FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

The following Earnings Release may contain "forward-looking statements" that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or suggested by such statements. Such risks or uncertainties include but are not limited to those which may be noted more fully in the Release itself, as well as those discussed or identified from time to time in the Corporation's public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Corporation assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking information set forth in the following Earnings Release, which speaks as of the date specified.

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