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INFORMATION CONCERNING PARTICIPANTS
(FURNISHED PURSUANT TO RULE 14a-11(b)(2) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934)
Venator Group, Inc. (the "Company") and certain other persons named below may be
deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies in connection with the
1999 annual meeting of shareholders. The participants in this solicitation may
include the directors of the Company (J. Carter Bacot, Purdy Crawford, Roger N.
Farah, Philip H. Geier Jr., Jarobin Gilbert Jr., Dale W. Hilpert, Allan Z.
Loren, Margaret P. MacKimm, John J. Mackowski, James E. Preston and Christopher
A. Sinclair), the following executive officers of the Company: Gary M. Bahler
(Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary), M. Jeffrey Branman
(Senior Vice President - Corporate Development), John E. DeWolf III (Senior
Vice President - Real Estate), S. Ronald Gaston (Senior Vice President and Chief
Information Officer), John F. Gillespie (Senior Vice President - Human
Resources), Bruce L. Hartman (Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer), Maryann M. McGeorge (Senior Vice President - Merchandise Operations),
John H. Cannon (Vice President and Treasurer) and Lauren B. Peters (Vice
President and Controller), and the following other members of management and
employees of the Company: Juris Pagrabs (Vice President - Investor Relations),
Frances E. Trachter (Vice President - Public Affairs) and Sheilagh M. Clarke
(Counsel and Assistant Secretary).
As of the date of this communication, none of the foregoing participants
individually own in excess of 1 percent of the Company's Common Stock or in the
aggregate in excess of 2 percent of the Company's Common Stock.