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Item 3. Legal Proceedings

2024-02-21 compared with 2023-02-15 · 37 added, 59 removed, 72 unchanged (57% of the section changed)

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Name Age Title

Ravichandra K.

Saligram 66 Chief Executive Officer

Christopher H.

Peterson 56 President

Peterson 57 President and Chief Executive Officer

Erceg 54 Chief Financial Officer

Turner 51 Chief Legal and Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary

Parsons 58 Chief Human Resources Officer

Platt 50 Chief Human Resources Officer

Geller 51 President, e-Commerce and Digital

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Melanie Huet 48 President, Brand Management and Innovation

Malkoski 62 Segment CEO, Learning & Development

Dennis Senovich 61 Chief Supply Chain Officer

McDermott 53 Segment CEO, Home & Commercial Solutions

Pisani 56 Segment CEO, Outdoor & Recreation

* On February 10, 2023, the Company announced that Christopher H.

Peterson has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer, effective after the Company's 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 16, 2023.

Ravichandra K.

Saligram will retire as the Company's Chief Executive Officer, effective May 16, 2023.

Ravichandra K.

Saligram has served as Chief Executive Officer of the Company and as a member of the Company's Board of Directors since October 2019.

He also served as President of the Company between October 2019 and May 5, 2022.

Prior to joining the Company, Mr.

Saligram was Chief Executive Officer and Director of Ritchie Bros.

Auctioneers Incorporated, the world’s largest onsite/online industrial equipment auctioneer, from July 2014 until July 2019.

From November 2010 until November 2013, Mr.

Saligram was Chief Executive Officer, President, and a member of the Board of Directors of OfficeMax Inc., an omnichannel provider of workplace products, services and solutions where he oversaw the historic 2013 merger of OfficeMax and Office Depot.

From 2003 through November 2010, Mr.

Saligram served in executive management positions with ARAMARK, a global provider of food services, facilities management and uniforms, including as President of ARAMARK International, Chief Globalization Officer and Executive Vice President of ARAMARK.

From 1994 through 2002, Mr.

Saligram served in various capacities for the InterContinental Hotels Group, a global hospitality company, including as President of Brands and Franchise for North America;

Chief Marketing Officer and Managing Director, Global Strategy;

President, International;

and President, Asia Pacific.

Earlier in his career, Mr.

Saligram held various general and brand management roles at S.C.

Johnson & Son, Inc., a consumer products company.

Saligram began his career at Leo Burnett, an advertising firm.

He has served on the Board of Directors of Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

Malkoski 63 Segment CEO, Learning & Development

Nicolas Duran 48 Segment CEO, Outdoor & Recreation

Christopher H.

Peterson has been President of the Company since May 5, 2022.

Peterson has been Chief Executive Officer of the Company since May 16, 2023 and President since May 5, 2022.

He served as Chief Financial Officer of the Company between December 2018 and January 2023.

Peterson recently served as President, Business Operations from February 2020 to May 5, 2022.

Peterson also served as President, Business Operations from February 2020 to May 5, 2022.

He also served as Interim Chief Executive Officer from June 28, 2019 until October 2, 2019.

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Prior to this role, he served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary from March 2015 to March 2016.

Turner joined the Company in 2004 and has served

in various legal roles including Vice President and Deputy General Counsel from October 2011 to March 2015, and Group Vice President & General Counsel, Office Products, from June 2007 to October 2011.

Parsons has served as Chief Human Resources Officer of the Company since October 2019.

Prior to joining the Company, Mr.

Parsons served as Global Operating Partner, Z Capital Partners, the private equity fund management arm of Z Capital Group since 2016.

Prior to that, he served as Chief Human Resources Officer at Stage Stores, Inc.

from 2014 to 2016 and as Global Chief Human Resources Officer at OfficeMax from 2011 to 2014.

Earlier in his career, Mr.

Parsons held a variety of senior human resources roles at Rite Aid Corporation, Sears Holdings Corporation and Whirlpool Corporation.

Turner joined the Company in 2004 and has served in various legal roles including Vice President and Deputy General Counsel from October 2011 to March 2015, and Group Vice President & General Counsel, Office Products, from June 2007 to October 2011.

Platt has served as Chief Human Resources Officer of the Company since December 2023.

Prior to joining the Company, she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of Cerner Corporation, a health care information technology company, from July 2019 to August 2022.

Prior to that, Ms.

Platt held various human resource leadership roles within Fortune 500 companies between 2009 and 2019 at Medtronic, a medical equipment manufacturer, including Vice President of Human Resources and integration leader during Medtronic’s $50 billion acquisition of Covidien.

Earlier in her career, Ms.

Platt also held human resources leadership positions at Cardinal Health, Lands’ End, and GE Healthcare.

Geller has served as President, e-Commerce and Digital of the Company since April 2021.

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Huet served in various sales and marketing leadership roles at Unilever, a global consumer packaged goods company, between 2005 and 2011.

Malkoski was appointed Segment CEO, Learning and Development of the Company in January 2023.

She served as Business Unit CEO, Writing of the Company from April 2022 through January 2023 and Business Unit CEO, Food of the Company from February 2020 through January 2023.

Prior to joining the Company, from April 2019 to January 2020, Ms.

Malkoski was Chief Executive Officer, Americas, for Arc International, a global manufacturer of glassware products for the housewares industry, where she was responsible for housewares sales, marketing, manufacturing and distribution across North and South America.

From January 2015 to August 2017, Ms.

Malkoski served as President, Global Business and Chief Commercial Officer for World Kitchen, a privately owned international housewares company, where she oversaw operations for its retail stores, and, previously, from June 2012 to January 2015, as President, North America, Chief Innovation Officer, and President North America Household for World Kitchen.

Prior thereto, Ms.

Malkoski served as Vice President and General Manager of the Craftsman division of Sears Holding Company and in various other management roles at Sears, Ubiquity Brands and Procter & Gamble.

From 1997 to 2002, Ms.

Malkoski founded and served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Pharmaceutical Corporation of America, the first contract product management company for the prescription drug industry.

Huet serves on the Board of Directors of Quad/Graphics, Inc.

Dennis Senovich has served as Chief Supply Chain Officer of the Company since April 2019.

He was the Global Head of Procurement of the Company from August 2017 to March 2019.

Prior to joining the Company, Mr.

Senovich served as President of a privately held third-party logistics company from 2011 to 2016.

He held leadership roles from 2006 to 2011, within Nestlé as Executive Vice President of Supply Chain for Prepared Foods and Executive Vice President of Supply Chain for Ice Cream.

He spent the bulk of his career, from 1984 to 2006, within PepsiCo North America in Supply Chain leadership roles across brand portfolios such as Frito Lay, Quaker, Tropicana and Gatorade.

McDermott was appointed Segment CEO, Home and Commercial Solutions of the Company in January 2023.

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Chief Merchandising Officer from 2014 to 2016;

and Senior Vice President from 2013-2014.

and Senior Vice President from 2013 to 2014.

Prior to working with Lowe's Companies Inc., Mr.

McDermott held various management roles at General Electric Company.

Pisani was appointed Segment CEO, Outdoor and Recreation of the Company in January 2023.

He served as Business Unit CEO, Outdoor and Recreation of the Company from May 2020 through January 2023.

Malkoski was appointed Segment CEO, Learning and Development of the Company in January 2023.

She served as Business Unit CEO, Writing of the Company from April 2022 through January 2023 and Business Unit CEO, Food of the Company from February 2020 through January 2023.

Prior to joining the Company, from April 2019 to January 2020, Ms.

From January 2015 to August 2017, Ms.

Prior thereto, Ms.

Malkoski served as Vice President and General Manager of the Craftsman division of Sears Holding Company and in various other management roles at Sears, Ubiquity Brands and Procter & Gamble.

From 1997 to 2002, Ms.

Malkoski founded and served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Pharmaceutical Corporation of America, the first contract product management company for the prescription drug industry.

Malkoski serves on the Board of Directors of The Aaron’s Company, Inc.

Nicolas Duran was appointed Segment CEO, Outdoor and Recreation of the Company in January 2024.

Prior to joining the Company Mr.

Pisani served as Global Brand President of Timberland LLC from August 2016 to April 2020 and on the executive leadership team at VF Corporation, a global apparel and footwear company, from August 2018 to April 2020, where he was responsible for the oversight and strategic direction of the Timberland brand worldwide.

Prior to his work at Timberland LLC, Mr.

Pisani served as President of VF Corporation's Licensed Sports Group from July 2008 to August 2016.

Previously, Mr.

Pisani served in various capacities at Kraft Foods and at PepsiCo, where he was Vice President of Business Development.

Duran held several leadership roles from March 2012 to December 2023, at Dorel Industries Inc., a global manufacturer of juvenile and home products, including Group Chief Operating Officer, South America;

President, Canada and Latin America, Dorel Juvenile and most recently, President and CEO, Juvenile Group.

Duran started his career at Reebok International, which was acquired by the Adidas Group, where he spent 14 years, from 1998 to 2012, in various roles of increasing responsibility in marketing, operations and sales, including serving as Vice President, Latin America, Reebok Brand, and Vice President, Americas and Europe, the Middle East and Africa Distribution, Rockport Brand.

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