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฀•฀Independent฀Business฀will฀be฀our฀largest฀reportable฀segment฀in฀
฀•฀Retail฀Food,฀although฀smaller,฀has฀approximately฀190฀strong฀
฀ ฀฀฀traditional฀grocery฀stores฀spread฀across฀ve฀regional฀banners.
฀•฀Save-A-Lot฀continues฀to฀be฀our฀market-leading฀hard฀discount฀format฀with฀more฀than฀1,300฀
฀ ฀฀฀stores฀and฀considerable฀opportunities฀for฀growth.
Although฀I฀took฀over฀as฀president฀and฀chief฀executive฀ofcer฀in฀early฀February,฀I฀spent฀nearly฀seven฀
months฀studying฀the฀company฀and฀visiting฀with฀many฀of฀our฀independent฀retailers฀and฀Save-A-Lot฀
licensees,฀as฀well฀as฀touring฀all฀of฀our฀retail฀banners.฀฀I฀am฀well฀versed฀on฀the฀company฀and฀continue฀to฀
be฀impressed฀with฀our฀operations฀and฀the฀opportunities฀we฀have฀to฀improve฀our฀operating฀results฀and฀
The฀stores฀served฀by฀our฀independent฀business฀organization฀are฀operated฀by฀some฀of฀America’s฀most฀
innovative฀and฀successful฀retailers฀who,฀collectively,฀have฀the฀desire฀to฀continue฀to฀grow.฀฀We฀have฀a฀
clear฀understanding฀of฀the฀support฀they฀need฀from฀us฀–฀as฀their฀business฀partner฀-฀and฀are฀implementing฀
the฀necessary฀changes฀that฀will฀help฀them฀achieve฀these฀goals.
Our฀ve฀retail฀food฀banners฀are฀competitively฀well฀positioned฀in฀their฀respective฀markets.฀฀We฀are฀now฀
more฀appealing฀to฀our฀customers฀and฀increase฀sales.฀The฀leaders฀of฀each฀of฀our฀banners฀know,฀very฀
Lastly,฀Save-A-Lot฀remains฀a฀great฀opportunity฀for฀us.฀฀Its฀new฀leadership฀team฀recognizes฀that฀we฀need฀
to฀alter฀parts฀of฀our฀go-to-market฀strategy฀and฀are฀working฀to฀implement฀some฀much-needed฀changes.฀฀
I฀am฀optimistic฀we฀can฀generate฀improved฀operating฀results฀and฀set฀the฀foundation฀for฀
future฀growth.
Fiscal฀2014฀will฀be฀a฀transition฀year฀as฀we฀–฀in฀many฀respects฀–฀reset฀the฀business.฀฀But฀we฀do฀have฀
ambitious฀plans฀to฀move฀the฀company฀forward,฀improve฀our฀balance฀sheet,฀and฀generate฀meaningful฀
to฀updating฀you฀on฀our฀progress.
President฀and฀Chief฀Executive฀Ofcer
COMPANY
CERTIFICATIONS
DONALD R. CHAPPEL (a,b)
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer,
The Williams Companies, Inc.
An integrated natural gas company focused
on exploration and production, midstream
gathering and processing, and interstate natural
gas transportation
IRWIN S. COHEN (a,c)
Retired Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP
A professional services firm, providing audit, tax,
financial advisory and consulting services
PHILIP L. FRANCIS (b,c)
Retired Executive Chairman, PetSmart, Inc.
A specialty retailer of services and solutions for pets
ROBERT G. MILLER
Non-Executive Chairman,
Chief Executive Officer, AB Acquisition LLC
A North American grocery company with retail
stores and pharmacies in 29 states
MARK A. NEPORENT
Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel,
Cerberus Capital Management, L.P.
A private investment firm
MATTHEW E. RUBEL (b,c)
Senior Advisor, TPG Capital
A global private investment firm
WAYNE C. SALES
Former Chairman, President and Chief Executive
Officer of SUPERVALU INC.
JOHN T. STANDLEY (a)
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer,
Rite Aid Corporation
A nationwide drugstore retailer
LENARD TESSLER
Co-Head Global Private Equity and Senior
Managing Director, Cerberus Capital
Management, L.P.
A private investment firm
For general inquiries about SUPERVALU
common stock, such as:
• Certicate replacements
• Account Maintenance
• Transfer of shares
• Name or address change
Please contact SUPERVALU’s transfer agent:
Wells Fargo Shareowner Services
PO Box 64854
St. Paul, MN 55164-0854
Phone: 877-536-3555
www.wellsfargo.com/shareownerservices
Copies of annual reports, Forms 10-K and
10-Q and other SUPERVALU publications are
available via our web site at www.supervalu.com
or by contacting:
Attn: Investor Relations
SUPERVALU INC.
P.O. Box 990
Minneapolis, MN 55440
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
AS OF MAY 22, 2013
SAM DUNCAN
President and Chief Executive Officer
RANDY BURDICK
Executive Vice President,
Chief Information Officer
RITCHIE L. CASTEEL
President and Chief Executive Officer,
Save-A-Lot
JANEL S. HAUGARTH
Executive Vice President and President,
Independent Business and Supply
Chain Services
MICHELE A. MURPHY
Executive Vice President,
Human Resources and Corporate
Communications
KARLA C. ROBERTSON
Executive Vice President,
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
SHERRY M. SMITH
Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer
MARK VAN BUSKIRK
Executive Vice President,
Merchandising and Marketing
ROB WOSETH
Executive Vice President,
Chief Strategy Officer
EXECUTIVE TEAM
The annual meeting of SUPERVALU INC.
will take place on July 16, 2013 at 11:30 a.m.
Eastern Time at the:
Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel
811 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019
SUPERVALU’s common stock is listed on the
New York Stock Exchange under symbol SVU.
STEVEN J. BLOOMQUIST
Senior Director, Investor Relations
[email protected]
KARLA C. ROBERTSON
Executive Vice President,
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
[email protected]
For corporate headquarters,
please contact 952-828-4000.
INVESTOR
INFORMATION INVESTOR INQUIRIES KEY CONTACTS
The Company has filed as exhibits to its Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
February 23, 2013, the Chief Executive Officer
and Chief Financial Officer certifications
required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002. The Company has also filed with
the New York Stock Exchange the required
annual Chief Executive Officer certification,
without qualification, as required by Section
303A.12(a) to the New York Stock Exchange
Listed Company Manual.
(a) Audit Committee
(b) Corporate Governance & Nominating Committee
(c) Leadership Development & Compensation Committee