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Since December 1, 2006, Mr. Shea has been head of portfolio company operations at American Real Estate Holdings Limited Partnership, an entity controlled by Mr. Icahn, and since December 27th, 2006, president of American Property Investors, Inc., which is the general partner of American Real Estate Partners, L.P., a public limited partnership controlled by Mr. Icahn that invests in real estate and holds various other interests, including the interests in its subsidiaries that are engaged, among other things, in the casino entertainment business and the textile business. Since December 27th, 2006, Mr. Shea has also served as a director of XO Holdings, Inc., a publicly traded telecommunications services provider controlled by Mr. Icahn, and since December 20th, 2006, as a director of WestPoint International Inc., a subsidiary of American Real Estate Partners, L.P., engaged in the home textile business. Since November 2006, Mr. Shea has been a director of Viskase Companies, Inc., a publicly owned producer of cellulose and plastic casings used in preparing and packaging meat products, in which Mr. Icahn has a controlling interest through the ownership of securities. From 2002 to November 2006, Mr. Shea was an independent consultant to various companies and an advisor to private equity firms. From 1997 to 2001 he was a Managing Director of H.J. Heinz Company in Europe, a manufacturer and marketer of a broad line of food products across the globe. Mr. Shea has an MBA from the University of Southern California and a BBA from Iona College. | 