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David B. Kaplan has been Chairman of our Board of Directors since April 2005 and a director of Maidenform Brands since May 2004. Mr. Kaplan is a member of Ares Management and has served as a Partner in the Private Equity Group of Ares Management since April 2003. From 2000 through 2003, Mr. Kaplan was a Senior Principal of Shelter Capital Partners, LLC. From 1991 through 2000, Mr. Kaplan was affiliated with, and a Senior Partner of, Apollo Management, L.P., and its affiliates, where he served on various Boards of Directors including Allied Waste Industries, Inc., Dominick's Supermarkets Inc. and WMC Finance Co. Prior to that, Mr. Kaplan was an investment banker at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp. Mr. Kaplan currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of TPEP Holdings, Inc., and on the Board of Directors of Kinetics Holdings LLC. Mr. Kaplan also serves on the Board of Governors of Cedars-Sinai Hospital and the Board of Trustees of the Center for Early Education. Mr. Kaplan received a B.B.A. in Finance, graduating with High Distinction, Beta Gamma Sigma, from the University of Michigan School of Business Administration. | 