About Us

Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD) is the nation's fourth largest broadline retailer with approximately 3,900 full-line and specialty retail stores in the United States and Canada. Sears Holdings is the leading home appliance retailer as well as a leader in tools, lawn and garden, home electronics and automotive repair and maintenance. Key proprietary brands include Kenmore, Craftsman and DieHard, and a broad apparel offering, including such well-known labels as Lands' End, Jaclyn Smith and Joe Boxer, as well as the Apostrophe and Covington brands. It also has the Country Living collection, which is offered exclusively by Sears and Kmart. We are the nation's largest provider of home services, with more than 12 million service calls made annually. Sears Holdings Corporation operates through its subsidiaries, including Sears, Roebuck and Co. and Kmart Corporation. For more information, visit Sears Holdings' Web site at http://www.searsholdings.com.

Culture

We understand that a strong culture is the heartbeat of every corporation and a key to success. Our culture is driven by the five key pillars of our strategy. These five key pillars sharpen our vision and clearly define what it will take to achieve it.

The Five Key Pillars to our Strategy

1. Creating lasting relationships with customers by empowering them to manage their lives
2. Attaining best in class productivity and efficiency
3. Building our brands
4. Reinventing the company continuously through technology and innovation
5. Reinforcing “The SHC Way” by living our values every day

Our Vision

We are committed to improving the lives of our customers by providing quality services, products and solutions that earn their trust and build lifetime relationships.

Community Relations

Improving Lives and Strengthening Communities

For most homeowners, especially those struggling to make ends meet, maintaining a home and a family may be a difficult challenge. That is why Sears Holdings is partnering with Rebuilding Together, an organization dedicated to preserving and revitalizing homes and communities. Our mutual goal is to help low-income homeowners, ranging from the elderly and disabled to families with children, live in warmth, safety, and independence. This is just one of the many ways in which Sears Holdings is improving lives and strengthening communities.

For more information on Sears Holdings Corporation Community Relations focus, visit http://www.searsholdings.com/communityrelations/.

Diversity

Recognition Kmart is recognized by the state of Florida Governor’s office for their support of people with disabilities

We have taken steps to build awareness of the importance of diversity to a point where diversity is considered “business as usual” –accepted and expected.

Diversity is embedded in our culture and expressed through Our Vision, Our Mission, Our Pace and
Our Values. We value diverse people. Our formula for success is sharing ideas, communicating honestly and respecting each other.

Everything that we do starts and ends with the customer. Our customer base is becoming increasingly diverse and we are working to gain allegiance from all segments of the population. As such, we want to be representative of America’s rich diversity of culture, people and ideas.

We want diverse people who bring ideas, experiences and talent that will help us achieve our vision and mission. We want our Company to reflect the diversity that is uniquely American. Our leaders do and will represent our diverse customer base. We will work to ensure that there are no artificial barriers that limit our associates from attaining their goals and dreams working in our Company.

Our Five Pillars of Diversity include a focus on our customers, our associates, our shareholders, our company and our community.

Diversity Principles

• Diversity is a business imperative
• Everyone is accountable for embracing our culture
• Diversity is demonstrated by:
  -  Our senior leaders’ attitude and actions
  -  Our message to and interactions with our customers
  -  The vendors with whom we conduct business
  -  Attracting, hiring, and retaining the best talent
  -  Recognizing, promoting, and rewarding associates who deliver superior results
  -  Embracing diverse people, ideas, and experience
  

Our Promise to You

We pride ourselves on being an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate in any aspect of employment on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, citizenship status, sexual orientation, veteran status, marital status, ancestry, pregnancy, ethnicity, or any other legally protected status in accordance with the requirements of federal, state and local law. We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of a qualified applicant or employee with a disability unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.

If you have any questions, please send an email to diversity@searshc.com

CEO Message

Sears Holdings' Senior Management Team includes the following members:

W. Bruce Johnson, Interim Chief Executive Officer and President
William C. Crowley, Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer
Scott J. Freidheim, Executive Vice President, Operating and Support Businesses
Kevin R. Holt, Executive Vice President, Store Operations
Michael D. Collins, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Richard Gerstein, Senior Vice President, Marketing
William R. Harker, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
James P. Mixon, Senior Vice President, Supply Chain and Operations
William K. Phelan, Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer

The board of directors of Sears Holdings Corporation has seven members. The members will serve until the next Annual Stockholders Meeting. Sears Holdings Corporation's directors are as follows:

William C. Crowley has served as an Executive Vice President of the Company since March 2005 and as our Chief Administrative Officer since September 2005. He also served as our Chief Financial Officer from March 2005 to September 2006 and as interim Chief Financial Officer from January 2007 to October 2007. Mr. Crowley has served as Chairman of the Board of Sears Canada, Inc. since December 2006 and as a director of Sears Canada since March 2005. Prior to the Merger, Mr. Crowley served as Senior Vice President, Finance of Kmart, and had served as an officer of Kmart since 2003. Mr. Crowley is also the President and Chief Operating Officer of ESL Investments, Inc., a private investment firm, and has served in that capacity since 1999. He is a director of AutoNation, Inc.

Edward S. Lampert, Chairman of our Board of Directors, is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ESL Investments, Inc., which he founded in April 1988.

Steven T. Mnuchin is Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Dune Capital Management LP, a private investment firm, and has served in that capacity since September 2004. Previously, Mr. Mnuchin served as CEO of SFM Capital Management LP (an investment adviser) from 2003 to 2004 and as Vice Chairman of ESL Investments, Inc. during 2003. Prior to joining ESL, Mr. Mnuchin spent 17 years at Goldman, Sachs & Co. where he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer. Mr. Mnuchin is a trustee of the Whitney Museum, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Board, Riverdale Country School and New York Presbyterian Hospital.

Ann N. Reese co-founded the Center for Adoption Policy Studies in New York in 2001 and serves as its Executive Director. Prior to co-founding the Center, Ms. Reese served as a Principal with Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, a private equity investment firm, in 1999 and 2000. From 1995 to 1998, she was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ITT Corp., a hotel and gaming company. Ms. Reese is a director of Xerox Corporation, Jones Apparel Group, Inc. and Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

Kevin B. Rollins is a senior adviser on global investment strategies in the technology sector to TPG Capital, L.P. (formerly Texas Pacific Group), a private investment firm. He previously served as a member of the Board of Directors and President and Chief Executive Officer of Dell, Inc. through January 2007, after which he served as an advisor to Dell until his retirement in May 2007. Along with his duties as CEO of Dell, Mr. Rollins was a member of the company’s Board of Directors, through January 2007. During his 11 year career with Dell, Mr. Rollins also served as Vice Chairman and as the head of Dell Americas. Prior to his time at Dell, Mr. Rollins worked at Bain & Company, most recently serving as a director and partner. Mr. Rollins also serves on the board of Avaya Inc., a provider of business communications applications, systems and services, and is a member of the President’s Leadership Council and the Marriott School National Advisory Council at Brigham Young University, where he founded and continues to sponsor the Rollins Center for E-Commerce.

Emily Scott is a founding partner and director of Plum TV, LLC, a television station network operating in select resort markets. Ms. Scott served as a director until December 2006, Chairman of the Board of Directors of J. Crew from 1997 to 2003 and had previously served as Vice Chairman and other roles since the company founding in 1983.

Thomas J. Tisch has served as the Managing Partner of Four Partners, a private investment firm, since 1992. He is the Chancellor of Brown University and also a trustee of the Manhattan Institute and New York University Medical Center.

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