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**Exhibit        99.1**

**Description        of Amended and Restated 2002 Long-Term Incentive and Share Award        Plan**

|   | · |   | The                  number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance under                  the Plan                  has been increased (1) from 2,500,000 to 5,000,000 shares and                  (2) augmented to include an amount equal to the number of shares of                  common stock remaining for issuance under the Company’s 1999 Long-Term                  Incentive and Share Award Plan and a number of shares of common                  stock that                  is equal to any shares of common stock that are forfeited pursuant                  to the                  terms of the Company’s 1999 Long-Term Incentive and Share Award Plan; |
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|   | · |   | Equity                  awards may be substituted or assumed in connection with mergers,                  reorganizations, separations, or other transactions to which Internal                  Revenue Code Section 424(a) applies. The number of shares of common                  stock reserved for issuance under the Plan may be increased by                  the                  corresponding number of awards assumed and, in the case of a substitution,                  by the net increase in the number of shares of common stock subject                  to                  awards before and after the substitution; |
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|   | · |   | Performance                  based cash awards may be granted; |
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|   | · |   | Fair                  market value is determined by reference to the closing price of                  our common                  stock on the date of grant; and |
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|   | · |   | The                  expiration date of the Plan on November 6, 2016. |
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**Description        of Plan **

*Eligibility        and Administration *

*Awards        *

*Nontransferability        *

*Capital        Structure Changes *

*Amendment        and Termination *

*Effective        Date and Term *

*Market        Value *

**Federal        Income Tax Consequences **

*Stock        Options *

*Restricted        Stock *

*SARs        and Other Awards *

*Payment        of Withholding Taxes *

*Deductibility        Limit on Compensation in Excess of $1 Million *

|   | (1) |   | the                  compensation must be paid solely on account of the attainment of                  one or                  more pre-established, objective performance goals; |
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|   | (2) |   | the                  performance goal under which compensation is paid must be established                  by a                  compensation committee comprised solely of two or more directors                  who                  qualify as outside directors for purposes of the exception; |
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|   | (3) |   | the                  material terms under which the compensation is to be paid must                  be                  disclosed to and subsequently approved by stockholders of the corporation                  before payment is made in a separate vote; and |
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|   | (4) |   | the                  compensation committee must certify in writing before payment of                  the                  compensation that the performance goals and any other material                  terms were                  in fact satisfied. |
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