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        <footnote id="F1">This option was granted on December 3, 2010 as an option for 5,000 shares of Class A Common Stock under the 2006 Director Stock Option Plan at an exercise price of $1.83 per share, but adjusted pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the 2006 plan to reflect 5% stock dividends paid on February 4, 2011, February 3, 2012, February 1, 2013, February 6, 2015, February 5, 2016, February 3, 2017, February 2, 2018, and February 1, 2019.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">This option was granted on December 7, 2010 as an option for 1,000 shares of Class A Common Stock under the 2006 Director Stock Option Plan at an exercise price of $1.83 per share, but adjusted pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the 2006 Director Stock Option Plan to reflect 5% stock dividends paid on February 4, 2011, February 3, 2012, February 1, 2013, February 7, 2014, February 6, 2015, February 5, 2016, February 3, 2017, February 2, 2018, and February 1, 2019.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">This option was granted on December 2, 2011 as an option for 5,000 shares of Class A Common Stock under the 2006 Director Stock Option Plan at an exercise price of $1.30 per share, but adjusted pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the 2006 Director Stock Option Plan to reflect 5% stock dividends paid on February 3, 2012, February 1, 2013, February 7, 2014, February 6, 2015, February 5, 2016, February 3, 2017, February 2, 2018, and February 1, 2019.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">This option was granted on December 7, 2011 as an option for 1,000 shares of Class A Common Stock under the 2006 Director Stock Option Plan at an exercise price of $1.24 per share, but adjusted pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the 2006 Director Stock Option Plan to reflect 5% stock dividends paid on February 3, 2012, February 1, 2013, February 7, 2014, February 6, 2015, February 5, 2016, February 3, 2017, February 2, 2018, and February 1, 2019.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">This option was granted on April 13, 2012 as an option for 5,000 shares of Class A Common Stock under the 2006 Director Stock Option Plan at an exercise price of $1.56 per share, but adjusted pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the 2006 Director Stock Option Plan to reflect 5% stock dividends paid on February 1, 2013, February 7, 2014, February 6, 2015, February 5, 2016, February 3, 2017, February 2, 2018, and February 1, 2019.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">This option was granted on December 7, 2012 as an option for 1,000 shares of Class A Common Stock under the 2006 Director Stock Option Plan at an exercise price of $7.42 per share, but adjusted pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the 2006 plan to reflect 5% stock dividends paid on February 1, 2013, February 7, 2014, February 6, 2015, February 5, 2016, February 3, 2017, February 2, 2018, and February 1, 2019.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">This option was granted on December 6, 2013 as an option for 4,842 shares of Class A Common Stock under the 2006 Director Stock Option Plan at an exercise price of $4.85 per share, but adjusted pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the 2006 Director Stock Option Plan to reflect 5% stock dividends paid on February 7, 2014, February 6, 2015, February 5, 2016, February 3, 2017, February 2, 2018, and February 1, 2019.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F8">This option was granted on December 7, 2013 as an option for 1,000 shares of Class A Common Stock under the 2006 Director Stock Option Plan at an exercise price of $4.85 per share, but adjusted pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the 2006 Director Stock Option Plan to reflect 5% stock dividends paid on February 7, 2014, February 6, 2015, February 5, 2016, February 3, 2017, February 2, 2018, and February 1, 2019.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F9">This option was granted on December 5, 2014 as an option for 5,000 shares of Class A Common Stock under the 2014 Director Stock Option Plan at an exercise price of $5.02 per share, but adjusted pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the 2014 Director Stock Option Plan to reflect 5% stock dividends paid on February 6, 2015, February 5, 2016, February 3, 2017, February 2, 2018, and February 1, 2019.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F10">This option was granted on December 7, 2014 as an option for 1,000 shares of Class A Common Stock under the 2014 Director Stock Option Plan at an exercise price of $4.85 per share, but adjusted pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the 2014 Director Stock Option Plan to reflect 5% stock dividends paid on February 6, 2015, February 5, 2016, February 3, 2017, February 2, 2018, and February 1, 2019.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F11">This option was granted on December 4, 2015 as an option for 5,000 shares of Class A Common Stock under the 2014 Director Stock Option Plan at an exercise price of $6.72 per share, but adjusted pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the 2014 Director Stock Option Plan to reflect 5% stock dividends paid on February 5, 2016, February 3, 2017, February 2, 2018, and February 1, 2019.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F12">This option was granted on December 7, 2015 as an option for 1,000 shares of Class A Common Stock under the 2014 Director Stock Option Plan at an exercise price of $6.72 per share, but adjusted pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the 2014 Director Stock Option Plan to reflect 5% stock dividends paid on February 5, 2016, February 3, 2017, February 2, 2018, and February 1, 2019.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F13">This option was granted on December 2, 2016 as an option for 5,000 shares of Class A Common Stock under the 2014 Director Stock Option Plan at an exercise price of $7.03 per share, but adjusted pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the 2014 Director Stock Option Plan to reflect 5% stock dividends paid on February 3, 2017, February 2, 2018, and February 1, 2019.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F14">This option was granted on December 7, 2016 as an option for 1,000 shares of Class A Common Stock under the 2014 Director Stock Option Plan at an exercise price of $7.36 per share, but adjusted pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the 2014 Director Stock Option Plan to reflect 5% stock dividends paid on February 3, 2017, February 2, 2018, and February 1, 2019.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F15">This option was granted on December 1, 2017 as an option for 1,000 shares of Class A Common Stock under the 2014 Director Stock Option Plan at an exercise price of $5.05 per share, but adjusted pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the 2014 Director Stock Option Plan to reflect 5% stock dividends paid on February 2, 2018 and February 1, 2019.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F16">This option was granted on November 30, 2018 as an option for 5,000 shares of Class A Common Stock under the 2014 Director Stock Option Plan at an exercise price of $5.52 per share, but adjusted pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the 2014 Director Stock Option Plan to reflect a 5% stock dividend paid on February 1, 2019.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F17">This option was granted on November 30, 2018 as an option for 1,000 shares of Class A Common Stock under the 2014 Director Stock Option Plan at an exercise price of $5.52 per share, but adjusted pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the 2014 Director Stock Option Plan to reflect a 5% stock dividend paid on February 1, 2019.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F18">This option was granted on December 6, 2019 as an option for 5,000 shares of Class A Common Stock under the 2014 Director Stock Option Plan at an exercise price of $5.46 per share. The option vests in four equal quarterly installments of Class A Common Stock, beginning on March 6, 2020, until such shares are fully vested.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F19">This option was granted on December 6, 2019 as an option for 1,000 shares of Class A Common Stock under the 2014 Director Stock Option Plan at an exercise price of $5.46 per share. The option vests in four equal quarterly installments of Class A Common Stock, beginning on March 6, 2020, until such shares are fully vested.</footnote>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/H. Craig Moody</signatureName>
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