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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>_____________________________________________________________________</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>FORM 11-K</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>ANNUAL REPORT </font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE </font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>_________________________________________________</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>Commission File Number 001-31303</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>BLACK HILLS CORPORATION</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>BLACK HILLS CORPORATION</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>625 NINTH STREET</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>PO BOX 1400</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA 57709</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>______________________________________________________________________</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><B><font SIZE=3>BLACK HILLS CORPORATION RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;border-bottom:solid 0.75pt;padding-bottom:1;'><B><font SIZE=2>TABLE OF CONTENTS</font></B></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><b><font size=2>Page</font></b></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font SIZE=2>REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=2>1</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font SIZE=2>FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:9.0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom: 0in'><font SIZE=2>DECEMBER 31, 2008 AND 2007:</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=2>2</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=2>3</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>Notes to Financial Statements</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=2>4-9</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=2>SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2008 &#150;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>Form 5500, Schedule H, Part IV, Line 4i &#150; Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=2>12</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=2>NOTE:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All other schedules required by Section 2520.103-10 of the Department of</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:45.0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>Labor&#146;s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosures under the</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:45.0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 have been omitted because</font></p> </td>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.12in; text-indent:-0.12in;text-align:left;'><B><font SIZE=2>REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM</font></B></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>To the Trustees and Participants of</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Black Hills Corporation Retirement Savings Plan</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Rapid City, SD</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of the Black Hills Corporation Retirement Savings Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) as of December&nbsp;31, 2008 and 2007, and the related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended.  These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan&#146;s management.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>We conducted our audits in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement.  The Plan is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan&#146;s internal control over financial reporting.  Accordingly, we express no such opinion.  An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.  We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. </font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>In our opinion, such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December&nbsp;31, 2008 and 2007, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Our audits were conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole.  The supplemental schedule listed in the table of contents is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements, but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor&#146;s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.  This schedule is the responsibility of the Plan&#146;s management.  Such schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in our audit of the basic 2008 financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>DELOITTE &amp; TOUCHE LLP</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Minneapolis, MN</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>June 29, 2009</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><B><font SIZE=3>BLACK HILLS CORPORATION RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN</font></B></p>


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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><B><font SIZE=2>STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;border-bottom:solid 0.75pt;padding-bottom:1;'><B><font SIZE=2>AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2008 AND 2007</font></B></p>



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        <td width="459" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td  colspan="2" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><font size=2>2008</font></b></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td  colspan="2" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><font size=2>2007</font></b></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="459" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="16" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="459" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font SIZE=2>ASSETS:</font></p> </td>
        <td width="16" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="459" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:9.0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>Cash</font></p> </td>
        <td width="16" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent: 38.25pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>66</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent: 19.5pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>21,718</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="459" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:9.0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>Participant-directed investments &#151; at fair value</font></p> </td>
        <td width="16" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>48,397,075</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>63,425,031</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="459" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:9.0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>Receivables:</font></p> </td>
        <td width="16" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="459" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>Employee contribution</font></p> </td>
        <td width="16" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent: 33.0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>136</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent: 37.5pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>&#151;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="459" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>Employer contribution</font></p> </td>
        <td width="16" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent: 19.5pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>65,111</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent: 19.5pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>46,332</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="459" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.0pt;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>Dividends</font></p> </td>
        <td width="16" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent: 19.5pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>14,372</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.0pt;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent: 19.5pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>15,175</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="459" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="16" valign=top style='border-top:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='border-top:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='border-top:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='border-top:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="459" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>Net assets available for benefits at fair value</font></p> </td>
        <td width="16" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>48,476,760</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>63,508,256</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="459" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="16" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="459" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font SIZE=2>ADUSTMENTS FROM FAIR VALUE TO CONTRACT </font></p> </td>
        <td width="16" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="459" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom: 0in'><font SIZE=2>VALUE FOR FULLY BENEFIT-RESPONSIVE</font></p> </td>
        <td width="16" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="459" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.0pt;margin-bottom: 0in'><font SIZE=2>INVESTMENT CONTRACTS</font></p> </td>
        <td width="16" valign=top style='border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent: 13.5pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>435,568</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.0pt;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent: 15.75pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>(25,221)</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="459" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="16" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="459" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.5pt;margin-bottom: 0in'><font SIZE=2>NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS</font></p> </td>
        <td width="16" valign=top style='border-bottom:double black 2.25pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='border-bottom:double black 2.25pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>48,912,328</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.5pt;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='border-bottom:double black 2.25pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='border-bottom:double black 2.25pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>63,483,035</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><B><font SIZE=3>BLACK HILLS CORPORATION RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN</font></B></p>


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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><B><font SIZE=2>STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;border-bottom:solid 0.75pt;padding-bottom:1;'><B><font SIZE=2>FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2008 AND 2007</font></B></p>

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        <td width="415" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="16" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="101" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><font size=2>2008</font></b></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="28" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><font size=2>2007</font></b></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="415" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="16" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="101" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="28" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
    <tr >
        <td width="415" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS &#150;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="16" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="101" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="28" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
    <tr >
        <td width="415" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.0pt;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>Beginning of year</font></p> </td>
        <td width="16" valign=top style='border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>
        <td width="101" valign=top style='border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent: 8.25pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>63,483,035</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.0pt;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="28" valign=top style='border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>56,614,020</font></p> </td> </tr>
    <tr >
        <td width="415" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="16" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="101" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="28" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
    <tr >
        <td width="415" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font SIZE=2>INCREASE (DECREASE) DURING THE YEAR:</font></p> </td>
        <td width="16" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="101" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="28" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
    <tr >
        <td width="415" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>Participant contributions</font></p> </td>
        <td width="16" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="101" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent: 13.5pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>5,466,447</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="28" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent: 5.25pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>4,638,605</font></p> </td> </tr>
    <tr >
        <td width="415" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>Participant rollovers</font></p> </td>
        <td width="16" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="101" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent: 13.5pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>1,142,518</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="28" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent: 13.5pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>849,575</font></p> </td> </tr>
    <tr >
        <td width="415" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>Employer contributions</font></p> </td>
        <td width="16" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="101" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent: 13.5pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>2,085,172</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="28" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent: 5.25pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>1,634,608</font></p> </td> </tr>
    <tr >
        <td width="415" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>Interest and dividends</font></p> </td>
        <td width="16" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="101" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent: 21.75pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>841,984</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="28" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent: 5.25pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>1,487,230</font></p> </td> </tr>
    <tr >
        <td width="415" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>Net (depreciation) appreciation in fair value of investments</font></p> </td>
        <td width="16" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="101" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent: 4.5pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>(19,060,739)</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="28" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent: 5.25pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>3,026,567</font></p> </td> </tr>
    <tr >
        <td width="415" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>Administrative expenses</font></p> </td>
        <td width="16" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="101" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent: 29.25pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>(4,200)</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="28" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent: 21.0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>(6,846)</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>Distributions to participants</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent: 9.75pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>(5,141,550)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent: 1.5pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>(4,722,273)</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="415" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>Transfer to Plan</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent: 27.75pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>93,909</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent: 37.5pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>&#151;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.0pt;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>Other</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent: 33.0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>5,752</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent: 15.75pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>(38,451)</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.0pt;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>Net (decrease) increase during the year</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent: 4.5pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>(14,570,707)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.0pt;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent: 5.25pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>6,869,015</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.5pt;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS &#150; End of Year</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent: 8.25pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>48,912,328</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.5pt;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='border-bottom:double black 2.25pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>63,483,035</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><B><font SIZE=3>BLACK HILLS CORPORATION RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN</font></B></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><B><font SIZE=2>NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;border-bottom:solid 0.75pt;padding-bottom:1;'><B><font SIZE=2>AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER</font></B><font size=2>&nbsp;</font><b><font size=2>31, 2008 AND 2007</font></b></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><B><font SIZE=2>DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN</font></B></p> </td> </tr></table>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The following is not a comprehensive description of the Black Hills Corporation Retirement Savings Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) and, therefore, does not include all situations and limitations covered by the Plan.  Readers should refer to the plan agreement and related documents for more complete information.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>General</font></b><font size=2>&nbsp;&#151; The Plan is a defined contribution plan for eligible employees of Black Hills Corporation and certain subsidiary companies (the &#147;Company&#148;).  The eligible employees may have a percentage of their compensation withheld and contributed to the Plan, subject to limitations, as defined.  The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and is designed to comply with the provisions of Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code (the &#147;Code&#148;).</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>Plan Administration &#150; Charles Schwab serves as custodian and recordkeeper.  </font></b><font size=2>The Plan is administered by the Black Hills Corporation Benefits Committee (the &#147;Committee&#148;).  The Committee is the trustee of the Plan.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>Eligibility and Vesting</font></b><font size=2>&nbsp;&#151; Employees are eligible to participate in the Plan on the first day of employment.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Participants are immediately vested in the value of their pretax salary reduction contributions. Participants vest 20% per year in employer matching contributions until reaching five years of service.  At that time, participants are 100% vested in employer matching contributions.  Participants also become fully vested in employer matching contributions if their employment with the Company is terminated due to retirement at or after attainment of age 65, total and permanent disability, or death.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>Contributions</font></b><font size=2>&nbsp;&#151; The maximum percentage of compensation an employee may contribute to the Plan is 100%, with an annual maximum contribution of $15,500 for 2008 and 2007, respectively, as provided by the Code.  There is no limit to how often participants may change their contribution percentages.  Amounts contributed are invested at the discretion of plan participants in any of the 18 investment options or individual investments as directed by the participant.  The Plan also allows catch up contributions in accordance with IRS guidelines.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Effective January&nbsp;1, 2000 (May&nbsp;1, 2000, for employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement), the Plan was amended to include a dollar-for-dollar company matching contribution, up to a maximum of 3% of an individual participant&#146;s compensation.  Effective April&nbsp;1, 2001, there is an automatic enrollment provision in which eligible employees who are employed on or after April&nbsp;1, 2001, shall be deemed to have made an automatic election to participate in the Plan at a rate of 3%.</font></p>

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<b><font size=2>Rollover Contributions</font></b><font size=2>&nbsp;&#151; The Plan received $1,142,518 and $849,575 in rollover transfers from other qualified plans in 2008 and 2007, respectively.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>Participant Accounts</font></b><font size=2>&nbsp;&#151; Individual accounts are maintained for each Plan participant.  Each participant&#146;s account is credited with the participant&#146;s contribution, the Company&#146;s matching contribution, allocations of Company discretionary contributions (e.g., participant forfeitures) and Plan earnings, and charged with withdrawals and an allocation of Plan losses and administrative expenses.  Allocations are based on participant&#146;s earnings or account balances, as defined.  The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant&#146;s vested account.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>Investments</font></b><font size=2>&nbsp;&#151; Participants direct the investment of their contribution into various investment options offered by the Plan.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>Participant Loans</font></b><font size=2>&nbsp;&#151; The Plan contains a loan provision that allows participants to borrow a minimum of $1,000 and a maximum equal to the lesser of $50,000 or 50% of their vested account balances at an interest rate of 1% over the prime interest rate and to repay the loan through payroll deductions, with a maximum repayment period of five years.  During 2008 and 2007, interest rates on outstanding participant loans ranged from 4.25% to 10.50%.  Loans are prohibited for terminated employees.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>Distributions to Participants</font></b><font size=2>&nbsp;&#151; Employee account balances are distributable upon retirement, disability, death, termination from the Company, or hardship.  Upon the occurrence of one of these events, a participant (or the participant&#146;s beneficiary in the case of death) may receive his or her account balance as a lump-sum payment or as installment payments over a period of no more than 10 years.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>Forfeited Accounts</font></b><font size=2>&nbsp;&#151; Forfeitures from participants who have terminated from the Plan prior to attaining 100% vesting rights are used to reduce the Company&#146;s annual matching contributions. During 2008 and 2007, forfeitures of $83,365 and $98,825, respectively, were used to reduce the Company&#146;s annual matching contribution.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>Amendments and Termination</font></b><font size=2>&nbsp;&#151; Although it has not expressed any intention to do so, the Company reserves the right to amend or terminate the Plan at any time.  Upon termination of the Plan, participants become 100% vested and all assets will be distributed among the participants in accordance with plan provisions.</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><B><font SIZE=2>SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES</font></B></p> </td> </tr></table>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>Basis of Accounting</font></b><font size=2>&nbsp;&#151; The financial statements have been prepared using the accrual basis of accounting in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.</font></p>

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<b><font size=2>Investment Valuation and Income Recognition</font></b><font size=2>&nbsp;&#151; Investments of the Plan are stated at fair value. Shares of registered investment companies are valued at quoted market prices, which represent the net asset value of shares held by the Plan at year-end.  Common stock is valued at the closing market prices reported on the active market in which the individual securities are traded.  The units of the common collective investment trust funds are stated at fair value as determined by the issuer of the common collective trust funds based on the fair market value of the underlying assets as traded on an exchange and active markets.  Money market funds are valued including estimates for accrued interest and dividend income.  The trading price and liquidity of money funds are also monitored as additional support for determining the fair value of those instruments.
Participant loans are valued at the outstanding loan balances and management&#146;s judgment regarding the risk associated with these loans which are borrowed against a limited portion of assets held in participant accounts.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Realized gains and losses on sales of investments represent the difference between the net proceeds from the sale of investments and their beginning-of-year market value.  Unrealized appreciation or depreciation of the investments represents changes in the market value of investments in the current year.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Purchases and sales of securities are reflected on a trade-date basis.  Interest income is recognized when earned.  Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>In accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Staff Position, FSP AAG INV-1 and SOP 94-4-1, &#147;Reporting of Fully Benefit-Responsive Contracts Held by Certain Investment Companies Subject to the AICPA Investment Company Guide and Defined-Contribution Health and Welfare Pension Plans&#148; (the &#147;FSP&#148;), the statements of net assets available for benefits present an investment contract at fair value, as well as an additional line item showing an adjustment of the fully benefit-responsive contract from fair value to contract value.  The statements of changes in net assets available for benefits is presented on a contract value basis and was not affected by the FSP.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>Plan Expenses</font></b><font size=2>&nbsp;&#151; Administrative expenses of approximately $205,035 and $141,047 were paid by the Company in 2008 and 2007, respectively.  Administrative expenses for loan fees are paid by the individual plan participants and are reflected in the Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits within Administrative expenses.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>Use of Estimates</font></b><font size=2>&nbsp;&#151; The preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires Plan management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of net assets available for benefits at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of changes in net assets available for benefits during the reporting period.  Ultimate results could differ from those estimates.</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><B><font SIZE=2>FAIR VALUE MEASURES</font></B></p> </td> </tr></table>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, &#147;Fair Value Measurements&#148; (SFAS 157) provides a single definition of fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. SFAS 157 also requires disclosures and establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value.  The fair value hierarchy ranks the quality and reliability of the information used to determine fair values giving the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (level 3 measurements).  The Plan is able to classify fair value balances based on the observability of inputs.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value are classified and disclosed in one of the following three categories:</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:center;'><i><font size=2>Level 1</font></i><font size=2> &#150; Unadjusted quoted prices available in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical unrestricted assets or liabilities.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:left;'><i><font size=2>Level 2</font></i><font size=2> &#150; Pricing inputs include quoted prices for identical or similar assets and liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability and inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means. </font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:left;'><i><font size=2>Level 3</font></i><font size=2> - Pricing inputs include significant inputs that are generally less observable from objective sources. </font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The following table sets forth, by level within the fair value hierarchy, the Plan&#146;s assets that were accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2008.  As required by SFAS 157, assets and liabilities are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.  The Plan Administrator&#146;s assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement requires judgment, and may affect their placement within the fair value hierarchy levels.  </font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:6.75pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>6,540,199</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:.5in;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>&#151;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:21.0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2> 340</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:25.5pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>&#151;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:31.5pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>340</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:.5in;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>&#151;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>8,971,951</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="74" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:25.5pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>&#151;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="80" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:6.75pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>8,971,951</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="198" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Self-directed money market</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:.5in;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>&#151;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="20" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="70" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:3.75pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2> 205,799</font></p> </td>
        <td width="16" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="74" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:25.5pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>&#151;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="80" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:14.25pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>205,799</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="198" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Self-directed mutual funds</font></p> </td>
        <td width="16" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:14.25pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>592,191</font></p> </td>
        <td width="20" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="70" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:25.5pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>&#151;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="16" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="74" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:25.5pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>&#151;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="80" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:14.25pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>592,191</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="198" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Self-directed common stock</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:14.25pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>261,291</font></p> </td>
        <td width="20" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="70" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:25.5pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>&#151;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="16" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="74" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:25.5pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>&#151;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="80" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:14.25pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>261,291</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="198" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Self-directed investment trust</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:.5in;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>&#151;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="20" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="70" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:8.25pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2> 90,186</font></p> </td>
        <td width="16" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="74" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:25.5pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>&#151;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="80" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:18.75pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>90,186</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="198" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Participant loans</font></p> </td>
        <td width="16" valign=top style='border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:.5in;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>&#151;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="20" valign=top style='border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="70" valign=top style='border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:25.5pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>&#151;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="16" valign=top style='border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="74" valign=top style='border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:3.75pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>724,705</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="80" valign=top style='border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:14.25pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>724,705</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="16" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="20" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="70" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="16" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="74" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="80" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="198" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Total investments measured at</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="20" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="70" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="16" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="74" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="80" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="198" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.5pt;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>fair value</font></p> </td>
        <td width="16" valign=top style='border-bottom:double black 2.25pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='border-bottom:double black 2.25pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:1.5pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>38,404,094</font></p> </td>
        <td width="20" valign=top style='border-bottom:double black 2.25pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>
        <td width="70" valign=top style='border-bottom:double black 2.25pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>9,268,276</font></p> </td>
        <td width="16" valign=top style='border-bottom:double black 2.25pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>
        <td width="74" valign=top style='border-bottom:double black 2.25pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:3.75pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>724,705</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='border-bottom:double black 2.25pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>
        <td width="80" valign=top style='border-bottom:double black 2.25pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:1.5pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>48,397,075</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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<font size=2>The following table sets forth a summary of changes in the fair value of the Plan&#146;s level 3 assets for the year ended December 31, 2008:</font></p>

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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td  colspan="2" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><font size=2>Participant Loans</font></b></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="438" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>Balance, beginning of period</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>
        <td width="164" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:14.25pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>1,078,076</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="36" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="164" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="438" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=2>Issuances, repayments and settlements, net</font></p> </td>
        <td width="36" valign=top style='border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="164" valign=top style='border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:18.75pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>(353,371)</font></p> </td> </tr>
    <tr >
        <td width="438" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="36" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="164" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
    <tr >
        <td width="438" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.5pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=2>Balance, end of period</font></p> </td>
        <td width="36" valign=top style='border-bottom:double black 2.25pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>
        <td width="164" valign=top style='border-bottom:double black 2.25pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:22.5pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>724,705</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>4.</font></b></p> </td>
        <td  valign=top >
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><B><font SIZE=2>INVESTMENTS</font></B></p> </td> </tr></table>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.33in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The investment options of the Plan at December 31, 2008, included a Charles Schwab Stable Value Fund, Vanguard mutual funds, common stock of the Company, and other investments as self-directed by participants.  Units (shares) of the various investment funds are valued daily at net asset value (which equals market value).  The investment options are participant-directed and participants may change their investment elections daily.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The investments that represent 5% or more of the Plan&#146;s net assets as of December&nbsp;31 consist of the following:</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>


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<table border="0" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="638" style='margin-left:41.4pt;border-collapse:collapse'>
    <tr >
        <td width="405" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td  colspan="2" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><font size=2>2008</font></b></p> </td>
        <td  colspan="2" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><font size=2>2007</font></b></p> </td> </tr>
    <tr >
        <td width="405" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="26" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="92" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="26" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="90" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
    <tr >
        <td width="405" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>Schwab Stable Value Fund (at contract value)</font></p> </td>
        <td width="26" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>
        <td width="92" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:5.25pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>9,407,519</font></p> </td>
        <td width="26" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>
        <td width="90" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:5.25pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>9,341,174</font></p> </td> </tr>
    <tr >
        <td width="405" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund</font></p> </td>
        <td width="26" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="92" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:5.25pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>4,474,956</font></p> </td>
        <td width="26" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="90" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:5.25pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>7,405,614</font></p> </td> </tr>
    <tr >
        <td width="405" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>Vanguard Institutional Index Fund</font></p> </td>
        <td width="26" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="92" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:5.25pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>9,513,563</font></p> </td>
        <td width="26" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="90" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>13,870,361</font></p> </td> </tr>
    <tr >
        <td width="405" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund</font></p> </td>
        <td width="26" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="92" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:5.25pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>3,709,563</font></p> </td>
        <td width="26" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="90" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:5.25pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>3,601,473</font></p> </td> </tr>
    <tr >
        <td width="405" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund</font></p> </td>
        <td width="26" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="92" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:5.25pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>4,741,316</font></p> </td>
        <td width="26" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="90" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:5.25pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>8,345,698</font></p> </td> </tr>
    <tr >
        <td width="405" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>Black Hills Corporation common stock</font></p> </td>
        <td width="26" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="92" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:5.25pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>6,540,199</font></p> </td>
        <td width="26" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="90" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:5.25pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>9,850,485</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>During 2008 and 2007, the Plan&#146;s investments (including gains and losses on investments bought and sold, as well as held during the year) (depreciated) appreciated in value as follows:</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>


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<table border="0" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="638" style='margin-left:41.4pt;border-collapse:collapse'>
    <tr >
        <td width="381" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td  colspan="2" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><font size=2>2008</font></b></p> </td>
        <td  colspan="2" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><font size=2>2007</font></b></p> </td> </tr>
    <tr >
        <td width="381" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="26" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="105" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="26" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="100" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
    <tr >
        <td width="381" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>Common stock</font></p> </td>
        <td width="26" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>
        <td width="105" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:10.5pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>(3,892,379)</font></p> </td>
        <td width="26" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>
        <td width="100" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:5.25pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>1,657,157</font></p> </td> </tr>
    <tr >
        <td width="381" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>Mutual funds</font></p> </td>
        <td width="26" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="105" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:5.25pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>(15,559,201)</font></p> </td>
        <td width="26" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="100" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:13.5pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>680,250</font></p> </td> </tr>
    <tr >
        <td width="381" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=2>Common collective investment trusts</font></p> </td>
        <td width="26" valign=top style='border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="105" valign=top style='border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:22.5pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>390,841</font></p> </td>
        <td width="26" valign=top style='border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="100" valign=top style='border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:13.5pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>689,160</font></p> </td> </tr>
    <tr >
        <td width="381" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="26" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="105" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="26" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="100" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
    <tr >
        <td width="381" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.5pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=2>Total</font></p> </td>
        <td width="26" valign=top style='border-bottom:double black 2.25pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>
        <td width="105" valign=top style='border-bottom:double black 2.25pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:5.25pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>(19,060,739)</font></p> </td>
        <td width="26" valign=top style='border-bottom:double black 2.25pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>
        <td width="100" valign=top style='border-bottom:double black 2.25pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:5.25pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>3,026,567</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The Plan obtained its latest determination letter on October&nbsp;9, 2001, in which the Internal Revenue Service stated that the Plan, as then designed, was in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Code.  The Plan has been amended since receiving the determination letter; however, the plan administrator and the Plan&#146;s legal counsel believe that the Plan is currently designed and being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Code and, as a result, no provision for income tax has been recorded in the Plan&#146;s financial statements.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The Plan invests in Charles Schwab funds and Black Hills Corporation stock.  These transactions qualify as exempt party-in-interest transactions.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>At December&nbsp;31, 2008 and 2007, the Plan held 242,589 and 223,367&nbsp;shares, respectively, of common stock of Black Hills Corporation, the sponsoring employer, with a cost basis of $5,255,522 and $6,339,002, respectively.  The market value of these shares totaled $6,540,199 and $9,850,485 at December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively.  During the years ended December&nbsp;31, 2008 and 2007, the Plan recorded dividend income from this investment of $323,243 and $313,950, respectively.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The Plan provides for investment in a variety of investment funds.  Investments in general are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, credit, and overall market volatility.  Due to the level of risk associated with certain investments, it is reasonably possible that changes in the values of the investments will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect participants&#146; account balances and the amounts reported in the statements of net assets available for benefits.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The following is a reconciliation of net assets available for benefits per the financial statements to the Form 5500 as of December&nbsp;31:</font></p>

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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><font size=2>2008</font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>Net assets available for benefits per the financial statements</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>48,912,328</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>63,483,035</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:12.6pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=2>benefit-responsive investment contracts</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>(435,568)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:19.5pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>25,221</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.5pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=2>Net assets available for benefits per the Form 5500</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>48,476,760</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.5pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='border-bottom:double black 2.25pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>63,508,256</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><font size=2>2008</font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="92" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="372" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>Total net investment (loss) income per the financial</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="18" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="22" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="92" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="372" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:12.6pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>statements</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>(18,213,003)</font></p> </td>
        <td width="18" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="22" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>
        <td width="92" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:5.25pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>4,475,346</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="372" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="18" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="22" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="92" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
    <tr >
        <td width="372" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>Change in investment (loss) income for fair value of fully </font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="18" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="22" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="92" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="372" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:12.6pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=2>benefit-responsive investment contracts</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>(460,789)</font></p> </td>
        <td width="18" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="22" valign=top style='border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="92" valign=top style='border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:19.5pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>25,221</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="372" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="18" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="22" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="92" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
    <tr >
        <td width="372" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.5pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=2>Total (loss) income on investments per the Form 5500</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='border-bottom:double black 2.25pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>
        <td width="84" valign=top style='border-bottom:double black 2.25pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>(18,673,792)</font></p> </td>
        <td width="18" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.5pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="22" valign=top style='border-bottom:double black 2.25pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>
        <td width="92" valign=top style='border-bottom:double black 2.25pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin:0in;text-indent:5.25pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>4,500,567</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B>SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE</B></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><B><font FACE="ARIAL" SIZE=3>BLACK HILLS CORPORATION RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><b><font face="Arial" size=2>(EIN: 46-0458824) (Plan No. 003)</font></b></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><b><font face="Arial" size=2>FORM 5500, SCHEDULE H, PART IV, LINE 4i &#151;</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><B><font SIZE=2>SCHEDULE OF ASSETS (Held at End of Year)</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;border-bottom:solid 0.75pt;padding-bottom:1;'><B><font SIZE=2>AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2008</font></B></p>



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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="72" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td  colspan="2" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><b><font size=2>Current</font></b></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="451" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><b><font size=2>Description</font></b></p> </td>
        <td width="72" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><b><font size=2>Cost**</font></b></p> </td>
        <td  colspan="2" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><b><font size=2>Value</font></b></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="451" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="72" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="91" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
    <tr >
        <td width="451" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font SIZE=2>MONEY MARKET FUND:</font></p> </td>
        <td width="72" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="91" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="451" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.0pt;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>Schwab U.S. Treasury Money Fund*</font></p> </td>
        <td width="72" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.0pt;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>
        <td width="91" valign=top style='border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:33.0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=2>340</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="451" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="72" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="91" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font SIZE=2>COLLECTIVE TRUST:</font></p> </td>
        <td width="72" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="91" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="451" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.0pt;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>Schwab Stable Value Fund*</font></p> </td>
        <td width="72" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.0pt;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="91" valign=top style='border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:5.25pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=2>8,971,951</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="72" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='border-top:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="91" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="451" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font SIZE=2>MUTUAL FUNDS:</font></p> </td>
        <td width="72" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="91" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="451" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund</font></p> </td>
        <td width="72" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="91" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:5.25pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=2>4,474,956</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="451" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>Vanguard Inflation-Protected Securities Fund</font></p> </td>
        <td width="72" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="91" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:5.25pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=2>1,275,588</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="451" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>Vanguard Institutional Index Fund</font></p> </td>
        <td width="72" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="91" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:5.25pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=2>9,513,563</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="451" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>Vanguard REIT Index Fund</font></p> </td>
        <td width="72" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="91" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:13.5pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=2>993,237</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="451" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund</font></p> </td>
        <td width="72" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="91" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:5.25pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=2>3,709,563</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="451" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>Vanguard Total International Stock Index</font></p> </td>
        <td width="72" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="91" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:5.25pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=2>4,741,316</font></p> </td> </tr>
    <tr >
        <td width="451" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>Vanguard Target Retirement Income Fund</font></p> </td>
        <td width="72" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="91" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:19.5pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=2>16,947</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="451" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>Vanguard Target Retirement 2010 Fund</font></p> </td>
        <td width="72" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="91" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:13.5pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=2>617,224</font></p> </td> </tr>
    <tr >
        <td width="451" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>Vanguard Target Retirement 2015 Fund</font></p> </td>
        <td width="72" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="91" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:5.25pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=2>1,319,089</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="451" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>Vanguard Target Retirement 2020 Fund</font></p> </td>
        <td width="72" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="91" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:13.5pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=2>857,259</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="451" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>Vanguard Target Retirement 2025 Fund</font></p> </td>
        <td width="72" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="91" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:5.25pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=2>1,020,974</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="451" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>Vanguard Target Retirement 2030 Fund</font></p> </td>
        <td width="72" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="91" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:13.5pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=2>963,494</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="451" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>Vanguard Target Retirement 2035 Fund</font></p> </td>
        <td width="72" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="91" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:13.5pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=2>582,311</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="451" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>Vanguard Target Retirement 2040 Fund</font></p> </td>
        <td width="72" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="91" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:13.5pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=2>480,599</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="451" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>Vanguard Target Retirement 2045 Fund</font></p> </td>
        <td width="72" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="91" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:13.5pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=2>348,075</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="451" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.0pt;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>Vanguard Target Retirement 2050 Fund</font></p> </td>
        <td width="72" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.0pt;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="91" valign=top style='border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:19.5pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=2>96,218</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="451" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="72" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="91" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=2>31,010,413</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="451" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.0pt;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>Total mutual funds</font></p> </td>
        <td width="72" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.0pt;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="91" valign=top style='border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="451" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="72" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="91" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.0pt;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=2>COMMON STOCK &#150; Black Hills Corporation*</font></p> </td>
        <td width="72" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.0pt;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="91" valign=top style='border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:5.25pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=2>6,540,199</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="451" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="72" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="24" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="91" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.0pt;margin-bottom: 0in'><font SIZE=2>SELF-DIRECTED ACCOUNTS</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.0pt;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Annual Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;line-height:115%;'><B><font FACE="ARIAL" SIZE=2>CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM</font></B></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;line-height:115%;'><font size=2>We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement Nos. 333-141727, 333-150664, and 333-150669 on Form S-3 and 333-61969, 333-17451, 333-82787, 333-63264, 333-125697, 333-135431, and 333-159273 on Form S-8 of our report dated June 29, 2009, relating to the financial statements and financial statement schedule of Black Hills Corporation, appearing in this Annual Report on Form 11-K of the Black Hills Corporation Retirement Savings Plan for the year ended December 31, 2008.</font></p>

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