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                            PHOENIX TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
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                STARBOARD VALUE AND OPPORTUNITY MASTER FUND LTD.
                                   PARCHE, LLC
                              ADMIRAL ADVISORS, LLC
                          RAMIUS CAPITAL GROUP, L.L.C.
                                C4S & CO., L.L.C.
                                 PETER A. COHEN
                                 MORGAN B. STARK
                               JEFFREY M. SOLOMON
                                THOMAS W. STRAUSS
                                   JOHN MUTCH
                                  PHILIP MOYER
                                JEFFREY C. SMITH
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      Starboard Value and  Opportunity  Master Fund Ltd., an affiliate of Ramius
Capital Group, L.L.C.  ("Ramius Capital"),  together with the other participants
named herein,  has made a preliminary  filing with the  Securities  and Exchange
Commission  ("SEC") of a proxy  statement and an  accompanying  proxy card to be
used to solicit  votes for the  election of its two  nominees at the 2007 annual
meeting of stockholders  of Phoenix  Technologies  Ltd., a Delaware  corporation
(the "Company").

      Item 1: On January 16, 2007, Admiral Advisors, LLC delivered the following
letter to the Board of Directors of the Company:

ADMIRAL ADVISORS, LLC LETTERHEAD

January 16, 2007

Board of Directors
Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
915 Murphy Ranch Road
Milpitas, CA 95035

Dear Board Members,

      As you know, Admiral Advisors,  LLC, a subsidiary of Ramius Capital Group,
L.L.C.  (together,  "Ramius"),  remains  seriously  committed to purchasing  the
outstanding  capital  stock  of  Phoenix  Technologies  Ltd.  ("Phoenix"  or the
"Company").  Therefore,  we are  resubmitting  our revised offer to purchase for
$5.25 per share,  in cash, all of the  outstanding  shares of Phoenix that we do
not  already  own.  We have  structured  our offer to  promptly  bring value and
liquidity to all of the Company's  shareholders  on the terms and conditions set
forth below.

      While we respect Woody, his new team, and the hardworking employees of the
Company, we believe Phoenix faces a difficult and risky operational  turnaround.
We believe that Phoenix should not attempt this  turnaround as a public company.
History has shown that this board of directors  (the  "Board"),  when faced with
the  pressures  of being a public  company,  has  responded  with poor  business
decisions   that  have  had   disastrous   consequences   for  Phoenix  and  its
stockholders.  We believe our $5.25  all-cash  offer for all of the  outstanding
shares is in the best interest of the Company's shareholders.

      In addition, we believe that Phoenix is too small to bear the costs and to
handle the demands  associated  with operating as a public  company.  The market
demands that public companies  demonstrate  revenue growth,  and we believe that
this expectation  will pressure the Company to gain scale - potentially  through
acquisitions - and to drive top-line  growth.  Phoenix's Board has already shown
its susceptibility to these pressures,  as evidenced by its willingness to allow
management to diversify into an enterprise software business,  organically build
the  enterprise  sales  channel,  and sell products on a fully  paid-up  license
basis. These decisions  temporarily  increased  revenue,  but proved to be major
mistakes  ultimately  damaging the core  business and  resulting in  significant
destruction of shareholder value.


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      Executing a turnaround is difficult.  Executing a turnaround in the public
spotlight is even more  challenging.  In a public  turnaround,  management  will
disclose  elements of its strategic plan,  which, we believe will likely put the
Company  at  a  competitive   disadvantage  and  possibly   interfere  with  its
effectiveness.

      Ramius is the Company's  largest  shareholder.  Given the  Company's  poor
track  record,  we  believe  that this Board  should not be trusted to  evaluate
acquisition  opportunities,  growth  investments,  and product  expansions while
overseeing a turnaround  plan in the public  spotlight.  We are committed to our
$5.25 all-cash offer and are ready,  willing and able to immediately  enter into
negotiations for a definitive acquisition agreement. The shareholders deserve to
receive a full and fair price for their shares now.

      Our $5.25  all-cash  offer is full and fair and  represents  a premium  of
approximately  13.4% over the January 12, 2007 closing price of $4.63 per share,
and a premium of  approximately  31.3% over the June 22, 2006  closing  price of
$4.00,  which was the  closing  price of the  stock  the day  after the  Company
announced  the shift in its Core System  Software  pricing  strategy.  Given the
Board's refusal, to date, to negotiate with us in good faith, we have decided to
disclose our offer  publicly and to proceed with our plans to elect an alternate
slate of board members at the Company's annual meeting of stockholders. While we
believe it would be in everyone's best interest to  expeditiously  complete this
transaction on a friendly  basis,  our  candidates,  subject to their  fiduciary
duties,  are committed to facilitating the negotiation of a mutually  beneficial
transaction.  We  also  reserve  the  right  to make an  offer  directly  to the
Company's  shareholders  if this Board continues to ignore the best interests of
its shareholders.

TRANSACTION TERMS

      Based upon our review of the materials made available,  Admiral  Advisors,
LLC, a subsidiary of Ramius Capital  Group,  L.L.C.  proposes,  through a merger
with an  appropriate  newly  formed  acquisition  entity (the  "Purchaser"),  to
acquire the Company (the "Transaction") on the following terms:

1.    PURCHASE PRICE: $5.25 PER SHARE IN CASH.

2.    CLOSING  CONDITIONS:  The Transaction is subject to the following  limited
      conditions:

            (a)   approval  by  the  board  of  directors  of  the  Company  and
                  stockholders pursuant to the requirements of applicable law;

            (b)   receipt of any material governmental and third party approvals
                  (including  expiration of all applicable waiting periods under
                  Hart-Scott Rodino, to the extent required);


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            (c)   completion  of customary  confirmatory  business,  accounting,
                  financial, environmental and legal due diligence;

            (d)   the waiver of any Company  anti-takeover  provisions including
                  redemption of the Company's shareholder rights plan and waiver
                  of Delaware General Corporate Law Section 203; and

            (e)   the  negotiation  and  execution  of a  mutually  satisfactory
                  definitive  merger  agreement  and the  receipt of  disclosure
                  schedules  related thereto in a form reasonably  acceptable to
                  us.

3.    FUNDING SOURCES: The Purchaser has sufficient committed capital to finance
      the Transaction. The Transaction is not subject to financing.

4.    TIMING:  The Purchaser is committed to  allocating a sufficient  amount of
      resources and is confident  that it will be able to close the  Transaction
      on an expedited basis. We require no external approvals.

5.    CONDUCT OF BUSINESS:  We expect that the Company will  continue to operate
      in the ordinary  course of business and consistent with past practices and
      that there will be no material  adverse change to the Company's  financial
      condition or results of operation.

6.    DUE  DILIGENCE:  The proposed  Transaction is subject to completion to our
      satisfaction of customary  confirmatory business,  accounting,  financial,
      environmental,  and legal due diligence.  With the full cooperation of the
      Company  and  based  upon  information  known to us,  we would  expect  to
      complete  this  process in no more than four weeks,  if not  earlier.  Our
      required due  diligence  will be limited to  confirmation  of  information
      generally  known to us on the  assumption  that there is no  material  and
      adverse information that the Company has not publicly disclosed.

7.    NON-BINDING STATEMENT OF INTENT: This proposal is a statement of intention
      only.  A  legally   binding   obligation  with  respect  to  the  proposed
      Transaction  will arise only upon  execution  and  delivery of  definitive
      agreements  (acceptable to the Company and us), and then only on the terms
      and  conditions   contained  therein.  We  are  committed  to  immediately
      negotiating and executing a definitive merger agreement.

8.    MANAGEMENT:  We are receptive to discussions with senior  management about
      their future  involvement in the business.  We intend to speak with senior
      management  regarding their  participation in this Transaction,  and would
      encourage and welcome their participation, although their participation is
      not a condition to closing the Transaction. We are committed to preserving
      the relationship of the Company with its employees.


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      We look  forward to working  with you to  successfully  and  expeditiously
complete this transaction.

                                                  Very truly yours,

                                                  /s/ Jeffrey C. Smith

                                                  Jeffrey C. Smith
                                                  Executive Managing Director

      Item 2: On January 16, 2007,  Ramius  Capital  issued the following  press
release:

      RAMIUS CAPITAL SUBMITS REVISED OFFER TO ACQUIRE OUTSTANDING SHARES OF
                     PHOENIX TECHNOLOGIES FOR $5.25 IN CASH

FILES PRELIMINARY PROXY MATERIALS SEEKING TO ELECT ALTERNATE SLATE OF CANDIDATES
                          TO PHOENIX BOARD OF DIRECTORS

NEW YORK - JANUARY  16, 2007 - Admiral  Advisors,  LLC, a  subsidiary  of Ramius
Capital Group, L.L.C. (together, "Ramius") today announced that it has submitted
a revised offer to acquire for $5.25, in cash, all of the outstanding  shares of
Phoenix  Technologies Ltd. ("Phoenix" or the "Company")  (NASDAQ:  PTEC) that it
does not already own.

In a letter  delivered to Phoenix's  Board of Directors  and filed with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange  Commission ("SEC") in an amendment to its Schedule 13D,
Ramius,  Phoenix's  largest  shareholder,   stated  that  it  remains  seriously
committed  to  purchasing  the  outstanding  capital  stock of Phoenix  and that
Phoenix  shareholders will benefit from an immediate  all-cash  transaction that
offers an attractive premium.

Ramius  Executive  Managing  Director  Jeffrey C.  Smith,  stated in the letter:
"While we respect  Woody,  his new team,  and the  hardworking  employees of the
Company, we believe Phoenix faces a difficult and risky operational  turnaround.
We believe that Phoenix should not attempt this  turnaround as a public company.
History has shown that this board of directors  (the  "Board"),  when faced with
the  pressures  of being a public  company,  has  responded  with poor  business
decisions   that  have  had   disastrous   consequences   for  Phoenix  and  its
stockholders."

Smith  continued,  "Given the Company's poor track record,  we believe that this
Board  should not be  trusted  to  evaluate  acquisition  opportunities,  growth
investments,  and product  expansions  while overseeing a turnaround plan in the
public spotlight."

The non-binding offer is not subject to financing, but is subject to a number of
other  conditions  including the completion of due  diligence,  and represents a
13.4% premium to Phoenix's closing share price on January 12, 2007.

In addition,  Starboard Value and Opportunity  Master Fund Ltd., an affiliate of
Ramius, today filed preliminary proxy materials with the SEC seeking to elect an
alternate slate of candidates to the Board of Directors of Phoenix. The nominees
identified in Starboard's  preliminary  proxy  materials look to replace the two
current Class II directors whose terms will expire at the 2007 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders, which has been scheduled for February 14, 2007. Ramius stated that
the proposed nominees, John Mutch


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and  Philip  Moyer,   subject  to  their  fiduciary  duties,  are  committed  to
facilitating the negotiation of a mutually beneficial transaction.

ABOUT RAMIUS CAPITAL GROUP, L.L.C.

Ramius Capital Group is a registered  investment  advisor that manages assets of
approximately  $7.9 billion in a variety of alternative  investment  strategies.
Ramius  Capital  Group is  headquartered  in New York with  offices  located  in
London, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Munich, and Vienna.

                 CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PARTICIPANTS

Starboard Value and Opportunity Master Fund Ltd., an affiliate of Ramius Capital
Group,  L.L.C.  ("Ramius  Capital"),  together with the other participants named
herein,  has  made  a  preliminary  filing  with  the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission  ("SEC") of a proxy  statement and an  accompanying  proxy card to be
used to  solicit  votes for the  election  of its  nominees  at the 2007  annual
meeting of stockholders  of Phoenix  Technologies  Ltd., a Delaware  corporation
(the "Company").

RAMIUS  CAPITAL  ADVISES  ALL  STOCKHOLDERS  OF THE  COMPANY  TO READ THE  PROXY
STATEMENT AND OTHER PROXY MATERIALS AS THEY BECOME  AVAILABLE  BECAUSE THEY WILL
CONTAIN  IMPORTANT  INFORMATION.  SUCH PROXY  MATERIALS  WILL BE AVAILABLE AT NO
CHARGE  ON  THE  SEC'S  WEB  SITE  AT   HTTP://WWW.SEC.GOV.   IN  ADDITION,  THE
PARTICIPANTS  IN THE  PROXY  SOLICITATION  WILL  PROVIDE  COPIES  OF  THE  PROXY
STATEMENT WITHOUT CHARGE UPON REQUEST. REQUESTS FOR COPIES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO
THE PARTICIPANTS' PROXY SOLICITOR,  INNISFREE M&A INCORPORATED, AT ITS TOLL-FREE
NUMBER: (877) 800-5185.

The  participants in the proxy  solicitation are Starboard Value and Opportunity
Master Fund Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company ("Starboard"),  Parche, LLC,
a Delaware  limited  liability  company  ("Parche"),  Admiral  Advisors,  LLC, a
Delaware limited  liability  company,  Ramius Capital Group,  L.L.C., a Delaware
limited  liability  company  ("Ramius  Capital"),  C4S & Co., L.L.C., a Delaware
limited liability company ("C4S"),  Peter A. Cohen,  Morgan B. Stark,  Thomas W.
Strauss,  Jeffrey M. Solomon, John Mutch, Philip Moyer and Jeffrey C. Smith (the
"Participants").

Starboard  beneficially  owns  2,774,471  shares of Common Stock of the Company.
Parche  beneficially owns 528,470 shares of Common Stock of the Company.  As the
investment  manager of  Starboard  and the  managing  member of Parche,  Admiral
Advisors may be deemed to beneficially  own the 2,774,471 shares of Common Stock
of the Company owned by Starboard and the 528,470  shares of Common Stock of the
Company owned by Parche. As the sole member of Admiral Advisors,  Ramius Capital
may be deemed to  beneficially  own the 2,774,471  shares of Common Stock of the
Company owned by Starboard and the 528,470 shares of Common Stock of the Company
owned by Parche. As the managing member of Ramius Capital,  C4S may be deemed to
beneficially  own the  2,774,471  shares of Common Stock of the Company owned by
Starboard and the 528,470 shares of Common Stock of the Company owned by Parche.

As the managing  members of C4S, each of Mr. Cohen,  Mr. Stark,  Mr. Strauss and
Mr.  Solomon may be deemed to  beneficially  own the 2,774,471  shares of Common
Stock of the Company owned by Starboard  and the 528,470  shares of Common Stock
of the Company owned by Parche.

Mr. Mutch beneficially owns 200,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company.
Mr. Moyer does not beneficially own any shares of Common Stock of the Company.
Mr. Smith does not beneficially own any shares of Common Stock of the Company.

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CONTACT:

Media & Shareholders:
Sard Verbinnen & Co.
Dan Gagnier or Renee Soto, 212-687-8080

The full text of the letter follows:

January 16, 2007

Board of Directors
Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
915 Murphy Ranch Road
Milpitas, CA  95035

Dear Board Members,

As you know, Admiral Advisors, LLC, a subsidiary of Ramius Capital Group, L.L.C.
(together,  "Ramius"), remains seriously committed to purchasing the outstanding
capital  stock  of  Phoenix  Technologies  Ltd.  ("Phoenix"  or the  "Company").
Therefore,  we are  resubmitting  our revised  offer to  purchase  for $5.25 per
share, in cash, all of the outstanding  shares of Phoenix that we do not already
own. We have  structured  our offer to promptly bring value and liquidity to all
of the Company's shareholders on the terms and conditions set forth below.

While we respect  Woody,  his new team,  and the  hardworking  employees  of the
Company, we believe Phoenix faces a difficult and risky operational  turnaround.
We believe that Phoenix should not attempt this  turnaround as a public company.
History has shown that this board of directors  (the  "Board"),  when faced with
the  pressures  of being a public  company,  has  responded  with poor  business
decisions   that  have  had   disastrous   consequences   for  Phoenix  and  its
stockholders.  We believe our $5.25  all-cash  offer for all of the  outstanding
shares is in the best interest of the Company's shareholders.

In  addition,  we  believe  that  Phoenix  is too small to bear the costs and to
handle the demands  associated  with operating as a public  company.  The market
demands that public companies  demonstrate  revenue growth,  and we believe that
this expectation  will pressure the Company to gain scale - potentially  through
acquisitions - and to drive top-line  growth.  Phoenix's Board has already shown
its susceptibility to these pressures,  as evidenced by its willingness to allow
management to diversify into an enterprise software business,  organically build
the  enterprise  sales  channel,  and sell products on a fully  paid-up  license
basis. These decisions  temporarily  increased  revenue,  but proved to be major
mistakes  ultimately  damaging the core  business and  resulting in  significant
destruction of shareholder value.

Executing  a  turnaround  is  difficult.  Executing a  turnaround  in the public
spotlight is even more  challenging.  In a public  turnaround,  management  will
disclose  elements of its strategic plan,  which, we believe will likely put the
Company  at  a  competitive   disadvantage  and  possibly   interfere  with  its
effectiveness.


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Ramius is the Company's  largest  shareholder.  Given the  Company's  poor track
record, we believe that this Board should not be trusted to evaluate acquisition
opportunities,  growth  investments,  and product  expansions while overseeing a
turnaround plan in the public spotlight.

We are committed to our $5.25 all-cash offer and are ready,  willing and able to
immediately enter into negotiations for a definitive acquisition agreement.  The
shareholders deserve to receive a full and fair price for their shares now.

Our  $5.25  all-cash  offer  is full  and  fair  and  represents  a  premium  of
approximately  13.4% over the January 12, 2007 closing price of $4.63 per share,
and a premium of  approximately  31.3% over the June 22, 2006  closing  price of
$4.00,  which was the  closing  price of the  stock  the day  after the  Company
announced  the shift in its Core System  Software  pricing  strategy.  Given the
Board's refusal, to date, to negotiate with us in good faith, we have decided to
disclose our offer  publicly and to proceed with our plans to elect an alternate
slate of board members at the Company's annual meeting of stockholders. While we
believe it would be in everyone's best interest to  expeditiously  complete this
transaction on a friendly  basis,  our  candidates,  subject to their  fiduciary
duties,  are committed to facilitating the negotiation of a mutually  beneficial
transaction.  We  also  reserve  the  right  to make an  offer  directly  to the
Company's  shareholders  if this Board continues to ignore the best interests of
its shareholders.

TRANSACTION TERMS

Based upon our review of the materials made available,  Admiral Advisors, LLC, a
subsidiary of Ramius Capital Group,  L.L.C.  proposes,  through a merger with an
appropriate newly formed acquisition  entity (the  "Purchaser"),  to acquire the
Company (the "Transaction") on the following terms:

1.    PURCHASE PRICE: $5.25 PER SHARE IN CASH.

2.    CLOSING  CONDITIONS:  The Transaction is subject to the following  limited
      conditions:

            (a)   approval  by  the  board  of  directors  of  the  Company  and
                  stockholders pursuant to the requirements of applicable law;

            (b)   receipt of any material governmental and third party approvals
                  (including  expiration of all applicable waiting periods under
                  Hart-Scott Rodino, to the extent required);

            (c)   completion  of customary  confirmatory  business,  accounting,
                  financial, environmental and legal due diligence;

            (d)   the waiver of any Company  anti-takeover  provisions including
                  redemption of the Company's shareholder rights plan and waiver
                  of Delaware General Corporate Law Section 203; and

            (e)   the  negotiation  and  execution  of a  mutually  satisfactory
                  definitive  merger  agreement  and the  receipt of  disclosure
                  schedules  related thereto in a form reasonably  acceptable to
                  us.

3.    FUNDING SOURCES: The Purchaser has sufficient committed capital to finance
      the Transaction. The Transaction is not subject to financing.


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4.    TIMING:  The Purchaser is committed to  allocating a sufficient  amount of
      resources and is confident  that it will be able to close the  Transaction
      on an expedited basis. We require no external approvals.

5.    CONDUCT OF BUSINESS:  We expect that the Company will  continue to operate
      in the ordinary  course of business and consistent with past practices and
      that there will be no material  adverse change to the Company's  financial
      condition or results of operation.

6.    DUE  DILIGENCE:  The proposed  Transaction is subject to completion to our
      satisfaction of customary  confirmatory business,  accounting,  financial,
      environmental,  and legal due diligence.  With the full cooperation of the
      Company  and  based  upon  information  known to us,  we would  expect  to
      complete  this  process in no more than four weeks,  if not  earlier.  Our
      required due  diligence  will be limited to  confirmation  of  information
      generally  known to us on the  assumption  that there is no  material  and
      adverse information that the Company has not publicly disclosed.

7.    NON-BINDING STATEMENT OF INTENT: This proposal is a statement of intention
      only.  A  legally   binding   obligation  with  respect  to  the  proposed
      Transaction  will arise only upon  execution  and  delivery of  definitive
      agreements  (acceptable to the Company and us), and then only on the terms
      and  conditions   contained  therein.  We  are  committed  to  immediately
      negotiating and executing a definitive merger agreement.

8.    MANAGEMENt:  We are receptive to discussions with senior  management about
      their future  involvement in the business.  We intend to speak with senior
      management  regarding their  participation in this Transaction,  and would
      encourage and welcome their participation, although their participation is
      not a condition to closing the Transaction. We are committed to preserving
      the relationship of the Company with its employees.

We look forward to working with you to successfully and  expeditiously  complete
this transaction.

                                                Very truly yours,


                                                /s/ Jeffrey C. Smith
                                                --------------------------------
                                                Jeffrey C. Smith
                                                Executive Managing Director

                 CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PARTICIPANTS

Starboard Value and Opportunity Master Fund Ltd., an affiliate of Ramius Capital
Group,  L.L.C.  ("Ramius  Capital"),  together with the other participants named
herein,  has  made  a  preliminary  filing  with  the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission  ("SEC") of a proxy  statement and an  accompanying  proxy card to be
used to  solicit  votes for the  election  of its  nominees  at the 2007  annual
meeting of stockholders  of Phoenix  Technologies  Ltd., a Delaware  corporation
(the "Company").

RAMIUS  CAPITAL  ADVISES  ALL  STOCKHOLDERS  OF THE  COMPANY  TO READ THE  PROXY
STATEMENT AND OTHER PROXY MATERIALS AS THEY BECOME  AVAILABLE  BECAUSE THEY WILL
CONTAIN  IMPORTANT  INFORMATION.  SUCH PROXY  MATERIALS  WILL BE AVAILABLE AT NO
CHARGE ON THE SEC'S WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SEC.GOV. IN


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ADDITION,  THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROXY SOLICITATION WILL PROVIDE COPIES OF THE
PROXY  STATEMENT  WITHOUT  CHARGE UPON  REQUEST.  REQUESTS FOR COPIES  SHOULD BE
DIRECTED TO THE PARTICIPANTS'  PROXY SOLICITOR,  INNISFREE M&A INCORPORATED,  AT
ITS TOLL-FREE NUMBER: (877) 800-5185.

The  participants in the proxy  solicitation are Starboard Value and Opportunity
Master Fund Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company ("Starboard"),  Parche, LLC,
a Delaware  limited  liability  company  ("Parche"),  Admiral  Advisors,  LLC, a
Delaware limited  liability  company,  Ramius Capital Group,  L.L.C., a Delaware
limited  liability  company  ("Ramius  Capital"),  C4S & Co., L.L.C., a Delaware
limited liability company ("C4S"),  Peter A. Cohen,  Morgan B. Stark,  Thomas W.
Strauss,  Jeffrey M. Solomon, John Mutch, Philip Moyer and Jeffrey C. Smith (the
"Participants").

Starboard  beneficially  owns  2,774,471  shares of Common Stock of the Company.
Parche  beneficially owns 528,470 shares of Common Stock of the Company.  As the
investment  manager of  Starboard  and the  managing  member of Parche,  Admiral
Advisors may be deemed to beneficially  own the 2,774,471 shares of Common Stock
of the Company owned by Starboard and the 528,470  shares of Common Stock of the
Company owned by Parche. As the sole member of Admiral Advisors,  Ramius Capital
may be deemed to  beneficially  own the 2,774,471  shares of Common Stock of the
Company owned by Starboard and the 528,470 shares of Common Stock of the Company
owned by Parche. As the managing member of Ramius Capital,  C4S may be deemed to
beneficially  own the  2,774,471  shares of Common Stock of the Company owned by
Starboard and the 528,470 shares of Common Stock of the Company owned by Parche.

As the managing  members of C4S, each of Mr. Cohen,  Mr. Stark,  Mr. Strauss and
Mr.  Solomon may be deemed to  beneficially  own the 2,774,471  shares of Common
Stock of the Company owned by Starboard  and the 528,470  shares of Common Stock
of the Company owned by Parche.

Mr. Mutch  beneficially owns 200,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company.  Mr.
Moyer does not beneficially  own any shares of Common Stock of the Company.  Mr.
Smith does not beneficially own any shares of Common Stock of the Company.


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