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Mr. Yastrow is the lead independent director of our board of directors. Mr. Yastrow had been an attorney and counsel to the law firm of Gallagher & Kennedy in Phoenix, Arizona since 2001 until his resignation in September 2004. He joined McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD) in 1978 as Vice President, Chief Counsel of Litigation and Assistant Secretary. He was appointed Vice President, General Counsel of McDonald's in 1982 and Senior Vice President in 1988, before being named Executive Vice President in 1995. He retired from McDonald's in April 1998. As general counsel of McDonald's, he was responsible for all legal functions, including real estate, franchise and franchisee relations, marketing and advertising, securities and litigation. In addition to his legal responsibility, Mr. Yastrow was the senior officer responsible for insurance, governmental relationships, environmental matters, internal control systems, transportation and non-restaurant real estate matters. Mr. Yastrow was the sole senior officer responsible for corporate governance and ethics. Mr. Yastrow was also a senior officer of McDonald's for its corporate governance and ethics program. Mr. Yastrow was a director of FFCA from 1997 until its sale to GECC in 2001. Mr. Yastrow also currently serves as a director of two privately-owned franchising companies. Mr. Yastrow received his law degree from Northwestern University in 1959. | 