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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 and director nominees, each of
the executive officers named in the Summary Compensation Table, and all our executive officers, directors and
director nominees 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 9, 2012.
Name of Beneficial
Owner or Identity of
Group
Amount and Nature of
Beneficial Ownership
(1)
Percent of
Outstanding
Common Shares
Lisa M. Bachmann 252,812 *
Jeffrey P. Berger 33,192 *
James R. Chambers 0 *
Joe R. Cooper 144,375 *
Steven S. Fishman 1,296,443 2.0%
Peter J. Hayes 5,542 *
Charles W. Haubiel II 168,750 *
David T. Kollat 26,250 *
Brenda J. Lauderback 10,402 *
Philip E. Mallott 37,692 *
John C. Martin 70,450 *
Russell Solt 8,767 *
James R. Tener 31,192 *
Dennis B. Tishkoff 13,801 *
Sasco Capital, Inc. (2) 5,501,261 8.4%
The Vanguard Group, Inc. (3) 4,343,312 6.6%
BlackRock, Inc. (4) 3,305,297 5.0%
All directors and executive officers as a group (20 persons) 2,543,259 3.9%
* 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 9, 2012 under stock options exercisable within that period. The number of common shares that may be
acquired within 60 days of March 9, 2012 under stock options exercisable within that period are as follows:
Ms. Bachmann: 167,812; Mr. Berger: 20,000; Mr. Chambers: 0; Mr. Cooper: 59,375; Mr. Fishman: 452,510;
Mr. Hayes: 0; Mr. Haubiel: 88,750; Mr. Kollat: 0; Ms. Lauderback: 0; Mr. Mallott: 25,000; Mr. Martin: 0;
Mr. Solt: 0; Mr. Tener: 15,000; Mr. Tishkoff: 0; and all directors and executive officers as a group: 1,063,155.
(2) In its Schedule 13G/A filed on February 10, 2012, Sasco Capital, Inc., 10 Sasco Hill Road, Fairfield,
CT 06824, stated that it beneficially owned the number of common shares reported in the table as of
December 31, 2011, had sole voting power over 1,843,020 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.
(3) In its Schedule 13G/A filed on February 9, 2012, The Vanguard Group, Inc., 100 Vanguard Blvd.,
Malvern, PA 19355, stated that it beneficially owned the number of common shares reported in the table
as of December 31, 2011, had sole voting power over 90,985 of the shares, had sole dispositive power
over 4,252,327 of the shares, had shared dispositive power over 90,985 of the shares, and had no shared