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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 30, 2009.
Name of Beneficial
Owner or Identity of Group
Amount and Nature of
Beneficial Ownership
(1)
Percent of
Outstanding
Common Shares
Lisa M. Bachmann 186,187 *
Jeffrey P. Berger 12,425 *
Joe R. Cooper 111,967 *
Steven S. Fishman 1,097,558 1.3%
Peter J. Hayes 0 *
David T. Kollat 86,490 *
Brenda J. Lauderback 40,725 *
Philip E. Mallott 32,925 *
John C. Martin 180,268 *
Russell Solt 28,425 *
James R. Tener 25,425 *
Dennis B. Tishkoff 17,034 *
Brad A. Waite 94,750 *
Barclays Global Investors, NA. (2) 7,575,873 9.2%
State Street Bank and Trust Company (3) 5,398,822 6.6%
Invesco Ltd. (4) 4,873,888 5.9%
Westport Asset Management, Inc. (5) 4,726,503 5.8%
Sasco Capital, Inc. (6) 4,478,800 5.5%
The Vanguard Group, Inc. (7) 4,187,197 5.1%
All directors and executive officers as a group (21 persons) 2,492,816 3.0%
* 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:
Mrs. Bachmann: 137,437; Mr. Berger: 8,000; Mr. Cooper: 61,187; Mr. Fishman: 449,508; Mr. Hayes: 0;
Mr. Kollat: 75,000; Ms. Lauderback: 38,000; Mr. Mallott: 27,500; Mr. Martin: 99,300; Mr. Solt: 24,000;
Mr. Tener: 18,000; Mr. Tishkoff: 12,000; Mr. Waite: 54,750; and all directors and executive officers as a
group: 1,369,582.
(2) In its joint statement on Schedule 13G filed on February 5, 2009, Barclays Global Investors, NA., 400 Howard
Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, stated that it and the other reporting persons named therein collectively
beneficially owned the number of common shares reported in the table as of December 31, 2008, had sole
voting power over 6,487,123 of the shares, had sole dispositive power over all of the shares, and had no shared
voting power or shared dispositive power over the shares. Of the aggregate amounts reported, the following