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Published on: 4/12/2007
Last Visited: 4/19/2007
Michael L. Finch (1)(2)(3)
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Michael L. Finch has served as a member of our Board of Directors since November 2003.Mr. Finch served as Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Stone Energy Corporation from 1993 until his retirement in 1999.He was affiliated with Stone in a variety of capacities for nineteen years.Prior to his service with Stone, he was employed by an international public accounting firm in New Orleans, Louisiana.Mr. Finch has been a private investor since 1999.He was licensed as a Certified Public Accountant in 1978, and received a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of South Alabama in 1976.
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Based on this standard, our Board of Directors has affirmatively determined that Michael L. Finch, W. J. Gordon, III, Charles F. Mitchell, II, M.D., E. Wayne Nordberg and William W. Rucks, IV are independent.
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Finch, Gordon and Rucks, and Dr. Mitchell have no relationship with us, except as directors and stockholders.
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The current members of the Audit Committee are Michael L. Finch (Chairman), W. J. Gordon, III, Charles F. Mitchell, II, M.D., E. Wayne Nordberg and William W. Rucks, IV, and the committee met five times during 2006.
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Our Board of Directors has determined that all of the members of the committee are independent under the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange and the rules of the SEC, and that Michael L. Finch is an audit committee financial expert under the rules of the SEC.
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The current members of the Compensation Committee are Michael L. Finch, W. J. Gordon, III, Charles F. Mitchell, II, M.D. (Chairman), E. Wayne Nordberg and William W. Rucks, IV, and the committee met eight times during 2006.
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The current members of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee are Michael L. Finch, W. J. Gordon, III (Chairman), Charles F. Mitchell, II, M.D., E. Wayne Nordberg and William W. Rucks, IV, and the committee met four times during 2006.