Mr. Jeffrey L. Bernstein

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Jeffrey L. Bernstein, Director

Mr. Bernstein joined our Board on February 11, 2008 and is the founder of Granite Group, L.P., a hedge fund, for which he has served as its CEO from 1998 to the present. From 1982 to 2000, Mr. Bernstein was a trader on the Chicago Board of Trade. He has a B.A. from the University of California at Santa Barbara.

Jeffrey Bernstein (1)
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Jeffrey L. Bernstein, Director and nomineeMr. Bernstein joined our Board on February 11, 2008 and is the founder of Granite Group, L.P., a hedge fund, for which he has served as its CEO from 1998 to the present.From 1982 to 2000, Mr. Bernstein was a trader on the Chicago Board of Trade.He has a B.A. from the University of California at Santa Barbara.
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The persons designated in the enclosed proxy will vote your shares FOR Dale Fisher, Barry Nussbaum, E. Jamie Schloss, Jeffrey Bernstein, Charles Sage, Mark Fritz and Kenneth D. Polin unless instructions otherwise are indicated in the enclosed proxy.
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Your Board of Directors recommends a vote "FOR" Dale Fisher, Barry Nussbaum, E. Jamie Schloss, Jeffrey Bernstein, Charles Sage, Mark Fritz and Kenneth D. Polin.
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Proxies received will be voted FOR Dale Fisher, Barry Nussbaum, E. Jamie Schloss, Jeffrey Bernstein, Charles Sage, Mark Fritz and Kenneth D. Polin unless stockholders specify otherwise in the Proxy.
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Consistent with these considerations, after review of all relevant transactions and relationships between each director and each nominee recommended by the Board, or any of his or her family members, and Surge, its senior management and its independent auditors, the Board has determined further that the Board's nominees: Dale Fisher, Barry Nussbaum, Jeffrey Bernstein, Charles Sage, Kenneth D. Polin and Mark Fritz are independent under the Board's definition.