People: Empire Company Ltd (EMPa.TO)

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Robert Dexter

 61 2004 Independent Chairman of the Board

Donald Sobey

 77 2004 Non-Independent Chairman Emeritus

Paul Sobey

 55 1998 President, Chief Executive Officer, Non-Independent Director

Paul Beesley

 2007 Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President

Marc Poulin

 2012 President and Chief Executive Officer of Sobeys Inc; Director

Jason Potter

 2011 President, Sobeys Multi Format Operations

Stewart Mahoney

 Vice President, Treasury and Investor Relations

Frank Sobey

 59 2007 Vice President - Real Estate, Non Independent Director

Paul Jewer

 2011 Chief Financial Officer of Sobeys

Francois Vimard

 2011 Executive Vice President of Sobeys Inc.

Karin McCaskill

 2007 Corporate Secretary; Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of Sobeys

David Sobey

 81 1963 Non-Independent Director

Karl Sobey

 57 2001 Non-Independent Director

Robert Sobey

 45 1998 Non-Independent Director

Marcel Cote

 2007 Independent Director

David Ferguson

 67 2007 Independent Director

Edward Harsant

 67 2003 Independent Director

David Leslie

 69 2007 Independent Director

Melvin Rhinelander

 62 2007 Independent Director

Stephen Savidant

 63 2004 Independent Director

John Sobey

 63 1979 Independent Director
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Biographies

Name Description

Robert Dexter

 Mr. Robert P. Dexter QC., is Independent Chairman of the Board of Empire Company Limited. He is Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Maritime Travel Inc. He is a director of BellAliant Inc., Wajax Corporation and High Liner Foods Inc. and counsel to the law firm of Stewart McKelvey. Mr. Dexter has served as a director of Sobeys Inc. since 1998. Mr. Dexter previously served as a director of Aliant Inc. and Maritime Life Assurance Company.

Donald Sobey

 Mr. Donald R. Sobey is Non-Independent Chairman Emeritus of Empire Company Limited. He was President of the Company from 1969 until his appointment as Chair in 1985. He was Chair of the Company until his appointment as Chair Emeritus in 2004. He is also past Chairman of the National Gallery of Canada, past Chairman of Maritime Tel & Tel and past director of the World Wildlife Fund. He is the founder of the D&R Sobey Scholarship Fund at Queen’s University and currently a member of the Trilateral Commission. Mr. Sobey has been a director of Sobeys Inc. since 1998 and of earlier Sobeys companies beginning in 1993. Mr. Sobey previously served as a director of the following publicly traded companies: Toronto-Dominion Bank, Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc., High Liner Foods Limited and Trader Classified Media NV.

Paul Sobey

 Mr. Paul D. Sobey is President, Chief Executive Officer, Non-Independent Director of Empire Company Limited. He is President and Chief Executive Officer of Empire Company Limited, a position he has held since 1998. He has been with the Company since 1982. He is a director of the Bank of Nova Scotia, a trustee of Crombie REIT and a director of Sobeys Inc. since 1998. Mr. Sobey previously served as the Chairman of Wajax Limited, a director of Emera Inc. and as a member of the Board of Governors of Saint Mary’s University. He also received a Doctorate of Commerce from Saint Mary's University.

Paul Beesley

 Mr. Paul V. Beesley is Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Empire Company Limited. Prior to June 2006 he was Senior Vice-President, Chief Financial Officer, and Secretary of Empire Company Limited.

Marc Poulin

 Mr. Marc Poulin has been appointed as Director of Empire Company Limited and President and Chief Executive Officer of Sobeys Inc., a subsidiary of Empire Company Limited effective June 29, 2012. Mr. Poulin has more than 30-years experience in the food retailing, packaged goods and financial services industries. He began his career in Montréal with Secor Consulting where he worked as a Marketing Analyst from 1982-1983. After obtaining his MBA, he returned to Canada and between1985-1986 worked in the marketing department for Unilever Canada. Between 1986 and 1993 he held progressively senior marketing and merchandising roles with Provigo Inc., including Senior Director of Marketing and Merchandising. From 1994-1995, Mr. Poulin worked for Culinar Inc. as General Manager of the company's Bread and Soup division before accepting the position of Vice President of Corporate Marketing for Desjardins-Laurentian Life Group. In 1997 he joined the Oshawa Group as Vice President, Grocery Merchandising, becoming an employee of Sobeys Inc. in 1998 when it acquired the Oshawa Group. In 2001, Mr. Poulin was appointed President of Operations, Sobeys Québec, a role he held until appointed President, IGA Operations Business Unit in 2011. Mr. Poulin earned his Bachelor of Actuarial Science degree from the Université Laval (1982) and holds a Masters of Management (Marketing) degree from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University (1985).

Jason Potter

 Mr. Jason Potter is President, Sobeys Multi Format Operations., a subsidiary of Empire Company Limited. Prior to June 2006 was Senior Vice President Merchandising Sobeys West.

Stewart Mahoney

 Mr. Stewart H. Mahoney is Vice President, Treasury and Investor Relations of Empire Company Limited.

Frank Sobey

 Mr. Frank C. Sobey is Vice President - Real Estate, Non Independent Director of Empire Company Limited. Mr. Sobey is also Chairman of Crombie REIT and the Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation as well as a member of the Canadian-U.S Fulbright Program. Mr. Sobey has served as a director of Sobeys Inc. since 2001. Mr. Sobey was previously a director of Wajax Limited.

Paul Jewer

 Mr. Paul A. Jewer is Chief Financial Officer of Sobeys., a subsidiary of Empire Company Limited.

Francois Vimard

 Mr. Francois Vimard is Executive Vice President of Sobeys Inc., a subsidiary of Empire Company Limited. Prior to July 2007 was Executive Vice President, Business Process Optimization of Sobeys.

Karin McCaskill

 Ms. Karin McCaskill is Corporate Secretary of Empire Company Ltd and Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of Sobeys, a wholly owned subsidiary of Empire Company Limited.

David Sobey

 Mr. David F. Sobey is Non-Independent Director of Empire Company Limited. He is Chair Emeritus of Sobeys Inc. He was Chief Executive Officer of Sobeys from 1982 until 1995. He became Chair of the Board in 1996 until his appointment as Chair Emeritus in 2001. Mr. Sobey was appointed a member of the Order of Canada in November 1995. He is former Chancellor of Saint Mary’s University, a member of the Advisory Board for the Sobey School of Business at Saint Mary’s University, and an honorary director of the Atlantic Salmon Federation and the Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo. Mr. Sobey has been a director of Sobeys Inc. since 1998 and of earlier Sobeys companies beginning in 1958.

Karl Sobey

 Mr. Karl R. Sobey is Non-Independent Director of Empire Company Limited since 2001. He is President of Caribou River Investments Limited and JAFA Investments Limited. He has served as a director of Sobeys Inc. since 2007. He was President of the Atlantic Division of Sobeys Inc. until his retirement in 2001 after 27 years of service. He gradutated from University of Western Ontario.

Robert Sobey

 Mr. Robert G. C. Sobey is Non-Independent Director of Empire Company Limited since 1998. He has been President and Chief Executive Officer, Lawton’s Drug Stores Limited since 2006. He has been with Sobeys since 1989. He is a director of DHX Media Ltd. and has served as a director of Sobeys Inc. since 2007. Mr. Sobey did not serve as a director of any other reporting issuers during the period from 2006 to 2011. Mr. Sobey sits on the Queen’s School of Business Advisory Board and the North American Acquisitions Committee of the Tate (UK). Mr. Sobey is Honourary Colonel of the 1st Field Artillery Regiment RCA. Mr. Sobey previously served as Chairman of the Nova Scotia Community College, Chairman of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Vice Chairman of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, and was a member of the Board of Trustees of Queen’s University. Mr. Sobey earned the ICD.D designation in 2009.

Marcel Cote

 Mr. Marcel Cote is Independent Director of Empire Company Limited. He is Senior Partner of Secor Inc., a Montréal-based consulting firm. He is a former economic advisor to the Premier of Québec from 1986 to 1988, and was Director of Strategic Planning and Communication for the Office of the Prime Minister from 1989 to 1990. He is a director of Intact Financial Corporation and of Osisko Mining Corporation. He is also a director of the Montréal Symphony Orchestra, the YMCA Foundation, NeuroScience Canada, Compagnie de danse Marie Chouinard and Imagine Canada. Mr. Cote has served as a director of Sobeys Inc. since 1998. Mr. Cote previously served as Chairman of Engenuity Technologies Inc. and as a director of Nurun Inc.

David Ferguson

 Mr. David S. Ferguson is Independent Director of Empire Company Limited. He is the principal of D.S. Ferguson Enterprises, LLC. He was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Walmart Europe from September 2000 to July 2003. Prior to that, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Walmart Canada. He is a director of Exide Technologies. He is a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board for the Business School of Morehouse College. Mr. Ferguson has served as a director of Sobeys Inc. since 2006. Mr. Ferguson previously served as a member of the Advisory Board of Ryerson University’s School of Retail Management and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Retail Council of Canada, NSB Retail Systems PLC and the Advisory Board of Miller-Zell. He holds B. A. from Youngstown State University

Edward Harsant

 Mr. Edward C. Harsant is Independent Director of Empire Company Limited. He is the President of Stonehedge Partners. He was President, North American Stores for Staples Inc. from 2000 to 2002. Prior to that, he was President of The Business Depot Ltd. Mr. Harsant has served as a director of Sobeys Inc. since 2007 and he is the Chair of the Advisory Board of Lawton’s Drug Stores Limited, a former director of the Canadian Special Olympics and former Chair of the Retail Council of Canada.

David Leslie

 Mr. David A. Leslie is Independent Director of Empire Company Limited. Mr. Leslie, a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario, retired in 2004 after 37 years of service with Ernst & Young LLP, where he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from 1999 to 2004. He is a director of Enbridge Inc., Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc., Imris Inc., a trustee of Crombie REIT and Chair of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Mr. Leslie has served as a director of Sobeys Inc. since 2005 and previously served as a director of CanWest Global Communications Inc. He holds B.A. from University of Toronto.

Melvin Rhinelander

 Mr. Melvin A. Rhinelander is Independent Director of Empire Company Limited. He is Chairman of Extendicare REIT and Vice Chairman of Assisted Living Concepts, Inc. Mr. Rhinelander was President and Chief Executive Officer of Extendicare Inc. from August 2000 to November 2006. He previously served in increasingly senior roles at Extendicare Inc. since 1977. Mr. Rhinelander is also a Certified Human Resources Professional. Mr. Rhinelander has served as a director of Sobeys Inc., since 2004.

Stephen Savidant

 Mr. Stephen J. Savidant is Independent Director of Empire Company Limited. He is a director and Chair of the Board of Enerflex Ltd. and he has been a director of Sobeys Inc. since 2007. Mr. Savidant was previously the Chairman of ProspEx Resources Ltd. and a director of Toromont Industries Limited. From 2002 until his retirement in May 2006, Mr. Savidant was the President, Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Trustees of Esprit Energy Trust. Previously, he was also the President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Canadian Hunter Exploration Ltd.

John Sobey

 Mr. John R. Sobey is Independent Director of Empire Company Limited since 1979. He was President and Chief Operating Officer of Sobeys Inc. until his retirement in 2001 after 34 years of service. He is a director of Medavie Inc. Mr. Sobey has served as a director of Sobeys Inc. since 1998.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total

Robert Dexter

 215,000

Donald Sobey

 --

Paul Sobey

 1,980,410

Paul Beesley

 1,099,470

Marc Poulin

 1,911,370

Jason Potter

 1,819,300

Stewart Mahoney

 --

Frank Sobey

 435,350

Paul Jewer

 --

Francois Vimard

 1,362,810

Karin McCaskill

 --

David Sobey

 --

Karl Sobey

 --

Robert Sobey

 801,839

Marcel Cote

 --

David Ferguson

 --

Edward Harsant

 --

David Leslie

 --

Melvin Rhinelander

 --

Stephen Savidant

 --

John Sobey

 --
As Of 4 May 2012

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