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<DESCRIPTION>SHARE TRANSFER FROM REVOCABLE TRUST TO FAMILY TRUST
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            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chief Executive Officer</officerTitle>
            <otherText>Chairman</otherText>
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        <footnote id="F1">Transfer of shares from the R.D. Sugar Revocable Trust to The Sugar Family Trust U/A/D 7/19/01.</footnote>
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        <signatureName>Kathleen M. Salmas, Attorney-in-fact for Ronald D. Sugar</signatureName>
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