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Director. Mr. Sinders was appointed as a director of the Company on September 24, 2007. Since February 2007, he has served as the Chairman of the Board of Aston Martin North America, a manufacturer of luxury automobiles. Since 2007, he has also been serving as a director of Mercator Lines Limited, a shipping company, Britannia Bulk Plc, a shipping company, Sundial Enterprises and Arabian Capital, a private investment company. In addition to his board positions, Mr. Sinders serves as Chief Financial Officer of Sundial Enterprises, Arabian Capital and Sinders Racing, a professional automobile racing team. Prior to February 2007, Mr. Sinders was a Managing Director of Investment Banking for Jefferies & Company, a leading investment banking firm, where he also served as head of its transportation, oil services and infrastructure group. Prior to joining Jefferies, Mr. Sinders was Co-Head of the Global Energy Group for RBC Capital Markets, a leading investment banking firm. Prior to RBC, Mr. Sinders was a Managing Director, EVP, and Co-Head of Energy at Jefferies & Company. Previously, he was Head of Corporate Finance and a member of the Board of Directors of Howard Weil, an investment company, in New Orleans and spent eight years practicing corporate securities law with Jones Walker and McGlinchey Stafford in New Orleans. Mr. Sinders is a registered broker, dealer and investment advisor in multiple states and a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers. He earned a bachelor's of arts from the University of Virginia in 1976 and a law degree from the University of Virginia in 1979. | 