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        <footnote id="F1">The reporting persons (the &quot;Reporting Persons&quot;) are Pacific Capital Management, Inc., a Delaware corporation (&quot;PCM&quot;), Pacific Assets Management, LLC (&quot;PAM&quot;), an investment adviser registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &quot;SEC&quot;) and a Delaware limited liability company, Jonathan M. Glaser, Daniel Albert David, Roger Richter and JMG Triton Offshore Fund, Ltd., an international business company organized under the laws of the British Virgin Islands (the &quot;Fund&quot;). PAM is the investment adviser to the Fund and PCM is a member of PAM. Mr. Glaser, Mr. David and Mr. Richter are control persons of PCM and PAM. PCM, PAM, Mr. Glaser, Mr. David and Mr. Richter are filing this Form 3 jointly and constitute a group within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, but disclaim membership in a group with any other person.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The Fund is filing this Form 3 jointly with the other Reporting Persons, but not as a member of a group, and it expressly disclaims membership in a group with any other person. These securities are held directly by the Fund for the benefit of its investors, and indirectly by PCM, PAM, Mr. Glaser, Mr. David and Mr. Richter. The Reporting Persons, except for the Fund, disclaim beneficial ownership of such securities except to the extent of their respective pecuniary interest therein. The filing of this Form 3 on behalf of the Fund should not be construed as an admission that it is, and it disclaims that it is, the beneficial owner as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, of any of the securities covered by this Form 3. No client account of PAM other than the Fund, holds more than ten percent of the outstanding shares of any class of securities of the Issuer.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">These securities are owned directly by Mr. Richter.</footnote>
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