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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. Mr. Odell’s position as our President & Chief Executive Officer and
his automotive aftermarket, retail industry, service industry, operations and financial expertise were the
primary qualifications resulting in his nomination for re-election.
Each of Messrs. Mitarotonda, Reid, White and Williams was originally appointed to the Board
pursuant to the terms of an agreement between the Company and a group of investors led by
Barington Capital Group, L.P. Such agreement has since expired.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
The following table indicates the name, age, tenure with the Company and position (together with
the year of election to such position) of the executive officers of the Company:
Tenure with
Company
as of
Name Age April 2012 Position with the Company and Date of Election to Position
Michael R. Odell . . . . . . . 48 5 years President and Chief Executive Officer since June 2010
Raymond L. Arthur . . . . . 53 4 years Executive Vice President—Chief Financial Officer since
May 2008
William E. Shull III . . . . . 53 4 years Executive Vice President—Stores since June 2010
Scott A. Webb . . . . . . . . . 48 5 years Executive Vice President—Merchandising & Marketing
since June 2010
Joseph A. Cirelli . . . . . . . . 53 35 years Senior Vice President—Business Development since
November 2007
Troy E. Fee . . . . . . . . . . . 43 5 years Senior Vice President—Human Resources since July
2007
Brian D. Zuckerman . . . . . 42 13 years Senior Vice President—General Counsel & Secretary
since March 2009
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 received the additional title of
President on June 17, 2010. 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 May 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.
William E. Shull III was named Executive Vice President—Stores on June 17, 2010 after having
joined the Company in September 2008 as Senior Vice President—Stores. Over the last 25 years
Mr. Shull has held several senior management positions with a variety of retailer and service companies
where his focus was on building and integrating store management teams into successfully profitable
and cohesive units. 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.
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