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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, 2008
Year first elected
Age Officer Present office
Jerry Tidwell (8)
Senior Vice President
Supply Operations
56 2001 2003
Donald P. Wright
Senior Vice President
Real Estate and Engineering
55 1991 1991
(1) 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 Finance committees.
(2) 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.
(3) 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.
(4) 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.
(5) Russell M. Jackson was appointed as Senior Vice President, Human Resources, of the Company in March 2007. Prior to joining
Safeway, he was employed with PG&E Corporation for 27 years, where he most recently served as Senior Vice President, Human
Resources.
(6) Melissa C. Plaisance has been Senior Vice President, Finance and Investor Relations since October 2004. She joined the Company in
1990, and 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. From January 2004 to October 2004, she was at Del Monte
Foods Company, where she held the position of Senior Vice President, Finance and Corporate Communications.
(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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