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(a) This Schedule 13D is filed by: (i) Clinton Spotlight Master
Fund, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership ("SPOT"); (ii) Clinton Magnolia Master Fund, Ltd., a Cayman
Islands exempted company ("CMAG"); (iii) Clinton Relational Opportunity Master Fund, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership ("CREL");
(iv) Clinton Retail Opportunity Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("CROP"); (v) Clinton Group, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation, which serves as the investment manager to SPOT, CMAG, CREL and CROP (“CGI”); and (vi)
George E. Hall, a United States citizen, who serves as President of CGI ("Mr. Hall" and together with SPOT, CMAG, CREL, CROP and CGI, “Clinton”).
(b) The principal business address of CGI, CROP and Mr. Hall is
9 West 57th Street, 26th Floor, New York, New York 10019. The principal business address of SPOT, CMAG, and CREL is c/o Fortis
Fund Services (Cayman) Limited, P.O. Box 2003 GT, Grand Pavilion Commercial Centre, 802 West Bay Road, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.
(c) The principal business of CGI is to provide investment management
services to private individuals and institutions. The principal business of SPOT, CMAG, CREL and CROP is to invest in securities.
The principal business of Mr. Hall is to serve as President of CGI.
(d) None of the Reporting Persons or persons listed on Appendix
A has, during the last five years, been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors).
(e) None of the Reporting Persons or persons listed on Appendix
A has, during the last five years, been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction
and as a result of such proceedings was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting
or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.
(f) Mr. Hall is a citizen of the United States.
The name, citizenship, present principal occupation or employment
and business address of each director and executive officer or general partner, as applicable, of CGI, SPOT, CMAG, CREL and
CROP is set forth in Appendix A attached hereto. To the best of the Reporting Persons' knowledge, except as set forth in this statement
on Schedule 13D, none of such individuals owns any
shares of Common Stock.
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