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		<footnote id="F1">Includes 154.916 shares acquired in February and 160.584 shares acquired in May, under the Issuer's  Dividend Reinvestment Plan.</footnote>
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		<signatureName>By: Parris N. Adams, Attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
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