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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;">UNITED STATES<br>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;">FORM&nbsp;10-Q</p>

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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION&nbsp;13 OR
  15(d)&nbsp;OF&nbsp;THE SECURITIES&nbsp;EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">For the quarterly period ended April&nbsp;2,
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  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO
  SECTION&nbsp;13 OR 15(d)&nbsp;OF&nbsp;THE SECURITIES&nbsp;EXCHANGE ACT OF
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from&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;to&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Commission
file number: 1-14330</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;">POLYMER GROUP,&nbsp;INC.</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact name of registrant
as specified in its charter)</font></p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">57-1003983</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(State or other
  jurisdiction of<br>
  incorporation or organization)</font></p>
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  <td width="304" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:227.85pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite&nbsp;201<br>
  North Charleston, South Carolina</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">29405</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Address of
  principal executive offices)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Zip Code)</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Registrant&#146;s telephone
number, including area code: <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">(843)&nbsp;329-5151</font></b></font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1)&nbsp;has
filed all reports required to be filed by Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d)&nbsp;of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12&nbsp;months (or for
such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and
(2)&nbsp;has been subject to the filing requirements for the past 90&nbsp;days.
Yes&nbsp;</font><font face="Wingdings">x</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;No&nbsp;<font face="Wingdings">o</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an
accelerated filer (as defined in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act)
Yes&nbsp;</font><font face="Wingdings">o</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;No&nbsp;<font face="Wingdings">x</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has
filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Section&nbsp;12,&nbsp;13&nbsp;or&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of
securities under a plan confirmed by a court. Yes&nbsp;</font><font face="Wingdings">x</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;No&nbsp;<font face="Wingdings">o</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On May&nbsp;13, 2005 there
were 10,228,471 shares of Class&nbsp;A common stock, 162,754&nbsp;shares of Class&nbsp;B
common stock and 33,402&nbsp;shares of Class&nbsp;C common stock outstanding.
No shares of Class&nbsp;D or Class&nbsp;E common stock were outstanding as of
such date. The par value for each class of common shares is $.01&nbsp;per
share.</font></p>


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  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PART&nbsp;I.
  FINANCIAL INFORMATION</font></b></p>
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  OTHER INFORMATION</font></b></p>
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  2.</a><font style="letter-spacing:2.25pt;">&nbsp;</font></font></p> </td>
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  Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds</a></font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  Senior Securities</a></font></p>
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  4.</a><font style="letter-spacing:2.25pt;">&nbsp;</font></font></p> </td>
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  of Matters To a Vote of Security Holders</a></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Readers should consider
the following information as they review this Form&nbsp;10-Q:</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="SafeHarborforwardlookingStatement_143738"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Safe
Harbor-Forward-Looking Statements</font></b></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">From time to time, the Company may publish forward-looking
statements relative to matters such as, including without limitation,
anticipated financial performance, business prospects, technological
developments, new products, research and development activities and similar
matters. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a safe
harbor for forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements
are generally accompanied by words such as &#147;estimate,&#148; &#147;project,&#148; &#147;predict,&#148; &#147;believe,&#148;
&#147;expect,&#148; &#147;anticipate&#148; or other words that convey the uncertainty of future
events or outcomes.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Various statements contained in this report, including
those that express a belief, expectation or intention, as well as those that
are not statements of historical fact are, or may be deemed to be, forward-looking
statements within the meaning of Section&nbsp;27A of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and Section&nbsp;21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of
this report. Unless required by law, the Company does not undertake any obligation
to update these statements and cautions against any undue reliance on them.
These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and
assumptions about future events. While management considers these expectations
and assumptions to be reasonable, they are inherently subject to significant
business, economic, competitive, regulatory and other risks, contingencies and
uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are
beyond the Company&#146;s control. There can be no assurances that these events will
occur or that the Company&#146;s results will be as estimated.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Important factors
that could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in
such forward-looking statements include:</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>uncertainty
regarding the effect or outcome of the Company&#146;s decision to explore strategic
alternatives;</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>general
economic factors including, but not limited to, changes in interest rates,
foreign currency translation rates, consumer confidence, trends in disposable
income, changes in consumer demand for goods produced, and cyclical or other
downturns;</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>substantial
debt levels and potential inability to maintain sufficient liquidity to finance
the Company&#146;s operations and make necessary capital expenditures;</p>

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to meet existing debt covenants;</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>information
and technological advances;</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>changes
in environmental laws and regulations;</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>cost
and availability of raw materials, labor and natural and other resources and
the inability to pass raw material cost increases along to customers;</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>domestic
and foreign competition;</p>

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on major customers and suppliers; and</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>risks
relating to operations in foreign jurisdictions.</p>


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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 47.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-47.0pt;"><a name="Item1_FinancialStatements_184445"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ITEM 1.</font></b></a><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS</p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:16.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 24.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">POLYMER GROUP, INC.<br>
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS<br>
(In Thousands, Except Share Data)</font></b></p>

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  2005</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="454" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:340.7pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="62" colspan="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.65pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">(Unaudited)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="454" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:340.7pt;">
  <p align="center" style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ASSETS</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="454" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:340.7pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Current assets:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="454" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:340.7pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Cash and cash
  equivalents</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">21,618</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">41,296</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="454" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:340.7pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Accounts receivable, net</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">132,893</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">112,286</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="454" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:340.7pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Inventories</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">112,466</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">106,349</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="454" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:340.7pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Deferred income taxes</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">233</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">226</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="454" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:340.7pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Other current assets</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">39,995</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">37,140</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="454" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:340.7pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Total current assets</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">307,205</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">297,297</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="454" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:340.7pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Property, plant and
  equipment, net</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">395,858</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">402,603</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="454" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:340.7pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Intangibles and loan
  acquisition costs, net</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">47,340</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">48,819</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="454" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:340.7pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Deferred income taxes</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,470</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,489</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="454" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:340.7pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Other assets</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5,083</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3,145</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="454" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:340.7pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Total assets</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">756,956</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">753,353</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="454" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:340.7pt;">
  <p align="center" style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS&#146;
  EQUITY</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="454" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:340.7pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Current liabilities:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="454" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:340.7pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Short-term borrowings</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6,574</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6,981</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="454" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:340.7pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Accounts payable</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">61,683</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">63,773</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="454" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:340.7pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Accrued liabilities</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">38,983</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">33,365</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="454" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:340.7pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Income taxes payable</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6,992</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2,427</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="454" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:340.7pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Current portion of
  long-term debt</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3,019</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3,413</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="454" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:340.7pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Total current
  liabilities</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">117,251</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">109,959</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="454" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:340.7pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Long-term debt</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">402,806</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">403,560</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="454" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:340.7pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Deferred income taxes</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">64,546</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">65,468</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="454" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:340.7pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Other noncurrent
  liabilities</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">21,537</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">27,319</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="454" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:340.7pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Total liabilities</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">606,140</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">606,306</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="454" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:340.7pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Minority interests</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">15,557</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">14,912</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="454" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:340.7pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">16% Series&nbsp;A
  convertible pay-in-kind preferred shares&#151;58,251 and 52,716 shares issued and
  outstanding at April&nbsp;2, 2005 and January&nbsp;1, 2005</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">60,639</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">58,286</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="454" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:340.7pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Shareholders&#146; equity:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="454" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:340.7pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Class&nbsp;A common
  stock&#151;10,214,399 and 10,130,477 shares issued and outstanding at
  April&nbsp;2, 2005 and January&nbsp;1, 2005, respectively</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">101</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">101</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="454" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:340.7pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Class&nbsp;B convertible
  common stock&#151;176,826 and 193,390 shares issued and outstanding at
  April&nbsp;2, 2005 and January&nbsp;1, 2005, respectively</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="454" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:340.7pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Class&nbsp;C convertible
  common stock&#151;33,402 and 54,194 shares issued and outstanding at April&nbsp;2,
  2005 and January&nbsp;1, 2005, respectively</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="454" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:340.7pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Class&nbsp;D convertible
  common stock&#151;0 shares issued and outstanding</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="454" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:340.7pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Class&nbsp;E convertible
  common stock&#151;0 shares issued and outstanding</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="454" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:340.7pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Additional paid in capital</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">77,635</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">77,219</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="454" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:340.7pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Retained earnings
  (deficit)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(31,012</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(33,820</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
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  <td width="454" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:340.7pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Accumulated other
  comprehensive income</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">27,893</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">30,346</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="454" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:340.7pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Total shareholders&#146;
  equity</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">74,620</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">73,849</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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 <tr>
  <td width="454" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:340.7pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Total liabilities and shareholders&#146; equity</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">756,956</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">753,353</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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<p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:16.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 24.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">POLYMER GROUP, INC.<br>
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited)<br>
Three Months Ended April&nbsp;2, 2005 and April&nbsp;3, 2004<br>
(In Thousands, Except Per Share Data)</font></b></p>

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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Three&nbsp;Months<br>
  Ended<br>
  April&nbsp;2,&nbsp;2005</font></b></p>
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  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="67" colspan="4" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.5pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Three&nbsp;Months<br>
  Ended<br>
  April&nbsp;3,&nbsp;2004</font></b></p>
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  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="434" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:325.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Net sales</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">244,361</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">206,242</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="434" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:325.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Cost of goods
  sold</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">200,444</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">168,266</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Gross profit</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">43,917</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">37,976</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="434" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:325.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Selling, general
  and administrative expenses</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">27,467</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">26,633</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="434" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:325.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Plant realignment
  costs</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">584</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="434" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:325.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Operating income</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">16,446</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10,759</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="434" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:325.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Other expense (income):</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="434" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:325.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Interest expense, net</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">7,866</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">15,177</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="434" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:325.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Minority interests</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">934</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">482</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="434" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:325.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Foreign currency and other</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(315</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,385</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="434" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:325.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">8,485</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">17,044</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="434" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:325.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Income (loss)
  before income tax expense</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">7,961</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(6,285</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="434" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:325.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Income tax
  expense</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2,795</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2,485</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="434" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:325.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Net income (loss)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5,166</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(8,770</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="434" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:325.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Accrued dividends
  on PIK preferred shares</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2,358</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="434" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:325.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Income (loss)
  applicable to common shareholders</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2,808</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(8,770</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="434" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:325.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Income (loss) per common
  share:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="434" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:325.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Basic</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.27</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1.00</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="434" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:325.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Diluted</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.27</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1.00</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 4.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">POLYMER GROUP, INC.</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 4.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENT OF <a name="ChangesInShareholdersEquityAndCom_175653">CHANGES IN
SHAREHOLDERS&#146;<br>
EQUITY AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) </a>(Unaudited)</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 4.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">For the Three
Months Ended April&nbsp;2, 2005</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:16.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 24.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(In Thousands)</font></b></p>

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 <tr>
  <td width="168" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:126.2pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44" colspan="4" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:32.9pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Common<br>
  Stock</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="51" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Additional<br>
  Paid-in<br>
  Capital</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Retained<br>
  Earnings/<br>
  (Deficit)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="73" colspan="4" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:54.8pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Accumulated<br>
  Other<br>
  Comprehensive<br>
  Income/<br>
  (Loss)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Total</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="73" colspan="4" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:54.85pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Comprehensive<br>
  Income/(Loss)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.7pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="168" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:126.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Balance,
  January&nbsp;1, 2005, audited</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">104</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:33.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">77,219</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:32.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(33,820</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.4pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">30,346</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.4pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">73,849</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:32.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="168" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:126.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Net income</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="29" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:21.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="51" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5,166</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.4pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.4pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5,166</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="37" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5,166</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="168" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:126.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Accrued dividends
  on PIK preferred shares</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="29" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:21.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="51" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
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  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.4pt;">
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  <td width="45" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
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  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2,358</font></p>
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  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.0pt;">
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  <td width="15" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.0pt;">
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  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.7pt;">
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Currency
  translation adjustment</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.7pt;">
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  </td>
  <td width="29" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:21.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
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  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.7pt;">
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  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
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  <td width="51" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
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  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
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  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.4pt;">
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  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4,123</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.4pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
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  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4,123</font></p>
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  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.0pt;">
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  <td width="15" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.0pt;">
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4,123</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Cash flow hedge
  adjustment, net of reclassification adjustment</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="29" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:21.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
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  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="51" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.4pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,670</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.4pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,670</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:32.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,670</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.7pt;">
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  <td width="168" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:126.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Compensation
  recognized on stock options and restricted stock grants</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="29" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:21.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="51" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">411</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.4pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.4pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">411</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:32.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.7pt;">
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Conversion of PIK
  preferred shares to Class&nbsp;A common stock</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="51" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.4pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.4pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:32.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="168" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:126.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Balance, April&nbsp;2,
  2005</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">104</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:33.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">77,635</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:32.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(31,012</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.4pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">27,893</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.4pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">74,620</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="37" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2,713</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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<p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:16.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 24.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">POLYMER GROUP, INC.<br>
<a name="ConsolidatedStatementsOfCashFlow_180157">CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF
CASH FLOW</a> (Unaudited)<br>
(In Thousands)</font></b></p>

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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="67" colspan="4" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.5pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Three&nbsp;Months<br>
  Ended<br>
  April&nbsp;2,&nbsp;2005</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="67" colspan="4" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.5pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Three&nbsp;Months<br>
  Ended<br>
  April&nbsp;3,&nbsp;2004</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Operating activities:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="436" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:327.25pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Net income (loss)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:32.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5,166</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:32.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(8,770</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Adjustments to
  reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating
  activities:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="436" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:327.25pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Deferred income taxes</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,545</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1,729</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="436" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:327.25pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Depreciation and amortization</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">13,662</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">13,149</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="436" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:327.25pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Noncash interest and compensation</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">411</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,104</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="436" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:327.25pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Changes
  in operating assets and liabilities, net of effect of acquisitions:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="436" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:327.25pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Accounts receivable, net</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(22,592</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(7,193</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="436" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:327.25pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Inventories</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(7,725</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(6,835</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="436" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:327.25pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Other current assets</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3,210</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(163</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="436" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:327.25pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Accounts payable and accrued liabilities</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,950</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2,737</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="436" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:327.25pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Other, net</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2,771</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">656</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="436" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:327.25pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Net cash provided by (used in)
  operating activities</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(8,022</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(7,044</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="436" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:327.25pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Investing activities:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="436" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:327.25pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Purchases of property, plant and equipment</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(10,095</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4,504</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="436" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:327.25pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Proceeds from sale of assets</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">354</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">783</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="436" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:327.25pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(9,741</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3,721</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="436" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:327.25pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Financing activities:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="436" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:327.25pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Proceeds from issuance of debt</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">744</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">18,500</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="436" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:327.25pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Repayment of debt</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2,299</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(13,803</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="436" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:327.25pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Loan acquisition costs and other</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(15</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="436" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:327.25pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Net cash provided by (used in)
  financing activities</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1,570</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4,697</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="436" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:327.25pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Effect of
  exchange rate changes on cash</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(345</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(102</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="436" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:327.25pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Net increase
  (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(19,678</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(6,170</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="436" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:327.25pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Cash and cash
  equivalents at beginning of period</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">41,296</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">21,336</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="436" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:327.25pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Cash and cash
  equivalents at end of period</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:32.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">21,618</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:32.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">15,166</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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 <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:16.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 24.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">POLYMER GROUP,&nbsp;INC.<br> Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Note 1.&nbsp;&nbsp; Principles
of Consolidation and Financial Statement Information</font></b></p>

<p style="font-style:italic;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Principles of
Consolidation</font></i></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Polymer Group,&nbsp;Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) is a publicly-traded,
multinational manufacturer, marketer and seller of nonwoven and oriented
polyolefin products. The Company&#146;s main sources of revenue are the sales of
primary and intermediate products to the medical, hygiene, wipes and industrial
and specialty markets.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements
include the accounts of Polymer Group,&nbsp;Inc. and all majority-owned
subsidiaries after elimination of all significant intercompany accounts and
transactions. The accounts of all foreign subsidiaries have been included on
the basis of fiscal periods ended three months or less prior to the dates of
the consolidated balance sheets. All amounts are presented in U.S. dollars,
unless otherwise noted. Investments in 20% to 50% owned affiliates where the
Company is able to exercise significant influence, but not control, are
accounted for by the equity method and, accordingly, the consolidated results
of operations include the Company&#146;s share of the affiliates&#146; income or loss.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The accompanying unaudited
interim Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes should be read in
conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company and
related notes as contained in the Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the
period ended January&nbsp;1, 2005. In the judgment of management, these
unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements include all adjustments of
a normal recurring nature and accruals necessary for a fair presentation of
such statements. The Consolidated Balance Sheet data included herein as of
January 1, 2005 has been derived from the audited financial statements included
in the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K.</font></p>

<p style="font-style:italic;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Reclassification</font></i></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Certain amounts previously
presented in the Consolidated Financial Statements for prior periods have been
reclassified to conform with current period classification.</font></p>

<p style="font-style:italic;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Revenue Recognition</font></i></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Revenue from product sales
is recognized when title and risks of ownership pass to the customer. This is
generally on the date of shipment to the customer, or upon delivery to a place
named by the customer, dependent upon contract terms and when collectibility is
reasonably assured and pricing is fixed or determinable. Revenue includes
amounts billed to customers for shipping and handling. Provision for rebates,
promotions, product returns and discounts to customers is recorded as a
reduction in determining revenue in the same period that the revenue is
recognized.</font></p>

<p style="font-style:italic;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Accumulated Other
Comprehensive Income</font></i></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Accumulated other
comprehensive income of $27.9 million at April&nbsp;2, 2005 consisted of $25.4
million of currency translation gains, $2.0 million of cash flow hedge gains
and $0.5 million in minimum pension liability gains, all net of tax.
Accumulated other comprehensive income of $30.3 million at January&nbsp;1, 2005
consisted of $29.5 million of currency translation gains, $0.3 million of cash
flow hedge gains and $0.5 million in minimum pension liability gains, all net
of tax.</font></p>


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<p style="font-style:italic;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">New Accounting
Pronouncements</font></i></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In May&nbsp;2004, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position No.&nbsp;106-2,
&#147;Accounting and Disclosure Requirements Related to the Medicare Prescription
Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003&#148; (&#147;FSP&nbsp;106-2&#148;). FSP 106-2
permits a sponsor of a postretirement health care plan that provides a
prescription drug benefit to make a one-time election to defer accounting for
the effects of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization
Act of 2003 (the &#147;Act&#148;), which was signed into law on December&nbsp;8, 2003.
The Act introduced a prescription drug benefit under Medicare and federal
subsidies to sponsors of retiree health care benefit plans that provide a
benefit that is at least actuarially equivalent to that of Medicare. As
permitted under FSP 106-2, the Company made a one-time election to defer
accounting for the effect of the Act and as more fully explained in Note 9 to
the Consolidated Financial Statements, in December&nbsp;2004 the Company
approved plan amendments curtailing or eliminating various postretirement
benefits in the U.S. As a result, the amounts included in the Consolidated
Financial Statements related to the Company&#146;s postretirement benefit plans do
not reflect the effects of the Act.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In November&nbsp;2004, the FASB issued SFAS No.&nbsp;151,
&#147;Inventory Costs&#148; (&#147;SFAS No.&nbsp;151&#148;). This statement amends earlier guidance
to require that abnormal freight, handling and spoilage costs be recognized as
current-period charges rather than capitalized as an inventory cost. In
addition, SFAS No.&nbsp;151 requires that the allocation of fixed production
overhead costs be based on the normal capacity of the production facilities.
SFAS No.&nbsp;151 is effective for inventory costs incurred during fiscal years
beginning after June&nbsp;15, 2005. The Company is currently analyzing the new
guidance and does not expect it to have a material impact on its financial
position or results of operations.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In December 2004, the FASB
issued a revision to SFAS No. 123, &#147;Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation.&#148;
The revision, entitled SFAS No. 123R, &#147;Share-Based Payment,&#148; is effective for
all awards granted, modified, repurchased or canceled after June 15, 2005 and
requires a public entity to initially measure the cost of employee services
received in exchange for an award of equity instruments based on the grant-date
fair value of the award and to remeasure the fair of that award subsequently at
each reporting date. Changes in the fair value during the requisite service
period will be recognized as compensation cost over the period. The grant date
fair value is to be estimated using option-pricing models adjusted for the
unique characteristics of those instruments.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="Note2_ConcentrationOfCreditRisksA_185207"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Note
2.&nbsp;&nbsp; Concentration of Credit Risks and Accounts Receivable Securitization
Agreements</font></b></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Accounts receivable potentially expose the Company to
concentration of credit risk, as defined by SFAS No.&nbsp;105, &#147;Disclosure of
Information about Financial Instruments with Off-Balance Sheet Risk and
Financial Instruments with Concentration of Credit Risk.&#148; Sales to the Procter&nbsp;&amp;
Gamble Company (&#147;P&amp;G&#148;) accounted for approximately 12% of the Company&#146;s
sales in the first quarter of both 2005 and 2004. The Company provides credit in
the normal course of business and performs ongoing credit evaluations on its
customers&#146; financial condition as deemed necessary, but generally does not
require collateral to support such receivables. Customer balances are
considered past due based on contractual terms and the Company does not accrue
interest on the past due balances. The allowance for doubtful accounts was
approximately $10.4 million and $10.9&nbsp;million at April&nbsp;2, 2005 and January&nbsp;1,
2005, respectively, which management believes is adequate to provide for credit
loss in the normal course of business, as well as losses for customers who have
filed for protection under bankruptcy laws. Once management determines that the
receivables are not recoverable, the amounts are removed from the financial
records along with the corresponding reserve balance.</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On November&nbsp;15, 2004,
the Company entered into a factoring agreement to sell without recourse,
certain receivables to an unrelated third-party financial institution. Under
the terms of the factoring agreement, the maximum amount of outstanding
advances at any one time is $15.0&nbsp;million, which limitation is subject to
change based on the level of eligible receivables, restrictions on
concentrations of receivables and the historical performance of the receivables
sold. During the first quarter of 2005, approximately $31.4&nbsp;million of
receivables had been sold under the terms of the factoring agreement. The sale
of these receivables accelerated the collection of the Company&#146;s cash, reduced
credit exposure and lowered the Company&#146;s borrowing costs. Sales of accounts
receivable are reflected as a reduction of <i><font style="font-style:italic;">Accounts
receivable, net</font></i> in the Consolidated Balance Sheets and a gain or loss
is reflected in the Consolidated Statements of Operations on such sale, as they
meet the applicable criteria of SFAS No.&nbsp;140, &#147;Accounting for Transfers
and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishment of Liabilities&#148; (&#147;SFAS No.&nbsp;140&#148;).
The amount due from the factoring company, net of advances received from the
factoring company, was $5.6&nbsp;million and $7.4 million at April&nbsp;2, 2005
and January&nbsp;1, 2005, respectively, and is shown in <i><font style="font-style:italic;">Other current assets</font></i> in the Consolidated
Balance Sheets. The Company pays factoring fees associated with the sale of
receivables based on the dollar value of the receivables sold. Costs related to
this program for the first quarter of 2005 were $0.2&nbsp;million and are
included in <i><font style="font-style:italic;">Other expense, net</font></i> in
the Consolidated Statement of Operations.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="Note3_BusinessRestructuring_185208"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Note&nbsp;3.&nbsp;&nbsp; Business Restructuring</font></b></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company continued its restructuring initiatives in
2004 by curtailing production of certain of its European assets and eliminating
several production lines in the Canadian operations of its Oriented Polymers
Division. The European and Canadian restructuring efforts in 2004 included the
reduction of approximately 160 positions.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Accrued
costs for restructuring efforts are included in <i><font style="font-style:italic;">Accrued
liabilities</font></i> in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. A summary of the
business restructuring activity during the first three months of fiscal 2005 is
presented in the following table (in thousands):</font></p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:40.0pt;">
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="445" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:334.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Balance accrued
  at beginning of year</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="27" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">561</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="445" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:334.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2005 plant
  realignment costs</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="445" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:334.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Cash payments</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(322</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="445" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:334.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Adjustments</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="445" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:334.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Balance accrued at end
  of period</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="27" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">240</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p style="line-height:1.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 11.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="Note4_Inventories_185209"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Note 4.&nbsp;&nbsp; Inventories</font></b></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Inventories
are stated at the lower of cost or market primarily using the first-in,
first-out method of accounting and consist of the following (in thousands):</font></p>

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  <td width="355" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:266.15pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="60" colspan="4" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:45.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">April&nbsp;2,<br>
  2005</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">January&nbsp;1,<br>
  2005</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="355" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:266.15pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="60" colspan="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:45.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">(Unaudited)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="355" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:266.15pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Finished goods</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">50,639</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">48,891</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="355" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:266.15pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Work in process</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">19,001</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">15,612</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="355" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:266.15pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Raw materials</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">42,826</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">41,846</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="355" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:266.15pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">112,466</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">106,349</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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 <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:16.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 24.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">POLYMER GROUP,&nbsp;INC.<br> Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)</font></b></p>


<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="Note5_IntangiblesAndLoanAcquisiti_185210"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Note&nbsp;5.&nbsp;&nbsp; Intangibles
and Loan Acquisition Costs</font></b></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Intangibles
and loan acquisition costs consist of the following (in thousands):</font></p>

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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">April&nbsp;2,</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">January&nbsp;1,</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">2005</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">2005</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">(Unaudited)</font></b></p>
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  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Proprietary technology</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:32.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">26,604</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:32.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">26,604</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="351" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:263.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Goodwill</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">15,632</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">15,632</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="351" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:263.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Loan acquisition costs and other</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">18,842</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">18,759</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="351" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:263.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">61,078</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">60,995</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="351" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:263.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Less accumulated
  amortization</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(13,738</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(12,176</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="351" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:263.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:32.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">47,340</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:32.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">48,819</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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</table>

<p style="line-height:1.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 11.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Components
of amortization expense are shown in the table below (in thousands):</font></p>

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  <td width="390" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:292.2pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Three<br>
  Months</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Three<br>
  Months</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="390" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:292.2pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Ended</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Ended</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="390" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:292.2pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">April&nbsp;2,</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">April&nbsp;3,</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="390" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:292.2pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">2005</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">2004</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="390" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:292.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amortization of:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="390" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:292.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Intangibles with finite lives, included in selling,
  general and administrative expenses</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$1,058</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,453</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="390" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:292.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Loan acquisition costs included in interest expense,
  net</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">504</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">472</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="390" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:292.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Total
  amortization expense</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,562</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,925</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="390" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="16" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="7" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="32" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="16" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="7" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="32" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="2" style="border:none;"></td>
 </tr>
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<p style="line-height:1.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 11.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Intangibles are amortized
over periods ranging from 2 to 7&nbsp;years. Loan acquisition costs are
amortized over the life of the related debt.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="Note6_AccruedLiabilities_185212"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Note&nbsp;6.&nbsp;&nbsp; Accrued Liabilities</font></b></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Accrued liabilities in the
Consolidated Balance Sheets include salaries, wages and other fringe benefits
of $19.3 million and $20.4 million as of April&nbsp;2, 2005 and January&nbsp;1,
2005, respectively.</font></p>


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 <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:16.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 24.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">POLYMER GROUP,&nbsp;INC.<br> Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)</font></b></p>


<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="Note7_Debt_185212"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Note&nbsp;7.&nbsp;&nbsp; Debt</font></b></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Long-term
debt consists of the following (in thousands):</font></p>

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  <td width="348" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:261.15pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="62" colspan="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.65pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">April&nbsp;2,</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">January&nbsp;1,</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="348" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:261.15pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="62" colspan="4" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.65pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">2005</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">2005</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="348" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:261.15pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="62" colspan="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.65pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">(Unaudited)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Senior Secured
  Bank Facility, interest rates for U.S. dollar borrowings are based on a
  specified base plus a specified margin and are subject to certain terms and
  conditions:</font></p>
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  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="348" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:261.15pt;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">First Lien Term Loan&#151;interest at 6.34% as of
  April&nbsp;2, 2005; due in quarterly payments of $750.0&nbsp;thousand, with
  the balance due April&nbsp;27, 2010</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">280,750</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">281,500</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="348" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:261.15pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Second Lien Term Loan&#151;interest at 9.34% as of
  April&nbsp;2, 2005; due April&nbsp;27, 2011</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">125,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">125,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="348" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:261.15pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Other</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">75</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">473</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="348" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:261.15pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">405,825</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">406,973</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="348" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:261.15pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Less: Current
  maturities</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3,019</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3,413</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="348" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:261.15pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">402,806</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">403,560</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p style="line-height:1.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 11.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-style:italic;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Senior Secured Bank
Facility</font></i></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company&#146;s Senior Secured Bank Facility (the &#147;Bank
Facility&#148;), which was entered into on April&nbsp;27, 2004, consists of a
$50.0&nbsp;million secured revolving credit facility, a $300.0&nbsp;million
senior secured first lien term loan and a $125.0&nbsp;million senior secured
second lien term loan. The proceeds therefrom were used to fully repay
indebtedness under the Company&#146;s previous Restructured Credit Facility and pay
related fees and expenses.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All borrowings under the Bank Facility are U.S. dollar
denominated and are guaranteed, on a joint and several basis, by each and all
of the direct and indirect domestic subsidiaries of the Company and supported
by the pledge of stock of certain non-domestic subsidiaries of the Company. The
Bank Facility and the related guarantees are secured by: (i)&nbsp;a lien on
substantially all of the assets of the Company, its domestic subsidiaries and
certain of its non-domestic subsidiaries; (ii)&nbsp;a pledge of all or a
portion of the stock of the domestic subsidiaries of the Company and of certain
non-domestic subsidiaries of the Company; and (iii)&nbsp;a pledge of certain
secured intercompany notes. Commitment fees under the Bank Facility are equal
to 0.50% of the daily unused amount of the revolving credit commitment. The
Bank Facility limits restricted payments to $5.0&nbsp;million, including cash
dividends, in the aggregate since the effective date of the Bank Facility. The
Bank Facility contains covenants and events of default customary for financings
of this type, including leverage and interest expense coverage covenants. At April&nbsp;2,
2005, the Company was in compliance with all such covenants and expects to
remain in compliance through fiscal 2005. The loan requires the Company to
apply a percentage of proceeds from excess cash flows, as defined by the Bank
Facility and determined based on year-end results, to reduce its then
outstanding balances under the Bank Facility. Since the amounts of excess cash
flows for future periods is not determinable, only the mandatory payments of $750.0
thousand per quarter have been classified as a current liability.</font></p>


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 <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:16.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 24.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">POLYMER GROUP,&nbsp;INC.<br> Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The interest rate applicable to borrowings under the
Bank Facility is based on three-month LIBOR plus a specified margin. The
applicable margin for borrowings under the revolving credit facility is 300
basis points, the margin for the first lien term loan is 325 basis points and
the margin for the second-lien term loan is 625 basis points. Although not
anticipated, the Company may elect to use an alternate base rate for its
borrowings under the revolving credit facility ranging from 2.25% to 6.25% with
such alternate base rates including a margin based on the Company&#146;s total
leverage ratio. The Company had no outstanding borrowings under the revolving
credit facility at either April&nbsp;2, 2005 or January&nbsp;1, 2005. The
revolving portion of the credit facility matures on April&nbsp;27, 2009.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In accordance with the terms of the Bank Facility, the
Company entered a cash flow hedge agreement, effectively converting
$212.5&nbsp;million of notional principal amount of debt from a variable LIBOR
rate to a fixed LIBOR rate of 3.383%. The cash flow hedge agreement terminates
on May&nbsp;8, 2007 and is described more fully in Note&nbsp;12 to the
Consolidated Financial Statements.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Subject to certain terms
and conditions, a maximum of $20.0&nbsp;million of the Bank Facility may be
used for revolving letters of credit. As of April&nbsp;2, 2005, the Company had
$13.5&nbsp;million of standby and documentary letters of credit outstanding
under this facility. Approximately $7.1&nbsp;million was related to the
requirements of the short-term borrowing arrangements of the Company&#146;s China-based
majority owned subsidiary (&#147;Nanhai&#148;). Other letters of credit are in place to
provide added assurance for certain raw material vendors and administrative
service providers. None of these letters of credit had been drawn on at April&nbsp;2,
2005.</font></p>

<p style="font-style:italic;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Restructured Credit
Facility</font></i></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Until it was refinanced on
April&nbsp;27, 2004, the Company&#146;s Restructured Credit Facility consisted of
secured revolving credit borrowings with aggregate commitments of up to $50.0&nbsp;million
and aggregate term loans and term letters of credit of $435.3&nbsp;million. All
borrowings under the Restructured Credit Facility were U.S. dollar denominated
and were guaranteed, on a joint and several basis, by each and all of the direct
and indirect domestic subsidiaries of the Company and certain non-domestic
subsidiaries of the Company. The Restructured Credit Facility contained
covenants and events of default customary for financings of this type,
including leverage, senior leverage, interest coverage and adjusted interest
coverage. The interest rate applicable to borrowings under the Restructured
Credit Facility was based on a specified base rate or a specified Eurodollar
base rate, at the Company&#146;s option, plus a specified margin. The effective rate
on the term loans was 12.00%, which was the cap on the sum of the interest
payable in respect of term loans or term letters of credit plus the senior
leverage ratio fee. The Company&#146;s average borrowings under the revolving credit
agreement, which had an effective interest rate of 6.75%, were
$5.5&nbsp;million for the period from January&nbsp;4, 2004 to April&nbsp;3,
2004.</font></p>

<p style="font-style:italic;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Subsidiary
Indebtedness</font></i></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Nanhai has a short-term credit facility (denominated
in U.S. dollars and Chinese rmb) with a financial institution in China which is
scheduled to mature in June&nbsp;2005. The amount of outstanding indebtedness
under the facility was $5.8&nbsp;million (at an annual average rate of
approximately 4.49%) at April&nbsp;2, 2005 and January&nbsp;1, 2005. The Nanhai
indebtedness is guaranteed 100% by the Company and to support this guarantee, a
letter of credit has been issued by the Company&#146;s agent bank in the amount of
$7.1&nbsp;million. In addition, Nanhai had outstanding bankers&#146; acceptances
totaling $0.7&nbsp;million and $1.2 million at April&nbsp;2, 2005 and January&nbsp;1,
2005, respectively. These notes, which are denominated in Chinese rmb, mature
within </font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">three months and are
subject to a 0.5% transaction fee. These borrowings are shown as <i><font style="font-style:italic;">Short-term borrowings</font></i> in the Consolidated
Balance Sheets.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">At January&nbsp;1, 2005,
the Company&#146;s Argentina-based majority owned subsidiary had a credit
facility denominated in U.S. dollars totaling approximately $0.4&nbsp;million
(all with current maturities). These borrowings were fully repaid in the first
quarter of 2005.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="Note8_IncomeTaxes_030704"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Note 8.</font></b></a><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp; </font>Income
Taxes</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company recognized income tax expense of $2.8
million for the three months ended April&nbsp;2, 2005 on consolidated income
before income taxes of $8.0 million. This income tax expense approximates the
U.S. federal statutory rate. However, the net income tax is impacted by foreign
withholding taxes, for which tax credits are not anticipated, U.S. state income
taxes and foreign taxes calculated at statutory rates less than the U.S.
federal statutory rate.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">During the three months ended April&nbsp;3, 2004, the
Company recognized an income tax expense of $2.5 million on a consolidated
pre-tax loss of $6.3 million. The income tax expense was primarily due to foreign
withholding taxes, for which tax credits are not anticipated, U.S. state income
taxes, and no significant income tax benefit recognized for losses incurred in
the U.S. and certain foreign jurisdictions.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Income tax refunds
receivable were $13.9 million and $15.4 million at April&nbsp;2, 2005 and January&nbsp;1,
2005, respectively and are largely comprised of amounts due from European tax
jurisdictions. These amounts are included in <i><font style="font-style:italic;">Other
current assets</font></i> on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="Note9_PensionBenefitsAndPostretir_233247"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Note
9.</font></b></a><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp; </font>Pension Benefits and Postretirement
Plans</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.2pt;">The Company and its subsidiaries
sponsor multiple defined benefit plans and other postretirement benefits that
cover certain employees. Benefits are primarily based on years of service and
the employee&#146;s compensation. It is the Company&#146;s policy to fund such plans in
accordance with applicable laws and regulations.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Components
of net periodic benefit costs for the three months ended April&nbsp;2, 2005 and
April&nbsp;3, 2004 are as follows (in thousands):</font></p>

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  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="104" colspan="5" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:77.7pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Pension<br>
  Benefits</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="73" colspan="5" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:55.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Postretirement<br>
  Benefits</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="288" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:216.35pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:32.85pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">2005</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:32.85pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">2004</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="29" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:21.5pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">2005</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="29" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:21.5pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">2004</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="288" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:216.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Current service
  costs</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="37" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">656</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="37" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">590</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">45</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">101</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="288" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:216.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Interest costs on
  projected benefit obligation and other</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:32.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,408</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:32.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,253</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="29" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:21.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">122</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="29" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:21.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">215</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="288" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:216.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Return on plan
  assets</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:32.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1,542</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:32.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1,334</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="29" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:21.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="29" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:21.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="288" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:216.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amortization of
  transition obligation and other</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:32.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:32.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="29" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:21.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(28</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="29" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:21.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="288" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:216.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Periodic benefit cost,
  net</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="37" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">528</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="37" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">506</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">139</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">316</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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</table>

<p style="line-height:1.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 11.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As of April&nbsp;2, 2005, the Company contributed $3.6
million to its pension plans for the 2005 benefit year. The Company presently
anticipates contributing an additional $2.4 million to fund its pension plans
in 2005 for a total of $6.0 million.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On December&nbsp;8, 2003,
the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (the &#147;Act&#148;)
was enacted and introduced a prescription drug benefit under Medicare as well
as a subsidy to </font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">sponsors
of retiree health care benefit plans. As permitted under FSP 106-1, the Company
made a one-time election to defer accounting for the effect of the Act until
the authoritative guidance on the accounting for the federal subsidy under the
Act is issued. Given that the Company curtailed most of its U.S. postretirement
benefit plans in 2004, it will likely not be eligible to receive the federal
subsidy under the Act. Accordingly, any measures of the periodic benefit cost,
benefit obligation and related disclosures for the U.S. and other
postretirement benefit plans do not reflect the effect of the Act.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="Note10_StockOptionAndRestrictedSt_233653"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Note&nbsp;10.</font></b></a><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp; </font>Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plans</p>

<p style="font-style:italic;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Stock Option Plan</font></i></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On December&nbsp;11, 2003, the Company awarded the
initial non-qualified stock options available under the 2003 Stock Option Plan
(the &#147;2003 Plan&#148;). The 2003 Plan was approved by the Company&#146;s Board of
Directors and shareholders and is administered by the Compensation Committee of
the Board of Directors. The options have a ten-year life and vest, based on the
achievement of various service and financial performance criteria, over a
four-year period beginning January&nbsp;4, 2004. As of April&nbsp;2, 2005,
400,000 shares of the Company&#146;s Class&nbsp;A common stock were reserved for
issuance under the 2003 Plan, of which 174,687 stock options are available for
future grants.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company has elected to account for the 2003 Plan
in accordance with the intrinsic value method as prescribed by APB No.&nbsp;25.
All options granted under the 2003 Plan had an exercise price equal to the
market value of the underlying common stock on the date of grant. However, as a
percentage of the options vest based on achievement of financial performance
criteria, compensation costs are recognized over the performance period when it
becomes probable that such performance criteria will be achieved.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The compensation cost
related to the 2003 Plan for the three months ended April&nbsp;2, 2005 and April&nbsp;3,
2004 were $0.4 million and $0.1 million, respectively, and were included in <i><font style="font-style:italic;">Selling, general and administrative expenses</font></i>
in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. Had the compensation expense
methodology defined in SFAS No.&nbsp;123R, &#147;Accounting for Stock-Based
Compensation&#148; (SFAS No.&nbsp;123R&#148;) been applied, the Company&#146;s net earnings
and earnings per common share would have been approximately equivalent under
both methodologies.</font></p>

<p style="font-style:italic;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Restricted Stock
Plan</font></i></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In May&nbsp;2004, the
Company&#146;s shareholders approved the 2004 Restricted Stock Plan for Directors
(the &#147;Restricted Plan&#148;), which expires in 2014, for issuance of restricted
shares to Directors of the Company, as defined in the Restricted Plan. The
Restricted Plan approved for issuance 200,000 restricted shares and is
administered by a committee of the Company&#146;s Board of Directors not eligible to
receive restricted shares under the Restricted Plan. In the first quarter of
2005 and Fiscal 2004, the Company awarded 492 and 18,720 restricted shares,
respectively, to members of the Company&#146;s Board of Directors for their Board
service to the Company. The cost associated with the restricted stock grants
totaled $10,000 for the first quarter of fiscal 2005 and 2004 and was included
in <i><font style="font-style:italic;">Selling, general and administrative expenses</font></i>
in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. As of April&nbsp;2, 2005, 155,788
shares of the Company&#146;s Class&nbsp;A common stock are available for future
grants.</font></p>


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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="Note11_16SeriesaConvertiblePayink_233708"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Note
11.</font></b></a><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp; </font>16% Series&nbsp;A Convertible
Pay-in-kind Preferred Shares</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In conjunction with the Company&#146;s refinancing in April&nbsp;2004
of the Restructured Credit Facility, the Company&#146;s majority shareholder
exchanged approximately $42.6 million in aggregate principal amount of the
Junior Notes it controlled for 42,633 shares of the Company&#146;s 16% Series A
Convertible Pay-in-kind Preferred Shares (the &#147;PIK Preferred Shares&#148;). Also,
during 2004, $10.1 million in aggregate principal amount of the Company&#146;s
Junior Notes were exchanged for 10,083 shares of the Company&#146;s PIK Preferred
Shares.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The dividends on the PIK Preferred Shares accrue at an
annual rate of 16% and are payable semi-annually in arrears on each January&nbsp;1
and July&nbsp;1, commencing with July&nbsp;1, 2004, and are payable at the
option of the Company; (i)&nbsp;through the issuance of additional shares of
PIK Preferred Stock; (ii)&nbsp;in cash; or (iii)&nbsp;in a combination thereof.
Dividends are cumulative and accrue from the most recent dividend payment date
to which dividends have been paid or, if no dividends have been paid, from the
date of original issuance.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On June&nbsp;30, 2012, the Company must redeem all of
the PIK Preferred Shares then outstanding at a price equal to $1,000 per share
plus $1,000 per share for all unpaid dividends thereon whether or not declared,
which amount will be payable by the Company (&#147;mandatory redemption price&#148;), at
the option of the Company, (i)&nbsp;in cash; (ii)&nbsp;through the issuance of
shares of Class&nbsp;A Common Stock; or (iii)&nbsp;through a combination
thereof. If paid in stock, the number of shares to be delivered by the Company
will be the mandatory redemption price (as defined earlier) divided by the then
current market price of a share of Class&nbsp;A Common Stock.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">At any time prior to June&nbsp;30, 2012, the holders
of the PIK Preferred Shares may elect to convert any or all of their PIK Preferred
Shares into shares of the Company&#146;s Class&nbsp;A Common Stock at a conversion
price equal to $7.29 per share. Also, at any time prior to June&nbsp;30, 2012,
provided certain conditions have been met, the Company may elect to redeem the
shares, which redemption price may be paid by the Company, at the option of the
Company; (i)&nbsp;in cash; (ii)&nbsp;through the issuance of shares of Class&nbsp;A
Common Stock; or (iii)&nbsp;through a combination thereof. If paid in stock,
the number of shares to be delivered by the Company will be the optional
redemption price (as defined by the preferred stock agreement) divided by the
then current market price of a share of Class&nbsp;A Common Stock.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In January&nbsp;2005, the
Company declared a dividend of approximately $5.6 million, issuable in the form
of approximately 5,540 additional PIK Preferred Shares to holders of record as
of December&nbsp;15, 2004. For the quarter ended April&nbsp;2, 2005, the
Company accrued dividends of approximately $2.4&nbsp;million. The Company
expects to settle this liability in the form of additional PIK Preferred Shares
and, accordingly, has classified the accrued dividends as a component of the
Company&#146;s PIK Preferred Shares.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="Note12_DerivativeAndOtherFinancia_233722"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Note
12.</font></b></a><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp; </font>Derivative and Other Financial
Instruments and Hedging Activities</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company uses derivative financial instruments to
manage market risks and reduce its exposure from fluctuations in interest
rates. All hedging transactions are authorized and executed under clearly
defined policies and procedures, which prohibit the use of financial
instruments for trading purposes. SFAS No.&nbsp;133, &#147;Accounting for Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities,&#148; as amended by SFAS No.&nbsp;138, &#147;Accounting
for Certain Derivative Instruments and Certain Hedging Activities (an Amendment
of SFAS No.&nbsp;133)&#148; requires the Company to recognize all derivatives on the
balance sheet at fair value and establish criteria for designation and
effectiveness of hedging relationships.</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company uses interest-rate derivative instruments
to manage its exposure on its debt instruments. As indicated in Note 7 to the
Consolidated Financial Statements, to mitigate its interest rate exposure as
required by the Bank Facility, the Company entered into a pay-fixed,
receive-variable interest rate swap, thus effectively converting the interest
payments associated with approximately 50% of the debt to fixed amounts at a
LIBOR rate of 3.383%. As of April&nbsp;2, 2005, the notional amount of these
contracts, which expire on May&nbsp;8, 2007, was $212.5 million. Cash
settlements are made quarterly and the floating rate is reset quarterly,
coinciding with the reset dates of the Bank Facility debt.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In accordance with SFAS No.&nbsp;133, the Company
designated the swap as a cash flow hedge of the variability of interest
payments under the senior secured term loans and applied the shortcut method of
assessing effectiveness. The agreement&#146;s terms ensure complete effectiveness in
offsetting the interest component associated with the Bank Facility. As such,
there is no ineffectiveness and changes in the fair value of the swap are
recorded to accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). The fair value of
the interest rate swap of $3.1 million as of April&nbsp;2, 2005 and $0.3
million as of January&nbsp;1, 2005 was based on current settlement values and
was included in <i><font style="font-style:italic;">Other noncurrent assets</font></i> in the
Consolidated Balance Sheets.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The impact of these swaps
on <i><font style="font-style:italic;">Interest expense, net </font></i>for the three
months ended April&nbsp;2, 2005 was an increase of $0.4 million. The Company
did not have any interest rate swap agreements during the first quarter of
2004.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="Note13_EarningsPerShareAndShareho_233727"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Note&nbsp;13.</font></b></a><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp; </font>Earnings Per Share and Shareholders&#146;
Equity</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
following is a reconciliation of basic net earnings per common share to diluted
net earnings per common share for the quarter ended April&nbsp;2, 2005 (in
thousands, except per share data):</font></p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:40.0pt;">
 <tr>
  <td width="196" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:146.65pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89" colspan="4" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:66.4pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Earnings&nbsp;Available<br>
  to&nbsp;Common<br>
  Shareholders<br>
  (EPS&nbsp;Numerator)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="93" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:69.65pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Average&nbsp;Shares<br>
  Outstanding<br>
  (EPS&nbsp;Denominator)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="73" colspan="4" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:54.45pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Earnings&nbsp;Per<br>
  Common&nbsp;Share</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="196" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:146.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Basic</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:19.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="31" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2,808</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:19.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="28" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="38" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10,419</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="28" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.55pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="24" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:18.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.27</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.6pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="196" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:146.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Adjustments:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:19.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="38" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:19.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="28" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="38" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="28" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.55pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="31" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.6pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="196" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:146.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">PIK preferred
  shares, including accrued dividend</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:19.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="38" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2,358</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:19.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="28" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="38" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">8,150</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="28" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.55pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="31" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.6pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="196" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:146.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Potential shares
  exercisable under stock option and restricted stock grant plans</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:19.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="38" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:19.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="28" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="38" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">225</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="28" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.55pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="31" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.6pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="196" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:146.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Less: shares
  which could be repurchased under treasury stock method</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:19.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="38" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:19.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="28" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="38" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(56</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="28" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.55pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="31" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.6pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="196" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:146.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Diluted</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:19.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="31" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5,166</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:19.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="28" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="38" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">18,738</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="28" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.55pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="24" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:18.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.27</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.6pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p style="line-height:1.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 11.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">No calculations have been presented for the three
months ended April&nbsp;3, 2004 as the impact of such calculations are
anti-dilutive. Average shares outstanding for the three months ended April&nbsp;3,
2004 were 8,786,997.</font></p>


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 <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:16.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 24.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">POLYMER GROUP,&nbsp;INC.<br> Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)</font></b></p>


<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As of April&nbsp;2,
2005, the Company&#146;s authorized capital stock consisted of the following classes
of stock:</font></p>

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  <td width="24" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:18.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Type</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="304" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:228.15pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47" colspan="4" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.95pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Par&nbsp;Value</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:64.8pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Authorized&nbsp;Shares</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="335" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:251.15pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">PIK Preferred
  stock</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">.01</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="61" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:45.8pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">173,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="335" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:251.15pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Class&nbsp;A
  common stock</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">.01</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="61" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:45.8pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">39,200,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="335" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:251.15pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Class&nbsp;B
  convertible common stock</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">.01</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="61" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:45.8pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">800,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="335" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:251.15pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Class&nbsp;C
  convertible common stock</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">.01</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="61" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:45.8pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">118,453</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="335" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:251.15pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Class&nbsp;D
  convertible common stock</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">.01</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="61" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:45.8pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">498,688</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="335" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:251.15pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Class&nbsp;E convertible
  common stock</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">.01</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="61" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:45.8pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">523,557</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p style="line-height:1.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 11.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.2pt;">All classes of the common stock
have similar voting rights. In accordance with the Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation, Class&nbsp;C common stock has special rights to
annual dividends and all shares of Class&nbsp;B, C, D and E common stock may be
converted into an equal number of shares of Class&nbsp;A common stock. See Note
11 to the Consolidated Financial Statements, for additional information related
to the Company&#146;s PIK Preferred Shares.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.2pt;">In April&nbsp;2004,
the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of South Carolina resolved
certain pending claims filed against the Company in connection with the
Modified Plan and, as a result, approved the issuance of 1,327,177 shares of
the Company&#146;s Class&nbsp;A Common Stock and 19,359 shares of the Company&#146;s Class&nbsp;C
Common Stock which were issued on a pro rata basis to holders of common stock
of the old Polymer Group Inc.&#146;s Class&nbsp;4 General Unsecured Claims per the
the old Polymer Group Inc.&#146;s Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization. If these shares
had been outstanding for all periods presented, the pro forma earnings (losses)
available per common share would be $(0.87) (basic and diluted) for the three
months ended April&nbsp;3, 2004.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="Note14_SegmentInformation_233751"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Note&nbsp;14.</font></b></a><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp; </font>Segment Information</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company&#146;s reportable segments consist of its
primary operating divisions&#151;Nonwovens and Oriented Polymers. This reflects how
the overall business is managed on a regular basis by the Company&#146;s senior
management and the Board of Directors. Each of these businesses sells to
different end-use markets, such as hygiene, medical, wipes and industrial and
specialty markets. Sales to P&amp;G accounted for more than 10% of the Company&#146;s
sales in each of the periods presented. Sales to this customer are reported
primarily in the Nonwovens segment and the loss of these sales would have a
material adverse effect on this segment. The Company recorded charges and/or
income in the Consolidated Statements of Operations during the three months ended
April&nbsp;2, 2005 and the three months ended April&nbsp;3, 2004 relating to
plant realignment costs which have not been allocated to the segment data.</font></p>


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 <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:16.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 24.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">POLYMER GROUP,&nbsp;INC.<br> Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Financial
data by segment is as follows (in thousands):</font></p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:40.0pt;">
 <tr>
  <td width="355" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:266.05pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="118" colspan="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:88.6pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Three&nbsp;Months&nbsp;Ended</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="355" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:266.05pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="51" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.3pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">April&nbsp;&nbsp;2,<br>
  2005</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="51" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.3pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">April&nbsp;3,<br>
  2004</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="355" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:266.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Net
  sales</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="51" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="51" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="355" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:266.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Nonwovens</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:33.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">194,536</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:33.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">163,713</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="355" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:266.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Oriented Polymers</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="51" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">49,825</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="51" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">42,529</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="355" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:266.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Eliminations</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="51" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="51" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="355" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:266.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:33.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">244,361</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:33.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">206,242</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="355" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:266.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Operating
  income</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="51" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="51" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="355" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:266.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Nonwovens</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:33.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">16,723</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:33.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">11,935</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="355" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:266.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Oriented Polymers</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="51" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5,263</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="51" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3,538</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="355" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:266.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Unallocated Corporate</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="51" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(5,601</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="51" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4,476</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="355" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:266.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Eliminations</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="51" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">65</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="51" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">346</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="355" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:266.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="51" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">16,450</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="51" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">11,343</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="355" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:266.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Plant realignment costs</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="51" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="51" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(584</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="355" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:266.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:33.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">16,446</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:33.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10,759</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="355" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:266.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Depreciation
  and amortization expense included in operating income</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="51" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="51" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="355" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:266.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Nonwovens</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:33.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">11,098</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:33.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10,573</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="355" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:266.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Oriented Polymers</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="51" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2,101</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="51" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2,074</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="355" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:266.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Unallocated Corporate</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="51" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="51" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">377</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="355" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:266.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Eliminations</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="51" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(64</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="51" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(347</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="355" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:266.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:33.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">13,158</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:33.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">12,677</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="355" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:266.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Capital
  spending</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="51" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="51" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="355" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:266.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Nonwovens</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:33.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9,998</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:33.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4,354</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="355" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:266.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Oriented Polymers</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="51" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">97</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="51" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">150</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="355" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:266.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Corporate</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="51" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="51" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="355" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:266.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">10,095</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">4,504</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="0">
  <td width="355" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="16" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="5" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="1" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="44" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="16" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="5" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="1" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="44" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="13" style="border:none;"></td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p style="line-height:1.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:40.0pt;">
 <tr>
  <td width="329" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:246.6pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="60" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:45.3pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">April&nbsp;2,&nbsp;2005</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="74" colspan="4" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:55.7pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">January&nbsp;1,&nbsp;2005</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Division
  assets</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="60" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:45.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.4pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="57" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:42.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.45pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="329" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:246.6pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 18.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-9.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Nonwovens</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="54" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:40.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">700,960</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.4pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">716,532</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.45pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="329" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:246.6pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 18.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-9.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Oriented Polymers</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="60" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:45.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">155,348</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.4pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="57" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:42.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">148,188</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.45pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="329" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:246.6pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 18.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-9.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Corporate</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="60" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:45.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">18,744</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.4pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="57" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:42.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">16,191</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.45pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="329" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:246.6pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 18.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-9.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Eliminations</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="60" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:45.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(118,096</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.4pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="57" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:42.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(127,558</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.45pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="329" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:246.6pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="54" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:40.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">756,956</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.4pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">753,353</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.45pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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 <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:16.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 24.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">POLYMER GROUP,&nbsp;INC.<br> Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)</font></b></p>


<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 5.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Geographic
Data:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 11.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Geographic
data for the Company&#146;s operations, based on the geographic region from which
the sale is made is presented in the following table (in thousands):</font></p>

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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="120" colspan="5" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:90.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Three&nbsp;Months&nbsp;Ended</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">April&nbsp;2,<br>
  2005</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">April&nbsp;3,<br>
  2004</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Net&nbsp;sales:</font></b></p>
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  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="358" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:268.55pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">United States</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">113,422</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">92,144</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="358" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:268.55pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Canada</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">30,968</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">28,592</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="358" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:268.55pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Europe</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">50,684</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">50,384</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="358" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:268.55pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Asia</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">11,010</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6,818</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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 <tr>
  <td width="358" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:268.55pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Latin America</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">38,277</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">28,304</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="358" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:268.55pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">244,361</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">206,242</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="358" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:268.55pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Operating income (loss):</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="358" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:268.55pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">United States</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">699</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
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  <td width="45" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(777</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
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  <td width="358" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:268.55pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Canada</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3,131</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,925</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="358" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:268.55pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Europe</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4,269</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4,445</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="358" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:268.55pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Asia</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">865</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">544</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="358" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:268.55pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Latin America</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">7,486</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5,206</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="358" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:268.55pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">16,450</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">11,343</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="358" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:268.55pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Plant realignment costs</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(584</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="358" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:268.55pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">16,446</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10,759</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="358" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:268.55pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Depreciation and amortization expense included
  in operating income:</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="358" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:268.55pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">United States</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6,062</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5,824</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="358" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:268.55pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Canada</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,558</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,503</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="358" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:268.55pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Europe</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2,500</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2,343</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="358" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:268.55pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Asia</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">997</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">994</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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 <tr>
  <td width="358" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:268.55pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Latin America</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2,041</font></p>
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  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2,013</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="358" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:268.55pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">13,158</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">12,677</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">April&nbsp;2,&nbsp;2005</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">January&nbsp;1,&nbsp;2005</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Region assets:</font></b></p>
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  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.15pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.15pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="329" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:246.55pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">United States</font></p>
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  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.15pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">218,223</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.15pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">165,264</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="329" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:246.55pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Canada</font></p>
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  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.15pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">97,268</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.15pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">99,382</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="329" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:246.55pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Europe</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.15pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">249,844</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.15pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">294,811</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="329" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:246.55pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Asia</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.15pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">35,115</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.15pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">35,996</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="329" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:246.55pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Latin America</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.15pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">156,506</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.15pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">157,900</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="329" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:246.55pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.15pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">756,956</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.15pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">753,353</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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</table>

<p style="line-height:1.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 5.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 4.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="Note15_ForeignCurrencyAndOther_233803"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Note&nbsp;15.</font></b></a><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp; </font>Foreign Currency and Other</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Components of foreign
currency and other are shown in the table below (in thousands):</font></p>

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  <td width="267" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:200.2pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="100" colspan="4" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:74.7pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Three&nbsp;Months&nbsp;Ended<br>
  April&nbsp;2,&nbsp;2005</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="100" colspan="4" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:74.7pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Three&nbsp;Months&nbsp;Ended<br>
  April&nbsp;3,&nbsp;2004</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="267" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:200.2pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Foreign currency loss (gain)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="33" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="27" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.35pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(422</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="33" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.7pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="30" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:22.85pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,276</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="30" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:22.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="267" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:200.2pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Other, net</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="33" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.35pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">107</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="33" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.7pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="30" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:22.85pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">109</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="30" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:22.85pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="267" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:200.2pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="33" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.65pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="27" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.35pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(315</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="33" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.7pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="30" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:22.85pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.0pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,385</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="30" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:22.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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 <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:16.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 24.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">POLYMER GROUP,&nbsp;INC.<br> Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)</font></b></p>


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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="Note16_LegalProceedingsAndCommitm_233813"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Note&nbsp;16.</font></b></a><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp; </font>Legal Proceedings and Commitments</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On August&nbsp;18, 2003, The Intertech Group,&nbsp;Inc.
(&#147;TIG&#148;), an affiliate of Jerry Zucker, the former Chief Executive Officer of
the Company, filed a claim seeking damages associated with a lease agreement
and an alleged services agreement, between the Company and TIG, associated with
the lease by the Company of its former corporate headquarters and the provision
of shared administrative services. The damages sought in the complaint totaled
$7.7&nbsp;million, plus attorney&#146;s fees. See Note 18 to the Consolidated Financial
Statements for details related to the settlement of this legal proceeding.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As part of its efforts to
enhance the business, the Company has made commitments to expand its worldwide
capacity. Currently, the Company has several major committed capital projects,
including the construction of a new spunmelt manufacturing plant in Suzhou,
China and the installation of new spunmelt lines in the facilities in Cali,
Colombia and Mooresville, North Carolina, as well as the installation of
additional capacity in Nanhai, China. Remaining payments due related to these
planned expansions as of April 2, 2005 totaled approximately $99.3 million and
are expected to be expended over the remainder of Fiscal 2005 and Fiscal 2006.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="Note17_SupplementalCashFlowInform_233817"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Note&nbsp;17.</font></b></a><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp; </font>Supplemental Cash Flow Information</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Noncash transactions in the first three months of 2005
included: (i)&nbsp;the conversion of 5 shares of the Company&#146;s PIK Preferred
Shares into approximately 686 shares of the Company&#146;s Class&nbsp;A Common Stock;
(ii)&nbsp;the payment-in-kind in lieu of cash payment of $5.6 million of
previously accrued dividends declared on the Company&#146;s PIK Preferred Shares through
December 31, 2004; and (iii)&nbsp;the accrual of $2.4 million of dividends on
the PIK Preferred Shares.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Noncash transactions in
the first three months of 2004 included: (i)&nbsp;the payment-in-kind in lieu
of cash payment of $1.0 million of interest expense on the Junior Notes, and (ii)&nbsp;the
conversion of $2.7 million of the Company&#146;s Junior Notes into approximately
371,382 shares of the Company&#146;s Class&nbsp;A Common Stock.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="Note18_SubsequentEvents_233820"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Note&nbsp;18.</font></b></a><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp; </font>Subsequent Events</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On April&nbsp;29, 2005, the Company entered into a
Settlement Agreement, Receipt and Release (the &#147;Settlement Agreement&#148;) with
Jerry Zucker, TIG and ZS Associates LLC (an affiliate of Mr.&nbsp;Zucker).
Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, the Company paid TIG $3.1 million as full
and final settlement. In addition, the Settlement Agreement contains mutual
general releases of any and all claims by and among the parties thereto, and a
requirement that the Company and TIG file a joint stipulation dismissing, with
prejudice, TIG&#146;s lawsuit against the Company, which has been appropriately
filed on May 2, 2005. The settlement was approximately equal to amounts
previously accrued and included in the Consolidated Balance Sheets at April 2,
2005 and January 1, 2005.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On May&nbsp;3, 2005, the Company announced that it retained
JP Morgan Securities Inc. as its financial advisor to assist the Company in
evaluating various strategic alternatives in order to maximize shareholder
value, which could include, among other things, the sale or recapitalization of
the Company. The Company expects to complete its review of strategic
alternatives in the near future. However, there can be no assurance that this
process will result in any transaction or transactions taking place or being
completed.</font></p>


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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 47.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-47.0pt;"><a name="Item2_ManagementsDiscussionAndAna_234742"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ITEM 2.</font></b></a><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;"> </font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>MANAGEMENT&#146;S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following discussion
and analysis provides information which management believes is relevant to an
assessment and understanding of the Company&#146;s consolidated results of
operations and financial condition. The discussion should be read in
conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto
contained in this Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q and the Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K
for the period ended January&nbsp;1, 2005.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="ResultsOfOperations_234703"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Results of Operations</font></b></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
following table sets forth the percentage relationships to net sales of certain
statement of operations items.</font></p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:40.0pt;">
 <tr>
  <td width="361" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:270.85pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="105" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:78.6pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Three&nbsp;Months&nbsp;Ended</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.55pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="361" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:270.85pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.3pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">April&nbsp;2,<br>
  2005</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.3pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">April&nbsp;3,<br>
  2004</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.55pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="361" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:270.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Net sales</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">100.0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">100.0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.55pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="361" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:270.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Cost of goods
  sold</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.55pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="361" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:270.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Materials</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">50.8</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">46.6</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.55pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="361" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:270.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Labor</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">8.6</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10.0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.55pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="361" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:270.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Overhead</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">22.6</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">25.0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.55pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="361" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:270.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">82.0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">81.6</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.55pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="361" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:270.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Gross profit</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">18.0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">18.4</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.55pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="361" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:270.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Selling, general
  and administrative expenses</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">11.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">12.9</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.55pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="361" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:270.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Plant realignment
  costs</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.55pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="361" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:270.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Operating income</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6.7</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.55pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="361" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:270.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Other expense
  (income):</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.55pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="361" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:270.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Interest expense, net</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">7.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.55pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="361" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:270.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Minority interests</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.4</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.55pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="361" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:270.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Foreign currency and other</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(0.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.7</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.55pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="361" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:270.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.5</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">8.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.55pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="361" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:270.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Income (loss)
  before income tax expense</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3.0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.55pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="361" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:270.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Income tax
  expense</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.55pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="361" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:270.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Net income (loss)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.55pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="361" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:270.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Accrued dividends
  on PIK preferred shares</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.55pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="361" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:270.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Income (loss) available
  for common shareholders</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.55pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)%</font></p>
  </td>
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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="ComparisonOfThreeMonthsEndedApril_234705"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Comparison
of Three Months Ended April&nbsp;2, 2005 and April&nbsp;3, 2004</font></b></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Company&#146;s reportable segments consist of its two operating divisions, Nonwovens
and Oriented Polymers. For additional information regarding segment data, see
Note&nbsp;14 &#147;Segment Information&#148; to the Consolidated Financial Statements
included in this Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q. The following table sets
forth components of the Company&#146;s net sales and operating income (loss) by
operating division for the three months ended April&nbsp;2, 2005, the three
months ended April&nbsp;3, 2004 and the corresponding change (in millions):</font></p>

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  <td width="285" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:213.95pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="67" colspan="4" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.5pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Three&nbsp;Months<br>
  Ended<br>
  April&nbsp;2,&nbsp;2005</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="67" colspan="4" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.5pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Three&nbsp;Months<br>
  Ended<br>
  April&nbsp;3,&nbsp;2004</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Change</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Net sales</font></p>
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  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Nonwovens</font></p>
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  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">194.5</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">163.7</font></p>
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  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="30" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:22.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">30.8</font></p>
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  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Oriented Polymers</font></p>
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  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="39" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">50.0</font></p>
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  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="39" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">42.6</font></p>
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  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="37" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">7.4</font></p>
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  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Eliminations</font></p>
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  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(0.1</font></p>
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  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
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  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="39" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(0.1</font></p>
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  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="37" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="285" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:213.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">244.4</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">206.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="30" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:22.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">38.2</font></p>
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  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Operating income</font></p>
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  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="37" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="285" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:213.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Nonwovens</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">16.7</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">11.9</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="30" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:22.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.8</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="285" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:213.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Oriented Polymers</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.6</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="37" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.7</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="285" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:213.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Unallocated Corporate, net of eliminations</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(5.5</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="37" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1.4</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="285" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:213.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">16.5</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">11.4</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="37" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="285" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:213.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Plant realignment
  costs</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(0.6</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="37" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.6</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="285" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:213.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">16.5</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10.8</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="30" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:22.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.7</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The amounts for plant
realignment costs have not been allocated to the Company&#146;s reportable business
divisions because the Company&#146;s management does not evaluate such charges on a
division-by-division basis. Division operating performance is measured and evaluated
before unusual or special items.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="NetSales_234708"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Net
Sales</font></b></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consolidated
net sales were $244.4&nbsp;million in 2005, an increase of $38.2&nbsp;million
or 18.5% over 2004 consolidated net sales of $206.2&nbsp;million. Net sales for
2005 in the Nonwovens and Oriented Polymers segments improved over comparable
2004 fiscal year results by 18.8% and 17.4%, respectively. A reconciliation of
the change in net sales between the three months ended April&nbsp;3, 2004 and
the three months ended April&nbsp;2, 2005 is presented in the following table
(in millions):</font></p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:40.0pt;">
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="444" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:333.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Net sales&#151;three
  months ended April&nbsp;3, 2004</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">206.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="444" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:333.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Change in sales due to:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="444" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:333.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Price/mix</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">20.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="444" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:333.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Volume</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">14.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="444" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:333.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Foreign currency</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.9</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="444" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:333.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Net sales&#151;three months
  ended April&nbsp;2, 2005</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">244.4</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p style="line-height:1.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 11.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The increase in net sales during the first quarter of
2005 was due primarily to price/mix improvements and volume gains. The
price/mix improvement reflects continued enhancements of the Company&#146;s product
offerings as well as the increases in sales price in an effort to pass along
raw material cost increases to customers. As raw material costs rose during the
current quarter and prior year, the Company followed the consistent policy of attempting
to pass raw material prices along to its customers, where allowable by contract
terms and where acceptable based on market conditions. Volume gains, notably in
the United </font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">States, Latin American and
Asian markets, contributed approximately $14.1 million to the increase in net
sales over the same period of the prior year.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A significant component of the $14.1&nbsp;million
increase in sales in the first quarter of 2005 due to volume growth was
generated in the Latin American region. Although the San Luis Potosi, Mexico
capacity expansion was completed in late 2003, it didn&#146;t reach full productive
capacity until the second quarter of 2004. The Latin America region&#146;s sales
improvement was paced by significant year-over-year increases in hygiene sales.
In the Company&#146;s U.S. nonwovens business, the hygiene, consumer and industrial
markets contributed to the double-digit increases from 2004 as new
products were introduced into the markets and new customer relationships
generated substantial sales increases. Nonwoven sales volumes decreased
slightly in Europe. Oriented Polymers&#146; increase in sales was due to a
combination of price/mix improvement and increased volume driven by the
agricultural and construction end-use markets.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Foreign currencies,
predominantly the Euro and the Canadian dollar, were stronger against the
U.S.&nbsp;dollar during the first quarter of 2005 compared to 2004 resulting in
an increase in net sales of $3.9&nbsp;million due to the favorable foreign
currency translation. Further discussion of foreign currency exchange rate risk
is contained in &#147;Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk&#148;
included in Item&nbsp;3 to this Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="OperatingIncome_234711"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Operating Income</font></b></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A
reconciliation of the change in operating income between the three months ended
April&nbsp;3, 2004 and the three months ended April&nbsp;2, 2005 is presented
in the following table (in millions):</font></p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:40.0pt;">
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="441" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:331.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Operating
  income&#151;three months ended April&nbsp;3, 2004</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="30" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:22.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10.8</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="441" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:331.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Change in operating
  income due to:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="37" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="441" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:331.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Price/mix</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="37" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">20.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="441" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:331.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Higher raw material costs</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="37" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(20.4</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="441" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:331.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Volume</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="37" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="441" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:331.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Lower manufacturing costs</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="37" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.4</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="441" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:331.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Lower plant realignment costs, net</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="37" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.6</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="441" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:331.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Foreign currency</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="37" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="441" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:331.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Higher depreciation and amortization expense</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="37" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(0.5</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="441" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:331.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All other, primarily higher SG&amp;A costs</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="37" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(0.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="441" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:331.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Operating income&#151;three
  months ended April 2, 2005</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="30" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:22.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">16.5</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p style="line-height:1.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 11.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consolidated operating
income was $16.5&nbsp;million in 2005 as compared to $10.8&nbsp;million in
2004. The financial effect of price/mix improvements and higher raw material
costs essentially offset each other, reflecting the benefits of the Company&#146;s new
product introductions and ongoing efforts to pass through any cost increases in
raw materials. The net improvement in operating income was positively impacted
by the volume gains noted in the net sales discussion above. Other items
contributing to the improvement of operating income were lower manufacturing
costs of $1.4 million and lower plant realignment costs, net of $0.6 million.
Offsetting these favorable impacts were higher depreciation and amortization
charges and higher selling, general and administrative expenses. The increase
in depreciation and amortization charges is primarily related to the
installation of the new production line in Latin America.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="InterestExpenseAndOther_234712"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Interest Expense and Other</font></b></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Net interest expense decreased $7.3&nbsp;million, from
$15.2&nbsp;million during the three months ended April&nbsp;3, 2004 to
$7.9&nbsp;million during the three months ended April&nbsp;2, 2005. The 2004
amount includes $1.0&nbsp;million of payment-in-kind in lieu of cash interest
on the Junior Notes. The decrease in net interest expense was primarily due to
the lower interest rates obtained by refinancing the Company&#146;s previous </font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Restructured Credit
Facility with the new Bank Facility, effective April&nbsp;27, 2004, and the
elimination of interest expense on the Junior Notes due to their conversion to PIK
Preferred Shares and Class&nbsp;A Common Stock. On April&nbsp;27, 2004, in conjunction
with the refinancing, the Company&#146;s majority shareholder exchanged approximately
$42.6&nbsp;million in aggregate principal amount of the Junior Notes for 42,633
shares of PIK Preferred Shares, which also contributed to lower interest costs
during the period. Also subsequent to the refinancing, the remaining
$10.1&nbsp;million of Junior Notes were exchanged for 10,083&nbsp;shares of the
Company&#146;s PIK Preferred Shares and 6,719&nbsp;shares of the Company&#146;s Class&nbsp;A
Common Stock.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Foreign currency and other
expense improved by $1.7&nbsp;million, from an expense of $1.4 million in the
first quarter of fiscal 2004 to income of $0.3&nbsp;million in the first
quarter of fiscal 2005.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="IncomeTaxExpensebenefit_234713"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Income Tax Expense</font></b></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company recognized
income tax expense of $2.8&nbsp;million for the three months ended April&nbsp;2,
2005 on consolidated income before income taxes of $8.0&nbsp;million for such
period. The tax expense approximates the U.S. federal statutory tax rate. However,
the net income tax is impacted by foreign withholding taxes, for which tax
credits are not anticipated, U.S. state income taxes and foreign taxes
calculated at statutory rates less than the U.S. federal statutory rate. The
Company recorded a net income tax expense of $2.5&nbsp;million for the three
months ended April&nbsp;3, 2004 on a consolidated pre-tax loss of $6.3&nbsp;million
for such period. The tax expense was primarily due to withholding taxes, for
which tax credits are not anticipated, U.S. state income taxes, and no
significant income tax benefit recognized for the losses incurred in the United
States and certain foreign jurisdictions.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="NetIncome_234714"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Net
Income</font></b></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As a result of the above,
the Company recognized net income of $5.2&nbsp;million during the three months
ended April&nbsp;2, 2005 compared to a net loss of $8.8&nbsp;million during the
three months ended April&nbsp;3, 2004.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="AccruedDividendsOnPikPreferredSha_234714"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Accrued
Dividends on PIK Preferred Shares</font></b></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company accrued
dividends at 16% on its PIK Preferred Shares during the quarter ended April&nbsp;2,
2005 in the amount of $2.4&nbsp;million. As a result of the PIK Preferred
Shares being initially issued in April&nbsp;2004, no such dividends were
recorded in the first quarter of 2004.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="IncomelossApplicableToCommonShare_234715"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Income
(Loss) Applicable to Common Shareholders</font></b></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As a result of the above,
the Company recognized income applicable to common shareholders of $2.8&nbsp;million,
or $0.27 per share, for the three months ended April&nbsp;2, 2005 compared to a
loss applicable to common shareholders of $8.8&nbsp;million, or ($1.00) per
share, for the three months ended April&nbsp;3, 2004.</font></p>


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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="LiquidityAndCapitalResources_234715"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES</font></b></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Company&#146;s principal sources of liquidity for operations and expansions are
funds generated from operations and borrowing availabilities under the Bank
Facility, consisting of a revolving credit facility with aggregate commitments
of up to $50.0&nbsp;million and senior secured first lien term loan of
$300.0&nbsp;million and a senior secured second lien term loan of
$125.0&nbsp;million. The revolving portion of the Bank Facility terminates on April&nbsp;27,
2009, the first lien term loan is due April&nbsp;27, 2010 and the second lien
term loan is due April&nbsp;27, 2011. The Bank Facility contains covenants and
events of default customary for financings of this type, including leverage and
interest expense coverage covenants. At April&nbsp;2, 2005, the Company was in
compliance with all such covenants. As of April&nbsp;2, 2005, the Company had
no outstanding borrowings under the revolving credit agreement.</font></p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:40.0pt;">
 <tr>
  <td width="379" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:284.25pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">April&nbsp;2,<br>
  2005</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50" colspan="4" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.65pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">January&nbsp;1,<br>
  2005</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="379" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:284.25pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="105" colspan="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:78.65pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">(In&nbsp;Millions)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="379" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:284.25pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Balance
  sheet data:</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="379" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:284.25pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Cash and cash equivalents</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">21.6</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">41.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="379" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:284.25pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Working capital</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">190.0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">187.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="379" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:284.25pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Working capital, excluding cash and debt components</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">177.9</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">156.4</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Total assets</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">757.0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">753.4</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="379" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:284.25pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Total debt</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">412.4</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">414.0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">PIK Preferred Shares, expected to be settled with
  shares of common stock</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">60.6</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">58.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="379" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:284.25pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Total
  shareholders&#146; equity</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">74.6</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">73.8</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="7" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="32" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="16" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="6" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="7" style="border:none;"></td>
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<p style="line-height:1.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="137" colspan="9" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:102.6pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Three&nbsp;Months&nbsp;Ended</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="342" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:256.7pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="60" colspan="4" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:45.3pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">April&nbsp;2,&nbsp;2005</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="60" colspan="4" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:45.3pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">April&nbsp;3,&nbsp;2004</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="342" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:256.7pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="137" colspan="9" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:102.6pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">(In&nbsp;Millions)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Cash
  flow data:</font></b></p>
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  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="30" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:22.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.25pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="30" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:22.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.25pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="342" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:256.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Net cash used in operating activities</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="24" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:17.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(8.0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.25pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="24" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:17.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(7.0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.25pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="342" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:256.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Net cash used in investing activities</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="30" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:22.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(9.7</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.25pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="30" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:22.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3.7</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.25pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Net cash provided
  by (used in) financing activities</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="30" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:22.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1.6</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.25pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="30" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:22.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.7</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.25pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 4.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="OperatingActivities_234717"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Operating
Activities</font></b></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 4.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Net cash used in operating
activities was $8.0&nbsp;million during 2005, a $1.0&nbsp;million change from the
$7.0&nbsp;million used in operating activities during 2004. Despite the improvement
in operating performance during the first quarter of 2005, the increase in cash
used in operations was attributed primarily to investments in accounts
receivable and inventories, largely resulting from increased quarter over
quarter net sales and higher raw material costs.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company had working
capital of $190.0 million at April&nbsp;2, 2005 compared to $187.3&nbsp;million
at January&nbsp;1, 2005. Excluding the cash and debt components, working
capital was $177.9&nbsp;million at April&nbsp;2, 2005 compared to $156.4&nbsp;million
at January&nbsp;1, 2005. Accounts receivable at April&nbsp;2, 2005 was $132.9
million as compared to $112.3 million on January&nbsp;1, 2005, an increase of
$20.6&nbsp;million. Accounts receivable represented approximately 50&nbsp;days
of sales outstanding at April&nbsp;2, 2005, compared to 46&nbsp;days of sales
outstanding at January&nbsp;1, 2005. The increase was partially attributable to
the growth in net sales in foreign locations, which often have extended payment
terms as compared to domestic terms of sale. Inventories at April&nbsp;2, 2005
were $112.5 million, an increase of $6.1&nbsp;million from inventories at January&nbsp;1,
2005 of $106.4&nbsp;million. The Company had inventory representing
approximately 51&nbsp;days of cost of sales on hand at April&nbsp;2, 2005
versus 54&nbsp;days of cost of sales on hand at January&nbsp;1, 2005. Accounts
payable at April&nbsp;2, 2005 was $61.7 million as compared to
$63.8&nbsp;million at January&nbsp;1, 2005, a decrease of $2.1&nbsp;million.
Accounts payable represented approximately 28&nbsp;days of cost of sales
outstanding at April&nbsp;2, 2005 as compared to 32&nbsp;days of cost of sales
outstanding at January&nbsp;1, 2005.</font></p>


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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="InvestingAndFinancingActivities_234718"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Investing and Financing Activities</font></b></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Cash used in investing activities amounted to $9.7
million and $3.7 million for the first three months of 2005 and 2004,
respectively. Capital expenditures during the three months ended April&nbsp;2,
2005 totaled $10.1&nbsp;million, an increase of $5.6&nbsp;million from capital
spending of $4.5&nbsp;million in the three months ended April&nbsp;3, 2004. A
significant portion of the capital expenditures in 2005 related to the
installation of a state-of-the-art nonwovens production line at the Cali,
Colombia manufacturing site, which is expected to become operational during the
fourth quarter of fiscal 2005. Investing activities during the first three
months of 2005 and 2004 included proceeds from the sale of assets of
$0.4&nbsp;million and $0.8&nbsp;million, respectively.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Cash used in financing
activities amounted to $1.6&nbsp;million for the first three months of 2005, as
compared to $4.7 million being provided by financing activities for the first
three months of 2004. In the first quarter of 2005, the Company repaid, on a
net basis, $1.6 million of its debt, whereas the Company borrowed additional
debt, on a net basis, of $4.7 million during the first three months of 2004.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="Dividends_234719"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dividends</font></b></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Board of Directors has not declared a dividend on
the Company&#146;s common stock since the first quarter of 2001. The Bank Facility
limits restricted payments, including cash dividends, to $5.0&nbsp;million in
the aggregate since the effective date of the Bank Facility. The Company does
not anticipate paying dividends on its common stock in future periods.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In January&nbsp;2005, the
Company&#146;s Board of Directors declared a dividend on the PIK Preferred Shares of
approximately $5.6&nbsp;million, payable in the form of additional PIK
Preferred Shares. The Company has accrued an additional $2.4&nbsp;million of
dividends on the PIK Preferred Shares through April&nbsp;2, 2005, which are
ultimately expected to be paid in the form of additional PIK Preferred Shares.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="LiquiditySummary_031732"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Liquidity Summary</font></b></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As discussed more fully in Note&nbsp;7 to the
Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 1 to this Quarterly Report
on Form&nbsp;10-Q, on April&nbsp;27, 2004, the Company refinanced its existing
bank credit facility and entered a new Bank Facility consisting of a
$50.0&nbsp;million revolving credit facility maturing in 2009, a
$300.0&nbsp;million senior secured first lien term loan that matures in 2010
and a $125.0&nbsp;million senior secured second-lien term loan maturing in
2011. The proceeds therefrom were used to fully repay indebtedness outstanding
under the Company&#146;s previous Restructured Credit Facility and pay related fees
and expenses. The senior secured first lien term loan requires quarterly
payments of $750.0&nbsp;thousand and accrues interest at LIBOR plus 325 basis
points. The senior secured second lien term loan accrues interest at LIBOR plus
625 basis points. The revolving credit facility initially bears interest at
LIBOR plus 300 basis points. The Bank Facility provides the Company with
increased flexibility in terms of cash availability, less stringent
requirements for covenant compliance, extended maturity dates and substantially
reduced net cash interest costs as compared to the prior bank credit facility.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Bank Facility contains covenants and events of
default customary in financings of this type, including leverage and interest
expense coverage covenants. The Bank Facility requires the Company to use a
percentage of proceeds from excess cash flows, as defined by the Bank Facility,
to reduce its debt balances. Additionally, in accordance with the terms of the
Bank Facility, the Company entered a cash flow hedge agreement, effectively
converting $212.5&nbsp;million of notional principal amount of debt from a
variable LIBOR rate to a fixed LIBOR rate of 3.383%. The cash flow hedge
agreement terminates on May&nbsp;8, 2007.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In conjunction with the Company&#146;s refinancing of the
Restructured Credit Facility, the Company&#146;s majority shareholder exchanged
approximately $42.6&nbsp;million in aggregate principal amount of the Junior </font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Notes it controlled for
42,633 shares of the Company&#146;s PIK Preferred Shares. Additionally, in the third
quarter of 2004, $10.1&nbsp;million of aggregate principal amount of the
Company&#146;s Junior Notes were exchanged for 10,083 shares of the Company&#146;s PIK
Preferred Shares and 6,719 shares of the Company&#146;s Class&nbsp;A Common Stock.
The dividends on the PIK Preferred Shares accrue at an annual rate of 16% and
are payable semi-annually in arrears on each January&nbsp;1 and July&nbsp;1,
commencing with July&nbsp;1, 2004, at the option of the Company; (i)&nbsp;through
the issuance of additional PIK Preferred Shares; (ii)&nbsp;in cash; or (iii)&nbsp;in
a combination thereof. Dividends are cumulative and accrue from the most recent
dividend payment date to which dividends have been paid or, if no dividends have
been paid, from the date of original issuance.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On June&nbsp;30, 2012, the Company must redeem all of
the PIK Preferred Shares then outstanding at a price equal to $1,000 per share
plus $1,000 per share for all unpaid dividends thereon whether or not declared,
which amount will be payable by the Company (&#147;mandatory redemption price&#148;) at
the option of the Company; (i)&nbsp;in cash; (ii)&nbsp;through the issuance of
shares of Class&nbsp;A Common Stock; or (iii)&nbsp;through a combination
thereof. If paid in stock, the number of shares to be delivered by the Company
will be the mandatory redemption price (as defined earlier) divided by the then
market price of a share of Class&nbsp;A Common Stock.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">At any time prior to June&nbsp;30, 2012, the holders
of the PIK Preferred Shares may elect to convert any or all of their PIK
Preferred Shares into shares of the Company&#146;s Class&nbsp;A Common Stock at a
conversion price equal to $7.29 per share. Also, at any time prior to June&nbsp;30,
2012, provided certain conditions have been met, the Company may elect to redeem
the shares, which redemption price may be paid by the Company, (i)&nbsp;in
cash; (ii)&nbsp;through the issuance of shares of Class&nbsp;A Common Stock; or
(iii)&nbsp;through a combination thereof. If paid in stock, the number of
shares to be delivered by the Company will be the optional redemption price (as
defined by the preferred stock agreement) divided by the then market price of a
share of Class&nbsp;A Common Stock. The Company currently expects to settle the
mandatory or optional redemption with the issuance of shares of Class&nbsp;A
Common Stock.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On November&nbsp;15, 2004, the Company entered into a
factoring agreement to sell without recourse, certain receivables to an
unrelated third-party financial institution. Under the terms of the
factoring agreement, the maximum amount available for the purchase of domestic
receivables at any one time is $15.0&nbsp;million, which limitation is subject
to change based on the level of eligible receivables, restrictions on
concentrations of receivables and the historical performance of the receivables
sold. The sale of receivables under the ongoing factoring agreement accelerates
the collection of the Company&#146;s cash, reduces credit exposure and lowers the
Company&#146;s borrowing costs.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As discussed in Note&nbsp;16 to the Consolidated
Financial Statements included in Item 1 to this Quarterly Report </font><font size="2" style="font-size:9.5pt;">on Form&nbsp;10-Q</font>, the
Company has committed to several major capital projects to expand its worldwide
capacity, including the construction of a new spunmelt manufacturing plant in
Suzhou, China and the installation of new spunmelt lines in the facilities in
Cali, Colombia and Mooresville, North Carolina, as well as the installation of
additional capacity in Nanhai, China. Remaining payments due related to these
planned expansions as of April&nbsp;2, 2005 totaled approximately
$99.3&nbsp;million and are expected to be expended over the remainder of Fiscal
2005 and Fiscal 2006. The financial flexibility needed for these and other
capital projects was provided in an amendment, dated March&nbsp;16, 2005, to
the Bank Facility.</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On May&nbsp;3, 2005, the Company announced that it
retained JP Morgan Securities Inc. as its financial advisor to assist the
Company in evaluating various strategic alternatives in order to maximize
shareholder value, which could include, among other things, the sale or
recapitalization of the Company. The Company expects to complete its review of
strategic alternatives in the near future. However, there can be no assurance
that this process will result in any transaction or transactions taking place
or being completed.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Based on the ability to
generate positive cash flows from its operations and the financial flexibility
provided by the Bank Facility, as amended, the Company believes that it has the
financial resources </font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">necessary
to meet its operating needs, fund its capital expenditures and make all
necessary contributions to its retirement plans.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="OffbalanceSheetArrangements_235908"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements</font></b></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company does not have
any off-balance sheet arrangements.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="EffectOfInflation_235908"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Effect of Inflation</font></b></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Inflation generally
affects the Company by increasing the costs of labor, overhead, and equipment.
The impact of inflation on the Company&#146;s financial position and results of
operations was minimal during the first quarter of both 2005 and 2004. However,
the Company continues to be impacted by rising raw material costs. See
&#147;Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk&#146;&#146; included in
Item&nbsp;3 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="NewAccountingStandards_235908"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">New Accounting Standards</font></b></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In May&nbsp;2004, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position No.&nbsp;106-2,
&#147;Accounting and Disclosure Requirements Related to the Medicare Prescription
Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003&#148; (&#147;FSP&nbsp;106-2&#148;). FSP 106-2
permits a sponsor of a postretirement health care plan that provides a
prescription drug benefit to make a one-time election to defer accounting for
the effects of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization
Act of 2003 (the &#147;Act&#148;), which was signed into law on December&nbsp;8, 2003.
The Act introduced a prescription drug benefit under Medicare and federal
subsidies to sponsors of retiree health care benefit plans that provide a
benefit that is at least actuarially equivalent to that of Medicare. As
permitted under FSP&nbsp;106-2, the Company made a one-time election to defer
accounting for the effect of the Act and as more fully explained in Note&nbsp;9
to the consolidated financial statements, in December&nbsp;2004 the Company
approved plan amendments curtailing or eliminating various postretirement benefits
in the U.S. As a result, the amounts included in the Consolidated Financial
Statements related to the Company&#146;s postretirement benefit plans do not reflect
the effects of the Act.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In November&nbsp;2004, the FASB issued SFAS No.&nbsp;151,
&#147;Inventory Costs&#148; (&#147;SFAS No.&nbsp;151&#148;). This statement amends earlier guidance
to require that abnormal freight, handling and spoilage costs be recognized as
current-period charges rather than capitalized as an inventory cost. In
addition, SFAS No.&nbsp;151 requires that the allocation of fixed production
overhead costs be based on the normal capacity of the production facilities.
SFAS No.&nbsp;151 is effective for inventory costs incurred during fiscal years
beginning after June&nbsp;15, 2005. The Company is currently analyzing the new
guidance and does not expect it to have a material impact on its financial
position or results of operations.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In December 2004, the FASB
issued a revision to SFAS No. 123, &#147;Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation.&#148;
The revision, entitled SFAS No. 123R, &#147;Share-Based Payment,&#148; is effective for
all awards granted, modified, repurchased or canceled after June 15, 2005 and
requires a public entity to initially measure the cost of employee services
received in exchange for an award of equity instruments based on the grant-date
fair value of the award and to remeasure the fair value of that award
subsequently at each reporting date. Changes in the fair value during the
requisite service period will be recognized as compensation cost over that
period. The grant date fair value is to be estimated using option-pricing
models adjusted for the unique characteristics of those instruments.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="CriticalAccountingPoliciesAndOthe_235909"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Critical
Accounting Policies And Other Matters</font></b></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company&#146;s analysis and discussion of its financial
position and results of operations are based upon its consolidated financial
statements that have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States (&#147;U.S. GAAP&#148;). The preparation of
financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires the appropriate
application of certain accounting policies, many of </font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">which require management
to make estimates and assumptions about future events that may affect the
reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and the
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Since future events and their
impact cannot be determined with certainty, the actual results will inevitably
differ from the estimates. The Company evaluates these estimates and
assumptions on an ongoing basis, including but not limited to those related to
fresh start accounting, revenue recognition, sales returns and allowances and
credit risks, inventories, income taxes, and impairment of long-lived assets.
Estimates and assumptions are based on historical and other factors believed to
be reasonable under the circumstances. The impact and any associated risks
related to estimates, assumptions, and accounting policies are discussed within
&#147;Management&#146;s Discussion and Analysis of Operations and Financial Condition,&#148;
as well as in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements, if
applicable, where such estimates, assumptions, and accounting policies affect
the Company&#146;s reported and expected results.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company believes the following accounting policies
are critical to its business operations and the understanding of results of
operations and affect the more significant judgments and estimates used in the
preparation of its consolidated financial statements:</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Fresh Start Accounting:&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></i>In
connection with the Company&#146;s Chapter 11 reorganization, the Company has
applied Fresh Start Accounting to its Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March&nbsp;1,
2003 in accordance with Statement of Position No.&nbsp;90-7, &#147;Financial
Reporting by Entities in Reorganization Under the Bankruptcy Code&#148; as
promulgated by the AICPA. Under Fresh Start Accounting, a new reporting entity
is considered to be created and the recorded amounts of assets and liabilities
are adjusted to reflect their estimated fair values at the date Fresh Start
Accounting is applied. On March&nbsp;5, 2003, the Company emerged from
bankruptcy. For financial reporting purposes, March&nbsp;1, 2003 is considered
the emergence date and the effects of the reorganization have been reflected in
the accompanying financial statements as if the emergence occurred on that
date.</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The reorganization value of the Company&#146;s new common
equity at March&nbsp;1, 2003 of approximately $73.4&nbsp;million was determined
based on an independent valuation by financial specialists after consideration
of multiple factors and by using various valuation methodologies and evaluating
other relevant industry information. The reorganization value of the Company
was allocated to the various assets and liabilities based on their respective
fair values pursuant to Fresh Start Accounting principles. The calculated
reorganization value of the Company was based on a variety of estimates and
assumptions about future circumstances and events. Such estimates and
assumptions are inherently subject to significant economic uncertainties.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Revenue Recognition:&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></i>Revenue
from product sales is recognized when title and risks of ownership pass to the
customer. This is generally on the date of shipment to the customer, or upon
delivery to a place named by the customer, dependent upon contract terms and
when collectibility is reasonably assured and pricing is fixed or determinable.
Revenue includes amounts billed to customers for shipping and handling.
Provision for rebates, promotions, product returns and discounts to customers
is recorded as a reduction in determining revenue in the same period that the
revenue is recognized. Management bases its estimate of the expense to be
recorded each period on historical returns and allowance levels. Management
does not believe the likelihood is significant that materially higher deduction
levels will result based on prior experience.</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Accounts Receivable and
Concentration of Credit Risks:&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></i>Accounts receivable
potentially expose the Company to a concentration of credit risk, as defined by
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No.&nbsp;105, &#147;Disclosure of
Information about Financial Instruments with Off-Balance Sheet Risk and
Financial Instruments with Concentration of Credit Risk.&#148; The Company provides
credit in the normal course of business and performs ongoing credit evaluations
on its customers&#146; financial condition as deemed necessary, but generally does
not require collateral to support such receivables. The Company also </p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">establishes an allowance
for doubtful accounts based upon factors surrounding the credit risk of
specific customers, historical trends and other information. Also, in an effort
to reduce its credit exposure to certain customers, as well as accelerate its
cash flows, in 2004 the Company sold, on a non-recourse basis, certain of
its receivables pursuant to a factoring agreement. At April&nbsp;2, 2005, a
reserve of $10.4&nbsp;million has been recorded as an allowance against trade
accounts receivable. Management believes that the allowance is adequate to
cover potential losses resulting from uncollectible accounts receivable and
deductions resulting from sales returns and allowances.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Inventory Reserves:&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></i>The
Company maintains reserves for inventories valued using the first in, first out
(FIFO) method. Such reserves for inventories can be specific to certain
inventory or general based on judgments about the overall condition of the
inventory. General reserves are established based on percentage write-downs
applied to inventories aged for certain time periods. Specific reserves are
established based on a determination of the obsolescence of the inventory and
whether the inventory value exceeds amounts to be recovered through expected
sales price, less selling costs. Estimating sales prices, establishing markdown
percentages and evaluating the condition of the inventories require judgments
and estimates, which may impact the inventory valuation and gross margins.
Management believes based on its prior experience of managing and evaluating
the recoverability of its slow moving or obsolete inventory that such
established reserves are materially adequate.</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Impairment of Long-Lived Assets:&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></i>Long-lived
assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances
indicate that the carrying amounts may not be recoverable. For assets held and
used, an impairment may occur if projected undiscounted cash flows are not
adequate to cover the carrying value of the assets. In such cases, additional
analysis is conducted to determine the amount of the loss to be recognized. The
impairment loss is determined by the difference between the carrying amount of
the asset and the fair value measured by future discounted cash flows. The
analysis, when conducted, requires estimates of the amount and timing of
projected cash flows and, where applicable, judgments associated with, among
other factors, the appropriate discount rate. Such estimates are critical in
determining whether any impairment charge should be recorded and the amount of
such charge if an impairment loss is deemed to be necessary. In addition,
future events impacting cash flows for existing assets could render a writedown
necessary that previously required no writedown.</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">For assets held for disposal, an impairment charge is
recognized if the carrying value of the assets exceeds the fair value less
costs to sell. Estimates are required of fair value, disposal costs and the
time period to dispose of the assets. Such estimates are critical in
determining whether any impairment charge should be recorded and the amount of
such charge if an impairment loss is deemed to be necessary. Actual cash flows
received or paid could differ from those used in estimating the impairment
loss, which would impact the impairment charge ultimately recognized and the
Company&#146;s cash flows.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Income
Taxes:&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></i>The Company records an income tax valuation
allowance when the realization of certain deferred tax assets, including net
operating losses and capital loss carry forwards is not likely. These deferred
tax items represent expenses recognized for financial reporting purposes, which
will result in tax deductions over varying future periods. The Company has not
provided U.S. income taxes for undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries
that are considered to be retained indefinitely for reinvestment. Certain judgments,
assumptions and estimates may affect the carrying value of the valuation
allowance and deferred income tax expense in the Company&#146;s Consolidated
Financial Statements.</p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="Environmental_235913"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Environmental</font></b></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company is subject to
a broad range of federal, foreign, state and local laws and regulations
relating to the pollution and protection of the environment. The Company
believes that it is currently in substantial compliance with applicable
environmental requirements and does not currently anticipate any material adverse
effect on its operations, financial or competitive position as a result of its
efforts to </font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">comply
with environmental requirements. Some risk of environmental liability is
inherent, however, in the nature of the Company&#146;s business and, accordingly,
there can be no assurance that material environmental liabilities will not
arise.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="Item3_QuantitativeAndQualitativeD_235913"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ITEM
3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK</font></b></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The overall objective of
the Company&#146;s financial risk management program is to seek a reduction in the
potential negative earnings impact of changes in interest rates, foreign
exchange and raw material pricing arising in our business activities. The
Company manages these financial exposures through operational means and by
using various financial instruments. These practices may change as economic
conditions change.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="LongtermDebtAndInterestRateMarket_235913"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Long-Term
Debt and Interest Rate Market Risk</font></b></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company&#146;s long-term
borrowings are variable interest rate debt. As such, the Company&#146;s interest
expense will increase as interest rates rise and decrease as interest rates
fall. It is the Company&#146;s policy to enter into interest rate derivative
transactions only to meet its stated overall objective. The Company does not
enter into these transactions for speculative purposes. To that end, the
Company entered into an interest rate swap contract to convert $212.5 million
of its variable-rate debt to fixed-rate debt. In addition, the Company includes
short-term borrowings in its debt portfolio, especially in foreign countries,
in an effort to minimize interest rate risk. Hypothetically, a 1% change in the
interest rate affecting all of the Company&#146;s financial instruments not
protected by the interest rate swap contract would change interest expense by
approximately $2.0&nbsp;million.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="ForeignCurrencyExchangeRateRisk_235914"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk</font></b></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company manufactures, markets and distributes
certain of its products in Europe, Canada, Latin America and the Far East. As a
result, the Company&#146;s financial statements could be significantly affected by
factors such as changes in foreign currency rates in the foreign markets in
which the Company maintains a manufacturing or distribution presence. However,
such currency fluctuations have much less effect on local operating results
because the Company, to a significant extent, sells its products within the
countries in which they are manufactured. During the first three months of 2004
and 2005, certain currencies of countries in which the Company conducts foreign
currency denominated business strengthened against the U.S. dollar and had a
significant impact on sales and operating income. See &#147;Management&#146;s Discussion
and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations&#148; included in Item
2 of Part&nbsp;1 of this Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company has not
historically hedged its exposure to foreign currency risk, although it has
mitigated its risk of currency losses on foreign monetary assets by sometimes
borrowing in foreign currencies as a natural hedge. The Company is also subject
to political risk in certain of its foreign operations.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="RawMaterialAndCommodityRisks_235914"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Raw Material and Commodity Risks</font></b></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The primary raw materials used in the manufacture of
most of the Company&#146;s products are polypropylene resin, polyester fiber,
polyethylene resin, and, to a lesser extent, rayon, tissue paper and cotton.
The prices of polypropylene, polyethylene and polyester are a function of,
among other things, manufacturing capacity, demand and the price of crude oil
and natural gas liquids. The Company has not historically hedged its exposure
to raw material increases, but has attempted to move more customer programs to
cost-plus type contracts, which would allow the Company to pass-through
any cost increases in raw materials. Raw material prices as a percentage of
sales have increased from 46.6% in the first three months of 2004 to 50.8% for
the comparable period of 2005.</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To the extent the Company
is not able to pass along price increases of raw materials, or to the extent
any such price increases are delayed, the Company&#146;s cost of goods sold would
increase and its operating profit would correspondingly decrease. By way of
example, if the price of polypropylene were to rise $.01 per pound, and the
Company was not able to pass along any of such increase to its customers, the
Company would realize a decrease of approximately $2.9&nbsp;million, on an annualized
basis, in its reported operating income. Material increases in raw material
prices that cannot be passed on to customers could have a material adverse
effect on the Company&#146;s results of operations and financial condition. See &#147;Management&#146;s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations&#148;
included in Item&nbsp;2 of Part&nbsp;1 of this Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="Item4_ControlsAndProcedures_235915"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES</font></b></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Under the direction of our Chief Executive Officer and
Chief Financial Officer, the Company evaluated its disclosure controls and
procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that
evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have
concluded that these disclosure controls and procedures were effective, as of April&nbsp;2,
2005.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">There were no changes in
the Company&#146;s internal control over financial reporting during the quarter
ended April&nbsp;2, 2005 that have materially affected, or are reasonably
likely to materially affect, the Company&#146;s internal control over financial
reporting.</font></p>


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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><a name="Partii_OtherInformation_031945"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">PART&nbsp;II. OTHER INFORMATION</font></b></a></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="Item1_LegalProceedings_031946"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS</font></b></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Other than as reported in
the Company&#146;s Form 10-K for the period ended January 1, 2005 under the caption
&#147;Item 3. Legal Proceedings,&#148; the Company is not currently a party to any
material pending legal proceedings other than routine litigation incidental to
the business of the Company. See Note 18 to the Consolidated Financial
Statements included in Item 1 to this Quarterly Report of Form&nbsp;10-Q for
additional details.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="Item2_UnregisteredSalesOfEquitySe_235916"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ITEM
2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS</font></b></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">During the first quarter
of fiscal 2005, 5&nbsp;shares of the Company&#146;s PIK Preferred Shares,
16,564&nbsp;shares of the Company&#146;s Class&nbsp;B Common Stock, and 20,792
shares of the Company&#146;s Class&nbsp;C Common Stock, were converted into a total
of 38,042&nbsp;shares of the Company&#146;s Class&nbsp;A Common Stock. These
conversions were exempt from registration based on sections 3(a)(7) and (3(a)(9)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1933.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="Item3_DefaultsUponSeniorSecuritie_235916"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ITEM
3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES</font></b></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not applicable.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="Item4_SubmissionOfMattersToAVoteO_235916"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ITEM
4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS</font></b></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not applicable.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="Item5_OtherInformation_235916"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION</font></b></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not applicable.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="Item6_Exhibits_235917"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ITEM 6. EXHIBITS</font></b></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibits
required to be filed with this Form&nbsp;10-Q are listed below:</font></p>

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  Number</font></b></p>
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  Description</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Polymer Group,&nbsp;Inc.</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10.1</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Settlement Agreement, Receipt and Release, dated as
  of April&nbsp;29, 2005 by and among Polymer Group, Inc., Jerry Zucker, The
  Intertech Group,&nbsp;Inc., ZS Associates LLC and MatlinPatterson Global
  Advisors LLC (on behalf of itself and various affiliated entities named in
  the Settlement Agreement).</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">31.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="556" valign="top" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:416.9pt;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to
  Section&nbsp;302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="41" valign="top" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:30.4pt;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">31.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="556" valign="top" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:416.9pt;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to
  Section&nbsp;302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="41" valign="top" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:30.4pt;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">32.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="556" valign="top" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:416.9pt;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Certification by the Chief Executive Officer
  pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section&nbsp;1350</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="41" valign="top" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:30.4pt;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">32.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="556" valign="top" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:416.9pt;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Certification by the Chief Financial Officer
  pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section&nbsp;1350</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><a name="Signatures_235044"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SIGNATURES</font></b></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized.</font></p>

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  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.1pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="305" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:228.6pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">POLYMER GROUP,&nbsp;INC.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="293" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:220.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.1pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.9pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="272" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:203.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="293" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:220.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date: May&nbsp;16, 2005</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.1pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.9pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="272" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:203.7pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ JAMES L. SCHAEFFER</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="293" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:220.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-style:italic;">&nbsp;</font></i></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.1pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-style:italic;">&nbsp;</font></i></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.9pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-style:italic;">&nbsp;</font></i></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="272" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:203.7pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">James L.
  Schaeffer<br>
  <i><font style="font-style:italic;">Chief Executive Officer</font></i></font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="293" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:220.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">&nbsp;</font></i></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.1pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">&nbsp;</font></i></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.9pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">&nbsp;</font></i></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">&nbsp;</font></i></p>
  </td>
  <td width="272" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:203.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">&nbsp;</font></i></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="293" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:220.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date: May&nbsp;16, 2005</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.1pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.9pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="272" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:203.7pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ WILLIS C. MOORE, III</font></p>
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  <td width="293" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:220.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-style:italic;">&nbsp;</font></i></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.1pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-style:italic;">&nbsp;</font></i></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.9pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-style:italic;">&nbsp;</font></i></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="272" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:203.7pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Willis C. Moore,
  III<br>
  <i><font style="font-style:italic;">Chief Financial Officer<br>
  (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</font></i></font></p>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 4.1</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS<br>
OF<br>
POLYMER GROUP, INC.<br>
A Delaware Corporation</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">December&nbsp;20,
2004</font></b></p>

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<h1 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ARTICLE&nbsp;I<br>
OFFICES</font></h1>

<h1 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h1>

<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;1.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Registered
Office</u>.&#160; The registered office of the
Corporation in the State of Delaware shall be located at 2711 Centerville Road,
Suite 400, Wilmington, Delaware, County of New Castle. The name of the
Corporation&#146;s registered agent at such address is The Prentice-Hall Corporation
System, Inc. The registered office and/or registered agent of the Corporation
may be changed from time to time by action of the board of directors.</h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;2.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Other
Offices</u>.&#160; The Corporation may also
have offices at such other places, both within and without the State of
Delaware, as the board of directors may from time to time determine or the business
of the Corporation may require.</h2>

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<h1 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ARTICLE&nbsp;II<br>
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS</font></h1>

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and Time of Meetings</u>.&#160; An annual
meeting of the stockholders shall be held each year for the purpose of electing
directors and conducting such other proper business as may come before the
meeting. Unless otherwise directed by the board of directors, annual meetings
of stockholders shall be held in April&nbsp;or May beginning in 2005. At the
annual meeting, stockholders shall elect directors and transact such other
business as properly may be brought before the meeting pursuant to Article&nbsp;II,
Section&nbsp;11 hereof.</h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;2.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Special
Meetings</u>.&#160; Special meetings of
stockholders may be called for any purpose and may be held at such time and
place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be stated in a notice
of meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof. Such meetings may be
called at any time by the chief executive officer, the board of directors, any
two directors or stockholders of the Corporation holding at least 25% of the
outstanding shares of the Corporation&#146;s common stock, in each case, by written
notice to the secretary of the Corporation (or, if no secretary is then in
office, an assistant secretary or the chairman of the board or chief executive officer
of the Corporation).&#160; The notice required
by the foregoing sentence shall set forth the date (which shall not be less
than twenty (20) nor more than sixty (60) days after the date of such notice),
time and purpose or purposes of the meeting in reasonable detail.&#160; Thereafter, the Corporation promptly shall
take all steps required by this Article&nbsp;II, the General Corporation Law of
the State of Delaware, as amended, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and all other
applicable laws, rules and regulations, to call a special meeting of the
stockholders on the date and time and solely for the purpose or purposes set
forth in such notice. The only matters that may be considered at any </h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">special meeting of the stockholders are the matters
specified in the notice of the meeting delivered by the Corporation to the
stockholders pursuant to Section&nbsp;4 of this Article&nbsp;II.</font></h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;3.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Place
of Meetings</u>.&#160; The board of directors
may designate any place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as the
place of meeting for any annual meeting or for any special meeting called by
the board of directors. If no designation is made, or if a special meeting be
otherwise called, the place of meeting shall be the principal executive office
of the Corporation.</h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;4.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Notice</u>.&#160; Whenever stockholders are required or
permitted to take action at a meeting, written or printed notice stating the
place, date, time, and, in the case of special meetings, the purpose or
purposes, of such meeting, shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote
at such meeting not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the
date of the meeting. All such notices shall be delivered, either personally or
by mail, by or at the direction of the board of directors, the chief executive
officer or the secretary, and if mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be
delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed
to the stockholder at his, her or its address as the same appears on the
records of the Corporation. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall
constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends
for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the
transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or
convened.</h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;5.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Stockholders
List</u>.&#160; The officer having charge of
the stock ledger of the Corporation shall make, at least 10 days before every
meeting of the stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to
vote at such meeting arranged in alphabetical order, showing the address of
each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each
stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for
any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a
period of at least 10 days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the
city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the
notice of the meeting or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting
is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place
of the meeting during the whole time
thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.</h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;6.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Quorum</u>.&#160; The holders of a majority of the outstanding
shares of capital stock entitled to vote, present in person or represented by
proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders, except as
otherwise provided by statute or by the certificate of incorporation. If a
quorum is not present, the holders of a majority of the shares present in
person or represented by proxy at the meeting, and entitled to vote at the
meeting, may adjourn the meeting to another time and/or place. When a specified
item of business requires a vote by a class or series (if the Corporation shall
then have outstanding shares of more than one class or series) voting as a
class, the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of such class or
series entitled to vote, present in person or represented by proxy, shall
constitute a quorum (as to such class or series) for the transaction of such
item of business.</h2>

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Meetings</u>.&#160; When a meeting is
adjourned to another time and place, notice need not be given of the adjourned
meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the
adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting the </h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Corporation may transact any business which might have
been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than
thirty days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the
adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each
stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.</font></h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;8.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Vote
Required</u>.&#160; When a quorum is present,
the affirmative vote of the majority of shares present in person or represented
by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall be the
act of the stockholders, unless (i) by express provisions of an applicable law
or of the certificate of incorporation a different vote is required, in which
case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such
question, or (ii) the subject matter is the election of directors, in which
case Section&nbsp;2 of Article&nbsp;III hereof shall govern and control the
approval of such subject matter.</h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;9.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Voting
Rights</u>.&#160; Except as otherwise provided
by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or by the certificate
of incorporation of the Corporation or any amendments thereto and subject to Section&nbsp;3
of Article&nbsp;VI hereof, every stockholder shall at every meeting of the
stockholders be entitled to one vote in
person or by proxy for each share of common stock held by such stockholder.</h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;10.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Proxies</u>.&#160; Each stockholder entitled to vote at a
meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for him
or her by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three
years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly
executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if,
and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to
support an irrevocable power. A proxy may be made irrevocable regardless of
whether the interest with which it is coupled is an interest in the stock
itself or an interest in the Corporation generally. Any proxy is suspended when
the person executing the proxy is present at a meeting of stockholders and
elects to vote, except that when such proxy is coupled with an interest and the
fact of the interest appears on the face of the proxy, the agent named in the
proxy shall have all voting and other rights referred to in the proxy,
notwithstanding the presence of the person executing the proxy. At each meeting
of the stockholders, and before any voting commences, all proxies filed at or
before the meeting shall be submitted to and examined by the secretary or a
person designated by the secretary, and no shares may be represented or voted
under a proxy that has been found to be invalid or irregular.</h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;11.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Business
Brought Before a Meeting</u>.&#160; At an
annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as
shall have been properly brought before the meeting pursuant to this Section&nbsp;11
of Article&nbsp;II; provided that, nominations for the election of directors
properly made pursuant to the provisions of Article&nbsp;III, Section&nbsp;5 of
these by-laws shall also be considered at such annual meeting. To be properly
brought before an annual meeting, business must be (a) specified in the notice
of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the
board of directors, (b) brought before the meeting by or at the direction of
the board of directors, or (c) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by
a stockholder. For business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by
a stockholder, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing
to the secretary of the Corporation. To be timely, a stockholder&#146;s notice must
(x) be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices
of the Corporation, at any time prior to the date of the annual meeting,</h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">and (y) comply with all applicable requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section&nbsp;11 of Article&nbsp;II.&#160; A stockholder&#146;s notice to the secretary shall
set forth as to each </font>matter
the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting (a) a brief
description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting,
(b) the name and address, as they appear on the Corporation&#146;s books, of the
stockholder proposing such business, (c) the class and number of shares of the
Corporation which are beneficially owned by the stockholder, and (d) any
material interest of the stockholder in such business. Notwithstanding anything
in these by-laws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at an annual
meeting except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section&nbsp;11
of Article&nbsp;II. The board of directors shall, if the facts warrant,
determine that the business was not properly brought before the meeting and in
accordance with the provisions of this Section&nbsp;11 of Article&nbsp;II; and
if it should so determine, the board shall so declare to the meeting and any
such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted.</h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;12.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Action by Written Consent</u>.&#160; Any
action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the stockholders of
the Corporation may be taken by written consent in lieu of a meeting of the
stockholders of the Corporation without a meeting, without prior notice
and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the
action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not
less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or
take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were
present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its
registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business or
an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which
proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded.&#160; Such delivery shall be by hand or by
certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.</h2>

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<h1 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ARTICLE&nbsp;III<br>
DIRECTORS</font></h1>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;1.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>General
Powers</u>.&#160; The business and affairs of
the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the board of
directors. In addition to such powers as are herein and in the certificate of
incorporation expressly conferred upon it, the board of directors shall have
and may exercise all the powers of the Corporation, subject to the provisions
of the laws of Delaware, the certificate of incorporation and these by-laws.</h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;2.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Number,
Election and Term of Office</u>.&#160; The
number of directors which shall constitute the board shall be nine (9)<b><font style="font-weight:bold;">, </font></b>the number of directors may be changed and established
from time to time by resolution adopted by affirmative vote of 50.1% of the
outstanding shares of the Corporation&#146;s common stock; provided that no
reduction in the number of directors constituting the board shall result in the
removal of any director from the board during such director&#146;s term of office.
The board of directors shall not change the number of directors without
shareholder approval as provided in the foregoing sentence.&#160; The directors shall be elected by a plurality
of the votes of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the
meeting and entitled to vote in the election of directors; provided that, whenever
the holders of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation are
entitled to elect one or more directors pursuant to the provisions of the
certificate of incorporation of the Corporation </h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(including, but not limited to, for purposes of these
by-laws, pursuant to any duly authorized certificate of designation), such
directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes of such class or series
present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote
in the election of such directors. The directors shall be elected in this
manner at the applicable annual meeting of the stockholders as set forth in Article&nbsp;II,
Section&nbsp;1, except as provided in Section&nbsp;4 of this Article&nbsp;III.
Each director elected shall hold office until a successor is duly elected and </font>qualified or until his or her earlier death,
resignation or removal as hereinafter provided.</h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;3.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Removal
and Resignation</u>.&#160; A director may be
removed at any time with or without cause upon a majority vote of the shares of
common stock voting at a meeting or by stockholders holding a majority of the
outstanding shares of the Corporation&#146;s common stock acting by written consent
in lieu of a meeting. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice
to the Corporation.</h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;4.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Vacancies</u>.&#160; Vacancies and newly created directorships
resulting from any increase in the total number of directors established by the
shareholders pursuant to Section&nbsp;2 of this Article&nbsp;III may be filled (a)
by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then serving and in
accordance with Article&nbsp;IV of the Shareholders Agreement, dated as of March&nbsp;5,
2003, by and among the Corporation, MatlinPatterson Global Opportunities
Partners L.P. and the other parties identified therein, as the same may be
amended from time to time or (b) by the affirmative vote of 50.1% of the
outstanding shares of the Corporation&#146;s common stock.&#160; Any director elected to fill a vacancy
resulting from an increase in the number of directors shall hold office until a
successor is duly elected and qualified. A director elected to fill a vacancy
not resulting from an increase in the number of directors shall have the same
remaining term as that of his predecessor. Each director so chosen shall hold
office until a successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her
earlier death, resignation or removal as herein provided. Whenever holders of
any class or classes of stock or series thereof are entitled by the provisions
of the certificate of incorporation to elect one or more directors, vacancies
and newly created directorships of such class or classes or series may only be
filled by the affirmative vote of the majority of the total number of directors
elected by such class or classes or series thereof then in office, or by a sole
remaining director so elected.</h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;5.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Nominations</u>.</h2>

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<h3 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Subject
to Section&nbsp;4 of this Article&nbsp;III, only persons who are nominated in
accordance with the procedures set forth in these by-laws shall be eligible to
serve as directors. Nominations of persons for election to the board of
directors of the Corporation may be made at a meeting of stockholders (i) by or
at the direction of the board of directors or (ii) by any stockholder of the
Corporation who was a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice
provided for in this by-law, who is entitled to vote for the election of
directors at the meeting and who shall have complied with the notice procedures
set forth below in Section&nbsp;5(b) of this Article&nbsp;III.</h3>

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<h3 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>In
order for a stockholder to nominate a person for election to the board of
directors of the Corporation at a meeting of stockholders, such stockholder
shall have delivered timely notice of such stockholder&#146;s intent to make such
nomination in writing to the secretary of the Corporation. To be timely, a
stockholder&#146;s notice must (i) be delivered to or mailed and</h3>

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<h3 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">received at the principal executive offices of the
Corporation at any time prior to the date of such meeting of the stockholders;
and (ii) comply with all applicable requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to
the matters set forth in this Section&nbsp;5 of Article&nbsp;III. Such
stockholder&#146;s notice shall set forth (i) as to each person whom the stockholder
proposes to nominate for election as a director at such meeting all information
relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of
proxies for election of directors, or is otherwise required, in each case
pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (including such person&#146;s written consent to being named in the proxy
statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected); (ii) as to the
stockholder giving the notice (A) the name and address, as they appear on the
Corporation&#146;s books, of such stockholder and (B) the class and number of shares
of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by such stockholder and also
which are owned of record by such stockholder; and (iii) as to the beneficial
owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is made, (A) the name and address
of such person and (B) the class and number of shares of the Corporation which
are beneficially owned by such person. At the request of the board of
directors, any person nominated by the board of directors for election as a
director shall furnish to the secretary of the Corporation that information
required to be set forth in a stockholder&#146;s notice of nomination which pertains
to the nominee.</font></h3>

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<h3 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The
board of directors shall, if the facts warrant, determine that a nomination was
not made in accordance with the procedures prescribed by the by-laws, and if
the board should so determine, the board
shall so declare to the meeting and the defective nomination shall be
disregarded.</h3>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;6.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Annual
Meetings</u>.&#160; The annual meeting of the
board of directors shall be held without other notice than this by-law
immediately after, and at the same place as, the annual meeting of
stockholders.</h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;7.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Other
Meetings and Notice</u>.&#160; Regular
meetings, other than the annual meeting, of the board of directors may be held
without notice at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be
determined by the board. Special meetings of the board of directors may be
called by the chairman of the board, at least two of the directors then in
office, or the secretary of the Corporation on at least 2 hours notice to each
director, either personally, by telephone, mail, telecopy or e-mail, which
notice shall set forth the date, time and place of such special meeting.&#160; Regular meetings and special meetings may be
held at any place within or outside of the State of Delaware.</h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;8.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Chairman
of the Board, Quorum, Required Vote and Adjournment</u>. The board of directors
shall elect, by the affirmative vote of the majority of the total number of
directors then in office, a chairman of the board, who shall preside at all
meetings of the stockholders and board of directors at which he or she is
present. If the chairman of the board is not present at a meeting of the
stockholders or the board of directors, a majority of the directors present at
such meeting shall elect one of their members to so preside. A majority of the
total number of directors then in office shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business. Unless by express provision of an applicable law, the
Corporation&#146;s certificate of incorporation or these by-laws a different vote is
required, the vote of a majority of directors present at a meeting at which a
quorum is present shall be the act of the board of directors. If a quorum shall
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<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">not be present at any meeting of the board of
directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to
time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum
shall be present.</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;9.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Committees</u>.&#160; The board of directors may, by resolution
passed by a majority of the total number of directors then in office, designate
one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the
directors of the Corporation, which to the extent provided in such resolution
or these by-laws shall have, and may exercise, the powers of the board of directors
in the management and affairs of the Corporation, except as otherwise limited
by law. The board of directors may designate one or more directors as alternate
members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at
any meeting of the committee. Such committee or committees shall have such name
or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the
board of directors. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings
and report the same to the board of directors when required.</h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;10.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Committee
Rules</u>.&#160; Each committee of the board
of directors may fix its own rules of procedure and shall hold its meetings as
provided by such rules, except as may otherwise be provided by a resolution of
the board of directors designating such committee. Unless otherwise provided in
such a resolution, the presence of at least a majority of the members of the
committee shall be necessary to constitute a quorum. Unless otherwise provided
in such a resolution, in the event that a member and that member&#146;s alternate,
if alternates are designated by the board of directors as provided in Section&nbsp;9
of this Article&nbsp;III, of such committee is or are absent or disqualified,
the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from
voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may
unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the
meeting in place of any such absent or disqualified member.</h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;11.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Communications
Equipment</u>.&#160; Members of the board of
directors or any committee thereof may participate in and act at any meeting of
such board or committee through the use of a conference telephone or other
communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the
meeting can hear and speak with each other, and participation in the meeting
pursuant to this Section&nbsp;11 shall constitute presence in person at the
meeting.</h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;12.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Waiver
of Notice and Presumption of Assent</u>.&#160;
Any member of the board of directors or any committee thereof who is
present at a meeting shall be conclusively presumed to have waived notice of
such meeting except when such member attends for the express purpose of
objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business
because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Such member shall be
conclusively presumed to have assented to any action taken unless his or her
dissent shall be entered in the minutes
of the meeting or unless his or her written dissent to such action shall be
filed with the person acting as the secretary of the meeting before the
adjournment thereof or shall be forwarded by registered mail to the secretary
of the Corporation immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right
to dissent shall not apply to any member who voted in favor of such action.</h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;13.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Action
by Written Consent</u>.&#160; Unless otherwise
restricted by the certificate of incorporation, any action required or
permitted to be taken at any meeting of the board of directors, or of any
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<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">board or committee, as the case may be, consent
thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of
proceedings of the board or committee.</font></h2>

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<h1 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ARTICLE&nbsp;IV<br>
OFFICERS</font></h1>

<h1 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h1>

<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;1.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Officers</u>.&#160; The officers of the Corporation shall be
elected by the board of directors and may consist of a chairman of the board,
chief executive officer, one or more vice-presidents, a chief financial
officer, a secretary, one or more assistant secretaries and such other officers
and assistant officers as may be deemed necessary or desirable by the board of
directors. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. In its
discretion, the board of directors may choose not to fill any office for any
period as it may deem advisable.</h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;2.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Election
and Term of Office</u>.&#160; The officers of
the Corporation shall be elected annually by the board of directors at its first
meeting held after each annual meeting of stockholders or as soon thereafter as
convenient. Vacancies may be filled or new offices created and filled at any
meeting of the board of directors. Each officer shall hold office until a
successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death,
resignation or removal as hereinafter provided.</h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;3.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Removal</u>.&#160; Any officer or agent elected by the board of
directors may be removed by the board of directors at its discretion, with or
without cause, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract
rights, if any, of the person so removed.&#160;
The election or appointment of an officer shall not, of itself, create
contract rights.</h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;4.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Vacancies</u>.&#160; Any vacancy occurring in any office because
of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or otherwise, may be filled by
the board of directors.</h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;5.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Compensation</u>.&#160; Compensation of all officers shall be fixed
by the board of directors, and no officer shall be prevented from receiving
such compensation by virtue of his or her also being a director of the
Corporation.</h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;6.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Chairman
of the Board</u>.&#160; The board of directors
may elect a chairman of the board from among its members.&#160; Such person shall preside at all meetings of
the board of directors and stockholders and shall have all powers and shall
perform all duties incident to the office of the chairman of the board that may
be required by law and shall have such other powers and perform such other
duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or provided in these
by-laws.</h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;7.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Chief
Executive Officer</u>.&#160; The chief
executive officer of the Corporation shall, subject to the powers of the board
of directors, have general charge of the business, operations, affairs and property
of the Corporation, and control over its officers, agents and employees; and
shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried
into effect.&#160; The chief executive officer
shall report to the board of directors.&#160;
The chief executive officer is authorized to execute bonds, mortgages
and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the Corporation, except
where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and
except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by
the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation. The
chief executive officer </h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">shall have such other powers and perform such other
duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or as may be provided in
these by-laws.</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;8.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Chief
Financial Officer</u>.&#160; The chief
financial officer of the Corporation shall, under the direction of the chief
executive officer, be responsible for all financial and accounting matters and
for the direction of the office of controller. The chief financial officer
shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed
by the chief executive officer or the board of directors or as may be provided
in these by-laws.</h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;9.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Vice-presidents</u>.&#160; The vice-president, or if there shall be more
than one, the vice-presidents, shall perform such duties and have such powers
as the board of directors, the chief executive officer or these by-laws may,
from time to time, prescribe. The vice-presidents may also be designated as
executive vice-presidents or senior vice-presidents, as the board of directors or
the chief executive officer may from time to time prescribe.</h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;10.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>The
Secretary and Assistant Secretaries</u>.&#160;
The secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors, all
meetings of the committees thereof and all meetings of the stockholders and
record all the proceedings of the meetings in a book or books to be kept for
that purpose or shall ensure that his or her designee or such other person
requested by the chairman of the board attends each such meeting to act in such
capacity. Under the chairman of the board&#146;s supervision, the secretary shall
give, or cause to be given, all notices required to be given by these by-laws
or by law; shall have such powers and perform such duties as the board of
directors, the chairman of the board, the chief executive officer or these
by-laws may, from time to time, prescribe; and shall have custody of the
corporate seal of the Corporation. The secretary, or an assistant secretary,
shall have authority to affix the corporate seal to any instrument requiring it
and when so affixed, it may be attested by his or her signature or by the
signature of such assistant secretary. The board of directors may give general authority to any other officer to
affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest the affixing by his or her
signature. The assistant secretary, or if there be more than one, any of the
assistant secretaries, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary,
perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary and shall perform
such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors, the
chairman of the board, the chief executive officer, or secretary may, from time
to time, prescribe.</h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;11.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Additional
Officers</u>.&#160; The board of directors or
the chief executive officer may from time to time appoint such other officers
as the board of directors or the chief executive officer may deem advisable and
such officers shall have such authority and shall perform such duties as may
from time to time be assigned to them by the board of directors or the chief
executive officer.</h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;12.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Absence
or Disability of Officers</u>.&#160; In the
case of the absence or disability of any officer of the Corporation and of any
person hereby authorized to act in such officer&#146;s place during such officer&#146;s
absence or disability, the board of directors may by resolution delegate the
powers and duties of such officer to any other officer or to any director, or
to any other person selected by it.</h2>

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<h1 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ARTICLE&nbsp;V<br>
INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND OTHERS</font></h1>

<h1 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h1>

<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;1.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Right
to Indemnification</u>.&#160; Each person who
was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise
involved (including involvement as a witness) in any action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(hereinafter a &#147;proceeding&#148;), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a
director or officer of the Corporation or, while a director or officer of the
Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an
employee benefit plan (hereinafter, an &#147;indemnitee&#148;), whether the basis of such
proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director or officer
or in any other capacity while serving as a director or officer, shall be
indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent
authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as the same exists or may
hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the
extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader
indemnification rights than permitted prior thereto), against all expense,
liability and loss (including attorneys&#146; fees, judgments, fines, ERISA exercise
taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or
suffered by such indemnitee in connection therewith and such indemnification
shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer,
employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitee&#146;s heirs,
executors and administrators; provided, however, that, except as provided in Section&nbsp;2
of Article&nbsp;V with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to
indemnification, the Corporation shall indemnify any such indemnitee in
connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such indemnitee
only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the board of
directors of the Corporation. The right to indemnification conferred in this Section&nbsp;1
of Article&nbsp;V shall be a contract right and shall include the right to be
paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition
(hereinafter an &#147;advance of expenses&#148;); provided, however, that, if and to the
extent that the Delaware General Corporation Law requires, an advance of
expenses incurred by an indemnitee in his or her capacity as a director or
officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by
such indemnitee, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit
plan) shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking
(hereinafter an &#147;undertaking&#148;), by or on behalf of such indemnitee, to repay
all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial
decision from which there is no further right to appeal (hereinafter a &#147;final
adjudication&#148;) that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such
expenses under this Section&nbsp;1 of Article&nbsp;V or otherwise. The
Corporation may, by action of its board of directors, provide indemnification
to employees and agents of the Corporation with the same scope and effect as
the foregoing indemnification of directors and officers.</h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;2.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Procedure
for Indemnification</u>.&#160; Any
indemnification of a director or officer of the Corporation or advance of
expenses under Section&nbsp;1 of this Article&nbsp;V
shall be made promptly, and in any event within forty-five (45) days (or, in
the case of an advance of expenses, twenty (20) days), upon the written request
of the director or officer. If a determination by the Corporation that the
director or officer is entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Article&nbsp;V is required, and the
Corporation fails to respond within sixty (60) days to a written request for
indemnity, the Corporation shall be deemed to have approved the request. If the
Corporation </h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">denies a written request for indemnification or
advance of expenses, in whole or in part, or if payment in full pursuant to
such request is not made within forty-five (45) days (or, in the case of an
advance of expenses, twenty (20) days), the right to indemnification or
advances as granted by this </font>Article&nbsp;V
shall be enforceable by the director or officer in any court of competent
jurisdiction. Such person&#146;s costs and expenses incurred in connection with
successfully establishing his or her right to indemnification, in whole or in
part, in any such action shall also be indemnified by the Corporation. It shall
be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a
claim for the advance of expenses where the undertaking required pursuant to Section&nbsp;1
of this Article&nbsp;V, if any,
has been tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the
standards of conduct which make it permissible under the Delaware General
Corporation Law for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount
claimed, but the burden of such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither
the failure of the Corporation (including its board of directors, independent
legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that
indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he or
she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Delaware
General Corporation Law, nor an actual determination by the Corporation
(including its board of directors, independent legal counsel, or its
stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of
conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the
claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct. The procedure for
indemnification of other employees and agents for whom indemnification is provided
pursuant to Section&nbsp;1 of this Article&nbsp;V shall be the same procedure
set forth in this Section&nbsp;2 for directors or officers, unless otherwise
set forth in the action of the board of directors providing indemnification for
such employee or agent.</h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;3.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Service
for Subsidiaries</u>.&#160; Any person serving
as a director, officer, employee or agent of a Subsidiary shall be conclusively
presumed to be serving in such capacity at the request of the Corporation.</h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;4.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Reliance</u>.&#160; Persons who after the date of the adoption of
this provision become or remain directors or officers of the Corporation or
who, while a director or officer of the Corporation, become or remain a
director, officer, employee or agent of a Subsidiary, shall be conclusively
presumed to have relied on the rights to indemnity, advance of expenses and
other rights contained in this Article&nbsp;V
in entering into or continuing such service. The rights to indemnification and
to the advance of expenses conferred in this Article&nbsp;V shall apply to claims made against an indemnitee
arising out of acts or omissions which occurred or occur both prior and
subsequent to the adoption hereof.</h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;5.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Non-Exclusivity
of Rights</u>.&#160; The rights to
indemnification and to the advance of expenses conferred in this Article&nbsp;V shall not be exclusive
of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under the
Certificate of Incorporation or under any statute, by-law, agreement, vote of
stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.</h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;6.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Insurance</u>.&#160; The Corporation may purchase and maintain
insurance on its own behalf and on behalf of any person who is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or was serving at the
request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any
expense, liability or loss asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such </h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">capacity, whether or not the
Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such
expenses, liability or loss under the Delaware General Corporation Law.</font></h2>

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<h1 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ARTICLE&nbsp;VI<br>
CERTIFICATES OF STOCK</font></h1>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;1.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Form</u>.&#160; Every holder of stock in the Corporation
shall be entitled to have a certificate, signed by, or in the name of the
Corporation by the chief executive officer or a vice-president and the
secretary or an assistant secretary of the Corporation, certifying the number
of shares owned by such holder in the Corporation. If such a certificate is
countersigned (1) by a transfer agent or an assistant transfer agent other than
the Corporation or its employee or (2) by a registrar, other than the
Corporation or its employee, the signature of any such chief executive officer,
vice-president, secretary, or assistant secretary may be facsimiles. In case
any officer or officers who have signed, or whose facsimile signature or
signatures have been used on, any such certificate or certificates shall cease to
be such officer or officers of the Corporation whether because of death,
resignation or otherwise before such certificate or certificates have been
delivered by the Corporation, such certificate or certificates may nevertheless
be issued and delivered as though the person or persons who signed such
certificate or certificates or whose facsimile signature or signatures have
been used thereon had not ceased to be such officer or officers of the
Corporation. All certificates for shares shall be consecutively numbered or
otherwise identified. The name of the person to whom the shares represented
thereby are issued, with the number of shares and date of issue, shall be
entered on the books of the Corporation. Shares of stock of the Corporation
shall only be transferred on the books of the Corporation by the holder of
record thereof or by such holder&#146;s attorney duly authorized in writing, upon
surrender to the Corporation of the certificate or certificates for such shares
endorsed by the appropriate person or persons, with such evidence of the
authenticity of such endorsement, transfer, authorization, and other matters as
the Corporation may reasonably require, and accompanied by all necessary stock
transfer stamps. In that event, it shall be the duty of the Corporation to
issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old
certificate or certificates, and record the transaction on its books. The board
of directors may appoint a bank or trust company organized under the laws of
the United States or any state thereof to act as its transfer agent or registrar, or both in connection with the
transfer of any class or series of securities of the Corporation.</h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;2.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Lost
Certificates</u>.&#160; The board of directors
may direct a new certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any
certificate or certificates previously issued by the Corporation alleged to
have been lost, stolen, or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that
fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen, or
destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates,
the Corporation may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the
issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen, or destroyed
certificate or certificates, or his or her legal representative, to give the
Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify the Corporation against any claim
that may be made against the Corporation on account of the loss, theft or
destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate.</h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;3.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Fixing
a Record Date for Stockholder Meetings</u>.&#160;
In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to
notice of or to vote at any meeting of </h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the board of
directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date
upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the board of
directors, and which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less
than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting. If no record date is fixed
by the board of directors, the record date for determining stockholders
entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be the
close of business on the next day preceding the day on which notice is first
given. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to
vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the
meeting; provided, however, that the board of directors may fix a new record
date for the adjourned meeting.</font></h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;4.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Fixing
a Record Date for Other Purposes</u>.&#160; In
order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive
payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment or any rights or the
stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change,
conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purposes of any other lawful
action, the board of directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not
precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted,
and which record date shall be not more than sixty (60) days prior to such
action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining
stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the board of directors adopts the
resolution relating thereto.</h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;5.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Registered
Stockholders</u>.&#160; Prior to the surrender
to the Corporation of the certificate or certificates for a share or shares of
stock with a request to record the transfer of such share or shares, the
Corporation may treat the registered owner as the person entitled to receive
dividends, to vote, to receive notifications, and otherwise to exercise all the
rights and powers of an owner. The Corporation shall not be bound to recognize
any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part
of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice
thereof.</h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;6.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Subscriptions
for Stock</u>.&#160; Unless otherwise provided
for in the subscription agreement, subscriptions for shares shall be paid in
full at such time, or in such installments and at such times, as shall be
determined by the board of directors. Any call made by the board of directors for
payment on subscriptions shall be uniform as to all shares of the same class or
as to all shares of the same series. In case of default in the payment of any
installment or call when such payment is due, the Corporation may proceed to
collect the amount due in the same manner as any debt due the Corporation.</h2>

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<h1 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ARTICLE&nbsp;VII<br>
GENERAL PROVISIONS</font></h1>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;1.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Dividends</u>.&#160; Dividends upon the capital stock of the
Corporation, subject to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation, if
any, may be declared by the board of directors at any regular or special
meeting, in accordance with applicable law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in
property, or in shares of the capital stock, subject to the provisions of the
certificate of incorporation. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set
aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or
sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think
proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends,
or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or any </h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">other purpose and the directors may modify or abolish
any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.</font></h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;2.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Checks,
Drafts or Orders</u>.&#160; All checks,
drafts, or other orders for the payment of money by or to the Corporation and
all notes and other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the Corporation shall be signed by such
officer or officers, agent or agents of the Corporation, and in such manner, as
shall be determined by resolution of the board of directors or a duly
authorized committee thereof.</h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;3.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Contracts</u>.&#160; In addition to the powers otherwise granted
to officers pursuant to Article&nbsp;IV hereof, the board of directors may
authorize any officer or officers, or any agent or agents, of the Corporation
to enter into any contract or to execute and deliver any instrument in the name
of and on behalf of the Corporation, and such authority may be general or
confined to specific instances.</h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;4.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Loans</u>.&#160; The Corporation may not lend money to, or
guarantee any obligation of, or otherwise assist any officer or other employee
of the Corporation or of its subsidiaries, including any officer or employee
who is a director of the Corporation or its subsidiaries other than as
permitted by applicable law and as determined, in the judgment of the
directors, that such loan, guaranty or assistance may reasonably be expected to
benefit the Corporation. The loan, guaranty or other assistance may be with or
without interest, and may be unsecured, or secured in such manner as the board
of directors shall approve, including, without limitation, a pledge of shares
of stock of the Corporation. Nothing in this section&nbsp;contained shall be
deemed to deny, limit or restrict the powers of guaranty or warranty of the
Corporation at common law or under any statute.</h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;5.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Fiscal
Year</u>.&#160; The fiscal year of the
Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.</h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;6.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Corporate
Seal</u>.&#160; The board of directors shall
provide a corporate seal which shall be in the form of a circle and shall have
inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation and the words &#147;Corporate Seal,
Delaware.&#148; The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be
impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.</h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;7.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Voting
Securities Owned By Corporation</u>.&#160;
Voting securities in any other corporation held by the Corporation shall
be voted by an officer of the Corporation or other person as authorized or
directed by the board of directors, which authorization or direction may be
general or confined to specific instances.&#160;
Any person authorized to vote securities shall have the power to appoint
proxies, with general power of substitution.</h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;8.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Inspection
of Books and Records</u>.&#160; Any
stockholder of record, in person or by attorney or other agent, shall, upon
written demand under oath stating the purpose thereof, have the right during
the usual hours for business to inspect for any proper purpose the Corporation&#146;s
stock ledger, a list of its stockholders, and its other books and records, and
to make copies or extracts therefrom. A proper purpose shall mean any purpose
reasonably related to such person&#146;s interest as a stockholder. In every
instance where an attorney or other agent shall be the person who seeks the
right to inspection, the demand under oath shall be accompanied by </h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">a power of attorney or such other writing which
authorizes the attorney or other agent to so act on behalf of the stockholder.
The demand under oath shall be directed to the Corporation at its registered
office in the State of Delaware or at its principal place of business. The
Corporation shall have a reasonable amount of time to respond to any such
request.</font></h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;9.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Section&nbsp;Headings</u>.&#160; Section&nbsp;headings in these by-laws are
for convenience of reference only and shall not be given any substantive effect
in limiting or otherwise construing any provision herein.</h2>

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Provisions</u>.&#160; In the event that any
provision of these by-laws is or becomes inconsistent with any provision of the
certificate of incorporation, the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware or any other applicable law, the provision of these by-laws shall not
be given any effect to the extent of such inconsistency but shall otherwise be
given full force and effect.</h2>

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AMENDMENTS</font></h1>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">These by-laws may be
amended, altered, or repealed and new by-laws adopted at any meeting of the
board of directors by the affirmative vote of the majority of the total number
of directors then in office; provided that any amendment, alteration or repeal
of Sections 1, 2 or 9 of Article&nbsp;II, Sections 2, 3, 4 or 5 of Article&nbsp;III,
Section&nbsp;8 of Article&nbsp;VII, Article&nbsp;VIII or any amendment,
alteration or repeal of Article&nbsp;V that results in an adverse effect upon
the indemnification provided to directors therein, in each of the foregoing
cases, pursuant to the affirmative vote of the majority of the total number of
directors then in office also shall require the approval of at least one
Non-GOF Board Member (as such term is defined in the Shareholders Agreement);
provided further that the foregoing approval of at least one Non-GOF Board
Member shall only be required if both (a) at least one Non-GOF Board Member has
the right to a seat on the board of directors pursuant to the Shareholders
Agreement, and (b) at the time such approval is sought one of the following is
true (i) at least one Non-GOF Board Member is a member of the board of
directors, (ii) if a Non-GOF Board Member is not a member of the board of
directors, a Non-GOF Board Member shall have been a member of the board of
directors within sixty days of such time, or (iii) if a Non-GOF Board Member is
not, and, within sixty days of such time, has not been, a member of the board
of directors, a nomination or designation of a proposed Non-GOF Board Member
shall have been made in good faith pursuant to the terms of the Shareholders Agreement
and not withdrawn, and such nominee or designee shall not have refused or
declined appointment to the board of directors. The fact that the power to
adopt, amend, alter, or repeal the by-laws has been conferred upon the board of
directors shall not divest the stockholders of such powers as set forth in the
certificate of incorporation</font>.</p>

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  CAROLINA</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, RECEIPT AND
RELEASE</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FULL, FINAL AND COMPLETE RELEASE.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PLEASE READ CAREFULLY.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">THIS RELEASE ENDS ALL CLAIMS OF
EVERY NATURE.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">THIS
SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, RECEIPT AND RELEASE is entered into as of this 29<sup>th</sup>
day of April, 2005 by and among</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 40.5pt;text-indent:-22.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The
Intertech Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation, on behalf of itself and its past
and present entities, successors, subsidiaries, divisions, affiliated entities,
shareholders, employees, officers, directors, owners, partners, heirs, assigns,
agents, attorneys and other representatives, including but not limited to Jerry
Zucker (hereinafter &#147;TIG&#148;), who, with PGI is at times referred to herein as the
&#147;parties&#148;;</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 40.5pt;text-indent:-22.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 40.5pt;text-indent:-22.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Jerry
Zucker individually and on behalf of his past and present entities,
subsidiaries, divisions, affiliated entities, shareholders, employees,
officers, directors, owners, partners, heirs, executors, administrators, assigns, agents, attorneys and other
representatives (hereinafter &#147;Zucker&#148;);</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 40.5pt;text-indent:-22.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 40.5pt;text-indent:-22.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>ZS Associates LLC, a South Carolina limited
liability company, formerly ZS Associates, Inc., a South Carolina general
partnership (hereinafter &#147;ZS Associates&#148;) on behalf of itself and its
past and present entities, successors, subsidiaries, divisions, affiliated
entities, members, managers, shareholders, employees, officers, directors,
owners, partners, heirs, assigns, agents, attorneys and other representatives,
including but not limited to Zucker;</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 40.5pt;text-indent:-22.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 40.5pt;text-indent:-22.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Polymer
Group, Inc. (hereinafter &#147;PGI&#148;) a Delaware corporation, who, with TIG is at
times referred to herein as the &#147;parties&#148;; and</p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 40.5pt;text-indent:-22.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">e)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the
MatlinPatterson Releasees as defined in Paragraph 4 of this Agreement.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 40.5pt;text-indent:-22.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">WHEREAS,
although ZS Associates, Zucker, and the MatlinPatterson Releasees were not
parties to the above captioned action, the parties have agreed as a condition
of settlement that ZS Associates, Zucker, and the MatlinPatterson Releasees
join this Settlement Agreement, Receipt and Release for the purpose of
releasing PGI and others as set forth below.&#160;&#160;
ZS Associates, Zucker, and the MatlinPatterson Releasees have agreed to
do so and therefore join in and agree to be bound by this Settlement Agreement,
Receipt and Release.&#160; Further, the
parties, ZS Associates and Zucker, believe that the releases provided to the
MatlinPatterson Releasees are in the best interests of the parties, ZS
Associates and Zucker in light of the valuable consideration this Settlement
Agreement, Receipt and Release provides to TIG, ZS Associates and Zucker. TIG,
ZS Associates and Zucker have agreed to release the MatlinPatterson Releasees
as set forth herein. TIG, ZS Associates, and Zucker believe that the settlement
of the instant action is of value to them and constitutes valuable
consideration to them as that term is defined under South Carolina law.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">WHEREAS,
TIG is the lessee of a certain lease, as amended, (hereinafter &#147;the Lease&#148;)
between itself and ZS Associates, for the real property located at 4838 Jenkins
Avenue in North Charleston, South Carolina (hereinafter &#147;the Leased Property&#148;).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">WHEREAS,
PGI is a sub-lessee of the Lease, having subleased from TIG an 85% undivided
interest in the Leased Property (hereinafter &#147;the Sublease&#148;).&#160; The Lease between TIG and ZS Associates and
the Sublease between PGI and TIG are more fully and completely described in the
Complaint filed in the instant action and such description is incorporated by
reference herein.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">WHEREAS,
in the instant action TIG has alleged that, in addition to PGI&#146;s obligations to
TIG under the Sublease, PGI is liable to TIG under the terms of a certain
Services Agreement, as amended, (hereinafter &#147;the Services Agreement&#148;) for
certain services provided to it from TIG in association with the Sublease.&#160; The Services Agreement between TIG and PGI is
more fully and completely described in the Complaint filed in the instant
action and such description is incorporated by reference herein.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">WHEREAS,
PGI no longer occupies the real property which is the subject of the Lease,
Sublease, and alleged Services Agreement, nor does it receive services under
the alleged Services Agreement.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">WHEREAS,
in August&nbsp;2003, TIG filed the instant action against PGI and said action
is still pending.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">WHEREAS,
TIG has agreed to accept the payment described below on behalf of itself, ZS
Associates and Zucker as full and final payment of all amounts due and owing or
to become due and owing to TIG by PGI under the Lease, Sublease, and alleged
Services Agreement and any amounts owed by the PGI Releasees (as defined in </font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Paragraph 3 of this
Agreement) and the MatlinPatterson Releasees to TIG, ZS Associates and Zucker
for whatever reason, and for any and all other claims in the instant action and
for the releases set forth in this Settlement Agreement, Receipt And Release.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and obligations set forth
herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties, ZS Associates and Zucker, hereto
agree as follows:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Payment by PGI
to TIG</u>.&#160; </b>TIG, on behalf of TIG, ZS Associates and Zucker, hereby
acknowledges and accepts from PGI the payment of Three Million One Hundred Thousand
and No/100 ($3,100,000.00) Dollars as full and final payment of all amounts due
and owing to TIG by PGI under the Lease, Sublease, alleged Services Agreement,
for any and all other claims in the instant action, and as full and final
payment of any and all amounts due and owing to TIG, ZS Associates and Zucker
by the PGI Releasees and the MatlinPatterson Releasees and as consideration for
the releases referenced in this Settlement Agreement, Receipt And Release.&#160; PGI and TIG agree that TIG shall immediately
dismiss the instant action with prejudice.&#160;
The parties shall bear their own costs and fees, if any, in relation to
any such dismissal.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Intent of
Settlement Agreement, Receipt and Release.</u>&#160;&#160;&#160; </b>The
parties, ZS Associates and Zucker, recognize that over the last several years
they have had a variety of disputes, interactions and business dealings with
each other, the instant action being one of them.&#160;&#160; It is the intent of the parties, ZS
Associates and Zucker, that this instant Settlement Agreement, Receipt
And Release resolve not only the claims
set forth in the instant action, but to also resolve any claims by TIG, ZS
Associates, and Zucker, whether known or unknown, ripe or inchoate, asserted or
withheld, whether arising from claims arising from or related to the Lease, Sublease and alleged Services
Agreement or otherwise against the PGI Releasees and the MatlinPatterson
Releasees.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;">Further, it is the intent of the parties, ZS
Associates and Zucker, that TIG, ZS Associates, and Zucker release the PGI
Releasees and the MatlinPatterson Releasees, </font>from any and all charges, complaints, promises, covenants, contracts, agreements,
controversies, variances, damages, judgments, extents, executions, remedies,
actions, suits, dues, sums of money, accounts, reckonings, bonds, bills, specialties, costs, losses, trespasses
debts, duties, liabilities, obligations, claims, rights, demands,
actions or causes of actions and
expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees and costs), howsoever arising, and
of any nature or description whatsoever, known or unknown, asserted or
unasserted, liquidated or unliquidated,
ripe or inchoate, at law or in equity including, without limitation, any
claim for equity or equity-related compensation, incentive compensation, or any
other compensation or remuneration whatsoever based on any alleged promises or
undertakings by or agreements with the PGI Releasees and/or the MatlinPatterson
Releasees from the beginning of time until as of the date of this Agreement.</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">3.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>TIG, ZS
Associates, and Zucker Release</u>.&#160; </b>TIG,
ZS Associates and Zucker hereby unconditionally and irrevocably release and
forever discharge PGI, its past and present entities, successors, subsidiaries,
divisions, affiliated entities, shareholders, employees, officers, directors,
owners, partners, heirs, assigns, agents, attorneys and other representatives (&#147;PGI
Releasees&#148;) and the MatlinPatterson Releasees from any and all claims which
TIG, ZS Associates and Zucker now have, has had or may hereafter claim to have
against the PGI Releasees or the MatlinPatterson Releasees whether arising from
or related to the Lease, Sublease and Services Agreement or otherwise.&#160; Further, TIG, ZS Associates and Zucker hereby
unconditionally and irrevocably release and forever discharge the PGI Releasees
and the MatlinPatterson Releasees from any and all debts, duties, liabilities,
obligations, claims, rights, demands, actions or causes of action, howsoever
arising, and of any nature whatsoever, known or unknown, asserted or
unasserted, liquidated or unliquidated, ripe
or inchoate, at law or in equity including, without limitation, any
claim for equity or equity-related compensation, incentive compensation, or any
other compensation or remuneration whatsoever based on any alleged promises or
undertakings by or agreements with the PGI Releasees and/or the MatlinPatterson
Releasees from the beginning of time until as of the date of this Agreement.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">TIG,
ZS Associates and Zucker hereby represent that TIG, ZS Associates and Zucker,
have not filed, and agree that they will not file, any additional demands for
arbitration, claims, complaints, charges or lawsuits against the PGI Releasees or
the MatlinPatterson Releasees for claims, whether at law or equity, or for damages
under the Lease, Sublease, and alleged Services Agreement or arising from or
related to the Lease, Sublease, and alleged Services Agreement or
otherwise.&#160; TIG, ZS Associates and Zucker
hereby further represent that TIG, ZS Associates and Zucker have not filed, and
agree that they will not file, any additional demands for arbitration, claims,
complaints, charges or lawsuits against the PGI Releasees or the
MatlinPatterson Releasees for claims, debts, duties, liabilities, obligations,
rights, demands, actions or causes of action, howsoever arising, and of any
nature whatsoever, known or unknown, asserted or unasserted, liquidated or
unliquidated, ripe or inchoate, at
law or in equity including, without limitation, any claim for equity or
equity-related compensation, incentive compensation, or any other compensation or
remuneration whatsoever based on any alleged promises or undertakings by or
agreements with the PGI Releasees and/or the MatlinPatterson Releasees from the
beginning of time until as of the date of this Agreement.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">4.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>MatlinPatterson
Releasees.</u>  </b>The parties, ZS
Associates and Zucker, agree that the MatlinPatterson Releasees as
referenced in this Settlement Agreement, Receipt and Release shall include, but
are not limited to, MatlinPatterson Global Opportunities Partners L.P.,
MatlinPatterson Global Opportunities Partners (Bermuda) L.P., and
MatlinPatterson Global Opportunities Partners B, L.P. and their related
entities, including, without limitation, MatlinPatterson Global Partners LLC,
MatlinPatterson Global Advisers LLC, MatlinPatterson Asset Management LLC,
MatlinPatterson LLC and all of their subsidiaries, parent entities, affiliated
companies, limited liability companies, limited partnerships, joint venturers
and other related entities, and all of the foregoing entities&#146; respective
predecessors, successors, heirs, assigns, </p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">officers, directors,
partners, limited partners, members, managers, stockholders, employees, agents
and representatives, and any and all persons acting by, through, under, or in
concert with any of them (all of the foregoing in their capacities as
shareholders and in any other capacity collectively, the &#147;MatlinPatterson
Releasees&#148;).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">5.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>PGI
and MatlinPatterson Release.</u></b>&#160;&#160; The
PGI Releasees and the MatlinPatterson Releasees hereby unconditionally and
irrevocably release and forever discharge TIG, ZS Associates and Zucker, their
past and present entities, successors, subsidiaries, divisions, affiliated
entities, shareholders, employees, officers, directors, owners, partners,
heirs, assigns, agents, attorneys and other representatives (the &#147;TIG Releasees&#148;)
from any and all claims which the PGI Releasees or MatlinPatterson Releasees
now have, have had or may hereafter claim to have against the TIG Releasees
whether arising from or related to the Lease, Sublease and Services Agreement
or otherwise.&#160; Further, the PGI Releasees
and MatlinPatterson Releasees hereby unconditionally and irrevocably release
and forever discharge the TIG Releasees from any and all debts, duties,
liabilities, obligations, claims, rights, demands, actions or causes of action,
howsoever arising, and of any nature whatsoever, known or unknown, asserted or
unasserted, liquidated or unliquidated, ripe
or inchoate, at law or in equity including, without limitation, any
claim for equity or equity-related compensation, incentive compensation, or any
other compensation or remuneration whatsoever based on any alleged promises or
undertakings by or agreements with the TIG Releasees from the beginning of time
until as of the date of this Agreement.</p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
PGI Releasees and the MatlinPatterson Releasees hereby represent that they have
not filed, and agree that they will not file, any additional demands for
arbitration, claims, complaints, charges or lawsuits against the TIG Releasees
for claims, whether at law or equity, or for damages under the Lease, Sublease,
and alleged Services Agreement or arising from or related to the Lease,
Sublease, and alleged Services Agreement or otherwise.&#160; The PGI Releasees and the MatlinPatterson
Releasees hereby further represent that they have not filed, and agree that
they will not file, any additional demands for arbitration, claims, complaints,
charges or lawsuits against the TIG Releasees for claims, debts, duties,
liabilities, obligations, rights, demands, actions or causes of action,
howsoever arising, and of any nature whatsoever, known or unknown, asserted or
unasserted, liquidated or unliquidated, ripe
or inchoate, at law or in equity including, without limitation, any
claim for equity or equity-related compensation, incentive compensation, or any
other compensation or remuneration whatsoever based on any alleged promises or
undertakings by or agreements with the TIG Releasees from the beginning of time
until as of the date of this Agreement.</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">6.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Acknowledgments.</u>&#160; </b>Each of the parties, ZS Associates,
Zucker, and the MatlinPatterson Releasees acknowledge, represent and warrant as
follows, with the understanding that the PGI Releasees and the MatlinPatterson
Releasees are relying thereon:</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>They
fully comprehend and understand all the terms of this Settlement Agreement,
Receipt and Release and its legal effects;</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>They
warrant that all corporate approvals necessary for execution of this Settlement
Agreement, Receipt and Release on behalf of the signing entities have been
properly obtained and the individuals executing this Settlement Agreement,
Receipt and Release are legally competent and duly authorized to do so;</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>This
Settlement Agreement, Receipt and Release is executed knowingly and voluntarily
and without reliance upon any statement or representation of any third party or
its representatives;</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>This
Settlement Agreement, Receipt and Release is enforceable against them in
accordance with its terms;</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(e)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>They
have had the benefit of legal counsel of their own choice and have been
afforded an opportunity to review this Settlement Agreement, Receipt and
Release with their legal counsel and that this Settlement Agreement, Receipt
and Release shall be construed as if collectively drafted by them and their
legal counsel; and</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(f)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>They
have not assigned, pledged, transferred, or otherwise conveyed any rights in
this instant action or any claims of any nature whether related or unrelated in
whole or in part to, the Lease, Sublease, and alleged Services Agreement or
otherwise, in whole or in part or any interest therein, to any third party nor
have they purported to do so.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">7.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Counterparts</u>.&#160; </b>This Settlement Agreement, Receipt and
Release may be executed simultaneously in several counterparts, each of which
shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one and
the same agreement.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">8.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Modification</u></b><b><u><font style="font-weight:bold;"> and Entire Agreement.</font></u></b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>No
modification, amendment, change, or addition to this Settlement Agreement,
Receipt and Release shall be binding upon the parties, ZS Associates, Zucker,
and the MatlinPatterson Releasees, unless reduced to writing and signed by the
parties, ZS Associates, Zucker, and MatlinPatterson Global Advisers LLC on
behalf of the MatlinPatterson Releasees.&#160;
This Settlement Agreement, Receipt and Release constitutes the entire
agreement between the parties, ZS Associates, Zucker, and the MatlinPatterson
Releasees, and is an integrated agreement as that term applies under South
Carolina law.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">9.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Settlement
Not an Admission.</u></b>&#160; It is
understood and agreed that this Settlement Agreement, Receipt and Release is
the result of a good faith compromise settlement of disputed claims and that
the parties, ZS Associates, Zucker, and the MatlinPatterson Releasees, are
entering into this Settlement Agreement, Receipt and Release to avoid the
expense, disruption and uncertainty of further litigation regarding their
respective claims and defenses.&#160; Entry
into this Settlement Agreement, Receipt </p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">and Release does not
constitute any admission of liability on the part of any signatory, and
liability from PGI or the MatlinPatterson Releasees to any signatory to this
Settlement Agreement, Receipt and Release is expressly denied.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">10.</font></b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><b><u><font style="font-weight:bold;">Headings.</font></u></b>&#160; The headings of this Settlement Agreement,
Receipt and Release are for the convenience of the parties, ZS Associates,
Zucker, and the MatlinPatterson Releasees, only and shall not limit, expand,
modify, or aid in the interpretation or constructions of this Settlement
Agreement, Receipt and Release.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">11.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Successors and
Assigns</u>.&#160; </b>This Settlement
Agreement, Receipt and Release shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit
of the parties, ZS Associates, Zucker, and the MatlinPatterson Releasees, their
respective past and present entities, subsidiaries, divisions, affiliated
entities, shareholders, employees, successors, officers, directors, owners, partners,
heirs, assigns, agents, attorneys and other representatives.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">12.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Governing
Law</u></b>.&#160; This Settlement Agreement,
Receipt and Release shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the
State of South Carolina.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">13.</font></b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><b><u><font style="font-weight:bold;">Attorney&#146;s Fees</font></u></b>.<font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The parties, ZS Associates, Zucker, and the
MatlinPatterson Releasees, agree that they shall each be responsible for their
own attorney&#146;s fees and costs which they have incurred as a result of the
instant action.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">14.</font></b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><b><u><font style="font-weight:bold;">Representation of Comprehension of Document</font></u></b>.<font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>In
entering into this Settlement Agreement, Receipt and Release the parties, ZS
Associates, Zucker, and the MatlinPatterson Releasees represent that they have
relied upon the legal advice of their attorneys who are the attorneys of their
own choice and that the terms of this Settlement Agreement, Receipt and Release
have been completely read and explained to them by their attorneys, and that
those terms are fully understood and voluntarily accepted by each signatory to
this Settlement Agreement, Receipt and Release.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">15.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Non-Disparagement.</u></b>&#160; The parties, ZS Associates, Zucker, and the
MatlinPatterson Releasees agree that, except as may be required by law, they
will not disparage the other, or their respective officers, employees, and
agents for a time period of one year from the date of this Agreement, and if
asked about the other, they shall state simply that &#147;our business relationship
has ended.&#160; We had some issues that we
worked through and now we have settled them satisfactorily&#148; or words
substantially to that effect.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">16.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Non-Waiver.</u></b>&#160;&#160; The failure of any of the signatories to
this Agreement to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any provision of
this Agreement or to exercise any rights or remedies thereunder will not be
construed as a waiver by said signatory to assert or rely upon any such
performance right or remedy in that or any other instance.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">17.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Confidentiality.</u></b>&#160;&#160; The signatories to this Agreement agree and
understand that this Agreement and the terms and conditions of the settlement
reflected herein are confidential and shall not be disclosed to third parties
except to the </p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">7</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">signatories&#146;
representative legal, accounting, or tax advisors or as may be required by law
or by any governmental, judicial, regulatory, or tax authority or as required
in connection with the fulfillment of any reporting responsibilities in the
ordinary course of business.&#160; The
signatories to this Agreement acknowledge that officers, directors,
shareholders, and employees of the parties may learn of this settlement in the
normal course of their employment, and it is agreed that such knowledge is not
a violation of this paragraph.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">18.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Stipulation of
Dismissal With Prejudice.</u></b>&#160;&#160; Upon
the execution of this Agreement, the parties will execute a Stipulation of
Dismissal with Prejudice in the action <u>The Intertech Group, Inc. vs. Polymer
Group, Inc.</u>, Civil Action No. 03-CP-10-3389 which will promptly be filed in
the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, South Carolina in the form
attached as Exhibit A to this Agreement.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">19.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Severability.</u></b>&#160;&#160; The parties, ZS Associates, Zucker, and the
MatlinPatterson Releasees agree that the provisions contained herein are not
known or believed to be in violation of any federal, state, or local law, rule
or regulation.&#160; In the event a court of
competent jurisdiction finds any provision herein or subpart thereof to be
illegal or unenforceable, the parties, ZS Associates, Zucker, and the
MatlinPatterson Releasees agree that the court shall modify said provisions or
subparts thereof to make said provisions or subparts thereof in this Agreement
valid and enforceable.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">20.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Additional
Documents.</u></b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The
parties, ZS Associates, Zucker, and the MatlinPatterson Releasees agree to
cooperate fully and execute any and all supplementary documents and take all
additional actions which may be necessary or appropriate to give full force and
effect to the basic terms and intent of this Settlement Agreement, Receipt and
Release.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">21.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Effective
Date.</u></b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>This Settlement
Agreement, Receipt and Release shall be effective as of the date that the
parties, ZS Associates, Zucker, and the MatlinPatterson Releasees execute this
Agreement.</p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">8</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">WITNESS
WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Settlement Agreement,
Receipt and Release under seal as of the date first written above.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;">
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  <td width="38%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:38.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">WITNESSES:</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">THE INTERTECH GROUP</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Jerry Zucker</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="61%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:61.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Its:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="31%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:31.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="61%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:61.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="61%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:61.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="61%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:61.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(CORPORATE SEAL)</font></p>
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  <td width="199" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="91" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="22" style="border:none;"></td>
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  <td width="199" style="border:none;"></td>
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</table>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SWORN
to and subscribed before me this</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;day
of&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;,
2004.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="38%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:38.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="61%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:61.42%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="38%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:38.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Notary Public for</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="61%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:61.42%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">My notary expires:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="61%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:61.42%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="0">
  <td width="110" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="178" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="459" style="border:none;"></td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="38%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:38.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">WITNESSES:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="61%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:61.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="61%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:61.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:40.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:40.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Jerry Zucker</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="61%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:61.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="61%" colspan="2" rowspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:61.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Individually and on behalf of his past and present entities,
  subsidiaries, divisions, affiliated entities, shareholders, employees,
  officers, directors, owners, partners, heirs, executors, administrators,
  assigns, agents, attorneys and other representatives</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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</table>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 3.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SWORN
to and subscribed before me this</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;day
of&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;,
2004.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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 <tr>
  <td width="40%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:40.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="59%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:59.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Notary Public for</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="69%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:69.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="15%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">My notary expires:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="24%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:24.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="59%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:59.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">WITNESSES:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="61%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:61.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ZS ASSOCIATES, LLC</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="61%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:61.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="34%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Jerry Zucker</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="61%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:61.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Its:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="31%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:31.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="61%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:61.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="61%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:61.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="61%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:61.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(CORPORATE SEAL)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="0">
  <td width="199" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="91" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="22" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="236" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="199" style="border:none;"></td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SWORN
to and subscribed before me this</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;day
of&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;,
2004.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="38%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:38.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="61%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:61.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="38%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:38.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Notary Public for</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="61%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:61.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">My notary expires:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="61%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:61.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="0">
  <td width="110" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="178" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="459" style="border:none;"></td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="38%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:38.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">WITNESSES:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="61%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:61.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">POLYMER
  GROUP, INC.</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="61%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:61.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">James Schaeffer</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="61%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:61.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Its: Chief Executive Officer</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="61%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:61.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="61%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:61.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="61%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:61.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(CORPORATE SEAL)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SWORN
to and subscribed before me this</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;day
of&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;,
2004.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="38%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:38.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="61%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:61.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="38%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:38.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Notary Public for</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="61%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:61.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">My notary expires:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="61%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:61.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="110" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="178" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="459" style="border:none;"></td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">WITNESSES:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="61%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:61.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">MATLINPATTERSON GLOBAL<br>
  ADVISERS LLC, ON BEHALF OF ITSELF<br>
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  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.22%;">
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Name:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="61%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:61.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Its:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="31%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:31.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="61%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:61.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="61%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:61.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="61%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:61.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(CORPORATE SEAL)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="199" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="91" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="22" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="236" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="199" style="border:none;"></td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SWORN
to and subscribed before me this</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;day
of&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;,
2004.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <td width="38%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:38.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="61%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:61.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="38%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:38.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Notary Public for</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="61%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:61.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">My notary expires:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="61%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:61.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">STATE OF SOUTH
  CAROLINA</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="62%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:62.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">IN THE COURT OF
  COMMON PLEAS</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="62%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:62.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">FOR THE NINTH
  JUDICIAL CIRCUIT</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">COUNTY OF
  CHARLESTON</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="62%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:62.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">CIVIL ACTION
  NO.: 03-CP-10-3389</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="62%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:62.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Intertech
  Group, Inc.,</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
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  <td width="62%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:62.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="62%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:62.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Plaintiff,</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="62%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:62.66%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Stipulation
  of Dismissal with</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="62%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:62.66%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Prejudice</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">vs.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="62%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:62.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="62%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:62.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Polymer Group,
  Inc.,</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="62%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:62.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="62%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:62.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="27%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:27.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Defendant.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="62%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:62.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="27%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:27.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="62%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:62.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The issues in the
above-captioned action having been settled to the satisfaction of all parties,
now, therefore, pursuant to Rule 41(a)(1)(B), SCRCP, it is hereby</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">STIPULATED,
that the above-captioned action be, and hereby is, dismissed with prejudice.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Richard M. Smith</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">191 Peachtree Street.</font></p>
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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;31.1</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><a name="CertificationPursuantToSection302_235456"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION&nbsp;302 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002</font></b></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">I, James L.
Schaeffer, certify that:</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>I have reviewed
this Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q of Polymer Group,&nbsp;Inc.;</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Based on my
knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in
light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Based on my
knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included
in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial
condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and
for, the periods presented in this report;</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The registrant&#146;s
other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining
disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules&nbsp;13a-15(e)&nbsp;and
15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 40.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">a)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Designed such
disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and
procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material
information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated
subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
during the period in which this report is being prepared;</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 40.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">b)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Evaluated the
effectiveness of the registrant&#146;s disclosure controls and procedures and
presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the
disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this
report based on such evaluation; and</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 40.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">c)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Disclosed in this
report any change in the registrant&#146;s internal control over financial reporting
that occurred during the registrant&#146;s most recent fiscal quarter (the
registrant&#146;s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
registrant&#146;s internal control over financial reporting; and</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The registrant&#146;s
other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent
evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant&#146;s
auditors and the audit committee of the registrant&#146;s board of directors (or
persons performing the equivalent functions):</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 40.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">a)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>All significant
deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal
control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely
affect the registrant&#146;s ability to record, process, summarize and report
financial information; and</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 40.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">b)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who
have a significant role in the registrant&#146;s internal control over financial
reporting.</p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">James L.
  Schaeffer<i><font style="font-style:italic;"><br>
  Chief Executive Officer</font></i></font></p>
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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;31.2</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><a name="CertificationPursuantToSection302_235702"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION&nbsp;302 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002</font></b></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">I, Willis C. Moore, III, certify that:</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>I have reviewed
this Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q of Polymer Group,&nbsp;Inc.;</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Based on my
knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in
light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Based on my
knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included
in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial
condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and
for, the periods presented in this report;</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The registrant&#146;s
other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining
disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules&nbsp;13a-15(e)&nbsp;and
15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 40.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">a)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Designed such
disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and
procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material
information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated
subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
during the period in which this report is being prepared;</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 40.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">b)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Evaluated the
effectiveness of the registrant&#146;s disclosure controls and procedures and
presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the
disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this
report based on such evaluation; and</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 40.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">c)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Disclosed in this
report any change in the registrant&#146;s internal control over financial reporting
that occurred during the registrant&#146;s most recent fiscal quarter (the
registrant&#146;s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
registrant&#146;s internal control over financial reporting; and</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The registrant&#146;s
other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent
evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant&#146;s
auditors and the audit committee of the registrant&#146;s board of directors (or
persons performing the equivalent functions):</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 40.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">a)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>All significant
deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal
control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely
affect the registrant&#146;s ability to record, process, summarize and report
financial information; and</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 40.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">b)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who
have a significant role in the registrant&#146;s internal control over financial
reporting.</p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">EXHIBIT 32.1</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><a name="CertificationPursuantTo18U_s_c_Se_235908"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Certification Pursuant To 18 U.S.C. Section&nbsp;1350</font></b></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In connection with the Quarterly Report of Polymer
Group,&nbsp;Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the period ended April&nbsp;2,
2005 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof
(the &#147;Report&#148;), I, James L. Schaeffer, Chief Executive Officer of the Company,
certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section&nbsp;1350, as adopted pursuant to Section&nbsp;906
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 40.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Report fully complies
with the requirements of Section&nbsp;13(a)&nbsp;or 15(d)&nbsp;of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 40.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The
information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects,
the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.</p>

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  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;">Date: May&nbsp;16, 2005</p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ JAMES L. SCHAEFFER</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">James L.
  Schaeffer<i><font style="font-style:italic;"><br>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A signed original of this written statement required
by Section&nbsp;906 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by
the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its
staff upon request.</font></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">EXHIBIT 32.2</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><a name="CertificationPursuantTo18U_s_c_Se_000045"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Certification Pursuant To 18 U.S.C. Section&nbsp;1350</font></b></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In connection with the Quarterly Report of Polymer
Group,&nbsp;Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the period ended April&nbsp;2,
2005 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof
(the &#147;Report&#148;), I, Willis C. Moore, III, Chief Financial Officer of the
Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section&nbsp;1350, as adopted pursuant
to Section&nbsp;906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my
knowledge:</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 40.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Report fully complies
with the requirements of Section&nbsp;13(a)&nbsp;or 15(d)&nbsp;of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 40.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The
information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects,
the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.</p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ WILLIS C. MOORE,&nbsp;III</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Willis C.
  Moore,&nbsp;III<br>
  <i><font style="font-style:italic;">Chief Financial Officer<br>
  (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</font></i></font></p>
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<p style="line-height:1.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 11.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A signed original of this written statement required
by Section&nbsp;906 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by
the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its
staff upon request.</font></p>

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