prior to that, Mr. Besanko served as senior vice president,
finance and chief financial officer for The Yankee Candle Company, Inc., a leading designer, manufacturer,
wholesaler and retailer of premium scented candles, since April 2005. He also served as vice president, finance
for Best Buy Co., Inc., a retailer of consumer electronics, home office products, entertainment software,
appliances and related services, from 2002 to 2005. On November 10, 2008, Circuit City filed a voluntary
petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court
for the Eastern District of Virginia. Circuit City’s Chapter 11 plan of liquidation was confirmed by the
Bankruptcy Court on September 14, 2010. Pursuant to the plan of liquidation, Circuit City is liquidating its
remaining assets.
Deborah A. O’Connor, 48, was first elected an officer of the Company on July 8, 2008. Since that time,
Ms. O’Connor has been senior vice president, finance and chief accounting officer of the Company.
Ms. O’Connor previously served as senior vice president and controller of the ServiceMaster Company, a
company providing residential and commercial lawn care, landscape maintenance, termite and pest control, home
warranty, cleaning and disaster restoration, furniture repair, and home inspection services, from December 1999
to December 2007.
Ryan T. Vero, 41, was first elected an officer of the Company on November 1, 2004. Mr. Vero has served
as executive vice president and chief merchandising officer of the Company since June 2005. He served as
executive vice president, merchandising of the Company from 2004 until June 2005 when he was promoted to
executive vice president and chief merchandising officer. Mr. Vero previously served as executive vice president,
merchandising and marketing of OfficeMax, Inc., beginning in 2001, and prior to that time as executive vice
president, e-commerce/direct of OfficeMax, Inc.
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