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         On May 27, 2009, Frank Reddick resigned as a member of the Nominating &
Corporate Governance Committee (the "COMMITTEE") of the Board of Directors (the
"BOARD") of VCA Antech, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "COMPANY"). John M.
Baumer and John B. Chickering, Jr., the two remaining members of the Committee,
are each independent under the NASDAQ Global Select Market listing standards,
and are classified as "Independent Outside Directors" by RiskMetrics.

         Furthermore, on April 14, 2009, the Compensation Committee of the Board
determined that on a going-forward basis at least 50% of all long-term equity
based awards granted to the Company's named executive officers will be
performance-based equity awards.