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EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT A:
Attachment to item 77c: Submission of matters to a vote of security
holders.
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EXHIBIT A
The proxy for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders (held on 12/14/98)
is incorporated herein by reference to the DEF14A filed November 11, 1998.
