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PR O P O S A L S T O S H A R E H O L D E R S
EL E C T I O N O F D I R E C T O R S
( I T E M N O. 1 )
Kroger’s฀ Board฀ of฀ Directors,฀ as฀ now฀ authorized,฀ consists฀ of฀ eleven฀ members.฀ All฀ members฀ are฀ to฀ be฀
elected฀at฀the฀annual฀meeting฀to฀serve฀until฀the฀annual฀meeting฀in฀2016,฀or฀until฀their฀successors฀have฀been฀
elected฀by฀the฀shareholders฀or฀by฀the฀Board฀pursuant฀to฀Kroger’s฀Regulations,฀and฀qualified.฀Kroger’s฀Articles฀
of฀Incorporation฀provide฀that฀the฀vote฀required฀for฀election฀of฀a฀director฀nominee฀by฀the฀shareholders,฀except฀
in฀a฀contested฀election฀or฀when฀cumulative฀voting฀is฀in฀effect,฀will฀be฀the฀affirmative฀vote฀of฀a฀majority฀of฀the฀
votes cast for or against the election of a nominee.
The฀experience,฀qualifications,฀attributes,฀and฀skills฀that฀led฀the฀Corporate฀Governance฀Committee฀and฀
the฀Board฀ to฀conclude฀ that฀the฀ following฀ individuals฀should฀serve฀as฀directors฀are฀set฀forth฀opposite฀each฀
individual’s฀name.฀The฀committee฀memberships฀stated฀below฀are฀those฀in฀effect฀as฀of฀the฀date฀of฀this฀proxy฀
statement.฀It฀is฀intended฀that,฀except฀to฀the฀extent฀that฀authority฀is฀withheld,฀proxies฀by฀the฀Proxy฀Committee฀
will฀be฀voted฀for฀the฀election฀of฀the฀following฀nominees:
NO M I N E E S F O R D I R E C T O R F O R T E R M S O F O F F I C E
CO N T I N U I N G U N T I L 2 0 1 6
Name
Professional
Occupation(1) Age
Director
Since
Nora A. Aufreiter Ms.฀Aufreiter฀is฀a฀Director฀Emeritus฀of฀McKinsey฀&฀Company,฀a฀global฀
management฀ consulting฀ firm.฀ She฀ retired฀ in฀ June฀ 2014฀ after฀ more฀
than฀ 30฀years฀as฀a฀director฀and฀senior฀partner.฀During฀ this฀time,฀she฀
worked฀extensively฀in฀the฀U.S.,฀Canada,฀and฀internationally฀with฀major฀
retailers, financial institutions and other consumer facing companies.
Before฀joining฀McKinsey,฀Ms.฀Aufreiter฀ spent฀three฀ years฀ in฀financial฀
services฀ working฀ in฀ corporate฀ finance฀ and฀ investment฀ banking.฀ She฀
is฀ a฀ member฀ of฀ the฀ Board฀ of฀ Directors฀ of฀ The฀ Bank฀ of฀ Nova฀ Scotia฀
and฀ Nieman฀ Marcus฀ Group.฀ Ms.฀ Aufreiter฀ also฀ serves฀ on฀ the฀ boards฀
of฀ St.฀ Michael’s฀ Hospital฀ and฀ the฀ Canadian฀ Opera฀ Company,฀ and฀ is฀ a฀
member฀of฀the฀Dean’s฀Advisory฀Board฀for฀the฀Ivey฀Business฀School฀in฀
Ontario,฀Canada.฀She฀is฀a฀member฀of฀the฀Financial฀Policy฀Committee฀
and฀the฀Public฀Responsibilities฀Committee.
Ms.฀ Aufreiter฀ has฀ over฀ 30฀ years฀ of฀ broad฀ business฀ experience฀ in฀ a฀
variety฀ of฀ retail฀ sectors.฀ She฀ brings฀ to฀ Kroger’s฀ Board฀ her฀ expertise฀
gained฀while฀earning฀her฀MBA฀from฀the฀Harvard฀Business฀School.฀Her฀
vast฀experience฀in฀leading฀McKinsey’s฀North฀American฀Retail฀Practice,฀
North฀American฀Branding฀service฀line฀and฀the฀Consumer฀Digital฀and฀
Omnichannel฀service฀line฀is฀of฀particular฀value฀to฀the฀Board.
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