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John B. Furman has served as a director of our company since February 2003. Mr. Furman has been President and Chief Executive Officer of GameTech International, Inc., a publicly traded company involved in interactive electronic bingo systems, since October 2004. Mr. Furman was a consultant to public and private companies, where he was primarily involved in product commercialization, business transactions, and financial restructurings, from February 2002 until October 2004. Mr. Furman served as President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of Rural/ Metro Corporation, a publicly held provider of emergency and fire protection services, from August 1998 until January 2000. Mr. Furman was a senior member of the law firm of O’Connor, Cavanagh, Anderson, Killingsworth & Beshears, a professional association, from January 1983 until August 1998; he was Associate General Counsel of Waste Management, Inc., a New York Stock Exchange-listed provider of waste management services, from May 1977 until December 1983; and Vice President, Secretary, and General Counsel of the Warner Company, a New York Stock Exchange-listed company involved in industrial mineral extractions and processing, real estate development, and solid and chemical waste management, from November 1973 until April 1977. Mr. Furman is a director of Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation, the world’s largest manufacturer of handguns whose stock is listed on the American Stock Exchange. | 