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            <transactionCoding>
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        <footnote id="F1">Includes 3,227 shares of restricted stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Disposed of pursuant to a merger agreement (the &quot;Merger Agreement&quot;) by and among the Issuer, Ace Holdings I, LLC and Ranger Merger Sub, Inc. (the &quot;Merger&quot;) in exchange for a cash payment of $30.00 (the &quot;Merger Consideration&quot;).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">This option was granted on November 15, 2004 and became fully vested and exercisable on September 25, 2006 in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement.  The option was subsequently cancelled in the Merger in exchange for a cash payment representing the difference between the Merger Consideration over the per-share exercise price of such option, multiplied by the number of shares of common stock subject to such option.</footnote>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Walter E. Evans, as attorney-in-fact for Joseph M. Haggar III</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-10-10</signatureDate>
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