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Edward Holl became a director of the Company in October 2005. He currently serves as President of California Atlantic Limited Inc., and Managing Member of Matinicus Capital Management LLC, both private investment firms. He also serves in various adversary roles to private companies in which he invests as a private investor. Prior to this, Mr. Holl served as senior executive of Merchants Group International, a California based private equity firm. Mr. Holl has 25 years experience in the financial industry having held various executive and non-executive positions since 1982. He started his career with Bateman Eichler Hill Richard Inc. of Los Angeles, where he co-founded the firm’s first investment management group which accumulated over $1 Bullion in assets after three year of launch between 1986 and 1989. Mr., Holl was a Senior Vice President with Shearson Lehman Brothers between 1990 and 1993 and later on Chairman and CEO of two smaller broker dealers in northern California. Mr. Holl has held a variety of board and advisory positions since 1982. Mr. Holl received a BA from Occidental College in Los Angeles, a C.E.P. from the Institut D'Études Politiques de Paris in France and an MBA from the Anderson Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles. | 