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        <footnote id="F1">Shares of Georgia Gulf Corporation common stock may be issued to the Reporting Person upon the vesting of the restricted stock units, which are also referred to by the Company as performance leveraged units or &quot;PLU's.&quot;  The number of shares of Company common stock shown is the award at the &quot;target&quot; performance level.  The actual number of shares of common stock that may be issued to the Reporting Person upon vesting ranges from a minimum of 0 to a maximum of 32,311 shares, and depends on the price performance of the Company's common stock, as measured by the weighted average trading price of the Company common stock during the 45 consecutive trading days after the date the Company issues its earnings press release announcing its financial results for its 2013 fiscal year.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The restricted stock units vest on May 16, 2014.  The expiration date of the award of this grant is the same date as the vesting date.</footnote>
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