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shareholder in
f
ormatio
n
Ce
rti
fica
ti
o
n
s
DS
W
I
nc. has
led the certi
cations re
q
uired b
y
Section 302 o
f
the Sarbanes-
O
xle
y
Act o
f
2002 as
E
xhi
b
it
s
3
1
.
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a
n
d
3
1
.
2 t
o
th
e
F
orm 10-K
f
or the
scal
y
ear ending Januar
y
31
,
2009.
I
n addition, in connection with its listing, DSW
I
n
c. intends,
p
ursuant to the
N
Y
S
E
L
isted Com
p
an
y
M
a
nual 303A.12
,
to
le the Chie
f
E
xecuti
v
e
O
ffi
cer certi
cation
w
ith the
N
e
w
York
S
t
ock
E
x
change
(
N
YS
E
)
within 30 da
y
s o
f
its Annual
M
eeting o
f
Shareholders, certi
fy
ing that the Chie
f
E
xecuti
v
e
O
ffi
cer is not aware o
f
an
y
violation b
y
the com
p
an
y
o
f
N
YS
E
cor
p
orate governance
listing standards.
P
o
rtions o
f
this re
p
ort ma
y
contain “
f
orward-looking statements” under the
P
r
i
v
ate Securities
L
i
tigation
R
efo
rm A
c
t
of
199
5.
F
orward-looking statements are sub
j
ect to risks and
u
ncertainties that could cause actual events or results to di
ff
er materiall
y
f
rom those ex
p
ressed in or im
p
lied b
y
the statements.
F
urther in
f
ormation concerning issues that could
materiall
y
a
ff
ect
f
inancial
p
er
f
ormance is contained in the “Cautionar
y
Statement
R
e
garding
F
or
w
ard-
L
o
oking
I
n
fo
rm
a
ti
o
n
fo
r
P
ur
p
oses o
f
the ‘Sa
f
e
H
a
r
bo
r’
P
ro
v
isions o
f
the
P
r
i
v
ate Securities
L
i
tigation
R
efo
rm A
c
t
of
199
5
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ti
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rm 1
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.
MANAG
E
M
ENT
T
E
A
M
Ja
y
L. Sc
h
ottenstei
n
C
hairman and Chief Executi
v
e Officer
D
ebo
r
a
h L
.
F
e
rr
ée
Vice Chairman and Chie
f
Merchandisin
g
O
ff
ice
r
Kevin
M
. Lonerga
n
E
xecutive Vice President and Chie
f
O
p
erating O
ff
icer
Harris Musta
fa
E
xecutive Vice Presi
d
ent, Supp
l
y C
h
ain an
d
M
erc
h
an
d
ise P
l
anning an
d
A
ll
ocatio
n
Dou
g
las J. Probs
t
E
xecutive Vice President and Chie
f
Financial O
ff
icer
J
on
J
. Ric
k
e
r
E
xecuti
v
e
V
ice President and Chief Administrati
v
e Officer
Derek W. Ungles
s
E
xecutive Vice President and Chie
f
Marketin
g
O
ff
icer
BOARD
ME
MB
ER
S
Ja
y
L. Sc
h
ottenstei
n
C
hairman and Chief Executive Officer, DSW Inc
.
Elaine J. Eisenman
D
ean o
f
Babson Executive Education, Babson Colle
g
e
Ca
r
olee
Fri
edla
n
de
r
F
oun
d
ing Partner, AccessCirc
l
es, LL
C
Joanna T. La
u
C
hie
f
Executive O
ff
icer, Lau Technolo
g
ies
Ro
g
er S. Mark
f
iel
d
Vice C
h
airman an
d
Executive Creative Director,
American Ea
g
le Outfitters
Philip B. Mille
r
P
resident, Philip B. Miller Associate
s
J
ames D. Ro
bb
in
s
F
ormer Managing Partner, PriceWater
h
ouseCoo
p
ers LLP,
C
olumbus
,
Ohio o
ff
ic
e
Harve
y
L. Sonnen
b
erg
P
artner,
W
eiser & Co., LL
P
A
llan J. Tanenbau
m
G
eneral Counsel and Mana
g
in
g
Director,
E
quicorp Partners, LL
C
He
y
woo
d
Wi
l
ans
ky
F
ormer President and Chief Executive Officer,
R
etail Ventures
,
Inc
.
CORPORATE INFO
R
M
A
T
I
ON
DS
W
Inc.
H
ome O
ff
ice
~
810 DS
W
Dri
v
e
Columbus
,
Ohio 43219
Ph
one:
(
614
)
237-7100
d
s
w
inc.co
m
k
Listing ~
D
SW’s Class A common shares trade on the New
Y
ork Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol DSW.
Trans
f
er Agent and Registrar ~
The trans
f
er agent and registrar o
f
DSW’s Class A
c
ommon shares is National City Bank. The telephone
n
umber to contact National City Bank is
1-800-622-6757
.
I
nde
p
endent Auditors ~
De
l
oitte
&
Touc
h
e LL
P
1
55
E
as
t Br
oad
S
tr
ee
t
Columbus
,
OH 43215
I
nvestor Relations ~
Investors and members o
f
the
f
inancial communit
y
ma
y
c
a
ll
t
h
e Investor Re
l
ations Hot
l
ine at (614) 872-1474.
A
co
py
o
f
our Annual Re
p
ort to the Securities and
Exchan
g
e Commission (Form 10-K) will be made
a
vailable upon request without charge by visiting
o
ur website at dswinc.com or by calling or
m
aking a written request to Investor Relations at
o
ur Home Office listed abo
v
e
.
Annua
l
Meetin
g
~
The annual meetin
g
o
f
shareholders will be held at
11:00 a.m. Thursday May 21, 2009 at:
DSW Inc. Home O
ff
ic
e
810 DS
W
Dri
v
e
C
olumbus, Ohio 4321
9
William L. Jordan
E
xecutive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretar
y