John D. Smith

Payless ShoeSource, Inc. (Delaware) owns and operates footwear specialty retailer stores in the Western Hemisphere with 4,605 retail stores. The stores offer fashionable, private and branded label footwear and accessories for women, men and children in a self-selection shopping format. Their stores sell a broad assortment of footwear, including athletic, casual and dress shoes, sandals, work and fashion boots, slippers and accessories, such as handbags and hosiery. The company's retail stores in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Central America, South America and Japan sold over 182 million pairs of footwear. The company is headquartered in Topeka, KS

HealthAxis, Inc. develops and provides hosted, internet-based benefits distribution and administration applications, along with professional and business process outsourcing services to health insurance payers, preferred provider organizations and third-party health plan administrators. Its clients use the companys applications to streamline health insurance plan distribution, enrollment and claims processing. It provides service such as application management, computing services, data conversion, image storage and retrieval, image scanning, graphic design and systems integration. It is located in Irving, TX

Beauty Concepts, Inc. distributes cosmetics products.

Payless Holdings LLC engages in the operation of retail shoe stores. It provides lifestyle, fashion and performance brands for footwear and related accessories. The firm's portfolio brands include Airwalk, Dexter, Champion and American Eagle. The company was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Topeka, KS.