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A Notice of Internet Availability that provides instructions for accessing our proxy materials on the Internet
was mailed directly to registered shareholders. The Notice of Internet Availability also provides instructions for
registered shareholders to vote their common shares on the Internet. Registered shareholders who prefer to receive
a paper or email copy of our proxy materials should follow the instructions provided in the Notice of Internet
Availability for requesting such materials.
For beneficial shareholders, a notice directing you to the website at which you will find our proxy materials has
been forwarded to you by your broker, bank or other holder of record who is considered, with respect to those
common shares, the registered shareholder. Your broker, bank or other holder of record also provided instructions
on how you may request a paper or email copy of our proxy materials, if you prefer. Beneficial shareholders have
the right to direct their broker, bank or other holder of record on how to vote their common shares by following the
voting instructions they received from their broker, bank or other holder of record.
To enroll in the electronic delivery service for future shareholder meetings, use your Notice of Internet
Availability to register online at www.proxyvote.com by indicating that you agree to receive or access shareholder
communications electronically in future years.
Attendance at the Annual Meeting
All of our shareholders as of the record date, or their duly appointed proxies, may attend the Annual Meeting.
Registration and seating will begin at 8:30 a.m. EDT, and the Annual Meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. EDT. If
you attend, please note that you may be asked to present valid picture identification, such as a driver’s license or
passport. Cameras, recording devices and other electronic devices will not be permitted at the Annual Meeting.
Please also note that if you hold your common shares as a beneficial shareholder, you will need to check in at
the Annual Meeting registration desk and present a copy of a brokerage or bank statement reflecting your stock
ownership as of the record date.
How to Vote
After receiving the Notice of Internet Availability, registered shareholders are urged to visit www.proxyvote.com to
access our proxy materials. You will have the opportunity to vote your common shares online at www.proxyvote.
com until May 28, 2008 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. When voting online, you must follow the instructions posted on the
website and you will need the control number included on your Notice of Internet Availability. If, after receiving
the Notice of Internet Availability, you request (via toll-free telephone number, e-mail or online) that we send you
paper or electronic copies of our proxy materials, you may vote your common shares by completing, dating and
signing the proxy card and returning it in the envelope included with our mailing. If you properly complete your
proxy online or you complete, date, sign and return your proxy card, your common shares will be voted as you
direct. If you are a registered shareholder and attend the Annual Meeting, you may deliver your completed proxy
card in person.
Beneficial shareholders are able to instruct the broker, bank or other holder of record how to vote their common
shares by following the directions provided by their broker, bank or other holder of record. Please contact your
broker, bank or other holder of record to determine the means by which beneficial shareholders can direct voting
and the applicable deadlines. Additionally, beneficial shareholders who wish to vote at the Annual Meeting will
need to obtain a completed form of proxy from the broker, bank or other holder of record who is the registered
holder of the common shares.
A proxy may be revoked at any time before it is exercised by filing with our Corporate Secretary a written notice
of revocation or a duly executed proxy bearing a later date. A proxy may also be revoked by attending the Annual
Meeting and giving notice of revocation to the secretary of the meeting, either in writing or in open meeting.
Attendance at the Annual Meeting will not by itself revoke a previously granted proxy.
Householding
SEC rules allow multiple shareholders residing at the same address the convenience of receiving a single copy
of the annual report to shareholders, proxy statement and Notice of Internet Availability if they consent to do so
(“householding”). Householding is permitted only in certain circumstances, including when you have the same
last name and address as another shareholder. If the required conditions are met, and SEC regulations allow, your
household may receive a single copy of the annual report to shareholders, proxy statement and Notice of Internet