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FINAL STATEMENT 3:30 p.m.
There is no merit whatsoever to the UNITE litigation. UNITE did
not comply with the rules that would have required us to include
its by-law amendment proposal in our original proxy statement.
Called into Dow Jones, Rueters, and Bloomberg; also to
street.com (financial on-line magazine)
