Legal Proceedings
−Removed: time, claims are
−Removed: asserted against the
−Removed: Company arising out
−Removed: of operations in
−Removed: litigation that
+Added: asserted against
+Added: of operations
likely to have a
−Removed: material adverse effect on the
−Removed: Company’s financial position, results
−Removed: of operations or cash
−Removed: See Note 16, “Commitments and Contingencies,” for more information.
+Added: material adverse effect on
+Added: the Company’s
+Added: financial position, results of
+Added: operations or cash
+Added: See Note 15, “Commitments and Contingencies,” for more
Executive Officers of the Registrant:
−Removed: The executive officers of the Company and their ages as of March 29, 2021 are
+Added: The executive officers of the Company and their ages as of March 23, 2022
+Added: are as follows:
Cato............................
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
−Removed: Howe ..............................
+Added: Knight........................
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
−Removed: Gordon Smith ..............................
+Added: ..............................
+Added: Executive Vice President
+Added: ..............................
Executive Vice President, Chief Real Estate and
Store Development Officer
−Removed: Company since
director of the Company since 1986.
−Removed: Since January 2004, he
−Removed: has served as Chairman, President and Chief
+Added: Since January 2004,
+Added: he has served as Chairman, President and Chief
Executive Officer.
−Removed: May 1999 to January 2004,
−Removed: he served as President, Vice
−Removed: Chairman of the Board
+Added: From May 1999 to
+Added: January 2004, he served
+Added: as President, Vice
+Added: Chairman of the
and Chief Executive Officer.
−Removed: From June 1997 to May 1999, he
−Removed: served as President, Vice Chairman of
−Removed: Board and Chief Operating
−Removed: August 1996 to June
−Removed: 1997, he served as
−Removed: Vice Chairman
−Removed: Board and Chief
+Added: From June 1997 to May 1999,
+Added: he served as President, Vice
+Added: Chairman of the
+Added: Chief Operating Officer.
+Added: From August 1996
+Added: 1997, he served
+Added: Chairman of the
Operating Officer.
−Removed: 1996, he managed
−Removed: the Company’s
−Removed: off-price concept,
Executive Vice
President and
−Removed: Fashion concept
−Removed: former director of
+Added: General Manager
Harris Teeter
−Removed: Supermarkets, Inc., formerly
+Added: Supermarkets, Inc.,
Ruddick Corporation.
−Removed: has been employed
−Removed: Company since 1986.
−Removed: Since September 2008,
−Removed: served as Executive
−Removed: Vice President,
−Removed: Chief Financial Officer.
−Removed: From June 2007
−Removed: until September 2008,
−Removed: served as Senior
−Removed: Vice President,
−Removed: 2007, he served
−Removed: President, Assistant
−Removed: From 1997 to 1999, he served as Assistant Vice President, Budgets and Planning.
−Removed: Director, Budgets
−Removed: and Planning.
−Removed: 1995, he served
−Removed: as Assistant Tax
−Removed: From 1986 to 1990, Mr.
−Removed: Howe held various positions within the finance area.
+Added: has been employed as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer by the
+Added: Executive Vice
+Added: President, Chief Financial
+Added: Officer from 2019
+Added: served in various
+Added: roles with Toys
+Added: “R” Us for 28
+Added: years, including as Senior Vice
+Added: President, Corporate Controller from 2010
has been employed by the Company since 1986.
−Removed: Since July 2011, he
−Removed: has served as
+Added: Since January 2022 he has served
Executive Vice
−Removed: President, Chief Real
−Removed: Estate and Store
−Removed: Development Officer.
+Added: Executive Vice
+Added: President, Controller.
+Added: From 1999 to 2007,
+Added: he served as Vice
+Added: President, Assistant Controller.
+Added: as Assistant Vice
+Added: President, Budgets and
+Added: Director, Budgets and Planning.
+Added: From 1990 to 1995, he served as
+Added: Assistant Tax Manager.
+Added: Howe held various positions within the finance area.
+Added: has been employed by the
+Added: Company since 1989.
+Added: Executive Vice
+Added: President, Chief
+Added: Store Development
From February
−Removed: July 2011 Mr.
−Removed: Smith served as Senior Vice
+Added: as Senior Vice
President, Real Estate.
−Removed: 1989 to February 2008,
+Added: October 1989 to
+Added: February 2008,
Smith served as Assistant Vice President, Corporate Real Estate.
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