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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;Vulcan Materials Company (the &amp;#8220;Company,&amp;#8221; &amp;#8220;Vulcan,&amp;#8221; &amp;#8220;we,&amp;#8221; &amp;#8220;our&amp;#8221;), a New Jersey corporation, is the
   nation&amp;#8217;s largest producer of construction aggregates, primarily crushed stone, sand and gravel; a
   major producer of asphalt mix and ready-mixed concrete and a leading producer of cement in Florida.
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;Our accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements were prepared in compliance
   with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article&amp;#160;10 of Regulation&amp;#160;S-X and thus do not include all of
   the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United
   States of America for complete financial statements. In the opinion of our management, the
   statements reflect all adjustments, including those of a normal recurring nature, necessary to
   present fairly the results of the reported interim periods. Operating results for the three month
   period ended March&amp;#160;31, 2011 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for
   the year ended December&amp;#160;31, 2011. For further information, refer to the consolidated financial
   statements and footnotes included in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;Due to the 2005 sale of our Chemicals business as presented in Note 2, the operating results of the
   Chemicals business are presented as discontinued operations in the accompanying Condensed
   Consolidated Statements of Earnings and Comprehensive Income.
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 12pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;RECLASSIFICATIONS&lt;/b&gt;
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 2pt"&gt;Certain items previously reported in specific financial statement captions have been reclassified
   to conform with the 2011 presentation.
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 12pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;CORRECTION OF PRIOR PERIOD FINANCIAL STATEMENTS&lt;/b&gt;
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 2pt"&gt;During 2010 we completed a comprehensive analysis of our deferred income tax balances and concluded
   that our deferred income tax liabilities were understated. The errors arose during 2008 and during
   periods prior to January&amp;#160;1, 2007, and are not material to previously issued financial statements.
   As a result, we did not amend previously filed financial statements but restated the December&amp;#160;31,
   2009 balance sheet in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&amp;#160;31, 2010 and have
   restated the March&amp;#160;31, 2010 balance sheet presented in this Form 10-Q.
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;The errors that arose during 2008 related to the calculations of deferred income taxes referable to
   the Florida Rock acquisition and additional 2008 federal return adjustments. The correction of
   these errors resulted in a decrease to deferred income tax liabilities of $6,129,000, and an
   increase to goodwill referable to our Aggregates segment of $2,321,000 with an offsetting increase
   in current taxes payable of $8,450,000 for the year ended December&amp;#160;31, 2008.
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;The errors that arose during periods prior to January&amp;#160;1, 2007 resulted in an understatement of
   deferred income tax liabilities of $14,785,000. Based on the work performed to confirm the current
   and deferred income tax provisions recorded during 2007, 2008 and 2009, and to determine the
   correct deferred income tax account balances as of January&amp;#160;1, 2007, we were able to substantiate
   that the $14,785,000 understatement related to periods prior to January&amp;#160;1, 2007. The correction of
   these errors resulted in an increase to deferred income tax liabilities and a corresponding
   decrease to retained earnings of $14,785,000 as of January&amp;#160;1, 2007.
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;A summary of the effects of the correction of the errors on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March&amp;#160;31, 2010, is presented in the table below:
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;As&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;&lt;i&gt;in thousands&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Reported&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Correction&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Restated&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;!-- End Table Head --&gt;
   &lt;!-- Begin Table Body --&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="line-height: 3pt"&gt;&lt;!-- Blank Space --&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Balance Sheet&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Assets&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Current deferred income taxes
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$56,990&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;($1,950&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$55,040&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Prepaid expenses
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;51,538&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;(8,450&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;43,088&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Total current assets
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;766,072&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;(10,400&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;755,672&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Goodwill
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;3,093,979&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;2,321&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;3,096,300&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Total assets
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$8,474,882&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;($8,079&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$8,466,803&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="13" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="line-height: 3pt"&gt;&lt;!-- Blank Space --&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Liabilities&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="line-height: 3pt"&gt;&lt;!-- Blank Space --&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Noncurrent deferred income taxes
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$863,678&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$6,706&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$870,384&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Total liabilities
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;4,411,882&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;6,706&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;4,418,588&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="line-height: 3pt"&gt;&lt;!-- Blank Space --&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Shareholders&amp;#8217; equity&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="line-height: 3pt"&gt;&lt;!-- Blank Space --&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Retained earnings
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;1,681,624&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;(14,785&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;1,666,839&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Total shareholders&amp;#8217; equity
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;4,063,000&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;(14,785&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;4,048,215&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Total liabilities and shareholders&amp;#8217; equity
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$8,474,882&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;($8,079&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$8,466,803&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="13" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;!-- End Table Body --&gt;
   &lt;/table&gt;
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 17pt"&gt;&lt;font color="#000080"&gt;&lt;b&gt;NOTE 2: DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 4pt"&gt;In 2005, we sold substantially all the assets of our Chemicals business to Basic Chemicals, a
   subsidiary of Occidental Chemical Corporation. In addition to the initial cash proceeds, Basic
   Chemicals was required to make payments under two earn-out agreements subject to certain
   conditions. During 2007, we received the final payment under the ECU (electrochemical unit)
   earn-out, bringing cumulative cash receipts to its $150,000,000 cap.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;Proceeds under the second earn-out agreement are based on the performance of the hydrochlorocarbon
   product HCC-240fa (commonly referred to as 5CP) from the closing of the transaction through
   December&amp;#160;31, 2012 (5CP earn-out). The primary determinant of the value for this earn-out is the
   level of growth in 5CP sales volume. At the June&amp;#160;7, 2005 closing date, the value assigned to the
   5CP earn-out was limited to an amount that resulted in no gain on the sale of the business, as the
   gain was contingent in nature. A gain on disposal of the Chemicals business is recognized to the
   extent cumulative cash receipts under the 5CP earn-out exceed the initial value recorded.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;In March&amp;#160;2011, we received a payment of $12,284,000 under the 5CP earn-out related to performance
   during the year ended December&amp;#160;31, 2010. During the first quarter of 2010, we received $8,794,000
   under the 5CP earn-out related to the year ended December&amp;#160;31, 2009. These receipts were recorded as
   gains on disposal of discontinued operations. Through March&amp;#160;31, 2011, we have received a total of
   $54,991,000 under the 5CP earn-out, a total of $21,890,000 in excess of the receivable recorded on
   the date of disposition.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;We are liable for a cash transaction bonus payable to certain former key Chemicals employees. This
   transaction bonus is payable if cash receipts realized from the two earn-out agreements described
   above exceed an established minimum threshold. The bonus is payable annually based on the prior
   year&amp;#8217;s results. We expect the 2011 payout will be $1,228,000 and have accrued this amount as of
   March&amp;#160;31, 2011. In comparison, we had accrued $879,000 as of March&amp;#160;31, 2010.
   &lt;/div&gt;
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;The financial results of the Chemicals business are classified as discontinued operations in the
   accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings and Comprehensive Income for all periods
   presented. There were no net sales or revenues from discontinued operations during the three month
   periods ended March&amp;#160;31, 2011 and 2010. Results from discontinued operations are as follows:
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left"&gt;
   &lt;table style="font-size: 9pt; text-align: left" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="70%"&gt;
   &lt;!-- Begin Table Head --&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td width="70%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="11%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="6" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Three Months Ended&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;March 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;&lt;i&gt;in thousands&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;2011&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
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   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 3pt"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Discontinued Operations&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Pretax earnings from results
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;5,306&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$960&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Gain on disposal, net of transaction bonus
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;11,056&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;7,915&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Income tax provision
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;(6,473&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;(3,148&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Earnings on discontinued operations,
   net of tax
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;9,889&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$5,727&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
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   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 8.5pt"&gt;The first quarter 2011 pretax earnings from results of discontinued operations of $5,306,000
   include a $7,500,000 pretax gain recognized on recovery from an insurer in lawsuits involving
   perchloroethylene. This gain was offset in part by general and product liability costs, including
   legal defense costs, and environmental remediation costs associated with our former Chemicals
   business. The first quarter 2010 pretax earnings from results of discontinued operations of
   $960,000 include litigation settlements associated with our former Chemicals business offset in
   part by general and product liability costs, including legal defense costs, and environmental
   remediation costs.
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 17pt"&gt;&lt;font color="#000080"&gt;&lt;b&gt;NOTE 3: EARNINGS PER SHARE (EPS)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 4pt"&gt;We report two earnings per share numbers: basic and diluted. These are computed by dividing net
   earnings by the weighted-average common shares outstanding (basic EPS) or weighted-average common
   shares outstanding assuming dilution (diluted EPS) as set forth below:
   &lt;/div&gt;
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   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td width="76%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="13%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="6" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Three Months Ended&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;March 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;&lt;i&gt;in thousands&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;2011&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;!-- End Table Head --&gt;
   &lt;!-- Begin Table Body --&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 3pt"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Weighted-average common shares
   outstanding
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;129,078&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;126,692&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Dilutive effect of
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:20px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Stock options/SOSARs
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;0&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:20px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Other stock compensation plans
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;0&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Weighted-average common shares
   outstanding, assuming dilution
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;129,078&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;126,692&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;!-- End Table Body --&gt;
   &lt;/table&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 8.5pt"&gt;All dilutive common stock equivalents are reflected in our earnings per share calculations.
   Antidilutive common stock equivalents are not included in our earnings per share calculations.
   Because we operated at a loss in the first quarters of 2011 and 2010, shares of 322,000 and
   476,000, respectively, that otherwise would have been included in our diluted weighted-average
   common shares outstanding computation for the quarters ended March&amp;#160;31, 2011 and 2010, were
   excluded.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;The number of antidilutive common stock equivalents for which the exercise price exceeds the
   weighted-average market price, are as follows:
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="margin-top: 8.5pt"&gt;
   &lt;table style="font-size: 9pt; text-align: left" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="70%"&gt;
   &lt;!-- Begin Table Head --&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td width="70%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="11%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="6" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Three Months Ended&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;March 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;&lt;i&gt;in thousands&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;2011&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
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   &lt;!-- Begin Table Body --&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 3pt"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Antidilutive common stock equivalents
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;5,695&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;4,414&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1pt solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1pt solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1pt solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1pt solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1pt solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1pt solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
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   &lt;/table&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
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   &lt;/b&gt;
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"&gt;&lt;font color="#000080"&gt;&lt;b&gt;NOTE 4: INCOME TAXES&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 4pt"&gt;Our income tax provision and the corresponding effective tax rate are based on expected income,
   statutory tax rates and tax planning opportunities available in the various jurisdictions in which
   we operate. For interim financial reporting, except in circumstances as described in the following
   paragraph, we estimate the annual tax rate based on projected taxable income for the full year and
   record a quarterly tax provision in accordance with the anticipated annual rate. As the year
   progresses, we refine the estimates of the year&amp;#8217;s taxable income as new information becomes
   available, including year-to-date financial results. This continual estimation process often
   results in a change to our expected effective tax rate for the year. When this occurs, we adjust
   the income tax provision during the quarter in which the change in estimate occurs so that the
   year-to-date income tax provision reflects the expected annual tax rate. Significant judgment is
   required in determining our effective interim tax rate and in evaluating our tax positions.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;When application of the estimated annual effective tax rate distorts the financial results of an
   interim period, we calculate the income tax provision or benefit using an alternative methodology
   as prescribed by Accounting Standards Codification (ASC)&amp;#160;740-270-30-30 through 30-33. This
   alternative methodology results in an income tax provision or benefit based solely on the
   year-to-date pretax loss as adjusted for permanent differences on a pro rata basis.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;We recognize an income tax benefit associated with an uncertain tax position when, in our judgment,
   it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained upon examination by a taxing
   authority. For a tax position that meets the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold, we
   initially and subsequently measure the income tax benefit as the largest amount that we judge to
   have a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement with a taxing
   authority. Our liability associated with unrecognized tax benefits is adjusted periodically due to
   changing circumstances, such as the progress of tax audits, case law developments and new or
   emerging legislation. Such adjustments are recognized entirely in the period in which they are
   identified. We consider resolution for an issue to occur at the earlier of settlement of an
   examination, the expiration of the statute of limitations, or when the issue is &amp;#8220;effectively
   settled,&amp;#8221; as described in ASC 740. Our effective tax rate includes the net impact of changes in the
   liability for unrecognized tax benefits and subsequent adjustments as we consider appropriate.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;In the first quarters of 2011 and 2010, we applied the alternative methodology discussed above in
   the determination of the income tax provision from continuing operations.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;We recorded income tax benefits from continuing operations of $37,430,000 in the first quarter of
   2011 compared to $34,212,000 in the first quarter of 2010. The increase in our income tax benefit
   resulted mainly from the larger pretax loss and an increase in the depletion benefit partially
   offset by discrete income tax adjustments booked in the first quarter of 2011.
   &lt;/div&gt;
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 17pt"&gt;&lt;font color="#000080"&gt;&lt;b&gt;NOTE 5: MEDIUM-TERM INVESTMENTS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 4pt"&gt;We held investments in money market and other money funds at The Reserve, an investment management
   company specializing in such funds, as follows: March&amp;#160;31, 2011 &amp;#8212; $0, December&amp;#160;31, 2010 &amp;#8212;
   $5,531,000 and March&amp;#160;31, 2010 &amp;#8212; $5,532,000. The substantial majority of our investment was held in
   the Reserve International Liquidity Fund, Ltd. On September&amp;#160;15, 2008, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
   filed for bankruptcy protection. In the following days, The Reserve announced that it was closing
   all of its money funds, some of which owned Lehman Brothers securities, and was suspending
   redemptions from and purchases of its funds, including the Reserve International Liquidity Fund.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;As a result of the temporary suspension of redemptions and the uncertainty as to the timing of such
   redemptions, during 2008 we changed the classification of our investments in The Reserve funds from
   cash and cash equivalents to medium-term investments. We reduced the carrying value of our
   investment to its estimated fair value of $3,630,000 and $4,109,000 as of December&amp;#160;31, 2010 and
   March&amp;#160;31, 2010, respectively. See Note 7 for further discussion of the fair value determination.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;During January&amp;#160;2011, we received $3,630,000 from the Reserve representing the final redemption of
   the investment. As a result of this redemption, we reclassified our investments in The Reserve
   funds from medium-term investments to cash and cash equivalents as of December&amp;#160;31, 2010.
   &lt;/div&gt;
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"&gt;&lt;font color="#000080"&gt;&lt;b&gt;NOTE 6: DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 4pt"&gt;During the normal course of operations, we are exposed to market risks including fluctuations in
   interest rates, fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates and changes in commodity pricing.
   From time to time, and consistent with our risk management policies, we use derivative instruments
   to hedge against these market risks. We do not utilize derivative instruments for trading or other
   speculative purposes. The interest rate swap agreements described below were designated as cash
   flow hedges of future interest payments.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;In December&amp;#160;2007, we issued $325,000,000 of 3-year floating (variable)&amp;#160;rate notes that bear
   interest at 3-month London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)&amp;#160;plus 1.25% per annum. Concurrently, we
   entered into a 3-year interest rate swap agreement in the stated (notional)&amp;#160;amount of $325,000,000.
   Under this agreement, we paid a fixed interest rate of 5.25% and received 3-month LIBOR plus 1.25%
   per annum. Concurrent with each quarterly interest payment, the portion of this swap related to
   that interest payment was settled and the associated realized gain or loss was recognized. This
   swap agreement terminated December&amp;#160;15, 2010, coinciding with the maturity of the 3-year notes.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;Additionally, during 2007, we entered into fifteen forward starting interest rate swap agreements
   for a total notional amount of $1,500,000,000. Upon the issuance in 2007 of the related fixed-rate
   debt, we terminated and settled these forward starting swaps for cash payments of $89,777,000.
   Amounts accumulated in other comprehensive loss are being amortized to interest expense over the
   term of the related debt. For the 12-month period ending March&amp;#160;31, 2012, we estimate that
   $8,352,000 of the pretax loss accumulated in OCI will be reclassified to earnings.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;Derivative instruments are recognized at fair value in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated
   Balance Sheets. Fair values of derivative instruments designated as hedging instruments are as
   follows:
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="center"&gt;
   &lt;table style="font-size: 9pt; text-align: left" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"&gt;
   &lt;!-- Begin Table Head --&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td width="45%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="3%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="18%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="6%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="3%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="7%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="3%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="3%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="3%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="17" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="10" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Fair Value&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;1&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;March 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;December 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;March 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;&lt;i&gt;in thousands&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Balance Sheet Location&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;2011&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;!-- End Table Head --&gt;
   &lt;!-- Begin Table Body --&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="17" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="font-size: 3pt"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Liability Derivatives&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Interest rate derivatives
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="right"&gt;Other current liabilities&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;0&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$8,956&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="17" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Total derivatives liability
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;0&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$8,956&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="17" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;!-- End Table Body --&gt;
   &lt;/table&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8pt; margin-top: 4pt; margin-left: 1%"&gt;&lt;sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"&gt;&lt;i&gt;1&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&lt;i&gt;See Note 7 for further discussion of the fair value determination.&lt;/i&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 17pt"&gt;The effects of the cash flow hedge derivative instruments on the accompanying Condensed
   Consolidated Statements of Earnings and Comprehensive Income are as follows:
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left"&gt;
   &lt;table style="font-size: 9pt; text-align: left" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="80%"&gt;
   &lt;!-- Begin Table Head --&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td width="55%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="10%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="10%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="3%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="6"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Three Months Ended&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="3"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Location on&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="6" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;March 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;&lt;i&gt;in thousands&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="3"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Statements&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;2011&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;!-- End Table Head --&gt;
   &lt;!-- Begin Table Body --&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 3pt"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="1" align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Interest Rate Derivatives&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Loss recognized in OCI
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" align="right"&gt;Other current&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:20px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;(effective portion)
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" align="right"&gt;liabilities&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;0&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;($808&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 3pt"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="1" align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Loss reclassified from
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:20px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Accumulated OCI
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" align="right"&gt;Interest&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:20px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;(effective portion)
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" align="right"&gt;expense&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;1,995&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;4,898&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
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   &lt;/table&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"&gt;&lt;font color="#000080"&gt;&lt;b&gt;NOTE 7: FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 4pt"&gt;Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a
   liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The fair
   value hierarchy prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into
   three broad levels as described below:
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Level 1: &lt;/b&gt;Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 1pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Level 2: &lt;/b&gt;Inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 1pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Level 3: &lt;/b&gt;Inputs that are unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;Our assets and liabilities that are subject to fair value measurements on a recurring basis are
   summarized below:
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left"&gt;
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       &lt;td width="64%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="13" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="11" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Level 1&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;March 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;December 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;March 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;&lt;i&gt;in thousands&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;2011&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
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   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 3pt"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Fair Value Recurring&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Rabbi Trust
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:20px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Mutual funds
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;13,594&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$13,960&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$11,947&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:20px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Equities
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;10,144&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;9,336&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;7,740&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Net asset
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;23,738&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$23,296&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$19,687&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="13" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 18pt"&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="13" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="11" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Level 2&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;March 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;December 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;March 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;&lt;i&gt;in thousands&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;2011&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
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   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 3pt"&gt;
   &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Fair Value Recurring&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Medium-term investments
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;0&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$4,109&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Interest rate derivative
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;0&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;(8,956&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Rabbi Trust
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:20px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Common/collective trust funds
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;1,323&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;2,431&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;2,769&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Net asset (liability)
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;1,323&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$2,431&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;($2,078&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="13" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;!-- End Table Body --&gt;
   &lt;/table&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 8.5pt"&gt;The Rabbi Trust investments relate to funding for the executive nonqualified deferred compensation
   and excess benefit plans. The fair values of these investments are estimated using a market
   approach. The Level 1 investments include mutual funds and equity securities for which quoted
   prices in active markets are available. Investments in common/collective trust funds are stated at
   estimated fair value based on the underlying investments in those funds. The underlying investments
   are comprised of short-term, highly liquid assets in commercial paper, short-term bonds and
   treasury bills.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;The medium-term investments were comprised of money market and other money funds, as more fully
   described in Note 5. Using a market approach, we estimated the fair value of these funds by
   applying our historical distribution ratio to the liquidated value of investments in The Reserve
   funds. Additionally, we estimated a discount against our investment balances to allow for the risk
   that legal and accounting costs and pending or threatened claims and litigation against The Reserve
   and its management would reduce the principal available for distribution.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;The interest rate derivative consisted of an interest rate swap agreement applied to our
   $325,000,000 3-year notes issued December&amp;#160;2007 and paid December&amp;#160;2010. This agreement is more fully
   described in Note 6. This interest rate swap was measured at fair value using a market approach
   based on the prevailing market interest rate as of the measurement date.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;The carrying values of our cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts and notes receivable,
   current maturities of long-term debt, short-term borrowings, trade payables and other accrued
   expenses approximate their fair values because of the short-term nature of these instruments.
   Additional disclosures for derivative instruments and interest-bearing debt are presented in Notes
   6 and 11, respectively.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;!-- Folio --&gt;
   &lt;b&gt;
   &lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;!-- /Folio --&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;!-- PAGEBREAK --&gt;
   &lt;div style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;Assets that were subject to fair value measurement on a nonrecurring basis are summarized below:
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left"&gt;
   &lt;table style="font-size: 9pt; text-align: left" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="65%"&gt;
   &lt;!-- Begin Table Head --&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td width="76%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="7" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&lt;i&gt;As of December 31, 2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Impairment&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;&lt;i&gt;in thousands&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Level 3&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Charges&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;!-- End Table Head --&gt;
   &lt;!-- Begin Table Body --&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 3pt"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Fair Value Nonrecurring&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Property, plant &amp;#038; equipment
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$1,536&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$2,500&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Assets held for sale
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;9,625&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;1,436&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Totals
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$11,161&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$3,936&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;!-- End Table Body --&gt;
   &lt;/table&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 8.5pt"&gt;During the quarter ended December&amp;#160;31, 2010, we recorded a $3,936,000 loss on impairment of
   long-lived assets. We utilized an income approach to measure the fair value of the long-lived
   assets and determined that the carrying value of the assets exceeded the fair value. The loss on
   impairment represents the difference between the carrying value and the fair value (less costs to
   sell for assets held for sale) of the impacted long-lived assets.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 17pt"&gt;&lt;font color="#000080"&gt;&lt;b&gt;NOTE 8: OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 4pt"&gt;Comprehensive income includes charges and credits to equity from nonowner sources and comprises two
   subsets: net earnings and other comprehensive income. The components of other comprehensive income
   are presented in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings and Comprehensive
   Income, net of applicable taxes.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;Amounts accumulated in other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax, are as follows:
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="margin-top: 8.5pt"&gt;
   &lt;table style="font-size: 9pt; text-align: left" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="85%"&gt;
   &lt;!-- Begin Table Head --&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td width="62%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="3%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="13" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;March 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;December 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;March 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;&lt;i&gt;in thousands&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;2011&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
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   &lt;!-- Begin Table Body --&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 3pt"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Cash flow hedges
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;($37,687&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;($39,137&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;($46,956&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Pension and postretirement plans
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;(135,985&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;(138,202&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;(144,093&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Accumulated other comprehensive loss
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;($173,672&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;($177,339&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;($191,049&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="13" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;!-- End Table Body --&gt;
   &lt;/table&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 17pt"&gt;&lt;font color="#000080"&gt;&lt;b&gt;NOTE 9: SHAREHOLDERS&amp;#8217; EQUITY&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 4pt"&gt;In March&amp;#160;2010, we issued 1,190,000 shares of common stock to our qualified pension plan (par value
   of $1 per share) as described in Note 10. This transaction increased shareholders&amp;#8217; equity by
   $53,864,000 (common stock $1,190,000 and capital in excess of par $52,674,000).
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;In February&amp;#160;2011, we issued 372,992 shares (368,527 shares net of acquired cash) of common stock in
   connection with a business acquisition as described in Note 14.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;We periodically issue shares of common stock to the trustee of our 401(k) savings and retirement
   plan to satisfy the plan participants&amp;#8217; elections to invest in our common stock. The resulting cash
   proceeds provide a means of improving cash flow, increasing shareholders&amp;#8217; equity and reducing
   leverage. Under this arrangement, the stock issuances and resulting cash proceeds were as follows:
   three months ended March&amp;#160;31, 2011 &amp;#8212; no shares issued; and three months ended March&amp;#160;31, 2010 &amp;#8212;
   issued 250,368 shares for cash proceeds of $11,249,000.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;No shares were held in treasury as of March&amp;#160;31, 2011, December&amp;#160;31, 2010 and March&amp;#160;31, 2010. As of
   March&amp;#160;31, 2011, 3,411,416 shares may be repurchased under the current authorization of our Board of
   Directors.
   &lt;/div&gt;
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   &lt;/b&gt;
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"&gt;&lt;font color="#000080"&gt;&lt;b&gt;NOTE 10: BENEFIT PLANS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 4pt"&gt;The following tables set forth the components of net periodic benefit cost:
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left"&gt;
   &lt;table style="font-size: 9pt; text-align: left" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="80%"&gt;
   &lt;!-- Begin Table Head --&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td width="72%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="9%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:9pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;PENSION BENEFITS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="6"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Three Months Ended&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="6" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;March 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;&lt;i&gt;in thousands&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;2011&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
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   &lt;!-- Begin Table Body --&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="line-height: 3pt"&gt;&lt;!-- Blank Space --&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Service cost
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;5,190&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$4,808&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Interest cost
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;10,542&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;10,405&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Expected return on plan assets
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;(12,370&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;(12,535&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Amortization of prior service cost
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;85&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;115&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Amortization of actuarial loss
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;2,824&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;1,336&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Net periodic pension benefit cost
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;6,271&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$4,129&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="line-height: 3pt"&gt;&lt;!-- Blank Space --&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Pretax reclassification from OCI included in
   net periodic pension benefit cost
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;2,909&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$1,451&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 18pt"&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:9pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="6"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Three Months Ended&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="6" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;March 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;&lt;i&gt;in thousands&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;2011&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;!-- End Table Head --&gt;
   &lt;!-- Begin Table Body --&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="line-height: 3pt"&gt;&lt;!-- Blank Space --&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Service cost
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;1,197&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$1,066&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Interest cost
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;1,613&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;1,663&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Amortization of prior service credit
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;(169&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;(182&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Amortization of actuarial loss
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;287&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;222&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Net periodic postretirement benefit cost
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;2,928&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$2,769&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="line-height: 3pt"&gt;&lt;!-- Blank Space --&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Pretax reclassification from OCI included in
   net periodic postretirement benefit cost
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;118&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$40&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
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   &lt;/table&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 8.5pt"&gt;The reclassifications from other comprehensive income (OCI)&amp;#160;noted in the tables above are related
   to amortization of prior service costs or credits and actuarial losses.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;In March&amp;#160;2010, we contributed $72,500,000 ($18,636,000 in cash and $53,864,000 in stock &amp;#8212;
   1,190,000 shares valued at $45.26 per share) and an additional $1,300,000 in July&amp;#160;2010 to our
   qualified pension plans for the 2009 plan year. These contributions, along with the existing
   funding credits, should be sufficient to cover expected required contributions to the qualified
   plans through 2012.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;As of December&amp;#160;31, 2008, our Master Pension Trust had assets invested at Westridge Capital
   Management, Inc. (WCM)&amp;#160;with a reported fair value of $59,245,000. In February&amp;#160;2009, the New York
   District Court appointed a receiver over WCM due to allegations of fraud and other violations of
   federal commodities and securities laws by principals of a WCM affiliate. In light of these
   allegations, we reassessed the fair value of our investments at WCM and recorded a $48,018,000
   write-down in the estimated fair value of these assets for the year ended December&amp;#160;31, 2008.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;During 2010, the court-appointed receiver released $6,555,000 as a partial distribution and the
   Master Pension Trust received a $15,000,000 insurance settlement related to our WCM loss. In April
   2011, the court-appointed receiver released an additional $22,041,000 to our Master Pension Trust.
   We intend to pursue all appropriate legal actions to recover additional amounts of our investments.
   &lt;/div&gt;
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   11: CREDIT FACILITIES, SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS AND &lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;LONG-TERM DEBT&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 4pt"&gt;Short-term borrowings are summarized as follows:
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   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="font-size:8.5pt"&gt;
       &lt;td width="62%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="3%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="13" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;March 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;December 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;March 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&lt;i&gt;dollars in thousands&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;2011&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
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   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="line-height: 3pt"&gt;&lt;!-- Blank Space --&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Short-term Borrowings&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Bank borrowings
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$300,000&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$285,500&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Commercial paper
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;0&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;300,000&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Total
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$300,000&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$285,500&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$300,000&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 3pt"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bank Borrowings&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Maturity
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="1" bgcolor="#9accff" align="right" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;b&gt;1 - 76 days&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="1" align="right" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;3 - 74 days&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;n/a&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Weighted-average interest rate
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;0.60%&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;0.59%&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;n/a&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="line-height: 3pt"&gt;&lt;!-- Blank Space --&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Commercial Paper&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Maturity
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;n/a&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;n/a&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="right" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;1 day&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Weighted-average interest rate
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;n/a&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;n/a&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;0.34%&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="13" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
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   &lt;/table&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;We utilize our bank lines of credit to access LIBOR-based short-term loans to fund our
   borrowing requirements. Unsecured bank lines of credit totaling $1,500,000,000 were maintained at
   March&amp;#160;31, 2011, all of which expire November&amp;#160;16, 2012. As of March&amp;#160;31, 2011, we had $300,000,000 of
   borrowings under the lines of credit. Interest rates referable to borrowings under these lines of
   credit are determined at the time of borrowing based on current market conditions. Pricing of bank
   loans was 30 basis points (0.30&amp;#160;percentage points) over LIBOR based on our long-term debt ratings
   at March&amp;#160;31, 2011. Bank loans totaled $300,000,000 as of March&amp;#160;31, 2011, of which $50,000,000 was
   borrowed on an overnight basis at 0.57%, $100,000,000 was borrowed for 90&amp;#160;days at 0.613% and
   $150,000,000 was borrowed for three months at 0.6095%.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;All lines of credit extended to us in 2011 and 2010 were based solely on a commitment fee; no
   compensating balances were required. In the normal course of business, we maintain balances for
   which we are credited with earnings allowances. To the extent the earnings allowances are not
   sufficient to fully compensate banks for the services they provide, we pay the fee equivalent for
   the differences.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;As of March&amp;#160;31, 2011, $52,000 of our long-term debt, including current maturities, was secured.
   This secured debt was assumed with the November&amp;#160;2007 acquisition of Florida Rock. All other debt
   obligations, both short-term borrowings and long-term debt, are unsecured.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;In July&amp;#160;2010, we established a $450,000,000 5-year syndicated term loan with a floating rate based
   on a spread over LIBOR (1, 2, 3 or 6-month LIBOR options). The proceeds were used to repay
   outstanding borrowings, including the $100,000,000 outstanding balance of our 3-year syndicated
   term loan issued in 2008 and all outstanding commercial paper, and for general corporate purposes.
   As of March&amp;#160;31, 2011, the spread was 250 basis points (2.5&amp;#160;percentage points) above the 3-month
   LIBOR of 0.31% for a total rate of 2.81% on the $450,000,000 outstanding balance. The spread is
   capped at 2.5&amp;#160;percentage points. The loan requires quarterly principal payments of $10,000,000
   starting in June&amp;#160;2013 and a final principal payment of $360,000,000 in July&amp;#160;2015.
   &lt;/div&gt;
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;Long-term debt is summarized as follows:
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left"&gt;
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   &lt;!-- Begin Table Head --&gt;
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       &lt;td width="62%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="3%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="13" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;March 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;December 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;March 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&lt;i&gt;in thousands&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;2011&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="line-height: 3pt"&gt;&lt;!-- Blank Space --&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Long-term Debt&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;5-year floating term loan issued 2010
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$450,000&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$450,000&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;10.125% 2015 notes issued 2009&lt;sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;149,612&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;149,597&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;149,552&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;10.375% 2018 notes issued 2009&lt;sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;248,424&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;248,391&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;248,299&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;3-year floating term loan issued 2008
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;0&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;100,000&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;6.30% 5-year notes issued 2008&lt;sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;249,754&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;249,729&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;249,656&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;7.00% 10-year notes issued 2008&lt;sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;399,666&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;399,658&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;399,633&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;3-year floating notes issued 2007
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;0&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;325,000&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;5.60% 5-year notes issued 2007&lt;sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"&gt;5&lt;/sup&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;299,801&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;299,773&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;299,692&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;6.40%
   10-year notes issued
   2007&lt;sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"&gt;6&lt;/sup&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;349,856&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;349,852&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;349,840&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;7.15%
   30-year notes issued
   2007&lt;sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"&gt;7&lt;/sup&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;249,326&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;249,324&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;249,319&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Private placement notes
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;0&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;15,212&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Medium-term notes
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;21,000&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;21,000&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;21,000&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Industrial revenue bonds
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;14,000&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;14,000&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;17,550&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Other notes
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;1,395&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;1,438&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;1,738&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Total debt excluding short-term borrowings
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$2,432,834&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$2,432,762&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$2,426,491&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Less current maturities of long-term debt
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;5,238&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;5,246&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;325,344&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Total long-term debt
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$2,427,596&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$2,427,516&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$2,101,147&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="line-height: 3pt"&gt;&lt;!-- Blank Space --&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Estimated fair value of total long-term debt
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$2,544,368&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$2,559,059&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$2,333,436&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="13" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;!-- End Table Body --&gt;
   &lt;/table&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-top: 3pt; margin-right: 2%"&gt;
   &lt;table width="98%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="top" style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"&gt;
       &lt;td width="2%" style="background: transparent"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&lt;sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"&gt;&lt;i&gt;1&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Includes decreases for unamortized discounts, as follows: March&amp;#160;31, 2011 -
   $388 thousand, December&amp;#160;31, 2010 - $403 thousand and March&amp;#160;31,&lt;br /&gt;2010 - $448 thousand. The
   effective interest rate for these 2015 notes is 10.31%.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr&gt;
       &lt;td style="font-size: 3pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="top" style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"&gt;
       &lt;td width="2%" style="background: transparent"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&lt;sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Includes decreases for unamortized discounts, as follows: March&amp;#160;31, 2011 - $1,576
   thousand, December&amp;#160;31, 2010 - $1,609 thousand and March&amp;#160;31,&lt;br /&gt;2010 - $1,701 thousand. The
   effective interest rate for these 2018 notes is 10.58%.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr&gt;
       &lt;td style="font-size: 3pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="top" style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"&gt;
       &lt;td width="2%" style="background: transparent"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&lt;sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"&gt;&lt;i&gt;3&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Includes decreases for unamortized discounts, as follows: March&amp;#160;31, 2011 - $246
   thousand, December&amp;#160;31, 2010 - $271 thousand and March&amp;#160;31,&lt;br /&gt;2010 - $344 thousand. The
   effective interest rate for these 5-year notes is 7.47%.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr&gt;
       &lt;td style="font-size: 3pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="top" style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"&gt;
       &lt;td width="2%" style="background: transparent"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&lt;sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"&gt;&lt;i&gt;4&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Includes decreases for unamortized discounts, as follows: March&amp;#160;31, 2011 - $334
   thousand, December&amp;#160;31, 2010 - $342 thousand and March&amp;#160;31,&lt;br /&gt;2010 - $367 thousand. The
   effective interest rate for these 10-year notes is 7.86%.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr&gt;
       &lt;td style="font-size: 3pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="top" style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"&gt;
       &lt;td width="2%" style="background: transparent"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&lt;sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"&gt;&lt;i&gt;5&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Includes decreases for unamortized discounts, as follows: March&amp;#160;31, 2011 - $199
   thousand, December&amp;#160;31, 2010 - $227 thousand and March&amp;#160;31,&lt;br /&gt;2010 - $308 thousand. The
   effective interest rate for these 5-year notes is 6.58%.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr&gt;
       &lt;td style="font-size: 3pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="top" style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"&gt;
       &lt;td width="2%" style="background: transparent"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&lt;sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"&gt;&lt;i&gt;6&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Includes decreases for unamortized discounts, as follows: March&amp;#160;31, 2011 - $144
   thousand, December&amp;#160;31, 2010 - $148 thousand and March&amp;#160;31,&lt;br /&gt;2010 - $160 thousand. The
   effective interest rate for these 10-year notes is 7.39%.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr&gt;
       &lt;td style="font-size: 3pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="top" style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"&gt;
       &lt;td width="2%" style="background: transparent"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&lt;sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"&gt;&lt;i&gt;7&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Includes decreases for unamortized discounts, as follows: March&amp;#160;31, 2011 - $674
   thousand, December&amp;#160;31, 2010 - $676 thousand and March&amp;#160;31,&lt;br /&gt;2010 - $681 thousand. The
   effective interest rate for these 30-year notes is 8.04%.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;/table&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 13pt"&gt;The estimated fair values of long-term debt presented in the table above were determined by
   discounting expected future cash flows based on credit-adjusted interest rates on U.S. Treasury
   bills, notes or bonds, as appropriate. The fair value estimates were based on information available
   to us as of the respective balance sheet dates. Although we are not aware of any factors that would
   significantly affect the estimated fair value amounts, such amounts have not been comprehensively
   revalued since those dates.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;Our debt agreements do not subject us to contractual restrictions with regard to working capital or
   the amount we may expend for cash dividends and purchases of our stock. Our bank credit facilities
   (term loan and unsecured bank lines of credit) contain a covenant that our percentage of
   consolidated debt to total capitalization (total debt as a percentage of total capital) may not
   exceed 65%. Our total debt as a percentage of total capital was 41.2% as of March&amp;#160;31, 2011; 40.7%
   as of December&amp;#160;31, 2010; and 40.2% as of March&amp;#160;31, 2010.
   &lt;/div&gt;
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"&gt;&lt;font color="#000080"&gt;&lt;b&gt;NOTE 12: ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 4pt"&gt;Asset retirement obligations (AROs) are legal obligations associated with the retirement of
   long-lived assets resulting from the acquisition, construction, development and/or normal use of
   the underlying assets.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;Recognition of a liability for an ARO is required in the period in which it is incurred at its
   estimated fair value. The associated asset retirement costs are capitalized as part of the carrying
   amount of the underlying asset and depreciated over the estimated useful life of the asset. The
   liability is accreted through charges to operating expenses. If the ARO is settled for other than
   the carrying amount of the liability, we recognize a gain or loss on settlement.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;We record all AROs for which we have legal obligations for land reclamation at estimated fair
   value. Essentially all these AROs relate to our underlying land parcels, including both owned
   properties and mineral leases. For the three month periods ended March&amp;#160;31, we recognized ARO
   operating costs related to accretion of the liabilities and depreciation of the assets as follows:
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left"&gt;
   &lt;table style="font-size: 9pt; text-align: left" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="80%"&gt;
   &lt;!-- Begin Table Head --&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td width="74%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="3%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="9" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="6"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Three Months Ended&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="6" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;March 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&lt;i&gt;in thousands&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;2011&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;!-- End Table Head --&gt;
   &lt;!-- Begin Table Body --&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="line-height: 3pt"&gt;&lt;!-- Blank Space --&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;ARO Operating Costs&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Accretion
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&lt;b&gt;$2,172&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$2,189&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Depreciation
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;1,541&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;3,183&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Total
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$3,713&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$5,372&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="9" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;!-- End Table Body --&gt;
   &lt;/table&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 8.5pt"&gt;ARO operating costs for our continuing operations are reported in cost of goods sold. AROs
   are reported within other noncurrent liabilities in our accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance
   Sheets.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;Reconciliations of the carrying amounts of our AROs are as follows:
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left"&gt;
   &lt;table style="font-size: 9pt; text-align: left" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="80%"&gt;
   &lt;!-- Begin Table Head --&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td width="74%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="3%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="9" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="6"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Three Months Ended&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="6" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;March 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&lt;i&gt;in thousands&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;2011&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;!-- End Table Head --&gt;
   &lt;!-- Begin Table Body --&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="line-height: 3pt"&gt;&lt;!-- Blank Space --&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Asset Retirement Obligations&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Balance at beginning of period
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$162,730&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$167,757&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:20px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Liabilities incurred
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;0&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:20px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Liabilities settled
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;(2,332&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;(2,377&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:20px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Accretion expense
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;2,172&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;2,189&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:20px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Revisions up (down)
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;21&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;(3,638&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Balance at end of period
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$162,591&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$163,931&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="9" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;!-- End Table Body --&gt;
   &lt;/table&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 8.5pt"&gt;Revisions to our AROs during 2010 related primarily to extensions in the estimated settlement
   dates at numerous sites.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;!-- Folio --&gt;
   &lt;b&gt;
   &lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;!-- /Folio --&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;!-- PAGEBREAK --&gt;
   &lt;div style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"&gt;&lt;font color="#000080"&gt;&lt;b&gt;NOTE 13: STANDBY LETTERS OF CREDIT&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 4pt"&gt;We provide certain third parties with irrevocable standby letters of credit in the normal
   course of business. We use commercial banks to issue such letters to back our obligations to pay or
   perform when required to do so according to the requirements of an underlying agreement. The
   standby letters of credit listed below are cancelable only at the option of the beneficiaries who
   are authorized to draw drafts on the issuing bank up to the face amount of the standby letter of
   credit in accordance with its terms.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;Our standby letters of credit as of March&amp;#160;31, 2011 are summarized in the table below:
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left"&gt;
   &lt;table style="font-size: 9pt; text-align: left" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="80%"&gt;
   &lt;!-- Begin Table Head --&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td width="86%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="3%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="5" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;March 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&lt;i&gt;in thousands&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;2011&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;!-- End Table Head --&gt;
   &lt;!-- Begin Table Body --&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="line-height: 3pt"&gt;&lt;!-- Blank Space --&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Standby Letters of Credit&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Risk management requirement for insurance claims
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$41,083&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Payment surety required by utilities
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;133&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Contractual reclamation/restoration requirements
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;9,097&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Financial requirement for industrial revenue bond
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;14,231&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Total
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$64,544&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="5" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;!-- End Table Body --&gt;
   &lt;/table&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 8.5pt"&gt;Since banks consider letters of credit as contingent extensions of credit, we are required to
   pay a fee until they expire or are canceled. Substantially all our standby letters of credit have a
   one-year term and are renewable annually at the option of the beneficiary. Of the total $64,544,000
   outstanding letters of credit as of March&amp;#160;31, 2011, $61,512,000 is backed by our $1,500,000,000
   bank credit facility which expires November&amp;#160;16, 2012.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 17pt"&gt;&lt;font color="#000080"&gt;&lt;b&gt;NOTE 14: ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 4pt"&gt;During the first quarter of 2011, we acquired ten ready-mixed concrete facilities located in
   Georgia for total consideration of $18,898,000 net of acquired cash (441,026 shares of common stock
   valued at the closing date price of $42.85 per share). We issued 368,527 shares to the seller at
   closing and retained 72,499 shares to fulfill certain working capital adjustments and
   indemnification obligations.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;As a result of this acquisition, we recognized $8,436,000 of amortizable intangible assets, none of
   which is expected to be deductible for income tax purposes. The amortizable intangible assets
   consist of contractual rights in place and will be amortized over an estimated weighted-average
   period of 20&amp;#160;years. The purchase price allocation for this 2011 acquisition is preliminary and
   subject to adjustment.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;The pending divestiture of an aggregates production facility and ready-mixed concrete operation
   located outside the United States is presented in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance
   Sheets as of March&amp;#160;31, 2011, December&amp;#160;31, 2010 and March&amp;#160;31, 2010 as assets held for sale and
   liabilities of assets held for sale. We expect the transaction to close during 2011. Depreciation
   expense and amortization expense were suspended on the assets classified as held for sale. The
   major classes of assets and liabilities of assets classified as held for sale are as follows:
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left"&gt;
   &lt;table style="font-size: 9pt; text-align: left" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="90%"&gt;
   &lt;!-- Begin Table Head --&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td width="62%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="3%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="13" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;March 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;December 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;March 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&lt;i&gt;in thousands&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;2011&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
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   &lt;!-- Begin Table Body --&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="line-height: 3pt"&gt;&lt;!-- Blank Space --&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Held for Sale&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Current assets
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$3,429&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$3,460&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$3,670&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Property, plant &amp;#038; equipment, net
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;9,737&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;9,625&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;11,016&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Other assets
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;115&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;122&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;153&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Total assets held for sale
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$13,281&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$13,207&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$14,839&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="line-height: 3pt"&gt;&lt;!-- Blank Space --&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Current liabilities
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$356&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$116&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$425&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Total liabilities of assets held for sale
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$356&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$116&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$425&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="13" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;!-- End Table Body --&gt;
   &lt;/table&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 8.5pt"&gt;During the first quarter of 2010, we sold three aggregates facilities located in rural
   Virginia for approximately $42,750,000 (total cash consideration).
   &lt;/div&gt;
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"&gt;&lt;font color="#000080"&gt;&lt;b&gt;NOTE 15: GOODWILL&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 4pt"&gt;Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by reportable segment from December&amp;#160;31, 2010 to
   March&amp;#160;31, 2011 are summarized below:
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left"&gt;
   &lt;table style="font-size: 8pt; text-align: left" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="96%"&gt;
   &lt;!-- Begin Table Head --&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td width="40%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="21" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 7pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:9pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;GOODWILL&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 7pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&lt;i&gt;in thousands&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Aggregates&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Concrete&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Asphalt mix&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Cement&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Total&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
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   &lt;!-- Begin Table Body --&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="21" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="line-height: 3pt"&gt;&lt;!-- Blank Space --&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Gross Carrying Amount&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Total as of December&amp;#160;31, 2010
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$3,005,383&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$91,633&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$252,664&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$3,349,680&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="21" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Goodwill of acquired businesses
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="21" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Total as of March&amp;#160;31, 2011&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$3,005,383&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$0&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$91,633&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$252,664&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$3,349,680&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="21" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="line-height: 8pt"&gt;&lt;!-- Blank Space --&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Accumulated Impairment Losses&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Total as of December&amp;#160;31, 2010
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;($252,664&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;($252,664&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="21" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Goodwill impairment loss
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="21" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Total as of March&amp;#160;31, 2011&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$0&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$0&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$0&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&lt;b&gt;($252,664&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;b&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&lt;b&gt;($252,664&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;b&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="21" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="line-height: 8pt"&gt;&lt;!-- Blank Space --&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Goodwill, net of Accumulated Impairment Losses&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Total as of December&amp;#160;31, 2010
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$3,005,383&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$91,633&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$3,097,016&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="21" align="left" bgcolor="#9accff" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="background: #9accff"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Total as of March&amp;#160;31, 2011&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$3,005,383&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$0&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$91,633&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$0&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$3,097,016&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="21" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 17pt"&gt;&lt;font color="#000080"&gt;&lt;b&gt;NOTE 16: NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 9pt; margin-top: 4pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;ACCOUNTING STANDARDS RECENTLY ADOPTED&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 2pt"&gt;ENHANCED DISCLOSURES FOR FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS As of and for the interim period ended
   March&amp;#160;31, 2011, we adopted Accounting Standards Update (ASU)&amp;#160;No.&amp;#160;2010-6, &amp;#8220;Improving Disclosures
   about Fair Value Measurements&amp;#8221; as it relates to separate disclosures about purchases, sales,
   issuances and settlements applicable to Level 3 measurements. Our adoption of this standard had no
   impact on our financial position, results of operations or liquidity.
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"&gt;&lt;font color="#000080"&gt;&lt;b&gt;NOTE 17: SEGMENT REPORTING&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 4pt"&gt;We have four operating segments organized around our principal product lines: aggregates,
   concrete, asphalt mix and cement. The vast majority of our activities are domestic. We sell a
   relatively small amount of products outside the United States. Transactions between our reportable
   segments are recorded at prices approximating market levels. Management reviews earnings from the
   product line reporting units principally at the gross profit level.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 9pt; margin-top: 10pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;SEGMENT FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left"&gt;
   &lt;table style="font-size: 9pt; text-align: left" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="85%"&gt;
   &lt;!-- Begin Table Head --&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="font-size:2px"&gt;
       &lt;td width="73%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="4%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="9" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="6"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Three Months Ended&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="6" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;March 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&lt;i&gt;in millions&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;2011&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;!-- End Table Head --&gt;
   &lt;!-- Begin Table Body --&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="line-height: 3pt"&gt;&lt;!-- Blank Space --&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Total Revenues&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Aggregates &lt;sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:22px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Segment revenues
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$331.6&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$341.3&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:22px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Intersegment sales
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;(29.8&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;(32.0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Net sales
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;301.8&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;309.3&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Concrete &lt;sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:22px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Segment revenues
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;82.2&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;82.9&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:22px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Intersegment sales
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;0.0&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;0.0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Net sales
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;82.2&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;82.9&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Asphalt mix
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:22px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Segment revenues
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;64.7&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;63.6&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:22px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Intersegment sales
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;0.0&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;(0.6&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Net sales
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;64.7&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;63.0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Cement &lt;sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:22px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Segment revenues
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;16.5&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;17.9&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:22px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Intersegment sales
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;(8.9&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;(8.6&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Net sales
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;7.6&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;9.3&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Total
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Net sales
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;456.3&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;464.5&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Delivery revenues
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;30.9&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;28.8&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Total revenues
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$487.2&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$493.3&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="line-height: 3pt"&gt;&lt;!-- Blank Space --&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Gross Profit&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Aggregates
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$10.7&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$15.4&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Concrete
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;(14.4&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;(16.1&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Asphalt mix
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;(0.2&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;1.1&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Cement
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;(3.2&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;0.5&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Total
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;($7.1&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$0.9&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="line-height: 3pt"&gt;&lt;!-- Blank Space --&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Depreciation, Depletion,
   Accretion and Amortization&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Aggregates
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$70.1&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$73.1&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Concrete
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;13.0&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;13.0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Asphalt mix
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;2.0&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;2.2&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Cement
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;4.3&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;4.4&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Corporate and other unallocated
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;1.2&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;1.5&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Total
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$90.6&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$94.2&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="9" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
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       &lt;td width="1%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&lt;sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"&gt;&lt;i&gt;1&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Includes crushed stone, sand and gravel, sand,
   other aggregates, as well as transportation and service
   revenues associated with &lt;br /&gt;
   the aggregates business.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr&gt;
       &lt;td style="font-size: 3pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="top" style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"&gt;
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       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Includes ready-mixed concrete, concrete block,
   precast concrete, as well as building materials purchased for
   resale.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr&gt;
       &lt;td style="font-size: 3pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="top" style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"&gt;
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       &lt;td width="1%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&lt;sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"&gt;&lt;i&gt;3&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Includes cement and calcium products.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;/table&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;!-- Folio --&gt;
   &lt;b&gt;
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"&gt;&lt;font color="#000080"&gt;&lt;b&gt;NOTE 18: SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 4pt"&gt;Supplemental information referable to our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows is
   summarized below:
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       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="6"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Three Months Ended&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="6" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;March 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;div style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"&gt;&lt;i&gt;in thousands&lt;/i&gt;
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       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;2011&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cash Payments (Refunds)&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"&gt;Interest (exclusive of amount capitalized)
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$4,448&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"&gt;Income taxes
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       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;(35,938&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;(2,657&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr style="font-size: 3pt"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;
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   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"&gt;Accrued liabilities for purchases of property, plant
   &amp;#038; equipment
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;6,378&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;10,273&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"&gt;Stock issued for pension contribution (Note 9)
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;0&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;53,864&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"&gt;Amounts referable to business acquisition (Note 14)
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"&gt;Liabilities assumed
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       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;14,330&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"&gt;Fair value of equity consideration
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;18,898&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 17pt"&gt;&lt;font color="#000080"&gt;&lt;b&gt;NOTE 19: COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;We are a defendant in various lawsuits in the ordinary course of business. It is not possible
   to determine with precision the outcome, or the amount of liability, if any, under these lawsuits,
   especially where the cases involve possible jury trials with as yet undetermined jury panels.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;In addition to these lawsuits in which we are involved in the ordinary course of business, certain
   other material legal proceedings are more specifically described
   below. We contend that we are not liable in any of these matters and
   intend to defend ourselves vigorously.
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 9pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;PERCHLOROETHYLENE CASES&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 2pt"&gt;We are a defendant in cases involving perchloroethylene (perc), which was a product
   manufactured by our former Chemicals business. Perc is a cleaning solvent used in dry cleaning and
   other industrial applications. These cases involve various allegations of groundwater contamination
   or exposure to perc allegedly resulting in personal injury. Vulcan is vigorously defending all of
   these cases. At this time, we cannot determine the likelihood or reasonably estimate a range of
   loss pertaining to any of these matters, which are listed below:
   &lt;/div&gt;
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       &lt;td width="3%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Wingdings"&gt;&amp;#167;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2"&gt;CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE COMPANY &amp;#8212; On June&amp;#160;6, 2008, we were served in an action styled
   &lt;i&gt;California Water Service Company v. Dow, et al.&lt;/i&gt;, now pending in the San Mateo County Superior
   Court, California. According to the complaint, California Water Service Company &amp;#8220;owns and/or
   operates public drinking water systems, and supplies drinking water to hundreds of thousands
   of residents and businesses throughout California.&amp;#8221; The complaint alleges that water systems
   in a number of communities have been contaminated with perc. The plaintiff is seeking
   compensatory damages and punitive damages. Discovery is ongoing.&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td width="3%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Wingdings"&gt;&amp;#167;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2"&gt;CITY OF SUNNYVALE CALIFORNIA &amp;#8212; On January&amp;#160;6, 2009, we were served in an action styled &lt;i&gt;City
   of Sunnyvale v. Legacy Vulcan Corporation, f/k/a Vulcan Materials Company&lt;/i&gt;, filed in the San
   Mateo County Superior Court, California. The plaintiffs are seeking cost recovery and other
   damages for alleged environmental contamination from perc and its degradation products at the
   Sunnyvale Town Center Redevelopment Project. Discovery is ongoing. A trial date of January&amp;#160;9,
   2012 has been set.&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 8.5pt; text-align: left"&gt;
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       &lt;td width="3%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Wingdings"&gt;&amp;#167;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2"&gt;SUFFOLK COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY &amp;#8212; On May&amp;#160;4, 2010, we were served in an action styled
   &lt;i&gt;Suffolk County Water Authority v. The Dow Chemical Company, et al.&lt;/i&gt;, in the United States
   District Court for the Eastern District of New York. This case was subsequently dismissed and
   refiled in the Supreme Court for Suffolk County, State of New York. The complaint alleges that
   the plaintiff &amp;#8220;owns and/or operates drinking water systems and supplies drinking water to
   thousands of residents and businesses, in Suffolk County, New York.&amp;#8221; The complaint alleges
   that perc and its degradation products &amp;#8220;have been and are contaminating and damaging
   Plaintiff&amp;#8217;s drinking water supply wells.&amp;#8221; The plaintiff is seeking compensatory and punitive
   damages. Discovery is ongoing.&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;td colspan="2"&gt;ADDAIR &amp;#8212; This is a purported class action case for medical monitoring and personal injury
   damages styled &lt;i&gt;Addair et al. v. Processing Company, LLC, et al.&lt;/i&gt;, pending in the Circuit Court of
   Wyoming County, West Virginia. The plaintiffs allege various personal injuries from exposure to
   perc used in coal sink labs. The perc manufacturing defendants, including Vulcan, have filed a
   motion for summary judgment. The Court has yet to rule on the motion but in the interim has
   stayed the litigation. As such, there has been no activity on this matter pending the Court&amp;#8217;s
   ruling.&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td colspan="2"&gt;WEST VIRGINIA COAL SINK LAB LITIGATION &amp;#8212; This is a mass tort action consisting of over 100
   cases filed in 17 different counties in West Virginia from September 1 to October&amp;#160;13, 2010,
   for medical monitoring and personal injury damages for exposure to perc used in coal sink
   labs. The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, in an order entered January&amp;#160;19, 2011,
   transferred all of these cases (referred to as &lt;i&gt;Jeffrey Blount v. Arkema, Inc., et al.&lt;/i&gt;) to the
   West Virginia Mass Litigation Panel. No discovery has been conducted in this matter.&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td colspan="2"&gt;SANTARSIERO &amp;#8212; This is a case styled &lt;i&gt;Robert Santarsiero v. R.V. Davies, et al.&lt;/i&gt;, pending in
   Supreme Court, New York County, New York. We were brought in as a third-party defendant by
   original defendant R.V. Davies. We recently learned that the plaintiff, who was alleging perc
   exposure, is now deceased. The case has been stayed pending further information about this
   development.&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 8.5pt; text-align: left"&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="top" style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"&gt;
       &lt;td width="3%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Wingdings"&gt;&amp;#167;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2"&gt;R.R. STREET INDEMNITY &amp;#8212; Street, a former distributor of perc manufactured by us, alleges
   that we owe Street, and its insurer (National Union), a defense and indemnity in several of
   these litigation matters, as well as some prior litigation which we have now settled. National
   Union alleges that we are obligated to contribute to National Union&amp;#8217;s share of defense fees,
   costs and any indemnity payments made on Street&amp;#8217;s behalf. We have had discussions with Street
   about the nature and extent of indemnity obligations, if any, and to date there has been no
   resolution of these issues.&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;/table&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;FLORIDA ANTITRUST LITIGATION &amp;#8212; Our subsidiary, Florida Rock Industries, Inc., has been named as a
   defendant in a number of class action lawsuits filed in the United States District Court for the
   Southern District of Florida. The lawsuits were filed by several ready-mixed concrete producers and
   construction companies against a number of concrete and cement producers and importers in Florida.
   There are now two consolidated amended complaints: (1)&amp;#160;on behalf of direct independent ready-mixed
   concrete producers, and (2)&amp;#160;on behalf of indirect users of ready-mixed concrete. The other
   defendants include Cemex Corp., Votarantim Cimentos North America and Titan America. The complaints
   allege various violations under the federal antitrust laws, including price fixing and market
   allocations. We have no reason to believe that Florida Rock is liable for any of the matters
   alleged in the complaint, and we intend to defend the case vigorously. Discovery is ongoing.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;IDOT/JOLIET ROAD &amp;#8212; In September&amp;#160;2001, we were named a defendant in a suit brought by the Illinois
   Department of Transportation (IDOT), in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Chancery Division,
   Illinois, alleging damage to a 0.9-mile section of Joliet Road that bisects our McCook quarry in
   McCook, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. On May&amp;#160;18, 2010, we settled this lawsuit for $40,000,000 and
   recognized the full settlement as a charge to operations in the second quarter of 2010. Under the
   terms of the settlement we paid IDOT $20,000,000 in May&amp;#160;2010 and we paid the second installment of
   $20,000,000 on February&amp;#160;17, 2011. We are taking appropriate actions, including participating in two
   arbitrations in 2011, to recover the settlement amount in excess of the self-insured retention of
   $2,000,000, as well as a portion of our defense costs from our insurers. In February&amp;#160;2011, we
   completed the first arbitration with two of our three insurers. The arbitration panel awarded us a
   total of $25,546,000 in payment of their share of the settlement amount and attorneys&amp;#8217; fees. This
   award was recorded as income in the first quarter of 2011. The second arbitration is scheduled for
   May&amp;#160;2011.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;LOWER PASSAIC RIVER CLEAN-UP &amp;#8212; We have been sued as a third-party defendant in &lt;i&gt;New Jersey
   Department of Environmental Protection, et al. v. Occidental Chemical Corporation, et al.&lt;/i&gt;, a case
   brought by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection in the New Jersey Superior Court.
   The third-party complaint was filed on February&amp;#160;4, 2009. This suit by the New Jersey Department of
   Environmental Protection seeks recovery of past and future clean-up costs as well as unspecified
   economic damages, punitive damages, penalties and a variety of other forms of relief arising from
   alleged discharges into the Passaic River of dioxin and other unspecified hazardous substances. Our
   former Chemicals Division operated a plant adjacent to the Passaic River and has been sued as a
   third-party defendant, along with approximately 300 other parties. Additionally, Vulcan and
   approximately 70 other companies are parties to a May&amp;#160;2007 Administrative Order of Consent with the
   U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to perform a Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study of the
   contamination in the lower 17 miles of the Passaic River. This study is ongoing. At this time, we
   cannot determine the likelihood or reasonably estimate a range of loss pertaining to this matter.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;!-- Folio --&gt;
   &lt;b&gt;
   &lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;!-- /Folio --&gt;
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   &lt;div style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;It is not possible to predict with certainty the ultimate outcome of these and other legal
   proceedings in which we are involved and a number of factors, including developments in ongoing
   discovery or adverse rulings, could cause actual losses to differ materially from accrued costs. No
   liability was recorded for claims and litigation for which a loss was determined to be only
   reasonably possible or for which a loss could not be reasonably estimated. In addition, losses on
   certain claims and litigation described above may be subject to limitations on a per occurrence
   basis by excess insurance, as described in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 8.5pt; margin-top: 2pt"&gt;ENHANCED DISCLOSURES FOR FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS As of and for the interim period ended
   March&amp;#160;31, 2011, we adopted Accounting Standards Update (ASU)&amp;#160;No.&amp;#160;2010-6, &amp;#8220;Improving Disclosures
   about Fair Value Measurements&amp;#8221; as it relates to separate disclosures about purchases, sales,
   issuances and settlements applicable to Level 3 measurements. Our adoption of this standard had no
   impact on our financial position, results of operations or liquidity.
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   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td width="64%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td colspan="13" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="10" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&lt;i&gt;As of March 31, 2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;As&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;As&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;&lt;i&gt;in thousands&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Reported&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Correction&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Restated&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
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   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="line-height: 3pt"&gt;&lt;!-- Blank Space --&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Balance Sheet&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Assets&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Current deferred income taxes
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$56,990&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;($1,950&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$55,040&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Prepaid expenses
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;51,538&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;(8,450&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;43,088&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Total current assets
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;766,072&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;(10,400&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;755,672&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Goodwill
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;3,093,979&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;2,321&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;3,096,300&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Total assets
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$8,474,882&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;($8,079&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$8,466,803&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="13" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="line-height: 3pt"&gt;&lt;!-- Blank Space --&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Liabilities&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="line-height: 3pt"&gt;&lt;!-- Blank Space --&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Noncurrent deferred income taxes
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$863,678&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$6,706&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$870,384&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Total liabilities
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;4,411,882&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;6,706&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;4,418,588&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;1,681,624&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;(14,785&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;1,666,839&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;4,063,000&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;(14,785&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;4,048,215&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$8,474,882&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;($8,079&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$8,466,803&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="13" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$960&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;7,915&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;(6,473&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;(3,148&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$5,727&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td width="13%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="6" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Three Months Ended&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;March 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;&lt;i&gt;in thousands&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;2011&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 3pt"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
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   outstanding
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;129,078&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;126,692&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Dilutive effect of
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:20px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Stock options/SOSARs
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;0&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:20px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Other stock compensation plans
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;0&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   outstanding, assuming dilution
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;129,078&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;126,692&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td width="70%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="11%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr style="font-size: 3pt"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1pt solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1pt solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1pt solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1pt solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1pt solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1pt solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td width="18%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="6%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td colspan="17" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;December 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;March 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="13" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="11" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Level 1&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;March 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;December 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;March 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;&lt;i&gt;in thousands&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;2011&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;!-- End Table Head --&gt;
   &lt;!-- Begin Table Body --&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 3pt"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Fair Value Recurring&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Rabbi Trust
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:20px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Mutual funds
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;13,594&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$13,960&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$11,947&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:20px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Equities
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;10,144&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;9,336&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;7,740&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Net asset
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;23,738&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$23,296&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$19,687&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="13" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 18pt"&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="13" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="11" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Level 2&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;March 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;December 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;March 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;&lt;i&gt;in thousands&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;2011&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;!-- End Table Head --&gt;
   &lt;!-- Begin Table Body --&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 3pt"&gt;
   &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Fair Value Recurring&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Medium-term investments
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;0&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$4,109&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Interest rate derivative
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;0&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;(8,956&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Rabbi Trust
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:20px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Common/collective trust funds
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;1,323&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;2,431&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;2,769&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Net asset (liability)
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;1,323&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$2,431&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;($2,078&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="13" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;!-- End Table Body --&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Level 3&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr style="font-size: 3pt"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Fair Value Nonrecurring&lt;/b&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Property, plant &amp;#038; equipment
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$1,536&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$2,500&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Assets held for sale
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;9,625&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;1,436&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$11,161&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$3,936&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;div align="left" style="margin-top: 8.5pt"&gt;
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       &lt;td width="62%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="3%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td colspan="13" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr style="font-size: 3pt"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;($37,687&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;($39,137&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;($46,956&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
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       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;(135,985&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;(138,202&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;(144,093&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
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   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;($173,672&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;($177,339&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;($191,049&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="13" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;div align="left"&gt;
   &lt;table style="font-size: 9pt; text-align: left" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="80%"&gt;
   &lt;!-- Begin Table Head --&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td width="72%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="9%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:9pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;PENSION BENEFITS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="6"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Three Months Ended&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="6" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;March 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;&lt;i&gt;in thousands&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;2011&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;!-- End Table Head --&gt;
   &lt;!-- Begin Table Body --&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="line-height: 3pt"&gt;&lt;!-- Blank Space --&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Service cost
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;5,190&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$4,808&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Interest cost
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;10,542&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;10,405&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Expected return on plan assets
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;(12,370&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;(12,535&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Amortization of prior service cost
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;85&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;115&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Amortization of actuarial loss
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;2,824&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;1,336&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Net periodic pension benefit cost
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;6,271&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$4,129&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="line-height: 3pt"&gt;&lt;!-- Blank Space --&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Pretax reclassification from OCI included in
   net periodic pension benefit cost
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;2,909&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$1,451&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 18pt"&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:9pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="6"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Three Months Ended&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="6" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;March 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;&lt;i&gt;in thousands&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;2011&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;!-- End Table Head --&gt;
   &lt;!-- Begin Table Body --&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="line-height: 3pt"&gt;&lt;!-- Blank Space --&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Service cost
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;1,197&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$1,066&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Interest cost
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;1,613&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;1,663&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Amortization of prior service credit
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;(169&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;(182&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Amortization of actuarial loss
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;287&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;222&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Net periodic postretirement benefit cost
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;2,928&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$2,769&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td style="padding-left: 0px"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Pretax reclassification from OCI included in
   net periodic postretirement benefit cost
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;118&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$40&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td width="3%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;March 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;December 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;March 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&lt;i&gt;dollars in thousands&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;2011&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Short-term Borrowings&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Bank borrowings
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$300,000&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$285,500&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Commercial paper
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;0&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;300,000&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Total
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$300,000&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$285,500&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$300,000&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr style="font-size: 3pt"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bank Borrowings&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Maturity
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="1" bgcolor="#9accff" align="right" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;b&gt;1 - 76 days&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="1" align="right" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;3 - 74 days&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;n/a&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Weighted-average interest rate
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;0.60%&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;0.59%&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;n/a&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Commercial Paper&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Maturity
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;n/a&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;n/a&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="right" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;1 day&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Weighted-average interest rate
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;n/a&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;n/a&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td align="right"&gt;0.34%&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;December 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;March 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;2011&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Long-term Debt&lt;/b&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;5-year floating term loan issued 2010
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$450,000&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$450,000&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;10.125% 2015 notes issued 2009&lt;sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;149,612&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;149,597&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;149,552&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;10.375% 2018 notes issued 2009&lt;sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;248,424&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;248,391&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;248,299&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;3-year floating term loan issued 2008
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;0&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;100,000&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;6.30% 5-year notes issued 2008&lt;sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;249,754&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;249,729&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;249,656&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;7.00% 10-year notes issued 2008&lt;sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;399,666&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;399,658&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;399,633&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;3-year floating notes issued 2007
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;0&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;325,000&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;5.60% 5-year notes issued 2007&lt;sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"&gt;5&lt;/sup&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;299,801&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;299,773&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;299,692&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;6.40%
   10-year notes issued
   2007&lt;sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"&gt;6&lt;/sup&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;349,856&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;349,852&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;349,840&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;7.15%
   30-year notes issued
   2007&lt;sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"&gt;7&lt;/sup&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;249,326&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;249,324&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;249,319&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Private placement notes
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;0&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;15,212&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Medium-term notes
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;21,000&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;21,000&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;21,000&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Industrial revenue bonds
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;14,000&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;14,000&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;17,550&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Other notes
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;1,395&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;1,438&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;1,738&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Total debt excluding short-term borrowings
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$2,432,834&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$2,432,762&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$2,426,491&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Less current maturities of long-term debt
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;5,238&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;5,246&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;325,344&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Total long-term debt
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$2,427,596&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$2,427,516&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$2,101,147&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="line-height: 3pt"&gt;&lt;!-- Blank Space --&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Estimated fair value of total long-term debt
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$2,544,368&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$2,559,059&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$2,333,436&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="13" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
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   &lt;/table&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-top: 3pt; margin-right: 2%"&gt;
   &lt;table width="98%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="top" style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"&gt;
       &lt;td width="2%" style="background: transparent"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&lt;sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"&gt;&lt;i&gt;1&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Includes decreases for unamortized discounts, as follows: March&amp;#160;31, 2011 -
   $388 thousand, December&amp;#160;31, 2010 - $403 thousand and March&amp;#160;31,&lt;br /&gt;2010 - $448 thousand. The
   effective interest rate for these 2015 notes is 10.31%.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr&gt;
       &lt;td style="font-size: 3pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="top" style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"&gt;
       &lt;td width="2%" style="background: transparent"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&lt;sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Includes decreases for unamortized discounts, as follows: March&amp;#160;31, 2011 - $1,576
   thousand, December&amp;#160;31, 2010 - $1,609 thousand and March&amp;#160;31,&lt;br /&gt;2010 - $1,701 thousand. The
   effective interest rate for these 2018 notes is 10.58%.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr&gt;
       &lt;td style="font-size: 3pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="top" style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"&gt;
       &lt;td width="2%" style="background: transparent"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&lt;sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"&gt;&lt;i&gt;3&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Includes decreases for unamortized discounts, as follows: March&amp;#160;31, 2011 - $246
   thousand, December&amp;#160;31, 2010 - $271 thousand and March&amp;#160;31,&lt;br /&gt;2010 - $344 thousand. The
   effective interest rate for these 5-year notes is 7.47%.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr&gt;
       &lt;td style="font-size: 3pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="top" style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"&gt;
       &lt;td width="2%" style="background: transparent"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&lt;sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"&gt;&lt;i&gt;4&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Includes decreases for unamortized discounts, as follows: March&amp;#160;31, 2011 - $334
   thousand, December&amp;#160;31, 2010 - $342 thousand and March&amp;#160;31,&lt;br /&gt;2010 - $367 thousand. The
   effective interest rate for these 10-year notes is 7.86%.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr&gt;
       &lt;td style="font-size: 3pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="top" style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"&gt;
       &lt;td width="2%" style="background: transparent"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&lt;sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"&gt;&lt;i&gt;5&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Includes decreases for unamortized discounts, as follows: March&amp;#160;31, 2011 - $199
   thousand, December&amp;#160;31, 2010 - $227 thousand and March&amp;#160;31,&lt;br /&gt;2010 - $308 thousand. The
   effective interest rate for these 5-year notes is 6.58%.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr&gt;
       &lt;td style="font-size: 3pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="top" style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"&gt;
       &lt;td width="2%" style="background: transparent"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&lt;sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"&gt;&lt;i&gt;6&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Includes decreases for unamortized discounts, as follows: March&amp;#160;31, 2011 - $144
   thousand, December&amp;#160;31, 2010 - $148 thousand and March&amp;#160;31,&lt;br /&gt;2010 - $160 thousand. The
   effective interest rate for these 10-year notes is 7.39%.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr&gt;
       &lt;td style="font-size: 3pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="top" style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"&gt;
       &lt;td width="2%" style="background: transparent"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&lt;sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"&gt;&lt;i&gt;7&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Includes decreases for unamortized discounts, as follows: March&amp;#160;31, 2011 - $674
   thousand, December&amp;#160;31, 2010 - $676 thousand and March&amp;#160;31,&lt;br /&gt;2010 - $681 thousand. The
   effective interest rate for these 30-year notes is 8.04%.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;/table&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
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   &lt;div align="left"&gt;
   &lt;table style="font-size: 9pt; text-align: left" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="80%"&gt;
   &lt;!-- Begin Table Head --&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td width="74%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="3%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="9" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="6"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Three Months Ended&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="6" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;March 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&lt;i&gt;in thousands&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;2011&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
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   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="line-height: 3pt"&gt;&lt;!-- Blank Space --&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;ARO Operating Costs&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Accretion
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&lt;b&gt;$2,172&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$2,189&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Depreciation
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;1,541&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;3,183&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Total
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$3,713&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$5,372&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="9" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Asset Retirement Obligations&lt;/b&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Balance at beginning of period
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$162,730&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$167,757&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;
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       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;0&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:20px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Liabilities settled
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       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;(2,332&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;(2,377&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:20px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Accretion expense
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;2,172&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;2,189&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:20px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Revisions up (down)
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;21&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;(3,638&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Balance at end of period
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$162,591&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$163,931&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="9" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;March 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Standby Letters of Credit&lt;/b&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Risk management requirement for insurance claims
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$41,083&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Payment surety required by utilities
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;133&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Contractual reclamation/restoration requirements
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;9,097&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Financial requirement for industrial revenue bond
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;14,231&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Total
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td colspan="5" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;div align="left"&gt;
   &lt;table style="font-size: 9pt; text-align: left" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="90%"&gt;
   &lt;!-- Begin Table Head --&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td width="62%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="3%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="13" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;March 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;December 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;March 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&lt;i&gt;in thousands&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;2011&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Held for Sale&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Current assets
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$3,429&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$3,460&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$3,670&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Property, plant &amp;#038; equipment, net
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;9,737&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;9,625&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;11,016&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Other assets
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;115&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;122&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;153&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Total assets held for sale
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$13,281&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$13,207&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$14,839&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Current liabilities
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$356&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$116&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$425&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="8" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Total liabilities of assets held for sale
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$356&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$116&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$425&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="13" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td width="40%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td colspan="21" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:9pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;GOODWILL&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 7pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&lt;i&gt;in thousands&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Aggregates&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Concrete&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Asphalt mix&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Cement&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Total&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td colspan="21" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Gross Carrying Amount&lt;/b&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Total as of December&amp;#160;31, 2010
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$3,005,383&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$91,633&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$252,664&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$3,349,680&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="21" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Goodwill of acquired businesses
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="21" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Total as of March&amp;#160;31, 2011&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$3,005,383&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$0&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$91,633&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$252,664&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$3,349,680&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="21" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="line-height: 8pt"&gt;&lt;!-- Blank Space --&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Accumulated Impairment Losses&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Total as of December&amp;#160;31, 2010
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;($252,664&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;($252,664&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="21" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Goodwill impairment loss
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="21" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Total as of March&amp;#160;31, 2011&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$0&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$0&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$0&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&lt;b&gt;($252,664&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;b&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&lt;b&gt;($252,664&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;b&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="21" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="line-height: 8pt"&gt;&lt;!-- Blank Space --&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Goodwill, net of Accumulated Impairment Losses&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Total as of December&amp;#160;31, 2010
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$3,005,383&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$91,633&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$3,097,016&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="21" align="left" bgcolor="#9accff" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="background: #9accff"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Total as of March&amp;#160;31, 2011&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$3,005,383&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$0&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$91,633&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$0&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$3,097,016&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="21" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="font-size:2px"&gt;
       &lt;td width="73%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="4%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td colspan="9" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000080"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="6"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Three Months Ended&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="6" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;March 31&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&lt;i&gt;in millions&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;2011&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Total Revenues&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Aggregates &lt;sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:22px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Segment revenues
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$331.6&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$341.3&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:22px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Intersegment sales
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;(29.8&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;(32.0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Net sales
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;301.8&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;309.3&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Concrete &lt;sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:22px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Segment revenues
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;82.2&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;82.9&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:22px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Intersegment sales
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;0.0&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;0.0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Net sales
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;82.2&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;82.9&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Asphalt mix
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:22px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Segment revenues
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;64.7&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;63.6&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:22px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Intersegment sales
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;0.0&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;(0.6&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Net sales
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;64.7&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;63.0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Cement &lt;sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:22px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Segment revenues
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;16.5&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;17.9&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:22px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Intersegment sales
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;(8.9&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;(8.6&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Net sales
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;7.6&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;9.3&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Total
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Net sales
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;456.3&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;464.5&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Delivery revenues
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;30.9&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;28.8&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Total revenues
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$487.2&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$493.3&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="line-height: 3pt"&gt;&lt;!-- Blank Space --&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Gross Profit&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Aggregates
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$10.7&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$15.4&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Concrete
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;(14.4&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;(16.1&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Asphalt mix
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;(0.2&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;1.1&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Cement
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;(3.2&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;0.5&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Total
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;($7.1&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$0.9&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="line-height: 3pt"&gt;&lt;!-- Blank Space --&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Depreciation, Depletion,
   Accretion and Amortization&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Aggregates
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$70.1&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$73.1&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Concrete
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;13.0&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;13.0&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Asphalt mix
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;2.0&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;2.2&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Cement
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;4.3&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;4.4&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Corporate and other unallocated
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;1.2&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;1.5&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="2" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="3" bgcolor="#9accff" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Total
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&lt;b&gt;$90.6&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$94.2&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="9" align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="top" style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"&gt;
       &lt;td width="2%" style="background: transparent"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&lt;sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"&gt;&lt;i&gt;1&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Includes crushed stone, sand and gravel, sand,
   other aggregates, as well as transportation and service
   revenues associated with &lt;br /&gt;
   the aggregates business.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;tr&gt;
       &lt;td style="font-size: 3pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="top" style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"&gt;
       &lt;td width="2%" style="background: transparent"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&lt;sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Includes ready-mixed concrete, concrete block,
   precast concrete, as well as building materials purchased for
   resale.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr&gt;
       &lt;td style="font-size: 3pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td width="1%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&lt;sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"&gt;&lt;i&gt;3&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Includes cement and calcium products.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td width="9%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="7%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="4" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="left" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;
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       &lt;td bgcolor="#9accff"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;div style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"&gt;Income taxes
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