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PFSWEB INC filed this DEF 14A on 05/15/2008.
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record by these people or institutions, in which case we will reimburse these brokerage firms, custodians, nominees and fiduciaries for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in connection with these forwarding activities. We may retain BNY Mellon Shareowner Services, LLC to assist in the solicitation of proxies for an estimated fee of $10,000 plus reimbursement of expenses.
Are there appraisal rights?
          Stockholders have no dissenters’ rights of appraisal with respect to any of the matters to be voted upon at the Annual Meeting.
ITEM NO. 1
NOMINEES FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
          The Board of Directors is divided into three classes. Each class serves three years, with the terms of office of the respective classes expiring in successive years. The term of the current Class I directors expires at the 2009 Annual Meeting; the term of the current Class II director expires at the 2010 Annual Meeting; and the term of the current Class III directors expires at the 2008 Annual Meeting. The Board presently consists of five members, two Class I directors, one Class II director and two Class III directors. The nominees to serve as Class III directors who have been nominated and recommended by the Board of Directors are Mark C. Layton and Timothy M. Murray. If elected, Messrs. Layton and Murray are expected to serve until the Company’s 2011 annual meeting and until their respective successors are elected and qualified. The shares represented by proxies in the accompanying form will be voted for the election of the nominees unless authority to so vote is withheld. The Board of Directors has no reason to believe that such nominees will not serve if elected, but if any one or more of them should become unavailable to serve as a director, and if the Board designates a substitute nominee or nominees, the person named as proxies will vote for the substitute nominee(s) designated by the Board.
          The following information, which has been provided by the individuals named, sets forth for each member of the Board of Directors, such person’s name, age, principal occupation or employment during at least the past five years, the name of the corporation or other organization, if any, in which such occupation or employment is carried on and the period during which such person has served as a director of the Company.
Class I Directors
          David I. Beatson, age 60, has served as a non-employee Director since November 2000. Mr. Beatson is Chief Executive Officer of Globalware Solutions (“GWS”), a global supply chain management solution provider with facilities in North America, Asia and Europe. GWS provides comprehensive state-of-the-art physical and digital supply chain solutions that enable clients to increase return on investment and improve time-to-market. Mr. Beatson is a recognized leader in the field of transportation, logistics and supply chain management having served as Chairman and CEO of several leading companies in the industry. From July 2003 to April 2005, Mr. Beatson served as Regional CEO North America and Member of the Executive Board of Panalpina, Inc., a leading provider of intercontinental airfreight and sea freight forwarding and transportation, specializing in global integrated logistics and comprehensive supply chain management solutions. From June 2000 to July 2001, Mr. Beatson served as president, CEO and Chairman of Supply Links, Inc., an Internet-based business-to-business global supply chain network that links customers to multiple transportation modes and service providers through a single platform. From July 1998 to June 2000, Mr. Beatson served as chairman, president and CEO of Circle International Group, Inc., a global transportation and logistics company. From 1991 to June 1994, Mr. Beatson served as vice-president of sales and marketing and then from June 1994 until July 1998 as president and CEO of Emery Worldwide, a global transportation and logistics company. Prior to 1991, Mr. Beatson held several management positions in the logistics and transportation industry, including American Airlines and CF Airfreight. Mr. Beatson also currently serves as an industry representative member of the Executive Advisory Committee to the National Industrial Transportation League, to which the Air Freight Association elected him in 1995. He also serves on several industry boards including the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals.
          James F. Reilly, age 49, has served as a non-employee Director of the Company since its inception in 1999. Mr. Reilly has been an investment banker since 1983 and is currently a Senior Advisor to Needham & Company, LLC, a nationally recognized investment banking and asset management firm focused primarily on serving emerging growth industries and their investors. He has been with Needham & Company, LLC, since January 2004 serving in various

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