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		<footnote id="F1">In connection with an underwritten public offering (the Offering) of the Issuer's Common Stock, holders of Series A Senior Cumulative Participating Convertible  Preferred Stock  (the Series A Preferred Stock) entered into a Preferred Stock Conversion Agreement, whereby each share of Series A Preferred Stock will be converted into ten shares of the Issuer's Common Stock, without additional consideration, as of the closing of the Offering, which is scheduled for October 1, 2003.</footnote>
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