TJX Companies Inc.

Ms. Meyrowitz has been Chief Executive Officer of TJX since January 2007, a director since September 2006 and President since October 2005. She served as Senior Executive Vice President of TJX from 2004 until January 2005, Executive Vice President of TJX from 2001 to 2004 and President of The Marmaxx Group from 2001 to January 2005. From January 2005 until October 2005, she was employed in an advisory role for TJX and consulted for Berkshire Partners LLC, a private equity firm. From 1987 to 2001, she held various senior management positions with The Marmaxx Group and with Chadwick’s of Boston and Hit or Miss, former divisions of TJX. Ms. Meyrowitz is also a director of Amscan Holdings, Inc. and Staples, Inc.

Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative and Business Development Officer, TJX since June 2007. Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer, TJX September 2006 to June 2007. Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, TJX from March 2004 to September 2006, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of TJX effective February 2, 2004. Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Big Lots, Inc. from 2001 to January 2004. Senior Vice President, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer of Dade Behring, Inc. from 2000 to 2001. Vice President, Controller of The Limited, Inc., from 1998 to 2000.

Senior Executive Vice President, TJX since January 2007 and President, Marmaxx since January 2005. Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Marmaxx from 2004 to 2005. Executive Vice President, Merchandising, Marmaxx from 2001 to 2004. Senior Vice President, Merchandising from 1998 to 2001. Vice President, General Merchandise Manager from 1996 to 1998. Vice President, Senior Merchandise Manager from 1995 to 1996. Various merchandising positions with TJX, 1989 to 1995.

Senior Executive Vice President, Group President, TJX since January 2007. Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Marmaxx from 2005 to January 2007. President, HomeGoods, from 2000 to 2005. Executive Vice President, Store Operations, Human Resources and Distribution Services, Marmaxx from 1996 to 2000.

Senior Executive Vice President, Group President, Europe, since January 2007. President, T.K. Maxx since 2001. Senior Vice President, Merchandising and Marketing, T.K. Maxx from 1999 to 2001. Various merchandising positions with T.K. Maxx from 1993 to 1999.

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Mr. Cammarata has been Chairman of the Board of TJX since 1999. Mr. Cammarata served as Acting Chief Executive Officer of TJX from September 2005 to January 2007. He also led TJX and its former TJX subsidiary and T.J. Maxx Division from the organization of the business in 1976 until 2000, including serving as Chief Executive Officer and President of TJX, Chairman and President of TJX’s T.J. Maxx Division, and Chairman of The Marmaxx Group.

Mr. Bennett served as Interim CEO of H&R Block, Inc. from November 2007 through July 2008. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Aetna, Inc. (a leading provider of health, dental, group life, disability and long-term care benefits), 2001-2007; Vice President and Corporate Controller, Aetna, Inc.,1998-2001; Vice President and Director of Internal Audit, Aetna, Inc., 1997-1998; and Chief Financial Officer, Aetna Business Resources, 1995-1997. Mr.Bennett graduated from Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania in 1972. He is also a director of Halliburton Company and TJX Companies, Inc.

Ms. Lane was Managing Director, Investment Banking Group, of Merrill Lynch from 1997 until her retirement in February 2002. From 1989 through 1996, Ms. Lane served as a Managing Director, Corporate Finance, of Salomon Brothers in New York. Ms. Lane served as a director of the Company from August 1995 until March 1999, and was once again elected a director in October 2001.Ms. Lane is also a director of The TJX Companies, Inc., a global off-price retailer of apparel and home fashions.

Mr. Ching has been Senior Vice President and the Chief Information Officer for Safeway Inc., a food and drug retailer, since 1994. Previously, Mr. Ching was the General Manager for British American Consulting Group, a software and consulting firm focusing on the distribution and retail industry. He also worked for Lucky Stores, Inc., a subsidiary of American Stores Company from 1979 to 1993, and was the Senior Vice President of Information Systems in the last five years.

Mr. Wiley has been a principal in PRWT Services, Inc., a technology-oriented products and services firm, since 1996 and served as its Executive Vice President and General Counsel until September 2008. Since 2003, Mr. Wiley has been of counsel to the law firm Bingham McCutchen LLP. Previously, Mr. Wiley was of counsel to the law firm Schnader Harrison Goldstein & Manello and a partner of the law firms Goldstein & Manello and Fitch, Wiley, Richlin & Tourse, P.C.

Mr. O'Brien retired in 2002 as the Chief Executive Officer of Allmerica Financial Corporation, a public insurance company. In addition to serving on our Board of Directors, he is a director of Cabot Corporation, a global specialty chemicals corporation, The TJX Companies, Inc., a discount retailer of apparel and home fashions, Abiomed, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of cardiovascular products, and a family of mutual funds managed by Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, an investment management advisory firm. From August 1989 to November 2002, Mr. O'Brien was President and Chief Executive Officer of Allmerica Financial Corporation. From 1968 to 1989, Mr. O'Brien held several positions at Fidelity Investments, including Group Managing Director of FMR Corporation (from 1986 to 1989), Chairman of Institutional Services Company (from 1986 to 1989) and Chairman of Brokerage Services, Inc. (from 1984 to 1989).

Mr. Alvarez has been a member of the faculty of the Harvard Business School since February 2009. Previously, from 2001 through 2008, Mr. Alvarez was an executive with Ahold, NV, a Dutch supermarket retail company and Stop & Shop/Giant-Landover, its U.S. subsidiary. From August 2008 through December 2008, Mr. Alvarez was the Global Executive Vice President for Business Development for Ahold. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Alvarez was President and Chief Executive Officer of Stop & Shop/Giant-Landover beginning in April 2006. Mr. Alvarez also served as Executive Vice President, Supply Chain and Logistics from 2004 to 2006, Senior Vice President, Logistics from 2002 to 2004 and Vice President, Strategic Initiatives prior to 2002. Mr. Alvarez began his career in supermarket retail management at the Jewel Food Stores subsidiary of American Stores Company in 1990. Mr. Alvarez is also a director of United Rentals, Inc.

Mr. Shapiro has been the Vice Chairman of Klingenstein, Fields & Co., L.L.C., an investment advisory business, since 1997. Mr. Shapiro was also President of RFS & Associates, Inc., an investment and consulting firm, from 1988 to 2004 and was formerly Co-Chairman of Wertheim Schroder & Co. Incorporated and President of Wertheim & Co., Inc., investment banking firms. Mr. Shapiro is also a trustee of The Burnham Fund, Inc. and a director of Genaera Corporation.

Ms. Shire has been an executive consultant with Orchard Consulting Group since 1994, specializing in leadership development and strategic problem solving. Previously, she was Chairperson for the Computer Systems Public Policy Project within the National Academy of Science. She also held various positions at Digital Equipment Corporation, a computer hardware manufacturer, for 18 years, including Vice President and Officer, Health Industries Business Unit. Ms. Shire is also a director of Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation.