Our strong investment performance in a number of different asset categories and investment styles continues to attract new institutional clients. In a separate release issued prior to this earnings release, the Company announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to sell its annuity business to Sun Life Financial and requested Credit Suisse First Boston to continue seeking a buyer for its asset management business. Statements by Gary Countryman and any other statements contained in this press release that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed forward-looking. The Company does not undertake, and specifically disclaims any obligation, to update forward-looking statements, even if the Company's situation may change in the future. 1 Net operating income is presented after taxes and does not include restructuring charges, special compensation plan charges, net realized investment gains and losses, net change in unrealized and undistributed gains in private equity limited partnerships, or the cumulative effect of a change in accounting.
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