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Board of Directors Information PROXY STATEMENT
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NOTICE OF 2015 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS AND PROXY STATEMENT
Frances Fragos Townsend
PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION, BUSINESS EXPERIENCE AND DIRECTORSHIPS
Executive Vice President of Worldwide Government, Legal and Business Affairs at MacAndrews
& Forbes Holdings Inc. since 2013, and previously served as Senior Vice President of Worldwide
Government, Legal and Business Affairs from 2010 to 2012. Ms. Fragos Townsend was a corporate
partner at the law firm of Baker Botts L.L.P. from 2009 to 2010. From 2008 to 2009, Ms. Fragos
Townsend provided consulting services and advised corporate entities on global strategic risk
and contingency planning. Prior to that, Ms. Fragos Townsend served as Assistant to President
George W. Bush for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism and chaired the Homeland Security
Council from 2004 until 2008. She also served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy
National Security Advisor Combating Terrorism from 2003 to 2004. Ms. Fragos Townsend was the
first Assistant Commandant for Intelligence for the United States Coast Guard and spent 13 years
at the United States Department of Justice in various senior positions. Ms. Fragos Townsend is a
director of Scientific Games Corporation and Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. and was
a director of SIGA Technologies, Inc. until 2014. Ms. Fragos Townsend’s term expires in 2015.
Age 53 Director Since 2013
EXPERIENCE, QUALIFICATIONS, ATTRIBUTES AND SKILLS SUPPORTING
DIRECTORSHIP POSITION ON THE COMPANY’S BOARD*
Ms. Fragos Townsend has extensive public policy, government, legal, and regulatory experience, and
brings to the Board valuable insights regarding the conduct of business in a highly regulated industry.
Ms. Fragos Townsend also has substantial leadership experience as former chair of the Homeland
Security Council and as a former officer in the United States Coast Guard.