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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 March 12, 2010.
Name of Beneficial
Owner or Identity of Group
Amount and Nature of
Beneficial Ownership
(1)
Percent of
Outstanding
Common Shares
Lisa M. Bachmann 204,694 *
Jeffrey P. Berger 23,611 *
Joe R. Cooper 89,375 *
Steven S. Fishman 1,430,613 1.8%
Peter J. Hayes 3,186 *
David T. Kollat 85,939 *
Brenda J. Lauderback 41,911 *
Philip E. Mallott 34,611 *
John C. Martin 118,465 *
Russell Solt 23,611 *
James R. Tener 26,611 *
Dennis B. Tishkoff 8,220 *
Brad A. Waite 36,875 *
BlackRock, Inc. (2) 8,724,113 10.6%
The Vanguard Group, Inc. (3) 5,112,465 6.2%
Sasco Capital, Inc. (4) 4,619,420 5.6%
All directors and executive officers as a group (21 persons) 2,745,842 3.4%
* 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
March 12, 2010 under stock options exercisable within that period. The number of common shares that may
be acquired within 60 days of March 12, 2010 under stock options exercisable within that period are as
follows: Ms. Bachmann: 134,937; Mr. Berger: 16,000; Mr. Cooper: 28,125; Mr. Fishman: 585,000; Mr. Hayes:
0; Mr. Kollat: 70,000; Ms. Lauderback: 36,000; Mr. Mallott: 26,000; Mr. Martin: 22,500; Mr. Solt: 18,000;
Mr. Tener: 16,000; Mr. Tishkoff: 0; Mr. Waite: 9,375; and all directors and executive officers as a group:
1,333,237.
(2) In its Schedule 13G filed on January 8, 2010, BlackRock, Inc., 40 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10022,
stated that it beneficially owned the number of common shares reported in the table as of December 31, 2009,
had sole voting power and sole dispositive power over all of the shares, and had no shared voting power or
shared dispositive power over the shares.