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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
Louis J. D’Ambrosio Chief Executive Officer and President 2011 46
Scott J. Freidheim Executive Vice President and President – Kenmore, Craftsman & DieHard 2009 45
John D. Goodman Executive Vice President, Apparel and Home 2009 46
W. Bruce Johnson Executive Vice President – Off-Mall Businesses and Supply Chain 2005* 59
Michael D. Collins Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer 2008 47
Dane A. Drobny Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary 2010 43
William R. Harker Senior Vice President 2006 38
William K. Phelan Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer 2005* 48
* Became an executive officer of Holdings upon the completion of the Merger on March 24, 2005.
Mr. D’Ambrosio joined the Company as our Chief Executive Officer and President in February 2011. He
served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Avaya Inc. from July 2006 to June 2008. He also served
as a director of Avaya from November 2006 to June 2008. Mr. D’Ambrosio was previously Avaya’s Senior Vice
President and President, Global Sales and Marketing from November 2005 until July 2006. From January 2004
until November 2005, Mr. D’Ambrosio served as Avaya’s Group Vice President, Global Sales, Channels and
Marketing. From December 2002 until December 2003, Mr. D’Ambrosio was Avaya’s Group Vice President,
Avaya Global Services. Before joining Avaya, Mr. D’Ambrosio spent 16 years at International Business
Machines Corporation, where he held several executive posts and was a member of the worldwide management
committee. His roles included leading strategy for global services, sales and marketing for software, and industry
operations for Asia Pacific. Mr. D’Ambrosio currently serves as the Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of
Directors of Sensus (Bermuda 2) Ltd. and Sensus USA Inc., a clean technology company.
Mr. Freidheim joined the Company as Executive Vice President, Operating and Support Businesses in
January 2009. In February 2011, Mr. Freidheim was elected Executive Vice President, President-Kenmore,
Craftsman & DieHard. 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 in November 2009.
Mr. Goodman also served as our President, Kmart Apparel from November 2009 until February 2010.
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 Strauss and Co., an
apparel company, from May 2005 to April 2008. In July 2008, Mervyn’s LLC filed a petition under Chapter 11
of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. In October 2008,
Mervyn’s LLC announced that it would liquidate its assets through Chapter 7 of the United States Bankruptcy
Code.
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