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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Daniel Avramovich

 61 2009 Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer

John Hafferty

 56 2010 Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President

Paul Svindland

 41 2012 Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President

James Ward

 61 2007 Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer

Michael Killea

 50 2012 Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Legal Officer

Julie Krehbiel

 2013 Executive Vice President - Sales and Marketing, Intermodal

Val Noel

 51 2010 Executive Vice President - Field Operations

Robert Noonan

 67 2012 Executive Vice President - International Logistics

Jeff Cook

 31 2012 Vice President, Corporate Controller

Florian Kete

 58 2011 Vice President - Human Resources

Michael Burns

 47 2012 Chief Commercial Officer

Dennis Chantland

 70 2009 Independent Director

J. Douglass Coates

 70 2007 Independent Director

P. Michael Giftos

 66 2004 Independent Director

Robert Grassi

 66 2009 Independent Director

Robert Lake

 69 2011 Independent Director

Robert Starzel

 72 2006 Independent Director

Steve Markosky

 Vice President - Financial Planning & Analysis and Investor Relations
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Biographies

Name Description

Daniel Avramovich

 Mr. Daniel W. Avramovich is Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer of Pacer International Inc. He joined the Company in June 2008 as Retail Intermodal Services President. He was promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer in May 2009 and to Chief Executive Officer, or “CEO,” of the Company and Chairman of the Board on December 16, 2009. Prior to joining Pacer, Mr. Avramovich served as Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing of Kansas City Southern, a rail carrier, from May 2006 to May 2008 and as President, Network Services Americas for Exel plc, the worldwide supply chain solutions and freight forwarding company, from 2003 to 2006. From 2000 to 2003, he served as President, Exel Direct for Exel plc. Mr. Avramovich serves on the Board as a result of his position as CEO of the Company. As CEO and Chairman with over 35 years of experience in the transportation and logistics industry, Mr. Avramovich brings to the Board important contacts and relationships with key transportation and logistics providers and customers, senior leadership, sales and marketing, industry and technical experience, and a global perspective.

John Hafferty

 Mr. John J. Hafferty is Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of Pacer International Inc. He has served as Chief Financial Officer since March 2010. From November 2009 to March 2010, Mr. Hafferty was an independent transportation and logistics consultant. From August 2007 to November 2009, he was Chief Financial Officer for the international division of Ozburn-Hessey Logistics, a global freight management company. From August 2005 to August 2007, he served as Senior Vice President, corporate strategy and development for Schenker, Americas, a unit of Schenker Logistics, Co., a global transportation and logistics company. From August 1990 to August 2005, he held various senior positions at United Parcel Service, including Executive Vice President, UPS Supply Chain Solutions, Chief Operating Officer of UPS Freight Services, and Chief Financial Officer of UPS International Package Operation.

Paul Svindland

 Mr. Paul C. Svindland serves as Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President of Pacer International Inc., since November 12, 2012. Mr. Svindland served as Managing Director at AlixPartners, LLP, the global business-advisory firm, where he co-led the Global Transportation and Logistics Practice, working with carriers and shippers to improve their overall operational and financial performance. Prior to AlixPartners, Mr. Svindland worked at ICG Commerce, a sourcing, procurement and logistics Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) company where he developed and led the firm's Global Logistics practice, growing revenue and expanding services in Asia, Europe and the Americas. Mr. Svindland's experience also includes several years in management roles with Maersk Inc. Mr. Svindland earned an MBA in operations and marketing from The Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, and a Bachelor of Science degree in transportation and operations from Syracuse University.

James Ward

 Mr. James E. Ward serves as Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer of Pacer International Inc. As an independent contractor, Mr. Ward served as acting Chief Information Officer for the Company from August 2006 until joining the Company as an employee. From May 2003 to April 2007, Mr. Ward served as a consultant to Dynotech, LLC., a consulting firm focusing on global ERP implementations, IT evaluations, offshore development, interim CIO positions, and data center outsourcing. During his time as a consultant, he also held interim CIO positions with Clark Steel Framing, a steel framing manufacturer (from April 2005 to April 2007) and with Norton Lilly International, a provider of shipping, logistics and marine services in the United States, Canada, Panama and Caribbean ports (from May 2004 to December 2006). From July 1996 to April 2003, Mr. Ward served as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Inchcape Shipping Services.

Michael Killea

 Mr. Michael F. Killea serves as Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Legal Officer of Pacer International Inc. He resigned as Executive Vice President - International Logistics of the Company, on March 13, 2012. He has served as Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel of company since August 2001. In November 2010, he also assumed the position of Executive Vice President, International Logistics, with responsibility for international freight forwarding, non-vessel operating common carrier and warehouse and distribution operations. From October 1999 through July 2001, he was a partner at the law firm of Holland & Knight LLP in New York City and Jacksonville, Florida, and from September 1987 through September 1999, he was a partner and an associate at the law firm of O’Sullivan LLP (now O’Melveny & Myers LLP) in New York City.

Julie Krehbiel

 Ms. Julie A. Krehbiel has been appointed as Executive Vice President - Sales and Marketing, Intermodal of Pacer International, Inc., effective April 8, 2013. Ms. Krehbiel spent twenty-three years with Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) in key business development and marketing positions of increasing responsibility which included serving as President of Union Pacific Distribution Services and Vice President and General Manager -- Automotive, a position she held from April 2005 to April 2011. In that role, she led multiple initiatives to drive performance improvements for UPRR's North American rail network.

Val Noel

 Mr. Val T. Noel serves as Executive Vice President - Field Operations of Pacer International Inc. He is also President of Pacer Cartage, Inc., a position he has held since joining Pacer in May 2004. He served as Executive Vice President, Street Operations from June 2008 to July 2010. Prior to joining Pacer, Mr. Noel spent 20 years at CSX Intermodal and its predecessors. During his career at CSX Intermodal, Mr. Noel was responsible for its trucking operation, rail terminal operations, equipment management, and, most recently, as President of CSX Intermodal.

Robert Noonan

 Mr. Robert W. Noonan serves as Executive Vice President - International Logistics of Pacer International Inc., since March 13, 2012. For 11 years prior to joining Pacer, Mr. Noonan served as Senior Vice President of Global Transportation for UPS Supply Chain Solutions. Mr. Noonan also served as senior vice president of the Americas for UPS Freight Services, where he was responsible for all facets of the supply chain business in North and South America. Prior to joining UPS, Mr. Noonan served in various executive leadership roles at Fritz Companies for 15 years. UPS acquired Fritz Companies in May 2001.

Jeff Cook

 Mr. Jeff Cook serves as Vice President, Corporate Controller of Pacer International Inc. He joined the Company in March 2011 as Assistant Vice President, Financial Reporting and was promoted to Vice President, Internal Audit in August 2011. From September 2003 until joining Pacer, he served in various roles with KPMG LLP, most recently as a Senior Audit Manager providing audit services to both public and private companies.

Florian Kete

 Mr. Florian Kete serves as Vice President - Human Resources of Pacer International Inc. From 2004 until joining Pacer in 2011, Mr. Kete served as Vice President, Human Resources for Excel Polymers, LLC, a global merchant supplier of elastomeric solutions that include rubber chemicals and compounds. From 1999 until joining Excel Polymers in 2004, Mr. Kete was Vice President, Human Resources and Administration and Site Officer for the Supply Chain Service Unit of FedEx Corporation in Hudson, OH. Before working for FedEx, he held a variety of positions in the manufacturing and services industries.

Michael Burns

 Mr. Michael A. Burns is Chief Commercial Officer of Pacer International Inc. He is responsible for Pacer’s commercial activities. Prior to his current position, Mr. Burns was Executive Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing for Ozburn-Hessey Logistics; served as Senior Vice President, Global Automotive and Industrial for DHL Logistics, a division of Deutsche Post World Net; and held senior sales roles at Exel plc (which was acquired by Deutsche Post World Net in December 2005), including Senior Vice President of Strategy and Development and Senior Vice President of Global Development. Mr. Burns earned a Master's in Operations and Logistics Management from The Ohio State University and a Bachelor's of Science from Miami University.

Dennis Chantland

 Mr. Dennis A. Chantland is Independent Director of Pacer International Inc., since June 2009. Currently an independent consultant providing financial, administrative, and operating management experience, Mr. Chantland retired from Williams Sonoma, the specialty retail, catalog and e-commerce company, in 1999 after serving as Executive Vice President, Administration and Chief Financial Officer since 1995. After starting his career at U.S. Steel Corporation, Mr. Chantland held senior executive positions in several divisions of Target Corporation, formerly Dayton Hudson Corporation, over a period of 17 years. He has an MBA in Finance from College of St. Thomas and has served on the boards of the Arthritis Foundation of Boston and San Francisco, Skaggs Retail Institute at Brigham Young University, and Prophet Brand Strategy, a San Francisco based consulting firm. Mr. Chantland’s particular qualifications as a director include his 40 years of experience in senior management positions with manufacturing, distribution and retail companies, which as heavy users of transportation services represent key customers for the Company, and his background financial, accounting and administrative functions in complex organizations. As such, he brings a shipper’s perspective of the challenges of managing and operating a supply chain and buying transportation services from a spectrum of logistics and transportation providers, as well as a specialized background in accounting, finance and administration issues.

J. Douglass Coates

 Mr. J. Douglass Coates is Independent Director of Pacer International Inc., since September 2007. From 1993 through December 2008, Mr. Coates served as a Principal of the Manalytics division of TranSystems Corporation, a San Francisco-based consulting firm specializing in the transportation, logistics and supply chain industry, and President of TranSystems’ Management and Supply Chain Consulting practice. He retired from TranSystems in January 2009. Since that time, he has provided independent consulting services to various companies. Before joining Manalytics in 2003, Mr. Coates spent five years with American President Lines, or “APL,” as President of American Consolidation Services. In addition, he was Vice President of Marketing for American President Distribution Services (formerly National Piggyback), one of the shippers’ agents in North America. Mr. Coates also serves as a director of TenCate (North America), a United States subsidiary of a multinational company that combines textile technology with related chemical processes to develop and produce specialized materials applied in the following areas: safety and protection, aerospace, sport and recreation, and infrastructure and the environment, and on the Monterrey, CA Advisory Board of the Salvation Army. Mr. Coates has been selected and retained as a director due to his long experience as a consultant to many companies in the transportation, logistics and supply chain industry which allows him to share a perspective on practices in the industry and the shipping needs of a diverse group of users of transportation services. His past work experience with APL, which was parent corporation until May 1999 and continues to be a user of services, also allows him to bring insights to his service as a director.

P. Michael Giftos

 Mr. P. Michael Giftos is Independent Director of Pacer International Inc., since April 2004. During his 29-year career with CSX Corporation and its subsidiaries, Mr. Giftos served in many executive management positions. From April 2000 through his retirement in March 2004, Mr. Giftos served as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer. Before that assignment, Mr. Giftos spent more than a decade as CSX Transportation’s Chief Legal Officer. While employed at CSX, Mr. Giftos served as a director of TTX Company, a provider of rail cars and related freight car management services to the North American rail industry. Mr. Giftos currently serves as a director of Alpha Natural Resources, Inc., a coal mining company which merged in 2009 with Foundation Coal Holdings Inc., where he was a director. He serves as chairman of the Safety, Health & Environmental Committee and is a member of the Audit Committee of Alpha Natural Resources. Mr. Giftos joined the Foundation Coal Holdings board in December 2005, where he served as a member of its audit and nominating committees.

Robert Grassi

 Mr. Robert J. Grassi is Independent Director of Pacer International Inc., since March 2009. An independent consultant to clients in the global shipping industry since 2003, Mr. Grassi served as President and Chief Executive Officer of CSX World Terminals, LLC, the international terminal business of CSX Corporation, from 1999 through 2003 and held a number of executive positions in his twenty-two year career with Sea-Land Service, Inc., a U.S.-based ocean shipping company, culminating with service as the Chief Financial Officer of Sea-Land Service, Inc., from 1991 to 1999, except from 1996 to 1997 when he served as Senior Vice President—Atlantic Division and Asia, Mid-East, Europe Division, of Sea-Land. Mr. Grassi was selected as a director for a variety of reasons, and his work experience with CSX, a key rail transportation supplier, and Sea-Land, an ocean shipping line, a key type of customer for intermodal operation and supplier to international logistics operations. As such, he brings to the Board insight and experience from both a rail supplier and shipping customer perspective, as well as a specialized background in accounting and finance.

Robert Lake

 Mr. Robert D. Lake is Independent Director of Pacer International Inc., since April 2011. Mr. Lake has been an independent consultant for the past 11 years. From December 2000 to December 2001, Mr. Lake was the Chairman Americas of Exel plc, a worldwide supply chain solutions and freight forwarding company, serving on the Board and as a consultant to the executive board. From October 1999 to December 2000, he was Chief Operating Officer and a board member of Exel plc. From October 1995 until October 1999, he was the Chief Executive Officer Americas & Asia Pacific and a board member of NFC plc, the predecessor of Exel plc. Prior to joining NFC, Mr. Lake served as President, Roadway Logistics Inc., the supply chain solutions business of the motor carrier, Roadway Services, from January 1989 until October 1995, and as President of Ryder Freight Systems, a national provider of truckload transportation, from April 1985 until January 1989. He has been a director of Shiplogix-Freight Management Software, a provider of web-hosted transportation management solutions, and Allied Worldwide Relocations, a relocation and van line logistics company, and currently serves on the board of directors of CRST International, Inc., a privately-held, long-haul truckload carrier in the United States. Mr. Lake is the chairman of CRST’s governance committee and also serves on CRST’s compensation committee.

Robert Starzel

 Mr. Robert F. Starzel is Independent Director of Pacer International Inc., since January 2006. From November 2006 until his retirement in November 2011, he served as of counsel to Holme Roberts & Owen, LLP, a Denver-based regional law firm, in its San Francisco office. From 2004 to 2005, he served as Chairman of The SF Newspaper Company, owner of The Examiner, a San Francisco newspaper. From 2000 to 2004, he served in a consulting role as Senior Representative of the Chairman of Union Pacific Corporation. From March 1998 to 2000, he served as Senior Vice President of Union Pacific Corporation, and from 1996 to February 1998, he was Regional Vice President of Union Pacific Railroad Company. From 1988 to 1996, he was Vice Chairman of Southern Pacific Transportation Company. Mr. Starzel currently serves on the San Francisco Advisory Board of the Salvation Army. In selecting and retaining Mr. Starzel as a director, the Governance Committee and Board have particularly recognized his background as a lawyer and his lengthy experience as an executive with railroads and, in particular, with Union Pacific, the Company’s primary supplier of rail transportation services.

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Name Shares Traded Price

GRASSI ROBERT J

 12,803 $0.00

BURNS MICHAEL A

 16,234 $0.00

WARD JAMES E

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AVRAMOVICH DANIEL W

 22,308 $4.30

WARD JAMES E

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GIFTOS P MICHAEL

 12,803 $0.00

BURNS MICHAEL A

 7,884 $4.30

KETE FLORIAN

 519 $4.30

KILLEA MICHAEL F

 16,234 $0.00

NOEL VAL T

 9,452 $0.00

AVRAMOVICH DANIEL W

 54,114 $0.00

HAFFERTY JOHN J

 7,064 $4.30

HAFFERTY JOHN J

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COATES JOHN DOUGLAS

 12,803 $0.00

STARZEL ROBERT F

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NOEL VAL T

 4,232 $4.30

CHANTLAND DENNIS A

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LAKE ROBERT D

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LAKE ROBERT D

 18,000 $3.43

HAFFERTY JOHN J

 5,000 $3.29

COATES JOHN DOUGLAS

 3,000 $3.29

SVINDLAND PAUL C

 15,000 $3.34

GRASSI ROBERT J

 20,000 $3.31

AVRAMOVICH DANIEL W

 30,000 $3.50

SVINDLAND PAUL C

 250,000 $0.00
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