Sears Culture d’entreprise

Mr. Michael A. Miles was a Special Limited Partner at Forstmann Little & Co. Mr. Miles served as the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Philip Morris Companies Inc. (now named Altria Group, Inc.), from September 1991 until July 1994. Prior to assuming that position, he served as the Vice Chairman and a Member of the Board of Directors of Philip Morris Companies Inc. and the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Kraft Foods Inc., positions he held from December 1989. He serves as Director of Sears, Roebuck and Co. He serves as a Director of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co. He has been a Director of Dell Computer Corp. since February 1995. He has been a Director of American Airlines Group Inc. since 2000 and Morgan Stanley since January 1995. He has been a Director of Dell Singapore Pte. Ltd since February 1995. He serves as a Director of American Airlines, Inc. He served as a Director of Time Warner since 1995. Mr. Miles served as a Director of Allstate Corp. from 1993 until May 2004. He served as a Director of Exult Inc. from 1999 until May 6, 2004. He served as a Director of Dean Witter, Discover & Co. from February 1993 to May 1994 and again from January 1995 to May 1997. He served as a Director of Community Health Systems Inc. from 1997 to May 2004 and also served as a Director of The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. He served as an Independent Director of Time Warner Inc. since January 2001. Mr. Miles served as a Member of the Advisory Board at Forstmann Little & Co.

Ms. Kristine K. Crow has been Senior Vice President of Financial Services at Sears, Roebuck & Co. since May 2004. Ms. Crow served as Senior Vice President and General Manager, Financial Services of Sears Holdings Corporation since May 2004. She served as Vice President, Customer Relationship Management of Sears Roebuck & Co. from December 2000 to April 2004.

Mr. Gerald F. Kelly has been Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President of Procurement & Continuous Improvement at Sears, Roebuck & Co., since June 2004 and October 2002, respectively. Mr. Kelly joined Sears as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer in October 2002. Mr. Kelly served as Senior Vice President of Logistics, Information Systems and Technology at Payless Shoesource, Inc., from 1996 to 2001.

Mr. Robert J. OLeary has been the Senior Vice President of Public Relations, Communications and Government Affairs at Sears Roebuck & Co. since July 2003. Mr. OLeary served as Senior Vice President of Global Communications at The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., a manufacturer and Distributor of Engineered rubber products and chemicals from 2002 to 2003. Mr. OLeary was a Seed Investor and board member of several startup business groups from 2000 to 2002, primarily responsible for marketing, branding and communications strategy. Mr. OLeary served as General Manager of Global Public Affairs for Mobil Corporation, a global energy and petrochemical company from 1995 to 1999.