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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The following table furnishes, as of April 25, 2012 (unless otherwise noted below), with respect to each person who is known to the Company to be the
beneficial owner of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company, the name and address of such beneficial owner, the number of
shares of Common Stock beneficially owned (as determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) and the percentage such shares
comprised of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company.
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner
Amount and
Nature of Beneficial
Ownership
Percent of
Class(1)
FMR LLC 12,744,394(2) 15.02%
Edward C. Johnson 3d
82 Devonshire Street
Boston, MA 02109
Columbia Wanger Asset Management, LLC 5,645,800(3) 6.65%
227 West Monroe Street, Suite 3000
Chicago, IL 60606
The Vanguard Group, Inc. 4,629,853(4) 5.46%
100 Vanguard Blvd.
Malvern, PA 19355
BlackRock, Inc. 4,590,848(5) 5.41%
40 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10022
(1) The percent of class is based on 84,841,792 shares of Common Stock outstanding on April 25, 2012.
(2) Based on information contained in a Schedule 13G/A filed by FMR LLC and Edward C. Johnson 3d with the SEC on February 14, 2012 to report beneficial ownership of shares of the
Company's Common Stock as of December 31, 2011. Fidelity Management & Research Company ("Fidelity"), 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of FMR LLC and a registered investment adviser, was reported to beneficially own 12,211,387 shares of Common Stock (14.39% of the shares outstanding on April 25, 2012) as
a result of acting as investment adviser to various registered investment companies (collectively, the "Funds"). The ownership of one registered investment company, Fidelity Low-Priced
Stock Fund, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109, was reported to be 6,500,000 shares of Common Stock (7.66% of the shares outstanding on April 25, 2012).
Edward C. Johnson 3d, who is Chairman of FMR LLC, and FMR LLC, through its control of Fidelity, and the Funds each was reported to have sole power to dispose of the 12,211,387
shares of Common Stock owned by the Funds. Neither FMR LLC nor Edward C. Johnson 3d was reported to have the sole power to vote or direct the voting of the shares of Common
Stock owned directly by the Funds, which power was reported to reside with the Funds' Boards of Trustees. Fidelity was reported to carry out the voting of the shares of Common Stock
under written guidelines established by the Funds' Boards of Trustees.
Members of the family of Edward C. Johnson 3d were reported to be the predominant owners, directly or through trusts, of Series B voting common shares of FMR LLC, representing 49%
of the voting power of FMR LLC. The Johnson family group and all other Series B stockholders were reported to have entered into a stockholders' voting agreement under which all
Series B voting common shares will be voted in accordance with the majority of the Series B voting common shares. Through their ownership of voting common shares and the execution
of the stockholders' voting agreement, members of the Johnson family may be deemed, under the Investment Company Act of 1940, to form a controlling group with respect to FMR LLC.
Fidelity Management Trust Company, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109, a wholly-owned bank subsidiary of FMR LLC, was reported to beneficially own 27,661 shares
of Common Stock (0.03% of the shares outstanding on April 25, 2012) as a result of its serving as investment manager of institutional accounts. Edward C. Johnson 3d and FMR LLC,
through its control of Fidelity Management Trust Company, each was reported to have sole dispositive power over and sole power to vote or to direct the voting of 27,661 shares owned by
the institutional accounts managed by Fidelity Management Trust Company.
Strategic Advisers, Inc., 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109, a wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR LLC and a registered investment adviser, was reported to provide
investment advisory services to individuals. As such, FMR LLC's beneficial ownership was reported to include 1,716 shares of Common Stock (0.002% of the shares outstanding on
April 25, 2012) beneficially owned through Strategic Advisers, Inc.
Pyramis Global Advisors, LLC ("PGALLC"), 900 Salem Street, Smithfield, Rhode Island 02917, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR LLC and a registered investment adviser,
was reported to be the beneficial owner of 25,420 shares of Common Stock (0.03% of the shares outstanding on April 25, 2012) as a result of its serving as investment adviser to
institutional accounts, non-U.S. mutual funds or
registered investment companies owning such shares. Edward C. Johnson 3d and FMR LLC, through its control of PGALLC, each was
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