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Michael R. Odell was named Chief Executive Officer on September 22, 2008, after serving as
Interim Chief Executive Officer since April 23, 2008. Mr. Odell joined the Company in September 2007
as Executive Vice President—Chief Operating Officer, after having most recently served as the
Executive Vice President and General Manager of Sears Retail & Specialty Stores. Mr. Odell joined
Sears in its finance department in 1994 where he served until he joined Sears operations team in 1998.
There he served in various executive operations positions of increasing seniority, including as Vice
President, Stores—Sears Automotive Group.
Raymond L. Arthur joined Pep Boys in April 2008 after serving as Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer of Toys ‘‘R’’ Us Inc., from 2004 to 2006, where he oversaw its strategic review
and restructuring of company-wide operations, as well as managing the leveraged buy-out of the
company. During his seven year tenure at Toys ‘‘R’’ Us, Mr. Arthur also served as President and Chief
Financial Officer of toysrus.com from 2000 to 2003 and as Corporate Controller of Toys ‘‘R’’ Us from
1999 to 2000. Prior to that, he worked in a variety of roles of increasing responsibility for General
Signal, American Home Products, American Cyanamid and in public accounting.
Joseph A. Cirelli was named Senior Vice President—Corporate Development in November 2007.
Since March 1977, Mr. Cirelli has served the Company in positions of increasing seniority, including
Senior Vice President—Service, Vice President—Real Estate and Development, Vice President—
Operations Administration, and Vice President—Customer Satisfaction.
Troy E. Fee, Senior Vice President—Human Resources, joined the Company in July 2007, after
having most recently served as the Senior Vice President of Human Resources Shared Services for TBC
Corporation, then the parent company of Big O Tires, Tire Kingdom and National Tire & Battery.
Mr. Fee has over 20 years experience in operations and human resources in the tire and automotive
service and repair business.
Scott A. Webb, Senior Vice President—Merchandising & Marketing, joined the Company in
September 2007 after having most recently served as the Vice President, Merchandising and Customer
Satisfaction of AutoZone. Mr. Webb joined AutoZone in 1986 where he began his service in field
management before transitioning, in 1992, to the Merchandising function.
William Shull joined the Company in September 2008 as Senior Vice President—Stores. Over the
last 25 years Mr. Shull has held several senior management positions where his focus was on building
and integrating store management teams into successfully profitable and cohesive units. Some of his
executive positions include SVP—Sales at The Wiz; SVP—Mall Operations of TransWorld
Entertainment; SVP—Operations of Hollywood Entertainment; and in his 13 years at AutoZone he was
instrumental in building the foundation of the retail chain in 4 geographic regions and responsible for
store communications, training, and served on several strategic initiative committees. He was also a
principal and the COO of a small, high-end custom electronics firm in Memphis TN, selling his stake in
2005.
Brian D. Zuckerman was named Senior Vice President—General Counsel & Secretary on
March 1, 2009 after having most recently served as Vice President—General Counsel & Secretary since
2003. Mr. Zuckerman joined the Company as a staff attorney in 1999. Prior to joining Pep Boys,
Mr. Zuckerman practiced corporate and securities law with two firms in Philadelphia.
Each of the officers serves at the pleasure of the Board of Directors of the Company.
ITEM 1A RISK FACTORS
Our business faces significant risks. The risks described below may not be the only risks we face. If
any of the events or circumstances described as risks below actually occurs, our business, results of
operations and or financial condition could be materially and adversely affected. The following section
discloses all known material risks that we face. However, it does not include risks that may arise in the
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