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        <footnote id="F1">On 12/31/01, Reading Entertainment, Inc., along with Craig Corporation, consolidated with Citadel Holding Corporation, which changed its name to Reading International, Inc.  As a result of the consolidation, these shares were converted into Reading International Class A Nonvoting Common Stock (&quot;RDI.a&quot;).</footnote>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>S. Craig Tompkins</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-02-19</signatureDate>
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