
| Re: |
Cardinal
Communications, Inc.
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Preliminary
Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed May 2,
2006
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File
No. 1-15383
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| 2. |
It
does not appear that you have provided all the necessary disclosure
pursuant to Item 8 of Schedule 14A and Item 402 of Regulation S-K.
In
particular, we note your disclosure on page 21 that a significant
number
of shares have been awarded under your 2005 plan. Accordingly, disclosure
pursuant to Items 402© and (d) would be required with respect to any
options granted to your named executive
officers.
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Annual
Compensation
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Long-term
Compensation
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Awards
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Payouts
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Name
and principal position
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Year
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Salary
$
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Bonus
$
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Other
Annual Compensation $
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Restricted
Stock Awards $
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Securities
Underlying options/SARs #
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LTIP
Payouts $
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All
Other Compensation
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Edouard
A. Garneau (a)
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2005
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$
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185,000
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(1
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$
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38,400
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(8
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Chief
Executive Officer
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2004
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*
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2003
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*
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David
Weisman (b)
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2005
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$
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205,000
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(2
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17,500,000
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Former
Chairman of
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2004
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*
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the
Board and Former
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2003
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*
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Chief
Executive Officer
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Douglas
McKinnon (c)
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2005
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$
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180,000
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Former
Chief Executive
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2004
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$
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180,000
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3,000,000
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Officer
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2003
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$
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180,000
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(3
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Craig
Cook
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2005
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$
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150,000
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(4
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Chief
Administrative
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2004
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Officer
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2003
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*
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Jeffrey
Fiebig
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2005
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$
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180,000
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(5
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Director
and President of
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2004
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Sovereign
Partners, LLC
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2003
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Byron
Young
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2005
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$
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120,000
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(6
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$
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1,277
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Director
and President of
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2004
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Connect
Paging, Inc.
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2003
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Terry
Zinsli
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2005
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$
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150,000
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(7
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Chief
Financial Officer
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2004
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Sovereign
Partners, LLC
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2003
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David
M. Loflin
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2005
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Former
Chairman of the
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2004
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Board
and former President
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2003
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$
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75,000
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(9
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Kenneth
J. Upcraft
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2005
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*
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Former
Executive Vice
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2004
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$
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109,142
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(10
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President
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2003
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$
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150,000
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Christopher
K. Brenner
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2005
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*
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Former
Vice President
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2004
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(11
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Finance
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2003
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$
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120,000
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(12
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| 3. |
We
note that a reverse stock split would result in the increased availability
of authorized shares for your use. Please disclose whether you presently
have any plans, proposals, or arrangements to issue any of the newly
available authorized shares for any purpose, including future
acquisitions, and or financings. If so, please disclose by including
materially complete descriptions of the future acquisitions and financing
transactions. If not, please state that you have no such plans, proposals,
or arrangements, written or otherwise, at this time to issue any
of the
additional authorized shares.
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| 4. |
Please
provide an illustrative chart indicating the impact of the proposed
reverse split ratios on the number of shares currently outstanding,
reserved for issuance and available for issuance. Please also disclose
the
market price of your common stock as of a recent
date.
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| 5. |
In
light of the increase in available capital as a result of a possible
reverse stock split, please refer to Release No. 34-15230 and discuss
the
possible anti-takeover effects of the increase in available capital.
Please also discuss other anti-takeover mechanisms that may be present
in
your governing documents or otherwise and whether there are any plans
or
proposals to adopt other provisions or enter into other arrangements
that
may have material anti-takeover consequences. Inform holders that
management might use the additional shares to resist or frustrate
a
third-party transaction providing an above-market premium that is
favored
by a majority of the independent
stockholders.
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Shares Outstanding
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Approximate number of
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Approximate number of
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Product of Reverse Split
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As
of
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Shares
Outstanding
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Shares Available for
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Ratio and
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Ratio
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12-May-06
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After
Reverse Split
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future issuance After
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Market Price as
of
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(1)
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Reverse
Stock Split
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5/12/2006
($0.02 per share)
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Five
for one
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445,328,774
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89,065,755
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710,934,245
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$0.10
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Ten
for one
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445,328,774
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44,532,877
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755,467,123
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$0.20
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Twenty
for one
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445,328,774
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22,266,439
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777,733,561
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$0.40
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Thirty
for one
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445,328,774
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14,844,292
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785,155,708
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$0.60
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Shares
Reserved
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Approximate number of
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for
Issuanance
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Shares
Reserved
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Ratio
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as
of
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After
Reverse Split
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May
12, 2006
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(1)
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Five
for one
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269,882,439
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53,976,488
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Ten
for one
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269,882,439
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26,988,244
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Twenty
for one
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269,882,439
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13,494,122
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Thirty
for one
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269,882,439
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8,996,081
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Shares Outstanding
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Approximate number of
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Approximate number of
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Product of Reverse Split
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As
of
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Shares
Outstanding
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Shares Available for
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Ratio and
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Ratio
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May
12, 2006
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After
Forward Reverse Split
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future issuance After
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Market Price as
of
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(1)
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Reverse
Stock Split
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5/12/2006
($0.02 per share)
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One
for two
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445,328,774
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890,657,548
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0
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$0.01
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Shares
Reserved
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Approximate number of
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for
Issuanance
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Shares
Reserved
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Ratio
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as
of
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After
Forward Split
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May
12, 2006
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(1)
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One
for two
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269,882,439
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539,764,878
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| Date: May 17, 2006 | By: | /s/ Edouard A. Garneau |
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Name: Edouard
A. Garneau
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Title: Chief
Executive Officer
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| Date: May 17, 2006 | By: | /s/ Ronald S. Bass |
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Name: Ronald
S. Bass
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Title: Principal
Accounting Officer
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