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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-06-021066
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEF 14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		4
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20060504
FILED AS OF DATE:		20060331
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20060331
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20060331

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			APPLIANCE RECYCLING CENTERS OF AMERICA INC /MN
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000862861
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-HOME FURNITURE, FURNISHINGS & EQUIPMENT STORES [5700]
		IRS NUMBER:				411454591
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0103

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEF 14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-19621
		FILM NUMBER:		06726555

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		7400 EXCELSIOR BLVD
		CITY:			MINNEAPOLIS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55426-4502
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6129309000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		7400 EXCELSIOR BLVD
		CITY:			NINNEAPOLIS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			554264517
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  for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Appliance Recycling Centers of America, Inc.</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  than the Registrant)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Payment of
  Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box):</font></p>
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  table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11.</font></p>
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  <td width="90%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Title of each
  class of securities to which transaction applies:</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Aggregate number
  of securities to which transaction applies:</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Per unit price
  or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act
  Rule 0-11 (set forth the amount on which the filing fee is calculated and
  state how it was determined):</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4)</font></p>
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  <td width="90%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Proposed maximum
  aggregate value of transaction:</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(5)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Total fee paid:</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Fee paid
  previously with preliminary materials.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="94%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:94.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Check box if any
  part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule 0-11(a)(2) and
  identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid previously.
  Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or
  Schedule and the date of its filing.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amount
  Previously Paid:</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Form, Schedule
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font></p>
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  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Filing Party:</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4)</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">APPLIANCE RECYCLING CENTERS OF AMERICA,&nbsp;INC.</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">7400 Excelsior Boulevard<br>
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55426</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS<br>
TO BE HELD MAY&nbsp;4, 2006</font></b></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">TO OUR SHAREHOLDERS:</font></b></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The annual meeting of the shareholders of Appliance
Recycling Centers of America,&nbsp;Inc. will be held on Thursday, May&nbsp;4,
2006 at 3:30&nbsp;p.m., at the Appliance Recycling Centers of America,&nbsp;Inc.
corporate offices located at 7400 Excelsior Boulevard, Minneapolis, Minnesota
55426. At the meeting, shareholders will act on the following matters:</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">&#149;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><b><font style="font-weight:bold;">Proposal One</font></b>: The election of four directors to serve for a
term of one year expiring at the 2007 annual meeting of shareholders.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">&#149;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><b><font style="font-weight:bold;">Proposal Two:</font></b>&#160; The
approval and adoption of the 2006 Stock Option Plan as described in this proxy
statement.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 54.15pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-18.15pt;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">&#149;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>To transact such
other business as may&nbsp;properly come before the annual meeting or any
adjournment or postponement of the meeting.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 54.15pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-18.15pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Only shareholders of record at the close of business
on March&nbsp;17, 2006 are entitled to notice of and to vote at the annual
meeting and any adjournment or postponement of the meeting.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Each of you is invited and urged to attend the
annual meeting in person if possible. Whether or not you are able to attend in
person, you are requested to date, sign and return promptly the enclosed proxy
in the envelope enclosed for your convenience or vote your proxy by using our
internet voting service at &#147;http://www.eproxy.com/arci/.&#148;</font></b></p>

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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By Order of the Board
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Denis E. Grande,
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#SolicitationOfProxies_162223">SOLICITATION OF PROXIES</a></font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.44%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#SolicitationOfProxies_162223">1</a></font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:both;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.44%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:both;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#AboutTheMeeting_162228">ABOUT THE MEETING</a></font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.44%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#AboutTheMeeting_162228">1</a></font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:both;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.44%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:both;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="93%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:93.56%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#WhatIsThePurposeOfTheAnnualMeetin_162232">What is the purpose of the
  annual meeting?</a></font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.44%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#WhatIsThePurposeOfTheAnnualMeetin_162232">1</a></font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#WhoIsEntitledToVote_162235">Who is entitled to vote?</a></font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.44%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#WhoIsEntitledToVote_162235">1</a></font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="93%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:93.56%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#WhoCanAttendTheMeeting_162242">Who can attend the meeting?</a></font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.44%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#WhoCanAttendTheMeeting_162242">1</a></font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="93%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:93.56%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#WhatConstitutesAQuorum_162247">What constitutes a quorum?</a></font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.44%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#WhatConstitutesAQuorum_162247">1</a></font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="93%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:93.56%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#HowDoIVote_162252">How do I vote?</a></font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.44%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#HowDoIVote_162252">2</a></font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="93%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:93.56%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#CanIChangeMyVoteAfterIReturnMyPro_162256">Can I change my vote after I
  return my proxy card or my internet vote?</a></font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.44%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#CanIChangeMyVoteAfterIReturnMyPro_162256">2</a></font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="93%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:93.56%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#WhatAreTheBoardsRecommendations_162302">What are the Board&#146;s
  recommendations?</a></font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.44%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#WhatAreTheBoardsRecommendations_162302">2</a></font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="93%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:93.56%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#WhatVoteIsRequiredToApproveEachPr_162309">What vote is required to
  approve each Proposal?</a></font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.44%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#WhatVoteIsRequiredToApproveEachPr_162309">2</a></font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="93%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:93.56%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#WhoWillCountTheVote_162316">Who will count the vote?</a></font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.44%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#WhoWillCountTheVote_162316">3</a></font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="93%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:93.56%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#WhatDoesItMeanIfIReceiveMoreThanO_162318">What does it mean if I
  receive more than one proxy card?</a></font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.44%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#WhatDoesItMeanIfIReceiveMoreThanO_162318">3</a></font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="93%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:93.56%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#HowWillVotingOnAnyOtherBusinessBe_162322">How will voting on any other
  business be conducted?</a></font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.44%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#HowWillVotingOnAnyOtherBusinessBe_162322">3</a></font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="93%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:93.56%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#WhenAreShareholderProposalsForThe_162326">When are shareholder
  proposals for the 2007 annual meeting of shareholders due?</a></font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.44%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#WhenAreShareholderProposalsForThe_162326">3</a></font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="93%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:93.56%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#WhoPaysForTheCostOfThisProxySolic_162331">Who pays for the cost of
  this proxy solicitation?</a></font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.44%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#WhoPaysForTheCostOfThisProxySolic_162331">4</a></font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="93%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:93.56%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:both;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.44%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:both;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="93%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:93.56%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#CommonStockOwnership_162336">COMMON STOCK OWNERSHIP</a></font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.44%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#CommonStockOwnership_162336">4</a></font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="93%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:93.56%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:both;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.44%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:both;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="93%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:93.56%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#BeneficialOwnershipOfCommonStock_162338">Beneficial Ownership of
  Common Stock</a></font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.44%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#BeneficialOwnershipOfCommonStock_162338">4</a></font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="93%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:93.56%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#Section16abeneficialOwnershipRepo_162349">Section&nbsp;16(a)&nbsp;Beneficial
  Ownership Reporting Compliance</a></font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.44%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#Section16abeneficialOwnershipRepo_162349">5</a></font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="93%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:93.56%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:both;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.44%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:both;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="93%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:93.56%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#ProposalOneElectionOfDirectors_162354">PROPOSAL ONE &#151; ELECTION
  OF DIRECTORS</a></font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.44%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#ProposalOneElectionOfDirectors_162354">5</a></font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="93%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:93.56%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:both;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.44%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:both;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="93%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:93.56%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#GeneralInformation_162356">General Information</a></font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.44%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#GeneralInformation_162356">5</a></font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="93%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:93.56%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#Nominees_162403">Nominees</a></font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.44%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#Nominees_162403">6</a></font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="93%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:93.56%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#ActionsAndCommitteesOfTheBoardOfD_162413">Actions and Committees of
  the Board of Directors</a></font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.44%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#ActionsAndCommitteesOfTheBoardOfD_162413">7</a></font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="93%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:93.56%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#ReportOfThe2005AuditCommittee_162416">Report of the 2005 Audit Committee</a></font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.44%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#ReportOfThe2005AuditCommittee_162416">7</a></font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="93%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:93.56%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#IndependentRegisteredPublicAccoun_162426">Independent Registered
  Public Accounting Firm</a></font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.44%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#IndependentRegisteredPublicAccoun_162426">8</a></font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="93%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:93.56%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#FeesPaidToAuditorsByTheCompanyDur_162429">Fees Paid to Auditors by the
  Company During Most Recent Fiscal Years</a></font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.44%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#FeesPaidToAuditorsByTheCompanyDur_162429">8</a></font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="93%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:93.56%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#BoardPracticeRelatedToNominations_162439">Board Practice Related to
  Nominations of Directors</a></font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.44%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#BoardPracticeRelatedToNominations_162439">9</a></font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="93%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:93.56%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#ReportOfThe2005CompensationAndBen_162444">Report of the 2005
  Compensation and Benefits Committee</a></font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.44%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#ReportOfThe2005CompensationAndBen_162444">9</a></font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#CompensationOfDirectors_162456">Compensation of Directors</a></font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#CompensationOfDirectors_162456">11</a></font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#BoardContactInformation_162500">Board Contact Information</a></font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#BoardContactInformation_162500">11</a></font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#InformationConcerningOfficersAndK_162505">Information Concerning
  Officers and Key Employees Who Are Not Directors</a></font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#InformationConcerningOfficersAndK_162505">11</a></font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#ExecutiveCompensation_162516">Executive Compensation</a></font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#ExecutiveCompensation_162516">11</a></font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#StockOptionsGrantedAndExercisedIn_162546">Stock Options Granted and
  Exercised in Last Fiscal Year</a></font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#StockOptionsGrantedAndExercisedIn_162546">12</a></font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#StockOptionPlans_162556">Stock Option Plans</a></font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#StockOptionPlans_162556">13</a></font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#CertainRelationshipsAndTransactio_162605">Certain Relationships and
  Transactions</a></font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#CertainRelationshipsAndTransactio_162605">14</a></font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#PerformanceGraph_162614">Performance Graph</a></font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#PerformanceGraph_162614">14</a></font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#ProposalTwoAdoptionAndApprovalOf2_162620">PROPOSAL
  TWO &#151; ADOPTION AND APPROVAL OF 2006 STOCK OPTION PLAN</a></font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.44%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#ProposalTwoAdoptionAndApprovalOf2_162620">15</a></font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#OtherMatters_162634">OTHER
  MATTERS</a></font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="#OtherMatters_162634">18</a></font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="a06-2687_1def14a.htm#AppendixA_163420">APPENDIX
  A</a></font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="a06-2687_1def14a.htm#AppendixB_163426">APPENDIX
  B</a></font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">APPLIANCE RECYCLING CENTERS OF AMERICA,&nbsp;INC.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">7400 Excelsior Boulevard<br>
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55426</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PROXY STATEMENT</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<h1 style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><a name="SolicitationOfProxies_162223"></a><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SOLICITATION OF
PROXIES</font></b></h1>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This proxy statement contains information related to
the annual meeting of shareholders of Appliance Recycling Centers of America,&nbsp;Inc.
(the &#147;Company&#148;) to be held on Thursday, May&nbsp;4, 2006, beginning at 3:30&nbsp;p.m.,
at the corporate offices of the Company, located at 7400 Excelsior Boulevard,
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55426. The enclosed proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board
of Directors of the Company for use at the 2006 annual meeting of shareholders
and any adjournment or postponement of the meeting. The approximate date on
which this proxy statement and form&nbsp;of proxy will first be sent or given
to shareholders is March&nbsp;31, 2006.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<h1 style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><a name="AboutTheMeeting_162228"></a><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ABOUT THE MEETING</font></b></h1>

<h1 style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;">&nbsp;</font></b></h1>

<h2 align="left" style="font-style:italic;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;"><a name="WhatIsThePurposeOfTheAnnualMeetin_162232"></a><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">What is the purpose of
the annual meeting?</font></i></b></h2>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">At the Company&#146;s annual meeting, shareholders will act
upon the matters described in the accompanying notice of annual meeting of
shareholders. This includes (1)&nbsp;the election of four directors and (2)&nbsp;the
approval and adoption of the 2006 Stock Option Plan described in this proxy
statement. In addition, the Company&#146;s management will report on the performance
of the Company during the 2005 Fiscal Year and respond to questions from
shareholders.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<h2 align="left" style="font-style:italic;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;"><a name="WhoIsEntitledToVote_162235"></a><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Who is entitled to vote?</font></i></b></h2>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Only shareholders of record of outstanding common
stock of the Company at the close of business on the record date, March&nbsp;17,
2006, are entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the meeting, or any
postponement or adjournment of the meeting. Each outstanding share of common
stock entitles its holder to cast one vote on each matter to be voted upon.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<h2 align="left" style="font-style:italic;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;"><a name="WhoCanAttendTheMeeting_162242"></a><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Who can attend the meeting?</font></i></b></h2>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All shareholders as of the record date, or their duly
appointed proxies, may&nbsp;attend the meeting.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<h2 align="left" style="font-style:italic;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;"><a name="WhatConstitutesAQuorum_162247"></a><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">What constitutes a quorum?</font></i></b></h2>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The presence at the meeting, in person or by proxy, of
the holders of a majority of the shares of the common stock of the Company
outstanding on the record date will constitute a quorum. A quorum is required
for business to be conducted at the meeting. As of the record date, 4,327,777
shares of common stock of the Company were outstanding. If you submit a properly
executed proxy card or vote your proxy by using the internet voting service,
even if you abstain from voting, then you will be considered part&nbsp;of the
quorum. However, abstentions are not counted in the tally of votes <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">FOR</font></b> or <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">AGAINST</font></b> a
proposal. A <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">WITHHELD</font></b> vote is the same as an
abstention.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1</font></p>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-style:italic;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;"><a name="HowDoIVote_162252"></a><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">How do I vote?</font></i></b></h2>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Sign and date each proxy card you receive and return
it in the prepaid envelope or vote using our internet voting service. If you
return your signed proxy card or vote using our internet voting service but do
not mark the boxes showing how you wish to vote, your shares will be voted <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">FOR </font></b>all directors in Proposal 1and <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">FOR</font></b>
Proposal 2.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<h2 align="left" style="font-style:italic;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;"><a name="CanIChangeMyVoteAfterIReturnMyPro_162256"></a><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Can I change my vote
after I return my proxy card or my internet vote?</font></i></b></h2>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Yes. Even after you have submitted your proxy or voted
by internet, you may&nbsp;change your vote at any time before the proxy is
exercised at the meeting. You may&nbsp;change it by:</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Returning a
later-dated signed proxy card or re-accessing the internet voting site listed
on your proxy card;</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Delivering a written
notice of revocation to the Company&#146;s Secretary at the Company&#146;s principal
executive office at 7400 Excelsior Boulevard, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55426; or</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Attending the
meeting and voting in person at the meeting (although attendance at the meeting
without voting at the meeting will not, in and of itself, constitute a
revocation of your proxy).</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<h2 align="left" style="font-style:italic;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;"><a name="WhatAreTheBoardsRecommendations_162302"></a><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">What are the Board&#146;s
recommendations?</font></i></b></h2>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Board&#146;s recommendations are set forth after the
description of the proposal in this proxy statement. In summary, the Board
recommends a vote:</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">&#149;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><b><font style="font-weight:bold;">FOR</font></b> the election of each of the nominated directors (see
Proposal 1 on page&nbsp;5).</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">&#149;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><b><font style="font-weight:bold;">FOR</font></b> the approval and adoption of the 2006 Stock Option Plan
as described in this proxy statement (See Proposal 2 on page&nbsp;15).</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If you submit your proxy card or vote by internet,
then unless you give other instructions on your proxy card or your internet
vote, the persons named as proxy holders on the proxy card will vote in
accordance with the recommendations of the Board.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">With respect
to any other matter that properly comes before the meeting, the proxy holders
will vote as recommended by the Board or, if no recommendation is given, in
their own discretion.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<h2 align="left" style="font-style:italic;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;"><a name="WhatVoteIsRequiredToApproveEachPr_162309"></a><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">What vote is required to
approve each Proposal?</font></i></b></h2>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">For Proposal&nbsp;1, the election of directors, each shareholder
will be entitled to vote for four nominees and the four nominees with the
greatest number of votes will be elected.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">For Proposal 2, the approval and adoption of the 2006
Stock Option Plan, each shareholder will be entitled to one vote for each share
held, and the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of
common stock represented in person or by proxy and entitled to vote on the
proposal will be required for approval.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">With respect to any other matter that properly comes
before the meeting, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the
shares of common stock represented in person or by proxy and entitled to vote
on the proposal will be required for approval. A properly executed proxy marked
&#147;ABSTAIN&#148; with respect to any proposal will not be voted, although it will be
counted for purposes of determining whether there is a quorum. Accordingly, an
abstention will have the effect of a negative vote.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If you hold your shares in &#147;street name&#148; through a
broker or other nominee, your broker or nominee may&nbsp;not be permitted to
exercise voting discretion with respect to the proposal to be acted upon. Thus,
if you do not give your broker or nominee specific instructions, your shares may&nbsp;not
be voted on the proposal and will not be counted in determining the number of
shares necessary for approval of the proposal. Shares represented by such &#147;broker
non-votes&#148; will, however, be counted in determining whether there is a quorum.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<h2 align="left" style="font-style:italic;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;"><a name="WhoWillCountTheVote_162316"></a><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Who will count the vote?</font></i></b></h2>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">An Inspector of Elections will be appointed for the
annual meeting and will work with a representative of Wells Fargo Shareowner
Services, our independent stock transfer agent, to count the votes.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<h2 align="left" style="font-style:italic;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;"><a name="WhatDoesItMeanIfIReceiveMoreThanO_162318"></a><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">What does it mean if I
receive more than one proxy card?</font></i></b></h2>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If your shares are registered differently and are in
more than one account, you will receive more than one proxy card. To ensure
that all your shares are voted, sign and return all proxy cards or use the
internet voting service for each proxy card. We encourage you to have all
accounts registered in the same name and address (whenever possible). You can
accomplish this by contacting our stock transfer agent, Wells Fargo Shareowner
Services, at 1-800-468-9716.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<h2 align="left" style="font-style:italic;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;"><a name="HowWillVotingOnAnyOtherBusinessBe_162322"></a><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">How will voting on any
other business be conducted?</font></i></b></h2>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Although we do not know of any business to be
considered at the 2006 annual meeting other than the proposals described in
this proxy statement, if any other business is presented at the annual meeting,
your proxy gives authority to Edward R. Cameron and Denis E. Grande to vote on
such matters at their discretion.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<h2 align="left" style="font-style:italic;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;"><a name="WhenAreShareholderProposalsForThe_162326"></a><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">When are shareholder
proposals for the 2007 annual meeting of shareholders due?</font></i></b></h2>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To be considered for inclusion in the Company&#146;s proxy
statement for the 2007 annual meeting, shareholder proposals must be received
at the Company&#146;s offices no later than December&nbsp;1, 2006. Proposals must be
in compliance with Rule&nbsp;14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and
must be submitted in writing and delivered or mailed to the Company&#146;s
Secretary, at Appliance Recycling Centers of America,&nbsp;Inc., 7400 Excelsior
Boulevard, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55426.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Under Rule&nbsp;14a-4(c)(1), any shareholder who
wishes to have a proposal considered at the 2007 annual meeting of
shareholders, but not submitted for inclusion in the Company&#146;s proxy statement,
must set forth such proposal in writing and file it with the Secretary of the
Company no later than February&nbsp;14, 2007. Failure to notify the Company by
that date would allow the Company&#146;s proxy holders to use their discretionary
voting authority (to vote for or against the proposal) when the proposal is
raised at the annual meeting without any discussion of the matter being
included in the Company&#146;s proxy statement.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<h2 align="left" style="font-style:italic;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;"><a name="WhoPaysForTheCostOfThisProxySolic_162331"></a><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Who pays for the cost of
this proxy solicitation?</font></i></b></h2>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The expense of the solicitation of proxies for this
annual meeting, including the cost of mailing, has been or will be borne by the
Company. Arrangements will be made with brokerage houses and other custodian
nominees and fiduciaries to send proxies and proxy materials to their
principals and the Company will reimburse them for their expense in so doing. In
addition to solicitation by mail, proxies may&nbsp;be solicited by telephone,
telegraph or personally by certain of the Company&#146;s directors, officers and
regular employees, without additional compensation. No proxy solicitors have
been hired in connection with the annual meeting.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<h1 style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><a name="CommonStockOwnership_162336"></a><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">COMMON STOCK
OWNERSHIP</font></b></h1>

<h1 style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;">&nbsp;</font></b></h1>

<h2 align="left" style="font-style:italic;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;"><a name="BeneficialOwnershipOfCommonStock_162338"></a><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Beneficial Ownership of
Common Stock</font></i></b></h2>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following table sets forth as of March&nbsp;17,
2006 the beneficial ownership (which includes shares which may&nbsp;be acquired
in the next 60 days through options or warrants) of common stock by each of the
Company&#146;s directors, including director nominees, each of the executive
officers named in the Summary Compensation Table on page&nbsp;12, and all
directors and executive officers of the Company as a group, as well as
information about beneficial owners of 5% or more of the Company&#146;s common stock.
Unless otherwise noted, each person or group identified has sole voting and
investment power with respect to the shares shown.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="25%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.92%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Beneficial
  Owner</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.62%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Position<br>
  with Company</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.8%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:18.28%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Number of Shares<br>
  Beneficially Owned <font style="position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(1)</font></font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.12%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Percent of<br>
  Outstanding <font style="position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(2)</font></font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.42%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="32%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:32.66%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Directors and executive officers:</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.62%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.8%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:18.28%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.12%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.24%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.42%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="32%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:32.66%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Edward R. Cameron</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chairman of the Board,</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.8%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.58%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">325,689</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(3)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:4.12%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.62%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">8.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:1.42%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="32%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:32.66%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">7400 Excelsior Blvd.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President and Chief</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.8%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.58%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:4.12%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.62%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="7%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:1.42%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Minneapolis, MN 55426</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Executive Officer</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.8%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.58%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:4.12%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.62%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:1.42%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="32%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:32.66%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Duane S. Carlson</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.8%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.58%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">54,375</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(4)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:4.12%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.62%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:1.42%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="32%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:32.66%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Harry W. Spell</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.8%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.58%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">50,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(4)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:4.12%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.62%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:1.42%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">W. William Bednarczyk</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.8%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.58%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">270,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.12%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.62%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:1.42%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6566 France Ave S #1004</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.8%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.58%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.12%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.62%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:1.42%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Edina, MN 55435</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.8%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.58%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.12%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.62%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:1.42%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Albin S. Dubiak</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.8%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.58%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
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  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.12%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.62%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
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  <td width="7%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.42%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All officers and directors as a<br>
  group (7&nbsp;persons)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:3.8%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.58%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">742,713</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(4)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:4.12%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.62%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">16.6</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.42%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="32%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:32.66%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:3.8%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.58%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:4.12%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.62%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.42%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="32%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:32.66%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Other
  5% shareholders:</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.62%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.8%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.58%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.12%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.62%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.42%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="32%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:32.66%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Perkins Capital Mgmt.
  Inc.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.62%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:3.8%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.58%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">698,450</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(5)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:4.12%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.62%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">16.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.42%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="32%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:32.66%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">730 East Lake Street</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.62%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:3.8%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.58%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:4.12%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.62%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.42%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="32%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:32.66%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Wayzata, MN 55391</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.62%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:3.8%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.58%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:4.12%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.62%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.42%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="32%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:32.66%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Medallion Capital Inc.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.62%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.8%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.58%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">547,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:4.12%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.62%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">12.6</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.42%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="32%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:32.66%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3000 West County Rd.
  42,</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.62%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.8%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.58%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:4.12%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.62%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.42%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="32%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:32.66%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Suite&nbsp;301</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.62%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Burnsville, MN 55337</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Heartland Advisors,&nbsp;Inc.</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">409,000</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(6)</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9.5</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">789 North Water Street</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Milwaukee, WI 53202</font></p>
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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .3in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Unless otherwise
noted, each person or group identified possesses sole voting and investment
power with respect to such shares.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .3in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .3in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Applicable
percentage of ownership is based on 4,327,777 shares of common stock
outstanding as of March&nbsp;17, 2006 plus, for each shareholder, all shares
that such shareholder could purchase within 60 days upon the exercise of
existing stock options.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .3in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .3in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Includes 25,000
shares, which could be purchased within 60 days upon the exercise of existing
stock options. These options were granted to Mr.&nbsp;Cameron under the Company&#146;s
stock option plan in May&nbsp;2005 in consideration of his performance for the
Company.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .3in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .3in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Includes shares
which could be purchased within 60 days upon the exercise of existing stock
options or warrants, as follows:&#160; Mr.&nbsp;Carlson,
50,000 shares; Mr.&nbsp;Spell, 50,000 shares; and all directors and named
executive officers as a group, 138,500 shares.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .3in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .3in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(5)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>According to a Schedule&nbsp;13G
filed January&nbsp;21, 2006, Perkins Capital Management,&nbsp;Inc. (&#147;Perkins
Capital&#148;) beneficially owned 698,450 shares of common stock as a result of
serving as investment advisor to various clients. Perkins Capital has sole
dispositive power as to all 698,450 shares and sole voting power as to 623,500
shares.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .3in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 19.95pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-19.95pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(6)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>According to a Schedule&nbsp;13G
filed February&nbsp;3, 2006, Heartland Advisors,&nbsp;Inc. (&#147;Heartland&#148;)
beneficially owned 409,000 shares of common stock as a result of serving as
investment advisor to various clients. Heartland has sole dispositive power and
sole voting power as to all 409,000 shares.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 19.95pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-19.95pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<h2 align="left" style="font-style:italic;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;"><a name="Section16abeneficialOwnershipRepo_162349"></a><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;16(a)&nbsp;Beneficial
Ownership Reporting Compliance</font></i></b></h2>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company&#146;s
directors, its executive officers and any persons holding more than 10% of
outstanding common stock are required to file reports concerning their initial
ownership of common stock and any subsequent changes in that ownership. The
Company believes that the filing requirements for the last fiscal year were
satisfied.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In making the
above disclosure, the Company has relied on the written representations of its
directors, executive officers and beneficial owners of more than 10% of common stock
and copies of the reports that they have filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.</font></p>

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<h1 style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><a name="ProposalOneElectionOfDirectors_162354"></a><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">PROPOSAL
ONE &#151; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS</font></b></h1>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-style:italic;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;"><a name="GeneralInformation_162356"></a><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">General Information</font></i></b></h2>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The property, affairs and business of the Company are
managed under the direction of the Board of Directors. A board of four
directors is to be elected at the meeting. Unless otherwise instructed, the
proxy holders will vote the proxies received by them for management&#146;s four
nominees named below. The term of office for each person elected as a director
will continue until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until a
successor has been elected and qualified, or until such director is removed or
resigns. Harry W. Spell, who has been a director since 1991, will be retiring
from the Board as of May&nbsp;4, 2006 and is not standing for reelection.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All of the nominees named below are presently
directors of the Company and have served continuously since the year indicated.
All nominees have indicated a willingness to serve if elected. The Company
knows of no arrangements or understandings between a nominee and any other
person pursuant to which the nominee has been selected as a director.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All shares
represented by proxies which have been properly executed and returned or
properly voted using the internet voting service will be voted for the election
of all of the nominees named below, unless other instructions are indicated
thereon. In the event any one or more of such nominees should for</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">any reason not be able to serve as a
director, the proxies will be voted for such other person or persons as may&nbsp;be
designated by the Board.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">The Board
recommends a vote FOR all of the nominees.</font></b></p>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-style:italic;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;"><a name="Nominees_162403"></a><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Nominees</font></i></b></h2>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The names of
the nominees, all of whom are currently serving as directors of the Company,
are set forth in the table below. Following the table is certain information
for at least the last five years regarding each nominee. There are no family
relationships between any of the nominees, directors or executive officers of
the Company.</font></p>

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<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="87%" style="border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:.5in;width:87.0%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="21%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:21.1%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Name</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.92%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Position with Company</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.2%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.64%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Director<br>
  Since</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.38%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Age</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.14%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="31%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:31.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Edward R. Cameron</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chairman of the Board, Director,<br>
  President and Chief Executive Officer</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.2%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.64%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1976</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.38%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">65</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.14%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="31%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:31.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Duane S. Carlson</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.2%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.64%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1990</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.38%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">70</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.14%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="31%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:31.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">W. William Bednarczyk</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.2%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.64%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2005</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.38%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">61</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.14%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="31%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:31.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Albin S. Dubiak</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.2%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.64%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2005</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.38%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">65</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.14%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Edward R. Cameron</font></i></b><i><font style="font-style:italic;"> </font></i>is the founder and has been the President of the Company
since its inception in 1976. He has been a director and Chairman of the Board
of the Company since 1989 and prior to 1989 was a director of a predecessor of
the Company. Prior to founding the Company, Mr.&nbsp;Cameron served as a
district product manager and an account manager for Burroughs Corporation (a
predecessor of Unisys Corporation) and served in executive positions for
several small businesses. Mr.&nbsp;Cameron has a bachelor of science degree in
business administration from Montana State University.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Duane S. Carlson</font></i></b><i><font style="font-style:italic;"> </font></i>has been a director of the Company since 1990. Mr.&nbsp;Carlson
is currently a self-employed business consultant, as he was from 1988 to 1991. From
1991 to 1997, Mr.&nbsp;Carlson was executive vice president and chief financial
officer of NetStar,&nbsp;Inc., a company engaged in the development,
manufacturing and marketing of high-speed computer communications equipment. He
was a founder of NetStar,&nbsp;Inc. and was a member of its board of directors.
NetStar,&nbsp;Inc. became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ascend Communications,&nbsp;Inc.
on August&nbsp;15, 1996 and is now part&nbsp;of Lucent Technologies, which
acquired Ascend. He was a founder of Lee Data Corporation and from 1979 to 1988
was employed by Lee Data Corporation (which became Carleton Corporation and is
now part&nbsp;of Oracle,&nbsp;Inc.) in various capacities, most recently as
chief financial officer and executive vice president, and was also a member of
the board of directors. Mr.&nbsp;Carlson also currently serves as a director of
several privately held companies.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">W. William Bednarczyk</font></i></b> has been a director of the Company since June&nbsp;2005.
Mr.&nbsp;Bednarczyk is currently an independent management consultant
specializing in personal investment portfolios and venture capital activities. He
formerly held the position of vice president, human resources/administration
with Gelco Corporation and was director of employee/labor relations with The
Toro Company. In addition, he was a partner in a Cost Cutter franchise, with
salons in Wisconsin, Florida and Kansas. He served as a park commissioner and
as treasurer for the City of Minneapolis and holds a B.A. from the University
of St. Thomas and an M.A. in industrial relations from the University of
Minnesota.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Albin S. Dubiak </font></i></b>has been a director of the Company since June&nbsp;2005.
Since 2000, Mr.&nbsp;Dubiak has been a member of the investment committee of
Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System, and since 2003 has been chair
of the committee. From 1993 until retiring in 2001, he was employed by First</p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Asset Management, where he served as director
of investment research and manager of the First American Small Cap Value Fund. Prior
to that, he held management positions with First Bank System in investor
relations and financial and strategic planning, and also served as treasurer.
Mr.&nbsp;Dubiak earned a B.S. in business administration from Indiana University
and an M.B.A. from the University of Arizona.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<h2 align="left" style="font-style:italic;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;"><a name="ActionsAndCommitteesOfTheBoardOfD_162413"></a><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Actions and Committees of
the Board of Directors</font></i></b></h2>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In 2005, the Board of Directors met five times. The
Board of Directors has two standing committees, the Audit Committee and the
Compensation and Benefits Committee. In 2005, the Audit Committee met five times
and the Compensation and Benefits Committee met one time. The full Board serves
as a nominating committee, and met once in that capacity in 2005. The Board
currently has no other standing committees and has no current plans to establish
additional committees. All of the directors attended at least 75% of the total
number of meetings of the Board of Directors and of the committees on which the
director served.</font></p>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-style:italic;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;"><a name="ReportOfThe2005AuditCommittee_162416"></a><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Report of the 2005 Audit
Committee</font></i></b></h2>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Audit Committee is responsible for relations with
the Company&#146;s independent auditors, for review of internal auditing functions
(whether formal or informal) and internal controls, and for review of financial
reporting policies to assure full disclosure of financial condition. The Audit
Committee adopted, and the Board of Directors approved, a revised written
charter for the Audit Committee which is attached as an appendix to this proxy
statement. The Company&#146;s non-employee directors serve on the Audit Committee. For
2005, Duane S. Carlson (Chairman), Harry W. Spell and Albin S. Dubiak served as
such committee. For 2006, Mr.&nbsp;Carlson (Chairman), Mr.&nbsp;Dubiak and W.
William Bednarczyk will serve on the committee. Each member of the Audit
Committee is &#147;independent,&#148; as independence for audit committee members is
defined by the rules&nbsp;of the NASD, and otherwise satisfies the NASD&#146;s
requirements for audit committee membership. The Board has determined that
Duane Carlson is an &#147;audit committee financial expert&#148; under the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Audit Committee reviewed the audited financial
statements in the Annual Report with management, including a discussion of the
reasonableness of significant judgments and accounting principles.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Audit Committee reviewed with the independent
auditors, who are responsible for expressing an opinion on the conformity of
those audited financial statements with standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States), their judgments as to the Company&#146;s
accounting principles and such other matters as are required to be discussed
with the committee under standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board (United States). In addition, the Audit Committee has discussed with the
independent auditors the auditor&#146;s independence from management and the
Company, including the matters in the written disclosures required by the
Independence Standards Board.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Audit Committee discussed with the Company&#146;s
independent auditors the overall scope and plans for their audit. The committee
meets with the independent auditors, with and without management present, to
discuss the results of their examinations, their evaluations of the Company&#146;s
internal controls, and the overall quality of the Company&#146;s financial reporting.
The committee held five meetings during fiscal 2005, two with the independent
auditors and three without the auditors present. In addition, at the end of
each quarter the chairman of the Audit Committee discussed with the independent
auditors their findings and procedures relative to the auditor&#146;s quarterly
reviews.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In reliance on the reviews and discussions referred to
above, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board of Directors (and the Board
has approved) that the audited financial statements be included</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">7</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">in the Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31,
2005 for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <td width="100%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:100.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">March&nbsp;6, 2006</font></p>
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  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:47.26%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:52.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The 2005 Audit Committee</font></p>
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  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:47.26%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:52.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:47.26%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:52.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Duane S. Carlson</font></p>
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  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:47.26%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:52.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Harry W. Spell</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:47.26%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:52.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Albin S. Dubiak</font></p>
  </td>
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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The information set forth above in the Audit Committee
Report is not to be considered &#147;filed&#148; with the SEC for any purpose or &#147;incorporated
by reference&#148; into any Securities Act or Exchange Act document of the Company for
any purpose.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<h2 align="left" style="font-style:italic;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;"><a name="IndependentRegisteredPublicAccoun_162426"></a><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm</font></i></b></h2>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Virchow Krause&nbsp;&amp;
Company, LLP independent certified public accountants, served as the
independent auditors for the Company for fiscal 2005. McGladrey&nbsp;&amp;
Pullen, LLP, independent certified public accountants, served as the independent
auditors for the Company for fiscal 2003 and 2004. A representative of Virchow
Krause&nbsp;&amp; Company, LLP is expected to be present at the annual meeting,
will have an opportunity to make a statement if he or she desires to do so and
will be available to respond to appropriate questions.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<h2 align="left" style="font-style:italic;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;"><a name="FeesPaidToAuditorsByTheCompanyDur_162429"></a><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Fees Paid to Auditors by
the Company During Most Recent Fiscal Years</font></i></b></h2>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Effective April&nbsp;1, 2005,
Virchow Krause&nbsp;&amp; Company, LLP replaced McGladrey&nbsp;&amp; Pullen, LLP
as the Company&#146;s independent auditors for the audit of fiscal year 2005.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">During the periods covering
the fiscal years ended December&nbsp;31, 2005 and January&nbsp;1, 2005, Virchow
Krause&nbsp;&amp; Company, LLP (VK) and McGladrey&nbsp;&amp; Pullen, LLP and
RSM McGladrey,&nbsp;Inc. (McG) performed the following professional services:</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32%" colspan="4" valign="bottom" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:32.46%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">December&nbsp;31, 2005</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7%" valign="bottom" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.34%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="27%" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:27.28%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">January&nbsp;1, 2005</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="32%" valign="bottom" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:32.94%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Description</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.86%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">VK</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">McG</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.34%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.62%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">VK</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.66%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">McG</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="32%" valign="top" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:32.94%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Audit fees (1)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$132,800</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.16%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.98%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">--</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.62%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.34%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.62%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">--</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.98%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$110,700</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.68%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="32%" valign="top" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:32.94%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Audit-related fees (2)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$800</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.16%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.98%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">37,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.62%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.34%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.62%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">--</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.98%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$7,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.68%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="32%" valign="top" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:32.94%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Tax fees (3)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$2,950</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.16%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.98%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">28,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.62%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.34%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.62%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">--</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.98%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$35,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.68%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="32%" valign="top" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:32.94%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All other fees</font></p>
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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 37.05pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-37.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Audit fees consist of fees for professional services rendered in connection with the audit of the
Company&#146;s year-end financial statements, quarterly reviews of financial
statements included in the Company&#146;s quarterly reports, services rendered relative to
regulatory filings, and attendance at Audit Committee meetings.</p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 37.05pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-37.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Audit-related fees are fees principally for professional services
rendered for the audit of the Company&#146;s 401(k) employee benefit plan and
technical accounting consulting and research. Audit-related fees in 2005 from
Virchow Krause&nbsp;&amp; Company, LLP related to a filing of a registration
statement in 2005. Audit-related fees in 2005 from McGladrey&nbsp;&amp; Pullen,
LLP related to the audit of the Company&#146;s 401(k) employee benefit plan and the
filing of two registration statements in 2005.</p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">8</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 37.05pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-37.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Tax fees consist of compliance fees for the preparation of income tax
returns and preparation of refund claims, tax estimates and extensions. Tax
fees in 2004 from McGladrey&nbsp;&amp; Pullen, LLP also included tax consulting
related to a carryback claim and a change in accounting method.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 37.05pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-37.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Audit Committee of the
Board of Directors has considered whether the provision of the services
described above was and is compatible with maintaining the independence of Virchow
Krause&nbsp;&amp; Company, LLP.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Audit Committee
pre-approves all audit and permissible non-audit services provided by the
independent auditors. All the fees for fiscal 2004 and 2005 were approved by
the Audit Committee.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<h2 align="left" style="font-style:italic;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;"><a name="BoardPracticeRelatedToNominations_162439"></a><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Board
Practice Related to Nominations of Directors</font></i></b></h2>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Board as a whole
performs functions equivalent to that of a nominating committee. In that
capacity</font>, the Board has </font>no
charter. Duane S. Carlson, Harry W. Spell, W. William Bednarczyk and Albin S.
Dubiak are &#147;independent&#148; directors, as that term is defined in Rule&nbsp;4200(a)(15) of the NASD listing standards.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Board will consider
director candidates recommended by shareholders. The criteria applied by the
Board in the selection of director candidates is the same whether the candidate
was recommended by a Board member, an executive officer, a shareholder, or a
third party, and accordingly, the Board has not deemed it necessary to adopt a
formal policy regarding consideration of candidates recommended by shareholders.
Shareholders wishing to recommend candidates for Board membership should submit
the recommendations in writing to the Secretary of the Company.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Board identifies
director candidates primarily by considering recommendations made by directors,
management, and shareholders. The Board also has the authority to retain third
parties to identify and evaluate director candidates</font> and to approve any
associated fees or expenses. The Board did not retain any such third party with
respect to the director candidates described in this Proxy Statement. </font>Board candidates are evaluated on the basis
of a number of factors, including the candidate&#146;s background, skills, judgment,
diversity, experience with companies of comparable complexity and size, the
interplay of the candidate&#146;s experience with the experience of other Board
members, the candidate&#146;s independence or lack of independence, and the
candidate&#146;s qualifications for committee membership. The Board does not
assign any particular weighting or priority to any of these factors, and
considers each director candidate in the context of the current needs of the
Board as a whole. Director candidates recommended by shareholders are evaluated
in the same manner as candidates recommended by other persons.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<h2 align="left" style="font-style:italic;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;"><a name="ReportOfThe2005CompensationAndBen_162444"></a><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Report of the 2005
Compensation and Benefits Committee</font></i></b></h2>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Compensation and Benefits Committee of the Board of Directors (the &#147;Compensation
Committee&#148;) is composed entirely of non-employee directors. For 2005, Duane S.
Carlson, Harry W. Spell (</font>Chairman) and W. William Bednarczyk served on such committee. For 2006,
Mr.&nbsp;Carlson, Mr.&nbsp;Bednarczyk (Chairman) and Albin S. Dubiak will serve
on the committee. The Compensation Committee is responsible for review and
approval of officer salaries and other compensation and benefit programs and
determination of officer bonuses. Either the Compensation Committee or the
entire Board may&nbsp;administer and make grants under the Company&#146;s 1997 Stock
Option Plan and the Company&#146;s 2006 Stock Option Plan.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Annual compensation for the
Company&#146;s executive officers, other than the President, is recommended by the
President and approved by the Compensation Committee. The individual salary
recommendations may&nbsp;vary based on the President&#146;s perception of the value
of that position to the</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Company, the executive&#146;s individual performance and the President&#146;s
views as to comparative compensation for like positions at other companies. The
annual compensation for the President is recommended by the Compensation
Committee and approved by the Board of Directors.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company believes that
compensation of the Company&#146;s key executives should be sufficient to attract
and retain highly-qualified personnel and should also provide meaningful incentives
for superior performance. The Company seeks to reward achievement of long-term
and short-term performance goals, including the development of new customers,
increasing sales volume, meeting or exceeding financial targets and other
factors.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;">Compensation of the Company&#146;s</font>
executives generally consists of a base salary, a cash bonus and long-term
incentive compensation in the form&nbsp;of stock options. The Company does not
utilize a formulaic approach to executive base compensation. In principle, the
Company&#146;s executive compensation approach is to place each officer&#146;s base salary
in the midrange of executive compensation levels for companies of a similar
size. The Company currently provides no retirement benefits to its executive
officers except for the 401(k) Plan.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The amount of
any bonus awarded under the Company&#146;s bonus plan for all officers is based on
the successful and timely achievement of Company goals, including financial
performance and positioning for future results.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Salaries for
certain officers of the Company were increased by 12.5% for 2005. Bonuses of approximately
6.8% of annual base salary were granted to officers for 2005, payable in March&nbsp;2006.
General managers receive a bonus based on a formula, which considers both
profit at their center and individual merit. Bonuses of between 4% and 20% of
annual base salary were granted to general managers for 2005, payable in March&nbsp;2006.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Stock options
are awarded to provide incentives to the officers to promote improved long-term
performance of the Company. Option grants for all officers other than the
President are recommended by the President. Options were granted in 2005 to
officers to purchase an aggregate of 3,000 shares of Common Stock at an
exercise price of $2.80.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
compensation for Edward R. Cameron, the Company&#146;s President and Chief Executive
Officer, is determined by using a process and philosophy similar to that used
for all other officers. The Compensation Committee considers its members&#146; views
as to comparative compensation for like positions at other companies together
with its own assessment of Mr.&nbsp;Cameron&#146;s performance and contributions to
the Company, recommending a salary, bonus and stock options for the Board of
Directors&#146; approval. There is no specific formulaic tie between the Company&#146;s
goals and performance and the Compensation Committee&#146;s recommendation; instead,
the Compensation Committee&#146;s judgment and discretion is used in its
recommendations to the Board of Directors. In 2005, Mr.&nbsp;Cameron was
granted options to purchase 50,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price
of $3.08.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Compensation Committee has reviewed the provisions
of Internal Revenue Code Section&nbsp;162(m) relating to the deductibility of
annual executive compensation in excess of $1,000,000. The Compensation
Committee currently does not have a policy with respect to Section&nbsp;162(m)
because it is unlikely that such limit will apply to compensation paid by the
Company to any of the Company&#146;s executive officers in the near future.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">March&nbsp;6, 2006</font></p>
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  </td>
  <td width="51%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:51.66%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The 2005 Compensation and Benefits Committee</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="51%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:51.66%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Duane S. Carlson</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="51%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:51.66%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Harry W. Spell</font></p>
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  <td width="51%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:51.66%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">W. William Bednarczyk</font></p>
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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 216.6pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<h2 align="left" style="font-style:italic;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;"><a name="CompensationOfDirectors_162456"></a><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Compensation of Directors</font></i></b></h2>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company
will have four directors in 2006, one of whom (Mr.&nbsp;Cameron) is an executive
officer of the Company and does not receive any additional compensation for
serving as a director of the Company. Non-employee directors of the Company
receive an annual fee of $15,000 for their service as directors, as well as
stock options under the Restated 1997 Stock Option Plan. Beginning 2007, the
stock options would be issued under the 2006 Stock Option Plan. &#160;The Chairman of the Audit Committee receives an
additional annual fee of $3,000 and the Chairman of the Compensation and
Benefits Committee receives an additional annual fee of $1,500.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<h2 align="left" style="font-style:italic;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;"><a name="BoardContactInformation_162500"></a><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Board Contact Information</font></i></b></h2>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If you would
like to contact the Board or any committee of the Board, you can send an email
to board@arcainc.com, or write to the Company, c/o Secretary, 7400 Excelsior
Boulevard, Minneapolis, MN 55426. All communications will be compiled by the
Secretary of the Company and submitted to the Board or the applicable committee
or director on a periodic basis.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<h2 align="left" style="font-style:italic;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;"><a name="InformationConcerningOfficersAndK_162505"></a><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Information Concerning
Officers and Key Employees Who Are Not Directors</font></i></b></h2>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Linda</font></i></b><i><font style="font-style:italic;"> <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">Koenig</font></b></font></i><b><font style="font-weight:bold;">,</font></b> 44, was promoted to the position of Chief Financial
Officer in February&nbsp;2005. She had previously served as Vice President of
Finance from March&nbsp;2003 to February&nbsp;2005, and as Controller from September&nbsp;1999
to March&nbsp;2003. Ms.&nbsp;Koenig was General Accounting Manager for the
Company from February&nbsp;1996 to September&nbsp;1999. From August&nbsp;1994
to February&nbsp;1996, she was employed by WTC Industries as accounting
manager.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Bruce J. Wall, </font></i></b>52, is the Vice President
of Resource Efficiency Programs, a position he has held since October&nbsp;2000.
Mr.&nbsp;Wall is responsible for expanding the scope of services offered to
utility companies and developing programs to provide resource efficiency
benefits. Previously, Mr.&nbsp;Wall was employed by the Company as a National
Account Manager from 1993 to 1997. From 1997 until rejoining the Company in
2000, Mr.&nbsp;Wall worked for Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships,&nbsp;Inc.,
where he facilitated and managed groups to develop, implement and evaluate
regional market transformation strategies.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<h2 align="left" style="font-style:italic;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;"><a name="ExecutiveCompensation_162516"></a><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Executive Compensation</font></i></b></h2>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following
table sets forth the cash and non-cash compensation earned by the Chief
Executive Officer for each of the last three fiscal years. No other officer of
the Company received salary and bonus for any such year in excess of $100,000.</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Summary Compensation Table</font></b></p>

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<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100.04%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="25%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" colspan="10" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.4%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Annual Compensation</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.38%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="24%" colspan="5" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:24.62%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Long-Term Compensation<font style="position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(1)</font></font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:.58%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="25%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Name and Principal Position</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.18%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Year</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.08%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.84%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Salary ($)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.12%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.28%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Bonus ($)<font style="position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(2)</font></font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.06%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.84%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Other<br>
  Annual<br>
  Comp. ($)<font style="position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(3)</font></font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.38%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.38%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Securities<br>
  Underlying<br>
  Options (#)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.2%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">All<br>
  Other<br>
  Comp. ($)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:.58%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Edward R. Cameron</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.18%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2005</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.08%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.34%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$160,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.5%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.12%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.46%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.82%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.06%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.04%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$2,313</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.8%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.38%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.02%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">50,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.36%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(2)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.36%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.84%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:.58%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chairman of the Board, President</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.18%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2004</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.08%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.34%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">160,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.5%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.12%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.46%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.82%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.06%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.04%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3,031</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.8%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.38%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.02%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.36%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(2)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.36%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.84%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:.58%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">and Chief Executive Officer</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.18%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2003</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.08%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.34%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">160,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.5%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.12%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.46%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">25,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.82%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.06%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.04%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2,942</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.8%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.38%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.02%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.36%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(2)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.36%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.84%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:.58%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<div align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><hr size="1" width="25%" noshade color="black" align="left"></div>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .3in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Company has no
Long-Term Incentive Plan as defined by Item 402(a)(7)(iii)&nbsp;of SEC
Regulation S-K.</p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .3in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The bonus for 2003
was paid in 2004. No stock options were granted in 2004 or 2003 to Mr.&nbsp;Cameron.</p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .3in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Includes premiums
on car insurance for each year.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .3in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<h2 align="left" style="font-style:italic;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;"><a name="StockOptionsGrantedAndExercisedIn_162546"></a><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Stock Options Granted and
Exercised in Last Fiscal Year</font></i></b></h2>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following table provides certain information with
respect to stock options granted and exercised under the Company&#146;s stock option
plans in fiscal 2005 by the named executive officer and the value of such
officer&#146;s unexercised options at December&nbsp;31, 2005.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Option Grants in Last Fiscal Year</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100.02%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="21%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:21.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.16%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" colspan="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:49.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Individual Grants</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.98%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.98%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.16%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.8%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.06%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="21%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:21.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.16%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Number of<br>
  Securities<br>
  Underlying<br>
  Options</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.16%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">% of Total<br>
  Stock Options<br>
  Granted to<br>
  Employees in</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.5%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exercise<br>
  Price</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.16%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Expiration</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.98%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.94%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Potential Realizable Value<br>
  at Assumed Annual Rates<br>
  of Stock Price Appreciation<br>
  for Option Term($)(1)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.06%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="21%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:21.24%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Name</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.16%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Granted(#)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.16%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Fiscal Year</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.5%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">($/Share)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.16%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Date</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.98%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.98%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">5%</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.16%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.8%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">10%</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.06%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="21%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:21.24%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.16%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.78%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.16%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.72%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.5%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.16%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.78%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.98%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.98%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.16%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.8%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.06%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="21%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:21.24%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Edward R. Cameron</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.16%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">50,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.16%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">74%</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.5%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$3.08</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.16%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5/5/2010</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.98%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.98%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$42,547</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.16%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.8%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$94,018</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.06%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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</table>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<div align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><hr size="1" width="25%" noshade color="black" align="left"></div>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .3in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Potential
realizable value is based on an assumption that the market price of the
underlying security appreciates at the annual rate shown (compounded annually)
from the date of grant until the end of the option term. These numbers are
calculated based on the requirements promulgated by the SEC and do not reflect
the Company&#146;s estimate of future stock price growth</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .3in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Aggregated Option Exercises in Last Fiscal Year
and FY-End Option Values</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .3in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <td width="25%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Shares<br>
  Acquired on</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Value</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Number of<br>
  Securities Underlying<br>
  Unexercised Options<br>
  At FY-End(#)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Value of Unexercised<br>
  In-the-Money Options<br>
  At FY-End($)(1)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="25%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Name</font></b></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exercise(#)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Realized($)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exercisable</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.26%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.76%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Unexercisable</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exercisable</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.34%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.66%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Unexercisable</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.26%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.76%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.34%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.66%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Edward R. Cameron</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">150,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$112,500</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.26%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.76%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">50,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.34%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.66%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$91,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .3in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;layout-grid-mode:both;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;layout-grid-mode:both;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font style="layout-grid-mode:both;">The values in the table </font>have<font style="layout-grid-mode:both;"> </font>been<font style="layout-grid-mode:both;">
calculated assuming a per share price of $4.90, which reflects the closing
price of the Company&#146;s stock at December&nbsp;30, 2005</font></p>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-style:italic;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;"><a name="StockOptionPlans_162556"></a><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Stock Option Plans</font></i></b></h2>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company currently has two stock option plans:&#160; The 2006 Stock Option Plan (the &#147;2006 Plan&#148;)
and the Restated 1997 Stock Option Plan (the &#147;1997 Plan&#148;). The Restated 1989
Stock Option Plan has expired and all options remaining to be exercised were
exercised as of March&nbsp;3, 2006.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Both the 2006 Plan and the 1997 Plan may&nbsp;be
administered by the Compensation and Benefits Committee of the Board of
Directors or the full Board of Directors acting as the Committee.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Under the 1997 Plan, as amended in March&nbsp;2002, the
Company has reserved an aggregate of 600,000 shares of its common stock for
option grants under the plan. As of March&nbsp;1, 2006, options to purchase an
aggregate of 94,500 shares had been granted to employees and were outstanding
under the 1997 Plan, and options to purchase an aggregate of 162,500 shares had
been granted to the Company&#146;s non-employee directors. Under the 1997 Plan, 193,250
options have been exercised.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Under the 2006 Plan, the Company has reserved an
aggregate of 600,000 shares of its Common Stock for option grants under the
plan. The 2006 Plan is being submitted to the shareholders for approval at the annual
meeting. See Proposal Two: Adoption and Approval of 2006 Stock Option Plan.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Each non-employee director is automatically granted
stock options for 7,500 shares upon his or her initial election as a director
and upon each re-election by the shareholders. Each option to a non-employee
director becomes exercisable six months after the date of grant, provides for
the forfeiture of any nonexercisable portion if an optionee ceases to be a
director for certain reasons, provides that the exercisable portion may&nbsp;be
exercised for a period of 10 years from the date of grant, and expires on the
tenth anniversary of the date of grant. The exercise price of an option is the
fair market value of the common stock on the date the option is granted.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Employees of the Company, including employee
directors, are eligible to receive awards of options to purchase common stock
pursuant to the 1997 Plan or 2006 Plan. The Committee has the discretion to
select eligible employees to whom awards will be granted and establish the
type, price, amount, size and terms of awards, subject in all cases to the
provisions of the 1997 Plan and the 2006 Plan and the applicable provisions of
the Internal Revenue Code.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The exercise price of an incentive stock option cannot
be less than 100% of the fair market value of the common stock on the date the
option is granted, except that if the optionee owns 10% or more of the voting
rights of all of the Company&#146;s stock (&#147;10% Holder&#148;), the exercise price of an
incentive stock option cannot be less than 110% of the fair market value of the
common stock on the date the option is granted.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Options granted to employees cannot be exercised prior
to a set period after their date of grant, which cannot be less than one year
during which time the optionee must remain employed by the Company. Each option
specifies the expiration date, which may&nbsp;not exceed 10 years from the date
the option is granted, provided, however, that if the optionee is a 10% Holder,
the exercise period with respect to incentive stock options may&nbsp;not exceed
five years.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Unless otherwise specifically provided in an optionee&#146;s
agreement, options cannot be exercised prior to the first anniversary of the
date of grant and provide for the forfeiture of any nonexercisable portion if
an optionee ceases to be an employee of the Company for any reason and that the
exercisable portion may&nbsp;be exercised for a period of three months after termination
(or one year in the case of death, disability or normal retirement).</font></p>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-style:italic;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;"><a name="CertainRelationshipsAndTransactio_162605"></a><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Certain Relationships and
Transactions</font></i></b></h2>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Options. </font></i></b>In
April&nbsp;2005, the President of the Company, Edward R. Cameron, exercised
150,000 options with an option price of $2.20. The market price on this date
was $2.95. During 2005, Mr.&nbsp;Cameron sold 127,000 shares.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<h2 align="left" style="font-style:italic;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;"><a name="PerformanceGraph_162614"></a><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Performance Graph</font></i></b></h2>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following graph compares cumulative total
shareholder returns on the Company&#146;s common stock over the last five fiscal
years with the Nasdaq Stock Market (U.S. Companies) Index, the Dow Jones Waste
and Disposal Services Index (formerly known as the Pollution Control Index) and
the Dow Jones Specialty Retailers Index, assuming an initial investment of $100
at the beginning of the period and the reinvestment of all dividends. In
previous years, the Company has compared its cumulative total shareholder
returns to the Dow Jones Waste and Disposal Services Index. However, the
Company&#146;s sale of appliances through its retail outlets has become the largest
portion of its business and accordingly the Company has selected the Dow Jones
Specialty Retailers Index as a more appropriate index for such comparison.</font></p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">12/01</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">12/04</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">12/05</font></b></p>
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  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:.96%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Appliance Recycling
  Centers of America,&nbsp;Inc.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.9%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.52%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in .15in .0001pt 0in;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$100.00</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.9%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.52%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in .15in .0001pt 0in;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$320.00</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.9%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.52%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in .15in .0001pt 0in;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$156.00</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.9%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.52%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in .15in .0001pt 0in;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$220.00</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.9%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.52%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in .15in .0001pt 0in;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$368.00</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.9%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.52%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in .15in .0001pt 0in;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$392.00</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">NASDAQ Stock Market
  (U.S. Companies)</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.9%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.52%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in .15in .0001pt 0in;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$100.00</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in .15in .0001pt 0in;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$79.32</font></p>
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  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.52%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in .15in .0001pt 0in;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$54.84</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.9%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.52%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in .15in .0001pt 0in;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$81.99</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.52%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in .15in .0001pt 0in;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$89.23</font></p>
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  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.52%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in .15in .0001pt 0in;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$91.12</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:.96%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dow Jones Waste&nbsp;&amp;
  Disposal Services (formerly Pollution Control Index)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.9%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.52%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in .15in .0001pt 0in;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$100.00</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.52%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in .15in .0001pt 0in;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$112.20</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.52%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in .15in .0001pt 0in;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$88.13</font></p>
  </td>
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  </td>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in .15in .0001pt 0in;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$117.18</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.52%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in .15in .0001pt 0in;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$121.21</font></p>
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  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.52%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in .15in .0001pt 0in;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$128.55</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dow Jones Specialty
  Retailers Index</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.9%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.52%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in .15in .0001pt 0in;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$100.00</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.52%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in .15in .0001pt 0in;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$131.73</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.52%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in .15in .0001pt 0in;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$87.27</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.52%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in .15in .0001pt 0in;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$131.76</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.9%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.52%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in .15in .0001pt 0in;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$147.08</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.9%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.52%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in .15in .0001pt 0in;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$157.16</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:.96%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company&#146;s common stock began trading on the Nasdaq
Capital Market on February&nbsp;22, 2006 under the symbol ARCI. Prior to that
date, the common stock was traded on the OTC Bulletin Board.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The closing price of the Company&#146;s common stock on March&nbsp;17,
2006 was $5.36 per share.</font></p>

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<h1 style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><a name="ProposalTwoAdoptionAndApprovalOf2_162620"></a><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">PROPOSAL
TWO:&#160; ADOPTION AND APPROVAL OF 2006 STOCK
OPTION PLAN</font></b></h1>

<h1 style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;">&nbsp;</font></b></h1>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company uses stock options as part&nbsp;of a plan
to attract and retain qualified employees and non-employee Board members. The
Company&#146;s Restated 1997 Stock Option Plan will expire on March&nbsp;6, 2007. In
March&nbsp;2006, to ensure the Company&#146;s continuing ability to grant stock
options to employees and directors, the Board of Directors adopted the 2006
Stock Option Plan (&#147;2006 Plan&#148;), which is being presented to the shareholders
at the annual meeting for approval and adoption. A copy of the 2006 Plan is
attached to this proxy statement as Appendix B.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<h2 align="left" style="font-style:italic;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Description of the
2006 Plan</font></i></b></h2>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The 2006 Plan provides for the grant of incentive
stock options (&#147;ISOs&#148;) and nonqualified stock options (&#147;NQOs&#148;) to Eligible
Persons (which include any full-time employees of the Company or any
Subsidiary, as well as all directors of the Company). The Board has reserved
600,000 shares of Common Stock for issuance pursuant to the terms of the 2006
Plan. The 2006 Plan is administered by the Company&#146;s Board of Directors or the
Compensation and Benefits Committee of the Board of Directors (the &#147;Committee&#148;).</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Under the 2006 Plan, each nonemployee director will
receive an annual automatic, nondiscretionary award, beginning in 2007, of
options to purchase 7,500 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the 2006 Plan.
Each director option becomes exercisable six months after the date of grant,
provides for the forfeiture of any nonexercisable portion if an optionee ceases
to be a director for certain reasons, provides that the exercisable portion may&nbsp;be
exercised for a period of 10 years from the date of grant, and expires on the
tenth anniversary of the date of grant. Director options are NQOs. The exercise
price of an option shall be equal to the fair market value of the Common Stock
on the date the option is granted.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Employees of the Company are eligible to receive
awards of options to purchase Common Stock pursuant to the 2006 Plan. The Board
of Directors or the Committee has the discretion to select eligible employees
to whom awards will be granted and establish the type, price, amount, size and
terms of awards, subject in all cases to the provisions of the 2006 Plan and
the applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Options granted to
employees may&nbsp;be either ISOs or NQOs.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">With the exception of the options that will be
automatically granted to non-employee directors, the shares under the 2006 Plan
are not currently allocated and may&nbsp;be allocated to such employees as the
Compensation Committee may&nbsp;determine. At March&nbsp;17, 2006, the closing
price for the Company&#146;s common stock as reported on The Nasdaq Capital Market
was $5.36 per share.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The exercise price of an ISO cannot be less than 100%
of the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date the option is granted,
except that if the optionee owns 10% or more of the voting rights of all of the
Company&#146;s stock (&#147;10% Holder&#148;), the exercise price of an ISO cannot be less
than 110% of the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date the option
is granted.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Options granted to employees cannot be exercised prior
to a set period after their date of grant, which cannot be less than one year
during which time the optionee must remain employed by the Company. Each option
specifies the expiration date, which may&nbsp;not exceed 10 years from the date
the option is granted; provided, however, that if the optionee is a 10% Holder,
the exercise period with respect to ISOs may&nbsp;not exceed five years.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Unless otherwise specifically provided in an optionee&#146;s
agreement, options cannot be exercised prior to the first anniversary of the
date of grant and provide for the forfeiture of any nonexercisable</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">15</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">portion if an optionee ceases to be an employee of the Company for any
reason and that the exercisable portion may&nbsp;be exercised for a period of
three months after termination (or one year in the case of death, disability or
normal retirement).</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The 2006 Plan will terminate on the earlier of the
date on which the 2006 Plan is terminated by the Board of Directors of the
Company or June&nbsp;30, 2011. Options outstanding at the termination of the 2006
Plan may&nbsp;continue to be exercised in accordance with their terms after
such termination. The 2006 Plan may&nbsp;be amended at any time by the Board of
Directors. However, without the approval of a majority of the Company&#146;s
shareholders voting at a meeting at which a quorum is present, no such
amendment may&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;increase the number of shares reserved for options
pursuant to Section&nbsp;2 or (ii)&nbsp;permit a change in the classification
of Employees eligible to participate in the Plan, without the affirmative vote
of shareholders holding at least a majority of the voting stock of the Company
represented in person or by proxy at a duly held shareholders&#146; meeting.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<h2 align="left" style="font-style:italic;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Federal Income Tax
Consequences</font></i></b></h2>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following description is a general summary of the
current federal income tax provisions relating to the grant and exercise of
ISOs and NQOs under the 2006 Plan and the sale of shares of common stock
acquired upon exercise of options. The provisions summarized below are subject
to changes in federal income tax laws and regulations, and the effects of such
provisions may&nbsp;vary with individual circumstances.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Incentive Stock Options. </font></u>ISOs granted
under the 2006 Plan are intended to be &#147;incentive stock options&#148; as defined by Section&nbsp;422
of the Code. Under present law, the recipient of an ISO will not realize
taxable income upon the grant or the exercise of an ISO; and the Company will
not receive an income tax deduction at either such time. Generally, if an
optionee exercises an ISO at any time prior to three months after termination
of the optionee&#146;s employment and does not sell the shares acquired upon
exercise of an ISO within either (i)&nbsp;two years after the grant of the ISO
or (ii)&nbsp;one year after the date of exercise of the ISO, the gain upon a
subsequent sale of the shares will be taxed as long-term capital gain. If the
optionee does not satisfy these requirements, the optionee generally will
recognize ordinary income in an amount equal to the difference between the
exercise price paid in connection with exercise of the ISO and the fair market
value of the shares acquired as of the date of exercise of the ISO, and will
recognize capital gain on the difference between the sale price of the shares
and the fair market value of the shares as of the date of exercise. In such
event, the Company would be entitled to a corresponding income tax deduction
equal to the amount recognized as ordinary income by the optionee.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Upon the exercise of an ISO, the excess of the stock&#146;s
fair market value on the date of exercise over the exercise price will be
included in the optionee&#146;s alternative minimum taxable income (&#147;AMTI&#148;) and may&nbsp;result
in the imposition of a tax on such AMTI. Liability for the alternative minimum
tax is complex and depends upon an individual&#146;s overall tax situation.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Non-Statutory Stock Options. </font></u>Generally,
upon the grant of an NQO, neither the Company nor the optionee will experience
any tax consequences. Upon exercise of an NQO granted under the 2006 Plan, or
upon the exercise of an Option initially intended to be an ISO that does not
qualify for the tax treatment described above, the optionee will realize
ordinary income in an amount equal to the excess of the fair market value of
the shares of common stock received over the exercise price paid by the
optionee with respect to such shares. The amount recognized as ordinary income
by the optionee will increase the optionee&#146;s basis in the stock acquired
pursuant to the exercise of the NQO. The Company will be allowed a federal
income tax deduction for the amount recognized as ordinary income by the
optionee upon the optionee&#146;s exercise of the NQO. Upon a subsequent sale of the
stock, the optionee will recognize short-</p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">term or long-term gain or loss depending upon the holding period for
the stock and upon the stock&#146;s subsequent appreciation or depreciation in
value.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<h2 align="left" style="font-style:italic;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Shareholder
Approval</font></i></b></h2>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Board of Directors believes that in order to
continue to provide appropriate incentives to directors and key employees, it
is in the best interests of the Company to ratify and approve the 2006 Plan.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of
common stock of the Company represented at the annual meeting either in person
or by proxy, assuming a quorum is present, is required to approve the 2006 Plan.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">The Board recommends a vote for the adoption and
approval of the 2006 Plan.</font></b></p>

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<h1 style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><a name="OtherMatters_162634"></a><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">OTHER MATTERS</font></b></h1>

<h1 style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;">&nbsp;</font></b></h1>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">At the date of
this proxy statement the Company&#146;s management knows of no other matters which may&nbsp;come
before the annual meeting. However, if any other matters properly come before
the meeting, it is the intention of the persons named in the enclosed proxy form&nbsp;to
vote such proxies received by the Company in accordance with their judgment on
such matters.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">A copy of
the Company&#146;s 2005 Annual Report to Shareholders is being mailed to you with
this proxy statement. The Annual Report includes, among other things, the
consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of December&nbsp;31, 2005 and January&nbsp;1,
2005 and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders&#146;
equity and cash flows for the three years ended December&nbsp;31, 2005. If you
desire an additional copy of the Annual Report or a copy of our Form&nbsp;10-K
filed with the SEC, you may&nbsp;obtain one (excluding exhibits) without charge
by addressing a request to Investor Relations, Appliance Recycling Centers of
America,&nbsp;Inc., 7400 Excelsior Boulevard, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55426. You
may&nbsp;also access a copy of our Form&nbsp;10-K on the SEC&#146;s website at
www.sec.gov.</font></b></p>

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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Denis E. Grande, Secretary</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">March&nbsp;31, 2006</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><a name="AppendixA_163420"></a><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">APPENDIX
A</font></u></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Appliance
Recycling Centers of America,&nbsp;Inc.<br>
Audit Committee Charter</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Amended by the Board of Directors 12/06/05)</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Audit Committee (&#147;Committee&#148;) is a
standing committee of the Board of Directors. Its primary function is to assist
the Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities by reviewing the
financial information that will be provided to the shareholders and others, the
systems of internal controls that management and the Board of Directors have
established, and the external audit processes.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Audit Committee shall be comprised of at
least three (3)&nbsp;members from the Board of Directors and appointed by the
Board. The Chair of the Committee shall also be appointed by the Board. Each
member of the Committee shall be &#147;Financially Literate.&#148;&#160; At least one member of the Committee shall be
a &#147;Financial Expert&#148; and at least one member of the Committee (who may&nbsp;also
be the Financial Expert) shall be an &#147;Audit Committee Financial Expert.&#148;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Each member of the Committee (1)&nbsp;shall
be an &#147;Independent Director,&#148; (2)&nbsp;shall be free of any relationship which,
in the opinion of the Board of Directors, would interfere with the exercise of
independent judgment of the member in carrying out the responsibilities of a
director of the Company, (3)&nbsp;shall not have participated in the
preparation of the financial statements of the Company or any current
subsidiary of the Company at any time during the past three years, and (4)&nbsp;shall
not: (a)&nbsp;receive, other than for service on the board, any consulting,
advisory, or other compensatory fee from the Company, or (b)&nbsp;be an
affiliated person (i.e. a person able to exert influence on the Company, often
but not solely, resulting from a significant minority ownership position, and
as more definitively set out by Securities and Exchange Act Rules&nbsp;12b-2
and 144 and SEC rules&nbsp;and regulations promulgated in accordance with the
Sarbanes-Oxley act of 2002) of the Company, or any subsidiary of the Company.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">For purposes of this charter:</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>&#147;Audit Committee Financial Expert&#148; means a
person who has the following attributes:&#160;
(i)&nbsp;an understanding of generally accepted accounting principles
and financial statements; (ii)&nbsp;the ability to assess the general
application of such principles in connection with the accounting for estimates,
accruals and reserves; (iii)&nbsp;experience preparing, auditing, analyzing or
evaluating financial statements of generally comparable companies; (iv)&nbsp;an
understanding of internal control over financial reporting; and (v)&nbsp;an
understanding of audit committee functions. The Company must disclose annually
that the Committee includes at least one Audit Committee Financial Expert.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>&#147;Financial Expert&#148; means a director
who has past employment experience in finance or accounting, requisite
professional certification in accounting, or any other comparable experience or
background which results in the individual&#146;s financial sophistication,
including being or having been a chief executive officer, chief financial
officer or other senior officer with financial oversight responsibilities.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>&#147;Financially
Literate&#148; means being able to read and understand fundamental financial
statements, including a company&#146;s balance sheet, income statement, and cash
flow statement.</p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>&#147;Independent
Director&#148; means a director who is independent under Rule&nbsp;4200 of the
National Association of Securities Dealers.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Committee shall meet at least two times
per year or more frequently as circumstances require. The Company&#146;s Chief
Financial Officer serves as staff to the Committee, however the Committee may&nbsp;ask
members of management or others to attend its meetings and hold such executive
sessions as it deems necessary.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In meeting its responsibilities, the
Committee is expected/authorized to:</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Provide an open channel of communication
between the outside auditor, management, and the Board.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Determine that management has established and
maintained an adequate system of internal controls appropriate for the Company.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Review and update the Committee&#146;s charter
periodically as needed, at least annually.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Select and approve the outside auditor and
the fee to be paid to the outside auditor. The outside auditor is ultimately
accountable to the Audit Committee representing the Board of Directors, and the
Committee has the ongoing direct authority and responsibility to select,
evaluate, set fees for and replace outside auditors.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Ensure that the outside auditor does not
provide any non-audit services including: (a)&nbsp;bookkeeping or other services
related to the accounting records or financial statements of the audit client; (b)&nbsp;financial
information systems design and implementation; (c)&nbsp;appraisal or valuation
services, fairness opinions, or contribution-in-kind reports; (d)&nbsp;actuarial
services; (e)&nbsp;internal audit outsourcing services; (f)&nbsp;management or
human resources functions; (g)&nbsp;broker / dealer, investment adviser, or
investment banking services; (h)&nbsp;legal services and expert services
unrelated to the audit; or (i)&nbsp;any other service that the Committee
determines is impermissible. The outside auditor may&nbsp;engage in any
permitted non-audit service (including tax services) not listed above, only if
the activity is pre-approved by the Committee and, if the activity is material,
disclosed in its periodic financial reports, as appropriate, to shareholders,
and the SEC and/or other financial regulatory bodies.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Ensure that the lead audit or coordinating
partner and the reviewing partner must rotate off of the audit every 5 years.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">7)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Confirm and assure the independence of the
outside auditor, including a review of any permitted non-audit services and
related fees charged by the outside auditor. Obtain a formal written statement
from the outside auditors delineating all relationships with the Company. Ensure
that the Board Chair, President, CEO, CFO, and any Controller, Chief Accounting
Officer or persons in an equivalent position have not been employed by the
company&#146;s audit firm during the 1-year period preceding the current year audit.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">8)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Consider, in consultation with the outside
auditor, the audit scope and plan of the outside auditor.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Consider and review with management and the
outside auditor:</p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The adequacy of the Company&#146;s system of
internal controls including computerized information system controls and
security and the presence of a records retention / destruction policy.</p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Any related significant findings and
recommendations of the outside auditor together with management&#146;s responses
thereto.</p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Management&#146;s responsibility to communicate
the importance of internal control and ensure that all employees and
contractors who are involved in the system of internal controls possess an
understanding of their roles and responsibilities, including that employees and
contractors may&nbsp;freely and without fear of reprisals, address issues
relating to internal control, accounting, financial statement disclosure
matters or violations of federal or state laws to the Committee in the event
that they believe these issues have not been adequately addressed by
Management, following procedures as set out in section&nbsp;14 hereof.</p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Any communications required by auditing
standards generally accepted in the United States of America including,
specifically, communications from the outside auditor about fraud, illegal
acts, and deficiencies in internal control.</p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">e)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The adequacy of the CEO and CFO&#146;s written
statement accompanying the audit report which certifies the appropriateness of
the financial statements and disclosures contained in the audit report, and
that those financial statements and disclosures fairly present, in all material
respects, the operations and financial condition of the Company.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Review with management and the outside
auditor at the completion of the annual audit and if and as appropriate, at the
time of quarterly reviews and filings:</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Company&#146;s annual financial statements and
related footnotes, and any other filings with financial regulatory bodies such
as the SEC,</p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The outside auditor&#146;s audit of the financial
statements and the auditor&#146;s report thereon,</p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Any significant changes required in the
outside auditor&#146;s audit plan,</p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Management&#146;s handling of any proposed
adjustments identified by the outside auditor,</p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">e)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Any serious difficulties or disputes with
management encountered during the course of the audit, including any
restrictions on the scope of the outside auditor&#146;s work or access to required
information,</p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">f)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Significant accounting and reporting issues,
including complex or unusual transactions identified by the outside auditor,
and recent professional and regulatory pronouncements to include an
understanding of their impact on the financial statements. All material
accounting policies and practices used, alternative treatments of financial
information within accounting principles generally accepted within the United
States of America that have been discussed with management, ramifications of
the use of such alternative disclosures and treatments, and the treatment
preferred by the outside auditor,</p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">g)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Any legal and regulatory matters that may&nbsp;have
a material impact on the financial statements,</p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">h)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Any matters which the outside auditor
believes should be addressed to the Committee as a result of the outside
auditor&#146;s review of executive perquisites and a representative sample of travel
and expense reimbursements of the Company&#146;s President and CEO,</p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Any matters which the outside auditor
believes should be addressed to the Committee as a result of the auditors&#146;
quarterly review of the Company&#146;s financial statements,</p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">j)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Any other matters related to the conduct of
the audit that are to be communicated to the Committee under auditing standards
generally accepted in the United States of America.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">11)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Whenever requested, or as considered useful
or appropriate by Committee members, meet with the outside auditor, and
management in separate executive sessions to discuss any matters that the
Committee or these groups believe should be discussed privately with the
Committee.</p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">21</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">12)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Approve a code of ethics for Company
officers, and review it annually for adequacy. Obtain annually an assurance in
writing from each officer that they have complied with the code of ethics.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">13)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Establish procedures for the approval
of all related-party transactions involving executive officers and directors<i><font style="font-style:italic;">.</font></i></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">14)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Establish procedures in accordance
with section&nbsp;9(c)&nbsp;hereof for (i)&nbsp;the receipt, retention, and
treatment of complaints received by the Company regarding accounting, internal
accounting controls, or auditing matters or possible violations of federal or
state laws, and (ii)&nbsp;the confidential, anonymous submission by the Company&#146;s
employees of concerns regarding questionable accounting or auditing matters or
possible violations of federal or state laws.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">15)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Report Committee actions to the Board of
Directors with such recommendations, as the Committee may&nbsp;deem
appropriate.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Committee shall have the power to conduct
or authorize investigations into any matters within the Committee&#146;s scope of
responsibilities. The Committee shall be empowered to retain independent
counsel, accountants, or others to assist it in the conduct of any
investigation. The Committee will perform&nbsp;such other functions as assigned
by law, the Company&#146;s charter or bylaws, or the Board of Directors.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company shall provide appropriate funding, as determined by the
Committee, for payment of compensation to the independent auditors or any other
registered public accounting firm engaged for the purpose of preparing or
issuing an audit report or performing other audit, review or attest services
for the Company; to any other advisors engaged by the Committee; and of
ordinary administrative expenses of the Committee that are necessary or appropriate
in carrying out its duties.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">22</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><a name="AppendixB_163426"></a><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">APPENDIX
B</font></u></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">APPLIANCE RECYCLING CENTERS OF AMERICA,&nbsp;INC.<br>
2006 STOCK OPTION PLAN</font></b></p>

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<h1 style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Effective
March&nbsp;6, 2006</font></b></h1>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.</font><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>PURPOSE.
</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;The purpose of this Plan is to provide a means whereby
APPLIANCE RECYCLING CENTERS OF AMERICA,&nbsp;INC., a Minnesota corporation,
(the &#147;Company&#148;) may, through the grant of incentive stock options and
nonqualified stock options to Eligible Persons, as defined below, attract and
retain persons of ability as employees, officers and directors and motivate
such persons to exert their best efforts on behalf of the Company and any
Subsidiary. As used herein the term &#147;Subsidiary&#148; shall mean any corporation
which at the time an option is granted under this Plan qualifies as a
subsidiary of the Company under the definition of &#147;subsidiary corporation&#148;
contained in Section&nbsp;424(f)&nbsp;of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended from time to time (the &#147;Code&#148;), or any similar provision hereafter
enacted, except that such term shall not include any corporation which is
classified as a foreign corporation pursuant to Section&nbsp;7701 of the Code. The
term &#147;incentive stock options&#148; means options to purchase Common Stock, without
par value, of the Company (&#147;Stock&#148;) which at the time such options are granted
under this Plan qualify as incentive stock options within the meaning of Section&nbsp;422
of the Code. The term &#147;nonqualified stock options&#148; means options to purchase
Stock which at the time such options are granted under this Plan do not qualify
as incentive stock options. With respect to incentive stock options, the term &#147;Eligible
Persons&#148; includes &#147;Employees,&#148; including officers and directors who are also
employees, of the Company or of any Subsidiary. With respect to nonqualified stock
options, &#147;Eligible Persons&#148; also includes &#147;Independent&#148; Directors of the
Company (i.e., directors who are not employees of the Company or of any
Subsidiary) as provided in Sections 6 and 7and consultants of the Company. The
term &#147;Board&#148; means the Board of Directors of the Company. The term &#147;Optionee&#148;
means an individual granted an option pursuant to the terms of the Plan. The
term &#147;Plan&#148; means the 2006 Stock Option Plan as set forth herein, which may&nbsp;be
amended from time to time.</p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.</font><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>SHARES
SUBJECT TO THE PLAN. </b>&nbsp;&nbsp;Options may&nbsp;be granted by the Company
from time to time to Eligible Persons to purchase an aggregate of 600,000
shares of Stock, and such amount of shares shall be reserved for options
granted under the Plan (subject to adjustment as provided in Section&nbsp;8(c)).
The shares issued upon exercise of options granted under the Plan shall be
taken from the authorized but unissued shares of Stock of the Company. If any
option granted under the Plan shall terminate, expire or, with the consent of
the Optionee, be canceled as to any shares, new options may&nbsp;hereafter be
granted covering such shares.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.</font><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>ADMINISTRATION
OF THE PLAN. </b>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Plan may&nbsp;be administered by the Company&#146;s
Board of Directors or a Compensation and Benefits Committee (the &#147;Committee&#148;)
consisting of two or more persons appointed by the Board and serving at the
Board&#146;s pleasure. Members of the Committee shall be &#147;Non-Employee Directors&#148;
within the meaning of Rule&nbsp;16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(&#147;Exchange Act&#148;) or any successor rule&nbsp;or regulation. Any vacancy
occurring in the membership of the Committee shall be filled by appointment by
the Board.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Sections
6 and 7 of the Plan shall be administered by the Board of Directors, whose
construction and interpretation of the terms and provisions of Sections 6 and 7
shall be final and conclusive. The amount of Stock subject to options granted
to Independent Directors under Sections 6 and 7, the timing of the grants of
such options, the eligibility for such options, and the terms and conditions of
such options shall be automatic and non-discretionary in</font></b></p>

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<p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">accordance with the terms of Sections 6 and 7. With respect to the
remainder of the Plan, the Board or the Committee may&nbsp;interpret the Plan,
prescribe, amend, and rescind any rules&nbsp;and regulations necessary or
appropriate for the administration of the Plan, or for the continued
qualification of any incentive stock options granted thereunder and make such
other determinations and take such other action as it deems necessary or
advisable, except as otherwise expressly reserved to the Board in the Plan. Any
interpretation, determination, or other action made or taken by the Board or
the Committee shall be final, binding and conclusive. If no Committee is
appointed, the Board shall administer the Plan.</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.</font><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>GRANT
OF EMPLOYEE OPTIONS. </b>&nbsp;&nbsp;Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the
Board or the Committee shall (a)&nbsp;determine and designate from time to time
those Employees to whom options are to be granted and the number of shares of
Stock to be optioned to each Employee; (b)&nbsp;authorize the granting of
incentive stock options or nonqualified stock options or combination thereof; (c)&nbsp;determine
the number of shares subject to each option; and (d)&nbsp;determine the time or
times when and the manner in which each option shall be exercisable and the
duration of the exercise period; provided, however, that (i)&nbsp;no option
shall be granted after the expiration of ten years from the effective date of
the Plan specified in Section&nbsp;14, below and (ii)&nbsp;the aggregate fair
market value (determined as of the date the option is granted) of the Stock for
which incentive stock options will first become exercisable by an Employee in
any calendar year under all incentive stock option plans of the Company and its
Subsidiaries shall not exceed $100,000.</p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.</font><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>TERMS
AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYEE OPTIONS. </b>&nbsp;&nbsp;Each option granted under Section&nbsp;4
of the Plan shall be evidenced by an agreement, in a form&nbsp;approved by the
Board or the Committee. Such agreement shall be subject to the following
express terms and conditions and to such other terms and conditions as the
Board or the Committee may&nbsp;deem appropriate:</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Option
Period. </b>&nbsp;&nbsp;Each option agreement shall specify the period for
which the option thereunder is granted and shall provide that the option shall
expire at the end of such period. The Board or the Committee may&nbsp;extend
such period provided that, in the case of an incentive stock option, such
extension shall not, without the consent of the Optionee, disqualify the option
as an incentive stock option. In no case shall such period, including any such
extensions, exceed ten years from the date of grant, provided, however, that,
in the case of an incentive stock option granted to an individual who, at the
time of grant, owns stock possessing more than 10 percent of the total combined
voting power of all classes of stock of the Company (a &#147;Ten Percent Stockholder&#148;),
such period, including extensions, shall not exceed five years from the date of
grant.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Option
Price. </b>&nbsp;&nbsp;The option price per share shall be determined by the
Board or the Committee at the time any option is granted, and (i)&nbsp;in the
case of an incentive stock option shall not be less than the fair market value,
or (ii)&nbsp;in the case of an incentive stock option granted to a Ten Percent
Stockholder, shall not be less than 110 percent of the fair market value, of
one share of Stock on the date the option is granted, as determined by the
Board or the Committee.</p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Exercise
of Option. </b>&nbsp;&nbsp;Each option agreement shall specify the time or
times when the option shall become exercisable and the duration of the exercise
period, and may&nbsp;provide for vesting provisions and/or exercisability in
installments. In the case of an option granted to an Employee of the Company or
of any Subsidiary, no part&nbsp;of the option may&nbsp;be exercised until the
Optionee shall have remained in the employ of the Company or of a Subsidiary
for such period, which shall be no less than one year, after the date on which
the option is granted as the Board or the Committee may&nbsp;specify in the
option agreement.</p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Payment
of Purchase Price upon Exercise. </b>&nbsp;&nbsp;The purchase price for each
stock option shall be paid to the Company in full upon exercise and shall be
payable in cash in United States dollars (including check, bank draft or money
order); by delivering to the Company shares of the Common Stock having a fair
market value on the date of exercise of the stock option equal to the purchase
price for the shares being purchased (except that the portion of the purchase
price representing a fraction of a share, if any, shall in any event be paid in
cash); or by delivering instructions to the Company to withhold from the shares
that would otherwise be issued upon exercise of the stock option that number of
shares having a fair market value equal to the purchase price; or by any
combination of the above, as the Board or the Committee, in its sole
discretion, shall determine. Delivery of shares may&nbsp;also be accomplished
through the effective transfer to the Company of shares held by a broker or
other agent. The Company will also cooperate with any person exercising a stock
option who participates in a cashless exercise program of a broker or other
agent under which all or part&nbsp;of the shares received upon exercise of the
stock option are sold through the broker or other agent or under which the
broker or other agent makes a loan to such person. As of the date of exercise
the person exercising the stock option shall be considered for all purposes to
be the owner of the shares with respect to which the stock option has been
exercised. Payment of the purchase price with shares shall not increase the
number of shares of the Common Stock which may&nbsp;be issued under the Plan.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(e)</font><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Exercise
in the Event of Death or Termination of Employment. </b>&nbsp;&nbsp;In the case
of an option granted to a Employee of the Company or of any Subsidiary:</p>

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<p align="left" style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">If the Optionee shall
die while an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary, the Optionee&#146;s options may&nbsp;be
exercised, to the extent that the Optionee shall have been entitled to do so on
the date of death, by the person or persons to whom the Optionee&#146;s right under
the option pass by will or applicable law, or if no such person has such right,
by the executors or administrators of the Optionee, at any time, or from time
to time, but not later than the expiration date specified in paragraph (a)&nbsp;of
this Section&nbsp;5 or one year after the Optionee&#146;s death, whichever date is
earlier; and</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">If the Optionee&#146;s
employment by the Company or a Subsidiary shall terminate because of
disability, or voluntary or involuntary separation, the Optionee may&nbsp;exercise
the options, to the extent that he or she shall have been entitled to do so at
the date of the termination of employment, at any time, or from time to time,
but not later than the expiration date specified in paragraph (a)&nbsp;of this Section&nbsp;5
or three months after termination of employment, whichever date is earlier;</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">provided, however, the Board or the Committee may, in
its sole discretion, further limit the time periods set forth herein during
which an option may&nbsp;be exercised, and any such limitations shall be
specified in the option agreement.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6.</font><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>GRANT
OF INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR OPTIONS. </b>&nbsp;&nbsp;Each Independent Director,
upon his or her initial election to a first term on the Board of Directors,
shall, on the date of such initial election, automatically be granted an option
to purchase 7,500 shares of Common Stock. In addition, on the date of each
annual meeting of shareholders of the Company, beginning with the annual
meeting to be held in 2007, each Independent Director shall automatically be
granted options to purchase 7,500 shares of Common Stock upon the re-election
of such Independent Director to the Board by the shareholders of the Company.</p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">7.</font><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>TERMS
AND CONDITIONS OF INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR OPTIONS. &nbsp;&nbsp;</b>Each option
granted under Section&nbsp;6 of this Plan to an Independent Director shall be
evidenced by an agreement, in a form&nbsp;approved by the Board. Such agreement
shall be subject to the following express terms and conditions:</p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Term.
</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;Each option granted under Section&nbsp;6 to an Independent
Director shall have a term of ten years.</p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Exercise
Price. </b>&nbsp;&nbsp;The exercise price of options granted under Section&nbsp;6
shall be 100% of the fair market value of one share of Common Stock on the date
of grant.</p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Vesting
and Termination of Options. </b>&nbsp;&nbsp;Subject to Section&nbsp;8(g),
options granted under Section&nbsp;6 shall become exercisable in full six
months after the date of grant. If an Independent Director ceases to be a
member of the Board by reason of death or total disability and has served as a
director continuously since the date of the grant, the option will become
immediately exercisable in full, and shall remain exercisable, by the Optionee
or the person or persons to whom the Independent Director&#146;s right under the
option shall pass by will or applicable law, or if no such person has such
right, by the executors or administrators of the Independent Director, for the
remaining term of the option. If the Independent Director ceases to be a member
of the Board for any other reason, the option will remain exercisable, to the
extent that it was exercisable on the date such Independent Director ceased to
be a member of the Board, for the remaining term of the option, but no further
vesting of the option shall occur.</p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Miscellaneous.
</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;Except as provided in this Plan, no Independent Director shall
have any claim or right to be granted an option under this Plan. Neither the
Plan nor any action hereunder shall be construed as giving any director any
right to be retained in the service of the Company.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">8.</font><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>TERMS
AND CONDITIONS OF OPTIONS IN GENERAL.</b></p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Nontransferability.
</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;No option granted under the Plan shall be transferable other
than by will or by the law of descent and distribution. During the lifetime of
the Optionee, an option shall be exercisable only by the Optionee.</p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Investment
Representation. </b>&nbsp;&nbsp;Each option agreement may&nbsp;provide that,
upon demand by the Board or the Committee for such a representation, the
Optionee (or any other person acting under Section&nbsp;5(e)&nbsp;or Section&nbsp;7(c))
shall deliver to the Board or the Committee at the time of any exercise of an option
or portion thereof a written representation that the shares to be acquired upon
such exercise are to be acquired for investment and not for resale or with a
view to the distribution thereof. Upon such demand, delivery of such
representation prior to the delivery of any shares issued upon exercise of an
option and prior to the expiration of the option period shall be a condition
precedent to the right of the Optionee or such other person to purchase any
shares.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Adjustments
in Event of Change in Common Stock. </b>&nbsp;&nbsp;In the event of any change
in the Common Stock of the Company by reason of any stock dividend,
recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, combination,
or exchange of shares, or rights offering to purchase Common Stock at a price
substantially below fair market value, or of any similar change affecting the
Common Stock, the number and kind of shares which thereafter may&nbsp;be
optioned and sold under the Plan and the number and kind of shares subject to
option in outstanding option agreements and the purchase price per share
thereof shall be appropriately</p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">adjusted consistent with such change in such manner as
the Board or the Committee may&nbsp;deem equitable to prevent substantial
dilution or enlargement of the rights granted to, or available for,
participants in the Plan.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Incentive
Stock Options. </b>&nbsp;&nbsp;Each option agreement which provides for the
grant of an incentive stock option to a participant shall contain such terms
and provisions as the Board or the Committee may&nbsp;determine to be necessary
or desirable in order to qualify such option as an incentive stock option
within the meaning of Section&nbsp;422 of the Code.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(e)</font><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>No
Rights as Shareholder. </b>&nbsp;&nbsp;No Optionee shall have any rights as a
shareholder with respect to any shares subject to his option prior to the date
of issuance to him of a certificate or certificates for such shares.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(f)</font><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>No
Rights to Continued Employment. </b>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Plan and any option granted
under the Plan shall not confer upon any Optionee any right with respect to
continuance of employment by the Company or any Subsidiary, nor shall they
interfere in any way with the right of the Company or any Subsidiary by which
an Optionee is employed to terminate his employment at any time.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(g)</font><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Compliance
with Section&nbsp;16(b). </b>&nbsp;&nbsp;In the case of Optionees who are
subject to Section&nbsp;16 of the Exchange Act, the Company intends that the
Plan and any award granted under the Plan satisfy the applicable requirements
of Section&nbsp;16 and any regulations promulgated thereunder, including Rule&nbsp;16b-3.
If a provision of the Plan or any award would otherwise conflict with such
intent, that provision, to the extent possible, shall be interpreted so as to
avoid the conflict. To the extent of any remaining irreconcilable conflict with
such intent, the provision shall be deemed void as applied to Optionees who are
subject to Section&nbsp;16 of the Exchange Act.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9.</font><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>WITHHOLDING
TAXES. </b>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company and its Subsidiaries shall have the right to
require the payment (through withholding or otherwise) of any federal, state or
local taxes required by law to be withheld with respect to the issuance of
shares upon the exercise of an option.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10.</font><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>CONTINGENT
AWARDS. </b>&nbsp;&nbsp;Any option granted under the Plan prior to the date on
which the Plan is approved by the Company&#146;s stockholders shall be contingent
upon such approval. If stockholder approval is not received within 12 months
after the date on which this Plan is adopted by the Board, such award shall be
void and of no force or effect.</p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">11.</font><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>STOCKHOLDER
APPROVAL. </b>&nbsp;&nbsp;The approval of the Plan or any amendment by the
Company&#146;s stockholders must comply with all applicable provisions of the
Company&#146;s charter, bylaws, and applicable state law prescribing the method and
degree of stockholder approval required for granting awards of the type
provided under the Plan. Absent any such prescribed method and degree of
stockholder approval, the Plan or such amendment must be approved by a simple
majority vote of stockholders voting, either in person or by proxy, at a duly
held stockholders&#146; meeting.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">12.</font><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>COMPLIANCE
WITH OTHER LAWS AND REGULATIONS. </b>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Plan, the grant and
exercise of options thereunder, and the obligation of the Company to sell and
deliver shares under such options, shall be subject to all applicable federal
and state laws, rules, and regulations and to such approvals by any government
or regulatory agency as may&nbsp;be required. The Company shall not be required
to issue or deliver any certificates for shares of Common Stock prior to the
completion of any registration or qualification of such shares under any
federal or state law, or any ruling or regulation of any government body which
the Company shall, in its sole discretion, determine to be necessary or
advisable.</p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">13.</font><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>AMENDMENT
AND DISCONTINUANCE. </b>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Plan shall expire on June&nbsp;30,
2011, unless earlier terminated as provided herein, and no options shall be
granted under the Plan after it expires or is terminated. Options outstanding
at the expiration or termination of the Plan shall continue to be exercisable
in accordance with their respective terms and conditions. The Board of
Directors of the Company may&nbsp;from time to time amend, suspend or
discontinue the Plan; <u>provided</u>, <u>however</u>, that subject to the
provisions of Section&nbsp;8(c), no action of the Board of Directors or of the
Committee may, without shareholder approval, (i)&nbsp;increase the number of
shares reserved for options pursuant to Section&nbsp;2 or (ii)&nbsp;permit a
change in the classification of Employees eligible to participate in the Plan;
and <u>further</u>  <u>provided</u>, that no amendment to the Plan shall be
effective without approval of the shareholders, if shareholder approval is
required pursuant to Rule&nbsp;16b-3 under the Exchange Act (or any successor rule&nbsp;or
regulations) or the applicable rules&nbsp;of any securities exchange or the
NASD. Without the written consent of an Optionee, no amendment or suspension of
the Plan shall alter or impair any option previously granted to him under the
Plan.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">14.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><b><font style="font-weight:bold;">EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE PLAN. </font></b>&nbsp;&nbsp;The original
effective date of the Plan was March&nbsp;6, 2006, subject to shareholder
approval within twelve months after such original effective date.</p>

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<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">APPLIANCE
RECYCLING CENTERS OF</font></b><br>
<b><font style="font-weight:bold;">AMERICA, INC.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PROXY
SOLICITED BY BOARD OF DIRECTORS</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">For
Annual Meeting of Shareholders</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">May 4,
2006</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">3:30
p.m.</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">APPLIANCE
RECYCLING CENTERS OF AMERICA, INC.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">7400
Excelsior Blvd.</font></b><br>
<b><font style="font-weight:bold;">Minneapolis, MN 55426</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Appliance
  Recycling Centers of America, Inc.</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">7400
  Excelsior Blvd., Minneapolis, MN 55426</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold;">proxy</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The undersigned, revoking
all prior proxies, hereby appoints Edward R. Cameron and Denis E. Grande, or either
of them, as Proxy or Proxies, with full power of substitution and revocation,
to vote all shares of stock of Appliance Recycling Centers of America, Inc.
standing of record in the name of the undersigned at the close of business on
March 17, 2006 at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 4, 2006,
or at any adjournment or postponement of the meeting.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The undersigned hereby
acknowledges receipt of the Notice of the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Appliance
Recycling Centers of America, Inc. and the proxy statement dated March 31, 2006
furnished with the Notice.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">02 Duane S. Carlson</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">04 Albin S. Dubiak</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="1%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" colspan="7" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:19.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" colspan="5" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" colspan="6" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="59%" colspan="21" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:59.3%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(Instructions: To withhold authority to vote for any
  indicated nominee,</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" colspan="5" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" colspan="6" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="59%" colspan="21" valign="top" style="border:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:59.3%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">write the number(s) of the nominee(s) in the box provided
  to the right.)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" colspan="5" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" colspan="6" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" colspan="6" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="21%" colspan="7" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:21.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" colspan="5" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" colspan="6" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="59%" colspan="22" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:59.4%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2. </font></b>Approval
  and adoption of the 2006 Stock Option Plan</p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" colspan="7" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.08%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">o</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp; &nbsp;</font></b>For</p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" colspan="6" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.9%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">o</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp; &nbsp;</font></b>Against</p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.96%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">o</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></b>Abstain</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" colspan="5" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.84%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.26%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.88%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.34%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.38%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.56%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.84%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="94%" colspan="38" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:94.34%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In
  their discretion the Proxies are authorized to vote upon such other matters
  as may properly come before the meeting or any</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="94%" colspan="38" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:94.34%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">adjournment
  or postponement thereof.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" colspan="5" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.84%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.14%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.88%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.88%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.34%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.38%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.4%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="94%" colspan="38" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:94.34%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">THIS PROXY WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED IN THE
  MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE UNDERSIGNED</font></b>&nbsp; <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">SHAREHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION
  IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR THE ELECTION OF ALL NOMINEES FOR</font></b>
  <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">DIRECTOR ON
  PROPOSAL 1 AND FOR PROPOSAL 2.</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" colspan="5" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" colspan="9" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" colspan="9" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.04%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Address
  Change? Mark Box</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" colspan="5" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.56%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" colspan="9" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.4%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.66%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.26%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" colspan="9" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.04%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Indicate
  changes below:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" colspan="5" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.56%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">o</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" colspan="9" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.4%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.2%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.72%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.52%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.66%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" colspan="5" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.56%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" colspan="9" valign="top" style="border:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.4%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" colspan="11" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.92%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="border:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.52%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.66%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" colspan="5" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.56%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" colspan="9" valign="top" style="border:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.4%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" colspan="11" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.92%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.34%;">
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;">Please
  sign your name exactly as it appears at left. In the</font>&nbsp; </font>case of shares owned in joint tenancy or as
  tenants in&nbsp;common, all should
  sign. Fiduciaries should indicate their&nbsp;title and authority.</p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="14%" colspan="5" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.56%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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