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14
Name
Professional
Occupation(1) Age
Director
Since
Ronald L. Sargent Mr.฀Sargent฀is฀Chairman฀and฀Chief฀Executive฀Officer฀of฀Staples,฀Inc.,฀a฀
consumer฀products฀retailer,฀where฀he฀has฀been฀employed฀since฀1989.฀
Prior฀to฀joining฀Staples,฀Mr.฀Sargent฀spent฀10฀years฀with฀Kroger฀in฀various฀
positions.฀In฀addition฀to฀serving฀as฀a฀director฀of฀Staples,฀Mr.฀Sargent฀is฀a฀
director฀of฀Five฀Below,฀Inc.฀During฀the฀past฀five฀years,฀he฀was฀a฀director฀
of฀Mattel,฀Inc.฀and฀The฀Home฀Depot,฀Inc.฀Mr.฀Sargent฀is฀chair฀of฀the฀Audit฀
Committee฀and฀a฀member฀of฀the฀Public฀Responsibilities฀Committee.
Mr.฀ Sargent฀ has฀ over฀ 35฀ years฀ of฀ retail฀ experience,฀ first฀ with฀ Kroger฀
and฀ then฀ with฀ increasing฀ levels฀ of฀ responsibility฀ and฀ leadership฀
at฀ Staples,฀ Inc.฀ His฀ efforts฀ helped฀ carve฀ out฀ a฀ new฀ market฀ niche฀ for฀
the international retailer that he leads. His understanding of retail
operations฀and฀consumer฀insights฀are฀of฀particular฀value฀to฀the฀Board.฀
Mr.฀Sargent฀has฀been฀designated฀an฀Audit฀Committee฀financial฀expert.
59 2006
Bobby S. Shackouls Until฀ the฀ merger฀ of฀ Burlington฀ Resources฀ Inc.฀ and฀ ConocoPhillips,฀
which฀ became฀ effective฀ in฀ 2006,฀ Mr.฀ Shackouls฀ was฀ Chairman฀ of฀
the฀Board฀of฀Burlington฀Resources฀Inc.,฀a฀natural฀resources฀business,฀
since฀ July฀ 1997฀ and฀ its฀ President฀ and฀ Chief฀ Executive฀ Officer฀ since฀
December฀1995.฀He฀had฀been฀ a฀director฀of฀that฀company฀since฀1995฀
and฀President฀and฀Chief฀Executive฀Officer฀of฀Burlington฀Resources฀Oil฀
and฀ Gas฀ Company฀ (formerly฀ known฀ as฀ Meridian฀ Oil฀ Inc.),฀ a฀ wholly-
owned฀subsidiary฀of฀Burlington฀Resources,฀since฀1994.฀Mr.฀Shackouls฀is฀
a฀director฀of฀Plains฀GP฀Holdings,฀L.P.฀and฀Oasis฀Petroleum฀Inc.฀During฀
the฀past฀five฀years,฀Mr.฀Shackouls฀was฀a฀director฀of฀ConocoPhillips฀and฀
PNGS฀ GP฀ LLC,฀ the฀ general฀ partner฀ of฀ PAA฀ Natural฀ Gas฀ Storage,฀ L.P.฀
Mr.฀ Shackouls฀ is฀ a฀ member฀ of฀ the฀ Audit฀ and฀ Corporate฀ Governance฀
Committees.฀Mr.฀Shackouls฀previously฀served฀as฀Kroger’s฀Lead฀Director.
Mr.฀ Shackouls฀ brings฀ to฀ the฀ Board฀ the฀ critical฀ thinking฀ that฀ comes฀
with฀ a฀ chemical฀ engineering฀ background,฀ as฀ well฀ as฀ his฀ experience฀
leading฀a฀major฀natural฀resources฀company,฀coupled฀with฀his฀corporate฀
governance฀expertise.
64 1999
(1)฀ Except฀as฀noted,฀each฀of฀the฀directors฀has฀been฀employed฀by฀his฀or฀her฀present฀employer฀(or฀a฀subsidiary)฀
in฀an฀executive฀capacity฀for฀at฀least฀five฀years.