**PERSONAL      AND CONFIDENTIAL**

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**EXHIBIT      “A”**

|   | (i) | the                acquisition, other than from the Company, by any individual, entity                or                group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the                Exchange                Act) of beneficial ownership of 20% or more of either the then outstanding                shares of Common Stock of the Company or the combined voting power                of the                then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote                generally in the election of directors; provided, however, that any                acquisition by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any employee                benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or its subsidiaries,                or any                corporation with respect to which following such acquisition, more                than                50% of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock                of such                corporation and the combined voting power of the then outstanding                voting                securities of such corporation entitled to vote generally in the                election                of directors is then beneficially owned, directly or indirectly,                by all or                substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial                owners, respectively, of the Common Stock and voting securities of                the                Company immediately prior to such acquisition in substantially the                same                proportion as their ownership, immediately prior to such acquisition,                of                the then outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company or the                combined                voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company                entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case                may                be, shall not constitute a Change of                Control; |
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|   | (ii) | individuals                who, as of January 1, 2004, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Board”)                cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board,                provided that any individual becoming a director subsequent to such                date                whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders,                was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then                comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such                individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for                this                purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office is                in                connection with an actual or threatened election contest relating                to the                election of the directors of the Company (as such terms are used                in rule                14a-11 of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Exchange Act);                or |
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|   | (iii) | approval                by the shareholders of the Company of a reorganization, merger or                consolidation of the Company, in each case, with respect to which                the                individuals and entities who were the respective beneficial owners                of the                Common Stock and voting securities of the Company immediately prior                to                such reorganization, merger or consolidation do not, following such                reorganization, merger or consolidation, beneficially own, directly                or                indirectly, more than 50% of, respectively, the then outstanding                shares of                Common Stock and the combined voting power of the then outstanding                voting                securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors,                as the                case may be, of the corporation resulting from such reorganization,                merger                or consolidation, or a complete liquidation or dissolution of the                Company                or of the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of                the                assets of the Company. |
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