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EXHIBIT A
DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF
SBC COMMUNICATIONS INC.
The name, present principal occupation or employment, and the name of
any corporation or other organization in which such employment is conducted, of
each of the directors, advisory director and executive officers of SBC
Communications Inc. ("SBC") is set forth below. Except as set forth below each
of the directors and executive officers is a citizen of the United States. The
business address of each director and officer is SBC Communications Inc., 175
East Houston Street, San Antonio, TX 78205. Unless otherwise indicated, each
occupation set forth opposite an executive officer's name refers to employment
with SBC.
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Name and Business Present Principal Occupation or Employment
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Directors
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Edward E. Whitacre, Jr. Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Royce S. Caldwell President - SBC Operations
Clarence C. Barksdale Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees, Washington University
James E. Barnes Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive
Officer, MAPCO Inc., Retired
August A. Busch, III Chairman of the Board and President, Anheuser-Busch
Companies, Inc.
Ruben R. Cardenas Partner, Cardenas, Whitis & Stephen, L.L.P., Attorneys
William P. Clark Chief Executive Officer, Clark Company
Martin K. Eby, Jr. Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, The Eby
Corporation
Herman E. Gallegos Independent Management Consultant
Jess T. Hay Chairman, HCB Enterprises Inc.; Chairman of the Texas
Foundation for Higher Education
James A. Henderson Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Cummins
Engine Company, Inc.
Bobby R. Inman United States Navy, Retired
Charles F. Knight Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Emerson Electric Co.
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Name and Business Present Principal Occupation or Employment
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Lynn M. Martin Chair, Council for the Advancement of Women
John B. McCoy President and Chief Executive Officer, Bank One Corporation
Mary S. Metz President, S.H. Cowell Foundation
Richard A. Notebaert President and Chief Executive Officer, Ameritech Corporation
Toni Rembe Partner, Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP
S. Donley Ritchey Managing Partner, Alpine Partners
Joyce M. Roche Independent Consultant
Richard M. Rosenberg Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (Retired), BankAmerica
Corporation
Carlos Slim Helu* Chairman of the Board, Telefonos de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.
Laura D'Andrea Tyson Dean, Walter A. Haas School of Business at the University
of California at Berkeley
Patricia P. Upton President and Chief Executive Officer, Aromatique, Inc.
Advisory Director
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Gilbert F. Amelio President and Founder, AmTech, LLC
Executive Officers
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Edward E. Whitacre, Jr. Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
Royce S. Caldwell Vice Chairman of the Board and President - SBC Operations
James W. Callaway Group President - SBC Services
Cassandra C. Carr Senior Executive Vice President - External Affairs
J. Cliff Eason President - SBC International
James D. Ellis Senior Executive Vice President and General Counsel
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* Citizen of Mexico
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Name and Business Present Principal Occupation or Employment
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Charles E. Foster Group President - SBC
Karen Jennings Senior Executive Vice President - Human Resources
James S. Kahan Senior Executive Vice President - Corporate Development
Donald E. Kiernan Senior Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief
Financial Officer
Edward A. Mueller President - SBC International Operations
Stanley T. Sigman Group President - SBC National Operations
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DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF
SBC INTERNET COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
The name, present principal occupation or employment, and the name of
any corporation or other organization in which such employment is conducted, of
each of the directors and executive officers of SBC Internet Communications,
Inc. ("SBC Sub") is set forth below. Each of the directors and officers is a
citizen of the United States. The business address of each director and officer
is SBC Internet Communications, Inc., 175 East Houston Street, San Antonio, TX
78205. Each occupation set forth opposite a director's or an executive
officer's name refers to employment with SBC.
Name and Business Present Principal Occupation or Employment
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Directors
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Stephen A. McGaw Managing Director -- Corporate Development
Thomas R. Giltner Senior Counsel
Executive Officers
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Stephen A. McGaw Managing Director -- Corporate Development
Thomas R. Giltner Senior Counsel
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