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Board of Directors
Robert Price
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Robert Price has been Chairman of the Board of the Company since July 1994 and Chief Executive Officer of the
Company since April 2006. He served as Interim Chief Executive Officer of the Company from April 2003 until April 2006 and
also served as Interim President of the Company from April 2003 until October 2004. Mr. Price also served as President and Chief
Executive Officer of the Company from July 1994 until January 1998. Additionally, Mr. Price served as Chairman of the Board of
Price Enterprises, Inc. (“PEI”) from July 1994 until November 1999 and was President and Chief Executive Officer of PEI from
July 1994 until September 1997. Mr. Price was Chairman of the Board of Price/Costco, Inc. (“Costco”) from October 1993 to
December 1994. From 1976 to October 1993, he was Chief Executive Officer and a director of The Price Company (“TPC”).
Mr. Price served as Chairman of the Board of TPC from January 1989 to October 1993, and as its President from 1976 until
December 1990. Mr. Price has also been a Manager of The Price Group since August 2000.
Jose Luis Laparte
Director
Chief Executive Officer and President
Jose Luis Laparte has been a director of the Company since February 2008, Chief Executive Officer of the
Company since July 2010, and President of the Company since October 2004. He served as a consultant for
the Company from December 2003 to October 2004. Prior to joining the Company as a
consultant, Mr. Laparte worked more than 14 years for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. in Mexico and the United States in progressively
responsible positions. From October 2002 through September 2003, he served as Vice President of Sam’s International, where he
directed and managed the company’s operations, finance, sales, marketing, product development and merchandising. From May
2000 to October 2002, he served as Vice President, Wal-Mart de Mexico, responsible for sales and the expansion of the Sam’s
Club format in Mexico.
Gonzalo Barrutieta
Director
Gonzalo Barrutieta has been a director of the Company since February 2008. Mr. Barrutieta was employed in several
capacities with Grupo Gigante, S.A. de C. V. from 1994 to 2006, most recently as Director of Real Estate and New Business
Development. Since 1994, he has served as a member of the board of directors of Grupo Gigante. From 2002 through 2005 Mr.
Barrutieta was a Director of PriceSmart Mexico (formerly a joint venture between the Company and Grupo Gigante), serving as
Chief Executive Officer of PriceSmart Mexico from 2003 to 2005. Mr. Barrutieta has also been a Director of Hoteles Presidente
since 2004, of Office Depot Mexico and Radio Shack Mexico since 2005, and has served as President and Director of Operadora
IPC de Mexico since 2007.
Katherine L. Hensley
Director
Katherine L. Hensley has been a director of the Company since July 1997 and served as a director of PEI from December
1994 until July 1997. She is a retired partner of the law firm of O’Melveny & Myers in Los Angeles, California. Ms. Hensley
joined O’Melveny & Myers in 1978 and was a partner from 1986 to February 1992. From 1994 to 2000, Ms. Hensley served as a
trustee of Security First Trust, an open-end investment management company registered under the Investment Company Act of
1940.
Leon C. Janks
Director
Leon C. Janks has been a director of the Company since July 1997 and served as a director of PEI from March 1995 until
July 1997. He has been a partner in the accounting firm of Green, Hasson & Janks LLP in Los Angeles, California since 1980 and
serves as its Managing Partner. Mr. Janks has extensive experience in domestic and international business, serving a wide variety
of clients in diverse businesses, and is a certified public accountant.
Sherry S. Bahrambeygui
Director
Sherry S. Bahrambeygui joined The Price Group, LLC in September 2006 and has served as a Managing Member of The Price Group,
LLC since January 2007. Additionally, Ms. Bahrambeygui serves as Executive Vice President, Secretary and Vice Chairman of the
Boards of Price Charities, fka San Diego Revitalization Corp., and Price Family Charitable Fund and she is also the Chief Executive
Officer of PS Ivanhoe, LLC, a commercial real estate company. Ms. Bahrambeygui was a licensed stockbroker and is a founding partner of
the law firm of Hosey & Bahrambeygui, LLP. She has been practicing law with an emphasis in employment and business litigation since 1993
and provided consultation and legal representation to the Company from time-to-time between 2001 and 2008. Ms. Bahrambeygui’s thorough
understanding of the business and operations of the Company, as well as having effectively assisted the Company on certain legal and
business matters, contribute to the Board’s conclusion that she should serve as a director of the Company.
Edgar A. Zurcher
Director
Edgar A. Zurcher has been a director of the Company since October 2009 and was previously a director of the Company from 2000-2008.
Mr. Zurcher has been a partner in the law firm Zurcher, Odio & Raven in Costa Rica since 1980. Additionally, Mr. Zurcher is President
and has been a director and 9.1% shareholder of PSC, S.A. (which previously owned 49% of PSMT Caribe, Inc.)
since its inception in September 1998. PSC, S.A. beneficially owns approximately 3.0% of the outstanding
Common Stock of the Company. Mr. Zurcher has also been a 9.1% owner of Banco Promerica, and a director of
Banco Promerica (Dominican Republic) and Chairman of the Board of Banco Promerica (Costa Rica), since
2000.
Mitchell G. Lynn
Director
Mitchell G. Lynn served in several senior executive positions and as the President and a director of TPC prior to its merger in 1993
with Costco, Inc., and from 1993 until 1994 he served as an executive officer, director and member of the Executive Committee of Price/Costco.
Mr. Lynn was also a member of The Price Group, LLC from 2005 to 2008. Mr. Lynn is a founding and continuing director of Bodega Latina Corporation,
dba El Super, a 36-store warehouse-style grocery retailer that targets the Hispanic market in the Southwestern United States. Mr. Lynn is also
the founder, owner and General Partner of CRI 2000, LP, dba Combined Resources International (CRI), which designs, develops and manufactures
consumer products for international wholesale distribution, primarily through warehouse clubs. Mr. Lynn is also a founder and continuing Managing
Member of Early Learning Resources, LLC, dba ECR4Kids (ECR) which designs, manufactures and sells educational/children’s products to wholesale
dealers. Additionally, Mr. Lynn served as a director of United PanAm Financial Corp. from 2001 until its sale in 2011. Mr. Lynn is a certified
public accountant and a licensed real estate broker in California. Mr. Lynn’s extensive prior experience in both the warehouse club business and
general retailing and his significant knowledge relating to accounting and financial matters, contribute to the Board’s conclusion that he should
serve as a director of the Company.
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