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2009 Shareholder Voting Results

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(a) The Annual Meeting of Stockholders was held on September 22, 2008.
(a) The Annual Meeting of Stockholders was held on September 22, 2008.
(b) All 13 directors nominated were elected at the Annual Meeting.
(c) For the election of directors, the results were as follows:

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Bradbury H. Anderson
 For 281,706,971
Against 6,285,735
Abstain 2,775,463
Paul Danos
 For 286,551,676
Against 1,407,935
Abstain 2,808,558
William T. Esrey
 For 283,273,044
Against 4,548,994
Abstain 2,946,131
Raymond V. Gilmartin
 For 283,852,713
Against 4,003,137
Abstain 2,912,319
Judith Richards Hope
 For 283,679,599
Against 4,175,247
Abstain 2,913,323
Heidi G. Miller
 For 286,489,421
Against 1,541,267
Abstain 2,737,481
Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg
 For 285,953,439
Against 1,904,091
Abstain 2,910,639
Steve Odland
 For 286,614,874
Against 1,363,241
Abstain 2,790,054
Kendall J. Powell
 For 283,707,582
Against 4,228,501
Abstain 2,832,086
Lois E. Quam
 For 286,186,736
Against 1,574,287
Abstain 3,007,146

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Michael D. Rose
 For 276,270,104
Against 11,632,954
Abstain 2,865,111
Robert L. Ryan
 For 286,544,217
Against 1,472,324
Abstain 2,751,628
Dorothy A. Terrell
 For 283,974,940
Against 3,890,945
Abstain 2,902,284
The appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2009was ratified:
 For: 283,069,116
Against: 4,879,212
Abstain: 2,819,841


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