12% or 43,370,900 shares of Heinz is owned by
Capital Research and Management Company
333 South Hope Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Board of DirectorsWilliam R. Johnson
Director since 1993
Age 54
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Heinz (2000-present); President and Chief Executive Officer of Heinz (1998-2000)
Other Directorships: The Clorox Company
Charles E. Bunch
Director since 2003
Age 53
President and Chief Operating Officer of PPG Industries, Inc. (2002-present); Executive Vice President-Coatings Sector of PPG Industries, Inc. (2000-2002); Senior Vice President of Planning, Corporate Services, and M&A of PPG Industries, Inc. (1997-2000)
Other Directorships: PPG Industries, Inc.
Mary C. Choksi
Director since 1998
Age 53
Managing Director of Strategic Investment Partners, Inc. and Emerging Markets Investors Corporation (investment management firms) (1987-present)
Leonard S. Coleman, Jr.
Director since 1998
Age 54
Senior Advisor, Major League Baseball (1999-present); President of the National League of Professional Baseball Clubs (1994-1999)
Other Directorships:
Omnicom Group Inc.
New Jersey Resources Corporation
Cendant Corporation
Owens Corning
Electronic Arts Inc.
Churchill Downs Incorporated
Aramark Corporation
Peter H. Coors
Director since 2001
Age 56
Chairman, Coors Brewing Company and Adolph Coors Company (malt-based beverages) (2000-present); Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Coors Brewing Company (1997-2000)
Other Directorships:
Energy Corporation of America
U.S. Bancorp
Edith E. Holiday
Director since 1994
Age 51
Attorney; Operative Trustee, TWE Holdings I, II, III Trusts (2002-present); Assistant to the President of the United States and Secretary of the Cabinet (1990-1993); General Counsel of the United States Department of the Treasury (1989-1990)
Other Directorships:
Amerada Hess Corporation
Beverly Enterprises, Inc.
RTI International Metals, Inc.
Canadian National Railway Company
Director or trustee of various investment companies in the Franklin Templeton group of mutual funds
Candace Kendle
Director since 1998
Age 56
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Kendle International, Inc. (contract research organization) (1981-present)
Dean R. O’Hare
Director since 2000
Age 61
Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Chubb Corporation (insurance) (1988 until his retirement in November 2002)
Other Directorships:
Fluor Corporation
Lynn C. Swann
Director since 2003
Age 51
Chairman, President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports (2002-present); President, Swann, Inc. (marketing and consulting) (1976-present); football and sports broadcaster, ABC Sports (1976-present)
Other Directorships:
Wyndham International Inc.
Thomas J. Usher
Director since 2000
Age 61
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of United States Steel Corporation (integrated steelmaker) (2002-present); Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of USX Corporation (1995-2001)
Other Directorships:
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc
PPG Industries, Inc.
Marathon Oil Corporation
James M. Zimmerman
Director since 1998
Age 59
Chairman of the Board of Federated Department Stores, Inc. (retailer)
(2003-present); Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Federated Department Stores, Inc. (1997-2003)
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