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Neil R. Austrian

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Office Depot, Inc.

Mr. Austrian has served as a Director of the Company and as Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee since December 2003. He has been a member of the Compensation Committee since February 2008 and was a member of the Audit Committee from February 2009 until February 2011. He has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Office Depot, Inc. since May 2011, where he continues to serve as a Director since 1998. Mr. Austrian was appointed as Interim Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Office Depot, Inc. in October 2004 until March 2005 and again in November 2010 until May 2011. Mr. Austrian served as President and Chief Operating Officer of the National Football League and was a Managing Director of Dillon, Read & Co., Inc.

Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Member of the Compensation Committee

Ralph F. Boyd, Jr.

Strategic Consultant and Interim President and Chief Executive Officer
Center City, PCS. Inc.

Mr. Boyd has served as a Director of the Company and a member of the Audit Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee since December 2003 and as Chairman of the Audit Committee since February 2009. Mr. Boyd is a strategic consultant and Interim President and Chief Executive Officer, Center City, PCS. Inc. He served as the Executive Vice President/ Community Relations of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or Freddie Mac, the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Freddie Mac Foundation, and a Director of the Home Ownership Funding Corporation I and II, two real estate investment trust affiliates of Freddie Mac from February 2005 until February 2012. Prior to that, Mr. Boyd was the General Counsel of Freddie Mac. Earlier in his career, Mr. Boyd was a senior litigation partner in the law firm of Alston & Bird, LLP and an Assistant Attorney General of the United States for Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Justice. He also served a trial partner with the law firm of Goodwin Procter LLP and as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Criminal Division of the Boston U.S. Attorney's Office. Mr. Boyd also served as the United States Member to the United Nations Human Rights Commission's Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination.  Mr. Boyd serves as a director of Sandy Springs Bancorp, Inc. and is the Chairman and Trustee, National Housing Partnership Foundation.

Chair of the Audit Committee
Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

Abelardo E. Bru

Retired Vice Chairman
PepsiCo

Mr. Bru has served as a Director of the Company and as a member of the Audit Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee since May 2013.  Mr. Bru served as Vice Chairman of PepsiCo, Inc. in 2005, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Frito-Lay from 2004 to 2005 and President and Chief Executive Officer, Frito-Lay North America from 1999 to 2004.  From 1980 to 1999, he held numerous positions, including President and General Manager Sabritas in Mexico, a division of Frito-Lay.  In a career spanning over 29 years, Mr. Bru rose from frontline manager to lead PepsiCo’s most profitable business units internationally and in the US.  Mr. Bru serves on the board of Kimberly-Clark Corporation and Kraft Foods Group Inc.

Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

David B. Dillon

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

The Kroger Co.

Mr. Dillon has served as a Director of the Company since March 2011 and as a member of the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee since April 2011. He currently serves as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Kroger Co. He was elected Chairman of the Board of Kroger in 2004, Chief Executive Officer in 2003, President and Chief Operating Officer from 1995 to 1999 and 2000 to 2003 and President in 1999. Mr. Dillon was elected Executive Vice President of Kroger in 1990 and President of Dillon Companies, Inc. in 1986. Mr. Dillon received his undergraduate degree from the University of Kansas in 1973, majoring in accounting and business administration. He earned his J.D. degree in 1976 from Southern Methodist University.

Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

Samuel A. DiPiazza Jr.

Vice Chairman

Institutional Clients Group Citigroup, Inc.

Mr. DiPiazza has served as a Director of the Company since June 2010 and a member of the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee since August 2010. He currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Institutional Clients Group and a member of the Senior Strategic Advisory Group of Citigroup, Inc. since May 2011. He served as Global Chief Executive Officer of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited (PwC) from 2002 to 2009. Mr. DiPiazza began his career with PwC in 1973 and was named partner in 1979, serving as a leading tax partner. From 1979 to 2002, Mr. DiPiazza held various regional leadership roles within PwC's domestic practice, eventually serving as chairman and senior partner of its U.S. operations and as a member of the global leadership team. Mr. DiPiazza serves on the USA Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum, and is a member of the executive council of the Inner-City Scholarship Fund in New York City and a Trustee, National September 11 Memorial.

Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

Dixon R. Doll

Co-Founder and Managing General Partner

DCM

Mr. Doll has served as a Director of the Company and a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee since July 2011. He has been a member of the Compensation Committee since September 2011. Dr. Doll is a cofounder of DCM, an early-state technology venture capital firm, where he has served as a General Partner since its formation in 1996. He recently served as the Chairman of the U.S. National Venture Capital Association for its 2008 - 2009 fiscal year. He was also a cofounder of the global venture capital industry's first fund focused exclusively on telecommunications opportunities at Accel Partners. Dr. Doll serves as a director of several privately held companies. Additionally, he has served as a director of Neutral Tandem (NASDAQ: TNDM) from its founding until 2010. He is also an Advisory Board Member of the Stanford Economic Policy Research Institute, an Overseer of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.

Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Member of the Compensation Committee

Charles R. Lee

Retired Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer

Verizon Communications, Inc.

Mr. Lee has served as a Director of the Company and a member of the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee since December 2003 and as Chairman of the Compensation Committee since February 2006. Mr. Lee served as the non-executive Chairman of Verizon Communications, Inc and previously, as Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Verizon. Previously, Mr. Lee served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GTE Corporation. Currently, he serves on the Board of Directors of United States Steel Corporation and Marathon Petroleum Corporation. He is Trustee Emeritus and Presidential Councilor of Cornell University and serves on the Board of Overseers for the Weill Cornell Medical College.

Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Chair of the Compensation Committee

Peter A. Lund

Private Investor and Former President and Chief Executive Officer

CBS, Inc.

Mr. Lund has served as a Director of the Company and a member of the Compensation Committee since 2000. He has serves on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee since February 2011 and served on the Audit Committee from 2000 until May 2013. Mr. Lund is a private investor and media consultant. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer – CBS, Inc., and President and Chief Executive Officer – CBS Television and Cable. In a career spanning 20 years at CBS, Mr. Lund held numerous positions including President – CBS Broadcasting Group, President – CBS Sports, President – CBS Television Stations and President – CBS Television Network. Mr. Lund serves as a director of Crown Media Holdings, Inc. and Emmis Communications Corporation.

Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Member of the Compensation Committee

Nancy S. Newcomb

Retired Senior Corporate Officer

Citigroup Inc.

Ms. Newcomb has served as a Director of the Company and as a member of Audit Committee since February 2006. She has been a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee since February 2008. Ms. Newcomb served as a senior corporate officer, risk management, of Citigroup. Prior to that, she served as a customer group executive, a division executive for Latin America, and as the principal financial officer responsible for liquidity, funding and capital management of Citicorp (the predecessor corporation). She is a member of the Board of Directors of Sysco Corporation. Ms. Newcomb is also a Trustee for Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Chair Emeritus, New York Historical Society and Trustee Emeritus Connecticuit College.

Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

Lorrie Norrington

Independant Advisor and Investor Former President, eBay Marketplaces

eBay, Inc.

Ms. Norrington has served as a Director of the Company and as a member of the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee since February 2011. From July 2008 until September 2010, she served as President of eBay Marketplaces, eBay, Inc., the world's leading online marketplace. In addition, Ms. Norrington served as Chief Operating Officer of eBay Marketplaces from January 2008 to July 2008, leading the operation of eBay's global network of Internet sites. She served as President of eBay International in Europe and Asia-Pacific from June 2006 until January 2008. Prior to joining eBay, Ms. Norrington served from July 2005 to July 2006 as President and CEO of Shopping.com, Inc., an online shopping comparison site acquired in 2006 by eBay. Prior to that, Ms. Norrington served as executive vice president in the office of the CEO of Intuit Inc., a business and financial management software company, from August 2001 to March 2005. Prior to joining Intuit, Ms. Norrington served in a variety of executive positions at General Electric Company over a twenty-year period, working in a broad range of industries and businesses. Ms. Norrington currently serves on the boards of Autodesk, Inc. and TaskRabbit.

Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Member of the Compensation Committee

Michael White

Chairman, President & CEO

DIRECTV

Mr. White is the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer and has served as a Director since November 18, 2009. He served on the Board of Directors and as Vice Chairman of PepsiCo from March 2006 to November 30, 2009 and as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo International from February 2003 to November 30, 2009. From 2000 to 2003, Mr. White served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Frito-Lay's Europe/Africa/Middle East division. From 1998 to 2000, Mr. White was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of PepsiCo. Mr. White has also served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of PepsiCo Foods International and Chief Financial Officer of Frito-Lay North America. He joined Frito-Lay in 1990 as Vice President of Planning. Mr. White is also a director of Whirlpool Corporation.