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            <transactionDate>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
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        <footnote id="F1">Each Director Deferred Stock Unit represents the right to receive one share of the common stock, $.01 par value per share, of the issuer (&quot;Common Stock&quot;).  The Director Deferred Stock Units are fully vested and non-forfeitable.  The Common Stock will be issued to the reporting person upon the termination of his service as a member of the issuer's board of directors.</footnote>
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    <ownerSignature>
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