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John P. Driscoll, age 71, has been a director of the Company since February 1998. Mr. Driscoll has been President of Jack Driscoll Enterprises, Inc., a management consulting firm, since 1998. In June of 1998 Mr. Driscoll retired as Executive Vice President of Murata Electronics North America, Inc. where he was responsible for corporate policy and strategy and oversaw government and industry relations. Mr. Driscoll joined Murata Electronics in 1979 as Vice President of Marketing and Sales, was appointed Senior Vice President Marketing and Sales in 1985 and assumed the position of Executive Vice President in 1995. Mr. Driscoll is a former Vice President of the Components Group of the Electronic Industry Alliance, and a twenty-year member of its Board of Governors. He was also affiliated with the Electronics Component and Technology Conference and the Japan American Society. Mr. Driscoll has been determined by the Board to be "independent" under the listing standards of the Nasdaq Stock Market ("NASDAQ") on which the Company's Common Stock is listed. | 