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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001193125-07-090289.txt : 20070425
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20070425165546
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-07-090289
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEF 14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20070523
FILED AS OF DATE:		20070425
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20070425
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20070425

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TRANSGENOMIC INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001043961
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	LABORATORY ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTS [3826]
		IRS NUMBER:				911789357
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEF 14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-30975
		FILM NUMBER:		07788197

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		12325 EMMET ST
		CITY:			OMAHA
		STATE:			NE
		ZIP:			68164
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4027385480

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		12325 EMMET STREET
		CITY:			OMAHA
		STATE:			NE
		ZIP:			68164
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<DESCRIPTION>DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Filed by the Registrant <FONT
FACE="WINGDINGS">&#120;</FONT> &nbsp;&nbsp;Filed by a Party other than the Registrant </FONT><FONT FACE="WINGDINGS" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&#168;</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Check the appropriate box: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="WINGDINGS" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&#168;</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Preliminary Proxy Statement </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="WINGDINGS" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&#168;</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Confidential; for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))</B> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="WINGDINGS">&#120;</FONT>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Definitive Proxy Statement </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="WINGDINGS" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&#168;</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Definitive Additional Materials </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="WINGDINGS" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&#168;</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Soliciting Material Pursuant to Rule 14a-11(c) or Rule 14a-12 </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P
STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Transgenomic, Inc. </B></FONT></P><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"
ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Name of Person(s) Filing
Proxy Statement, if other than Registrant) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box): </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="WINGDINGS">&#120;</FONT>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">No fee required. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="WINGDINGS" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&#168;</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/1/&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies: </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="96%"><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/2/&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies: </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="96%"><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/3/&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11: </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="96%"><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/4/&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction: </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="96%"><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/5/&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Total fee paid: </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="96%"><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="WINGDINGS" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&#168;</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Fee paid previously with preliminary materials: </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="WINGDINGS" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&#168;</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid previously. Identify the
previous filing by registration statement number or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/1/&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Amount Previously Paid: </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="96%"><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/2/&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.: </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="96%"><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/3/&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Filing Party: </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="96%"><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/4/&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Date Filed: </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>TRANSGENOMIC,&nbsp;INC. </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><HR WIDTH="21%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF
STOCKHOLDERS </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>May&nbsp;23, 2007 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><HR WIDTH="21%"
SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%;padding-bottom:3px;line-height:95%; vertical-align:top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Transgenomic,&nbsp;Inc.
(the &#147;Company&#148;) will be held at the offices of Kutak Rock LLP, 222 South 15</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>th</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"> Street, 14</FONT><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>th</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"> Floor, Omaha, Nebraska, on Wednesday, May&nbsp;23, 2007 at 9:30&nbsp;a.m. Central Daylight Time, for the following purposes:
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">To elect two Class&nbsp;I directors and one Class III director. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="6%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Please read the enclosed Proxy Statement for important information about the Annual Meeting. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Only stockholders of record at the close of business on March&nbsp;26, 2007 are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Please sign and return the enclosed proxy card using the envelope provided. You can revoke your proxy at any time. If you attend the Annual Meeting in
person you may withdraw your proxy and vote in person. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">By Order of the Board of Directors</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Debra A. Schneider, Chief Financial Officer,</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Vice
President, Secretary and Treasurer</FONT></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Omaha, Nebraska </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">May&nbsp;2, 2007 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>IMPORTANT: IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE RECEIVE YOUR PROXY TO ENSURE A QUORUM AT THE ANNUAL MEETING. BY PROMPTLY RETURNING YOUR
PROXY CARD TO US, YOU WILL SAVE THE COMPANY THE EXPENSE OF FURTHER PROXY SOLICITATION. </B></FONT></P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Transgenomic, Inc. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>12325 Emmet Street </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Omaha, Nebraska 68164 </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><HR WIDTH="21%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>PROXY STATEMENT </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>for </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>ANNUAL MEETING OF
STOCKHOLDERS </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>of </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B>TRANSGENOMIC, INC. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><HR WIDTH="21%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We are sending this Proxy Statement to you in connection with our request for your proxy to use at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Transgenomic,&nbsp;Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) to be held on May&nbsp;23,
2007. Only those owners of our common stock of record at the close of business on March&nbsp;26, 2007 (the &#147;Record Date&#148;) are entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. This Proxy Statement, along with the Notice of the Annual Meeting, the
Annual Report to Stockholders and a proxy card are being first mailed to stockholders on or about May&nbsp;2, 2007. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Your proxy is being
solicited by the Board of Directors of the Company and will give them or the Chief Executive Officer the power to vote on your behalf at the Annual Meeting. All shares of the Company&#146;s common stock represented by properly executed and unrevoked
proxies will be voted by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer in accordance with the directions given by those proxies. Where no instructions are indicated, the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer will vote
&#147;<B>FOR</B>&#148; each of the proposals that will be considered at the Annual Meeting. In addition, the Board of Directors believes outstanding shares owned by current executive officers and directors of the Company will be voted
&#147;<B>FOR</B>&#148; each such proposal. Shares owned by these persons represent less than 1% of the total shares outstanding as of the Record Date. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">You may revoke your proxy at any time before it is exercised by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer at the Annual Meeting. If you decide to do this, you will need to give the Secretary of the Company
written notice that you want to revoke the proxy or you can submit a new proxy to the Secretary. In addition, if you attend the Annual Meeting in person, you may withdraw your proxy and vote in person. Shares of common stock entitled to vote and
represented by properly executed, returned and unrevoked proxies will be considered present at the Annual Meeting for purposes of establishing a quorum. This includes shares for which votes are withheld, abstentions are cast or there are broker
nonvotes. The holders of at least a majority of our common stock issued and outstanding on the Record Date must be present at the Annual Meeting, either in person or by proxy, in order for there to be a quorum. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B>Voting&nbsp;Securities&nbsp;and&nbsp;Beneficial&nbsp;Ownership&nbsp;by&nbsp;Principal&nbsp;Stockholders&nbsp;and&nbsp;Our&nbsp;Directors&nbsp;and&nbsp;Officers </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On the Record Date there were 49,189,672 issued and outstanding shares of our common stock. Each share of common stock is entitled to one vote on each
matter to be voted on at the Annual Meeting. Stockholders do not have the right to cumulate votes in the election of directors. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This table
shows the beneficial ownership of our common stock by our directors and all nominees for director, by those of our executive officers who are named in the Summary Compensation Table, by all of our current executive officers and directors as a group,
and by each person we believe beneficially owns more than 5% of our outstanding common stock as of March&nbsp;26, 2007, the record date established for our Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Each stockholder named in this table has sole voting and
investment power over the shares he or she beneficially owns and all such shares are owned directly by the stockholder unless otherwise indicated. Stock ownership information of persons other than our current executive officers and directors is
based on available </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">information including, but not limited to, Schedules 13D, 13F or 13G filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) or information
supplied by these persons. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Number&nbsp;of&nbsp;Shares</B></FONT></P> <P
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Percent</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Directors and Executive Officers</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Craig J. Tuttle, President and Chief Executive Officer, Director</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">0</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP></SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(1)</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></TD>
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<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">*</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Debra A. Schneider, Chief Financial Officer, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">0</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP></SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(2)</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></TD>
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<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">*</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Gregory J. Duman, Director</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">245,400</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP></SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(3)</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">*</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Jeffrey L. Sklar, M.D., Ph.D., Director</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">43,000</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP></SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(4)</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">*</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Gregory T. Sloma, Director</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">15,000</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP></SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(5)</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">*</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Rodney S. Markin, M.D., Ph.D., Director</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">0</FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">*</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Frank R. Witney, Ph.D., Director</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">0</FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">*</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Collin J. D&#146;Silva, former Chief Executive Officer</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(6)</SUP></FONT><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4,906,154</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP></SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(7)</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">9.9</FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">%</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Michael A. Summers, former Chief Financial Officer</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(8)</SUP></FONT><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">250,000</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP></SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(9)</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">*</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">All directors and executive officers as a group (9 persons)</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">5,459,554</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP></SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(10)</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">10.9</FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">%</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="3"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Other Shareholders</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">LeRoy C. Kopp</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">8,638,440</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP></SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(11)</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">17.6</FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">%</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">LB I Group Inc.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4,994,849</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP></SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(12)</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">9.9</FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">%</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">David M. Knott and Dorset Management Corporation</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4,969,698</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP></SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(13)</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">9.9</FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">%</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Steven R. Becker</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4,899,206</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP></SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(14)</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">9.9</FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">%</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Michael A. Roth and Brian J. Stark</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4,337,157</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP></SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(15)</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">8.6</FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">%</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Represents less than 1% of the outstanding common stock of the Company. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:4px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(1)</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000"></FONT></P></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Mr.&nbsp;Tuttle holds unvested options to purchase 200,000 shares at $0.69 per share and 200,000 shares
at $0.75 per share. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:4px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(2)</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000"></FONT></P></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Ms.&nbsp;Schneider holds unvested options to purchase 100,000 shares at $0.42 per share.
</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:4px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(3)</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000"></FONT></P></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Consists of 25,400 shares owned by Mr.&nbsp;Duman and vested options to purchase 15,000 shares at $10.00
per share, 200,000 shares at $6.00 per share and 5,000 shares at $2.57 per share. Mr.&nbsp;Duman also holds unvested options to purchase an additional 5,000 shares at $1.03 per share and 5,000 shares at $0.69 per share. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:4px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(4)</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000"></FONT></P></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Consists of vested options to purchase 15,000 shares at $5.00 per share, 9,000 shares at $13.00 per
share, 3,000 shares at $6.38 per share, 6,000 shares at $6.16 per share, 5,000 shares at $2.57 per share and 5,000 shares at $1.09 per share. Dr.&nbsp;Sklar also holds unvested options to purchase an additional 5,000 shares at $0.69 per share.
</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:4px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(5)</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000"></FONT></P></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Consists of vested options to purchase 15,000 shares at $2.57 per share. Mr.&nbsp;Sloma also holds
unvested options to purchase an additional 5,000 shares at $1.03 per share and 5,000 shares at $0.69 per share. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:4px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(6)</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000"></FONT></P></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Mr.&nbsp;D&#146;Silva resigned his position as President and Chief Executive Officer on April&nbsp;3,
2006. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:4px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(7)</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000"></FONT></P></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Consists of 2,771,538 shares owned by Mr.&nbsp;D&#146;Silva, 1,400,000 shares owned by the Arthur P.
D&#146;Silva Trust, of which Collin J. D&#146;Silva is the sole trustee, 484,616 shares owned by D&#146;Silva, LLC, of which Mr.&nbsp;D&#146;Silva is the managing member, and vested options to purchase 250,000 shares at $1.03 per share. These
options will expire if not exercised before July&nbsp;1, 2007. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:4px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(8)</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000"></FONT></P></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Mr.&nbsp;Summers resigned as Chief Financial Officer of the Company effective September&nbsp;20, 2006.
</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:4px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(9)</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000"></FONT></P></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Consists of vested options to purchase 100,000 shares at $1.09 per share and 150,000 shares at $1.03 per
share. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:4px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(10)</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000"></FONT></P></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Includes vested options to acquire 778,000 shares of common stock. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:4px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(11)</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000"></FONT></P></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Consists of 1,113,000 shares owned directly by Mr.&nbsp;Kopp, 916,000 shares held in individual
retirement accounts established for Mr.&nbsp;Kopp and his spouse; 330,000 shares held in the Kopp Family Foundation of </FONT>
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">which he is a director; 1,125,000 shares owned by Kopp Holding Company, of which he is the Chief Executive Officer; and 5,154,440 shares held in
discretionary client accounts managed by Kopp Investment Advisors, LLC of which he is the Chief Executive Officer. The business address of each of these beneficial owners is 7701 France Avenue South, Suite 500, Edina, Minnesota 55435.
</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:4px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(12)</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000"></FONT></P></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Consists of 3,731,496 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 1,263,353 shares at $1.20 per
share. LB I Group, Inc. holds additional warrants to purchase 320,805 shares at $1.20 per share that are not included in the beneficial ownership table because such warrants are subject to an exercise cap which precludes LB I Group, Inc. from
exercising such warrants to the extent that LB I Group, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lehman Brothers, Inc. which, in turn, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. All three companies are considered beneficial owners of
these shares. The address of each of these beneficial owners is 745 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:4px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(13)</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000"></FONT></P></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Consists of 3,960,396 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 1,009,302 shares at $1.20 per
share. Additional warrants to purchase 574,856 at $1.20 per share are not included in the beneficial ownership table because such warrants are subject to an exercise cap which precludes the holders thereof from exercising such warrants to the extent
that such owners would beneficially own in excess of 9.9% of the Company&#146;s common stock. Shares and warrants are held by Knott Partners, L.P., Matterhorn Offshore Fund, Ltd., Common Fund Hedged Equity Company, Shoshone Partners, L.P., Anno,
L.P., and Good Steward Trading Company, none of which individually beneficially owns shares representing 5% or more of our outstanding common stock. Mr.&nbsp;Knott and Dorset Management Corporation, for which Mr.&nbsp;Knott serves as President, have
sole or shared voting and dispositive power over these shares and warrants. The address of each of these beneficial owners is 485 Underhill Boulevard, Suite 205, Syosset, New York 11791. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(14)</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000"></FONT></P></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Shares are held for the accounts of SRB Greenway Capital, L.P. (&#147;SRBGC&#148;), SRB Greenway Capital
(Q.P.), L.P. (&#147;SRBQP&#148;), and SRB Greenway Offshore Operating Fund, L.P. (&#147;SRB Offshore&#148;). Mr.&nbsp;Becker is the sole principal of BC Advisors, LLC, which is the general partner of SRB Management, L.P. which, in turn, is the
general partner of each of SRBGC, SRBQP, and SRB Offshore. The address of each of these beneficial owners is 300 Crescent Court, Suite 1111, Dallas, Texas 75201. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:4px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(15)</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000"></FONT></P></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Consists of 3,248,048 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 1,089,109 shares at $1.20 per
share. These warrants are subject to an exercise cap which precludes the holder thereof from exercising such warrants to the extent that such owner would beneficially own in excess of 4.9% and 9.9% of the Company&#146;s common stock. Shares and
warrants are held by SF Capital Partners, Ltd. As managing members of Stark Offshore Management LLC, Messrs. Roth and Stark have sole or share voting and dispositive power over these shares and warrants. The address of each of these beneficial
owners is 3600 South Lake Drive, St. Francis, Wisconsin 53235. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>PROPOSAL TO ELECT CLASS I AND CLASS III DIRECTORS
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Board of Directors and Committees </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Our entire Board of Directors consists of seven positions of which six are currently occupied. The Board of Directors is divided into three classes with directors in each class serving for a term of three years. The terms of office of the
current Class&nbsp;I, Class&nbsp;II and Class&nbsp;III directors (other than Rodney S. Markin) will expire in 2007, 2008 and 2009, respectively. Although Dr.&nbsp;Markin was appointed as a Class III director and, as such, would normally serve for a
term expiring in 2009, the Board is submitting him for re-election at the 2007 Annual Meeting since he is a new appointment to the Board. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">The Board of Directors has nominated Craig J. Tuttle and Frank R. Witney as Class I directors to serve three-year terms expiring in 2010. In addition, the Board of Directors has nominated Rodney S. Markin as a Class III director to serve a
two-year term expiring in 2009. The Board of Directors knows of no reason why Mr.&nbsp;Tuttle, Dr.&nbsp;Witney or Dr.&nbsp;Markin might be unavailable to serve. There are no arrangements or </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">understandings between Mr.&nbsp;Tuttle, Dr.&nbsp;Witney or Dr.&nbsp;Markin and any other person pursuant to which they were selected as nominees.
Mr.&nbsp;Tuttle, Dr.&nbsp;Witney and Dr.&nbsp;Markin are current members of the Board of Directors and each has expressed an intention to continue to serve on the Board of Directors if they are elected. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The election of a director requires the affirmative vote of a plurality of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and
entitled to vote. This means that votes withheld and broker nonvotes with respect to the election of directors will have no effect on the election of directors. If Mr.&nbsp;Tuttle, Dr.&nbsp;Witney or Dr.&nbsp;Markin is unable to serve as a director,
the Board of Directors may nominate a substitute nominee. In that case, the Board of Directors will vote all valid proxies that voted in favor of Mr.&nbsp;Tuttle, Dr.&nbsp;Witney or Dr.&nbsp;Markin, as the case may be, for the election of the
substitute nominee. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>The Board of Directors recommends that the stockholders vote &#147;FOR&#148; the election of Mr.&nbsp;Tuttle and
Dr.&nbsp;Witney as Class I Directors and Dr.&nbsp;Markin as a Class III Director. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The following table sets forth information about our
directors, including the nominees who are to be voted on at the Annual Meeting. The Board of Directors has determined that Messrs. Witney, Markin, Duman, Sloma and Sklar are independent directors of the Company under the listing standards adopted by
the Securities and Exchange Commission. All directors have held the positions with the companies (or their predecessors) set forth under &#147;Principal Occupation&#148; for at least five years, unless otherwise indicated. </FONT></P> <P
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Principal Occupation</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Term&nbsp;To<BR>Expire</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Rodney S. Markin, M.D., Ph.D. .</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">50</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">President and CEO of University of Nebraska Medical Center Physicians</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(1)</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2007</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Craig J. Tuttle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">President &amp; Chief Executive Officer of Transgenomic, Inc.</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(2)</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Frank R. Witney, Ph.D . . . . . . .</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">President &amp; Chief Executive Officer of Panomics, Inc.</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(3)</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>DIRECTORS&nbsp;CONTINUING&nbsp;IN&nbsp;OFFICE</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Gregory T. Sloma . . . . . . . . . . . .</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">55</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Interim Chairman of the Board, Transgenomic, Inc.</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">President of G.O., Inc.</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(4)</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2004</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Jeffrey L. Sklar, M.D., Ph.D. . . .</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">59</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Professor of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(5)</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Gregory J. Duman . . . . . . . . . . .</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">51</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">President of Prism Technologies LLC</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(6)</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2000</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2009</FONT></TD></TR>
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COLOR="#000000"></FONT></P></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Dr.&nbsp;Markin is also Professor of Pathology and Microbiology and Surgery, Senior Associate Dean for
Clinical Affairs, College of Medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:4px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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COLOR="#000000"></FONT></P></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">From 2004 to 2005, Mr.&nbsp;Tuttle was President and Chief Operating Officer of Duke Scientific. From
1999 to 2003, Mr.&nbsp;Tuttle served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Applied Biotech, Inc. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:4px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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COLOR="#000000"></FONT></P></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">From 2001 to 2002, Dr.&nbsp;Witney was President of Drug Discovery Tools. From 2000 to 2001,
Dr.&nbsp;Witney served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Packard BioScience. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:4px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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COLOR="#000000"></FONT></P></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Mr.&nbsp;Sloma is also a director of Naturally Iowa, LLC. From 2004 to 2006, Mr.&nbsp;Sloma was
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of SpeedNet Services, Inc. From 1996 to 2003, Mr.&nbsp;Sloma served in several capacities including President, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Executive Officer, and Vice Chairman and Director of
Mergers&nbsp;&amp; Acquisitions for DTN Corporation. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP></SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">From 1989 to 2003,
Dr.&nbsp;Sklar was Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:4px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP></SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">From 2001 to 2003,
Mr.&nbsp;Duman was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company. From 2000 to 2001, Mr.&nbsp;Duman was Chief Financial Officer of Artios, Inc. From 1983 to 2000, Mr.&nbsp;Duman served in several capacities including
Controller, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Transaction Systems Architects, Inc. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Information
regarding our other executive officers is found in our Form&nbsp;10-K that is part of the Annual Report to Stockholders that accompanies this Proxy Statement. The Board of Directors has adopted a code of ethical conduct that applies to our principal
executive officers and senior financial officers as required by Section&nbsp;406 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002. This code of ethical conduct is embodied within our Business Ethics Policy, which applies to all persons associated with the Company,
including our directors, officers, and employees. The Business Ethics Policy is available on our website at <U>www.transgenomic.com.</U> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">The Board of Directors conducts its business through meetings of the Board and actions taken by written consent in lieu of meetings and by the actions of its committees. During the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2006, the Board of Directors
held eleven meetings and acted by written consent in lieu of a meeting one time. Other than Dr.&nbsp;Sklar and Parag Saxena (who is no longer a director), all directors attended at least 75% of the meetings of the Board of Directors and of the
committees of the Board of Directors on which they served during 2006. Dr.&nbsp;Sklar attended six meetings of the Board of Directors and two Compensation Committee meetings. Mr.&nbsp;Saxena attended eight meetings of the Board of Directors, four
Audit Committee meetings and two Compensation Committee meetings. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Board of Directors has established and assigned certain
responsibilities to an Audit Committee and a Compensation Committee. We do not have a standing nominating committee. The Board determined that due to the relatively small size of the Board, and due to the policy on director nominations, which is
described below, it was not necessary to form a separate committee to evaluate director nominations. Under the director nomination policy, director candidates are identified primarily through suggestions made by directors, management and
stockholders of the Company. We have implemented no material changes to the procedures by which stockholders may recommend nominees for the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors will consider director nominees recommended by stockholders that
are submitted in writing to the Secretary or Chief Executive Officer of the Company in a timely manner and which provide necessary biographical and business experience information regarding the nominee. All candidates for director will be evaluated
based on their independence, character, judgment, diversity of experience, financial or business acumen, ability to represent and act on behalf of all stockholders, and the needs of the Board. In general, the Board expects to nominate incumbent
directors who express an interest in continuing to serve on the Board. The independent directors of the Company review and consider all candidates to serve as a director of the Company who are properly suggested by directors, management and
stockholders of the Company, and the Board of Directors selects its nominees to serve as a director of the Company from among those candidates who are recommended to the Board of Directors by a majority of the independent directors of the Company.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><I>Audit Committee</I></B>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Audit Committee&#146;s primary duties and responsibilities include monitoring
the integrity of our financial statements, monitoring the independence and performance of our external auditors, and monitoring our compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements. The functions of the Audit Committee also include
reviewing periodically with independent auditors the performance of the services for which they are engaged, including reviewing the scope of the annual audit and its results, reviewing with management and the auditors the adequacy of our internal
accounting controls, reviewing with management and the auditors the financial results prior to the filing of quarterly and annual reports, and reviewing fees charged by our independent auditors. Our independent auditors report directly and are
accountable solely to the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee has the sole authority to hire and fire the independent auditors and is responsible for the oversight of the performance of their duties, including ensuring the independence of the
independent auditors. The Audit Committee also approves in advance the retention of, and all fees to be paid to, the independent auditors. The rendering of any auditing services and all non-auditing services by the independent </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">auditors is subject to the approval in advance of the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee operates under a written charter which is available on our website
at <U>www.transgenomic.com</U>. The Audit Committee is required to be composed of directors who are independent of the Company under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The current members of the Audit Committee are directors Duman,
Markin, and Sloma. The Board of Directors has determined that Mr.&nbsp;Sloma qualifies as an &#147;audit committee financial expert&#148; under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Audit Committee met five times during 2006.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><I>Compensation Committee</I></B>.<I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</I>The Compensation Committee reviews and approves our compensation
policy, changes in salary levels and bonus payments to our executive officers and other management and determines the timing and terms of awards made pursuant to our stock option plan. The Compensation Committee currently consists of directors
Sklar, Duman, and Markin, each of whom has been determined by the Board of Directors to be independent under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Compensation Committee met three times during 2006 and took action by unanimous
written consent one time. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><I>Section&nbsp;16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting
Compliance</I></B><I>.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Item&nbsp;405 of Regulation&nbsp;S-K requires disclosure of any known late filing or failure by an insider to file&nbsp;a report required by Section&nbsp;16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. We
believe all Section&nbsp;16 reports were filed in a timely manner during 2006. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>DIRECTOR COMPENSATION TABLE </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The following table sets forth information regarding the compensation paid by us to our Board of Directors for services rendered during the year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2006. No 2006 compensation is reported for Craig Tuttle, Rodney Markin or Frank Witney since they each joined the Board in 2007. Craig Tuttle is also an executive officer of the Company and is not separately compensated for
services as a director. Roland Santoni and Parag Saxena each resigned from the Board during the first quarter of 2007. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Name</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Fees&nbsp;Earned&nbsp;or<BR>Paid in Cash</B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>($)</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Option&nbsp;Awards</B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>($)<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(1)</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000"></FONT></B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Total</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>($)</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Gregory T. Sloma . . . . . . . . . . . .</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">31,000</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">466</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">31,466</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Gregory J. Duman . . . . . . . . . . . .</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">22,500</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">466</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">22,966</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Roland J. Santoni . . . . . . . . . . . . .</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">29,875</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">466</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">30,341</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Jeffrey L. Sklar, M.D., Ph.D. . . . .</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">23,000</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">244</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">23,244</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Parag Saxena</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">244</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">244</FONT></TD></TR>
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COLOR="#000000"></FONT></P></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Represents the compensation expense recognized by the Company in fiscal 2006 relating to stock options
awards under the requirements of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No.&nbsp;123(R). For valuation assumptions used for the FAS 123(R) fair value of the awards, refer to our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2006, Part
II, Item&nbsp;8, Section B &#150; Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, &#147;Stock Based Compensation&#148;. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Directors who are also our officers or affiliates are not separately compensated for serving on the Board of Directors other than reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses related to attendance at board and committee meetings. Independent
directors are paid an annual retainer of $20,000 and they receive reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses related to attendance at board and committee meetings. Independent directors serving on any committee of the Board of Directors are paid an
additional annual retainer of $2,500 unless they are also a chairman of a committee. The Chairman of the Audit Committee receives an additional annual retainer of $8,000 and the chairman of any other committee receives an additional annual retainer
of $4,000. In addition, any independent director who attends more than four meetings, which includes committee meetings, per quarter receives a $500 per meeting fee for each meeting attended over the four. </FONT></P> <P
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Our non-employee and non-affiliated directors are issued options to purchase 15,000 shares of common
stock under our stock option plan upon initial appointment to the Board. These options are typically granted at the next scheduled Compensation Committee meeting. For options granted prior to March&nbsp;28, 2003, such options vest at the rate of
20%&nbsp;per year of service on the Board. Additional grants were made from time to time so that each non-employee director would hold 15,000 unvested options at any time. Effective March&nbsp;28, 2003, the options granted to a non-employee and
non-affiliated director upon initial appointment to the Board vest at the rate of 33 1/3%&nbsp;per year of service on the Board. Additional grants of options to purchase 5,000 shares of common stock will be made on a date reasonably close to each
anniversary of such director&#146;s appointment to the Board to be determined by the Compensation Committee in its sole discretion, with such options vesting on the third anniversary of the grant. All options granted to non-employee directors have
exercise prices that represented or exceeded the fair market value of our stock on the grant date. Exercise prices on outstanding options granted to our non-employee directors range from $0.69 per share to $13.00 per share. On December&nbsp;28,
2005, the Company&#146;s directors approved a plan to accelerate the vesting of all outstanding stock options. Aside from the acceleration of the vesting date, the terms and conditions of the stock option award agreements governing the underlying
stock option grants remained unchanged. All such options were out-of-the money, and accordingly, the accelerated vesting resulted in no compensation expense since there was no intrinsic value associated with these fixed awards at the date of
modification. Accelerating the vesting of these options allowed the Company to avoid recognition of compensation expense associated with these options in future periods. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Compensation Discussion and Analysis </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><I>Overview</I></B>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Compensation Committee endeavors to establish total compensation packages for the Company&#146;s
executive officers that both fairly reflect the value of their services to the Company and help the Company attract and retain high quality individuals in its key executive positions. The Compensation Committee also requires that a significant
portion of each executive&#146;s compensation be linked to the achievement of performance targets that are integral to the Company achieving the goals of its business strategies. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Decisions regarding executive compensation during 2006 were complicated by the fact that the Company&#146;s senior management team completely changed
during the course of the year. On April&nbsp;3, 2006, Collin J. D&#146;Silva resigned his position as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Michael A. Summers, our then Chief Financial Officer, was appointed by the Board of Directors
to also act as interim President and Chief Executive Officer until a permanent replacement for Mr.&nbsp;D&#146;Silva could be appointed. Mr.&nbsp;Summers filled this role while continuing his normal duties as Chief Financial Officer until
July&nbsp;12, 2006, when Craig J. Tuttle assumed the role as our President and Chief Executive Officer. Mitchell L. Murphy resigned as Vice President on April&nbsp;27, 2006. His responsibilities have been transferred to other employees and officers.
Finally, on September&nbsp;20, 2006, Michael Summers resigned as our Chief Financial Officer in order to take a position with another company. Mr.&nbsp;Summers continued to provide ongoing assistance to the Company in connection with the preparation
of its third quarter 2006 financial statements and SEC reports and was an employee through November&nbsp;14, 2006. On December&nbsp;4, 2006, Debra A. Schneider assumed the role as our Chief Financial Officer. As of the end of 2006, Mr.&nbsp;Tuttle
and Ms.&nbsp;Schneider were the only executive officers of the Company. However, Messrs. D&#146;Silva and Summers are each treated as &#147;named executive officers&#148; for purposes of the Summary Compensation Table and, accordingly, decisions
relating to their 2006 compensation are included in this discussion and analysis. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><I>Components of Executive Officer
Compensation</I></B>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Executive officer compensation contains three principal components: (i)&nbsp;a base salary, (ii)&nbsp;a cash bonus and (iii)&nbsp;grants of equity-based compensation under the Company&#146;s 2006 Equity
Incentive Plan. The following paragraphs describe each of these components of executive compensation. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><I>Base
Salary</I></B><B>.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each executive officer receives a base salary which is established in his or her employment agreement, but is subject to an annual increase for subsequent terms of their agreements as determined by the
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Compensation Committee. In general, any increase in base salary levels is a function of increases in the cost of living and a review of peer group data for
other public companies engaged in similar industries and that generate revenues in the same range as the Company. These companies are not necessarily the same companies that are included in the peer group index used in the performance graph included
in our annual report on Form 10-K. Base salaries are not established on the basis of any specific performance criteria. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The base salaries
for Messrs. D&#146;Silva and Summers were established by the terms of their employment agreements which provided for the potential for annual increases as determined by the Compensation Committee. For 2006, the Compensation Committee kept the base
salary of Mr.&nbsp;D&#146;Silva at the same level as it had been in 2005. Similarly, Mr.&nbsp;Summers&#146; base salary was not initially increased for 2006 over his 2005 base salary. However, in April 2006, the Committee increased
Mr.&nbsp;Summers&#146; base salary from $200,000 to $250,000 per annum in order to reflect the additional responsibilities Mr.&nbsp;Summers assumed when he was appointed as interim President and Chief Executive Officer. This increase in his base
salary remained in effect for 120 days after a permanent Chief Executive Officer was employed by the Company and, accordingly, was in effect through November&nbsp;14, 2006. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The 2006 base salaries for both Mr.&nbsp;Tuttle and Ms.&nbsp;Schneider of $250,000 and $200,000, respectively, were established through arm&#146;s length
negotiations in connection with their hiring and are reflected in the terms of their respective employment agreements. In each case, the Compensation Committee determined that the base salary levels were consistent with those paid by peer companies
to their senior executives, as well as with the salaries previously paid to Messrs. D&#146;Silva and Summers with respect to the positions of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><I>Annual Cash Bonus</I></B><B>.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The employment agreements for each of our executive officers provides that they are
eligible for cash bonuses up to a stated percentage of his or her base salary which will be based on their performance against goals and objectives determined by the Compensation Committee. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Given their departure from the Company during the year, no cash bonuses were paid to either Mr.&nbsp;D&#146;Silva or Mr.&nbsp;Summers for 2006. Likewise,
given that Ms.&nbsp;Schneider did not join the Company until the fourth quarter of the year, she was not eligible for a cash bonus for 2006 other than a $10,000 &#147;signing bonus&#148; that she was paid in January, 2007 as an additional incentive
to accept the Company&#146;s offer of employment. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">With respect to Mr.&nbsp;Tuttle, his employment agreement provides that he is eligible
for a bonus of up to 20% of his base salary, which was to be calculated on a pro rata basis for 2006. Accordingly, he was eligible for a maximum bonus of $25,000 for 2006. The Compensation Committee assigned $8,250 of this potential bonus to his
remaining employed by the Company through the year. The remaining bonus payments were tied to the achievement of certain performance goals. The Compensation Committee noted that the Company needed to focus on reducing fixed costs associated with its
various facilities and employee base in order to reach profitability. Accordingly, the first performance goal was the completion of an analysis of outsourcing or relocating production of the Company&#146;s instruments, components and consumable
products and reporting the results to the Board. A total potential bonus of $8,250 was assigned to the achievement of this goal. In addition, the Compensation Committee believed that the Company needed to work to enhance shareholder value by
progressing its efforts to submit patent applications for the numerous cancer-linked mutations that had been identified by its Discovery Services Group and to complete its Surveyor CE kit and application development and bring this product to launch.
The remaining $8,500 of Mr.&nbsp;Tuttle&#146;s potential 2006 bonus was tied to achieving these goals. At its meeting in January 2007, the Compensation Committee reviewed Mr.&nbsp;Tuttle&#146;s performance against the goals established for him for
2006 and determined that Mr.&nbsp;Tuttle had achieved each of the performance goals established for 2006. Accordingly, Mr.&nbsp;Tuttle was awarded a bonus of $25,000 for 2006. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><I>Equity Incentive</I></B><B>.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Compensation Committee may also make awards to the Company&#146;s executive officers of
equity-based compensation under the Company&#146;s 2006 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). Unlike the payment of cash bonuses, equity-based awards do not become exercisable (or remain subject to forfeiture) until they become vested. By
vesting such awards over a period of years, these awards also provide a long-term </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">incentive to our executive officers to remain with the Company. Equity-based awards also provide an incentive to the executive officers to maximize their
efforts on behalf of the Company by providing them with a proprietary interest in the Company. Any grant of options to purchase common stock must be made with an exercise price no less than the closing sale price of the common stock on the date of
grant. Therefore, the compensation value of these stock options is directly related to the long-term performance of the Company as measured by its future return to stockholders. Finally, the use of equity-based compensation allows the Company to
preserve cash thereby making it available to meet its general working capital needs. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Compensation Committee did not make any
equity-based awards to Mr.&nbsp;D&#146;Silva or Mr.&nbsp;Summers during 2006. However, the Compensation Committee amended the terms of 250,000 stock options previously awarded to Mr. Summers so that the options would continue to be exercisable by
Mr.&nbsp;Summers for the full ten-year period of such options rather than terminating 90 days after his employment with the Company ceased. The Compensation Committee agreed to this modification in light of Mr.&nbsp;Summers&#146; agreement to
provide ongoing assistance to the Company in connection with the preparation of its third quarter 2006 financial statements and SEC reports after his resignation as Chief Financial Officer. Mr.&nbsp;Summers remained employed by&nbsp;the Company
through November&nbsp;14, 2006. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The terms of the employment agreements entered into by the Company with Mr.&nbsp;Tuttle and
Ms.&nbsp;Schneider provide for the award of a specified number of stock options to them. In the case of Mr.&nbsp;Tuttle, he received an initial award of 200,000 options and is entitled to receive additional awards of 200,000 options in January 2007
and in July 2007. In the case of Ms.&nbsp;Schneider, she received an initial award of 100,000 options and is entitled to receive additional awards of 100,000 options in June 2007 and November 2007. The awards of these options were negotiated at
arm&#146;s-length with Mr.&nbsp;Tuttle and Ms.&nbsp;Schneider in connection with their hiring and neither Mr.&nbsp;Tuttle nor Ms.&nbsp;Schneider is required to meet any performance goals in order to receive these awards or for their options to vest.
However, they must remain employees of the Company on the future award dates in order to receive the options then awarded. In all cases, the exercise price of these options is equal to the fair market value of the Company&#146;s common stock on the
applicable grant dates. All such options vest equally on the first three anniversaries of the respective grant dates and terminate ten years after their grant dates. There is a clause in both of these agreements that provides for vesting of unvested
options upon the Company being acquired or merged into another entity. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><I>Other</I></B>
<B><I>Compensation</I></B><B>.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each of our executive officers is entitled to participate in the employee benefit plans which are made available to all of our employees on a non-discriminatory basis. These benefits consist
of medical and dental health insurance and group life insurance for which the Company pays a portion of the premiums. The Company also makes matching contributions to the executive officers&#146; 401(k) accounts. In addition, Mr.&nbsp;Tuttle&#146;s
agreement provides for a leased vehicle for his use during the term of his agreement. The Company also is responsible for any income tax liability arising from this arrangement. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In addition, the Company provided certain additional payments to Mr.&nbsp;Tuttle to assist him in connection with the transfer from his home in Oregon to
Nebraska, which included providing temporary housing in Omaha. The Company also paid the costs of commuting from Oregon on a weekly basis. In each case, the Company also paid any income tax liability arising from these payments. The Company further
agreed to pay qualified moving expenses of up to $20,000 incurred by Mr.&nbsp;Tuttle. These payments were negotiated at arm&#146;s-length with Mr.&nbsp;Tuttle in connection with his hiring. The Compensation Committee determined that the types and
amount of these payments were a reasonable and necessary accommodation to Mr.&nbsp;Tuttle in order to allow him to take on the position as the Company&#146;s President and Chief Executive Officer without unnecessary delay. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><I>Severance Payments</I></B><B>.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As described more fully in this Proxy Statement under &#147;Employment Agreements&#148;,
we have entered into employment agreements with each of our executive officers. In addition to the compensation provisions described above, each employment agreement provides that an executive officer will be entitled to receive severance payments
from the Company if his or her employment is terminated involuntarily except if such termination is based on &#147;just cause&#148;, as that term is defined in the employment agreement. The severance payment payable to both Mr.&nbsp;Tuttle and
Ms.&nbsp;Schneider in such circumstances is equal to their base </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">salary at the time of termination and will be paid to them over a twelve-month period. The employment agreements provide that the severance payment
provisions will be honored if the Company is acquired by, or merged into, another company and their positions are eliminated as a result of such acquisition or merger. These severance payments are designed to provide the executive officers with an
amount of cash sufficient to provide for living expenses and other needs which would normally be paid from his or her monthly base salary payments in situations where the executive officer&#146;s employment was not terminated voluntarily. In
addition, the payments are designed so as to not exceed the maximum amount which may be paid without imposition of the excise tax imposed by Section&nbsp;4999 of the Internal Revenue Code or resulting in a loss of the Company&#146;s income tax
deduction for any portion of these payments under Section&nbsp;280G of the Internal Revenue Code if such payments are made after, or in contemplation of, a change of control transaction. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><I>Chief Executive Officer Compensation</I></B><B>.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Compensation Committee uses the same factors in determining the
compensation of Craig J. Tuttle, our President and Chief Executive Officer, as it does for all other executive officers. The terms of Mr.&nbsp;Tuttle&#146;s compensation package for 2006 were largely established through negotiations with him in
connection with his hiring and were determined to be reasonable by the Compensation Committee. These terms included the awards of stock options under the Plan which the Committee determined were appropriate to provide Mr.&nbsp;Tuttle with economic
incentive to manage the Company to increase the long-term returns to stockholders and as an additional inducement to remain employed by the Company. The total number of shares represented by these stock options is less than 2% of all issued and
outstanding shares of the Company&#146;s common stock. The performance criteria established with respect to Mr.&nbsp;Tuttle&#146;s 2006 cash bonus reflected the views of the Compensation Committee and management regarding the most immediate problems
that needed to be addressed by the Company&#146;s senior management and certain concrete steps that should be taken in order to address these concerns. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><I>Compliance with Section&nbsp;162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code</I></B><B>.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The current tax law imposes an annual, individual limit of $1 million on the deductibility of the
Company&#146;s compensation payments to its executive officers. Specified compensation is excluded for this purpose, including performance-based compensation, provided that certain conditions are satisfied. The Compensation Committee believes that
the compensation policies that it has implemented for the Company&#146;s executive officers preserve, to the maximum extent practicable, the deductibility of all compensation payments to the Company&#146;s executive officers. </FONT></P> <P
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STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B></B>The following table sets forth information regarding the annual and long-term compensation paid by us to our executive officers for services
rendered during the three years ended December&nbsp;31, 2006.<B> </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Salary</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>($)</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Stock<BR>Awards</B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>($)</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Option</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Awards<SUP>(1)</SUP></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>($)</B></FONT></P></TD>
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ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Incentive</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Plan<BR>Compensation</B></FONT></P> <P
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and<BR>Non-Qualified<BR>Deferred<BR>Compensation<BR>Earnings</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>($)</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>All Other</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Compensation<SUP>(2)</SUP></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>($)</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Craig J. Tuttle</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(3)</SUP></FONT><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">President and</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Chief Executive Officer</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">117,964</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">9,769</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">173,994</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Debra A. Schneider</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(4)</SUP></FONT><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Chief Financial Officer</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px">&nbsp;</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">15,972</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">769</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">16,741</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Collin J. D&#146;Silva</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"
COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(5)</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Former President
and</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Chief Executive Officer</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2006</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2005</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2004</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">230,606</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">165,453</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">140,568</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">35,000</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">22,115</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">26,489</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">15,311</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">252,721</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">226,942</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">155,879</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Michael A. Summers</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(6)</SUP></FONT><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Former Chief Financial Officer</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2006</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2005</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2004</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">204,722</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">160,890</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">54,578</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">99,449</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">25,000</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">13,571</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">19,509</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1,135</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">317,742</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">205,399</FONT><br><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">55,713</FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><HR WIDTH="10%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left">
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(1)</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000"></FONT></P></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Represents the compensation expense recognized by the Company in fiscal 2006 relating to stock options
awards under the requirements of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No.&nbsp;123(R). For valuation assumptions used for the FAS 123(R) fair value of the awards, refer to our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2006, Part
II, Item&nbsp;8, Section B &#150; Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, &#147;Stock Based Compensation&#148;. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:4px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(2)</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000"></FONT></P></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">These amounts consist of accrued vacation to be taken in the future or paid in cash upon termination of
employment, 401(k) Company matching contributions, reimbursed moving expenses and auto allowances, as applicable. Mr.&nbsp;Tuttle received reimbursement for moving expenses and an auto allowance as agreed to in his employment agreement.
Mr.&nbsp;Summers was paid his accrued vacation in December 2006. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:4px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(3)</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000"></FONT></P></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Mr.&nbsp;Tuttle joined the Company as President and Chief Executive Officer on July&nbsp;12, 2006.
</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:4px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(4)</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000"></FONT></P></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Ms.&nbsp;Schneider joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer on December&nbsp;4, 2006.
</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:4px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(5)</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000"></FONT></P></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Mr.&nbsp;D&#146;Silva resigned his position as President and Chief Executive Officer on April&nbsp;3,
2006. He continued to be employed by the Company throughout 2006, and his entire 2006 compensation is reflected in the table. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:4px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(6)</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000"></FONT></P></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Mr.&nbsp;Summers joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer on July&nbsp;31, 2004. Mr.&nbsp;Summers
resigned from the Company effective September&nbsp;20, 2006. Mr.&nbsp;Summers continued to be employed by the Company through November&nbsp;14, 2006, and his entire 2006 compensation is reflected in the table. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Grants of Plan-Based Awards </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Compensation
Committee may grant either qualified or non-qualified stock options to the officers and employees of the Company and non-qualified stock options to non-employee directors and advisors under our stock option plan. In addition, the Company has an
annual non-equity incentive plan in place with both of the executive officers of the Company. The following table shows the options granted during 2006 to those executive officers of the Company and also shows the detail around the executive
officers who have equity incentive plan awards and whose compensation is reported in the Summary Compensation Table. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">11 </FONT></P>


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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>GRANTS OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B></B>The following table sets forth information concerning each grant of a plan-based award made to the executive officers whose compensation is
reported in the Summary Compensation Table during 2006. <B> </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="6" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Estimated Future Payouts<BR>Under Non-Equity Incentive<BR>Plan Awards</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Grant Date</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Compensation<BR>Committee<BR>Approval</B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Date</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Threshold</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>($)</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Target</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>($)</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Maximum</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>($)</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Stock</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(#)</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>All Other<BR>Option<BR>Awards:<BR>Number
of<BR>Securities<BR>Underlying<BR>Options</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(#)</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Exercise<BR>or Base<BR>Price of<BR>Option<BR>Awards</B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>($/Sh)</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Craig J. Tuttle</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">6/19/2006</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">0</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">25,000</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP></SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(1)</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">25,000</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Craig J. Tuttle</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">9/1/2006</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">9/1/2006</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">200,000</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">0.69</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Debra A. Schneider</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">12/4/2006</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">11/13/2006</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">100,000</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">0.42</FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><HR WIDTH="10%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left">
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(1)</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000"></FONT></P></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Annual Incentive Plan to be paid annually based on successful completion of specific criteria
established each year by the Compensation Committee </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>OUTSTANDING EQUITY AWARDS AT FISCAL YEAR END </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The following table sets forth certain information concerning outstanding option awards held by the executive officers of the Company whose compensation
is reported in the Summary Compensation Table. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="9" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Option Awards<SUP>(1)</SUP></B></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="7" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Stock Awards</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2"> <P STYLE="margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Name</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Number
of<BR>Securities<BR>Underlying<BR>Unexercised<BR>Options</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(#)</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Number
of<BR>Securities<BR>Underlying<BR>Unexercised<BR>Options</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(#)</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Equity<BR>Incentive<BR>Plan<BR>Awards:<BR>Number
of<BR>Securities<BR>Underlying<BR>Unexercised<BR>Unearned<BR>Options</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(#)</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Option<BR>Exercise<BR>Price</B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>($)</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Option<BR>Expiration<BR>Date</B></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Number<BR>of<BR>Shares<BR>or Units<BR>of
Stock<BR>That<BR>Have<BR>Not<BR>Vested</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(#)</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="1"><B>Market<BR>Value<BR>of<BR>Shares<BR>or<BR>Units<BR>of<BR>Stock<BR>That<BR>Have<BR>Not<BR>Vested</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>($)</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="1"><B>Equity<BR>Incentive<BR>Plan<BR>Awards:<BR>Number<BR>of<BR>Unearned<BR>Shares,<BR>Units or<BR>Other<BR>Rights<BR>That<BR>Have Not<BR>Vested</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(#)</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Equity<BR>Incentive<BR>Plan<BR>Awards:<BR>Market<BR>or
Payout<BR>Value of<BR>Unearned<BR>Shares,<BR>Units or<BR>Other<BR>Rights<BR>That<BR>Have Not<BR>Vested</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>($)</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Exercisable</B></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Unexercisable</B></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="3"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Craig J. Tuttle</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">0</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">200,000</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">0.69</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">9/1/2016</FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Debra A. Schneider</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">0</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">100,000</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">0.42</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">12/14/2016</FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Collin J. D&#146;Silva</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">250,000</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">250,000</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1.03</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">7/1/2007</FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Michael A. Summers</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">100,000</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">100,000</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1.09</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1/14/2015</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP></SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>(2)</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Michael A. Summers</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">These option awards are also disclosed in the Summary Compensation Table. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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COLOR="#000000"></FONT></P></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="line-height:95%; vertical-align:top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">The terms of Mr.&nbsp;Summers&#146; options were amended so that his options would continue to be
exercisable for the full ten-year period not withstanding his resignation from the Company. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Option Exercises and Stock Vested
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">No stock options, SARs or similar instruments were exercised by any executive officer named in the Summary Compensation Table during
2006. Furthermore, no shares of restricted stock, restricted stock units or </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">similar instruments vested with respect to any executive officer named in the Summary Compensation Table during 2006. Accordingly, no tabular disclosure is
being provided under this heading. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Pension Benefits </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Company does not provide for any defined benefit and actuarial pension plans for its executive officers. Accordingly, no tabular disclosure is being provided under this heading. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Company
does not provide for any deferred compensation arrangements for its executive officers. Accordingly, no tabular disclosure is being provided under this heading. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B>Equity Incentive Plan and Other Compensation Plans </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><I>2006 Equity Incentive Plan</I></B>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
Company&#146;s 2006 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) allows the Company to make awards of various types of equity-based compensation, including stock options, dividend equivalent rights (&#147;DERs&#148;), stock appreciation rights
(&#147;SARs&#148;), restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance units, performance shares and other awards, to employees and directors of the Company. The Plan was adopted in 2006 as a modification of the Company&#146;s 1997 Stock Option
Plan (the &#147;Prior Plan&#148;). In addition to providing for additional types of equity-based awards, the Plan increases the total number of shares of common stock that the Company may issue from 7,000,000 under the Prior Plan to 10,000,000
shares under the Plan; provided, that no more than 5,000,000 of such shares may be used for grants of restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance units, performance shares and other awards. Outstanding options for a total of 5,667,664
shares of our common stock are outstanding at the Record Date, of which 5,127,664 may be exercised at this time. Outstanding options have exercise prices ranging from $0.42 to $13.00 per share. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the &#147;Committee&#148;) which has the authority to set the number,
exercise price, term and vesting provisions of the awards granted under the Plan, subject to the terms thereof. Either incentive or non-qualified stock options may be granted to employees of the Company, but only non-qualified stock options may be
granted to non-employee directors and advisors. However, in either case, the Plan requires that stock options must be granted at exercise prices not less than the fair market value of the common stock on the date of the grant. Options issued under
the plan vest over periods as determined by the Compensation Committee and expire ten years after the date the option was granted. The Company has elected to record expense on a straight-line basis. If the option holder ceases to be employed by the
Company, the Company will have the right to terminate any outstanding but unexercised options. To date, the only awards made under the Plan (and the Prior Plan) have been non-incentive stock options. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><I>Employee Savings Plan</I></B>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We have established an employee savings plan that is intended to qualify as a tax-qualified
plan under Section&nbsp;401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code. This plan allows for voluntary contributions up to statutory maximums by eligible employees. We match a specific proportion of these contributions, subject to limitations imposed by law.
We may make additional contributions to the savings plan on behalf of our employees if our Board of Directors decides to do so. For the years ended December&nbsp;31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, Company contributions to the 401(k) plan were $164,000,
$172,000 and $279,000, respectively. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Employment Agreements </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We have entered into employment agreements with Craig J. Tuttle, our President and Chief Executive Officer, and Debra A. Schneider, our Chief Financial Officer, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer.
Mr.&nbsp;Tuttle&#146;s employment agreement has an initial term of two years ending on July&nbsp;12, 2008. Ms.&nbsp;Schneider&#146;s employment agreement has an initial term of one year ending on December&nbsp;4, 2007. The employment agreements with
our executive officers include customary confidentiality, non-competition, and non-solicitation </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">provisions. The other material terms of the employment agreements with Mr.&nbsp;Tuttle and Ms.&nbsp;Schneider are described under the heading &#147;Executive
Compensation-Compensation Discussion and Analysis&#148;. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Company had entered into an employment agreement with former Chief Executive
Officer, Collin J. D&#146;Silva. The employment agreement with Mr.&nbsp;D&#146;Silva had a term of 22 months that expired in December 2006. On January&nbsp;12, 2007, the Company entered into a Separation Agreement with Mr.&nbsp;D&#146;Silva (the
&#147;Separation Agreement&#148;). Pursuant to the Separation Agreement, effective January&nbsp;19, 2007, Mr.&nbsp;D&#146;Silva resigned his position as the Company&#146;s Secretary. Mr.&nbsp;D&#146;Silva served as the Company&#146;s Director of
Mergers and Acquisitions through March&nbsp;31, 2007. The Company paid Mr.&nbsp;D&#146;Silva&#146;s base salary through March&nbsp;31, 2007, and shall pay the cost of Mr.&nbsp;D&#146;Silva&#146;s continued group health insurance coverage for a
period of eighteen (18)&nbsp;months. The agreement also contains customary confidentiality, non-competition, non-solicitation, and release of claims provisions. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B>Report of the Compensation Committee on Executive Compensation </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Compensation Committee has reviewed and discussed with
management the Compensation Discussion and Analysis contained in this Proxy Statement. Based on our Committee&#146;s review of and the discussions with management with respect to the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, our Committee recommended to
our Board of Directors that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in this Proxy Statement and in the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2006 for filing with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:60%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Jeffrey L. Sklar, M.D., Ph.D. </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:60%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Gregory J. Duman </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:60%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Rodney S. Markin, M.D., Ph.D. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">There are no Compensation Committee interlocks and no insider participation in compensation decisions that are required to be reported under the rules
and regulations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Report of the Audit Committee </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Audit Committee is comprised of Gregory T. Sloma, Gregory J. Duman and Rodney S. Markin, M.D., Ph.D., each of which is an independent director of the
Company under the rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Company&#146;s management is responsible for the
preparation of the Company&#146;s financial statements and for maintaining an adequate system of internal controls and processes for that purpose. Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche LLP acts as the Company&#146;s independent auditors and they are
responsible for conducting an independent audit of the Company&#146;s annual financial statements in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America and issuing a report on the results of their audit. The Audit
Committee is responsible for providing independent, objective oversight of both of these processes. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Audit Committee has reviewed and
discussed the audited financial statements for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2006 with management of the Company and with representatives of Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche LLP. As a result of these discussions, the Audit Committee believes that the
Company maintains an effective system of accounting controls that allow it to prepare financial statements that fairly present the Company&#146;s financial position, results of its operations and cash flows. Our discussions with Deloitte&nbsp;&amp;
Touche LLP also included the matters required by Statement on Auditing Standard No.&nbsp;61 (Communications with Audit Committees), as amended. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In addition, the Audit Committee reviewed the independence of Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche LLP. We received
written disclosures and a letter from Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche LLP regarding its independence as required by Independent Standards Board Standard No.&nbsp;1 and this information was discussed with Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche LLP. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Based on the foregoing, the Audit Committee has recommended that the audited financial statements of the Company for the year ended December&nbsp;31,
2006, be included in the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:60%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B>Gregory T. Sloma </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:60%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Gregory J. Duman </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:60%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Rodney S. Markin, M.D., Ph.D. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The following fees were billed by Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche LLP to us for professional services provided during 2006 and 2005: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><I>Audit Fees</I></B>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche LLP billed us a total of $344,000 and $343,000 in 2006 and 2005, respectively, for professional services rendered for the audit of our annual
financial statements for those fiscal years and to review our interim financial statements included in Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed by us with the SEC during those years. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><I>Audit-Related Fees</I></B>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche LLP billed us a total of $74,000 and $7,000 in 2006 and 2005,
respectively, for audit-related services. Audit-related services generally include fees for the audits of our employee benefit plans and fees incurred in connection with services associated with SEC registration statements, periodic reports and
other documents filed with the SEC or other documents issued in connection with securities offerings and research consultation on proposed transactions. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><I>Tax Fees</I></B>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche LLP billed us a total of $80,000 and $34,000 in 2006 and 2005, respectively, for tax services. Tax services consisted primarily of planning,
advice and compliance, or return preparation, for U.S. federal, state and local, as well as international jurisdictions. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><I>All Other
Fees</I></B>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche LLP did not render any services other than the services described under the above captions in 2006 and 2005. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Audit Committee approved all services provided by Deloitte during fiscal year 2006 and has determined that the provision of these services did not
adversely affect Deloitte&#146;s independence. It is currently the policy of the Audit Committee to review and pre-approve all services provided by the independent auditor to the Company in order to assure that the provision of such services does
not impair the auditor&#146;s independence. Unless a type of service to be provided by the independent auditor has received general pre-approval, it will require specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee. Any proposed services exceeding
pre-approved cost levels will require specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee. The term of any pre-approval is 12&nbsp;months from the date of pre-approval, unless the Audit Committee specifically provides for a different period. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to our Bylaws, stockholder proposals submitted for presentation at the Annual Meeting, including nominations for directors, must be received by
our corporate Secretary at the address of our home office no later than 35&nbsp;days prior to the date of the Annual Meeting. If less than 35&nbsp;days&#146; notice of the Annual Meeting is given, then stockholder proposals must be received by our
corporate Secretary no later than 7 days after the mailing date of the notice of the Annual Meeting to stockholders. Any stockholder nomination for director must set forth the name, age, address and principal occupation of the person nominated, the
number of shares of our common stock owned by the nominee and the nominating stockholder and other information required to be disclosed about the nominee under federal proxy solicitation rules. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In order to be included in our Proxy Statement relating to next year&#146;s annual meeting, stockholder proposals must be submitted in writing by
January&nbsp;2, 2008 to our corporate Secretary at the address of our home office. The inclusion of any such proposal in our proxy materials will be subject to the requirements of the proxy rules adopted under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>OTHER MATTERS </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Management does not currently intend to bring any matter before the Annual Meeting other than those disclosed in the Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and it does not know of any business which persons, other than the management,
intend to present at the meeting. The enclosed proxy for the Annual Meeting confers discretionary authority on the Board of Directors to vote on any matter proposed by stockholders for consideration at the Annual Meeting. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We will bear the cost of soliciting proxies for the Annual Meeting. To the extent necessary, proxies may be solicited by our directors, officers and
employees, but these persons will not receive any additional compensation for such solicitation. We will reimburse brokerage firms, banks and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries for reasonable expenses incurred by them in sending proxy
materials to the beneficial owners of our common stock. In addition to solicitation by mail, we will supply banks, brokers, dealers and other custodian nominees and fiduciaries with proxy materials to enable them to send a copy of such materials by
mail to each beneficial owner of our common stock that they hold of record and will, upon request, reimburse them for their reasonable expenses in so doing. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Stockholders may communicate with any director, including the Chairman of the Board and the chairman of any committee of the Board, by sending a letter to the attention of the appropriate person (which may be marked
as confidential) addressed to our corporate Secretary at our home office. All communications received by the corporate Secretary will be forwarded to the appropriate directors. In addition, it is the policy of our Board of Directors that whenever
possible directors attend, and be available to discuss stockholder concerns at, the Annual Meeting. Collin J. D&#146;Silva attended last year&#146;s Annual Meeting. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Our Form&nbsp;10-K, as filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, is included in our Annual Report that is being delivered to our stockholders together with this Proxy Statement. The
Form&nbsp;10-K is not, however, to be considered part of this proxy solicitation material. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">None of the information set forth in this Proxy Statement under the heading &#147;Report of the Audit
Committee&#148; is deemed to be &#147;soliciting material&#148; or to be &#147;filed&#148; with the SEC or subject to the SEC&#146;s proxy rules or to the liabilities of Section&nbsp;18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
&#147;1934&nbsp;Act&#148;), and this information will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any prior or subsequent filing by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933 or the 1934&nbsp;Act. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:54%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">By Order of the Board of Directors </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:54%; text-indent:-2%">

<IMG SRC="g35824g07d13.jpg" ALT="LOGO"> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:54%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Debra A. Schneider, Chief Financial Officer,</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:54%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Omaha, Nebraska </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">May&nbsp;2, 2007 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Wednesday, May&nbsp;23, 2007 </B></FONT></P> <P
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SIZE="2"><B>Kutak Rock LLP </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>222 South 15th Street </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>14th Floor </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Omaha, Nebraska </B></FONT></P> <P
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FOR USE ONLY AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 2007 AND AT ANY ADJOURNMENT THEREOF. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The undersigned hereby authorizes the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Transgenomic, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;), or any successors in their
respective positions, as proxy, with full powers of substitution, to represent the undersigned at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company to be held at the offices of Kutak Rock LLP, 222 South 15th Street, 14th Floor, Omaha, Nebraska on
Wednesday, May 23, 2007, at 9:30 a.m., Central Daylight Time, and at any adjournment of said meeting, and thereat to act with respect to all votes that the undersigned would be entitled to cast, if then personally present, in accordance with the
instructions below and on the reverse side hereof. <B></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>THIS PROXY, WHEN
PROPERLY EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE UNDERSIGNED STOCKHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR THE ELECTION OF EACH OF THE LISTED NOMINEES FOR DIRECTOR.</B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This proxy is revocable and the undersigned may revoke it at any time prior to the Annual Meeting by
giving written notice of such revocation to the Secretary of the Company. Should the undersigned be present and want to vote in person at the Annual Meeting, or at any adjournment thereof, the undersigned may revoke this proxy by giving written
notice of such revocation to the Secretary of the Company on a form provided at the meeting. The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of a Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company called for May 23, 2007, and the Proxy Statement
for the Annual Meeting and the Company&#146;s 2006 Annual Report to Stockholders prior to the signing of this proxy. <I></I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"
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STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;01 Craig J.
Tuttle</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;02
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SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;03 Rodney S. Markin</FONT></P></TD>
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