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<FORMER-CONFORMED-NAME>GEORGIA GULF CORP /DE/
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        <footnote id="F1">This initial grant of restricted stock units to the reporting person was effective on the date he began his employment with the Company, and will vest in three equal increments on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the grant date, subject to the terms and conditions of the Restricted Stock Unit Agreement entered into between the reporting person and the Company.</footnote>
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