Ilan Kaufthal

Member of the Audit and Compensation Committees of the Board of Directors

Ilan Kaufthal, Member Audit and Compensation CommitteesDirector since formation of the Company in 1983. Member of the Audit and Compensation Committees of the Board of Directors.

Mr. Kaufthal is currently Senior Advisor at Irving Place Capital, a private equity firm. He is also chairman of East wind Advisors, a broker dealer. Mr. Kaufthal currently serves as Director of Tronox, Inc., a producer of titanium dioxide pigment based in Oklahoma City, OK and traded on pink sheets, and as Director of Edmunds.com, a private company.

He was Vice Chairman of Investment Banking at Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. until June 2008. Prior to joining Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., Mr. Kaufthal was with Schroder & Co. Incorporated as Vice Chairman and head of mergers and acquisitions for thirteen years.

Prior thereto, he was with NL Industries, Inc., a firm in the chemicals and petroleum services businesses, as its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

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