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Dale R. Laurance Director since May 2001
Dr. Laurance, age 62, is the owner of Laurance Enterprises LLC, a private advisory services company. He is
also the owner of Nightingale Properties, LLC, a Hawaiian real estate development company. He retired from
Occidental Petroleum Corporation on December 31, 2004 where he had served as President since 1996 and
Director since 1990. From 1983 to 1996 he served in various management and executive positions with
Occidental Petroleum Corporation. Dr. Laurance also serves on the Advisory Board of Hancock Park
Associates. Dr. Laurance is a director of the Saint John’s Health Center and serves on the Board of Trustees
of the Polytechnic School. He also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Children’s Bureau and the Advisory
Board of the Golden West Humanitarian Foundation. Dr. Laurance has been our Chairman of the Board since
the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders in June 2007.
Gerhard Schulmeyer Director since July 1999
Mr. Schulmeyer, age 69, is Managing Partner of Gerhard LLC. From January 2002 to July 2006, Mr. Schul-
meyer was Professor of Practice at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Mr. Schulmeyer served as President
and Chief Executive Officer of Siemens Corporation, the holding company for U.S. businesses of Siemens AG
(Munich, Germany), a world leader in electrical engineering and electronics in the information and com-
munications, automation and control, power, transportation, medical and lighting fields, from January 1999 to
December 2003. Prior to assuming such positions, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of
Siemens Nixdorf, Munich/Paderborn, a position he held since 1994. Mr. Schulmeyer serves on the Board of
Directors of Zurich Financial Services and Korn/Ferry International.
Continuing Class III Directors (terms expiring at the 2010 annual meeting)
Orrin H. Ingram II Director since September 1999
Mr. Ingram, age 47, is President and Chief Executive Officer of Ingram Industries Inc. Mr. Ingram held
numerous positions with Ingram Materials Company and Ingram Barge Company before being named Co-
President of Ingram Industries in January 1996. He was named to his present position as President and Chief
Executive Officer of Ingram Industries in June 1999. He remains Chairman of Ingram Barge Company.
Michael T. Smith Director since May 2001
Mr. Smith, age 64, is the former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Hughes Electronics
Corporation, a world leading provider of digital television entertainment, broadband services, satellite-based
private business networks, and global video and data broadcasting, serving from October 1997 to May 2001.
Prior to assuming such positions in October 1997, Mr. Smith was Vice Chairman of Hughes Electronics and
Chairman of Hughes Aircraft Company, responsible for the aerospace, defense electronics and information
systems businesses of Hughes Electronics. He joined Hughes Electronics in 1985, the year the Company was
formed, as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer after spending nearly 20 years with General
Motors Corporation in a variety of financial management positions. Mr. Smith is a member of the Board of
Directors of Alliant Techsystems, Inc., Teledyne Technologies, Flir Inc. and Wabco Holdings Inc.
Gregory M.E. Spierkel Director since June 2005
Mr. Spierkel, age 51, has been our Chief Executive Officer since June 2005. He previously served as President
from March 2004 to June 2005, as Executive Vice President and President of Ingram Micro Europe from June
1999 to March 2004, and as Senior Vice President and President of Ingram Micro Asia-Pacific from July 1997
to June 1999. Prior to joining Ingram Micro, Mr. Spierkel was Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing at
Mitel Inc., a manufacturer of telecommunications and semiconductor products, from March 1996 to June 1997
and was President of North America at Mitel from April 1992 to March 1996. Mr. Spierkel has been named to
serve on the Board of Directors of PACCAR Inc. effective as of PACCAR’s 2008 annual meeting of
stockholders on April 22, 2008.
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