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Mr. Zarriello age 56 was appointed a director effective May 9 2003 and serves as a member of the Audit and Nominating Committees of the Board of Directors. Mr. Zarriello has served as a member of the board of directors of the Company’s majority-owned subsidiary Digital Angel Corporation since September 2003 and he currently serves as a member of the Compensation and Audit Committees of Digital Angel Corporation’s board of directors. He has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Rural/Metro Corporation in Scottsdale Arizona since July 2003. Mr. Zarriello was a Senior Managing Director of Jesup & Lamont Securities Corporation and President of Jesup & Lamont Merchant Partners LLC from 1998 to 2003. From 1989 to 1997 Mr. Zarriello was a Managing Director-Principal of Bear Stearns & Co. Inc. and from 1989 to 1991 he served as Chief Financial Officer of the Principal Activities Group that invested the Bear Stearns’ capital in middle market companies. Prior to that time he held positions as Chief Financial Officer of United States Leather Holdings Inc. Chief Financial Officer of Avon Products Inc. Healthcare Division and Assistant Corporate Controller for Avon. He graduated with a Bachelors of Science degree from the State University of New York at Albany; he also holds a Masters in Business Administration from Fairleigh Dickinson University. Mr. Zarriello holds several licenses from the National Association of Securities Dealers. | 