Hines Horticulture Inc.

Mr. Ferguson has served as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a director of Hines since March 2004. Mr. Ferguson served as Acting Chief Executive Officer and President and Chief Operating Officer of Hines and Hines Nurseries, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hines, from August 2003 until March 2004. He served as Chief Operating Officer and Acting President of Hines and Hines Nurseries, from February 2003 to August 2003. Mr. Ferguson served as President of the Nursery Division for Hines Nurseries from June 2000 to February 2003. He served as Vice President of the Hines Nurseries Southern Region from January 1999 to June 2000. Prior to that, Mr. Ferguson served with us in various site, production and sales management positions since 1983.

James O'Donnell has served as Vice President, Sales and Marketing since October 2006. Prior to joining Hines Horticulture, Inc., Mr. O'Donnell served separately as Vice President of Sales and as Vice president of Marketing at Ampad. He began his career at Duracell, which was eventually acquired by The Gillette Company, where he rose to Vice President, OEM Sales and Marketing, Global Business Management and Vice President New Products, Global Business Management. Mr. O'Donnell received his MBA in 1993 and his BS degree in 1981 from St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA.

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Mr. Tennant has served as a director of Hines since October 1998 and as Chairman of the Board since April 2007. Mr. Tennant served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Home Products International, a manufacturer and full-service marketer of quality consumer houseware products, from April 1994 to December 2004.

Mr. Wood, 51, co-founded Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC and has been a Managing Director of the firm since its inception in 1993. Prior to founding Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC, Mr. Wood served as a vice president of First Chicago Venture Capital for nine years. Previously, he worked with the venture capital unit of Continental Illinois Bank from 1978 to 1983. Mr. Wood serves on the board of directors of Hines Horticulture, Inc., a producer and distributor of horticultural products. Mr. Wood has been a member of our Board since our inception in 2000.

From 1994 to 1999, Mr. Fallis was the Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Everen Clearing Corporation, a securities execution and clearing company, and the Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer for Everen Securities, Inc., a national full service brokerage firm. Mr. Fallis is a director of Hines Horticulture, Inc., one of the largest commercial nursery operations in North America. Mr. Fallis serves on the Audit and the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committees.