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        <footnote id="F1">Schaub Family Partners, L.P. (see footnote 2) distributed 20,000 shares to its partners.  Reporting person received 470 of such shares and the John Jerome Schaub Trust received 4,628 of such shares.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">These shares are held by Schaub Family Partners, L.P. of which reporting person is General Partner and is limited partner.  Reporting person disclaims benefical ownership of these shares except to the extent of his direct or indirect pecuniary interest therein.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">These shares are held by the John Jerome Schaub Trust, of which reporting person is a trustee and a beneficiary.  Reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares except to the extent of his direct or indirect pecuniary interest therein.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">These shares are held by Sunrise Investment Partners II, L.P. of which reporting person is General Partner and a limited partner.  Reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares except to the extent of his direct or indirect pecuniary interest therein.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">These shares are held by J. Stephen Schaub Charitable Remainder Trust, of which reporting person is a trustee and a beneficiary.  Reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares except to the extent of his direct or indirect pecuniary interest therein.</footnote>
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