Document:

Exhibit 10.1

 

2009-2011 Long-Term Cash Award

 

	
  Granted to:

  	
  «First» «Last»

  
	
  Effective Date of
  Grant:

  	
  May 2009

  
	
  Targeted Cash Award:

  	
  $

  
	
  Performance Period:

  	
  January 1, 2009 —
  December 31, 2011

  

 

Under the long-term
incentive program of W.R. Grace & Co (the “Company”), the Compensation
Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of the Company has
granted you a Long-Term Cash Award under which you may earn a cash payout in an
amount equal to (or, in certain circumstances, greater or less than) the Targeted
Cash Award set forth above, over the Performance Period.

 

You will earn this
Targeted Cash Award if the performance objectives described in Annex B
for the Performance Period are met.  If
the performance objectives are only partially achieved or are over-achieved,
the amount you actually earn under this Award will be decreased (or eliminated)
or increased as set forth in Annex B.

 

The award will be
calculated and paid to you, net of the applicable taxes.

 

The consequences of a
change in or termination of your employment status during the Performance
Period are described in the attached Administrative Practices (Annex C).

 

In all matters regarding
the administration of the Long-Term Incentive Award, the Committee has full and
sole jurisdiction, subject to the provisions of Annex C.

 

Long-Term Incentive
Awards are being granted only to a limited number of key employees of the
Company and its subsidiaries.  This Award
should, consequently, be treated confidentially.

 

 

	
   

  	
  W.R. Grace &
  Co.

  
	
   

  	
  

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Alfred Festa

  
	
   

  	
  Chairman, President and
  CEO

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Acceptance of the
  foregoing is acknowledged this
                          
  day of                               ,
  2009.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  (Signature of
  Participant)

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  (Please print full name)

  

 

 

Annex
B

 

Calculation of 2009-2011 LTIP- Cash Award

 

Your 2009-2011 Long Term
Cash award payout will be based on the 3-year compound annual growth rate
(CAGR) in total Grace core earnings before interest
and taxes (core EBIT).  Payouts are
contingent upon achievement of target CAGR for the 3-year performance
period.  The target CAGR is 6%, using 2008 results as the base year.

 

The core earnings before
interest and taxes (core EBIT) in 2008 were $299.7 million.  The chart below details six scenarios at
different assumed growth rates.  The
target growth is highlighted.

 

	
  Assumed

  Growth

  	
   

  	
  Base

  Period

  	
   

  	
  Performance Period

  Growth Targets

  	
   

  	
  Total

  Growth

  	
   

  
	
  Rates

  	
   

  	
  2008

  	
   

  	
  2009

  	
   

  	
  2010

  	
   

  	
  2011

  	
   

  	
  09-11

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  1.50

  	
  %

  	
  299.7

  	
   

  	
  304.2

  	
   

  	
  308.8

  	
   

  	
  313.4

  	
   

  	
  926.4

  	
   

  
	
  3.00

  	
  %

  	
  299.7

  	
   

  	
  308.7

  	
   

  	
  318.0

  	
   

  	
  327.5

  	
   

  	
  954.2

  	
   

  
	
  6.00

  	
  %

  	
  299.7

  	
   

  	
  317.7

  	
   

  	
  336.8

  	
   

  	
  357.0

  	
   

  	
  1011.5

  	
   

  
	
  10.00

  	
  %

  	
  299.7

  	
   

  	
  329.7

  	
   

  	
  362.7

  	
   

  	
  399.0

  	
   

  	
  1091.4

  	
   

  
	
  15.00

  	
  %

  	
  299.7

  	
   

  	
  344.7

  	
   

  	
  396.4

  	
   

  	
  455.9

  	
   

  	
  1197.0

  	
   

  
	
  25.00

  	
  %

  	
  299.7

  	
   

  	
  374.6

  	
   

  	
  468.3

  	
   

  	
  585.4

  	
   

  	
  1428.3

  	
   

  

 

Actual results for each
year of the performance period are adjusted for the change in pension expense
and LITP expense as compared to the base period.

 

The Long-Term Cash Award
payout will vary with actual results as shown in the chart below:

 

	
  CAGR Level Achieved

  	
   

  	
  Payout

  (rounded to the nearest whole

  percentage)

  	
   

  
	
  25%

  	
   

  	
  200%

  	
   

  
	
  15%

  	
   

  	
  147%

  	
   

  
	
  10%

  	
   

  	
  121%

  	
   

  
	
  6%

  	
   

  	
  100%

  	
   

  
	
  3%

  	
   

  	
  50%

  	
   

  
	
  3%<

  	
   

  	
  Prorated

  	
   

  

 

For the 2009-2011 LTIP,
cash payments will be made in two installments — 50% of what is earned based on
performance for 2009 and 2010, but no more than 50% of your target for the
first two years, will be paid in March 2011, and the balance will be paid
in March 2012.

 

 

Example:

 

A sample calculation of
the Long-Term Cash Award Earned is provided below.  Assume that your Targeted Cash Award is
$20,400.  $13,600 would be earned after
Year 2 assuming a 6% growth per year. 
Therefore the payment in March 2011 would be $6,800, 50% of what is
earned.

 

	
  CAGR Level

  Achieved

  	
   

  	
  Payout in March

  2010

  	
   

  	
  Payout in March

  2011

  	
   

  	
  Total Payout

  	
   

  
	
  25

  	
  %

  	
  $

  	
  6,800

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  34,000

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  40,800

  	
   

  
	
  15

  	
  %

  	
  $

  	
  6,800

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  23,188

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  29,988

  	
   

  
	
  10

  	
  %

  	
  $

  	
  6,800

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  17,885

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  24,685

  	
   

  
	
  6

  	
  %

  	
  $

  	
  6,800

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  13,600

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  20,400

  	
   

  
	
  3

  	
  %

  	
  $

  	
  3,400

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  6,800

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
  10,200

  	
   

  

 

 

Annex C

 

W. R. GRACE &
CO.

Administrative Practices —
Long-Term Cash Award Program

2009-2011
Performance Period

 

Definitions

 

“Award Payment”: An
Interim Long-Term Cash Award Payment or Remaining Long-Term Award Payment, as
applicable.

 

“Board of Directors”: The Board of Directors of the
Company

 

“Committee”: The
Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors.

 

“Company”: W. R. Grace &
Co., a Delaware Corporation and/or, if applicable in the context, one or more
of its Subsidiaries.

 

“Incomplete Long-Term
Cash Awards”: A Long-Term Cash Award for which the Performance Period has not
been completed as of the date referenced.

 

“Interim Long-Term Cash
Award Payment”: As defined on page 4, provided that such payment will not
exceed 50% of the Participant’s Targeted Award for the first two years,
regardless of Company performance at the time of payment.

 

“Key Employee”: An
officer or other senior, full-time employee of the Company, who, in the opinion
of the Company, can contribute significantly to the growth and successful
operations of the Company.

 

“Long-Term Cash Award
Program”: An undertaking by the Company to financially reward a Key Employee at
the end of a Performance Period, which undertaking is contingent upon or
measured by the attainment over the Performance Period of specified performance
objectives determined (on a consolidated or unconsolidated basis) by changes in
the 3-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) in Total Grace’s core earnings
before interest and taxes (core EBIT).

 

“Long-Term Cash Award”: A
cash award, to be paid in the future, which is granted to Key Employees under
the Company’s long-term incentive program.

 

“Long-Term Cash Award
Earned”: The amount of cash earned by a Participant pursuant to the terms of a
Long-Term Cash Award.

 

“Participant”: A Key
Employee who is, or who is proposed to be, a recipient of a Long-Term Cash
Award.

 

“Performance Period”:
Except as provided herein, a period of three calendar years over which a
Long-Term Cash Award may be earned, as approved by the Committee.  The first Performance Period under this Plan
will commence effective January 1, 2009 and 

 

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will end on December 31,
2011.  Performance Periods with respect
to different Long-Term Cash Awards to the same individual may overlap.

 

“Total Grace Core EBIT”:
The core earnings before interest and taxes (core EBIT)” of the Company as
reported on (and calculated in accordance with) the statement of W. R. Grace &
Co. Continuing Operations- Segment Basis.

 

“Remaining Long-Term Cash
Award Payment”: As defined on Page 4, the second installment of the
Long-Term Cash Award that may be paid after the end of the Performance Period,
based on Company performance for the entire Performance Period.

 

“Subsidiary”: A corporation,
partnership, limited liability company or other form of business association of
which shares of common stock or other ownership interests (i) having more
than 50% of the voting power regularly entitled to vote for directors (or
equivalent management rights) or (ii) regularly entitled to receive more
than 50% of the dividends (or their equivalents) paid on the common stock (or
other ownership interests), are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company.

 

“Targeted Cash Award”:
The amount of cash award specified in writing for a Participant as his or her “Targeted
Cash Award” for a Performance Period and which is subject to and covered by the
terms and conditions of a Long-Term Cash Award. 
This amount may be different from the Long-Term Cash Award Earned by an
individual.

 

Plan Administration

 

The Plan shall be
administered by the Committee, provided that no member of the Committee shall
be eligible to receive a Long-Term Cash Award while serving on the Committee.

 

The Committee shall
approve (i) the performance measurements and objectives for each Long-Term
Cash Award and (ii) the Performance Period over which a Long-Term Cash
Award is to be earned.

 

The Committee shall
approve (i) the Grace Leadership Team members who are to be granted
Long-Term Cash Awards and (ii) the Targeted Award subject to each
Long-Term Cash Award.  The Committee (or
the designee of the Committee, which may include the Chief Executive Officer of
the Company) shall approve awards for all other Key Employees.

 

Long-Term Cash Awards

 

The Committee may, at any
time or from time to time, grant Long-Term Cash Awards to Key Employees.

 

Each Long-Term Cash Award
shall be evidenced by a written instrument containing such terms and conditions
as the Committee shall approve, provided the instrument is consistent with
these practices.

 

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No Long-Term Cash Award,
nor any payment or right thereunder, shall be subject in any manner to
alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or charge, except
by will or the laws of descent and distribution, or by the terms of a
Participant’s Designation of Beneficiary, if any, on file with the Company.

 

In the case of a Key
Employee who becomes a Participant after the beginning of a Performance Period,
the Committee may ratably reduce the amount of the Targeted Award covered by
such Employee’s Long-Term Cash Award or otherwise appropriately adjust the
terms of the Long-Term Cash Award to reflect the fact that the Key Employee is
to be a Participant for only part of the Performance Period.

 

It is the intention of
the Committee that Long-Term Cash Awards be related to the results of the core
operations affected by the management actions taken by the Participants.  Subject to the administrative practices that
apply to termination or change in employment status and to the amendment or
discontinuance of Long-Term Cash Awards, the performance objectives applicable
to Long-Term Cash Awards will remain unchanged during the Performance Period
except as follows:

 

In general, acquisitions
and divestments will be included in the performance results.

 

Termination or Change in Employment Status

 

A Participant shall
forfeit all rights to any Award Payment, if, prior to the date of payment of
such Award Payment, the Participant (1) resigns without the consent of the
Committee, (2) retires under a retirement plan of the Company or
Subsidiary before age 62 without the consent of the Committee, or (3) is
terminated for cause.

 

If a Participant retires
under a retirement plan of the Company or Subsidiary at or after age 62, or
ceases employment as a result of death or disability, or ceases employment as a
result of an involuntary termination after a Change in Control of the Company
(as defined herein), during a Performance Period, then his rights in any
Incomplete Long-Term Cash Award related to that Performance Period shall
thereupon vest, and he shall be entitled to receive any Award Payment of any
Long-Term Cash Award Earned he would otherwise have received (at the time he
would have otherwise received the Award Payment), except that the amount of any
Long-Term Cash Award Earned shall be reduced ratably in proportion to the
portion of the Performance Period during which the Participant was not an
employee.  If a Participant ceases
employment with the Company for any of the reasons specified in this paragraph,
after the completion of any Performance Period (but before the payment of the
Remaining Long-Term Cash Award Payment related to the completed Performance
Period), then his rights to any Long-Term Cash Award Earned and to such Award
Payment related to the completed Performance Period shall thereupon vest, and
he shall be entitled to receive such Award Payment at the time he would have
otherwise received the Payment.

 

If a Participant ceases
employment with the Company for any reason other than those indicated in the
previous two paragraphs (including by reason of involuntary termination not for
cause, except as provided above with respect to involuntary termination after a
Change in Control of the Company, or transfer of employment to a buyer of any
business 

 

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unit of the Company),
then his rights in any Incomplete Long-Term Cash Award, and any Award Payment
that is unpaid as of the date the Participant ceases such employment, shall be
forfeited, unless the Committee (or the designee of the Committee, which may
include the Chief Executive Officer of the Company) determines to make an
exception.   All such determinations, if
any, shall be final and binding on all parties.

 

Except as modified by the
provisions of the second and third paragraphs of this section, payments due to
Participants pursuant to the applicable preceding paragraphs, above, shall be
calculated and made in accordance with the provisions described under the
section entitled “Calculation of Long-Term Cash Awards Earned: Form of
Payment”.

 

A leave of absence, if
approved by the Committee, shall not be deemed a termination or change of
employment status for the purposes of this section, but, unless the Committee
otherwise directs, any Long-Term Cash Award Earned that a Participant would
otherwise have received under a Long-Term Cash Award Program shall be reduced
ratably in proportion to the portion of the Performance Period during which the
Participant was on such leave of absence.

 

Any consent, approval or
direction which the Committee may give under this section in respect of an
event or transaction may be given before or after the event or transaction.

 

Calculation of Long-Term Cash Awards Earned: Form of
Payment

 

Long-Term Cash Awards
Earned will be paid to a Participant in two installments (1) the first
installment shall be paid in March of the third and final year of the
Performance Period and shall be equal to 50% of what is earned based on the
Company’s performance for the first two calendar years of the applicable
Performance Period, but no more than 50% of the Participant’s Targeted Award
for the first two years (the “Interim Long-Term Cash Award Payment”), and (2) the
balance, if any, of the Long-Term Cash Award Earned will be paid in March after
the end of the third and final year of the Performance Period (the “Remaining
Long-Term Cash Award Payment”).

 

The Committee shall
determine the extent to which the performance objectives of a Long-Term Cash
Award have been achieved during the Performance Period and the amount of any
Long-Term Cash Awards Earned (and the amount of any Award Payment).  All calculations in this regard shall be made
in accordance with the generally accepted accounting principles customarily
applied by the Company and shall be submitted to the Committee for its review
and approval.  The determination of the
Committee shall be final and binding.

 

Treatment of Large Corporate Acquisitions and
Divestments

 

Notwithstanding any other
provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Total Grace Core EBIT for the
Performance Period shall be adjusted to account for any business acquisition
that occurs during the Performance Period, which has a purchase price to the
Company of more than $50 million (a “Significant Acquisition), as follows:

(a)          with respect to the calendar year during
the Performance Period in which the Significant Acquisition closes, the Total
Grace Core EBIT will be decreased 

 

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by the result of
the following formula — the EBIT of the Significant Acquisition (the “Base SA
EBIT”) for the full calendar year prior to the calendar year that the
Significant Acquisition closes (the “Pre-Acquisition Calendar Year”), which
shall be calculated by the Company in the same manner as the Company calculated
the Total Grace Core EBIT, multiplied by (the number of full months remaining
in the calendar year that the Significant Acquisition closed divided by 12);

(b)         with respect to the first subsequent full
calendar year (if any) during the Performance Period after the Significant
Acquisition closes, the Total Grace Core EBIT shall be further decreased by the
following formula — the Base SA EBIT for the Pre-Acquisition Calendar Year
multiplied by 1.06; and with respect to the second subsequent calendar year (if
any) during the Performance Period after the Significant Acquisition closes,
the Total Grace Core EBIT shall be further decreased by the following formula —
the Base SA EBIT for the Pre-Acquisition Calendar Year multiplied by 1.06, the
result of which is further multiplied by 1.06.

 

Also, notwithstanding any
other provision of the Plan to the contrary, in the event that the Company
divests any of its businesses, which results in total proceeds to the Debtors
of more than $50 million (a “Significant Divestiture”) during the Performance
Period, the Total Grace Core EBIT for the Performance Period shall be increased
to account for the Significant Divestiture using the approach that is the
converse of the approach specified above with respect to Significant
Acquisitions; so that the effect of a Significant Divestiture upon the Total
Grace Core EBIT shall be neutralized in the same manner as the effect of a
Significant Acquisition described above; and any realized gains or losses that
result from the Significant Divestiture shall not be included in the Total
Grace Core EBIT.

 

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General

 

Nothing in this document
nor in any instrument executed pursuant hereto shall confer upon a Participant
any right to continue in the employ of the Company or a Subsidiary, or shall
affect the right of the Company or a Subsidiary to terminate his or her
employment with or without cause.

 

The Company or a
Subsidiary may make such provisions as it may deem appropriate for the
withholding or any taxes that the Company or a Subsidiary determines it is
required to withhold in connection with any Long-Term Cash Award Earned.

 

Nothing in a Long-Term
Cash Award is intended to be a substitute for, or shall preclude or limit the
establishment or continuation of, any other plan, practice, or arrangement for
the payment of compensation or benefits to employees generally, or to any class
or group of employees, which the Company or a Subsidiary now has or may
hereafter lawfully put into effect, including, without limitation, any
retirement, pension, group insurance, annual bonus, stock purchase, stock bonus
or stock option plan; provided, however, that no amounts awarded or paid
pursuant to any Long-Term Cash Award shall be included or counted as
compensation for the purposes of any employee benefit plan of the Company or a
Subsidiary where contributions to the plan, or the benefits received from the
plan, are measured or determined in whole or in part, by the amount of the
employee’s compensation.

 

The grant of a Long-Term
Cash Award to an employee of a Subsidiary shall be contingent on the approval
of the Long-Term Cash Award by the Subsidiary and the Subsidiary’s agreement
that (i) the Company may administer such Award on its behalf and (ii) the
Subsidiary will make, or reimburse the Company for, the payments called for by
the Long-Term Cash Award.  The provisions
of this paragraph and the obligations of the Subsidiary so undertaken may be
waived, in whole or in the part, from time to time by the Company.

 

Amendments and Discontinuance

 

In the event
acquisitions, divestments, substantial changes in tax or other laws or in
accounting principles or practices, natural disasters or other extraordinary
events render fulfillment of the performance objectives of a Long-Term Cash
Award impossible or impracticable, or result in the achievement of the
performance objectives without appreciable effort by the Participant, the
Committee may, but shall not be obligated to, amend any such Long-Term Cash
Award in any appropriate manner so that the Participant may earn Long-Term Cash
Awards comparable to those that might have been earned if the extraordinary event
had not occurred.

 

The Chief Executive
Officer of the Company may approve such technical changes and clarifications to
the Long-Term Cash Award Program as necessary, provided such changes or
clarifications do not vary substantially from the terms and conditions outlined
in this description.

 

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In the event a Change in
Control of the Company (as defined herein) shall occur or the Board of
Directors has reason to believe that a Change of Control may occur, the
Committee may, with respect to any one or more Long-Term Cash Awards, (i) reduce
the length of a Performance Period to not less than one year, (ii) make
ratable adjustments to performance objectives and Targeted Awards, (iii) change
the methods of measuring the performance objectives, (iv) accelerate the
payment of any Long-Term Cash Awards Earned or any Award Payment, and (v) take
other action deemed by it to be appropriate and in the best interests of the
Company under the circumstances.  For the
purposes of this paragraph:

 

(A)        “Change in Control of the Company” means
and shall be deemed to have occurred if (a) the Company determines that
any “person” (as such term is used in Section 13(d) and 14 (d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), other than a trustee or other fiduciary
holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or a
corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company
in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company,
has become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under such
Act), directly or indirectly, of 20% or more of the outstanding common stock of
the Company (provided, however, that a Change in Control shall not be deemed to
have occurred if such person has become the beneficial owner of 20% or more of
the outstanding Common Stock as the results of a sale of Common Stock by the
Company that has been approved by the Board of Directors); or pursuant to a
plan of reorganization which has been confirmed by the U.S. District Court or
Bankruptcy Court having jurisdiction of the Company’s Chapter 11 case, Case No. 01-01139
(JJF), pursuant to an order of such Court which is final and nonappealable, and
becomes effective); (ii) individuals who are Continuing Directors cease to
constitute a majority of any class of directors of the Board; (iii) there
occurs a reorganization, merger, consolidation or other corporate transaction
involving the Company (a  “Corporate
Transaction”), in each case, with respect to which the stockholders of the
Company immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction do not, immediately
after the Corporate Transaction, own 50% or more of the combined voting power
of the corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction, provided that this
clause (iii) shall not apply to a Corporate Transaction which is pursuant
to section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, or is pursuant to a plan of
reorganization which has been confirmed by the U.S. District Court or
Bankruptcy Court having jurisdiction of the Company’s chapter 11 case, Case No. 01-01139
(JJF), pursuant to an order of such Court which is final and nonappealable, and
becomes effective, or (iv) the shareholders of the Company approve a
complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

 

(B)          “Continuing Director” means any member of
the Board of Directors who was such a member on the date on which this Program
was approved by the Board of Directors, and any successor to a Continuing
Director who is approved as a nominee or elected to succeed to a Continuing
Director by a majority of Continuing Directors who are then members of the
Board of Directors.

 

The granting of Long-Term
Cash Awards may be amended or discontinued by the Committee at any time.

 

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No amendment or
discontinuance of Long-Term Cash Awards shall, without a Participant’s consent,
adversely affect his rights in any Long-Term Cash Awards theretofore granted to
him, except that, if the Committee so directs, all Incomplete Long-Term Cash
Awards may be terminated prospectively with the same effect as a termination of
employment under the second paragraph of the section entitled “Termination or
Change in Employment Status”.

 

8Exhibit 10(a)

 

[Sutherland Asbill and
Brennan LLP letterhead]

 

      STEPHEN
E. ROTH

   DIRECT
LINE: 202.383.0158

Internet:
steve.roth@sutherland.com

 

April 24, 2009

 

Board of Directors

Protective Life Insurance Company

2801 Highway 201 South

Birmingham, Alabama 35223

 

Directors:

 

We hereby consent to the reference to our
name under the caption “Legal Matters” in the statement of additional
information filed as part of post-effective amendment number 12 to the
registration statement on Form N-4 (File No. 333-94047) filed by
Protective Life Insurance Company and Protective Variable Annuity Separate
Account with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  In giving this consent, we do not admit that
we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7
of the Securities Act of 1933.

 

	
   

  	
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  SUTHERLAND ASBILL & BRENNAN LLP

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
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   /s/ Stephen E. Roth

  
	
   

  	
  Stephen E. Roth

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