Michael A. Weiss

Overview

MICHAEL A. WEISS is 65 years old and is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Express, a subsidiary of Limited Brands, Inc. ("Limited"). He served in such capacity from 1997 to 2004. Mr. Weiss joined Limited in 1981 and served in a number of positions of increasing responsibility including Vice Chairman from 1993 to 1997 and President of Express from 1982 to 1993. Previously, he had been General Manager for Trousers Up, a subsidiary of Apparel Industries, Inc., and Merchandise Manager for Casual Corner Group, Inc. Mr. Weiss began his career at Abraham & Straus, a subsidiary of Federated Department Stores. Mr. Weiss is a director of Borders Group, Inc., Chicos FAS, Inc. (also serves as Non-executive Chairman), and Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. Mr. Weiss has served as a Director of Payless since January 2005. At the July 26, 2007 meeting of the Board of Directors, Michael A. Weiss tendered his resignation. The Board of Directors declined to accept his resignation.