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Item 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
None.
Item 4A. EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
The following table sets forth the name, age (as of the date of this filing) and position of our current executive
officers:
Name Age Position
Cheryl A. Bachelder . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Chief Executive Officer
Ralph W. Bower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 President-U.S.
H. Melville Hope, III . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Richard H. Lynch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Chief Brand Experience Officer
Harold M. Cohen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Administrative
Officer and Corporate Secretary
Andrew Skehan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Chief Operating Officer-International
Cheryl A. Bachelder, age 57, has served as our Chief Executive Officer since November 2007. She has served as a
member of the Board of Directors since November 2006 and also serves on the Procter & Gamble APFI Advisory
Board, since 2009, as well as the Board of Directors for Pier 1Imports, since November 2012. She also served on the
True Value Corporation Board of Directors, from 2006 –2013 and the National Restaurant Association Board, May
2009 – December 2012. Ms. Bachelder served as the President and Chief Concept Officer of KFC Corporation in
Louisville, Kentucky from January 2001 to September 2003.
Ralph W. Bower, age 51, has served as our President –U.S. since March of 2012. Mr. Bower served as our Chief
Operating Officer U.S. from March 2009 to February 2012. From February 2008 to March 2009, Mr. Bower served as
our Chief Operations Officer. From 2006 to 2008, Mr. Bower was the KFC operations leader responsible for more than
1,300 KFC franchised restaurants in the western United States. Prior to this position, he led KFC company operations
in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. From 2002 to 2003 Mr. Bower directed the guest satisfaction function for
KFC. Before joining KFC, Mr. Bower was employed by Western Ohio Pizza, a franchisee of Domino’sPizza, overseeing
operations in Dayton, OH, and Indianapolis, IN. Mr. Bower began his restaurant career with the second largest Domino’s
franchise organization, Team Washington, where he was a regional director.
H. Melville Hope, III, age 52, has served as our Chief Financial Officer since December 2005. From February 2004
until December 2005, Mr. Hope served as our Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer. From April
2003 to February 2004, Mr. Hope was our Vice President of Finance. Prior to joining the Company,he was Chief
Financial Officer for First Cambridge HCI Acquisitions, LLC, a real estate investment firm, located in Birmingham,
Alabama. From 1984 to 2002, Mr. Hope was an accounting, auditing and business advisory professional for
PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP in Atlanta, Georgia, in Savannah, Georgia and in Houston, Texas where he was admitted
to the partnership in 1998.
Richard H. Lynch, age 59, was appointed as Chief Brand Experience Officer in January 2014. From January 2012
to January 2014, Mr. Lynch served as Chief Global Brand Officer. From March 2008 to January 2012, Mr. Lynch served
as our Chief Marketing Officer following his consultancy as interim CMO. Mr. Lynch served as Principal of Go LLC,
amarketing consulting firm specializing in restaurant and food retail from July 2003 to February 2008, where he
developed brand strategy and innovation plans for concepts including Burger King, Ruby Tuesday, and Buffalo Wild
Wings. From November 1982 to June 2003, Mr. Lynch served as Executive Vice President at Campbell Mithun
Advertising where he led the development of strategy and positioning for brands such as Domino’s Pizza, Martha
Stewart Everyday and Betty Crocker.
Harold M. Cohen, age 50, has served as our Senior Vice President of Legal Affairs, Corporate Secretary and General
Counsel since September 2005. Mr. Cohen has served as our Chief Administrative Officer since May 2008. Mr. Cohen