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NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING

   
 

OF STOCKHOLDERS

Meeting Information

   
 

Meeting Type:

 

  Annual    
 

For holders as of:

 

  February 25, 2011    
 

Date:        April 28, 2011        Time: 11:00 AM EDT

 

   
 

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  Voting Item    
 

 

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS

A VOTE FOR ALL NOMINEES LISTED BELOW

 

   
      ELECTION OF CLASS A DIRECTORS:  
     

NOMINEES:

 

01) Scott D. Anthony

 

02) Dennis J. FitzSimons

 

03) Carl S. Thigpen

 
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  Voting Items    
 

 

Item 1.

 

 

ELECTION OF CLASS B DIRECTORS:

 

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS

   
   

A VOTE FOR ALL NOMINEES LISTED BELOW:

 

NOMINEES:

   

 

01) O. Reid Ashe, Jr.

 

02) J. Stewart Bryan III

 

03) Diana F. Cantor

 

04) Marshall N. Morton

 

05) Thompson L. Rankin

 

06) Rodney A. Smolla

 

07) Coleman Wortham III

 

 

Item 2.

 

 

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR:

 

Ratification of Deloitte & Touche, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountants for fiscal year 2011.

 

 

Item 3.

 

 

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE TO APPROVE:

 

The Board’s advisory resolution on executive compensation.

 

 

Item 4.

 

 

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR ONE YEAR:

 

To approve holding an advisory vote on executive compensation every year (as opposed to every two years or every three years).

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