Reverse Mergers

[Enterprising Investor]

Richard Lampen continues to add daily responsibilities.

Mr. Richard J. Lampen has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Castle Brands Inc. since October 2008. Mr. Lampen serves as the Chairman of CDSI Holdings Inc. and has been its Chief Executive Officer and President since November 5, 1998. He has been the Chief Executive Officer and President of Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc. since September 6, 2006. Since July 1996, he has been an Executive Vice President of New Valley affiliate, Vector Group Ltd. ... ("Vector").

Mr. Lampen served as an Executive Vice President and General Counsel of New Valley Corp., from October 1995 to December 2005. He has been Executive Vice President of VGR Holding, a subsidiary of Vector Group Ltd. since July 1996. From May 1992 to September 1995, he was a Partner at Steel Hector & Davis, a law firm located in Miami, Florida. From January 1991 to April 1992, Mr. Lampen served as a Managing Director at Salomon Brothers Inc., an investment bank, and served an employee at Salomon Brothers Inc. from 1986 to April 1992. He has been a Director of CDSI Holdings Inc., since January 1997, Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc. since January 2002 and Castle Brands Inc. since October 2008. He serves as a Director of a number of other companies, including U.S. Can Corp., The International Bank of Miami N.A., Spec's Music Inc. and PANACO Inc., as well as a court-appointed independent Director of Trump Plaza Funding Inc. He served as a Director of New Valley Corp. since July 1996. Mr. Lampen received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1975 and received a Juris Doctorate Degree in 1978 from Columbia Law School.

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New Valley Corp. is a successor to Western Union. As a result, I have owned the spinoffs. I continue to hold Ladenburg Thalman Financial Services since it became independent.