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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
The following table and information sets forth the names of our executive officers, 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
W. Bruce Johnson Interim Chief Executive Officer and President 2005* 58
William C. Crowley Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer 2005* 52
Scott J. Freidheim Executive Vice President, Operating and Support Businesses 2009 44
John D. Goodman Executive Vice President, Apparel and Home 2009 45
James H. Haworth Executive Vice President and President, Retail Services 2010 48
Michael D. Collins Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer 2008 46
William R. Harker Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary 2006 37
William K. Phelan Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer 2005* 47
* Became an executive officer of Holdings upon the completion of the Merger on March 24, 2005.
Mr. Johnson was elected as the Company’s interim Chief Executive Officer and President in February 2008.
He previously served as the Company’s Executive Vice President, Supply Chain and Operations since the
Merger. He joined Kmart in October 2003 as Senior Vice President, Supply Chain and Operations.
William C. Crowley has served as an Executive Vice President of the Company since March 2005 and as
our Chief Administrative Officer since September 2005. He also served as our Chief Financial Officer from
March 2005 to September 2006 and as interim Chief Financial Officer from January 2007 to October 2007.
Mr. Crowley has served as Chairman of the Board of Sears Canada, Inc. 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 Holding Corporation, and had served as an officer of Kmart Holding Corporation 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. He is a director of AutoNation, Inc., an automotive retailer, and
AutoZone, Inc., a specialty retailer and distributor of automotive replacement parts and accessories.
Mr. Freidheim joined the Company as Executive Vice President, Operating and Support Businesses in
January 2009. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Freidheim served as an Executive Vice President and Chief
Administrative Officer from September 2008 to December 2008 and Executive Vice President and Co-Chief
Administrative Officer of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (“Lehman Brothers”) from October 2006 to September
2008. Mr. Freidheim also served as Managing Director—Office of the Chairman from 1996 to 2007.
Mr. Freidheim served as Global Head of Strategy of Lehman Brothers from 2005 to 2007 and Global Head of
Corporate Communications, Advertising, Marketing and Brand of Lehman Brothers from 2003 to 2007. In
September 2008, Lehman Brothers filed a petition under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code with the U.S.
Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
Mr. Goodman joined the Company as Executive Vice President, Apparel and Home, and President, Kmart
Apparel in November 2009. Mr. Goodman, who served as Chief Apparel and Home Officer from January 2004
until May 2005 for Kmart, was the Chief Executive Officer for apparel retailer Charlotte Russe Holding Inc.
from November 2008 to October 2009. He served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Mervyn’s
LLC, a department store chain, from April 2008 to October 2008 and as President of the Dockers®brand at Levi
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