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<font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">The information
concerning the Company’s senior secured credit facility is as
follows:</font></p>
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<td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" valign="bottom" colspan="6" align="center"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="1"><b>Fiscal Year
Ended</b></font></td>
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<td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="1"><b>March 30, 2013</b></font></td>
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<td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="1"><b>March 31, 2012</b></font></td>
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<td valign="bottom" colspan="6" align="center"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="1"><b>(In
thousands)</b></font></td>
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<p style="TEXT-INDENT: -1em; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">Maximum borrowing
outstanding during the year</font></p>
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<td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">$</font></td>
<td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">100,548</font></td>
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<td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">$</font></td>
<td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">88,143</font></td>
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<p style="TEXT-INDENT: -1em; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">Average outstanding balance
during the year</font></p>
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<td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">$</font></td>
<td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">78,371</font></td>
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<td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">$</font></td>
<td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">71,045</font></td>
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<p style="TEXT-INDENT: -1em; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">Weighted average interest
rate for the year</font></p>
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<td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">3.6</font></td>
<td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">% </font></td>
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<td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">3.6</font></td>
<td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">% </font></td>
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<p style="TEXT-INDENT: -1em; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">Effective interest rate at
year-end</font></p>
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<td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">3.6</font></td>
<td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">% </font></td>
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<td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">3.6</font></td>
<td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">% </font></td>
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