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<footnotes><footnote id="F1">Vesting of these options occurs in equal annual installments over a five year period measured from the vesting commencement date of March 1, 1999.</footnote>
<footnote id="F2">Vesting of these options occurs in equal annual installments over a five year period measured from the vesting commencement date of February 8, 2002.</footnote>
<footnote id="F3">Vesting of these options occurs in equal annual installments over a five year period measured from the vesting commencement date of June 16, 2003.</footnote>
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<ownerSignature><signatureName>Alfred T. Spain</signatureName>
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