William R. Brooks, 55, has been Vice President, Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer and a director of SMI since its organization in 1994. In February 2004, Mr. Brooks became an Executive Vice President of SMI. Mr. Brooks joined Sonic Financial from PriceWaterhouseCoopers in 1983, has served as Vice President of CMS since before the organization of SMI, and has been Vice President and a director of AMS since its acquisition and TMS since its formation. He has served as Vice President of BMS, LVMS and IR since their acquisition and, prior to January 2001, had been a director of LVMS and IR. Mr. Brooks was President and a director of Speedway Holdings, Inc., SMI’s financing subsidiary, and its predecessor entities since 1995 until its merger into SMI in 2002. In addition, Mr. Brooks serves as an officer and a director, or in a similar capacity, for many of SMI’s other subsidiaries. Mr. Brooks also has served as a director of SAI since its formation in 1997 and served as its Chief Financial Officer from February to April 1997. Mr. Brooks is standing for reelection as a director at the Annual Meeting.
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