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Gerald D. Prothro has been a director of the Company since February 1997, and a director of Nationwide Life Insurance Company and Nationwide Life and Annuity Insurance Company since May 2002. Mr. Prothro has been Managing Director of IKT Investments, Ltd. since December 2000. Mr. Prothro was Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at BroadStream Communications Corporation, a provider of wireless broadband next generation network (NGN) services, from May 1999 to December 2000. Previously, he was Managing Director of IKT, Inc., a consultant to the telecommunications industry, specializing in technology integration and network computing, from July 1998 to May 1999. He retired from International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation, an information technology company, in 1998 after nearly 30 years of service. Mr. Prothro held executive positions with IBM including Vice President for Corporate Strategy, Vice President and IBM Chief Information Officer, and IBM Director and Secretary of the Corporate Management Committee. | 