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SAFEWAY INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Executive Officers of the Registrant (continued)
Name and all positions with the Company
Held at February 21, 2007
Year first elected
Age Officer Present office
Jerry Tidwell (8)
Senior Vice President
Supply Operations
55 2001 2003
Donald P. Wright
Senior Vice President
Real Estate and Engineering
54 1991 1991
(1) Brian C. Cornell was named Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of the Company in April 2004. Prior to joining
Safeway, he was President of Pepsi Cola North America’s (“PCNA”) Food Services Division and Senior Vice President (“SVP”) of
Sales for PCNA, a role he assumed in March 2003. Prior to joining PCNA, Mr. Cornell was Regional President of PepsiCo
Beverages International’s European business, with the additional responsibility as SVP Non Carb Beverage Marketing. Mr. Cornell
joined PepsiCo, Inc. when it acquired Tropicana from the Seagram Company in 1998. Mr. Cornell serves as a director, a member
of the Audit Committee and a member of the Governance and Nominating Committee of OfficeMax.
(2) Robert L. Edwards was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company in March 2004. Prior to
that, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Maxtor Corporation from September 2003 to March 2004.
Prior to joining Maxtor, Mr. Edwards was, from 1998 to August 2003, an officer at Imation Corporation, a developer,
manufacturer and supplier of magnetic and optical data storage media, where for most of that period he held the position of
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer. He is a director of Casa Ley, in which Safeway has
a 49% ownership interest. In December 2006, Mr. Edwards was elected to the board of directors of Spansion, a provider of
Flash memory solutions, where he serves on the Audit and Compensation committees.
(3) Bruce L. Everette has been an Executive Vice President of Safeway Inc. since December 2001. While serving in that position, he
was also President of Dominick’s Finer Foods, LLC, a subsidiary of Safeway, from October 2004 through November 2005. He
held the positions of President and Division Manager, Northern California Division of Safeway Inc. from 1998 to 2001, and
President, Phoenix Division, from 1995 to 1998.
(4) David F. Bond has been Senior Vice President, Finance and Control, of Safeway since July 1997. In this capacity, he also serves as
the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to joining Safeway, he was a partner with Deloitte & Touche LLP from June 1988
to July 1997.
(5) Robert A. Gordon has been a Senior Vice President since May 1999 and General Counsel since June 2000. In September 2005,
he also became Secretary. He was Deputy General Counsel from May 1999 to June 2000.
(6) Melissa C. Plaisance was Senior Vice President, Finance and Public Affairs, of Safeway Inc. from 1995 through 2000, and Senior
Vice President, Finance and Investor Relations from 2000 to December 2003. She returned to Safeway in her current position in
October 2004 from Del Monte Foods Company, where she had held the position of Senior Vice President, Finance and
Corporate Communications, since January 2004.
(7) David R. Stern held the position of Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis, at Safeway from December 1994 until his
election to Senior Vice President in 2002.
(8) Jerry Tidwell held the position of Vice President of Milk and Beverage Manufacturing from 2001 to 2003 and director of the
grocery business unit from 2000 to 2001. Mr. Tidwell joined Safeway in 1998 after a 24-year career with the Pepsi Cola
Company.
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