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<FN>
<F1>MARKETABLE SECURITIES ARE COMPRISED OF FIRST MORTGAGES AND MORTGAGE-BACKED
SECURITIES WHICH ARE HELD FOR LONG-TERM INVESTMENT.  THE MORTGAGE-BACKED
SECURITIES SERVE AS COLLATERAL FOR RELATED COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS.
<F2>BONDS ARE COMPRISED OF SENIOR AND SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES AND COLLATERALIZED
MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS.
<F3>TOTAL COSTS INCLUDE INTEREST EXPENSE ON THE COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE
OBLIGATIONS, AS THE ASSOCIATED INTEREST INCOME GENERATED FROM THE
MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES IS INCLUDED IN TOTAL REVENUES.
<F4>OTHER EXPENSES ARE COMPRISED OF SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.
</FN>