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8
Thomas R. Hudson Jr. Director since August 2006
Mr. Hudson, 41, is and has been since May 2002 the Manager of Pirate Capital LLC, an investment manager,
which he founded. From February 2001 through May 2002, Mr. Hudson was a private investor. From 1999 to
February 2001, Mr. Hudson served as a Managing Director at Amroc Investments, LLC, an investment management
firm, where he directed all distressed research and managed the bank loan trading desk. Prior to that, from 1997 to
1999, Mr. Hudson served as a Vice President and Portfolio Manager at Goldman, Sachs & Co., an investment bank,
where he was responsible for investing and trading a $500 million portfolio of distressed domestic and international
private assets. No such companies employing Mr. Hudson were a parent, subsidiary or affiliate of the Company.
Mr. Hudson currently serves as a director of The Allied Defense Group, Inc., The Brink’s Company and PW Eagle,
Inc.
Mr. Hudson was originally appointed to the Board in exchange for Pirate Capital LLC’s withdrawal of its
Notice of Intent to Nominate One Person for Election as a Director and to Move a Business Proposal at the 2006
Annual Meeting. Mr. Hudson was nominated for election at the 2007 Annual Meeting in exchange for Pirate
Capital LLC’s support of the Board’s slate of directors for election at the 2007 Annual Meeting. See “Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions.”
Jeffrey C. Rachor Director since March 2007
Mr. Rachor, 45, has been our President & Chief Executive Officer since March 26, 2007. From April 2004 until
joining the Company, Mr. Rachor served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Sonic Automotive, Inc.
Mr. Rachor joined Sonic in 1997 serving in various executive operations positions of increasing seniority. Mr.
Rachor currently serves as a director of Sonic Automotive, Inc.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE
“FOR”
EACH OF THESE NOMINEES FOR DIRECTOR