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        <footnote id="F1">By B. Wayne Hughes, trustee for B.W. Hughes Living Trust dated 6/3/77 (the &quot;Living Trust&quot;).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">By the Northern Trust Company of Delaware, trustee for B. Wayne Hughes 2008 Irrevocable Intervivos Trust (&quot;NTCD&quot;).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">By B. Wayne Hughes, trustee of Wayne Hughes 9-05 Annuity Trust.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Shares held by American Commercial Equities Two, LLC, of which the reporting person is the sole member.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">By custodian of an IRA for the reporting person's benefit.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">By B. Wayne Hughes, trustee of Wayne Hughes 6-07 Annuity Trust.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">401(k) plan units that represent interests in common stock; based on plan information as of September 9, 2008.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F8">Reflects the following upward adjustment to shares previously reported as owned by the reporting person: 340,000
 shares previously held by the Wayne Hughes 9-05 Annuity Trust were distributed to the Living Trust and are now owned
 by the Living Trust.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F9">Reflects the following downward adjustment to shares previously reported as owned by the reporting person:  an additional
90,000 shares previously owned by the Living Trust were contributed to American Commercial Equities Two, LLC; an additional
 285,000 shares previously owned by the Living Trust were contributed to American Commercial Equities Three, LLC; 400,000
 shares previously owned by the Living Trust were contributed to Japanese Village, LLC; and 973,669 shares previously owned
 by the Living Trust were transferred to NTCD.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F10">Shares held by American Commercial Equities Three, LLC, of which the reporting person is the sole member.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F11">Shares held by Japanese Village, LLC, of which the reporting person is the sole member.</footnote>
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