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Rowland H. Geddie, III

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Lamar, Missouri 64759-1830

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WORK EXPERIENCE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Summary: General Counsel who managed all of the corporate legal affairs of publicly traded

corporation with $400 million in sales. Background is primarily contracts,

securities, finance and M&A.

O= Sullivan Industries Holdings, Inc., Lamar, Missouri

Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary 1993-September 2009

As General Counsel, I was in charge of the legal affairs at this corporation, which was

listed on the New York Stock Exchange from 1994 through 1999, and whose sales

peaked at $400,000,000.

Represented O=Sullivan through the initial public offering process

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Created the legal department for O=Sullivan from the ground up

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Drafted, reviewed and revised O=Sullivan=s Securities Exchange Act reports

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and played a significant role in the preparation, filing and effectiveness of

O=Sullivan=s Securities Act reports

Drafted, negotiated and closed a wide variety of contracts, including purchase and

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sale agreements, confidentiality agreements, license agreements and others

Supervised all litigation at O=Sullivan, including product liability, commercial,

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equal employment opportunity, intellectual property and commercial

Negotiated purchase and sales of real estate and commercial leases

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Deeply involved in the creation and operation of O=Sullivan=s employee benefit

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programs, including a stock purchase program, a savings and profit sharing plan

and a deferred compensation plan

Represented O=Sullivan through a review of strategic alternatives that

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culminated in a leveraged buy-out of O=Sullivan by Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill

& Co. and management

Tandy Corporation, Fort Worth, Texas

Contract Attorney 1993

At Tandy, I initially represented Tandy in the securities, contracts and corporate aspects

of a proposed spin-off by Tandy of its manufacturing operations. When the spin-off was

abandoned, I played a significant role in the disposition of a number of Tandy's non-core

operations, including its computer manufacturing business, Memtek Products, cellular

telephone joint ventures and O=Sullivan.

Houston Industries Incorporated/Houston Lighting & Power Company

Senior Counsel 1988-1992

As a member of a small group, I represented Houston Industries and its subsidiary HL&P

in various securities matters, including Securities Exchange Act reporting and the

issuance of securities, negotiated agreements for acquisitions and dispositions, a long-

term railcar lease agreement, a nuclear decommissioning trust agreement, addressed

corporate secretarial matters and negotiated banking services agreements. I also

addressed other corporate matters.

Represented client in formation of $14,000,000 joint venture, referring only

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environmental and railroad issues to outside counsel

Created nuclear decommissioning trust agreement creating trust fund to pay

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future decommissioning expenses of nuclear power plant

Drafted Statement of Designation of Series of Preferred Shares for $100,000,000

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of auction rate preferred stock

Lower Colorado River Authority, Austin, Texas

Associate General Counsel 1987-1988

I was the number two attorney in an eight-lawyer legal department and the head of the

corporate area of practice, with responsibilities in the areas of municipal finance, con-

tracts, corporate policy, banking and investments and other areas. I also supervised

three attorneys and a contracts administrator and performed substantial departmental

administrative duties.

Negotiated $100,000,000 tax-exempt commercial paper program supported by

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multi-bank line of credit

Baker & Botts, Houston, Texas

Associate 1978-1987

I worked on a wide variety of corporate matters, including corporations, securities,

mergers, acquisitions and dispositions, municipal finance, bank financings and contracts.

Represented American Stock Exchange listed company in $35,000,000 registered

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rights offering and related debt restructuring transactions. I also represented this

company in numerous acquisitions and dispositions and Securities Exchange Act

filings

Acted as bond and securities attorney in $517,445,000 municipal revenue

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refunding bond issue named "deal of the week" by The Bond Buyer

Prepared and drafted proxy statement/registration statement and secured

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declaration of effectiveness by Securities and Exchange Commission in merger

acquisition of publicly-held oil and gas company

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

State Bar of Texas Mississippi

Bar

The Missouri Bar Association of Corporate Counsel

CIVIC ACTIVITIES

Rotary Club of Lamar (President, 2002-03, Vice President, 2001-02)

Tax Increment Financing Commission of Lamar, Missouri (Chairman, 2007-08)

Barton County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors (President, 2004-05; President Elect,

2003-04; Treasurer, 2009-present; Director, 2003-present)

Lamar Swim Team Association, Inc. (President, 2000-02)

Tri-State Swim Conference (President, 2005-2007; Vice President, 2008-present)

Stone's Throw Dinner Theatre (Member of the Board of Directors, 2007-present; Secretary,

2008; Treasurer, 2008-present)

Southgate Civic Club (Treasurer, 1991)

EDUCATION

Law School Juris Doctor degree from the University of Mississippi Law School, 1978

cum laude and with high honors Class Rank: 1/31 Grade Point Average: 3.74/4.00

Undergraduate School Bachelor of Arts, History, University of Mississippi, 1976

Special Distinction Class Rank: First Grade Point Average: 4.00/4.00

High School Graduate, Tupelo High School, Tupelo, Mississippi, 1972

Special Honors Class Rank: First Grade Point Average: 4.00/4.00

SELECTED COLLEGIATE HONORS AND ACTIVITIES

Law School

Mississippi Law Journal: Associate Editor Summer 1978; Articles Editor Spring

1978; Special Projects Editor Fall 1977; Author, Comment, "The Proposed Criminal

Rules of Circuit Court Practice: A Selective Analysis," 49 Mississippi Law Journal 617

(1978). Award, Best Comment, Mississippi Law Journal, 1978

Nine American Jurisprudence Awards

West Publishing Company Award Third Year

William L. Waller Criminal Law Award

Undergraduate School

National Merit Scholar Carrier Scholar

Phi Kappa Phi Award Taylor Medal

Omicron Delta Kappa Phi Eta Sigma

Sigma Nu Co-Scholar of the Year, 1971 (national award)

Presidential Scholar, 1972 (High School one of 121 students nationwide)

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