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from the date of grant. In addition, we reimburse travel expenses related to attending Board, committee or our
business meetings and offer discounts on our merchandise to all non-employee directors and their immediate
families.
Does the Board hold executive sessions?
It is the Board’s policy to have a separate meeting time for independent directors, typically during the regularly
scheduled Board meetings. The executive sessions are led by the chairperson of the Nominations and Corporate
Governance Committee of the Board, an independent director, who is currently Michael R. Lynch.
Are there any family or other special relationships among the director nominees and our executive
officers?
No, there are no family relationships between any director nominee or executive officer and any other director
nominee or executive officer. There are no arrangements or understandings between any director nominee or
executive officer and any other person pursuant to which he or she has been or will be selected as our director
and/or executive officer.
Were any incumbent directors not elected at the 2004 Annual Meeting?
Yes. Adrian T. Dillon was appointed to the Board on April 18, 2005. Mr. Dillon was identified by a third-party
search firm that was retained by management in consultation with the Nominations and Corporate Governance
Committee.
Information Regarding the Director Nominees
The following table sets forth information, as of April 20, 2005, with respect to each director nominee. Each
director nominee furnished the biographical information set forth below.
Nominee
Director
Since Position with the Company and Recent Business Experience
W. Howard Lester ......... 1979 • Chairman since 1986
Age 69 • Chief Executive Officer, 1979 – 2001
• Director of Harold’s Department Stores, Inc. (retail sales)
Edward A. Mueller ........ 1999 • Chief Executive Officer since 2003
Age 57 • President and Chief Executive Officer, Ameritech
(telecommunications), 2000 – 2002
• President, SBC International Operations (telecommunications),
1999 – 2000
Sanjiv Ahuja .............
Age 48
2003 • Member of the Nominations and Corporate Governance Committee
• Chief Executive Officer, Orange SA (wireless communications)
since 2004
• Chief Operating Officer, Orange SA, 2003 – 2004
• Chief Executive Officer, Comstellar Technologies
(telecommunications), 2000 – 2003
• President, Telcordia Technologies (telecommunications),
1997 – 2000
• Director of Mobistar S.A. (telecommunications)
Adrian D.P. Bellamy .......
Age 63
1997 • Chairman of the Compensation Committee and member of the Audit
and Nominations and Corporate Governance Committees
• Executive Chairman and Director of The Body Shop International
PLC (personal care products) since 2002
• Chairman and Director of Reckitt Benckiser PLC (household,
personal, health and food products)
• Director of Gap, Inc. (clothing)
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