EXHIBIT 99.2


                              ITEM 7 INFORMATION

     The securities being reported on by the The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
("GS Group"), as a parent holding company, are owned, or may be deemed to be
beneficially owned, by Goldman, Sachs & Co. ("Goldman Sachs"), a broker or
dealer registered under Section 15 of the Act and an investment adviser
registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. Goldman
Sachs is a direct and indirect wholly owned subsidiary of GS Group.