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Brian Hilton age 64 was appointed to the Company's Board of Directors upon the acquisition of Sipex Corporation by the Company on August 25 2007. Mr. Hilton served as a member of Sipex's board of directors since July 2004 and as the chairman of the board of directors of Sipex since 2006. He has over 35 years of experience in the semiconductor industry. Most recently Mr. Hilton was president of Avnet Electronics Marketing a global electronics distributor. In this role Mr. Hilton was responsible for building Avnet's Asian business and expanding its presence in Europe the Middle East and Africa. Prior to Avnet Mr. Hilton spent 30 years at Motorola Inc. reaching the position of corporate vice president and director of worldwide sales and marketing for Motorola's Semiconductor Products Sector (SPS). | 