Michael S Gross

Since July 2006, Mr. Gross has been Co-Chairman of the investment committee of Magnetar Financial LLC ("MFLLC"), an investment manager, and a senior partner in Magnetar Capital Partners LP, the holding company for MFLLC. Since March 2007, Mr. Gross has served as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Member of Solar Capital, LLC, a newly organized externally managed finance company. Mr. Gross has been the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary of Marathon Acquisition Corp. since April 2006. Between February 2004 and February 2006, Mr. Gross was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Apollo Investment Corporation ("AIC"), a publicly traded business development company, and was the managing partner of Apollo Investment Management, L.P. ("AIM"), a leading private equity firm which he founded in 1990 and the investment adviser to AIC. From 1990 to February 2006, Mr. Gross was a senior partner at AIM. Mr. Gross currently serves on the boards of directors of Saks, Inc., Alternative Asset Management Acquisition Corp. and United Rentals, Inc. The terms of the following Class II directors expire at the 2010 annual meeting: