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        <footnote id="F1">Effect of stock split effective 8/1/03</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Shares held by Sherwood Partners, Ltd., a family partnership</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">held Jointly with Spouse</footnote>
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        <signatureName>Dennis S. Hudson, III</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2003-08-06</signatureDate>
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</ownershipDocument>

