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| <footnotes> |
| | <footnote id="F1"> Pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated August 8, 2019 by and among Wolverine Intermediate Holding II Corporation ("Parent"), Wolverine Merger Corporation, and the Issuer, the Issuer became a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent upon consummation of the merger (the "Effective Time"). At the Effective Time, each share of the Issuer's Common Stock (including each restricted share) was automatically converted into the right to receive $11.05 in cash. </footnote> |
| | <footnote id="F2"> Falcon Aerospace Holdings, LLC is the record holder of these shares of common stock. Carlyle Group Management L.L.C. holds an irrevocable proxy to vote a majority of the shares of The Carlyle Group Inc., which is a publicly traded entity listed on NASDAQ. The Carlyle Group Inc. is the sole shareholder of Carlyle Holdings I GP Inc., which is the managing member of Carlyle Holdings I GP Sub L.L.C., which is the general partner of Carlyle Holdings I L.P., which, with respect to the securities reported herein, is the managing member of CG Subsidiary Holdings L.L.C., which is the sole member of TC Group, L.L.C., which is the managing member of TC Group IV Managing GP, L.L.C., which is the managing member of Falcon Aerospace Holdings, LLC. Accordingly, each of these entities may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the shares of common stock owned of record by Falcon Aerospace Holdings, LLC. </footnote> |
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| | <signatureName> Carlyle Group Management L.L.C. By: /s/ Anne Frederick, attorney-in-fact for Curtis L. Buser, Chief Financial Officer </signatureName> |
| | <signatureDate> 2020-01-13 </signatureDate> |
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| | <signatureName> The Carlyle Group Inc. By: /s/ Anne Frederick, attorney-in-fact for Curtis L. Buser, Chief Financial Officer </signatureName> |
| | <signatureDate> 2020-01-13 </signatureDate> |
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| | <signatureName> Carlyle Holdings I GP Inc. By: /s/ Anne Frederick, attorney-in-fact for Curtis L. Buser, Chief Financial Officer </signatureName> |
| | <signatureDate> 2020-01-13 </signatureDate> |
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| | <signatureName> Carlyle Holdings I GP Sub L.L.C. By: Carlyle Holdings I GP Inc., its managing member By: /s/ Anne Frederick, attorney-in-fact for Curtis L. Buser, Chief Financial Officer </signatureName> |
| | <signatureDate> 2020-01-13 </signatureDate> |
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| | <signatureName> Carlyle Holdings I L.P. By: /s/ Anne Frederick, attorney-in-fact for Curtis L. Buser, Chief Financial Officer </signatureName> |
| | <signatureDate> 2020-01-13 </signatureDate> |
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| | <signatureName> CG Subsidiary Holdings L.L.C. By: Carlyle Holdings I L.P., its managing member By: /s/ Anne Frederick, attorney-in-fact for Curtis L. Buser, Chief Financial Officer </signatureName> |
| | <signatureDate> 2020-01-13 </signatureDate> |
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| | <signatureName> TC Group, L.L.C. By: CG Subsidiary Holdings L.L.C., its managing member By: Carlyle Holdings I L.P., its managing member By: /s/ Anne Frederick, attorney-in-fact for Curtis L. Buser, Chief Financial Officer </signatureName> |
| | <signatureDate> 2020-01-13 </signatureDate> |
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| | <signatureName> TC Group IV Managing GP, L.L.C. By: /s/ Jeremy W. Anderson, Authorized Person </signatureName> |
| | <signatureDate> 2020-01-13 </signatureDate> |
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| | <signatureName> Falcon Aerospace Holdings, LLC By: TC Group IV Managing GP, L.L.C., its managing member By: /s/ Jeremy W. Anderson, Authorized Person </signatureName> |
| | <signatureDate> 2020-01-13 </signatureDate> |
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