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    Steven S. Elbaum

    Mr. Elbaum has served as a Director of Wolverine since February 24, 2007. Mr. Elbaum has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Alpine Group, Inc., a publicly traded holding company, engaged in the investment and/or acquisition and operation of industrial companies since June 1984. Mr. Elbaum serves as Chairman of Superior Cables Ltd., an Israel-based, publicly traded wire and cable manufacturer. Mr. Elbaum has been a Director of Spherion Corp., a publicly traded provider of staffing, recruiting and workforce solutions since May 1996 and Chairman since April 2001. On March 3, 2003 Superior and its U.S. subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions for relief under the Bankruptcy Code. Superior's joint plan of reorganization was confirmed by order of the United States Bankruptcy Court and became effective on November 10, 2003, at which date Mr. Elbaum resigned as Chairman.
    John L. Duncan

    Mr. Duncan has been a Director of Wolverine since December 1993 and served as Chairman of the Board from June 2006 until February 2007. In October 2002 Mr. Duncan stepped down as President and Chief Executive Officer of Martin Industries, Inc. ("Martin"), a position he had held since June 2000. Mr. Duncan also served as Director of Martin from May 1999 through October 2002. During this time Martin manufactured and sold pre-engineered fireplaces, gas heaters, gas logs and related equipment. On December 27, 2002 Martin filed for reorganization under title 11 of Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. On March 5, 2003 Martin completed the sale of substantially all of its assets and its plan of reorganization was confirmed by order of the United States Bankruptcy Court on August 1, 2003.
    David M. Gilchrist, Jr.

    Mr. Gilchrist has been a Director of Wolverine since October 2005. Mr. Gilchrist is President and Chief Executive Officer of Siegel-Robert, Inc., headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Siegel-Robert, Inc., a privately held company, is a manufacturer of products for the automotive, safety/air monitoring and semiconductor packaging industries. Mr. Gilchrist served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Jackson Products, Inc. ("Jackson") from 2003 until February 2007. Mr. Gilchrist was originally brought into Jackson during a workout process, to facilitate an orderly transition necessitated by a prepackaged reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or a debt for equity exchange. In January 2004 Jackson reorganized under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. From 1995 to 2003 Mr. Gilchrist was employed as President and Chief Executive Officer of VP Buildings, Inc., a manufacturer of metal buildings.
    William C. Griffiths

    Mr. Griffiths has been a Director of Wolverine since October 2005. Mr. Griffiths was elected Chairman of the Board of Champion Enterprises ("Champion") in March 2006 and has been employed by Champion since 2004 as its President and Chief Executive Officer. Champion is a leading manufactured housing company traded on the NYSE (NYSE:CHB). Prior to joining Champion Mr. Griffiths was employed as President of the Fluid Systems Division of SPX Corporation from 1998 to 2004.
    Alan Kestenbaum

    Mr. Kestenbaum has served as a Director of Wolverine since February 24, 2007. Mr. Kestenaum has been Chief Executive Officer and Director of International Metal Enterprises, Inc. since December 23, 2004 and serves as principal financial and accounting officer. Mr. Kestenbaum has been Executive Vice President and Director of Marco and Marco Hi-Tech JV LLC, a raw material and ingredient distribution company serving the pharmaceutical and dietary supplement industry since 2003. Mr. Kestenbaum founded and has been the Chief Executive Office of Marco International Corp., an international finance and trading company specializing in metals, minerals and raw materials since 1985. From June 1999 to June 2001, Mr. Kestenbaum served as the Chief Executive Officer of Aluminium.com, a provider of on-line metal trading services. He has been Chairman of the Board of Globe Metallurgical, Inc. since 2004.
    K. Mitchell Posner

    Mr. Posner has served as a Director of Wolverine since February 24, 2007. Mr. Posner is the Executive Vice President of The Alpine Group, Inc., a publicly traded holding company, engaged in the investment and/or acquisition and operation of industrial companies. Prior to joining Alpine in 2003, Mr. Posner was the Managing Director of Investment Planning for UBS Global Asset Management ("UBS"), one of the world's largest money managers.
    Brett Young

    Mr. Young has served as a Director of Wolverine since February 24, 2007. Mr. Young currently serves as Senior Vice President of Plainfield Asset Management LLC. Prior to joining Plainfield in 2005, Mr. Young was a Vice President in Credit Research at Spectrum Investment Group, a start-up fixed income hedge fund in New York. From 2001 to 2005, Mr. Young was a Vice President at RBC Capital Markets ("RBC") in Greenwich, CT, working as a high-yield research analyst covering automotive suppliers, industrials, paper and forest products, oil services, refining and exploration and production.