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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
The following table and information sets forth the names of the executive officers of the Company, their
current positions and offices with the Company, the date they first became executive officers of the Company,
their current ages, and their principal employment during the past five years.
Name Position
Date First
Became
an
Executive
Officer Age
AylwinB.Lewis ....... Chief Executive Officer and President 2005* 52
Karen A. Austin ....... Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer 2005* 45
William C. Crowley .... Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer 2005* 49
MarkC.Good ......... Executive Vice President and General Manager, Home Services 2005* 50
William R. Harker ...... Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary 2006 34
W. Bruce Johnson ...... Executive Vice President, Supply Chain and Operations 2005* 55
Robert D. Luse ........ Senior Vice President, Human Resources 2005* 44
Maureen A. McGuire . . . Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer 2005 55
William K. Phelan ...... VicePresident, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer 2005* 44
Allen R. Ravas ........ Senior Vice President, Finance and Treasurer 2006 51
John C. Walden ........ Executive Vice President, Chief Customer Officer 2007 47
Peter J. Whitsett ....... Senior Vice President, Merchandising 2005 41
Corwin M. Yulinsky .... Executive Vice President, Strategy and Customer Insight 2005 52
* Became an executive officer of Holdings upon the completion of the Merger on March 24, 2005.
Mr. Lewis became Chief Executive Officer and President in September 2005, after serving as the Chief
Executive Officer and President of Kmart and Sears Retail as well as President of Holdings from March 2005
until September 2005. He was previously a director and the Chief Executive Officer and President of Kmart from
October 2004 to March 2005. Prior to joining Kmart in October 2004, Mr. Lewis was President, Chief
Multi-Branding and Operating Officer of YUM! Brands, Inc. (franchisor and licensor of quick-service
restaurants) from 2000 until October 2004.
Ms. Austin became Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer in February 2006 and was Senior
Vice President and Chief Information Officer prior thereto. She was Senior Vice President, Chief Information
Officer of Kmart from April 2002 to March 2005. She previously served as its Vice President, IT Applications
from 2001 to 2002.
Mr. Crowley has served as an Executive Vice President of the Company since March 2005, as its Chief
Administrative Officer since September 2005 and as its Chief Financial Officer since January 2007. He also
served as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer from March 2005 to September 2006. Mr. Crowley has served
as Chairman of the Board of Sears Canada since December 2006 and as a director of Sears Canada since March
2005. Prior to the Merger, Mr. Crowley served as Senior Vice President, Finance of Kmart, and had served as an
officer of Kmart since 2003. Mr. Crowley is also the President and Chief Operating Officer of ESL Investments,
Inc., a private investment firm, and has served in that capacity since 1999.
Mr. Good was previously Executive Vice President and General Manager, Home Services (formerly Product
Repair Services) of Sears from August 1999 to March 2005, when he assumed the same role with Holdings.
Mr. Harker joined the Company as Vice President and Chief Counsel in September 2005. He became Vice
President, Acting General Counsel and Corporate Secretary in January 2006. In April 2006, Mr. Harker was
elected Senior Vice President, Acting General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, and in December 2006,
Mr. Harker was elected Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Prior to joining
Holdings, he practiced corporate law with the law firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz from
September 2000 to August 2005.
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