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David L. Pugh, age 58, was appointed a director on January 9, 2007. Mr. Pugh has served as Chairman of Applied Industrial Technologies Inc. (Applied), an industrial product distributor, since October 2000, and as Chief Executive Officer since January 2000. He was President of Applied from 1999 to October 2000. Prior to joining Applied, Mr. Pugh was Senior Vice President of Rockwell Automation and general manager of Rockwell�s Industrial Control Group. Mr. Pugh is a director of Hexcel Corporation (NYSE: HXL), a plastics materials manufacturer, and of R.W. Beckett Corporation, a private company. He was recommended to the Board�s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee by a third-party search firm retained by that Committee. | 