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            <rptOwnerName>BERKOWITZ DAVID P</rptOwnerName>
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         <value>Shares of Beneficial Interest</value>
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         <value>2003-06-27</value>
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   <footnotes>
<footnote id="F1"> Amount reported includes (a) 2,873,158 shares held by Gotham Partners, LP (&quot;Gotham&quot;), (b) 2,431,664 shares held by Gotham International Advisors, LLC (&quot;Gotham International&quot;), (c) 58,448 shares held by Gotham Partners III, LP (&quot;Gotham III&quot;), and (d) 477,963 shares held by Gotham Holdings II LLC (&quot;Holdings II&quot;). The general partner of Gotham and Gotham III is Section H Partners, LP (&quot;Section H&quot;). The general partner of Section H is Karenina Corporation (&quot;Karenina&quot;) and DPB Corporation (&quot;DBP&quot;). The president of Karenina is William A. Ackman, and the president of DPB is David P. Berkowitz. Ackman is the senior managing member of Gotham International and Gotham Holdings Management, LLC, which is the manager of Holdings II.</footnote>
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      <signatureName>William A. Ackman, on behalf of Gotham Partners III, LP</signatureName>
      <signatureDate>2003-07-02</signatureDate>
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      <signatureName>William Ackman, on behalf of Gotham Partners International, Ltd</signatureName>
      <signatureDate>2003-07-02</signatureDate>
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      <signatureName>William Ackman, on behalf of Gotham International Advisors, LLC</signatureName>
      <signatureDate>2003-07-02</signatureDate>
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      <signatureName>William Ackman, on behalf of Section H Partners, LP</signatureName>
      <signatureDate>2003-07-02</signatureDate>
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   <ownerSignature>
      <signatureName>William Ackman, on behalf of Gotham Holdings Management LLC</signatureName>
      <signatureDate>2003-07-02</signatureDate>
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   <ownerSignature>
      <signatureName>William Ackman</signatureName>
      <signatureDate>2003-07-02</signatureDate>
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   <ownerSignature>
      <signatureName>William Ackman, on behalf of Karenina Corporation</signatureName>
      <signatureDate>2003-07-02</signatureDate>
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      <signatureName>William Ackman, on behalf of Gotham Holdings II, LLC</signatureName>
      <signatureDate>2003-07-02</signatureDate>
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      <signatureName>David P. Berkowitz</signatureName>
      <signatureDate>2003-07-02</signatureDate>
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   <ownerSignature>
      <signatureName>David P. Berkowtiz, on behalf of DPB Corporation</signatureName>
      <signatureDate>2003-07-02</signatureDate>
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