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Robert E. Garrison II is President and a director of Sanders Morris Harris Group (SMHG), a publicly owned financial services company, and has served in such capacities since January 1999. Mr. Garrison served as CEO of SMHG from January 1999 until May 2002 and also serves as a director of Sanders Morris Harris, Inc., an operating subsidiary of SMHG. Mr. Garrison co-founded Harris Webb &
Garrison, Inc. and until January 1999 served as its Executive Vice President and head of investment banking. Until January 1999, he also served as Chairman and CEO of Pinnacle Management & Trust Company (PMT), which he co-founded in 1994; he now serves on the management committee of Salient Capital Management, LLC, the general partner of Pinnacle Trust Company, LTA (the successor to PMT). Mr. Garrison also serves as Chairman and a director of SMH Capital and a director of SMH Capital Advisors, Inc. From 1990 to 1991, Mr. Garrison served as President and CEO of Medical Center Bank & Trust Company, and from 1989 to 1990 he was President of Iroquois Brands. Before such time, he served as Managing Partner of Lovett Mitchell Webb & Garrison (a division of Kemper Securities Group, Inc.) from 1983 to 1989 and Director of Research for Underwood Neuhaus and Co. from 1971 to 1982. Mr. Garrison is also a director of FirstCity Financial Corporation, a public financial services company; Prosperity Bank; and Somerset House Publishing. He also serves on the board of directors of the Memorial Hermann Hospital Systems and is Chairman of the board of directors of Brava Therapeutics. Mr. Garrison has over 38 years experience in the securities industry and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. | 