(a) This statement is filed by: (i) Loeb Arbitrage Management LP (“LAM”), a Delaware limited partnership and registered investment adviser, with respect to shares of Common Stock purchased for the accounts of customers of LAM as to which it has investment discretion as well as for Loeb Arbitrage Fund. (ii) Loeb Arbitrage Fund (“LAF”), a New York limited partnership, with respect to shares of Common Stock purchased for its own account. (iii) Loeb Offshore Management LP, (“LOM”), a Delaware limited partnership and registered investment adviser with respect to shares of Common Stock purchased for Loeb Arbitrage Offshore Partners, Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company. (b) The address of the principal business office of Loeb Capital Management and its affiliates is 61 Broadway, New York, New York 10006. (c) The principal business of LAM and LOM (d/b/a Loeb Capital Management) is to serve as investment manager to a variety of private investment funds and separately managed accounts and to control the trading in securities by these private investment funds and separately managed accounts. Loeb Management Holding LLC (“LMH”), a Delaware limited liability company, is the General Partner of LAM and LOM. LMH is owned jointly by Loeb Holding Corporation and LB Partners, L.P. Gideon J. King is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Loeb Management Holding LLC as well as LAM and LOM. (d) None of the entities or individuals named in this Item 2 has, within the last five years, been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors). (e) None of the entities or individuals named in this Item 2 has, during the last five years, been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding been or are subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violations with respect to such laws. (f) Gideon J. King is a United States citizen. |