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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Edwin Holman

66 2012 Chairman of the Board

Dennis Hatchell

63 2012 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director

B. Clyde Preslar

53 2013 Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President

Paul Lemerise

67 2010 Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer and Store Planning and Construction

Thomas Carney

65 2011 Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary

Keith Oreson

56 2010 Senior Vice President - Human Resources

Keith Bell

49 2006 Senior Vice President - Fuels

Patrick Venezia

48 2012 Senior Vice President - Operations

Boris Zelmanovich

2013 Senior Vice President, Chief Merchandising Officer

Berry Epley

46 2013 Vice President, Controller, Assistant Corporate Secretary

Kathleen Guion

2013 Director

Robert Bernstock

62 2005 Independent Director

Paul Brunswick

73 2003 Independent Director

Wilfred Finnegan

54 2012 Independent Director

Terry McElroy

64 2006 Independent Director

Mark Miles

59 2006 Independent Director

Bryan Monkhouse

68 2004 Independent Director

Thomas Murnane

65 2009 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

Edwin Holman

Mr. Edwin J. Holman is Chairman of the Board of The Pantry Inc. He served as Interim Chief Executive Officer from October 5, 2011 through March 5, 2012. He has served on Company's Board since October 2005 and currently serves as a member of Company's Compensation and Organization Committee (“CO Committee”) and Company's Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. Previously, he had served as Chairman of Company's CO Committee and as a member of Company's Executive Committee, the duties and responsibilities of which are now encompassed by Company's Finance Committee. Mr. Holman was a 2011 National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Governance Fellow and was named as a Director honoree. From March 2010 to the present, Mr. Holman also has served as the non-executive Chairman of RGIS International, which provides retail inventory solutions. Previously, Mr. Holman served as Chairman and CEO (2004-August 31, 2009) of Macy’s Central, a division of Macy’s Inc. that operates 217 department stores in the Midwest and Southern United States. He also served as President and CEO of Galyan’s Trading Company, a public company (2003-2004). Previously, Mr. Holman was the President and COO of Bloomingdale’s (2000-2003), a division of Federated Department Stores Inc.; President and COO of Rich’s/Lazarus/Goldsmiths divisions, a division of Federated Department Stores, Inc. (1999-2000); Chairman and CEO of Petrie Retail, Inc. (1996-1999); President and COO of Woodward & Lothrop (1994-1996); Vice Chairman and COO of The Carter Hawley Hale Stores; and a senior operating executive of The Neiman Marcus Group. During his tenure as director at Circle International, he served as Chairman of the Audit Committee for three years and also as Chairman of the Compensation Committee for two years. As of January 18, 2010, Mr. Holman also began serving on the Board of Directors of La-Z-Boy.

Dennis Hatchell

Mr. Dennis G. Hatchell is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of The Pantry Inc. Prior to joining the Company, he was with Alex Lee, Inc. (“Alex Lee”), where he served as Vice Chairman since April 2011. Prior to becoming Vice Chairman, Mr. Hatchell served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Alex Lee from December 1995 to April 2011, where he was responsible for developing and implementing the company’s strategic business plan and operating budgets and overseeing its three operating companies as well as carrying out the succession plan, supervision and training of senior leadership. Mr. Hatchell has also served as President of Lowes Food Stores, Inc., a division of Alex Lee, from 1989 to 1995 and Group Vice President of Merchandising and Store Operations from 1986 to 1989 for H. E. Butt Grocery Company in San Antonio, Texas. Prior to that, Mr. Hatchell served as President of Merchant Distributors, Inc., a division of Alex Lee from 1980 to 1986. He also served in several positions rising to Vice President, General Manager of Western Grocers (Super Valu) in Denver, Colorado, from 1972 to 1980.

B. Clyde Preslar

Mr. B. Clyde Preslar has been appointed as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Pantry Inc. effective Feb. 7, 2013. Mr. Preslar joins The Pantry from RailAmerica, Inc., where he served since 2008 as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the short line and regional freight railroad operator. Prior to RailAmerica, Inc., Mr. Preslar served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Cott Corporation, a manufacturer of non-alcoholic beverage products, and as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Secretary at snack food manufacturer Lance, Inc. Earlier in his career, he was Director of Financial Services for worldwide power tools at Black & Decker, and served as Director of Investor Relations at RJR Nabisco. Mr. Preslar holds a bachelor's degree in business administration and economics from Elon College and a master's degree in business administration from Wake Forest University. He serves on the Board of Directors of Alliance One International, Inc. and is a past Director of Forward Air Corporation.

Paul Lemerise

Mr. Paul M. Lemerise is Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer and Store Planning and Construction of The Pantry Inc. Mr. Lemerise began serving as a consultant to the Company in November 2009 in the role of Chief Information Officer and joined the Company as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer in March 2010. In August 2010 he assumed the duties of store planning and construction departments. In June 2011, Mr. Lemerise assumed the responsibilities for corporate procurement and facilities department. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Lemerise was an Executive Services Partner with Tatum, LLC, a firm that provides management consulting services, from October 2001 until March 2010. In that capacity, Mr. Lemerise served as Chief Information Officer for numerous clients including Ventana Medical Systems, Inc., Pharmavite, LLC and Foster Farms. Prior to joining Tatum, Mr. Lemerise served as Executive Vice President, CIO for TruServe Corporation, Senior Vice President and CIO for Merisel, Inc., and Vice President of Information Systems for Carter Hawley Hale Corporation.

Thomas Carney

Mr. Thomas D. Carney is Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary of The Pantry Inc., since June 2011. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Carney served as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary for Borders Group, Inc., which filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in 2011, from December 1994 until January 2011. Prior to joining Borders Group, Inc. in 1994, Mr. Carney served as a partner at the Dickinson Wright law firm and as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Hoover Universal, Inc.

Keith Oreson

Mr. Keith A. Oreson is Senior Vice President - Human Resources of The Pantry Inc., since June 14, 2010. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Oreson served as Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Advance Auto Parts from 2005 to 2010. He also served in senior human resource positions for Frank’s Nursery and Crafts for seven years from May 1998 to January 2005 and for ARAMARK Uniform Services for four years. His career also includes human resource positions with Pizza Hut and GTE.

Keith Bell

Mr. Keith S. Bell is Senior Vice President - Fuels of The Pantry Inc., since July 2006. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Bell spent 18 years with BP p.l.c. (“BP”) and Amoco Oil Company (“Amoco”), which was acquired by BP in 1998, where he most recently spent two years as Vice President of BP's US branded jobber business. During his career at BP and Amoco, Mr. Bell progressed through a variety of executive positions including two years as Vice President of Pricing and Supply for BP's US Fuels Northeast Region, two years as Eastern US Regional Vice President of BP’s branded jobber business, and three years as Performance Unit Leader – Southeast.

Patrick Venezia

Mr. Patrick J. Venezia is Senior Vice President - Operations of The Pantry, Inc., since September 20, 2012. Mr. Venezia recently served as President of TitleMax with responsibilities for overseeing 813 stores in over 13 states. Prior to TitleMax, Mr. Venezia worked in various operations positions at Walmart. Most recently serving as Division President for Wal-Mart’s Northeast Division where he was responsible for 120 thousand associates, 420 stores and $32 billion in sales. Mr. Venezia has also worked as President & General Manager for Wells Fargo Merchant Services and as a Brand Manager for Proctor & Gamble. A graduate of the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, he has also served as an Officer in the United States Army where he received a Bronze Star for his bravery during Operation Desert Storm.

Boris Zelmanovich

Mr. Boris Zelmanovich has been appointed as Senior Vice President, Chief Merchandising Officer of The Pantry, Inc., effective June 3, 2013. Zelmanovich joins The Pantry from Big Lots effective June 3 and will lead merchandising. He served as vice president of merchandising strategy at Big Lots, an international value store chain with 1,500 stores in the United States and Canada. Zelmanovich was responsible for the development of strategic merchandising plans and repositioning the merchandising portfolio to drive market differentiation. Prior to Big Lots, Zelmanovich held various vice president positions in merchandising at Family Dollar where he was responsible for food, beverage, candy, general merchandise and household products categories. He has additional experience in supply chain management, management consulting and running his own business. Zelmanovich earned his bachelor's of science degree in Logistics & Transportation / Marketing and his MBA in Supply Chain Management & Information Technology from the University of Tennessee.

Berry Epley

Mr. Berry L. Epley is Vice President, Controller, Assistant Corporate Secretary of The Pantry Inc. He joined the company as Director, Financial Reporting, and was promoted to Vice President, Corporate Controller. In May 2012, Mr. Epley assumed the responsibilities of the company's principal financial officer on an interim basis. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Epley held several positions with PricewaterhouseCoopers’ LLP Audit and Business Advisory Services practice.

Kathleen Guion

Ms. Kathleen R. Guion has been appointed as Director of The Pantry, Inc., effective May 3, 2013. Ms. Kathleen Guion most recently served as Division President of Store Operation and Development from 2005 until her retirement in 2012 from Dollar General Corporation. She led the retail field organization of store operations and store development with a team of 90,000 store employees, 100 directors and 14 Vice Presidents. At the same time she increased the number of stores from 6,500 to over 9,900. She has overseen brand enhancement and championed supply chain overhauls by implementing new store technologies and corporate-wide merchandising strategies. Those efforts led to double-digit comp store sales during the 2007-09 recession, more than $160 million in shrink savings, and a 40 percent reduction in staff turnover. In 1979, Ms. Guion began her career with 7-Eleven Corporation (formerly known as Southland prior to 1999). Her most recent position was Vice President and General Manager from 1987 to 1997. She was a Senior Operating Manager with full P&L. After her time at 7-Eleven, Ms. Guion was President and Chief Operating Officer of E-Z Serve Corporation. She was recruited to plan and direct the turnaround and return to profitability of this seven-state southeastern convenience store chain with revenues of $745 million. During her tenure, the company was repositioned for acquisition by EBC Investment Group, and was sold at a multiple of 11 times EBITDA. Ms. Guion was an Operating Partner with Devon Partners from 1999 to 2000. As an Operating Partner she identified acquisition targets and developed detailed operational improvement plans that would provide returns to investors in excess of 40 percent. More recently, she was appointed to the Board of True Value Company in July, 2012.

Robert Bernstock

Mr. Robert F. Bernstock is Independent Director of The Pantry Inc., since October 2005. He is currently a member of Company's Finance and Investment Committee and is Chairman of Company's CO Committee. Mr. Bernstock is currently self-employed as an independent consultant. Mr. Bernstock was President of the U.S. Postal Service Mailing and Shipping Services division from June 2008 until June 2010, which has produced in excess of $70 billion in annual revenues. As President, he was responsible for product management, development, and retail and commercial sales and services, which required his participation in pricing, operational support, service enhancements, partnerships and investment activities. Mr. Bernstock’s other high level executive and director experience includes positions at SecureSheet Technologies (Chairman and CEO, 2006-2008); Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (COO and President of North America, 2003-2006); The Dial Corporation (Senior Vice President and General Manager); Campbell Soup Company (President of the U.S. Division, President of the International Division, and Executive Vice President); Vlasic Foods International (President, CEO, and Director, 1998-2001; Atlas Commerce, Inc. (President, CEO, and Director); and NutriSystem, Inc. (Director).

Paul Brunswick

Mr. Paul L. Brunswick is Independent Director of The Pantry Inc., since July 2003. Mr. Brunswick is currently a member of the Finance and Investment Committee and Chairman of Audit Committee. Mr. Brunswick is currently on the Board of Directors of VTFLEX, Inc., and The WakeMed Foundation. He served on the Board of Directors of Beroe, Inc. from 2005 until 2011 and as a director of Lonesource, Inc. from 2003 until March 2010. Service on those boards has provided him with the background and experience of board processes, function, exercise of diligence, and oversight of management. Since 1999, Mr. Brunswick has provided financial and business consulting services through his own company, General Management Advisory. From 1992 to 1999, Mr. Brunswick was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Good Mark Foods, Inc., a publicly-held meat snack manufacturer and marketer whose primary retail channel of distribution was via convenience stores, and in that role dealt with that company’s public accountants, regulatory agencies, and the Audit Committee of its Board of Directors. Prior to 1992, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Compuchem Corporation and Photographic Sciences Corporation, and as Corporate Controller of Voplex Corporation, all publicly-held companies. In addition, he served as director, Chair of the Audit Committee, and Chair of the Compensation Committee of Waste Industries, another public company, from 1999 to 2005.

Wilfred Finnegan

Mr. Wilfred A. Finnegan is Independent Director of Pantry Inc. He served as a Lead Independent Director from October 2011 to March 2012. Mr. Finnegan co-founded the high yield securities business at JPMorgan Chase (then Chemical Bank, and later Chase Manhattan) in 1993 and subsequently was promoted to the head of Global Leveraged Finance, where he accumulated substantial leadership and financial experience. His later positions as Senior Advisor to The Carlyle Group, a global private equity firm (2003-2005), more recently as Managing Director (2007-2008) of GoldenTree Asset Management, LP, and as an independent consultant since 2003 further enhance his executive experience and fiscal know-how. His committee experience at JPMorgan – as a member of the Management, Global Markets, and Market Risk committees there – provides additional experience in analyzing risk and performing financial strategic planning that the Company believe adds value to his participation on Company's Audit and Finance and Investment Committees. Finally, Mr. Finnegan attained a B.A. and M.B.A. from Dartmouth College, one of the nation’s top undergraduate and business institutions.

Terry McElroy

Mr. Terry L. McElroy is Independent Director of The Pantry Inc., since March 2006. He currently serves on both the CO Committee and the Audit Committee of Company's Board. He has also served on Company's Executive Committee, the duties and responsibilities of which are now encompassed by Company's Finance and Investment Committee. Since his 2006 retirement, Mr. McElroy has been self-employed as an independent consultant. Before his 2006 retirement, Mr. McElroy spent more than twenty-five years in multiple executive roles with McLane Company, Inc. For the last five years of his executive experience at McLane, he was President of McLane Grocery Distribution, which has provided him the background and experience of working with a board of directors and overseeing management in addition to his substantively experience in a closely-related industry. As a former President and Vice President of Distribution at McLane, Mr. McElroy was responsible for developing and implementing corporate strategy, including how it related to compensation and benefits. Specifically, he served on the committee that developed the first formalized position description and salary framework for the company as a whole, and he later helped develop a formal succession planning process for senior positions that contributed to internal promotions for almost all open positions. During his tenure at McLane, Mr. McElroy also served on the committee that formalized the company’s beliefs and values and developed its first long-term strategic plan, and as President, he was responsible for developing and updating the strategic plan for that unit.

Mark Miles

Mr. Mark D. Miles is Independent Director of The Pantry Inc., since January 2006. He currently serves on CO Committee and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. For instance, since January 2006, Mr. Miles was appointed CEO of Hulman & Company in December 2012 and elected to their Board of Directors in March 2012. Hulman & Company is a private, family-owned company comprised of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, INDYCAR, the Clabber Girl brand and various other business entities. From 2006 to 2012, Mr. Miles was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Central Indiana Corporate Partnership, Inc., a not-for-profit organization of central Indiana CEOs and university presidents that seeks to foster growth and opportunity throughout the region. Additionally, Mr. Miles is currently a director for City Financial Corporation, a holding company for City Securities, in Indianapolis, Indiana and serves on its Compensation and Audit Committees. He has held numerous other executive positions in the sports industry, including fifteen years as CEO of the ATP, the official international circuit of men’s professional tennis tournaments (1990 to 2005); President of the Organizing Committee of the 1987 Pan American Games in Indianapolis; and President of the RCA Championships (formerly Indianapolis ATP tournament). Mr. Miles was also Executive Director of Corporate Relations for Eli Lilly & Co., an international agricultural, medical instrument, and pharmaceutical company. Mr. Miles’ responsibilities at Eli Lilly included oversight of the company’s Washington, D.C. office and all of its federal and state governmental affairs, including all lobbying activities. Additionally, Mr. Miles has had experience managing political campaigns, including a mayoral campaign for the city of Indianapolis and several congressional candidate campaigns for both the Indiana and U.S. legislatures.

Bryan Monkhouse

Mr. Bryan E. Monkhouse is Independent Director of The Pantry Inc., since December 2004. He is currently a member of Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and Audit Committee. Since 2003, Mr. Monkhouse has served as chairman of Blue Water Safaris, Ltd. and as managing director of Liamuiga Marine Limited, both privately-held companies offering tourism services in the Caribbean. Additionally, since his retirement from Irving Oil Limited in 2003, Mr. Monkhouse has been self-employed as a consultant and has provided consulting services to Irving Oil in 2004 and 2008. Early in Mr. Monkhouse’s career, he held senior positions in supply, corporate development, logistics, and marketing with Suncor, Inc., an integrated Calgary oil company. As VP of Marketing at Suncor, he was responsible for the operation of the company’s convenience store chain. He then moved to Irving Oil Limited, a petroleum refiner and marketer serving New England and eastern Canada, where he was responsible for approximately 800 convenience stores in Canada and the United States as Vice President of Marketing. Mr. Monkhouse was named COO of the four-billion dollar enterprise in 2001, and he was then charged with overseeing its operations, interacting with inside and outside public accountants and auditors and exercising diligence.

Thomas Murnane

Mr. Thomas M. Murnane is Independent Director of The Pantry Inc., since October 2002. He is currently chairs Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and serves as a member of Audit Committee. Mr. Murnane was recently appointed to the Dean’s Alumni Advisory Committee for College of Arts and Sciences at the Ohio State University. Since 2005, Mr. Murnane has been a Principal and co-owner of ARC Business Advisors, a boutique consultancy that provides strategic and operational advice to retailers and their suppliers, as well as mergers and acquisitions due diligence support to both strategic and financial investors on transactions in the retail sector. Until his retirement in 2002, Mr. Murnane was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP. He began his career at PwC in 1980, and during his tenure there, he directed first the firm’s Retail Strategy Consulting Practice, later its Overall Strategy Consulting Practice for the East Region of the United States, and most recently served as Global Director of Marketing and Brand Management for PwC Consulting. From 2003-2008, Mr. Murnane also served on the Board of Captaris, Inc., a company that developed software to automate paper and other document-centric processes. He chaired the Governance, Nominating, and Strategy Committee, and for various periods served on both the Audit and Compensation Committees there. Captaris was sold to Open Text, a Canadian Company, in 2008. From 2003 to the present, Mr. Murnane has served on the board of Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc., a national chain of specialty stores that retail apparel, accessories, and footwear to teenage consumers. He also serves on the Audit Committee at Pacific Sunwear. From 2002 to 2010, Mr. Murnane served on the board of Finlay Enterprises, Inc. Mr. Murnane also serves on the Board of Directors of Goodwill Southern California, a non-profit organization.
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