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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">This statement is being filed jointly by (i) Laxey Partners Limited, an Isle of Man company ("Laxey"), (ii) The Value Catalyst Fund Limited, a Cayman Islands company ("Catalyst"), (iii) Laxey Investors Limited, a British Virgin Islands company ("LIL"), (iv) LP Value Limited, a British Virgin Islands company ("LPV"), (v) Laxey Investors L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("LLP"), (vi) Laxey Universal Value, LP, a Delaware limited partnership ("LUV"), (vii) Colin Kingsnorth, a British citizen ("Kingsnorth") and (viii) Andrew Pegge, a British citizen ("Pegge"). Laxey together with Catalyst, LIL, LPV, LLP, LUV, Kingsnorth and Pegge may be deemed to constitute a "group" for purposes of Section 13(d) promulgated under the Exchange Act.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">These shares were owned directly by LIL and indirectly by (i) Laxey as the investment manager of LIL, (ii) Kingsnorth pursuant to Kingsnorth's ownership interest of one half of the outstanding equity of Laxey, and (iii) Pegge pursuant to Pegge's ownership interest of one half of the outstanding equity of Laxey. No other member of the "group" had a pecuniary interest in such shares under current Exchange Act rules and regulations.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">These shares were owned indirectly by: (i) Laxey as the investment manager of various third party discretionary accounts managed for unaffiliated third parties, (ii) Kingsnorth pursuant to Kingsnorth's ownership interest of one half of the outstanding equity of Laxey, and (iii) Pegge pursuant to Pegge's ownership interest of one half of the outstanding equity of Laxey. No other member of the "group" had a pecuniary interest in such shares under current Exchange Act rules and regulations.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">On March 26, 2003, Laxey owned 1,000 shares directly and 3,988,000 shares indirectly as the investment manager for each of Catalyst, LPV, LLP and LUV, subject to the overall control of each entity's board of directors or general
partner (as applicable) and as the investment manager of various third party discretionary accounts managed for unaffiliated third parties.
</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">On March 27, 2003, Laxey owned 1,000 shares directly and 3,978,000 shares indirectly as the investment manager for each of Catalyst, LPV, LLP and LUV, subject to the overall control of each entity's board of directors or general partner (as applicable) and as the investment manager of various third party discretionary accounts managed for unaffiliated third parties.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">These shares are owned directly by LPV and indirectly by (i) Laxey as the investment manager of LPV, (ii) Kingsnorth pursuant to Kingsnorth's ownership interest of one half of the outstanding equity of Laxey, and (iii) Pegge pursuant to Pegge's ownership interest of one half of the outstanding equity of Laxey. No other member of the &quot;group&quot; had a pecuniary interest in such shares under current Exchange Act rules and regulations.
</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">These shares are owned directly by LLP and indirectly by (i) Laxey as the investment manager of LLP, (ii) Kingsnorth pursuant to Kingsnorth's ownership interest of one half of the outstanding equity of Laxey, and (iii) Pegge pursuant to Pegge's ownership interest of one half of the outstanding equity of Laxey. No other member of the "group" had a pecuniary interest in such shares under current Exchange Act rules and regulations.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F8">These shares are owned directly by LUV and indirectly by (i) Laxey as the investment manager of LUV, (ii) Kingsnorth pursuant to Kingsnorth's ownership interest of one half of the outstanding equity of Laxey, and (iii) Pegge
pursuant to Pegge's ownership interest of one half of the outstanding equity of Laxey. No other member of the &quot;group&quot; had a pecuniary interest in such shares under current Exchange Act rules and regulations.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F9">These shares include 1,000 shares owned directly by Laxey and 4,629,656 shares owned indirectly by Laxey, as the investment manager for each of Catalyst, LPV, LLP and LUV, subject to the overall control of each entity's board of directors or general partner (as applicable) and as the investment manager of various third party discretionary accounts managed for unaffiliated third parties.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F10">These shares include 1,000 shares owned directly by Laxey and 4,640,656 shares owned indirectly by Laxey, as the investment manager for each of Catalyst, LPV, LLP and LUV, subject to the overall control of each entity's board of directors or general partner (as applicable) and as the investment manager of various third party discretionary accounts managed for unaffiliated third parties.</footnote>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Chris Bruce, Laxey Partners</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2003-07-18</signatureDate>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Colin Kingsnorth, Laxey Investors Limited</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2003-07-18</signatureDate>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Andrew Pegge</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2003-07-18</signatureDate>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Colin Kingsnorth</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2003-07-18</signatureDate>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Chris Bruce, Laxey Universal Value, LP</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2003-07-18</signatureDate>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Chris Bruce, Laxey Investors L.P.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2003-07-18</signatureDate>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Chris Bruce, LP Value Limited</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2003-07-18</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Elizabeth Tunsell, The Value Catalyst Fund Limited</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2003-07-18</signatureDate>
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