As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 29, 2005
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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FELCOR LODGING TRUST INCORPORATED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland 75-2541756
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
545 E. John Carpenter Frwy., Suite 1300
Irving, Texas 75062
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
FELCOR LODGING TRUST INCORPORATED
2005 Restricted Stock and Stock Option Plan
(Full title of the plan)
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Lawrence D. Robinson
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated
545 E. John Carpenter Frwy., Suite 1300
Irving, Texas 75062-3933
(Name and address of agent for service)
(972) 444-4900
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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Copy to:
Robert W. Dockery
Jenkens & Gilchrist, A Professional Corporation
1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 3700
Dallas, Texas 75202-2799
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum aggregate
Title of securities Amount to be offering price offering price Amount of
to be registered registered (1) per share (2)(3) (1)(2)(3) registration fee (4)
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Common Stock,
par value $0.01 per share 1,000,000 $13.99 $13,990,000 $1,647
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(1) Consists of 1,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share,
reserved for issuance under the FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated 2005
Restricted Stock and Stock Option Plan. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
also covers an indeterminate number of additional shares of common stock
issuable pursuant to awards or the exercise of options to be granted under
the 2005 Restricted Stock and Stock Option Plan to prevent dilution that
may result from any future stock splits, stock dividends or similar
transactions affecting the common stock.
(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee.
(3) Calculated pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933. Accordingly, the price per share of common stock
offered hereunder pursuant to the 2005 Restricted Stock and Stock Option
Plan is based upon 1,000,000 shares of common stock reserved for issuance
under the 2005 Restricted Stock and Stock Option Plan at a price per share
of $13.99, which is the average of the highest and lowest price per share
of common stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange on June 27, 2005;
which is a date within five business days prior to the date of this
Registration Statement.
(4) Pursuant to Rule 457(p) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, the
registration fee of $1,647 is offset against filing fees previously paid in
connection with the Form S-4 (File No. 333-62510), filed on June 7, 2001,
by FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated and FelCor Lodging Limited Partnership
and subsequently withdrawn on September 28, 2001.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information*
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information*
*Information required by Part I of Form S-8 (Items 1 and 2) to be
contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration
Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, or the
Securities Act, and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated, or the Company, hereby incorporates by
reference in this Registration Statement the following documents previously
filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the
Commission:
(1) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2004;
(2) The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March
31, 2005;
(3) The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 25, 2005, and
filed with the Commission on January 28, 2005;
(4) The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 9, 2005, and
filed with the Commission on February 10, 2005;**
(5) The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 6, 2005, and filed
with the Commission on April 11, 2005;
(6) The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 26,2005, and filed
with the Commission on May 2, 2005;
(7) The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 2, 2005, and filed
with the Commission on May 3, 2005;**
(8) The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 10, 2005, and filed
with the Commission on June 13, 2005; and
(9) The description of the Company's common stock contained in the
Company's registration statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission,
including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating that
description.
All documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or
the Exchange Act, subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement shall be
deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and to be a part hereof from the
date of the filing of those documents until such time as there shall have been
filed a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered
hereby have been sold or that deregisters all securities remaining unsold at the
time of such amendment.**
Any statement contained herein or in any document incorporated, or deemed
to be incorporated by reference, herein, shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded, for purposes of this Registration Statement, to the extent that a
statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document that also is,
or is deemed to be, incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes
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that statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.
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** Portions of this report were, and any portion of reports that subsequently
are, furnished to the Commission under Item 2.02, Results of Operations and
Financial Condition, and Item 7.01, Regulation FD Disclosure. Pursuant to
General Instruction B(2) of Form 8-K, the portions of these reports submitted
under Items 2.02 and 7.01 are not deemed to be "filed" for purposes of Section
18 of the Exchange Act and are not subject to the liabilities of that section.
Additionally, all exhibits to these reports relating to Items 2.02 and 7.01 are
deemed to be "furnished," and not "filed," under Item 9.01, Financial Statements
and Exhibits, unless specifically stated otherwise. Furthermore, the information
in these reports, including the exhibits, shall not be deemed to be incorporated
by reference into the Company's filings under the Securities Act or the Exchange
Act or into this Registration Statement (including the prospectus of this
Registration Statement) regardless of any general incorporation language in
those filings.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not Applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not Applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The charter of the Company, generally, limits the liability of the
Company's directors and officers to the Company and its shareholders for money
damages to the fullest extent permitted, from time to time, by the laws of the
State of Maryland. The Maryland General Corporation Law, or MGCL, authorizes
Maryland corporations to limit the liability of directors and officers to the
corporation and its shareholders for money damages, except to the extent that it
is proved that the director or officer actually received an improper benefit or
profit in money, property or services, for the amount of the benefit or profit
actually received or to the extent that a judgment or other final adjudication
adverse to the director or officer is entered in a proceeding based on a finding
in the proceeding that the director's or officer's action, or failure to act,
was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty and was material to the cause
of action adjudicated in the proceeding.
The Company's charter also provides, generally, for the indemnification of,
and advance of expense on behalf of, directors and officers, among others, to
the fullest extent permitted by Maryland law. The MGCL authorizes Maryland
corporations to indemnify present and past directors and officers of the
corporation or of another corporation for which they serve at the request of the
corporation against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable
expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually incurred in connection with any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the
right of the corporation in respect of which the person is adjudicated to be
liable to the corporation), in which they are made parties by reason of being,
or having been, directors or officers, unless it is proved that (i) the act or
omission of the person was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding
and was committed in bad faith or was the result of active and deliberate
dishonesty, (ii) the person actually received an improper personal benefit in
money, property or services or (iii) in the case of any criminal proceeding, the
person had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful.
The MGCL also provides that, unless limited by the corporation's charter, a
corporation shall indemnify present and past directors and officers of the
corporation who are successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of
any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative, against reasonable expenses
(including attorneys' fees) incurred in connection with the proceeding. The
Company's charter does not limit the extent of this indemnity.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
of 1933 may be permitted to directors and officers of the Company pursuant to
the foregoing provisions or otherwise, the Company has been advised that, in the
opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933, and is,
therefore, unenforceable.
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The Company may purchase director and officer liability insurance for the
purpose of providing a source of funds to pay any indemnification described
above. The MGCL authorizes Maryland corporations to purchase and maintain
insurance for former or existing directors or officers of the corporation
against any liability assessed against, and incurred, by persons in that
capacity or arising out of that person's position, whether or not the
corporation would have the power to indemnify against liability under the MGCL.
The Company's charter does not limit this authority to obtain insurance.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The following exhibits are furnished in accordance with the provisions
of Item 601 of Regulation S-K.
Exhibit
Number Description of Exhibit
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4.1.1 Articles of Amendment and Restatement dated June 22, 1995,
amending and restating the Charter of the Company, as amended or
supplemented by Articles of Merger dated June 23, 1995, Articles
Supplementary dated April 30, 1996, Articles of Amendment dated
August 8, 1996, Articles of Amendment dated June 16, 1997,
Articles of Amendment dated October 30, 1997, Articles
Supplementary dated May 6, 1998, Articles of Merger and Articles
of Amendment dated July 27, 1998, and Certificate of Correction
dated March 11, 1999 (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
1998, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.1.2 Certificate of Correction to the Articles of Merger between the
Company and Bristol Hotel Company, dated August 31, 1999 (filed
as Exhibit 3.1.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended September 30, 1999, and incorporated herein
by reference).
4.1.3 Articles Supplementary, dated April 1, 2002 (filed as Exhibit
3.1.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated April 1,
2002, and filed on April 4, 2002, and incorporated herein by
reference).
4.1.4 Articles Supplementary designating additional shares of $1.95
Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock filed April 2,
2004 (filed as Exhibit 3.1.3 to the Company's Current Report on
Form 8-K, dated as of March 30, 2004, and filed on April 6, 2004,
and incorporated herein by reference).
4.1.5 Articles Supplementary designating additional shares of $1.95
Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock filed August 20,
2004 (filed as Exhibit 3.1.4 to the Company's Current Report on
Form 8-K, dated as of August 18, 2004, and filed on August 26,
2004, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.1.6 Articles Supplementary designating the shares of 8% Series C
Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock filed April 6, 2005 (filed
as Exhibit 3.1.6 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K,
dated as of April 6, 2005, and filed on April 11, 2005, and
incorporated herein by reference).
4.2 Bylaws of the Company, as amended (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No.
333-98332) and incorporated herein by reference).
4.3 Form of Share Certificate for Common Stock (filed as Exhibit 4.1
to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended June 30, 1996, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.4* FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated 2005 Restricted Stock and Stock
Option Plan.
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5.1* Opinion of Jenkens & Gilchrist, A Professional Corporation.
23.1 Consent of Jenkens & Gilchrist, A Professional Corporation
(included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
23.2* Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
24.1 Powers of Attorney (included with signature page of this
Registration Statement).
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* Filed herewith.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3)
of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most
recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease
in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or
high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change
in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to
the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement
or any material change to such information in the registration statement.
Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do
not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3,
and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
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registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Irving, State of Texas, on June 28, 2005:
FELCOR LODGING TRUST INCORPORATED
a Maryland corporation
By: /s/ LAWRENCE D. ROBINSON
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Lawrence D. Robinson
Executive Vice President and
General Counsel
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Thomas J. Corcoran, Jr. and Lawrence D. Robinson, with full
power to act without the other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him or her and
in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities (until revoked in
writing) to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to
this registration statement, to file the same, together with all exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, to sign any and all applications, registration statements,
notices and other documents necessary or advisable to comply with the applicable
state securities laws, and to file the same, together with all other documents
in connection therewith, with the appropriate state securities authorities,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his
substitutes or substitute, full power and authority to perform and do each and
every act and thing necessary and advisable as fully to all intents and purposes
as he or she might or could perform and do in person, thereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them or their or
his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated:
Signature Title Date
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/s/ DONALD J. MCNAMARA Chairman of the Board and June 28, 2005
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Donald J. McNamara
/s/ THOMAS J. CORCORAN, JR. President, Chief Executive June 28, 2005
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Thomas J. Corcoran, Jr.
/s/ RICHARD A. SMITH Executive Vice President and Chief June 28, 2005
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Richard A. Smith
/s/ LESTER C. JOHNSON Senior Vice President and Controller June 28, 2005
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Lester C. Johnson
/s/ MELINDA J. BUSH Director June 26, 2005
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Melinda J. Bush
/s/ RICHARD S. ELLWOOD Director June 28, 2005
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Richard S. Ellwood
/s/ RICHARD O. JACOBSON Director June 28, 2005
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Richard O. Jacobson
/s/ DAVID C. KLOEPPEL Director June 23, 2005
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David C. Kloeppel
/s/ CHARLES A. LEDSINGER, JR. Director June 28, 2005
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Charles A. Ledsinger, Jr.
/s/ ROBERT H. LUTZ, JR. Director June 27, 2005
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Robert H. Lutz, Jr.
/s/ ROBERT A. MATHEWSON Director June 28, 2005
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Robert A. Mathewson
/s/ MICHAEL D. ROSE Director June 28, 2005
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Michael D. Rose
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number Description of Exhibit
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4.1.1 Articles of Amendment and Restatement dated June 22, 1995,
amending and restating the Charter of the Company, as amended or
supplemented by Articles of Merger dated June 23, 1995, Articles
Supplementary dated April 30, 1996, Articles of Amendment dated
August 8, 1996, Articles of Amendment dated June 16, 1997,
Articles of Amendment dated October 30, 1997, Articles
Supplementary dated May 6, 1998, Articles of Merger and Articles
of Amendment dated July 27, 1998, and Certificate of Correction
dated March 11, 1999 (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
1998, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.1.2 Certificate of Correction to the Articles of Merger between the
Company and Bristol Hotel Company, dated August 31, 1999 (filed
as Exhibit 3.1.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended September 30, 1999, and incorporated herein
by reference).
4.1.3 Articles Supplementary, dated April 1, 2002 (filed as Exhibit
3.1.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated April 1,
2002, and filed on April 4, 2002, and incorporated herein by
reference).
4.1.4 Articles Supplementary designating additional shares of $1.95
Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock filed April 2,
2004 (filed as Exhibit 3.1.3 to the Company's Current Report on
Form 8-K, dated as of March 30, 2004, and filed on April 6, 2004,
and incorporated herein by reference).
4.1.5 Articles Supplementary designating additional shares of $1.95
Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock filed August 20,
2004 (filed as Exhibit 3.1.4 to the Company's Current Report on
Form 8-K, dated as of August 18, 2004, and filed on August 26,
2004, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.1.6 Articles Supplementary designating the shares of 8% Series C
Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock filed April 6, 2005 (filed
as Exhibit 3.1.6 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K,
dated as of April 6, 2005, and filed on April 11, 2005, and
incorporated herein by reference).
4.2 Bylaws of the Company, as amended (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No.
333-98332) and incorporated herein by reference).
4.3 Form of Share Certificate for Common Stock (filed as Exhibit 4.1
to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended June 30, 1996, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.4* FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated 2005 Restricted Stock and Stock
Option Plan.
5.1* Opinion of Jenkens & Gilchrist, A Professional Corporation.
23.1 Consent of Jenkens & Gilchrist, A Professional Corporation
(included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
23.2* Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
24.1 Powers of Attorney (included with signature page of this
Registration Statement).
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* Filed herewith.
Exhibit Index