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<div style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;" align="justify"><font style="display: inline; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;" class="_mt">The Board of Directors approved a share repurchase program on February 12, 2010, authorizing the Company to purchase up to $300,000 of its common shares as market and business conditions warrant on the open market or in negotiated transactions in compliance with the SEC's Rule 10b-18. The share repurchase authorization expires on December 31, 2011. As of September 25, 2010, the Company had repurchased 7,366,646 shares using cash of $223,149. There remains approximately $76,851 available for repurchase under this authorization.</font></div> </div>3.
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