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Mr. Nolan has served as a director of the Company since the consummation of the 2004 Going Private Transaction in February 2004 and was named Chairman in November 2004. Mr. Nolan is a Managing Partner of Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. Mr. Nolan is also a Manager of GEI Capital IV, LLC, an affiliate of Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. Prior to joining Leonard Green & Partners in 1997, L.P., Mr. Nolan was a Managing Director and Co-Head of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette’s Los Angeles Investment Banking Division, which he joined in 1990. Prior to 1990, Mr. Nolan was a First Vice President in corporate finance at Drexel Burnham Lambert from 1986 to 1990, and a Vice President at Prudential Securities, Inc. from 1982 to 1986. Mr. Nolan presently serves on the Board of Directors of AsianMedia Group LLC, Claim Jumper Restaurants, LLC, Rand McNally & Company, Motorsport Aftermarket Group and Activision, Inc., an international publisher of interactive entertainment software products. Mr. Nolan also serves on the Board of Directors of other private companies. Mr. Nolan is a Trustee of Cornell University where he received a Bachelor of Science and an M.B.A. from the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. | 