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Commercial Banking (MIC: SIC: 6022 NAIC: 522110)

Independent Bank is a bank holding company. Co.'s commercial banking activities include providing checking and savings accounts, commercial lending, direct and indirect consumer financing, mortgage lending, insurance premium and automobile warranty financing and safe deposit box services. Co. also provides title insurance services through a separate subsidiary and provides investment and insurance services through a third party agreement with PrimeVest Financial Services, Inc. As of Dec 31 2007, Co. served its markets through its main office and a total of 106 branches, three drive-thru facilities and nine loan production offices. At such date, Co. had total assets of $3.28 billion.

“Property, Real Estate & Development” (MIC: SIC: 6798 NAIC: 525930)

Macerich is a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust engaged in the acquisition, ownership, development, redevelopment, management and leasing of regional and community shopping centers located throughout the U.S. As of Dec 31 2007, Co. is the sole general partner of, and owns a majority of the ownership interests in, The Macerich Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership. At Dec 31 2007, The Macerich Partnership owned or had an ownership interest in 74 regional shopping centers and 20 community shopping centers aggregating approximately 80.7 million square feet of gross leasable area.

Chemicals (MIC: SIC: 2821 NAIC: 325211)

Rohm & Haas is a specialty materials company that operates through seven reportable segments: Electronic Technologies, Display Technologies, Primary Materials, Paint and Coatings Materials, Packaging and Building Materials, Performance Materials Group, and Salt. In addition, Co. serves several market places, including building and construction, electronics, packaging and paper, industrial and other, transportation, household and personal care, water and food. In order to serve these markets, Co. had operations in about 96 manufacturing and 35 research facilities in 27 countries, as of Dec 31 2007.

Leather and Leather Products (MIC: SIC: 3149 NAIC: 316219)

Wolverine World Wide is a designer, manufacturer and marketer of a line of casual shoes, rugged outdoor and work footwear. Co.'s products are marketed worldwide under several brand names including Bates^®, Cat^® Footwear, Harley-Davidson^® Footwear, Hush Puppies^®, HyTest^®, Merrell^®, Patagonia^® Footwear, Sebago^® and Wolverine^®. At Dec 29 2007, Co.'s footwear was distributed domestically through 90 Company-owned retail stores and to various accounts such as department stores, footwear chains, catalogs, specialty retailers, mass merchants and Internet retailers. Co.'s products are marketed worldwide in nearly 200 countries through Company-owned wholesale operations, licensees and distributors.

Non-Media Publishing (MIC: SIC: 2731 NAIC: 511130)

John Wiley & Sons is a global publisher of print and electronic products, providing content and solutions to customers worldwide. Core businesses produce professional and consumer books and subscription products; scientific, technical, medical and scholarly journals, encyclopedias, books, and online products; and textbooks and educational materials, including integrated online teaching and learning resources, for undergraduate and graduate students, teachers and lifelong learners. The use of technology enables Co. to make its content more accessible to its customers around the world. Co. maintains publishing, marketing, and distribution centers in U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

“Property, Real Estate & Development” (MIC: SIC: 6798 NAIC: 525930)

Taubman Centers, a real estate investment trust, is the managing general partner of The Taubman Realty Group Ltd. Partnership (the Operating Partnership). The Operating Partnership is an operating subsidiary that engages in the ownership, management, leasing, acquisition, development, and expansion of regional and super-regional retail shopping centers. Co.'s centers are located in metropolitan areas including Atlantic City, Charlotte, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, Orlando, Phoenix, San Francisco, Tampa, and Washington, D.C. As of Dec 31 2007, The Operating Partnership's owned portfolio included 23 urban and suburban shopping centers in ten states.

Retail - Food & Beverage (MIC: SIC: 5141 NAIC: 424410)

Sysco through its subsidiaries and divisions, is engaged in the marketing and distribution of food and related products primarily to the foodservice or “food-prepared-away-from-home” industry such as restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other foodservice customers. The products that Co. distributes include meats, fully prepared entrees, fruits, vegetables and desserts; canned and dry foods; fresh meats; dairy products; beverage products; imported specialties; and fresh produce. Co. also supplies disposable napkins, plates and cups; china and silverware; pots, pans and utensils; restaurant and kitchen equipment and supplies; and cleaning supplies.

Instruments and Related Products (MIC: SIC: 3824 NAIC: 334514)

Badger Meter is a manufacturer and marketer of products using liquid flow measurement and control technologies. Co.'s utility product category is comprised of residential and commercial water meters that are used by water utilities in North America, mainly the U.S. Co.'s industrial product lines include precision valves, electromagnetic inductive flow meters, impeller flow meters, and turbine and positive displacement industrial flow meters. Co.'s own products include the Orion^® drive-by automatic meter reading (AMR) system and Galaxy^® fixed network advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) system. Co. also remarkets the Itron^® drive-by AMR product under a license and distribution agreement.

Commercial Banking (MIC: SIC: 6022 NAIC: 522110)

Banner is a bank holding company. Co. is primarily engaged in the business of planning, directing and coordinating the business activities of its wholly owned subsidiaries, Banner Bank and Islanders Bank. Co.'s primary business is that of traditional financial institutions, accepting deposits and originating loans in locations surrounding its offices in portions of Washington, Oregon and Idaho. Banner Bank also participates in the secondary market, engaging in mortgage banking operations largely through the origination and sale of one- to four-family residential loans. As of Dec 31 2007, Co. had total assets of $4.50 billion and deposits of $3.62 billion.

Instruments and Related Products (MIC: SIC: 3823 NAIC: 334513)

Danaher operates four business segments: Professional Instrumentation, which provides professional and technical customers products and services for use in the performance of their work; Medical Technologies, which provides dentists, doctors, and scientific professionals products and services for use in the performance of their work; Industrial Technologies, which produces products and sub-systems that are usually incorporated by customers and systems integrators into production and packaging lines and by original equipment manufacturers into various end-products and systems; and Tools & Components, which produces mechanics' hand tools for the professional and do-it-yourself markets.