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The Reporting Person serves as a trustee of OSI.  This transfer was made for no consideration.</footnote><footnote id="F3">These Shares were held for the account of Quantum Industrial Partners LDC, an exempted limited duration company formed under the laws of the Cayman Islands (&quot;QIP&quot;).  QIH Management Investor, L.P. (&quot;QIHMI&quot;), an investment advisory firm organized as a Delaware limited partnership, is a minority shareholder of, and is vested with investment discretion with respect to portfolio assets held for the account of QIP.  The sole general partner of QIHMI is QIH Management LLC (&quot;QIH Management&quot;), a Delaware limited liability company.  Soros Private Funds Management LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (&quot;SPFM&quot;), is the sole managing member of QIH Management.  The Reporting Person is the sole member of SPFM.  </footnote><footnote id="F4">The Reporting Person has entered into an agreement dated as of January 1, 1997 with Soros Fund Management LLC (&quot;SFM LLC&quot;), a limited liability company formed under the laws of the State of Delaware, pursuant to which the Reporting Person has, among other things, agreed to use his best efforts to cause QIH Management to act at the direction of SFM LLC (the &quot;QIP Contract&quot;).  SFM LLC, as a result of the QIP Contract, may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the securities held for the account of QIP.  The Reporting Person is also the Chairman of SFM LLC and, in such capacity, may be deemed to have voting and dispositive power over the securities held for the account of QIP.</footnote><footnote id="F5">These Shares were held for the account of SFM Domestic Investments LLC (&quot;SFM Domestic Investments&quot;), a Delaware limited liability company.  The Reporting Person is the sole managing member of SFM Domestic Investments and, in such capacity, may be deemed to have voting and dispositive power over the securities held for the account of SFM Domestic Investments.</footnote><footnote id="F6">These Shares were held for the account of OSI.  The Reporting Person serves as a trustee of OSI.</footnote><footnote id="F7">Following the reported transactions, the Reporting Person may be deemed to beneficially own 11,800,475 Shares.  Of this amount, 7,869,277 Shares are held for the account of QIP, 1,252,410 Shares are held for the account of SFM Domestic Investments, and 2,678,788 Shares are held for the account of OSI.</footnote></footnotes><remarks/><ownerSignature><signatureName>John F. Brown, as Attorney-in-Fact for Mr. George Soros</signatureName><signatureDate>2003-11-03</signatureDate></ownerSignature></ownershipDocument>

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