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EXHIBIT D PAUL S. BROWN, Associate, Intellectual Property. Admitted to Bar, 2001, California, 2005, Illinois.

Education: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.S., Microbiology, 1998); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., 2001) cum laude. Mr. Browns practice is focused on intellectual property-related transactions. Mr. Brown also has experience in patent, trademark, trade dress, trade secret, copyright, right of publicity and contract litigation. Mr. Brown represents clients in intellectual property matters involving many subjects, including video games, casino games, computer science, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, life sciences and other technical areas. GRANT H. CALDIS, Associate, Corporate. Admitted to Bar, Pending, New York. Education: University of Minnesota (B.S., Economics); Yale University (Ph.D., Finance); University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D., 2005). Mr. Caldis is an associate in K&Es restructuring and corporate practices in New York. Mr. Caldiss practice focuses on general corporate practice and representing corporate debtors in all aspects of chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. MARC J. CARMEL, Associate, Restructuring. Admitted to Bar, 2000, Illinois. Education: University of Michigan (B.B.A, 1994; M.Acc., 1994); Harvard University (J.D., 2000). Mr. Carmels practice focuses on all aspects of bankruptcy and restructuring workouts and his major recent client representations include UAL Corporation, Trans World Airlines and Harnischfeger Industries. Before attending Harvard Law School, Mr. Carmel practiced as a Certified Public Accountant. He co-authored the articles, Fiduciary Duties & the Zone of Insolvency, regarding the fiduciary duties of officers and directors in a financially troubled corporation, Recharacterization from Debt to Equity: Do Bankruptcy Courts Have the Power?, and What Standard Should Be Used To Determine Compensation? RICHARD M. CIERI, Partner, Restructuring. Admitted to Bar, 1981, Ohio; 2004, New York. Education: State University of New York at Buffalo (B.A., 1978); University of Michigan (J.D., 1981). Mr. Cieri plays a key role in many of the countrys largest chapter 11 cases and business restructuring matters. He is an internationally recognized authority in domestic and cross-border restructurings and in corporate governance and fiduciary duty matters. Mr. Cieris practice involves representing debtors (including portfolio and privately held companies), creditors committees and secured creditors in restructurings and bankruptcies; advising the boards of directors of financially troubled companies; providing advice in connection with legacy liability and environmental, retiree, pension tort and product liability claims facing a debtor and technology and intellectual property issues; structuring of secured and commercial transactions (including advice related to fraudulent conveyance, corporate spin-offs and related securities issues); and the acquisition of and lending to financially troubled companies.

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Mr. Cieri is recognized as one of the countrys outstanding restructuring lawyers by numerous leading publications including Turnarounds & Workouts; the K&A Restructuring Register of Americas Top 100 Restructuring Professionals; The Best Lawyers in America; The Guide to the Worlds Leading Financial Law Firms; Chambers USA, Americas Leading Lawyers for Business 2005; Global Counsel Handbooks: Restructuring and Insolvency 2004/05; and The Guide to the Worlds Leading Insolvency Lawyers. His distinguished career was profiled in an article by the Dow Jones Daily Bankruptcy Review in March 2005 and he is the recipient of numerous other published honors. Mr. Cieri is also a member of the American College of Bankruptcy Lawyers.

DAVID L. EATON, Partner, Restructuring. Admitted to Bar, 1978, Illinois. University of Michigan (B.A., 1974); University of Illinois (J.D., 1978).

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Mr. Eaton concentrates his practice in the representation of debtors, financial institutions, unsecured creditors and committees, in workout and bankruptcy planning, negotiation and litigation. He also represents purchasers of financially troubled companies. He is the author of several articles, including Acquiring an Insolvent Business and Trouble With The Syndicate: Avoiding Disputes Over Syndicated Loan Documents and Participation Agreements.

CARTER W. EMERSON, P.C., Partner, Corporate. Admitted to Bar, 1972, Illinois. Education: Miami University (B.S., 1969); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., 1972) Order of the Coif. Mr. Emerson concentrates his practice in the area of complex international and domestic transactions, including mergers, leveraged buyouts and public and private offerings and securities and corporate governance advice, including in connection with restructurings. Mr. Emerson is listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2005-2006 edition as an outstanding practitioner in corporate, mergers and acquisitions and securities law matters. Mr. Emerson recently coauthored the article, What Every Compensation Committee member Should Know About Corporate Governance Reforms.

MICHAEL G. FATALL, Partner, Intellectual Property. Admitted to Bar, Illinois, 1997. Education: University of Kansas (B.A. 1991); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D. 1997). Mr. Fatall was a partner in K&Es intellectual property practice in Chicago.

REENA GANJU, Associate, Corporate. Admitted to Bar, New York, 2004, Illinois, Pending. Education: Cornell University (B.S., 2000); Columbia Law School (J.D. 2003) Kent Scholar. Ms. Ganju is an associate in K&Es corporate practice in Chicago.

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MARK E. GRUMMER, Partner, Environmental. Admitted to Bar, 1976, Illinois, 1979, District of Columbia. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1973) with Distinction; University of Chicago (J.D., 1976) Law Review. Mr. Grummer concentrates in environmental law. His practice focuses on CERCLA, bankruptcy matters, transactional due diligence, and environmental litigation. Mr. Grummer represents several current and recent Chapter 11 cases for major corporations. Mr. Grummer also represents matters involving acquisitions from bankruptcy estates and transactional and corporate counseling involving businesses with known or potential environmental and toxic tort liabilities.

GREGORY T. HEYMAN, Associate, Litigation. Admitted to Bar, 2003, New York. Education: Brandeis University (B.A., 1995); Columbia Law School (J.D., 2001). Mr. Heyman is an associate in K&Es litigation practice in New York. AMY HIJJAWI, Associate-Of Counsel, Restructuring. Admitted to Bar, 1989, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1986); Loyola University (J.D., 1989). Ms. Hijjawi was formerly a partner in the law firm of Katten Muchin Zavis Rosenman in Chicago, Illinois, concentrating in the areas of bankruptcy and commercial litigation. Ms. Hijjawi has acted as counsel for borrowers and debtors-in-possession engaged in businesses including health care and other management service organizations, telecommunications, manufacturing and retail distribution. Ms. Hijjawi also represents secured lenders, individual creditors, creditors committees and trustees in all aspects of bankruptcy proceedings/litigation and practices in all areas of general commercial litigation, including contract, real estate, tax, fraud and insurance coverage. She has substantial trial experience, particularly in the area of financial fraud and is a member of the federal trial bar. Ms. Hijjawi has successfully argued before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and the Illinois Appellate Court for the First District of Illinois. She is also admitted to practice before the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Tax Court.

VICKI V. HOOD, Partner, Employee Benefits. Admitted to Bar, 1977, Illinois; 1991 New York. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1974); Northwestern University (M.M., 1977); Northwestern University (J.D., 1977). Ms. Hood is the partner in charge of Kirklands employee benefits group. Her practice focuses on the employee and employee benefits aspects of corporate transactions, bankruptcy and workout situations. Ms. Hood also has extensive experience in advising venture capital, real estate and leveraged buyout funds regarding the Department of Labor plan asset rules, advising investment managers regarding ERISA fiduciary rules with respect to incentive compensation, prohibited transactions and other compliance issues, and counseling internal employee benefits committees on their ERISA fiduciary duties and responsibilities. Ms. Hoods practice includes

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the representation of some of the largest private retirement funds in the world for purposes of benefit design, compliance and, most significantly, direct private market investments. ANNE HUBER, Partner, Restructuring. Admitted to Bar, 1992, Minnesota, 1995, Illinois. Education: Marquette University (B.A., 1989) magna sum laude; University of Minnesota Law School (J.D., 1982) cum laude. Ms. Huber is a restructuring partner with extensive experience representing debtors and creditors in bankruptcy proceedings, obtaining confirmation of standard and prepackaged chapter 11 plans, buying or selling assets in section 363 proceedings, and resolving disputes regarding preferences and other adversary proceedings. Ms. Huber practice includes distressed debt trading, both in and out of bankruptcy.

GREGG KIRCHHOEFER, Partner, Intellectual Property. Admitted to Bar, 1982, Illinois. Education: Saint Louis University School of Commerce and Finance (B.S.C., 1972); Saint Louis University School of Law (J.D., 1982) cum laude. Building on work experience in the computer industry, Mr. Kirchhoefers practice is focused on transactional and counseling matters primarily involving computer, telecommunications, biotechnology, other technology and intellectual property, corporate and commercial issues. Mr. Kirchhoefer is responsible for the Firms intellectual property/technology transactions practice group in Chicago. Transaction and counseling matters for which Mr. Kirchhoefer has been responsible include: outsourcing (business process, information technology, applications processing and ASP) and facilities management agreements; telecommunications agreements (including tariffed and nontariffed voice, data, video and network management services); Internet, e-commerce and EDI agreements; strategic alliance, joint venture, consortium and teaming agreements; system development, software licensing and other computer-related agreements of all types; biotechnology, biogenetics, pharmaceutical and medical device agreements; technology transfer, research and development and licensing agreements; entertainment, publishing and new media agreements; bankruptcy-remote and tax-driven intellectual property holding entity mechanisms; intellectual asset-management programs; protection of technology, software and databases; and product development, manufacturing, franchising and distribution arrangements, all across a broad spectrum of businesses, technologies and intellectual property rights. In addition, Mr. Kirchhoefer works closely with the Firms corporate, venture capital/private equity and tax attorneys on mergers, acquisitions, leveraged buyouts and venture capital/private equity transactions and securities offerings.

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MICAH E. MARCUS, Associate, Restructuring. Admitted to Bar, 1999, Illinois. Education: University of Arizona (B.A. 1995); DePaul University College of Law (J.D. 1999) with honor Order of the Coif. Mr. Marcus practice focuses on representing large corporate debtors in all aspects of corporate restructuring, including representations of clients interests in chapter 11 proceedings. On the transactional side, Mr. Marcus has a broad range of experience, including advising clients on daily operational issues relating to business operations under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, auctioning and negotiating the sale of estate assets, negotiations of contracts and settlement agreements with clients creditors and business partners, structuring out-of-court work-outs and drafting and implementing chapter 11 plans of reorganization. On the litigation side, in addition to years of experience in general commercial litigation, collection actions (in and out of chapter 7 proceedings) and representation of chapter 7 trustees, Mr. Marcus has experience in a broad array of contested matters, including multi-billion dollar claims resolutions, preference actions, contested confirmation hearings, actions to enjoin actions against corporate clients officers and directors, contested claims estimation proceedings, and post-confirmation actions to enforce client discharges issued pursuant to confirmed chapter 11 plans. TODD F. MAYNES, Partner, Taxation. Admitted to Bar 1988, Illinois. Education: Brigham Young University (B.A., 1984) magna cum laude; Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law Scholl (J.D., 1987) magna cum laude. Mr. Maynes focuses his practice on tax litigation, tax planning and the tax aspects of restructuring and bankruptcy. Mr. Maynes has represented corporation and individuals before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals, the United States Tax Court, the United States Court of Claims, federal district court and various state courts. Mr. Maynes more prominent court victories have been his victories for United Airlines in the United States Tax Court and in the United States Court of Claims, both of which dealt with the tax treatment of per diem payments made by airlines to flight crews, and his victory in the United States Tax Court on behalf of General Motors Corporation, in a case dealing with the tax treatment of low interest-rate loan offered by car manufacturers.

MAUREEN OBRIEN, Partner, Employee Benefits. Admitted to Bar, 1998, Illinois. Education: University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., 1995) IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., 1998) Order of Coif, High Honors, Recipient of Webster Burke Scholarship, 1995-98, Graduated with a Certificate in Labor and Employment Law. Ms. OBrien focuses her practice on employee benefits law. Most recently Ms. OBrien was mentioned in the article Big Suits: UAL Bankruptcy for her role in UAL Corporations bankruptcy filing.

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Prior to joining K&E, Ms. OBrien was with the Office of General Counsel for the Social Security Administration. Ms. OBrien litigated disability matters before federal district courts and 6th and 7th Circuit Courts, including oral argument before the 7th Circuit.

ADAM PAUL, Partner, Restructuring. Admitted to Bar, 1997, Virginia, 1998, Maryland, 1999, District of Columbia, 2005, Illinois. Education: James Madison University (B.A., 1994) cum laude; Catholic University of America (J.D., 1997) cum laude. Mr. Paul is a partner in the restructuring and litigation practice groups. In his restructuring practice, Mr. Paul represents both debtor and creditor clients in complex Chapter 11 reorganization; advises purchasers and sellers in myriad bankruptcy transactions and acquisitions; counsel boards of directors and senior officers regarding fiduciary duties and restructuring strategies; and advises financially troubled companies regarding the structure of various commercial transactions outside of bankruptcy. In addition to his general restructuring work, Mr. Paul has significant experience in bankruptcies involving mass tort and legacy liabilities and has been involved in some of the largest asbestos bankruptcy cases in the nation, including serving as debtors counsel to Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc., and other subsidiaries of Halliburton Company; Babcock & Wilcox Company; and W.R. Grace & Co. Mr. Paul also serves as counsel to ABB Holdings Inc. in the Chapter 11 proceedings of subsidiary, Combustion Engineering, Inc. Mr. Paul has litigated cases in trial and appellate courts throughout the country. In Mr. Pauls litigation practice, he has served as primary counsel in cases involving issues related to labor and employment, mortgage banking and secured finance, fraud, complex securities transactions, and general contract law.

VICKIE REZNIK, Partner, Litigation. Admitted to Bar, 2000, New York. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A., 1996) summa cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa; New York University School of Law (J.D., 1999) cum laude. Vickie Reznik is a partner in K&Es litigation practice in New York.

RAY C. SCHROCK, Partner, Restructuring. Admitted to Bar, 1998, Illinois. Education: Western Michigan University (B.B.A., 1994); IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., 1998). Mr. Schrock has extensive experience in complex corporate restructurings, representing debtors and creditors in all aspects of insolvency practice. He has represented debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, lenders, creditors committees, and other interested parties in in-court and out-of-court restructurings and other insolvency-related situations. Mr. Schrock also has negotiated and documented numerous distressed financing arrangements for borrowers and lenders, including debtor-in-possession credit facilities, secured and unsecured single bank and syndicated credit facilities, as well as bonding and securitization arrangements.

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JESSE SHELEY, Associate, Corporate. Admitted to Bar, 2003, Illinois. Education: Indiana University (B.A., Political Science, 1999) High Distinction; Indiana University School of Public & Environmental Affairs (M.P.A., International Affairs, 2003); Indiana University School of Law (J.D., 2003) cum laude. Mr. Sheley is an associate in K&Es corporate practice in Chicago.

PAUL WIERBICKI, Associate, Restructuring. Admitted to Bar, 2005, Illinois. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., Economics & Political Science, 2002) summa cum laude; NYU Stern School of Business (Advance Business Certificate, 2005); New York University School of Law (J.D., 2005). Paul Wierbicki is an associate in K&Es restructuring group in Chicago. Mr. Wierbickis practice focuses on all aspects of bankruptcy and restructuring workouts, primarily representing corporate debtors in all aspects of chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.

SCOTT R. ZEMNICK, Associate, Restructuring. Admitted to Bar, 2001, Illinois. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1998); IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., 2001). Mr. Zemnick has a broad range of experience in representing large, corporate debtors in all aspects of their chapter 11 cases, including advising clients on the impact of a chapter 11 filing on business operations, drafting debtor-in-possession financing pleadings, drafting pleadings in connection with section 363 asset sales, drafting and implementing plans of reorganization and accompanying disclosure statements, prosecuting and negotiating preference actions and claim objections, and enforcing the automatic stay. Mr. Zemnick has also represented unsecured creditors in connection with preference actions and automatic stay and executory contract matters.

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