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Mr. Howells served as Chairman of the Board of the Company from March 1995 until August 2004 and has served as Chairman of the Compensation Committee since May 2003. Since May 2000, Mr. Howells has devoted a majority of his time to serving as the President and Chairman of M.S. Howells & Co., a registered securities broker-dealer. From 1987 to May 2000, Mr. Howells served as the President and Chairman of Arizona Securities Group, Inc., a registered securities broker-dealer. For the period from March 1995 to August 1995, Mr. Howells also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. He served as the Chairman of the Board of Poore Brothers Southeast, Inc., a former subsidiary of the Company, from its inception in May 1993 until it was dissolved in 1999 and served as its President and Chief Executive Officer from May 1993 to August 1994.
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