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(2) The amounts reported in the table include the number of phantom common shares held by Ms. Bachmann,
Mr. Cooper and Mr. Martin under the Big Lots Supplemental Savings Plan. If the executive officer has
elected to make contributions from his or her compensation into an investment in our common shares,
we withhold such contributions and credit to an account for the executive phantom commons shares in an
amount that mirrors the number of common shares that the executive would have acquired had he or she
used the contributions to make direct acquisitions of our common shares. The number of common shares
held by us in connection with the Big Lots Supplemental Savings Plan is as follows: Ms. Bachmann: 583;
Mr. Cooper: 2,095; Mr. Fishman: 0; Mr. Martin: 892; and Mr. Waite: 0. The named executive officers do
not have voting or dispositive power with respect to the common shares that we hold in connection with the
Big Lots Supplemental Savings Plan. See the narrative disclosure accompanying the Nonqualified Deferred
Compensation table for a discussion of the Big Lots Supplemental Savings Plan.
(3) Includes 5,468 common shares owned by Xtreem Creative, Inc., of which Mr. Berman serves as Chairman,
Chief Executive Officer and President.
(4) In its joint statement on Schedule 13G filed on February 5, 2008, Barclays Global Investors, NA., 45 Fremont
Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, stated that it and the other reporting persons named therein collectively
beneficially owned the number of common shares reported in the table as of December 31, 2007, had sole
voting power over 7,703,701 of the shares, had sole dispositive power over all of the shares, and had no shared
voting power or shared dispositive power over the shares. Of the aggregate amounts reported, the following
beneficial ownership was reported by the reporting persons named in the Schedule 13G: (i) Barclays Global
Investors, NA. stated that it beneficially owned 6,891,960 of the shares, had sole voting power over 5,790,475
of the shares, and had sole dispositive power over 6,891,960 of the shares; (ii) Barclays Global Fund Advisors,
45 Fremont Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, stated that it had sole voting power and sole dispositive
power over 838,565 of the shares; (iii) Barclays Global Investors, Ltd, Murray House, 1 Royal Mint Court,
London EC3N 4HH, England, stated that it beneficially owned 942,335 of the shares, had sole voting power
over 755,261 of the shares, and had sole dispositive power over 942,335 of the shares; (iv) Barclays Global
Investors Japan Limited, Ebisu Prime Square Tower, 8th Floor, 1-1-39 Hiroo Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo 150-8402
Japan, stated that it had sole voting and sole dispositive power over 197,488 of the shares; and (v) Barclays
Global Investors Canada Limited, Brookfield Place, 161 Bay Street, Suite 2500, PO Box 614, Toronto, Ontario
M5J 2S1 Canada, stated that that it had sole voting and sole dispositive power over 121,912 of the shares.
(5) In its joint statement on Schedule 13G/A filed on February 13, 2008, Invesco Ltd., 1360 Peachtree Street
NE, Atlanta, GA 30309, stated that it and the other reporting persons named therein collectively beneficially
owned the number of common shares reported in the table as of December 31, 2007, had sole voting power
and sole dispositive power over all of the shares, and had no shared voting power or shared dispositive power
over the shares. Of the aggregate amounts reported, the following beneficial ownership was reported by
the reporting persons named in the Schedule 13G/A: (i) AIM Advisors, Inc. stated that it had sole voting
power and sole dispositive power over 59,570 of the shares; (ii) Invesco Asset Management Deutschland
GmbH stated that it had sole voting power and sole dispositive power over 426,706 of the shares; (iii) Invesco
Asset Management Limited stated that it had sole voting power and sole dispositive power over 1,303,843
of the shares; (iv) Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Limited stated that it had sole voting power and sole
dispositive power over 62,129 of the shares; (v) Invesco Asset Management, S.A. stated that it had sole
voting power and sole dispositive power over 74,371 of the shares; (vi) Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.
stated that it had sole voting power and sole dispositive power over 6,571,982 of the shares; (vii) Invesco
Kapitalanlagegesellschaft GmbH stated that it had sole voting power and sole dispositive power over 48,712
of the shares; (viii) Invesco Management S.A. stated that it had sole voting power and sole dispositive power
over 131,617 of the shares; (ix) PowerShares Capital Management LLC stated that it had sole voting power
and sole dispositive power over 10,769 of the shares; and (x) PowerShares Capital Management Ireland LTD
stated that it had sole voting power and sole dispositive power over 49 of the shares.
(6) In its Schedule 13G filed on February 12, 2008, State Street Bank and Trust Company, Trustee, 225 Franklin
Street, Boston, MA 02110, stated that it beneficially owned the number of common shares reported in the
table as of December 31, 2007, had sole voting power and shared dispositive power over all of the shares, and
had no shared voting power or sole dispositive power over the shares.