JEFFREY P. BERGER - Corporate Board Profile

BIG LOTS INC

Filing Date	Source Excerpt
2010-04-13	Jeffrey P. Berger is the former Executive Vice President, Global Foodservice, and President and Chief Executive Officer of Heinz North America Foodservice (manufacturer and marketer of processed food products). The Board would be well served by the perspective provided by Mr. Berger’s 14 years of experience as a chief executive of a multibillion dollar company and his qualification as an “audit committee financial expert,” as defined by applicable SEC rules. Retainers and Fees for Mr. Berger: $61,000; Restricted Stock Awards: $74,998; Charitable Donations: $10,000; Total: $145,998.
2011-04-12	Jeffrey P. Berger is the former Executive Vice President, Global Foodservice, and President and Chief Executive Officer of Heinz North America Foodservice (manufacturer and marketer of processed food products). The Board would be well served by the perspective provided by Mr. Berger’s 14 years of experience as a chief executive of a multibillion dollar company and his qualification as an “audit committee financial expert,” as defined by applicable SEC rules.
2012-04-10	Mr. Berger (age 62) is a director since 2006, member of the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee. He received total compensation of $205,250 in fiscal 2011.
2013-04-16	Mr. Berger is the former Executive Vice President, Global Foodservice of H.J. Heinz Company (food manufacturer and marketer), and President and Chief Executive Officer of Heinz North America Foodservice (food manufacturer and marketer). Mr. Berger is also currently a director of GNC Holdings, Inc. (health and wellness specialty retailer). The Board would be well served by the perspective provided by Mr. Bergers 14 years of experience as a chief executive of a multibillion dollar company, his service on another public company board and his qualification as an audit committee financial expert, as defined by applicable SEC rules. The retainers and fees we paid to outside directors for fiscal 2012 consisted of: (1) an annual retainer of $45,000; (2) an additional annual retainer of $15,000 for the chair of the Audit Committee; (3) an additional annual retainer of $10,000 for the chairs of the Compensation Committee and the Nominating / Corporate Governance Committee; (4) $1,500 for each Board meeting attended in person; (5) $1,250 for each committee meeting attended in person; (6) $500 for each Board or committee meeting attended telephonically; and (7) the ability to nominate one or more charities to receive from us donations in the aggregate amount of up to $10,000 per outside director. In fiscal 2012, the members of the Search Committee each received a fee of $15,000 for their service, and the chair of the Search Committee received an additional fee of $10,000. No retainers or fees are paid in connection with a directors service on the Strategic Planning Committee. During fiscal 2012, Messrs. Berger, Chambers, Hayes, Kollat, Mallott, Solt, Tener and Tishkoff and Ms. Lauderback qualified as outside directors and, thus, received compensation for their Board service. Mr. Chambers was elected to our Board on May 23, 2012, and Mr. Kollat retired from our Board on the same day. Due to our employment of Mr. Fishman, he did not qualify as an outside director and did not receive compensation for his service as a director. The compensation received by Mr. Fishman as an employee is shown in the Summary Compensation Table included in this Proxy Statement. The following table summarizes the compensation earned by each outside director for his or her Board service in fiscal 2012. Mr. Berger: $191,733.
2014-04-15	Jeffrey P. Berger is the former Executive Vice President, Global Foodservice of H.J. Heinz Company (food manufacturer and marketer), and President and Chief Executive Officer of Heinz North America Foodservice (food manufacturer and marketer). Mr. Berger is also currently a director of GNC Holdings, Inc. (health and wellness specialty retailer). The Board would be well served by the perspective provided by Mr. Berger's 14 years of experience as a chief executive of a multibillion dollar company, his service on another public company board and his qualification as an "audit committee financial expert," as defined by applicable SEC rules. Director Compensation Table for Fiscal 2013: Mr. Berger received total compensation of $270,008.
2015-04-14	Jeffrey P. Berger is the former Executive Vice President, Global Foodservice of H.J. Heinz Company (food manufacturer and marketer), and President and Chief Executive Officer of Heinz North America Foodservice (food manufacturer and marketer). Mr. Berger is also currently a director of GNC Holdings, Inc. (health and wellness specialty retailer). The Board would be well served by the perspective provided by Mr. Berger's 14 years of experience as a chief executive of a multibillion dollar company, his service on another public company board and his qualification as an "audit committee financial expert," as defined by applicable SEC rules. Director Compensation Table for Fiscal 2014 shows Mr. Berger earned $243,782.
2016-04-12	Age: 66 Director since: 2006 Committees: Compensation Nominating / Corporate Governance (Chair) Mr. Berger is the former Executive Vice President, Global Foodservice of H.J. Heinz Company... The following table summarizes the compensation earned by each non-employee director for his or her Board service in fiscal 2015. Mr. Berger received total compensation of $221,967.
2017-04-11	Age: 67 Director since: 2006 Committees: Compensation, Nominating / Corporate Governance (Chair) Mr. Berger is the former Executive Vice President, Global Foodservice of H.J. Heinz Company. Director Compensation Table for Fiscal 2016 shows total compensation of $265,248.
2018-04-20	Age: 68 Director since: 2006 Committees: 6Compensation Nominating / Corporate Governance Director Compensation Table for Fiscal 2017 The following table summarizes the total compensation for fiscal 2017 for each of our non-employee directors. Name(a) FeesEarnedorPaid inCash($)(b) StockAwards($) (1)(2)(c) OptionAwards($)(d) Non-EquityIncentive PlanCompensation($)(e) Change inPensionValue andNonqualifiedDeferredCompensationEarnings($)(f) AllOtherCompensation($) (3)(g) Total($)(h) Mr. Berger 108,125 134,966 - - - 14,500 257,591
2019-04-16	Age: 69Director since: 2006Committees: Compensation, Nominating / Corporate Governance. Mr. Berger is the former Executive Vice President, Global Foodservice of H.J. Heinz Company. Compensation Table shows total compensation of $278,976.