Section 16 Insider Trades

Date	Filer	Title	Filing	Type	Shares Traded	Price	Total Held
May 01, 2012	LUDLOW MADELEINE W	Director	Form 4	Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security	200	$41.25	1,400
Feb 17, 2005	MAYER GEORGE L	Director	Form 4	Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security	833	$41.24	15,482
Feb 17, 2005	MAYER GEORGE L	Director	Form 4	Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security	500	$41.19	14,982
Feb 17, 2005	MAYER GEORGE L	Director	Form 4	Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security	166	$41.19	--
Aug 15, 2012	McMillan David J	SVP External Affairs	Form 4	Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security	100	$41.15	10,579
Jun 15, 2012	SHIPPAR DONALD J	Director	Form 4	Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security	3,088	$41.15	1,791
Feb 17, 2005	MAYER GEORGE L	Director	Form 4	Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security	83	$41.14	--
Aug 15, 2012	McMillan David J	SVP External Affairs	Form 4	Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security	300	$41.12	10,679
Aug 15, 2012	McMillan David J	SVP External Affairs	Form 4	Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security	200	$41.11	10,979
Aug 15, 2012	McMillan David J	SVP External Affairs	Form 4	Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security	1,331	$41.10	11,179
Feb 14, 2005	VIZANKO JAMES K	Sen.VP Finance & CFO	Form 4	Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security	10,328	$41.07	7,618
Jun 14, 2012	SHIPPAR DONALD J	Director	Form 4	Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security	2,500	$41.05	6,791
Jun 14, 2012	SHIPPAR DONALD J	Director	Form 4	Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security	100	$40.96	6,691
Jun 14, 2012	SHIPPAR DONALD J	Director	Form 4	Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security	2,500	$40.95	4,191
Jun 14, 2012	SHIPPAR DONALD J	Director	Form 4	Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security	600	$40.94	3,591
Jun 14, 2012	SHIPPAR DONALD J	Director	Form 4	Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security	1,800	$40.93	1,791
Feb 11, 2005	SHIPPAR DONALD J	Director, President & CEO	Form 4	Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering or withholding securities incident to the receipt, exercise or vesting of a security issued in accordance with Rule 16b-3	4,478	$40.91	7,279
Jan 14, 2005	STENDER BRUCE W	Director	Form 4	Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering or withholding securities incident to the receipt, exercise or vesting of a security issued in accordance with Rule 16b-3	1,588	$40.91	9,599
Jun 13, 2012	SHIPPAR DONALD J	Director	Form 4	Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security	300	$40.86	1,791
Jun 13, 2012	SHIPPAR DONALD J	Director	Form 4	Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security	2,200	$40.85	2,081
Jun 11, 2012	SHIPPAR DONALD J	Director	Form 4	Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security	700	$40.78	1,791
Jun 11, 2012	SHIPPAR DONALD J	Director	Form 4	Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security	1,800	$40.77	2,491
Jun 13, 2012	SHIPPAR DONALD J	Director	Form 4	Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security	2,500	$40.75	1,791
Dec 12, 2007	AMBERG DEBORAH A	SrVP, Gen. Counsel & Secretary	Form 4	Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security	993	$40.40	1,618
Aug 16, 2007	SHIPPAR DONALD J	Director, Chairman, President & CEO	Form 4	Discretionary transaction in accordance with Rule 16b-3(f) resulting in acquisition or disposition of issuer securities	1,893	$40.38	10,052

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