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Robert H. Hotz Director since 2005
Mr. Hotz, 63, is Senior Managing Director, Co-Head of Investment Banking, a member of the Operating
Committee and Co-Chairman of Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin, Inc, where he has been employed since 2002.
Mr. Hotz serves as a director of Universal Health Services, Inc.
James A. Mitarotonda Director since August 2006
Mr. Mitarotonda, 53, is the Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Barington Capital
Group, L.P., an investment firm that he co-founded in 1991. Mr. Mitarotonda served as the President and Chief
Executive Officer of Dynabazaar, Inc. from May 2006 until April 2007 and January 2004 until December 2004.
Mr. Mitarotonda also served as the Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chairman LQ Corporation, Inc. from April
2003 until May 2004 and as its sole Chief Executive Officer from May 2004 until October 2004. Mr. Mitarotonda
serves as a director of A. Schulman, Inc. and Griffon Corporation.
Each of Messrs. Mitarotonda, Reid, White and Williams was originally appointed to the Board pursuant to the
terms of an agreement between the Company and a group of investors led by Barington Capital Group, L.P. See
“Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” for a more complete description of the Barington Agreement.
Nick White Director since August 2006
Mr. White, 63, is President and Chief Executive Officer of White & Associates, a management consulting firm
that he founded in 2000. From 1973 through 2000, Mr. White held numerous executive and management level
positions with Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., including Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Supercenter
division from 1990 to 2000 and Executive Vice President and General Manager of Sam's Wholesale Club from
1985 through 1989. Mr. white serves as a Director of Dillard’s, Inc.
James A. Williams Director since August 2006
Mr. Williams, 65, is the Corporate President and Vice Chairman of GoldToeMoretz, LLC, the resultant parent
company formed as a result of the merger of Gold Toe Bands, Inc. and Moretz Sports, Inc. in October 2006. From
1999 through October 2006, Mr. Williams served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Gold Toe Brands,
Inc., the largest branded sock manufacturer in the United States.
Thomas R. Hudson Jr. Director since August 2006
Mr. Hudson, 42, 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.
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