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1. 1. Jenner & Block LLP - CATHERINE ABBOTT

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   CATHERINE ABBOTT, Of Counsel
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   Catherine Abbott is Of Counsel in Jenner & Block's Washington, DC office.She is a member of the Firm's Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities and Defense & Aerospace Practices.
   
   Ms. Abbott has extensive experience in securities offerings, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, spin-offs, complex corporate reorganizations, leveraged acquisitions and private equity and venture capital investments.
   
   Ms. Abbott represented General Motors Corporation in the proposed spin-off of Hughes Electronics from GM and its subsequent merger with EchoStar Communications, a transaction valued at $26 billion, which was terminated by mutual agreement of the parties in December 2002.She also represented General Motors in the exchange offer of $9 billion of Class H common stock for $1-2/3 par value common stock in 2000 and the 1997 $27 billion restructuring of its Hughes Electronics subsidiary (including the spin-off of Hughes Defense followed by its merger with Raytheon).In addition, she has represented private equity investors in a range of transactions, including a $121 million private stock sale transaction and a $110 million acquisition involving a recapitalization, reorganization and asset purchase.
   
   Before joining Jenner & Block in early 2003, she was a partner in Kirkland & Ellis' Corporate Department.
   
   Ms. Abbott earned her B.A. in Public Policy Studies from Duke University and graduated from Washington University School of Law, Order of the Coif, where she served as Associate Editor of the Washington University Law Quarterly.

2. 2. Jenner & Block LLP - CATHERINE ABBOTT

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   CATHERINE ABBOTT, Partner
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   Catherine Abbott is a partner in Jenner & Block's Washington, D.C. office. She is a member of the Firm's Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities and Defense & Aerospace Practices.
   
   Ms. Abbott has extensive experience in securities offerings, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, spin-offs, complex corporate reorganizations, leveraged acquisitions and private equity and venture capital investments.
   
   Ms. Abbott represented General Motors Corporation in the proposed spin-off of Hughes Electronics from GM and its subsequent merger with EchoStar Communications, a transaction valued at $26 billion, which was terminated by mutual agreement of the parties in December 2002. She also represented General Motors in the exchange offer of $9 billion of Class H common stock for $1-2/3 par value common stock in 2000 and the 1997 $27 billion restructuring of its Hughes Electronics subsidiary (including the spin-off of Hughes Defense followed by its merger with Raytheon). In addition, she has represented private equity investors in a range of transactions, including a $121 million private stock sale transaction and a $110 million acquisition involving a recapitalization, reorganization and asset purchase.
   
   Before joining Jenner & Block in early 2003, she was a partner in Kirkland & Ellis' Corporate Department.
   
   Ms. Abbott earned her B.A. in Public Policy Studies from Duke University and graduated from Washington University School of Law, Order of the Coif, where she served as Associate Editor of the Washington University Law Quarterly.