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Charles A. Blixt has been a director since January 2007. Mr. Blixt joined Krispy Kreme as General Counsel on an interim basis in September 2006. Effective April 23 2007 Mr. Blixt resigned as our General Counsel. Prior to joining Krispy Kreme Mr. Blixt was most recently Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Reynolds American Inc. a company formed in 2004 by the merger of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings and the U.S. operations of Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation. Before the merger Mr. Blixt worked for more than 20 years in various legal positions for R.J. Reynolds. From 1995 to 2004 he was Executive Vice President and General Counsel serving as the company’s Chief Legal Officer and managing all aspects of its legal affairs. Before joining R.J. Reynolds Mr. Blixt held corporate legal positions at Caterpillar Tractor Company and Fiat-Allis Construction Machinery and worked as an attorney in private practice in Illinois and Michigan. Mr. Blixt has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Targacept Inc. a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company since August 2000 and Swedish Match AB a global tobacco company based in Stockholm Sweden since April 2007. | 