People: Kid Brands Inc (KID)

KID on New York Consolidated

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Raphael Benaroya

64 2013 Executive Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer

Guy Paglinco

54 2009 Chief Financial Officer, Vice President

Renee Lowe

2012 President of Kids Line and CoCaLo

Dean Robinson

44 2011 President of Sassy, Inc.

Richard Schaub

52 2011 President of LaJobi, Inc and and group head of Sassy, Inc.

Kerry Carr

49 2012 Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President

Marc Goldfarb

48 2006 Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary

Mario Ciampi

52 2007 Independent Director

Frederick Horowitz

48 2006 Independent Director

Hugh Rovit

52 2010 Independent Director

Salvatore Salibello

67 2006 Independent Director

Michael Zimmerman

42 2008 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

Raphael Benaroya

Mr. Raphael Benaroya is Executive Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer of Kid Brands Inc. Mr. Benaroya was appointed by the Board as of September 12, 2011 to serve as interim Executive Chairman, acting as the chief executive of the Company during the pendency of the Board’s search for a new chief executive officer. He currently also serves as the Chairman of the Board and is a member of the Board’s Executive Committee, and has been a member of the Board since 1993. Since 2008, Mr. Benaroya has been Managing Director of Biltmore Capital, a privately-held financial company which invests in secured debt. Prior thereto, Mr. Benaroya was Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of United Retail Group, Inc., a Nasdaq-listed company, which operated a chain of retail specialty stores, from 1989 until its sale in October 2007, and continued as President and Chief Executive Officer thereafter until March 2008. Mr. Benaroya currently serves on the board of directors of Aveta Health Care, a privately-held healthcare management company. From April through October 2009, Mr. Benaroya had been retained by the Company to perform an expanded role as Chairman of the Board. From April 2008 until March 2010, Mr. Benaroya had been an advisor for D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P., an affiliate and investment advisor of D. E. Shaw Laminar Portfolios, L.L.C. (“Laminar”), a private investment fund and former 20% stockholder of the Company, relating to certain of Laminar’s portfolio companies.

Guy Paglinco

Mr. Guy A. Paglinco serves as Chief Financial Officer, Vice President of Kid Brands Inc. Mr. Paglinco joined the Company as Vice President, Corporate Controller in September 2006 and was promoted to Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company as of November 13, 2007, Interim Chief Financial Officer as of January 30, 2009, and Chief Financial Officer as of August 14, 2009. Immediately prior to joining the Company, Mr. Paglinco served in various roles at Emerson Radio Corp., an AMEX-listed international distributor of consumer electronic products, including Chief Financial Officer from 2004 to 2006, and Corporate Controller from 1998 to 2004.

Renee Lowe

Ms. Renee Pepys Lowe is appointed as the President of Kids Line and CoCaLo, subsidiaries of Kid Brands, Inc. Ms. Lowe founded CoCaLo and served as its President from its acquisition by Kid Brands in April 2008 until August 2010, and prior to that since its inception in 1998.

Dean Robinson

Mr. Dean F. Robinson serves as President of Sassy, Inc., a subsidiary of Kids Brands, Inc., since June 2011. From January 2010 until June 2011, Mr. Robinson was Business Leader at Summer Infant, Inc., where he led the efforts for toy and licensed product lines. Prior thereto, from October 2008 to January 2010, he was the founder and owner of CreativeBonz, Inc., a global consulting business specializing in creating children’s consumer products and marketing opportunities. From 2007 to October 2009, he was a Vice President of Product Development and a Consultant for Oregon Scientific, Inc., a manufacturer of, among other things, electronic learning games, children’s cameras and video equipment, and other baby care items. Prior thereto, he held Vice President positions in product development at Aqua Leisure, Inc. (a producer of swim gear and aquatic leisure products) and LittleKids, Inc. (a maker of, among other things, bubble toys and solutions and craft kids).

Richard Schaub

Mr. Richard F. Schaub, Jr., serves as President of LaJobi, Inc., (and group head of Sassy, Inc.), a subsidiary of Kid Brands, Inc. He joined the Company as President of Sassy, Inc., in February 2010 (a position he held until Mr. Robinson commenced his employment as President of Sassy as of June 6, 2011), and effective March 14, 2011, assumed his current position as President of LaJobi, Inc. Mr. Robinson currently reports to Mr. Schaub. From 2007 to 2009, Mr. Schaub was the General Manager of RC2/Learning Curve Brands’ “Mother, Infant and Toddler” Group. From 2000 to 2007, he held various Senior Vice President-Sales positions at RC2. Prior to his tenure at RC2, Mr. Schaub held various management and sales leadership roles at infant and juvenile product category leaders, including Maclaren, Evenflo, Priss Prints and Dolly. Earlier in his career, he was a buyer and marketing director for Child World, a juvenile retailer with 181 stores.

Kerry Carr

Ms. Kerry Carr is appointed as the Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President of Kid Brands, Inc. Prior to serving the Company as a consultant, Ms. Karr served in various roles for almost a decade at Avon Products, Inc., a New York Stock Exchange listed global beauty products company, most recently as Group Vice President – Long Range Business Review Initiative (November 2011-April 2012), where she performed a comprehensive operating and financial assessment of Avon’s global business, and prior thereto as Group Vice President – Global Supply Chain Finance (February 2008-November 2011); Vice President – Finance Transformation (July 2006-March 2008); Vice President (August 2005-July 2006), with responsibility for identifying and overseeing execution of Avon’s multi-year restructuring initiatives; and Vice President – Internal Audit (June 2003-August 2005). Preceding her tenure at Avon, she was Vice President – Internal Audit and Security at AT&T (September 2001-June 2003), and served in various capacities at the Walt Disney Company (1996-2001), including her latest position there as Senior Vice President and CFO – ABC Broadcasting.

Marc Goldfarb

Mr. Marc S. Goldfarb serves as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary of Kid Brands Inc. Mr. Goldfarb joined the Company as Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary in September 2005. In November 2006 he was promoted to the position of Senior Vice President. Prior to joining the Company, from January 2003 to September 2005, Mr. Goldfarb was Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Journal Register Company, a publicly traded newspaper publishing company. From July 1998 to January 2003, he served as Managing Director and General Counsel of The Vertical Group, an international private equity firm. Prior to that, Mr. Goldfarb was a Partner at Bachner, Tally, Polevoy & Misher LLP, a law firm.

Mario Ciampi

Mr. Mario Ciampi serves as an Independent Director of Kid Brands Inc. Mr. Ciampi is currently (and has been since 2007) a partner of Prentice (5), a Connecticut-based private investment firm, and he served as a consultant to Prentice from 2006 to 2007. From October 2004 to May 2006, he served as President of Disney Store — North America, a division of The Children’s Place Retail Stores, Inc., a specialty retailer of children’s merchandise. From 1996 to September 2004, he served in various capacities for The Children’s Place, most recently as Senior Vice President — Operations. Mr. Ciampi was elected to the Board of the Company at the 2007 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Mr. Ciampi has also been a member of the Board of Directors of Bluefly, Inc., an Internet retailer of discounted designer apparel and accessories, and home products and accessories, since 2008, and of Delia’s, Inc., a retailer of apparel for young girls, since March 2011. Mr. Ciampi is a current Prentice Director.

Frederick Horowitz

Mr. Frederick J. Horowitz serves as an Independent Director of Kid Brands Inc. Since 2001, Mr. Horowitz has been the Chairman and CEO of A.P. Deauville, a manufacturer and distributor of personal care products, primarily in the value and mass markets. Mr. Horowitz was elected to the Board of the Company on June 29, 2006. Mr. Horowitz is also a managing partner of American Brand Holdings, LLC, the owner of the “Hang Ten” brands, which is exclusively licensed to Kohl’s Corporation.

Hugh Rovit

Mr. Hugh R. Rovit serves as an Independent Director of Kid Brands Inc., since 2010. Mr. Rovit has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Sure Fit Inc., a marketer and distributor of home furnishing products, since 2006. From 2001 through 2005, he was a principal at Masson & Company, a turnaround management firm. Previously, Mr. Rovit held the positions of: Chief Financial Officer of Best Manufacturing, Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of institutional service apparel and textiles, from 1998 through 2001; and Chief Financial Officer of Royce Hosiery Mills, Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of men’s and women’s hosiery, from 1991 through 1998. Mr. Rovit currently serves on the Board of Directors of Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc., a global consumer products company, and Nellson Nutraceuticals, Inc., a privately-held manufacturer and marketer of nutritional bars and powders, and is director emeritus of Atkins Nutritionals Inc., Oneida, Ltd. and Cosmetic Essence Inc., each privately-held.

Salvatore Salibello

Mr. Salvatore M. Salibello, CPA, serves as an Independent Director of Kid Brands Inc. Mr. Salibello has been an Assurance Partner of BDO USA, LLP since January 2012. From 1978 until January 2012, he was the founder and managing partner of Salibello & Broder LLP, a certified public accounting firm, until its acquisition by BDO. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Salibello currently sits on the Board of Directors of three closed-end mutual funds (Gabelli Dividend and Income Trust Fund, Gabelli Global Utility and Income Trust Fund, and Gabelli Global Gold Natural Resources + Income Trust Fund). Mr. Salibello was elected to the Board of the Company on June 29, 2006.

Michael Zimmerman

Mr. Michael Zimmerman serves as an Independent Director of Kid Brands Inc. Mr. Zimmerman founded Prentice (5) in May 2005 and has been its Chief Executive Officer since its inception. Prior thereto, he managed investments in the retail consumer sector for S.A.C. Capital, a Connecticut-based investment fund, from 2000-2005. Mr. Zimmerman currently serves on the Board of Directors of Delia’s, Inc., a retailer of apparel for young girls, and he served as a director of The Wetseal, Inc., a national specialty retailer of contemporary apparel and accessory items, from March 2006 through May 2010. Mr. Zimmerman was elected to the Board of the Company on October 5, 2006. Mr. Zimmerman is a current Prentice Director.

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