Capitalization of Parent (a) As of the date hereof, Parent has an authorized capitalization consisting of (x) 95,000,000 shares of common stock, of which as of December 31, 2007, 34,572,614 shares are issued and outstanding, 2,027,503 shares of Parent Common Stock are reserved for issuance and 2,174,828 shares are held in Parent’s treasury, and (y) 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $.01 per share, of which no shares are issued and outstanding. All such outstanding shares of common stock of Parent have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and were not issued in violation of, any preemptive rights. Except as described above, no shares of common stock of Parent are authorized, issued, outstanding or reserved for issuance. Except as set forth on Section 5.4(a) of the Parent Disclosure Letter, there are no outstanding or authorized options, warrants, rights, subscriptions, claims of any character, agreements, obligations, convertible or exchangeable securities, or other commitments, contingent or otherwise, relating to the capital stock of, or other equity or voting interest in, Parent, pursuant to which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become obligated to issue, deliver or sell or cause to be issued, delivered or sold, common stock of Parent, any other equity of or other voting interest in, Parent or any securities convertible into, exchangeable for, or evidencing the right to subscribe for or acquire, any shares of the capital stock of or other equity or voting interest in, Parent. There is no outstanding or authorized stock appreciation, phantom stock, profit participation or similar rights with respect to the capital stock of, or other equity or voting interest in, Parent. Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has any authorized or outstanding bonds, debentures, notes or other Indebtedness the holders of which have the right to vote (or convertible into, exchangeable for, or evidencing the right to subscribe for or acquire securities having the right to vote) with the stockholders of Parent on any matter. There are no Contracts to which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which they are bound to (i) repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of capital stock of, or other equity or voting interest in, Parent or any other Person or (ii) vote or dispose of any shares of capital stock of, or other equity or voting interest in, Parent. There are no irrevocable proxies and no voting agreements with respect to any membership interests of, or other equity or voting interest in, Parent.