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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Mr. Sanders owns 34,400 shares of stock directly and 8,000 shares of stock indirectly through the HRS Family Limited
 Partnership, of which Mr. Sanders is one of the general partners.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Mr. Sanders owns 34,200 shares of stock directly and 8,000 shares of stock indirectly through the HRS Family Limited
 Partnership, of which Mr. Sanders is one of the general partners.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Mr. Sanders owns 33,600 shares of stock directly and 8,000 shares of stock indirectly through the HRS Family Limited
 Partnership, of which Mr. Sanders is one of the general partners.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Mr. Sanders owns 31,100 shares of stock directly and 8,000 shares of stock indirectly through the HRS Family Limited
 Partnership, of which Mr. Sanders is one of the general partners.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Mr. Sanders owns 28,000 shares of stock directly and 8,000 shares of stock indirectly through the HRS Family Limited
 Partnership, of which Mr. Sanders is one of the general partners.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">Mr. Sanders owns 27,800 shares of stock directly and 8,000 shares of stock indirectly through the HRS Family Limited
 Partnership, of which Mr. Sanders is one of the general partners.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">Mr. Sanders owns 27,200 shares of stock directly and 8,000 shares of stock indirectly through the HRS Family Limited
 Partnership, of which Mr. Sanders is one of the general partners.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F8">Mr. Sanders owns 26,600 shares of stock directly and 8,000 shares of stock indirectly through the HRS Family Limited
 Partnership, of which Mr. Sanders is one of the general partners.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F9">Mr. Sanders owns 24,600 shares of stock directly and 8,000 shares of stock indirectly through the HRS Family Limited
 Partnership, of which Mr. Sanders is one of the general partners.</footnote>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/Nigel Lovett, Attorney-in-Fact for H.R. Sanders, Jr.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-10-01</signatureDate>
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2007-09-27
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MORGAN
TX
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Mr. Sanders owns 34,400 shares of stock directly and 8,000 shares of stock indirectly through the HRS Family Limited
 Partnership, of which Mr. Sanders is one of the general partners.
Mr. Sanders owns 34,200 shares of stock directly and 8,000 shares of stock indirectly through the HRS Family Limited
 Partnership, of which Mr. Sanders is one of the general partners.
Mr. Sanders owns 33,600 shares of stock directly and 8,000 shares of stock indirectly through the HRS Family Limited
 Partnership, of which Mr. Sanders is one of the general partners.
Mr. Sanders owns 31,100 shares of stock directly and 8,000 shares of stock indirectly through the HRS Family Limited
 Partnership, of which Mr. Sanders is one of the general partners.
Mr. Sanders owns 28,000 shares of stock directly and 8,000 shares of stock indirectly through the HRS Family Limited
 Partnership, of which Mr. Sanders is one of the general partners.
Mr. Sanders owns 27,800 shares of stock directly and 8,000 shares of stock indirectly through the HRS Family Limited
 Partnership, of which Mr. Sanders is one of the general partners.
Mr. Sanders owns 27,200 shares of stock directly and 8,000 shares of stock indirectly through the HRS Family Limited
 Partnership, of which Mr. Sanders is one of the general partners.
Mr. Sanders owns 26,600 shares of stock directly and 8,000 shares of stock indirectly through the HRS Family Limited
 Partnership, of which Mr. Sanders is one of the general partners.
Mr. Sanders owns 24,600 shares of stock directly and 8,000 shares of stock indirectly through the HRS Family Limited
 Partnership, of which Mr. Sanders is one of the general partners.
/s/Nigel Lovett, Attorney-in-Fact for H.R. Sanders, Jr.
2007-10-01