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Executive Officer of the Company on an interim basis. He also has been a senior advisor to Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts & Co., a global investment firm, from July
2008 to January 2009. He was also a private investor from January 2006 to January 2009. From May 2005 to December 2005, Mr. Duncan was Chief Executive
Officer and Trustee of Equity Residential (or EQR), a publicly traded real estate investment trust, and held various positions at EQR from March 2002 to December
2005, including President, Chief Executive Officer and Trustee from January 2003 to May 2005, and President and Trustee from March 2002 to December 2002.
Mr. Duncan is also currently Chairman of the Board and a director of First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. and a director of T. Rowe Price Mutual Funds. Mr. Duncan
has been a director of the Company since 1999 and is the current Chairman of the Board. He currently serves on the Corporate Governance and Nominating
Committee. We believe Mr. Duncan’s senior leadership experience, including as President and CEO of First Industrial Realty Trust, his significant industry
experience, particularly in real estate and as former interim CEO of our Company, his real estate investment, management, acquisition and development experience
and his public company director and committee experience qualify him to serve on the Board of Directors.
Charlene Barshefsky . Ambassador Barshefsky, 65, has been Senior International Partner at the law firm of WilmerHale, LLP, in Washington, D.C. since
September 2001. From March 1997 to January 2001, Ambassador Barshefsky was the United States Trade Representative, the chief trade negotiator and principal
trade policymaker for the United States and a member of the President’s Cabinet. Ambassador Barshefsky is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a
Trustee of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. In the past five years, Ambassador Barshefsky also served as a director of the Council on Foreign Relations and
was a member of the Global Advisory Board of Moelis & Company. Ambassador Barshefsky is also currently a director of The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc.,
American Express Company and Intel Corporation. Ambassador Barshefsky has been a director of the Company since 2001 and is currently the Chair of the
Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and also serves on the Audit Committee. We believe Ambassador Barshefsky’s senior leadership experience,
including as Senior International Partner of WilmerHale, LLP, her government, legal and public policy experience, particularly as the United States Trade
Representative, her global business experience and her public company director and committee experience qualify her to serve on the Board of Directors.
Thomas E. Clarke . Dr. Clarke, 64, has been President, Innovation of Nike, Inc., a designer, developer and marketer of footwear, apparel and accessory products,
since 2013. Dr. Clarke joined Nike in 1980 and was appointed Divisional Vice President in charge of marketing in 1987, Corporate Vice President in 1990, served
as President and Chief Operating Officer from 1994 to 2000, and served as President, New Business Development from 2001 to 2013. Dr. Clarke previously held
various positions with Nike, primarily in research, design, development and marketing. Dr. Clarke is also currently a director of Newell Rubbermaid Inc.
Dr. Clarke has been a director of the Company since 2008 and is currently the Chair of the Compensation Committee and also serves on the Corporate Governance
and Nominating Committee. We believe Dr. Clarke’s senior leadership experience, including in various senior executive roles at Nike, Inc., his branding, product
development and strategy experience, his global business experience and his public company director and committee experience qualify him to serve on the Board
of Directors.
Clayton C. Daley, Jr. Mr. Daley, 64, spent his entire professional career with The Procter & Gamble Company, a global consumer packaged goods company,
joining the company in 1974, and he has held a number of key accounting and finance positions including Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of Procter &
Gamble; Comptroller, U.S. Operations of Procter & Gamble USA; Vice President and Comptroller of Procter & Gamble International; and Vice President and
Treasurer of Procter & Gamble. Mr. Daley retired from Procter & Gamble in October 2009. In the past five years, Mr. Daley served as a director of Boy Scouts of
America. In addition, Mr. Daley was Senior Advisor to TPG Capital until October 2012. Mr. Daley is also currently a director of SunEdison, Inc. Mr. Daley has
been a director of the Company since 2008 and is currently the Chair of the Audit Committee and also serves on the Compensation Committee. We believe Mr.
Daley’s senior leadership experience, including as CFO and Vice Chairman of Procter & Gamble, his significant corporate finance and accounting experience, his
global business experience and his public company director and committee experience qualify him to serve on the Board of Directors.
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