(c)        Effective May 1, 2008, Gregg Sonnen, 49, was appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company. Mr. Sonnen joined the Company in September, 2005 and has served as Senior Vice President and Corporate Chief Financial Officer since that time. In that capacity his responsibilities have included accounting and finance functions for the Company's corporate shared services, oversight of the corporate reporting function (including all SEC reporting), oversight of the financial policies and standards function, all corporate and consolidated financial planning and analysis, treasury, IT finance, and the financial systems group, among other things. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Sonnen was employed from July, 1994 through September, 2005 by Gambro Healthcare / COBE Laboratories (subsidiaries of Gambro, Inc., a Swedish based provider of healthcare equipment and services) where he held various accounting and finance roles with gradually increasing responsibility over that tenure. His final role with that company beginning in 2001 was as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Gambro Healthcare and included responsibility for all aspects of accounting, finance, reporting, billing, collection and reimbursement functions (the company treated 43,000 dialysis patients in approximately 570 clinics located in 33 states and generated annual revenues of over $1.8 billion while employing approximately 12,000 personnel). From July, 1981 through June, 1994 Mr. Sonnen was employed by the public accounting firm Ernst & Young (Arthur Young prior to a merger with Ernst & Whinney in 1989). He received a BBA with an emphasis in accounting from the University of Notre Dame in 1981 and has been a Certified Public Accountant since 1982.