Company

Board of Directors

John S. Stafford III
Director

Between 1996 and 2001, Mr. Stafford was a Managing Director of Stafford Trading, Inc., a business primarily involved in proprietary trading operations and venture capital investments. The company, headquartered in Chicago, operated a successful specialist and market making business and conducted proprietary trading in equities, futures and fixed income products. Mr. Stafford's venture capital activities consisted of investments in over 40 companies, and he is a Board Member on several of these companies, including Clinical Micro Sensors, Inc., Xencor and All Optical Networks, Inc. At the end of 2001, the Company was purchased by TD Options, LLC and Mr. Stafford became Chief Executive Officer of Ronin Capital, LLC, a registered broker dealer with proprietary trading operations encompassing equity, fixed income and derivative securities. The Company is a Member of The Chicago Board Options Exchange, The Chicago Board of Trade, The Chicago Mercantile Exchange and other U.S. principal exchanges. Mr. Stafford attended The University of Chicago.