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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date of Report

(Date of earliest event reported):&#160; <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">January 23,

2003</font></b></font></p>



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Dublin, CA 94568</font></b></p>



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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; On January 23, 2003, Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.

announced its fourth quarter 2003 earnings in a press release excerpted below:</font></p>



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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SIMPSON

MANUFACTURING CO., INC.</font></p>



<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ANNOUNCES FOURTH

QUARTER EARNINGS</font></p>



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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Simpson

Manufacturing Co., Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) announced today that its 2002 fourth

quarter net sales increased 16.2% to $108,659,643 as compared to net sales of

$93,535,611 for the fourth quarter of 2001. Net income increased 55.8% to

$10,597,463 for the fourth quarter of 2002 as compared to net income of

$6,802,404 for the fourth quarter of 2001. Diluted net income per common share

was $0.43 for the fourth quarter of 2002 as compared to $0.28 for the fourth

quarter of 2001. For the year ended December 31, 2002, net sales increased

11.9% to $465,473,959 as compared to net sales of $415,862,601 for 2001. Net income

increased 28.2% to $51,934,147 for 2002 as compared to net income of

$40,518,126 for 2001. Diluted net income per common share was $2.09 for 2002 as

compared to $1.64 for 2001.</font></p>



<p align="left" style="color:black;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">In the fourth quarter of 2002, sales

growth occurred throughout North America and Europe. The growth in the United

States was strongest in California. Simpson Strong-Tie&#146;s fourth quarter sales

increased 21.4% over the same quarter last year, while Simpson Dura-Vent&#146;s

sales decreased 0.9%. Contractor distributors and lumber dealers were the

fastest growing Simpson Strong-Tie connector sales channels. The sales increase

was broad based across most of Simpson Strong-Tie&#146;s major product lines.

Simpson Strong-Tie&#146;s Strong-Wall and seismic and high wind related products had

the highest percentage growth rates in sales. Sales of Simpson Dura-Vent&#146;s

Direct-Vent products increased compared to the fourth quarter of 2001 while

sales of its pellet vent and chimney product lines decreased.</font></p>



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<p align="left" style="color:black;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">Income from operations increased

66.5% from $10,599,688 in the fourth quarter of 2001 to $17,649,968 in the

fourth quarter of 2002 and gross margins increased from 35.0% in the fourth

quarter of 2001 to 39.0% in the fourth quarter of 2002. The increase in gross

margins was primarily due to lower manufacturing costs. Selling expenses

increased 14.3% from $10,854,858 in the fourth quarter of 2001 to $12,408,060

in the fourth quarter of 2002, primarily due to increased sales commissions as

a result of sales in excess of goals and to increased spending on advertising

and promotions. In addition, travel expenses related to the Simpson

Strong-Tie&#146;s international sales meeting were charged in the fourth quarter of

2002 as compared to 2001 when the meeting was cancelled as a result of the

events of September 11, 2001. General and administrative expenses increased

9.2% from $11,285,172 in the fourth quarter of 2001 to $12,329,047 in the

fourth quarter of 2002. This increase was primarily due to higher cash profit

sharing, as a result of higher operating income, partially offset by a

reduction in the bad debt reserve as compared to the fourth quarter of 2001 and

by a reduction in goodwill amortization charges as a result of the change in

accounting related to the adoption of the new intangible asset accounting

standard at the start of 2002. The tax rate was 40.9% in the fourth quarter of

2002, an increase from 38.1% in the fourth quarter of 2001.</font></p>



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<p align="left" style="color:black;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">For the full year 2002, sales growth

occurred throughout North America and Europe. The growth in the United States

was strongest in California and the southern and eastern portion of the

country. Simpson Strong-Tie&#146;s 2002 sales increased 14.2% over the same period

last year, while Simpson Dura-Vent&#146;s 2002 sales increased 0.7%. Lumber dealers

and dealer and contractor distributors were the fastest growing Simpson

Strong-Tie connector sales channels. The sales increase was broad based across

most of Simpson Strong-Tie&#146;s major product lines. Simpson Strong-Tie&#146;s

Strong-Wall and seismic and high wind related products had the highest percentage

growth rates in sales. Sales of Simpson Dura-Vent&#146;s Direct-Vent products

increased compared to the prior year, while sales of its pellet vent and

chimney product lines decreased.</font></p>



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<p align="left" style="color:black;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">Income from operations for the year

increased 30.8% from $65,816,141 in 2001 to $86,082,623 in 2002 and gross

margins increased from 38.0% in 2001 to 40.6% in 2002. The increase in gross

margins was primarily due to lower manufacturing costs.&#160; Selling expenses increased 5.6% from

$42,230,211 in 2001 to $44,581,335 in 2002, primarily due to increased sales

commissions as a result of sales in excess of goals and to other personnel

costs, partially offset by decreased spending on advertising and promotion.

General and administrative expenses increased 16.4% from $50,031,666 in 2001 to

$58,253,069 in 2002. This increase was primarily due to higher cash profit

sharing, as a result of higher operating income, partially offset by a

reduction in the bad debt reserve as compared to 2001 and by a reduction in

goodwill amortization charges. The reduced amortization charge was affected by

both the write-off of the Keybuilder.com software license in the second quarter

of 2001 and the change in accounting related to the adoption of the new

intangible asset accounting standard at the start of 2002. The tax rate was

40.4% in 2002, a decrease from 41.0% in 2001.</font></p>



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<p align="left" style="color:black;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">In December 2002, the Board of

Directors authorized the Company to buy back up to $50,000,000 of the Company&#146;s

common stock. This replaces the $35,000,000 buy back authorization from

February 2002. The authorization will remain in effect through the end of 2003.</font></p>



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<p align="left" style="color:black;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">Investors, analysts and other

interested parties are invited to join the Company&#146;s conference call on January

24, 2003, at 6:00 am, Pacific Time. To participate, callers may dial

800-451-7724. The call will be webcast simultaneously as well as being

available for approximately one month through a link on the Company&#146;s website

at <u>www.simpsonmfg.com</u>.</font></p>



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<p align="left" style="color:black;font-family:'Times New Roman';margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><i><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">This document contains forward-looking statements, based on numerous

assumptions and subject to risks and uncertainties. Although the Company

believes that the forward-looking statements are reasonable, it does not and

cannot give any assurance that its beliefs and expectations will prove to be

correct. Many factors could significantly affect the Company&#146;s operations and

cause the Company&#146;s actual results to be substantially different from the

Company&#146;s expectations. Those factors include, but are not limited to: (i)

general economic and construction business conditions; (ii) customer acceptance

of the Company&#146;s products; (iii) materials and manufacturing costs; (iv) the

financial condition of customers, competitors and suppliers; (v) technological

developments; (vi) increased competition; (vii) changes in capital market

conditions; (viii) governmental and business conditions in countries where the

Company&#146;s products are manufactured and sold; (ix) changes in trade

regulations; (x) the effect of acquisition activity; (xi) changes in the

Company&#146;s plans, strategies, objectives, expectations or intentions; and (xii)

other risks and uncertainties indicated from time to time in the Company&#146;s

filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. </font></i><i><font size="2" color="black" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Actual results might differ materially from results suggested by any

forward-looking statements in this report. The Company does not have an obligation to publicly update any

forward-looking statements, whether as a result of the receipt of new

information, the occurrence of future events or otherwise.</font></i></p>



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  Months<br>

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  Months<br>

  Ended December 31,</font></b></p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2002</font></b></p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2001</font></b></p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2002</font></b></p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2001</font></b></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Net sales</font></p>

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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.54%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>

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  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:13.0%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">108,659,643</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.54%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>

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  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:13.12%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">93,535,611</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.54%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>

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  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:13.12%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">465,473,959</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.54%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>

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  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:13.12%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">415,862,601</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Cost of sales</font></p>

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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">66,272,568</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">60,795,893</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">276,556,932</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">257,784,583</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Gross profit</font></p>

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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>

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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">42,387,075</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">32,739,718</font></p>

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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.66%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">188,917,027</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.66%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">158,078,018</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Selling expenses</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.54%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">12,408,060</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.66%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10,854,858</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.66%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">44,581,335</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.66%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">42,230,211</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.1%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

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  <td width="29%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:29.86%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">General and

  administrative expenses</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.54%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">12,329,047</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.66%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">11,285,172</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.66%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">58,253,069</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.66%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">50,031,666</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.1%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

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  <td width="29%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:29.86%;">

  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.54%;">

  <p align="right" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.66%;">

  <p align="right" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.66%;">

  <p align="right" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.66%;">

  <p align="right" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.1%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Income from

  operations</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.54%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">17,649,968</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.66%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10,599,688</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.66%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">86,082,623</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.66%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">65,816,141</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.1%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

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  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.54%;">

  <p align="right" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.66%;">

  <p align="right" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.66%;">

  <p align="right" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.66%;">

  <p align="right" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.1%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Interest income,

  net</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.54%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">291,796</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.66%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">384,802</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.66%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">985,107</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.66%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,587,234</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.1%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

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  <td width="29%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:29.86%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Income before

  taxes</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.54%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">17,941,764</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.66%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10,984,490</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.66%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">87,067,730</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.66%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">67,403,375</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.1%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

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  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.54%;">

  <p align="right" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

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  <p align="right" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

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  <p align="right" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

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  <p align="right" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.1%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Provision for

  income taxes</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.54%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">7,344,301</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.66%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4,187,561</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.66%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">35,133,583</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.66%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">27,619,575</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.1%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Minority

  interest</font></p>

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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.54%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.66%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(5,475</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.66%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.66%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(734,326</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.1%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Net income</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.54%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:13.0%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10,597,463</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.54%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:13.12%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6,802,404</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.54%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:13.12%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">51,934,147</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.54%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:13.12%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">40,518,126</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.1%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

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  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

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  <p align="right" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p align="right" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p align="right" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Net income per

  share:</font></p>

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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p align="right" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p align="right" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p align="right" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.1%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Basic</font></p>

  </td>

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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.54%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:13.0%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.43</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.54%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:13.12%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.28</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.54%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:13.12%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.12</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.54%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:13.12%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.67</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.1%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <td width="29%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:29.86%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Diluted</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.54%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:13.0%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.43</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.54%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:13.12%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.28</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.54%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:13.12%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.09</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.54%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:13.12%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.64</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.1%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Weighted average

  shares outstanding:</font></p>

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  <p align="right" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>

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  <p align="right" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

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  <p align="right" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.1%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Basic</font></p>

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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>

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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24,542,787</font></p>

  </td>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24,320,888</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24,470,067</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24,216,494</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Diluted</font></p>

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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.54%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24,871,038</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.66%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24,670,344</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.66%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24,807,549</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.66%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24,631,700</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Other data:</font></p>

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  <p align="right" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p align="right" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p align="right" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Depreciation and

  amortization</font></p>

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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.54%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>

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  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:13.0%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2,791,101</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.54%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:13.12%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3,472,378</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.38%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.54%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:13.12%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">14,023,152</font></p>

  </td>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.54%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>

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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">15,649,657</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="color:black;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">The Company&#146;s financial position as

of December 31, 2002 and 2001, is as follows:</font></p>



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  <p align="center" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-10.0pt;">&nbsp;</p>

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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">December

  31,</font></b></p>

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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(Unaudited)</font></b></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.44%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.46%;">

  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.18%;">

  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2002</font></b></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.48%;">

  <p align="center" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.24%;">

  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2001</font></b></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.44%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

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  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.46%;">

  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.18%;">

  <p align="right" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.48%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.24%;">

  <p align="right" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.44%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

 </tr>

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  <td width="56%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:56.2%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Cash and

  short-term investments</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.46%;">

  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.54%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:16.64%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">121,001,667</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.48%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.54%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:16.7%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">95,871,950</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.44%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Trade accounts

  receivable, net</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.46%;">

  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.18%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">55,313,885</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.48%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.24%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">42,614,410</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.44%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

 </tr>

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  <td width="56%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:56.2%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Inventories</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.46%;">

  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.18%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">93,079,620</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.48%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.24%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">82,476,299</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.44%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

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  <td width="56%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:56.2%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Other current

  assets</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.46%;">

  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.18%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10,619,065</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.48%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.24%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9,006,102</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.44%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

 </tr>

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  <td width="56%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:56.2%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Total current

  assets</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.46%;">

  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.18%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">280,014,237</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.48%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.24%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">229,968,761</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.44%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

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  <td width="56%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:56.2%;">

  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.46%;">

  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.18%;">

  <p align="right" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.48%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.24%;">

  <p align="right" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.44%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

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  <td width="56%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:56.2%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Property, plant

  and equipment, net</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.46%;">

  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.18%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">97,396,608</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.48%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.24%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">81,410,301</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.44%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

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  <td width="56%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:56.2%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Other noncurrent

  assets</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.46%;">

  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.18%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">18,990,220</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.48%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.24%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">18,232,988</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.44%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

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  <td width="56%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:56.2%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Total assets</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.46%;">

  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.54%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:16.64%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">396,401,065</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.48%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.54%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:16.7%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">329,612,050</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.44%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

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  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.46%;">

  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.18%;">

  <p align="right" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.48%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.24%;">

  <p align="right" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.44%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

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  <td width="56%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:56.2%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Trade accounts

  payable</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.46%;">

  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.54%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:16.64%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">14,217,487</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.48%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.54%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:16.7%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">15,738,659</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.44%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Notes payable

  and current portion of long-term debt</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.46%;">

  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.18%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,257,782</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.48%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.24%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">986,448</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.44%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

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  <td width="56%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:56.2%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Other current

  liabilities</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.46%;">

  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.18%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">26,262,216</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.48%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.24%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">18,982,843</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.44%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Total current

  liabilities</font></p>

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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.46%;">

  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.18%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">41,737,485</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.48%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.24%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">35,707,950</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.44%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <td width="56%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:56.2%;">

  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.46%;">

  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.18%;">

  <p align="right" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.48%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.24%;">

  <p align="right" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.44%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Long-term debt</font></p>

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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.46%;">

  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.18%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5,479,834</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.48%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.24%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5,686,995</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.44%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Other

  liabilities</font></p>

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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.18%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>

  </td>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.24%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">100,000</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Stockholders&#146;

  equity</font></p>

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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.46%;">

  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.18%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">349,183,746</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.48%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:18.24%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">288,117,105</font></p>

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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.44%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <td width="56%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:56.2%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Total

  liabilities and stockholders&#146; equity</font></p>

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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>

  </td>

  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.54%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:16.64%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">396,401,065</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.54%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>

  </td>

  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:16.7%;">

  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">329,612,050</font></p>

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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.44%;">

  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="color:black;font-family:'Times New Roman';line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc., headquartered in Dublin,

California, through its subsidiary, Simpson Strong-Tie Company Inc., designs,

engineers and is a leading manufacturer of wood-to-wood, wood-to-concrete and

wood-to-masonry connectors and shearwalls.</font><font size="2" color="black" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:both;"> Simpson Strong-Tie also offers a full line of adhesives, mechanical

anchors and powder actuated tools for concrete, masonry and steel. The Company&#146;s

other </font><font size="2" color="black" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">subsidiary, Simpson Dura-Vent Company, Inc., designs,

engineers and manufactures venting systems for gas and wood burning appliances.

The Company&#146;s common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the

symbol &#147;SSD.&#148;</font></p>



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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURES</font></b></p>



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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the

requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused

this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly

authorized.</font></p>



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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">DATE:</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Michael J. Herbert<br>

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