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DISCOVER FINL SVCS

DFS

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15.32 0.70 4.79%

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15.33 0.01 0.07%

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2007 Sales	2007 Sales Growth	2007 Net Income	2007 Employees
$6,434,300,000	%	$588,600,000	12,800

Key Executives: DFS

Name	Title	Officer Since
David W. Nelms	CEO	6/30/07
Roger C. Hochschild	COO	-
Roy A. Guthrie	CFO	-
Diane E. Offereins	Chief Technology Officer	-
Kevin M. Killips, CPA	Chief Accounting Officer	-
Kathryn McNamara Corley	General Counsel	-
Mary Margaret Hastings Georgiadis	Executive VP	-
James V. Panzarino	Senior VP	-

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Kathryn McNamara Corley has served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since February 2008. Prior thereto, she had served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since 1999. Prior to becoming General Counsel, Ms. Corley was Managing Director for our former parent Morgan Stanley's global government and regulatory relations. Ms. Corley holds a Bachelor's degree in Political Science from the University of... View Full Profile

Kathryn McNamara Corley

Robert M. Devlin, 66. Director since 2007. Mr. Devlin is chairman of Curragh Capital Partners, a private equity and investment firm he founded in 2002. He is a principal owner and a director of Forethought Financial Group Inc., a life insurance and financial services company. He also serves as a senior advisor to Lazard, Inc., and is a director of Cooper Industries, Ltd. and LKQ Corporation. He was chairman, president and chief executive officer... View Full Profile

Robert M. Devlin

Gregory C. Case, 45. Director since 2007. Mr. Case has been president and chief executive officer of Aon Corporation since 2005 and is a member of the company's Board of Directors. Prior to joining Aon, Mr. Case was with McKinsey & Company, the international management consulting firm, for 17 years, most recently serving as head of the Financial Services Practice. Prior to joining McKinsey, he worked for the investment banking firm of Piper,... View Full Profile

Gregory C. Case

E. Follin Smith, 48. Director since 2007. Ms. Smith retired from Constellation Energy Group, Inc. in May 2007 where she was executive vice president, chief financial officer and chief administrative officer. Ms. Smith joined Constellation Energy Group as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer in June 2001 and was appointed Chief Administrative Officer in December 2003. Before joining Constellation Energy Group, she served as senior vice... View Full Profile

E. Follin Smith

Michael H. Moskow, 70. Director since 2007. Mr. Moskow retired as president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago in 2007, where he had served since 1994. From 1993-1994, he was a full-time faculty member at Northwestern University (Kellogg School of Management). Prior to teaching at Northwestern, Mr. Moskow was a deputy U.S. trade representative with the rank of Ambassador, following his appointment by President... View Full Profile

Michael H. Moskow

Roger C. Hochschild has served as President and Chief Operating Officer since 2004, and was Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer from 1998 to 2001. From 2001 to 2004, Mr. Hochschild was Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative and Chief Strategic Officer of our former parent Morgan Stanley. Mr. Hochschild holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Georgetown University and an M.B.A. from the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth... View Full Profile

Roger C. Hochschild

David W. Nelms has served as our Chief Executive Officer since 2004, and was President and Chief Operating Officer from 1998 to 2004. Mr. Nelms was also our Chairman from 2004 until our spin-off. Prior to joining Discover, Mr. Nelms worked at MBNA America Bank from 1990 to 1998, most recently as a Vice Chairman. Mr. Nelms holds a Bachelor's of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Florida and an M.B.A. from Harvard... View Full Profile

David W. Nelms

Mary K. Bush, 59. Director since 2007. Ms. Bush has served as the president of Bush International, which advises U.S. companies and foreign governments on international financial markets, banking and economic matters, since 1991. She has served as the U.S. government's representative on the IMF Board, head of the Federal Home Loan Bank System and head of International Finance at Fannie Mae. In 2006, President Bush appointed her chairman of the... View Full Profile

Mary K. Bush

Roy A. Guthrie has served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer since 2005. Prior to joining Discover, Mr. Guthrie was President, Chief Executive Officer of CitiFinancial International, LTD, a Consumer Finance Business of Citigroup, from 2000 to 2004. In addition Mr. Guthrie served on Citigroup's Management Committee during this period of time. Mr. Guthrie served as Chief Financial Officer of Associates First Capital Corporation... View Full Profile

Roy A. Guthrie

Mary Margaret Hastings Georgiadis has served as Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer since 2004. Ms. Georgiadis was at McKinsey & Company from 1986 to 1988 and 1990 to 2004, most recently as Partner. At McKinsey & Company, Ms. Georgiadis headed the marketing and retail practices and also cofounded and led the customer acquisition and management and retail practices. Ms. Georgiadis holds a Bachelors degree in Economics from... View Full Profile

Mary Margaret Hastings Georgiadis

Charlotte M. Hogg has served as Senior Vice President and Managing Director of our international business since 2004. Ms. Hogg was a Managing Director and Head of our former parent Morgan Stanley's Strategic Planning Group from 2001 to 2004. Ms. Hogg holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics and History from Oxford University and was a Kennedy Memorial Trust Scholar at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.... View Full Profile

Charlotte M. Hogg

Carlos Minetti has served as Executive Vice President, Cardmember Services and Consumer Banking since September 2006. Prior thereto, he had been Executive Vice President, Cardmember Services since January 2001 and Executive Vice President, Cardmember Services and Risk Management since January 2003. Prior to joining Discover, Mr. Minetti worked in card operations and risk management for American Express from 1987 to 2000, most recently as Senior... View Full Profile

Carlos Minetti

Diane E. Offereins has served as Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer since 1998. In addition, she was appointed to oversee the PULSE Network in 2006. From 1993 to 1998, Ms. Offereins was at MBNA America Bank, most recently as Senior Executive Vice President. Ms. Offereins holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting from Loyola University.... View Full Profile

Diane E. Offereins

James V. Panzarino has served as Senior Vice President, Chief Credit Risk Officer since 2006, and was Senior Vice President, Cardmember Assistance from 2003 to 2006. Prior to joining Discover, Mr. Panzarino was Vice President of External Collections and Recovery at American Express from 1998 to 2002. Mr. Panzarino holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Management and Communication from Adelphi University.... View Full Profile

James V. Panzarino

Harit Talwar has served as Executive Vice President, Discover Network since December 2003. From 2000 to 2003, Mr. Talwar was Managing Director for Discover's international business. Mr. Talwar held a number of positions at Citigroup from 1985 to 2000, most recently Country Head, Consumer Banking Division, Poland. Mr. Talwar holds a B.A. Hons degree in Economics from Delhi University in India and received his M.B.A. from the Indian Institute of... View Full Profile

Harit Talwar

Jeffrey S. Aronin, 40. Director since 2007. Mr. Aronin is president and chief executive officer of Ovation Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company he founded in 2000. He is the former chairman and chief executive officer at MedCare Technologies Inc., a publicly held healthcare company. He also has held various executive positions at American Health Products Corporation, including leadership of both marketing and business development,... View Full Profile

Jeffrey S. Aronin

Michael L. Rankowitz, 50. Director since 2007. Mr. Rankowitz has served as a consultant to Morgan Stanley, and as a member of its pension committee, since 2006. In 2001, he retired from Morgan Stanley, where he worked for more than 20 years, most recently as co-head of Global High Yield, responsible for risk management, research and sales for high yield, emerging markets, bank debt and distressed securities. He is a director and chairman of the... View Full Profile

Michael L. Rankowitz

Dennis D. Dammerman, 62. Chairman and Director since 2007. Mr. Dammerman retired in 2005 as vice chairman of the board and executive officer of General Electric Company and director, chairman and chief executive officer of GE Capital Services, after a nearly 40-year career with GE. He is chairman of the board of directors of Capmark Financial Group Inc. and a director of BlackRock, Inc.... View Full Profile

Dennis D. Dammerman

David H. Komansky retired in 2003 as chairman of the board of Merrill Lynch, a position he had held since 1997. Mr. Komansky also served as a director and chief executive officer of Merrill Lynch from 1996 to 2002. Mr. Komansky is a director of BlackRock, Inc., WPP Group plc, AEA Investors LLC and Burt's Bees, Inc.... View Full Profile

David H. Komansky

Lawrence A. Weinbach, 68. Director since 2007. Mr. Weinbach has been a partner of Yankee Hill Capital Management LLC, a private equity firm, since 2006. Prior to that, he was the executive chairman of Unisys Corporation, a worldwide information services and technology company, from 2005 to 2006, and its chairman and chief executive officer from 1997 to 2004. He began his career in 1961 at Arthur Andersen, ultimately serving as managing partner... View Full Profile

Lawrence A. Weinbach

Philip A. Laskawy, 66. Director since 2007. Mr. Laskawy retired in 2001 as chairman and chief executive officer of Ernst & Young LLP, an accounting firm, after 40 years with the firm. He currently serves as a member of the board of directors of General Motors Corporation, Henry Schein, Inc. and Loews Corporation. He also is chairman of the International Accounting Standards Committee Foundation.... View Full Profile

Philip A. Laskawy

On March 31, 2008, the Company announced that the Board of Directors had unanimously elected Kevin M. Killips, age 53, as Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company, effective immediately. Killips comes to Discover Financial Services from LaSalle Bank where he worked for nearly ten years most recently serving as executive vice president, North American chief accounting officer and corporate controller. There he was responsible for the... View Full Profile

Kevin M. Killips, CPA

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Insider Trends: DFS
Sentiment for DFS is NEGATIVE
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Insider Transactions: DFS

Date	Name	Shares	Transaction Type	Market Value
07/08/08	PANZARINO JAMES V	10,867	Planned Sale	$141,271.00
07/08/08	PANZARINO JAMES V	10,867	Sale	$144,205.09
07/01/08	HOCHSCHILD ROGER C	3,000	Purchase	$40,950.00

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Ownership Breakdown : DFS

Large Block Holder Type	Number
Institutions	583.00
Mutual Fund	1,198.00
Other Major	19.00

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Indices : DFS

Symbol	Name	Last Trade	Change
$RUI.X	Russell 1000 Index	701.92	2.29 0.33%
$INX	S&P 500 Index	—	——%

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Short Interest Volume: DFS

Data as of 6/25/08

Current Short Interest Shares	301.99 M
Current Short Interest Ratio	4.00
Float	478.78 M

Short Interest as % of Float	4.60
Average Daily Volume	7.53 M
Outstanding Shares	479.35 M

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SEC Filings: DFS

Accepted Date	Description
07/14/2008	SEC Filing: Annual Rpt Employee Plans
07/10/2008	SEC Filing: Quarterly Financials
07/08/2008	SEC Filing: Insider Buy/Sell

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