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Mr. Lichtenstein co-founded Steel Partners, a private investment partnership, in 1993. He has been Managing Member since 1996 of Steel Partners II GP LLC, which is the General Partner of Steel Partners and Steel Master. He is Chief Executive Officer of Steel Partners LLC, a global investment management firm, which is the Investment Manager to Steel Partners and Steel Master. Mr. Lichtenstein has been associated with Steel Partners LLC and its affiliates since 1993. He is also a Co-Founder of Steel Partners Japan Strategic Fund (Offshore), L.P., a private investment partnership investing in Japan, and Steel Partners China Access I LP, a private equity partnership investing in China. Mr. Lichtenstein has been the Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of SP Acquisition Holdings, Inc., a company formed for the purpose of acquiring one or more businesses or assets, since 2007. He was a director of United Industrial from 2001 to 2007. Mr. Lichtenstein has been a director (currently Chairman of the Board) of SL Industries, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of power electronics, power motion equipment, power protection equipment, and teleprotection and specialized communication equipment, since 2002 and served as Chief Executive Officer from 2002 to 2005. He has been Chairman of the Board of WHX Corporation, a holding company, since 2005. Mr. Lichtenstein has been a director of KT&G Corporation, South Korea’s largest tobacco company, since 2006. He served as a director of WebFinancial Corporation, which through its operating subsidiaries, operates niche banking markets, from 1996 to 2005, as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from 1997 to 2005 and as President from 1997 to 2003. Mr. Lichtenstein serves as a member of the Organization & Compensation Committee. | 