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Proxy Statement
The following table sets forth certain information about persons the Company knows, based solely on
inspection of 13G filings made with the SEC, to be beneficial owners of five percent or more of the Common
Stock as of February 25, 2011:
Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership
Name or Group of Beneficial Owners
Number of
Shares
Percentage Owned
(%)
FMRLLC.................................................. 15,610,544 6.6%
Edward C. Johnson III (1)
82 Devonshire Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
Morgan Stanley (2) ........................................... 14,157,668 6.0%
1585 Broadway
New York, New York 10036
The Vanguard Group, Inc. (3) ................................... 12,077,789 5.1%
100 Vanguard Blvd.
Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355
BlackRock, Inc. (4) ........................................... 20,183,501 8.5%
40 East 52nd Street
New York, New York 10022
(1) Based on the Schedule 13G/A filed jointly by FMR LLC and Mr. Johnson on February 14, 2011 with the
SEC. FMR LLC and Mr. Johnson disclosed in such Schedule 13G/A that Mr. Johnson and FMR LLC have
the sole dispositive power with respect to 15,610,544 shares of Common Stock and FMR LLC has the sole
power to vote or direct the vote of 135,826 shares of Common Stock.
(2) Based on the Schedule 13G filed by Morgan Stanley on February 10, 2011 with the SEC. Morgan Stanley’s
Schedule 13G disclosed that it has the sole voting power with respect to 13,923,473 shares of Common
Stock, shared voting power with respect to 81,408 shares of Common Stock and sole dispositive power with
respect to 14,157,668.
(3) Based on the Schedule 13G filed by The Vanguard Group, Inc. on February 10, 2011 with the SEC. The
Vanguard Group’s Schedule 13G disclosed that it has the sole voting power with respect to 295,184 shares
of Common Stock, sole dispositive power with respect to 11,782,605 shares of Common Stock and shared
dispositive power with respect to 295,184 shares of Common Stock.
(4) Based on the Schedule 13G/A filed by BlackRock, Inc. on February 8, 2011 with the SEC. BlackRock’s
Schedule 13G/A disclosed that it has the sole voting and dispositive power with respect to all the shares
listed above.
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