People: Dover Saddlery Inc (DOVR.W)


DOVR.W on CBOE When Trading NASDAQ Global Select Market

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28 Mar 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Stephen Day

 66 1998 Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer, Treasurer

David Pearce

 53 2010 Chief Financial Officer

William Schmidt

 62 2010 Chief Operating Officer, Vice President

Jonathan Grylls

 47 2010 Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer, Secretary, Director

Kevin Albert

 2010 Independent Director

John Mitchell

 63 2006 Independent Director

Gregory Mulligan

 58 2004 Independent Director

David Powers

 62 1998 Independent Director

James Powers

 62 1998 Independent Director
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Biographies

Name Description

Stephen Day

 Mr. Stephen L. Day is Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer, Treasurer of Dover Saddlery, Inc., since 1998. In addition, Mr. Day has various positions in Dover Saddlery subsidiaries. Mr. Day previously was the controlling member of EquiSearch.com LLC, a Internet equine content site. Prior to his acquisition of EquiSearch, he was the Chief Executive Officer of State Line Tack, Inc. from 1991 until the acquisition of State Line by PetSmart, Inc. He holds an MBA from Harvard University and a BS in Industrial Management from Purdue University. As an avid equestrian, he has founded two riding schools and trained many young horses to become show horses.

David Pearce

 Mr. David R. Pearce is Chief Financial Officer of Dover Saddlery, Inc., since August 20, 2010. Prior to joining Dover as CFO, Mr. Pearce served as a member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Audit Committee from May 2009 to August 2010, at which point he resigned to assume the CFO position at the Company. From February 2003 to June 2009, Mr. Pearce served as a trustee and chairman of the Audit Committee for Kensington Funds, a mutual fund complex investing in real estate securities. In 2008, he was appointed chairman of the board of trustees of Kensington Funds. He also served as COO and CFO of Weston Nurseries, Inc. from 2004 through 2007 and for Superior Cake Products in 2009 and as CFO of Tweeter Opco, LLC during 2008 and of State Line Tack, Inc. prior to its sale to Petsmart, Inc., where he also served on its board of directors. From October 2009 through July 2010, Mr. Pearce consulted for Riemer & Braunstein, a Boston law firm. Over the past six years, Mr. Pearce has provided executive management and financial turnaround services for various companies, including the following: (i) from January to November 2008, he was hired as Chief Financial Officer of Tweeter Opco, LLC in an effort to restructure Tweeter whose assets had been purchased out of bankruptcy in 2007. Tweeter Opco subsequently filed a petition under Chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy laws in November 2008; (ii) Mr. Pearce was a director and corporate secretary of Tatleaux Antiques Holdings, Inc., when in March 2008 it filed petitions under Chapters 11 and then 7 of the federal bankruptcy laws; and (iiii) from April 2004 to December 2007, Mr. Pearce was the CFO of Weston Nurseries, Inc., and elected COO in December 2005. Mr. Pearce holds a MBA from the Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley and a BA from Brown University.

William Schmidt

 Mr. William G. Schmidt is Chief Operating Officer, Vice President of Dover Saddlery, Inc. He has been Chief Operating Officer since June 2010 and prior to that was Vice President of Operations since 2001. Since 2006, Mr. Schmidt has also served as President and Director of Dover Saddlery, Inc (a Massachusetts corporation) d/b/a Nashoba Valley Fulfillment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Prior to joining Dover, Mr. Schmidt held senior positions with catalog companies Duncraft, Bay Country Wood Crafts and Garden Way, and established the direct marketing division of Eastern Mountain Sports. Mr. Schmidt previously worked at State Line Tack, Inc. from 1991 to 1997 in various positions including Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operations Officer, Vice President and General Manager. He has served as President of the New England Mail Order Association and on the Board of Advisors for the National Catalog Conference and the National Catalog Operations Forum. He holds a BS in Accounting from Bentley College.

Jonathan Grylls

 Mr. Jonathan A.R. Grylls is Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer, Secretary, Director of Dover Saddlery, Inc. He has been Chief Strategy Officer since June 2010 and a member of the Board of Directors since 1998. Mr. Grylls was Chief Operating Officer from 1998 to June 2010 at which time he resigned as Chief Operating Officer and was appointed to the position of Chief Strategy Officer. Mr. Grylls currently serves as Vice President and Secretary. Prior to joining Dover, Mr. Grylls was Chief Operating Officer of Equestrian Products Corporation, a distributor of equestrian products, and held various other positions in MIS, sales, credit and operations at Eisers, the predecessor to Equestrian Products Corp. He previously was Vice President of Merchandising at State Line Tack, Inc. from 1992 until 1996. Mr. Grylls graduated from the University of Manchester’s Institute of Science and Technology with a BS with Joint Honors in Mathematics and Management Sciences.

Kevin Albert

 Mr. Kevin K. Albert is Independent Director of Dover Saddlery, Inc., since 2010. Mr. Albert currently serves as Managing Director of Pantheon (US) LLC, a private equity fund-of-funds manager, which is registered as an investment advisor with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Prior to joining Pantheon in 2010, Mr. Albert had served as a Managing Director of Elevation Partners, a private equity firm, since 2005, and previously had been employed at Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., since 1981 most recently serving as Managing Director, Head of Global Private Equity Placements, since 1993. Kevin has a BA and an MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles.

John Mitchell

 Mr. John W. Mitchell is Independent Director of Dover Saddlery Inc., since November 2006. Mr. Mitchell currently serves as Vice President and General Counsel of Aavid Thermal Products, Inc. (Aavid), a thermal engineering company headquartered in Concord, New Hampshire. For the past 11 years, Mr. Mitchell has co-led the corporate development function at Aavid and a group of public and private Aavid affiliates, with a particular focus in corporate governance, corporate finance, investor relations, mergers and acquisitions, commercial, compliance and legal. Previously, Mr. Mitchell practiced business law as a senior partner with Sulloway & Hollis, of Concord, New Hampshire.

Gregory Mulligan

 Mr. Gregory F. Mulligan is Independent Director of Dover Saddlery, Inc., since 2004. Since 2006, Mr. Mulligan has served as a General Partner of BCA Mezzanine Fund, L.P., a mezzanine investing company. He is also a Partner of Bay Capital Advisors, LLC, an investment banking company. From 1996 to 2002, Mr. Mulligan worked as Managing Director at Citizens Capital, Inc., a mezzanine and equity investing company.

David Powers

 Mr. David J. Powers is Independent Director of Dover Saddlery, Inc., since 1998. Mr. Powers co-founded Dover Saddlery in 1975 and held various positions there until 1998, including Vice President of Operations. He assumed responsibility for the development of Dover’s catalog business in 1982. Mr. Powers is a former member of the United States Equestrian Team. He holds a BA from the University of Pennsylvania.

James Powers

 Mr. James F. Powers is Independent Director of Dover Saddlery, Inc., since 1998. He was a founder and President of Dover Saddlery from 1975 until 1998. Mr. Powers has served as a member of the Board of Directors since 1998. He is a former member of both the United States Equestrian Team and the 1972 U.S. Olympic Team. Mr. Powers is a current member of the USET Foundation Gold Medal Club and an active rider. He attended Babson College.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total

Stephen Day

 526,548

David Pearce

 --

William Schmidt

 353,143

Jonathan Grylls

 349,676

Kevin Albert

 --

John Mitchell

 --

Gregory Mulligan

 --

David Powers

 --

James Powers

 --
As Of 30 Dec 2011

Options Compensation

Name Options Value

Stephen Day

 262,563 690,174

David Pearce

 0 0

William Schmidt

 42,082 127,674

Jonathan Grylls

 150,143 383,911

Kevin Albert

 0 0

John Mitchell

 0 0

Gregory Mulligan

 0 0

David Powers

 0 0

James Powers

 0 0

Insider Trading

Name Shares Traded Price

SCHMIDT WILLIAM G

 2,644 $1.24

SCHMIDT WILLIAM G

 2,644 $1.24

SCHMIDT WILLIAM G

 2,644 $1.24

SCHMIDT WILLIAM G

 2,644 $1.24
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