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300 Trade Center, Suite 3460| Woburn, MA 018031| T: 781.647.2739 | www.dolmatconnell.com CONNELL & PARTNERS Who We Are and What We Do

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300 Trade Center, Suite 3460| Woburn, MA 018031| T: 781.647.2739 | www.dolmatconnell.com

CONNELL & PARTNERS

Who We Are and What We Do

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Our Services We advise clients from an independent perspective on all matters of compensation, including:

Executive Compensation

Compensation Strategy and Philosophy

Development

Board of Directors Compensation

Long-Term Incentive Plans

Short-Term Incentives / Bonus Plans

Performance Metric Selection and

Calibration

Executive Employment / Change-in-

Control Agreements

IRC §280G / §4999 calculations

Corporate Governance, including

Compensation Committee Charters

Expert Witness and Litigation Support in

the Executive Compensation Arena

Pre- and Post-IPO Compensation

Merger & Acquisition Compensation

Strategies

Retention Plan Design

Representative Clients

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Why Connell & Partners?

Extensive experience in the High Technology, Hardware, and Software industries

Some of the technology firms who have engaged Connell & Partners since our March 2005

founding:

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Why Connell & Partners?

Extensive experience in the Biotechnology and Life Sciences industries Some of the firms that our partners and senior consultants have worked with in the life sciences arena include:

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Why Connell & Partners?

Extensive experience in the Alternative Energy industry

We are one of the leading firms in the rapidly-growing Alternative Energy industry. Some of the

firms that we have recently worked with (or have recently been engaged by) in this space include:

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Why Connell & Partners?

Extensive experience in the Pre-IPO / Recent-IPO arena

We have collectively worked with over 100 pre-IPO firms in the last 10 years. Some of the firms

that we have recently worked with (or have recently been engaged by) in this space include:

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Why Connell & Partners?

Extensive experience across all industries

Since our inception in March 2005, DC&P has worked with over 100 firms ranging from venture-

backed start-ups to Fortune 500 firms. Our partners and senior consultants all have significant

national, cross-industry consulting experience. Some of the firms that we have worked with

include:

Alternative Energy

ArborGen

Conservation Services Group

Energy Answers

EnerNOC

First Wind

Great Point Energy

GT Solar

GZA Geoenvironmental

Mascoma

Mechanology

Tamarack Energy

Business / IT / Professional Services Atlas Venture

Bedford Funding

Boston Consulting Group

CRA International

Edgewater Technology

GW Premier

Haley & Aldrich

Impact Science & Technology

InSource Consulting

NaviSite

SM&A

Think Equity Partners

VistaPrint

Biotech / Life Sciences

Abiomed

Acceleron Pharma

Actelion

Akela Pharma

Archemix

BG Medicine

Codon Devices

Cynosure

Forma Pharmaceuticals

Helicos Biosciences

Hologic

Lev Pharmaceuticals

Life Technologies

Millipore

Momenta Pharmaceuticals

PharmAthene

Physical Sciences Inc.

PolyMedica

PolyMedix

Precision Therapeutics

Thermo Electron

United BioSource

Volcano

Xanodyne Pharmaceutical

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Financial Services / Insurance

Across America Real Estate

Amica Mutual Insurance

Exporters Insurance

First United Corp.

Northwest Indiana Bancorp

Slade's Ferry Bank

USAA

Wright Express

Hardware / Electronics / Networking 3Com

Acme Packet

Color Kinetics

EqualLogic

iRobot

IBM LoJack

Narad Networks

Network Engines

Polaroid

Rogers Corporation

Starent Networks

Z Corporation

Other

AD Makepeace

American Water

Fallon Clinic

GPX International Tire Corp.

Implant Sciences

Mac-Gray

Quaker Chemical

Reebok

Spartech

Trex

Semiconductor

Aware, Inc.

Brooks Automation

Oasis Semiconductor

Photon Dynamics

Ramtron

RF Micro Devices

Software

Applix

Aspen Technology

BladeLogic

Constant Contact

DoubleTake Software

MedAssets

Monotype Imaging Holdings

NeuCo

PhaseForward

SeaChange International

Workscape

Telecommunications

Airvana

Cedar Point Communications

Comarco

CTC Communications Corp.

Digital Globe

Gateway Gulf

Performance Technologies

TBayTel

Warwick Valley Telephone

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Jack Connell Jack is the Managing Director of Connell & Partners, Inc. Jack is a nationally recognized expert in executive compensation, sales compensation, incentive plan design (short-term and long-term), linking pay and firm performance, and total reward strategy development. He works with start-up organizations through Fortune 500 firms, with an emphasis in human capital intensive industries such as high-technology and life sciences. Jack has particular expertise in mergers and acquisitions and turnaround situations. Jack has significant experience in both consulting and corporate environments, providing a unique background from which to advise clients. His consulting experience includes Managing Director and National Practice Leader for Pearl Meyer & Partners, Managing Director and East Coast Practice leader for iQuantic, Managing Director and National Consulting Practice leader for the Wilson Group, and President and Founder of Solutions at Work. Jack's corporate industry experience includes roles as Senior Vice President of Global HR for Geac Computer, Senior Director of Compensation, Benefits and HRIS at Avis Technology and Stratus Computer, and various HR and Compensation and Benefits positions at Digital Equipment Corporation and Data General. Jack has a B.A. in Economics from the University of Michigan and an MBA in Organizational Behavior and Corporate Strategy from the University of Michigan Ross Graduate School of Business. He has also been an adjunct professor at Bentley College and Babson College and an Instructor for WorldatWork. Jack has published over 30 articles and book chapters including articles in Forbes, WorldatWork Journal, Chief Legal Executive, Mass High Tech and Boston Business Journal. He has been quoted extensively in such publications as Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Business Week, CFO Magazine and CFO.com, Red Herring, USA Today, San Jose Mercury News, Corporate Governance News, Employee Benefits News and Compliance Week. Jack speaks regularly at many national and regional conferences and has appeared on CNBC.

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Gerald Miller Gerald (Gerry) is the Managing Director Emeritus at Connell & Partners, Inc. Gerry specializes in executive compensation, Director remuneration, equity compensation and corporate governance matters as related to executive compensation. Gerry has particular experience in the high-technology and financial services industries. Prior to joining Connell & Partners, Gerry was Executive Vice president and Chief Operating Officer of Ben S. Cole Financial and the head of their compensation consulting practice. Prior to that, he was a Vice President of Clark Consulting’s Human Capital Practice (now Pearl Meyer & Partners), a Director in the compensation consulting practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Vice President of Executive Compensation for State Street Corporation. Gerry has also held positions as Director of Compensation and Benefits at UST Corporation, GenRad, Inc., and A.T. Cross Company, Inc. Gerry is a frequent speaker at regional and national conferences on matters of executive and equity compensation and has authored numerous articles on compensation and compensation-related corporate governance issues appearing in magazines such as Workspan. Gerry is a Certified Compensation Professional and a member of the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals. Gerry is an active member of WorldatWork, the professional association for compensation practitioners, has spoken at the WorldatWork national conference, and has received their Lifetime Achievement Award. Gerry has been quoted in many leading publications, including The Wall Street Journal. Gerry holds an MBA from the University of Bridgeport and a B.S. in Economics from the University of Rhode Island.

David Dreyfus David is a Managing Consultant for Connell & Partners, responsible for the timely and high quality delivery of our reports to clients. David began his career in the Business Analyst program at Capital One Financial Corp. He worked on the Sales Strategy and Analysis team in the Point of Sale Finance Division in Framingham, MA. There he designed and implemented the sales compensation plans. He also worked on the Workforce Planning team at VistaPrint, N.V. in Lexington, MA, a publically traded e-commerce company. David graduated from the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. There he double-majored in Finance and Economics.

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300 Trade Center, Suite 3460| Woburn, MA 018031| T: 781.647.2739 | www.dolmatconnell.com

Contact Info

Jack Connell David Dreyfus Managing Director Managing Consultant 781.647.2739 781.647-2722 [email protected] [email protected]

Gerry Miller Managing Director Emeritus [email protected] Address Connell & Partners, Inc., A division of Gallagher Benefits Services, Inc. 300 Trade Center, Suite 3460 Woburn, MA 01801