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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM 8-K</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CURRENT REPORT</font></b></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;">Date
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April 17, 2003</font></b></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;">Item 9.
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On April 17, 2003,
Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. announced its first quarter 2003 earnings in a
press release reproduced below:</font></p>

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<p style="color:black;font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">PRESS RELEASE &#151; April 17, 2003</font></b></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 FIRST
QUARTER EARNINGS</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dublin, CA &#151; Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. (the
&#147;Company&#148;) announced today that its 2003 first quarter net sales increased
13.8% to $116,456,180 as compared to net sales of $102,371,235 for the first
quarter of 2002. Net income increased 13.3% to $11,024,902 for the first
quarter of 2003 as compared to net income of $9,729,940 for the first quarter
of 2002. Diluted net income per common share was $0.44 for the first quarter of
2003 as compared to $0.39 for the first quarter of 2002.</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 the first quarter of 2003, sales
growth occurred throughout North America and Europe. The growth in the United
States was strongest in the western region. Simpson Strong-Tie&#146;s first quarter
sales increased 15.9% over the same quarter last year, while Simpson
Dura-Vent&#146;s sales increased 2.0%. 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 engineered wood products and seismic and high wind
related products had the highest percentage growth rates in sales. Sales of
Simpson Dura-Vent&#146;s Direct-Vent and gas vent products increased compared to the
first quarter of 2002 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
14.3% from $16,169,812 in the first quarter of 2002 to $18,485,146 in the first
quarter of 2003 and gross margins increased from 38.3% in the first quarter of
2002 to 39.2% in the first quarter of 2003. The increase in gross margins was
primarily due to improved absorption of fixed overhead costs offset somewhat by
increased material costs. Selling expenses increased 9.5% from $10,529,360 in
the first quarter of 2002 to $11,526,709 in the first quarter of 2003,
primarily due to increased costs associated with the addition of sales
personnel and advertising and promotional activities. General and
administrative expenses increased 24.8% from $12,494,383 in the first quarter
of 2002 to $15,598,725 in the first quarter of 2003. This increase was
primarily due to a favorable comparison to the first quarter of 2002 when the
Company recovered substantially all of the overdue receivables from a
significant customer. In addition, the increase was partially related to
increased cash profit sharing, as a result of higher operating income,
increased professional fees and the recognition of stock option expenses in
accordance with recently adopted accounting standards. The tax rate was 40.8%
in the first quarter of 2003, unchanged from the first quarter of 2002.</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;">&nbsp;</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;">Investors, analysts and other
interested parties are invited to join the Company&#146;s conference call on
Tuesday, April 22, 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 www.simpsonmfg.com.</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;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="color:black;font-size:10.0pt;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 color="black" style="color:windowtext;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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<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="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company&#146;s results of operations for the three
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  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.94%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.92%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="46%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.44%;">
  <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>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="21%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:21.32%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">116,456,180</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="21%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:21.32%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">102,371,235</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="46%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.44%;">
  <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>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.94%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">70,845,600</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.92%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">63,177,680</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="46%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.44%;">
  <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>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.94%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">45,610,580</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.92%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">39,193,555</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="46%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.44%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.94%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.92%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="46%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.44%;">
  <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" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.94%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">11,526,709</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.92%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10,529,360</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="46%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.44%;">
  <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" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.94%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">15,598,725</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.92%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">12,494,383</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="46%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.44%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;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 0in 0in 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.94%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.92%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="46%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.44%;">
  <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" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.94%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">18,485,146</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.92%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">16,169,812</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="46%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.44%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;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 0in 0in 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.94%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.92%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="46%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.44%;">
  <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" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.94%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">129,950</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.92%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">258,327</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.52%;">
  <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="46%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.44%;">
  <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" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.94%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">18,615,096</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.92%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">16,428,139</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="46%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.44%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.94%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.92%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="46%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.44%;">
  <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" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.94%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">7,590,194</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.92%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6,698,199</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="46%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.44%;">
  <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 0in .7pt 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <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 0in 0in 0in;width:1.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="21%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:21.32%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">11,024,902</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="21%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:21.32%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9,729,940</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:2.52%;">
  <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="46%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.44%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;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 0in 0in 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.94%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.92%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="46%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.44%;">
  <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>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.94%;">
  <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 0in 0in 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.92%;">
  <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 0in 0in 0in;width:2.52%;">
  <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="46%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.44%;">
  <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>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <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:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="21%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:21.32%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.45</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="21%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:21.32%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.40</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="46%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.44%;">
  <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 0in .7pt 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <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 0in 0in 0in;width:1.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="21%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:21.32%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.44</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="21%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:21.32%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.39</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:2.52%;">
  <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="46%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.44%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;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 0in 0in 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.94%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.92%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.52%;">
  <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="46%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.44%;">
  <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>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.94%;">
  <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 0in 0in 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.92%;">
  <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 0in 0in 0in;width:2.52%;">
  <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="46%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.44%;">
  <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>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.94%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24,581,348</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.92%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24,369,426</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="46%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.44%;">
  <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 0in 0in 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.94%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24,902,398</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.92%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24,720,348</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.52%;">
  <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="46%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.44%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;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 0in 0in 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.94%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.92%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.52%;">
  <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="46%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.44%;">
  <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>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.94%;">
  <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 0in 0in 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.92%;">
  <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 0in 0in 0in;width:2.52%;">
  <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="46%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.44%;">
  <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>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <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:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="21%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:21.32%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3,966,453</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:2.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="21%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:21.32%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3,765,212</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:2.52%;">
  <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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<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 March 31, 2003 and 2002, and December 31, 2002, is as follows:</font></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;">March 31,</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;">December
  31,</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;">2003</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;">2002</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;">2002</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.78%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <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 0in 0in 0in;width:14.78%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <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 0in 0in 0in;width:14.78%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <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;">Cash and
  short-term investments</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:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
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  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.34%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">112,082,437</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.34%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">84,963,306</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <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;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.44%;">
  <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;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.34%;">
  <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="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <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="45%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.6%;">
  <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>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.78%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">71,803,708</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <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 0in 0in 0in;width:14.78%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">62,864,794</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <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 0in 0in 0in;width:14.78%;">
  <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="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <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;">Inventories</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" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.78%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">99,634,575</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <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 0in 0in 0in;width:14.78%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">84,496,719</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <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 0in 0in 0in;width:14.78%;">
  <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="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <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="45%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.6%;">
  <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" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.78%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">12,348,524</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <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;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.78%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10,160,504</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <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;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.78%;">
  <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="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <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="45%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.6%;">
  <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" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <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;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.78%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">295,869,244</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <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;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.78%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">242,485,323</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <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;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.78%;">
  <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="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <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="45%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.6%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.78%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <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 0in 0in 0in;width:14.78%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <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 0in 0in 0in;width:14.78%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <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;">Property, plant
  and equipment, net</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <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 0in 0in 0in;width:14.78%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">101,529,045</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <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 0in 0in 0in;width:14.78%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">84,016,901</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <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 0in 0in 0in;width:14.78%;">
  <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="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="45%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.6%;">
  <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" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.78%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">25,218,746</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <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;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.78%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">18,525,025</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <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;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.78%;">
  <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="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="45%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.6%;">
  <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" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <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:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.44%;">
  <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-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.34%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">422,617,035</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <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:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.34%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">345,027,249</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.34%;">
  <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="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="45%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.6%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.78%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <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 0in 0in 0in;width:14.78%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <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 0in 0in 0in;width:14.78%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="45%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.6%;">
  <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" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.34%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">18,974,017</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.34%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">15,546,115</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <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;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.44%;">
  <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;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.34%;">
  <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="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="45%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.6%;">
  <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" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.78%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2,631,986</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <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 0in 0in 0in;width:14.78%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2,738,434</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <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 0in 0in 0in;width:14.78%;">
  <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="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="45%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.6%;">
  <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" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <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 0in 0in 0in;width:14.78%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">27,967,327</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <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 0in 0in 0in;width:14.78%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23,524,676</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <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 0in 0in 0in;width:14.78%;">
  <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="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="45%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.6%;">
  <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>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <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 0in 0in 0in;width:14.78%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">49,573,330</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <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 0in 0in 0in;width:14.78%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">41,809,225</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <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 0in 0in 0in;width:14.78%;">
  <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="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="45%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.6%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;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 0in 0in 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.78%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <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" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.78%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <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" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.78%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="45%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.6%;">
  <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>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.78%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5,278,586</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <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 0in 0in 0in;width:14.78%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5,142,698</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <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 0in 0in 0in;width:14.78%;">
  <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="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <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="45%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.6%;">
  <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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  <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;">367,765,119</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;">298,075,326</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;">349,183,746</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="45%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.6%;">
  <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>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.44%;">
  <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:double windowtext 1.5pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.34%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">422,617,035</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <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 0in 0in 0in;width:1.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.34%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">345,027,249</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:2.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.34%;">
  <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="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <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-size:10.0pt;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 pre-fabricated shearwalls.</font><font color="black"><font style="color:windowtext;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>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="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 further information, contact
Barclay Simpson at (925) 560-9032.</font></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
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