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<footnote id="F1"> Blackstone CCC Capital Partners L.P. (&quot;BCP CCC&quot;) formerly directly owned 48,533,288 shares of Common Stock. Blackstone Management Associates III L.L.C. (&quot;BMA III&quot;) is the sole general partner of BCP CCC. Peter G. Peterson and Stephen A. Schwarzman are the founding members and managing members of BMA III. Therefore, each of BMA III, Peter G. Peterson and Stephen A. Schwarzman may have been deemed to beneficially own the Common Stock owned by BCP CCC.</footnote>

<footnote id="F2"> Blackstone CCC Offshore Capital Partners L.P. (&quot;BCP CCC Offshore&quot;) formerly directly owned 8,780,888 shares of Common Stock. BMA III is the sole investment general partner of BCP CCC Offshore. Peter G. Peterson and Stephen A. Schwarzman are the founding members and managing members of BMA III. Therefore, each of BMA III, Peter G. Peterson and Stephen A. Schwarzman may have been deemed to beneficially own the Common Stock owned by BCP CCC Offshore. In addition, Blackstone Family Investment Partnership III L.P. (&quot;BFIP III&quot;) directly owns 3,658,351 shares of Common Stock. BMA III is the sole general partner of BFIP III. Peter G. Peterson and Stephen A. Schwarzman are the founding members and managing members of BMA III. Therefore, each of BMA III, Peter G. Peterson and Stephen A. Schwarzman may be deemed to beneficially own the Common Stock owned by BFIP III.</footnote>

<footnote id="F3"> On June 12, 2003, BCP CCC and BCP CCC Offshore made pro rata distributions in kind (the &quot;Distributions&quot;) for no consideration of 57,314,176 shares of Common Stock to their respective partners, which include among others, BMA III, Blackstone Capital Commitment Partners III L.P. (&quot;BCCP III&quot;) and Blackstone Services (Cayman) III LDC (&quot;BSC III&quot;). See Amendment No. 4 to Schedule 13D filed by the Reporting Persons on June 16, 2003. Following the Distributions, the Reporting Persons beneficially own, in the aggregate, less than 10% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.</footnote>

<footnote id="F4"> Following the Distributions, BMA III directly owns 529,238 shares of Common Stock. Peter G. Peterson and Stephen A. Schwarzman are founding members and managing members of BMA III. Therefore, each of Peter G. Peterson and Stephen A. Schwarzman may be deemed to beneficially own the Common Stock owned by BMA III.</footnote>

<footnote id="F5"> Following the Distributions, BCCP III directly owns 1,714,691 shares of Common Stock. BMA III is the general partner of BCCP III. Peter G. Peterson and Stephen A. Schwarzman are founding members and managing members of BMA III and BCCP III. Therefore, each of BMA III, Peter G. Peterson and Stephen A. Schwarzman may be deemed to beneficially own the Common Stock owned by BCCP III.</footnote>

<footnote id="F6"> Following the Distributions, BSC III directly owns 43,905 shares of Common Stock. BMA III is an affiliate of BSC III. Peter G. Peterson and Stephen A. Schwarzman are founding members and managing members of BMA III and BSC III. Therefore, each of BMA III, Peter G. Peterson and Stephen A. Schwarzman may be deemed to beneficially own the Common Stock owned by BSC III.</footnote>

<footnote id="F7"> Effective June 13, 2003, Peter G. Peterson, Chairman of Blackstone and its designee on the board of directors of the Issuer, has resigned from the Issuer's board of directors</footnote>

<footnote id="F8"> Information with respect to each of the Reporting Persons is given solely by such Reporting Persons, and no Reporting Person has responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of information supplied by another Reporting Person. Any disclosures made hereunder with respect to persons other than the Reporting Persons are made on information and belief after making appropriate inquiry.</footnote>

<footnote id="F9"> Pursuant to Rule 16a-1(4) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, each of the Reporting Persons herein states that the following shall not be deemed an admission that he or it is the beneficial owner of any of the securities covered by this Statement. Each of BMA III, Peter G. Peterson and Stephen A. Schwarzman disclaims beneficial ownership of the Common Stock directly owned by BFIP III, BCCP III and BSC III. Each of Peter G. Peterson and Stephen A. Schwarzman disclaims beneficial ownership of the Common Stock owned directly by BMA III.</footnote>
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      <signatureName>/s/ Chinh E. Chu</signatureName>
      <signatureDate>2003-06-12</signatureDate>
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