Saturday, January 13, 2018

Robert J. Laikin, Non-Executive Chairman of the Board

Robert J. Laikin became a director and was appointed as our Lead Independent Director on May 27, 2014. Mr. Laikin founded BrightPoint, Inc., a wireless device distribution and logistics company (then known as Wholesale Cellular USA, Inc.), in 1989. He served as the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of BrightPoint, Inc., which was listed on the NASDAQ exchange in April 1994 until its sale in October 2012 to Ingram Micro Inc., a publicly traded wholesale technology distributor and supply-chain management and mobile device lifecycle services company. Mr. Laikin is currently an Executive Advisor to the CEO and Government Relations Executive of Ingram Micro Inc., a position he has held since November 2012. From July 1986 to December 1987, Mr. Laikin was Vice President, and from January 1988 to February 1993, President, of Century Cellular Network, Inc., a company engaged in the retail sale of cellular telephones and accessories. On June 20, 2016, the Board appointed Robert J. Laikin, a current director of the Company, as non-executive Chairman of the Board. In connection with becoming the non-executive Chairman of the Board, Mr. Laikin's role as Lead Independent Director has been eliminated.

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