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STOCK OWNERSHIP
Ownership of Our Common Shares by Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
The following table sets forth certain information with regard to the beneficial ownership of our common shares
by each holder of more than five percent of our common shares, each director, each of the executive officers named
in the Summary Compensation Table, and all our executive officers and directors as a group. The assessment of
holders of more than five percent of our common shares is based on a review of and reliance upon their respective
filings with the SEC. Except as otherwise indicated, all information is as of the record date, March 31, 2008.
Name of Beneficial
Owner or Identity of Group
Amount and
Nature of Beneficial
Ownership
(1)(2)
Percent of
Outstanding
Common Shares
Lisa M. Bachmann 142,709 *
Jeffrey P. Berger 4,000 *
Sheldon M. Berman (3) 19,749 *
Joe R. Cooper 110,500 *
Steven S. Fishman 685,550 *
David T. Kollat 67,065 *
Brenda J. Lauderback 43,300 *
Philip E. Mallott 30,500 *
John C. Martin 145,109 *
Russell Solt 16,000 *
James R. Tener 13,000 *
Dennis B. Tishkoff 45,609 *
Brad A. Waite 107,668 *
Barclays Global Investors, NA. (4) 8,992,260 9.95%
Invesco Ltd. (5) 8,689,748 9.61%
State Street Bank and Trust Company (6) 7,761,694 8.59%
BlackRock, Inc. (7) 7,102,321 7.86%
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (8) 6,826,839 7.55%
Westport Asset Management, Inc. (9) 5,701,153 6.31%
Sasco Capital, Inc. (10) 5,461,450 6.00%
Putnam, LLC. (11) 5,154,091 5.70%
The Vanguard Group, Inc. (12) 4,563,019 5.05%
All directors and executive officers as a group (21 persons) 1,969,291 2.42%
* Represents less than 1.0% of the outstanding common shares.
(1) Each person named in the table has sole voting power and sole dispositive power with respect to all common
shares shown as beneficially owned by such person, except as otherwise stated in the footnotes to this
table. The amounts set forth in the table include common shares that may be acquired within 60 days of the
record date under stock options exercisable within that period. The number of common shares that may be
acquired within 60 days of the record date under stock options exercisable within that period are as follows:
Ms. Bachmann: 105,625; Mr. Berger: 2,000; Mr. Berman: 5,000; Mr. Cooper: 61,625; Mr. Fishman: 237,500;
Mr. Kollat: 58,000; Ms. Lauderback: 43,000; Mr. Mallott: 27,500; Mr. Martin: 78,250; Mr. Solt: 14,000;
Mr. Tener: 8,000; Mr. Tishkoff: 43,000; Mr. Waite: 66,000; and all directors and executive officers as a group:
1,143,625.