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(2) In its Schedule 13G/A filed on February 14, 2013, 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, 2012, had sole voting power over 1,805,035 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 11, 2013, 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, 2012, had sole voting power over 86,751 of the shares, had sole dispositive power
over 4,048,259 of the shares, had shared dispositive power over 83,951 of the shares, and had no shared
voting power over the shares. In its Schedule 13G/A, this reporting person indicated that its wholly-owned
subsidiaries, Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company and Vanguard Investments Australia, Ltd., were the
beneficial owners of 83,951 and 2,800 common shares, respectively.
(4) In its Schedule 13G filed on February 14, 2013, Scopia Capital Management LLC, 152 West 57th Street,
33rd Floor, New York, NY 10019, stated that it, Matthew Sirovich and Jeremy Mindich beneficially owned
the number of common shares reported in the table as of December 31, 2012, had no sole voting power or
dispositive power over the shares, and had shared voting power and shared dispositive power over all of the
shares.
(5) In its Schedule 13G filed on February 14, 2013, Lazard Asset Management LLC, 30 Rockefeller Plaza,
New York, NY 10112, stated that it beneficially owned the number of common shares reported in the table as
of December 31, 2012, had sole voting power over 592,767 of the shares, had sole dispositive power over all
the shares, and had no shared voting power or shared dispositive over the shares.
(6) In its Schedule 13G filed on February 13, 2013, LSV Asset Management, 155 North Wacker Drive, Suite
4600, Chicago, IL 60606, stated that it beneficially owned the number of common shares reported in the table
as of December 31, 2012, 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.
(7) In its Schedule 13G filed on February 12, 2013, Capital Research Global Investors, 333 South Hope Street,
Los Angeles, CA 90071, stated that it beneficially owned the number of common shares reported in the table
as of December 31, 2012, 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.
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our directors and executive officers, and persons who beneficially own
more than 10% of our outstanding common shares, to file with the SEC and the NYSE initial reports of ownership
and reports of changes in ownership of our common shares. Executive officers, directors and greater than 10%
shareholders are required by the regulations of the SEC to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) reports they
file. Based upon a review of filings with the SEC and written representations that no other reports were required,
we believe that all of our directors and executive officers and greater than 10% shareholders complied during fiscal
2012 with the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, except Michael A. Schlonsky who
filed a Form 5 on March 8, 2013 to report holdings that were inadvertently not disclosed on the Form 3 filed on
August 30, 2012 with respect to Mr. Schlonsky; and Mr. Tishkoff who filed a Form 5 on March 8, 2013 to report a
September 28, 2011 transaction that was inadvertently not previously reported on Form 5.