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Exhibit 7
JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
The undersigned hereby agree to the joint filing of the Schedule 13D to
which this Agreement is attached and to the joint filing of all amendments
thereto.
This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of
which shall be considered an original counterpart, and shall become a binding
agreement when each of the parties designated as signatories shall have executed
one counterpart.
Dated: October 12, 2000
JOSEPH LITTLEJOHN & LEVY FUND III, L.P.
By its General Partner JLL Associates III, L.L.C.
By /s/Ramsey A. Frank
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Name: Ramsey A. Frank, for
Joseph Littlejohn & Levy, Inc.,
as Manager of JLL Associates III, L.L.C.
JLL ASSOCIATES III, L.L.C.
By /s/Ramsey A. Frank
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Name: Ramsey A. Frank, for
Joseph Littlejohn & Levy, Inc.,
as Manager of JLL Associates III, L.L.C.
/s/Paul S. Levy
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Paul S. Levy
/s/David Y. Ying
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David Y. Ying
/s/Anthony Grillo
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Anthony Grillo
/s/Ramsey A. Frank
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Ramsey A. Frank
/s/Jeffrey C. Lightcap
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Jeffrey C. Lightcap
