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DR. MANFRED BISCHOFF
, 62, Starnberg, Federal Republic of Germany, was appointed as a director of
the Company and Nortel Networks Limited on April 29, 2004. Dr. Bischoff has been Chairman of the Board
of European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS N.V., an aerospace company, since July 2000
and Delegate for Aerospace at DaimlerChrysler AG since January 2004. Dr. Bischoff was a member of the
board of management of DaimlerChrysler AG, an automotive manufacturing company, from May 1995 to
December 2003 and President and Chief Executive Officer of DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG from
May 1995 to March 2000. He is also a member of the Supervisory Board of Bayerische Hypo-und
Vereinsbank AG, Fraport AG, Gerling-Konzern Versicherungs-Beteiligungs-AG, J.M. Voith AG, Lagardère
SCA and Royal KPN N.V.
ROBERT ELLIS BROWN
, 59, Westmount, Québec, Canada, has been a director of the Company since
March 7, 2000 and of Nortel Networks Limited since April 27, 2000. Mr. Brown has been President and Chief
Executive Officer of CAE Inc., a flight training, services and equipment company, since August 2004 and has
been a director of ACE Aviation Holdings Inc., the parent holding company under which the reorganized Air
Canada is held, since October 2004. After being appointed a director of Air Canada, a commercial airline
company, in March 2003, he was appointed Vice-Chairman of the Board from April 2003 to May 2003 and
Chairman of the Board from May 2003 to September 2004. On April 1, 2003, Air Canada obtained an initial
order from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice providing creditor protection under the
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, such order being subsequently amended in connection with the proceedings. On April 1,
2003, Air Canada also made a concurrent petition for recognition and ancillary relief under Section 304 of the
United States Bankruptcy Code. Air Canada successfully completed its restructuring process and emerged
from creditor protection in September 2004. Mr. Brown served as a Director and Chairman of the Board of
Air Canada during its restructuring. Mr. Brown has been the Chairman of Vanguard Response Systems Inc.
since November 2003. Mr. Brown was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Bombardier Inc. from
February 1999 to December 2002.
JOHN EDWARD CLEGHORN
, O.C., F.C.A., 63, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, has been a director of the
Company and of Nortel Networks Limited since May 24, 2001. Mr. Cleghorn was Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of the Royal Bank of Canada from January 1995 to July 2001. He is also Chairman of the
Board of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., an engineering and construction company, and a director of Canadian
Pacific Railway Company, Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, Finning International Inc. and Molson Inc. He
is Chancellor Emeritus of Wilfrid Laurier University, Member of the Faculty of Management International
Advisory Board, McGill University and is the Immediate Past Chairman and a director of the Historica
Foundation of Canada.
ROBERT ALEXANDER INGRAM
, 62, Durham, North Carolina, United States, has been a director of the
Company since March 7, 2000 and of Nortel Networks Limited since April 29, 1999. Mr. Ingram has been
Vice-Chairman Pharmaceuticals of GlaxoSmithKline plc, a corporation involved in the research,
development, manufacturing and sale of pharmaceuticals, since January 2003. Mr. Ingram was the Chief
Operating Officer and President, Pharmaceutical Operations of GlaxoSmithKline plc from January 2001 to
January 2003. He was Chief Executive of Glaxo Wellcome plc from October 1997 to December 2000 and
Chairman of Glaxo Wellcome Inc., Glaxo Wellcome plc’s United States subsidiary, from January 1999 to
December 2000. Mr. Ingram is also non-executive Chairman of the Board of OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a
biotechnology company, and a director of Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Lowe’s Companies, Inc., Misys
plc, VALEANT Pharmaceuticals International and Wachovia Corporation.