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PATRICIA JONES, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER, GENERAL COUNSEL AND CORPORATE SECRETARY
LET’S NOW TURN OUR ATTENTION TO THE BUSINESS AT HAND. PATTY JONES, WHOM I JUST INTRODUCED, IS OUR CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER AND GENERAL COUNSEL. AS CORPORATE SECRETARY, SHE WILL ALSO SERVE AS SECRETARY OF THIS MEETING. PATTY, WILL YOU PLEASE REPORT ON THE GIVING OF NOTICE AND PRESENCE OF A QUORUM?
[PROOF OF NOTICE/PRESENCE OF QUORUM – PATTY JONES]
I HAVE AN AFFIDAVIT FROM OUR STOCK TRANSFER AGENT THAT THE MAILING OF OUR ANNUAL REPORT, PROXY STATEMENT, PROXY CARD AND RETURN ENVELOPE COMMENCED ON MARCH 11, 2004, TO SHAREHOLDERS OF RECORD ON FEBRUARY 20, 2004.
89 PERCENT OF THE VOTING POWER OF THOSE SHARES IS REPRESENTED AT THIS MEETING BY PROXY. A QUORUM THEREFORE IS PRESENT.
