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Mr. Barth, age 62, is retired and a member of the faculty of the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management in Chicago. He is the past President of Barth Smith Company, an investment and management-consulting firm, which he founded in 1991 and which assisted the Company with its formation in 1997. Prior to that time, he served as Vice President, Planning and Development, from 1985 to 1990, and Treasurer, from 1979 to 1984, of W.W. Grainger, Inc., a national distributor of maintenance, repair, and operating supplies and related information to commercial, industrial, contractor, and institutional customers. Mr. Barth is the Chairman of the Compensation Committee and serves as a member of the Executive, Nominating and Corporate Governance, and Audit Committees of the Board of Directors. Mr. Barth is considered an independent director in accordance with the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines and the current NASDAQ listing standards. | 