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Brian P. Friedman age 52 has been one of our directors since July 2005 and has been Chairman of the Executive Committee of Jefferies since 2002. Since 1997 Mr. Friedman has also been President of Jefferies Capital Partners (formerly known as FS Private Investments). Mr. Friedman splits his time between his role with us and his position with Jefferies Capital Partners. Mr. Friedman was previously employed by Furman Selz LLC including serving as Head of Investment Banking for seven years. Prior to his 17 years with Furman Selz and its successors Mr. Friedman was an attorney with the New York City law firm of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz. As a result of his management of various private equity funds and the significant equity positions those funds hold in their portfolio companies Mr. Friedman serves on several boards of directors of private portfolio companies and has served on the Board of the general partner of one public portfolio company K-Sea Transportation L.P. since 2004. | 