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Larry D. Horner was appointed as one of our directors in March 1995. He served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Pacific USA Holdings Corp. from August 1994 until May 2001. Mr. Horner also served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Company Ltd. until May 2001. Previously, he was a Managing Director of Arnhold & S. Bleichroeder, Inc. from April 1991 through August 1994. From 1964 until April 1991, Mr. Horner was a partner with Peat Marwick (now KPMG), and served as the firm’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from 1984 through 1991. Mr. Horner served as a director of Conoco Phillips until he retired from the board in May 2006. Mr. Horner serves as a director of Technical Olympics USA, Inc., Clinical Data, Inc., and UT Starcom, Inc. Mr. Horner also serves as a director of New River Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a public company that is listed on the National Association of Security Dealers, Inc. Mr. Horner is an independent director and is an audit committee financial expert as determined by our board of directors and as defined in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | 