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Meeting Type:         Annual
For holders as of:   February 22, 2011
Date:     April 21, 2011     Time:  10:00 a.m.
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  Dallas, Texas 75243
   
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Voting items
                   
 
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR each of the nominees for director, FOR Proposals 2 and 4, and for "3 YEARS" on Proposal 3.
  
     
 
 




1.
 
  
Election of Directors
  
Nominees:
   2.       
Board proposal regarding an advisory vote on named executive officer compensation.
    
         
 
  
 
  
1a.
  
R. W. Babb, Jr. 
 
 
 3.     
Board proposal regarding an advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on named executive officer compensation.
 
  
1b.
  
D. A. Carp 
 
 
  
 
  
1c.
  
C. S. Cox
 
 
 4.     
Board proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2011.
 
  
1d.
  
S. P. MacMillan 
 
 
  
 
  
1e.
  
P. H. Patsley
 
 
 NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.
 
  
1f.
  
R. E. Sanchez 
 
 
    
 
  
1g.
  
W. R. Sanders 
 
 
    
 
  
1h.
  
R. J. Simmons 
 
 
    
 
  
1i.
  
R. K. Templeton 
 
 
    
 
  
1j.
  
C. T. Whitman