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David Jessick has served as a director and the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Board since January 2005 and as a member of the Compensation Committee and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee of the Board since April 2005. He served as a consultant to the Chief Executive and senior financial staff at Rite Aid Corporation from July 2002 to February 2005. Mr. Jessick served as Rite Aid's Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer from December 1999 to June 2002. Prior to that, from February 1997 to June 1999, Mr. Jessick was the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations for Fred Meyer, Inc. From 1979 to 1996, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Thrifty Payless Holdings, Inc. Mr. Jessick began his career as a Certified Public Accountant for Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. He is currently a director of WKI Holding Company, Inc. (chairman of the audit and the compensation committees), Source Interlink, Inc. (audit committee member), Pathmark Stores, Inc. and Pinnacle Foods Group, Inc. | 