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July 16, 2008

New Directors Named at Blackstone, Others

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The Blackstone Group appointed Richard H. Jenrette to its board. Jenrette founded Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ) in 1959 with William Donaldson (later chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission) and Dan Lufkin. Jenrette is also a former chairman of the Securities Industry Association and has served as a director or trustee of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., the American Stock Exchange, The Rockefeller Foundation, The Duke Endowment, the University of North Carolina, New York University and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

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Lithia Motors appointed A.J. Wagner, a former president of Ford Motor Credit Company North America and vice president of Ford Motor Company, to its board. Wagner began his career at Ford in 1973 and brings 35 years of experience.

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SEMI International appointed Bob Akins, Toshio Maruyama, Osamu Nakamura, and David Peng to its board. Akins is the chairman and CEO of Cymer Inc. Maruyama is president and CEO of Advantest Corp. Nakamura is vice president and executive officer of Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation. Peng serves as chairman and CEO of Hauman Technologies.

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