Heinz Co. Is Owned By Republicans, Peter Coors Is

[Zorra]

a major stockholder. Heinz donates to the Bu$h campaign and not Kerry's. The Bu$h campaign is attacking Kerry because Heinz outsources jobs. But it is Bu$h supporting republicans that are doing the outsourcing if there really is any. Next time a freeper brings this issue up, you can ram this down their throat.

What a bunch of sneaky, lying hypocrites:

Members of the board of the Fortune 500 company and its corporate political action committee have donated thousands of dollars to Republicans in recent years, including contributions to the Bush campaign. The corporate PAC has given nothing to Kerry.

The Republicans are accepting the cash even as they criticize the Pittsburgh-based company's job cuts and overseas moves -- part of an effort to taint the presumptive Democratic nominee with the conglomerate's business practices.

No Heinz family member has been employed by the company or served on its board since H.J. ``Jack'' Heinz II, its chairman, died in 1987.

Heinz Kerry, who heads the separate Heinz Family Foundation and the Howard Heinz Endowment, owns less than 4 percent of the company's stock. Major Heinz stockholders include the company's top executives, led by Chairman William R. Johnson, as well as beer magnate Peter Coors and former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver and pro football Hall of Famer Lynn Swann.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Heinz-Politics.html

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1. sing this one out loud and long y'all

:kick:

[AmericanErrorist]

2. Can there still

be "Ketchup" jokes?

[cosmicdot]

3. Heinz's Board of Directors

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 Directors

William 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)

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/46640/000092701603002951/ddef14a.htm#toc82155_6