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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated August 10, 2015 by and among Envestnet, Inc. (&quot;Envestnet&quot;), Yale Merger Corp (&quot;Merger Sub&quot;) and the Issuer (the &quot;Merger Agreement&quot;), Merger Sub merged with and into the Issuer (the &quot;Merger&quot;), and the Reporting Person received $22,651.68 and 371 shares of Envestnet Common Stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">As a result of the Merger, the option became fully vested and exercisable.  Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement and in connection with the Merger, this option was not assumed by Envestnet and was exercised in a cashless net exercise whereby 15,065 shares of Issuer common stock were withheld to satisfy the applicable exercise price, and 6,563 shares of Issuer common stock issued upon such exercise were cancelled in exchange for (i) a cash payment of $75,194.83 and (ii) 1,234 shares of Envestnet common stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">As a result of the Merger, the option became fully vested and exercisable.  Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement and in connection with the Merger, this option was not assumed by Envestnet and was exercised in a cashless net exercise whereby 9,277 shares of Issuer common stock were withheld to satisfy the applicable exercise price and tax withholding obligations, and 2,157 shares of Issuer common stock issued upon such exercise were cancelled in exchange for (i) a cash payment of $24,827.07 and (ii) 407 shares of Envestnet common stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Represents par value of YDLE common stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement and in connection with the Merger, this restricted stock unit was not assumed by Envestnet and 3,935 shares of Issuer common stock issued upon such exercise were cancelled in exchange for (i) a cash payment of $45,291.85 and (ii) 743 shares of Envestnet common stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement and in connection with the Merger, this restricted stock unit was not assumed by Envestnet and 3,177 shares of Issuer common stock issued upon such exercise were cancelled in exchange for (i) a cash payment of $36,567.27 and (ii) 600 shares of Envestnet common stock.</footnote>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Marc Blouin Atty-in-Fact for Mark Jung</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2015-11-23</signatureDate>
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