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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. The chairperson of the Nominations and
Corporate Governance Committee 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 or special 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 2006 Annual Meeting?
No. All of our incumbent directors were elected at the 2006 Annual Meeting.
Information Regarding the Director Nominees
The following table sets forth information, as of March 29, 2007, with respect to each director nominee. Each
director nominee furnished the biographical information set forth below.
Executive Officers:
Nominee
Director
Since Position with the Company and Recent Business Experience
W. Howard Lester .........
Age 71
1979 • Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since 2006
• Chairman, 1986 – 2006
• Chief Executive Officer, 1979 – 2001
Patrick J. Connolly ........
Age 60
1983 • Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer since 2000
• Executive Vice President, General Manager, Catalog,
1995 – 2000
Independent Directors:
Nominee
Director
Since Position with the Company and Recent Business Experience
Adrian D.P. Bellamy .......
Age 65
1997 • Chairman of the Compensation Committee and member of the
Nominations and Corporate Governance Committee
• 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) since 2003
• Director of Gap Inc. (clothing)
Adrian T. Dillon ..........
Age 53
2005 • Chairman of the Audit and Finance Committee
• Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration, and Chief
Financial Officer, Agilent Technologies, Inc. (technology testing and
analysis solutions) since 2001
• Executive Vice President and Chief Financial and Planning Officer,
Eaton Corporation (diversified industrial manufacturing), 1997 –
2001
• Director of Verigy Ltd. (semiconductor testing)
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