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Mr. Ross has served as the Non-Executive Chairman of our Board of Directors since April 2005 and has served in the same capacity at ICG, Inc. since October 2004. Mr. Ross is the Chairman andChief Executive Officer of WL Ross & Co. LLC, a merchant banking firm, a position he has held since April 2000. Mr. Ross is also the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of WLR Recovery Fund L.P., WLR Recovery Fund II L.P., WLR Recovery Fund III L.P., Asia Recovery Fund, Asia Recovery Fund Co-Investment, Nippon Investment Partners and Absolute Recovery Hedge Fund, each of which is an investment advisory firm. Mr. Ross is also Chairman of International Textile Group, Inc., a provider of global textile solutions and distinguished market brands to apparel and interior furnishings customers worldwide, Nano-Tex, LLC, a fabric innovations company located in the United States, Safety Components International Inc., a manufacturer of automobile airbag, fabrics and cushions, IPE-Ross, an investment partnership investing in middle market European buyouts, and International Auto Components, a joint venture company with interests in automotive interior plastics. Mr. Ross is a board member of Mittal Steel Company, N.V., a global steel producer (which recently acquired International Steel Group, Inc.) in the Netherlands, Insuratex, Ltd., an insurance company in Bermuda, Nikko Electric Industry Co. Ltd., an electrical equipment company, Ohizumi Manufacturing Company, an electrical equipment company in Japan, Tong Yang Life Insurance Co. in Korea, Syms Corp., an off-price apparel retailer, Clarent Hospital Corp., an operator of acute care hospitals and related healthcare businesses, Phoenix International Holding Co., and VTG, a rail logistics company based in Germany. Mr. Ross is also a member of the Business Roundtable. Previously, Mr. Ross served as the Executive Managing Director at Rothschild Inc., an investment banking firm, from October 1974 to March 2000. Mr. Ross was also formerly Chairman of the Smithsonian Institution National Board and currently is a board member of the Japan Society and the Yale University School of Management. He holds an A.B. from Yale University and an M.B.A., with distinction, from Harvard University. | 