Edward C. Harsant is the President of Stonehedge Partners. He was President, North American Stores for Staples Inc. from 2000 to 2002. Prior to that, he was President of The Business Depot Ltd. Mr. Harsant has served as a director of Sobeys Inc. since 2007 and he is the Chair of the Advisory Board of Lawton’s Drug Stores Limited, a former director of the Canadian Special Olympics and former Chair of the Retail Council of Canada. Mr. Harsant did not serve as a director of any other reporting issuers during the period from 2006 to 2011.