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NOMINEES FOR ELECTION AT THIS MEETING TO A TERM EXPIRING IN 2008 (CLASS I DIRECTORS):
Thomas M. Bloch
Director since 2000
Age 51
Mr. Bloch has served since January 2000 as Vice Chairman of the University Academy, an urban college
preparatory charter school that he co-founded in Kansas City, Missouri and as an educator with the
University Academy since August 2000. Mr. Bloch served as an educator with St. Francis Xavier School
from October 1995 until August 2000. Prior to changing careers, Mr. Bloch had a 19-year career with
the H&R Block organization, resigning as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company in 1995.
Mr. Bloch graduated from Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California in 1976. He is a
member of the Finance Committee of the Board of Directors.
Mark A. Ernst
Director since 1999
Age 47
Mr. Ernst has served as Chairman of the Board of the Company since September 2002, Chief Executive
Officer of the Company since January 2001 and as President of the Company since September 1999. He
served as Chief Operating Officer of the Company from September 1998 through December 2000 and
as Executive Vice President of the Company from September 1998 until September 1999. Prior to
joining the Company, Mr. Ernst served as Senior Vice President, Third Party and International
Distribution and Senior Vice President, Workplace Financial Services of American Express Company, a
diversified financial services company, Minneapolis, Minnesota, from July 1997 through June 1998 and
November 1995 through July 1997, respectively. Mr. Ernst is also a director of Great Plains Energy, Inc.
and Knight-Ridder, Inc. He received a Master of Business Administration with an emphasis in finance
and economics from the University of Chicago and an undergraduate degree in accounting and finance
from Drake University. He is a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Ernst is a member of the Finance and
Executive Committees of the Board of Directors.
David Baker Lewis
Director since 2004
Age 54
Mr. Lewis is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Lewis & Munday, a Detroit-based law
firm with offices in Washington, D.C. and Seattle. He is also a director of The Kroger Company and
Lewis & Thompson Agency, Inc. Mr. Lewis has served on the Board of Directors of Conrail, Inc., LG&E
Energy Corp., M.A. Hanna, TRW, Inc., and Comerica, Inc. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from
Oakland University, a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago and a Juris
Doctor from the University of Michigan School of Law. Mr. Lewis is a member of the Audit Committee
of the Board of Directors.
Tom D. Seip
Director since 2001
Age 55
Mr. Seip currently serves as managing partner of Seip Investments LP and the managing member of Too
Much Stuff LLC and Ridgefield Farm LLC, private investment vehicles. He served as the President, Chief
Executive Officer and director of Westaff, Inc., Walnut Creek, California, a temporary staffing services
company, from May 2001 until January 2002. Mr. Seip was employed by Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.,
San Francisco, California, from January 1983 until June 1998 in various positions, including Chief
Executive Officer of Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. from 1997 until June 1998 and
Executive Vice President – Retail Brokerage from 1994 until 1997. Mr. Seip is also a trustee of the
Neuberger Berman Mutual Funds, New York. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Pennsylvania
State University and participated in the Doctoral Program in Developmental Psychology at the University
of Michigan. Mr. Seip is a member of the Compensation and Governance and Nominating Committees
of the Board of Directors.
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