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Directors Nominated at the Annual Meeting will be Elected to Serve Until the 2012 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders and Until his or her Successor is Duly Elected and Qualified
Frits van Paasschen, 50, has been Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company since September
2007. From March 2005 until September 2007, he served as President and CEO of Molson Coors Brewing
Company’s largest division, Coors Brewing Company, prior to its merger with Miller Brewing Company and the
formation of MillerCoors LLC. Prior to joining Coors, from April 2004 until March 2005, Mr. van Paasschen
worked independently through FPaasschen Consulting and Mercator Investments, evaluating, proposing, and
negotiating private equity transactions. Prior thereto, Mr. van Paasschen spent seven years at Nike, Inc., most
recently as Corporate Vice President/General Manager, Europe, Middle East and Africa from 2000 to 2004. From
1995 to 1997, Mr. van Paasschen served as Vice President, Finance and Planning at Disney Consumer Products and
earlier in his career was a management consultant for eight years at McKinsey & Company and the Boston
Consulting Group. Mr. van Paasschen has been a Director of the Company since September 2007.
The Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee considered these qualifications, his significant public
company managerial experience, his experience with the Company, and a requirement under his employment
agreement that he serve on the Company’s Board (subject to customary procedures and conditions to Board
membership, including stockholder election) in making the determination that Mr. van Paasschen should be a
nominee for director of the Company.
Bruce W. Duncan, 59, has been President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of First Industrial Realty
Trust, Inc. since January 2009, prior to which time he was a private investor since January 2006. From April to
September 2007, Mr. Duncan served as Chief Executive Officer of the Company on an interim basis. He also has
been a senior advisor to Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts & Co. from July 2008 to January 2009. From May 2005 to
December 2005, Mr. Duncan was Chief Executive Officer and Trustee of Equity Residential (“EQR”), a publicly
traded apartment company, and held various positions at EQR from March 2002 to December 2005, including
President, Chief Executive Officer and Trustee from January 2003 to May 2005, and President and Trustee from
March 2002 to December 2002. Mr. Duncan has served as a Director of the Company since April 1999, and was a
Trustee of Starwood Hotels & Resorts, a real estate investment trust and former subsidiary of the Company (the
“Trust”), since August 1995.
The Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee considered these qualifications, his experience as
Chief Executive Officer of other publicly traded companies, and his tenure with the Company in making the
determination that Mr. Duncan should be a nominee for director of the Company.
Adam M. Aron, 56, has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of World Leisure Partners, Inc., a leisure-
related consultancy, since 2006. From 1996 through 2006, Mr. Aron served as Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of Vail Resorts, Inc., an owner and operator of ski resorts and hotels. Mr. Aron is a director of Norwegian
Cruise Line Limited, Prestige Cruise Holdings, Inc. and Cap Juluca Properties Ltd. In the past 5 years, Mr. Aron also
served as a director of e-Miles LLC, FTD Group, Inc., Rewards Network, Inc. and Marathon Acquisition Corp.
Mr. Aron has been a Director of the Company since August 2006.
The Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee considered these qualifications, his significant
experience in the leisure travel industry, his financial expertise, and his experience with the Company in making
the determination that Mr. Aron should be a nominee for director of the Company.
Charlene Barshefsky, 60, has been Senior International Partner at the law firm of WilmerHale, LLP, in
Washington, D.C. since September 2001. From March 1997 to January 2001, Ambassador Barshefsky was the
United States Trade Representative, the chief trade negotiator and principal trade policymaker for the United States
and a member of the President’s Cabinet. Ambassador Barshefsky is a director of The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc.
since July 2001, American Express Company since July 2001, and Intel Corporation since January 2004.
Ambassador Barshefsky is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a Trustee of the Howard Hughes
Medical Institute. In the past 5 years Ambassador Barshefsky also served as a director of Idenix Pharmaceuticals,
Inc. and of the Council on Foreign Relations. She has been a Director of the Company, and was a Trustee of the
Trust, since October 2001.
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