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and recommends changes to the Board of Directors. Each member of the Corporate Governance & Nominating
Committee has been determined to be an independent director, in accordance with the independence requirements
of the New York Stock Exchange. The Corporate Governance & Nominating Committee met one (1) time during
Fiscal 2009. The Corporate Governance & Nominating Committee will consider nominations for directors from
shareholders. A more detailed discussion regarding the process for nominating potential director candidates is
included elsewhere in this Proxy Statement under the heading “Corporate Governance Matters - Process for
Nominating Potential Director Candidates”.
Retirement Benefits Committee: The Retirement Benefits Committee has the overall responsibility
and authority for Company retirement plans. The Retirement Benefits Committee met one (1) time during
Fiscal 2009.
Beneficial Ownership of Company Stock
The following table presents information regarding the beneficial ownership of the Common Stock, within
the meaning of applicable securities regulations, of all current directors and all nominees for director of the
Company and the executive officers named in the Summary Compensation Table for 2009 included herein,
and of such directors and executive officers of the Company as a group, all as of October 31, 2009. Except as
otherwise indicated, the persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power over the shares
included in the table.
Name
Shares of
Common Stock
Beneficially
Owned (1)(2)
Percent
of Class
John R. Belk ....................................................... 12,529(3) *
John P. Derham Cato ................................................ 12,000(4) *
Alan T. Dickson .................................................... 1,804,612(5) 3.7%
Thomas W. Dickson ................................................. 370,545(6) *
James E. S. Hynes ................................................... 14,780 (7) *
Fred A. Jackson ..................................................... 121,309 (8) *
Frederick J. Morganthall, II ........................................... 42,370(9) *
Anna Spangler Nelson ............................................... 31,000(10) *
Bailey W. Patrick ................................................... 12,000(4) *
Robert H. Spilman, Jr. ............................................... 14,040(11) *
Harold C. Stowe .................................................... 8,000(7) *
Isaiah Tidwell ...................................................... 7,000(3) *
William C. Warden, Jr. ............................................... 10,000 (12) *
John B. Woodlief ................................................... 100,461(13) *
All directors and executive officers as a group
(14 persons) ..................................................... 2,560,646 (14) 5.2%
* Less than 1%
(1) The table includes shares allocated under the RRSP to individual accounts of those named persons and
group members who participate in the plan, the voting of which is directed by such named persons or group
members, as appropriate.
(2) In accordance with Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
the table does not include shares of Common Stock that are deliverable in connection with the Deferral
Plan. Pursuant to the Deferral Plan, distributions under the Deferral Plan are paid in the form of Common
Stock ninety days following the date of termination of service as a director. As of October 31, 2009, the
Company was authorized to deliver up to 500,000 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Deferral Plan