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Raymond D. Booth became Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of the Company effective May 17, 2007. Mr. Booth was previously named Senior Vice President Mid-Atlantic Operations in July 2003. Prior to joining Reddy Ice, Mr. Booth was the principal of Booth Consulting, LLC and was engaged by Reddy Ice to oversee its mid-Atlantic cold storage businesses as well as serving other food related clients. Mr. Booth has over 32 years of experience in the dairy foods business, where his career engaged him in all aspects of the growth through acquisition and branding of Country Fresh, LLC, one of the Midwest’s largest dairy products providers. He served in various senior management positions including Senior Vice President of Country Fresh, LLC. Country Fresh merged with Suiza Foods in November 1997, and Mr. Booth became Suiza’s Senior Vice President of Operations in January 1999. He served in that capacity until January 2001 when he became President of Suiza’s Country Fresh division. Mr. Booth served in that capacity until December 31, 2002 when he started his own consulting company. | 