Merit Medical Systems Inc.

Founder of Merit Medical in 1987, Chairman, President and CEO. Formerly Chairman and President of Utah Medical, Salt Lake City, Utah. Fred Lampropoulos has been in the medical device business over 20 years. He is the inventor or co-inventor on more than 100 patents of devices used in the diagnostic and therapeutic treatment of cardiovascular disease. In 1993 Mr. Lampropoulos received Salt Lake City's Entrepreneur of the Year award for his contributions to the medical device industry and Merit Medical. He was recently honored as Father of the Year for Utah, sponsored by the American Diabetes Association, and the American Heart Association has designated him as a "Heart of Utah" for 2003.

Mr. Nelson, Chief Operating Officer, joined the Company in 1988 as a Manufacturing and Research & Development Engineer. He became Director of the Company’s Research and Development Department in 1999 and Vice President of the Company’s Research and Development Department in 2004. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Nelson served as the Vice President of Operations of Intermountain Packing, Inc. from 1985 to 1987 and served as Co-Founder and Vice President of Operations of Willow Technology, Inc. from 1979 to 1984.

Gregory L. Barnett , 45, was appointed Chief Accounting Officer in November of 2003. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Barnett served as the Company s Controller from June 1990 to November 2003. Prior to joining Merit, Mr. Barnett worked as an auditor for the accounting firm of Price Waterhouse. Mr. Barnett earned a Bachelors of Accounting from the University of Utah.

Merit Medical co-founder (1987). Director, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary/Treasurer. Formerly controller of Utah Medical, Laser Corporation, American Laser and Modulair Industries, Inc. Prior to his association with these firms, Mr. Stanger spent five years as a certified public accountant. Mr. Stanger plays a key role in the development, growth and management of the Company's headquarters and expanded satellite facilities in California and Ireland.

Richard W. Edelman , 66, has been a director of the Company since 1988. From 2006 to the present, Mr. Edelman has served as the Managing Director and Senior Vice President of Sanders Morris Harris, a stock brokerage firm. From 2000 to 2006, he was the managing director and Dallas branch manager of Sanders Morris Harris. From 1998 to 2000, he was a Senior Vice President of Southwest Securities, Inc., a stock brokerage firm located in Dallas, Texas. From 1996 to 1998, he was Managing Director of Rodman & Renshaw, Inc., a stock brokerage firm. From 1987 to 1996, he was employed by Southwest Securities, Inc., as Senior Vice President. Prior to joining Southwest Securities, Inc., in 1987, Mr. Edelman was a securities analyst and Vice President for Schneider, Bernet and Hickman, a Dallas, Texas securities firm. Mr. Edelman obtained a Masters of Business Administration degree from Columbia University in 1966.

James J. Ellis , 73, has been a director of the Company since November 1995. He has been Managing Partner of Ellis/Rosier Financial Services since 1992. Mr. Ellis served as General Manager of MONY Financial Services, Dallas, Texas, from 1979 until his retirement in 1992. He also serves as a director of Jack Henry & Associates, a publicly-traded company engaged in the sales and service of software for the banking industry. Mr. Ellis term expires in 2008.