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This excerpt taken from the FL DEF 14A filed Apr 9, 2009.

Executive Employment Agreements

As more fully described on Pages 39 to 42, we have employment agreements with each of our named executive officers. In 2008, we entered into a new agreement with Mr. Serra, our Chief Executive Officer, solely to make changes to comply with Internal Revenue Code Section 409A. In 2008, we also entered into new agreements with the other named executive officers in order to make changes required to comply with Internal Revenue Code Section 409A and Section 162(m), to make certain provisions consistent in our executive employment agreements, and to make other changes.

Our employment agreements with the named executive officers provide for severance payments to the executive if we terminate the executive’s employment without cause or if we give the executive good reason to terminate employment. These payments to the named executive officers, calculated as if termination of employment occurred at the end of our last fiscal year, are set out in the tables on Pages 43 to 53.

The named executive officers other than Mr. Serra, whose arrangements are discussed in the next paragraph, receive an enhanced severance payment if the executive’s employment is terminated without cause or if the executive terminates employment for good reason within two years following a change-in- control. For an executive to receive the enhanced severance payment, two events must occur: first, employment must be terminated for one of the specified reasons, and second, this termination must occur within two years following a change-in-control. We believe that these provisions, which we have had in place for a number of years, provide appropriate protection to our executives, comparable to that available at peer companies, and, with regard to the enhanced severance following a change-in-control, protect us from losing key executives during a period when a change-in-control may be threatened or pending.

Mr. Serra’s employment agreement also provides for an enhanced severance payment if his employment is terminated without cause or if he terminates his employment for good reason within two years following a change-in-control. In addition, his agreement provides that, following a change-in-control, there is a 30-day period during which Mr. Serra may elect to terminate his employment and receive this enhanced severance payment. We believe that this payment mechanism, which has been in Mr. Serra’s employment agreement since he became our Chief Executive Officer, is comparable to that provided to many chief executive officers of public companies and benefits us, if a potential change-in-control were to arise, by allowing him to focus fully on the best interests of our Company and shareholders while a change-in-control is pending without being distracted by concerns about his personal situation.

All of the named executive officers have agreed in their employment contracts not to compete with the Company for two years following the termination of employment and not to hire Company employees during that same period. This restriction does not apply following a change-in-control.

None of the named executive officers, other than Mr. Serra, is entitled to a gross-up payment upon a change-in-control. As noted above, Mr. Serra’s employment agreement has not been materially modified and the gross-up provision included in Mr. Serra’s employment agreement has remained unchanged.

This excerpt taken from the FL DEF 14A filed Apr 10, 2008.

Executive Employment Agreements

As more fully described on Pages 36 to 38, we have employment agreements with each of our named executive officers. In this discussion and analysis, as well as elsewhere in this proxy statement, we refer to employment agreements we had in place with our named executive officers during 2007, which continue to be in place on the date of this proxy statement. During the course of 2008, we expect to enter into new or amended agreements with our named executive officers in order to make changes required to comply with Internal Revenue Code Sections 409A and Section 162(m), to make certain provisions consistent in our executive employment agreements, and to make other changes.

Our employment agreements with the named executive officers provide for severance payments to the executive if we terminate the executive’s employment without cause or if we give the executive good reason to terminate employment. These payments to the named executive officers, calculated as if termination of employment occurred at the end of our last fiscal year, are set out in the tables on Pages 39 to 48.

The named executive officers other than Mr. Serra, whose arrangements are discussed in the next paragraph, receive an enhanced severance payment if the executive’s employment is terminated without cause or if the executive terminates employment for good reason within two years following a change in control. For an executive to receive the enhanced severance payment, two events must occur: first, employment must be terminated for one of the specified reasons, and second, this termination must

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occur within two years following a change-in-control. We believe that these provisions, which we have had in place for a number of years, provide appropriate protection to our executives, comparable to that available at peer companies, and, with regard to the enhanced severance following a change-in-control, protect us from losing key executives during a period when a change-in-control may be threatened or pending.

Mr. Serra’s employment agreement also provides for an enhanced severance payment if his employment is terminated without cause or if he terminates his employment for good reason within two years following a change in control. In addition, his agreement provides that, following a change-in-control, there is a 30-day period during which Mr. Serra may elect to terminate his employment and receive this enhanced severance payment. We believe that this payment mechanism, which has been in Mr. Serra’s employment agreement since he became our Chief Executive Officer, is comparable to that provided to many chief executive officers of public companies and benefits us, if a potential change-in-control were to arise, by allowing him to focus fully on the best interests of our Company and shareholders while a change-in-control is pending without being distracted by concerns about his personal situation.

Mr. Serra, Mr. Halls, and Mr. Mina have agreed in their employment contracts not to compete with the Company for two years following the termination of employment and not to hire company employees during that same period. Mr. Bahler and Mr. McHugh have agreed to the same restriction for a one-year period. This restriction does not apply following a change-in-control.

This excerpt taken from the FL DEF 14A filed Apr 17, 2007.

Executive Employment Agreements

As more fully described on Pages 32 to 33, we have employment agreements with each of our named executive officers. Our employment agreements with the named executive officers provide for severance payments to the executive if we terminate the executive’s employment without cause or if we give the executive good reason to terminate employment. These payments to the named executive officers, calculated as if termination of employment occurred at the end of our last fiscal year, are set out in the tables on Pages 34 to 38.

The named executive officers other than Mr. Serra, whose arrangements are discussed in the next paragraph, receive an enhanced severance payment if the executive’s employment is terminated without cause or if the executive terminates employment for good reason within two years following a change in control. For an executive to receive the enhanced severance payment, two events must occur: first, employment must be terminated for one of the specified reasons, and second, this termination must occur within two years of a change-in-control. We believe that these provisions, which we have had in place for a number of years, provide appropriate protection to our executives, comparable to that available at peer companies, and, with regard to the enhanced severance following a change-in-control, protects us from losing key executives during a period when a change-in-control may be threatened or pending.

Mr. Serra’s employment agreement also provides for an enhanced severance payment if his employment is terminated without cause or if he terminates his employment for good reason within two years following a change-in-control. In addition, his agreement provides that, following a change-in-control, there is a 30-day period during which Mr. Serra may elect to terminate his employment and receive this enhanced severance payment. We believe that this payment mechanism, which has been in Mr. Serra’s employment agreement since he became our Chief Executive Officer, is comparable to that provided to many chief executive officers of public companies and benefits us, if a potential change-in-control were to arise, by allowing him to focus fully on the best interests of our Company and shareholders while a change-in-control is pending without being distracted by concerns about his personal situation.

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Mr. Serra, Mr. Halls, and Mr. Mina have agreed in their employment contracts not to compete with the Company for two years following the termination of employment and not to hire Company employees during that same period. Mr. Bahler and Mr. McHugh have agreed to the same restriction for a one-year period. This restriction does not apply following a change-in-control.

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