Stephen G. Taub has been a director of the Company since 1998. Mr. Taub has been President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Mafco Worldwide Corporation, and its predecessors since 1999 and served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Mafco Worldwide from 1993 to 1999, and was Senior Vice President from 1987 to 1993, when his responsibilities included the manufacturing, botanical and spice operations of Mafco Worldwide, as well as product marketing to the confectionery and pharmaceutical industries in Western Europe. Mr. Taub joined Mafco Worldwide in 1975 as an Industrial Engineer and in 1982 became Vice President of Manufacturing. Mr. Taub’s term as a director of the Company expires in 2008. |