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<p><b><font size=2>Exhibit 10.6(a)</font></b></p>

<p align=center><b><font size=2>SECOND
AMENDMENT TO IPO APPROVAL AND<br>
LOCKUP AGREEMENT</font></b></p>

<p><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This
Second Amendment to IPO Approval and Lockup Agreement (this &#147;Second
Amendment&#148;), dated as of July 25, 2001, is by and among Nextel WIP Corp.
(&#147;NIP&#148;), Nextel Partners, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;), DLJ Merchant Banking Partners,
II, L.P. (&#147;DLJMB&#148;), Madison Dearborn Capital Partners II, L.P. (&#147;MDP&#148;), Eagle
River Investments, LLC, John Chapple, John Thompson, David Thaler, David Aas,
Perry Satterlee, Mark Fanning and Donald Manning (each, a &#147;Stockholder,&#148; and
collectively, the &#147;Stockholders&#148;).</font></p>

<p align=center><b><font size=2>R E C I T A L S</font></b></p>

<p><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Stockholders, other than Donald
Manning, along with certain other entities, are parties to that Amended and
Restated Shareholders&#146; Agreement dated as of February 18, 2000, as amended
effective as of February 22, 2000, March 20, 2001 and April 18, 2001
(collectively, the &#147;Shareholders&#146; Agreement&#148;).&nbsp;
Unless otherwise defined in this Second Amendment, all capitalized terms
used in this Second Amendment shall have the same meanings ascribed to such
terms in the Shareholders&#146; Agreement.</font></p>

<p><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; B.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; All of the Stockholders are parties to
that certain IPO Approval and Lockup Agreement dated effective as of&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; February 22, 2000, as amended as of April
18, 2001 (collectively, the &#147;Lockup Agreement&#148;), which, among other things,
imposes certain restrictions on the Stockholders&#146; ability to sell or otherwise
transfer their shares of Company Capital Stock.</font></p>

<p><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; C.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Stockholders desire to amend the
Lockup Agreement in order to allow the parties thereto to transfer their shares
of Company Capital Stock in connection with transactions commonly referred to
as &#147;hedging transactions&#148; for the sole purpose of offsetting their respective
investment risk.</font></p>

<p><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; D.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In addition, DLJMB and MDP desire to
make a joint Demand Registration request pursuant to Section 6.01 of the
Shareholders&#146; Agreement; provided, however, that the Shareholders&#146; Agreement
and the Lockup Agreement prohibit the making of such Demand Registration
request prior to August 22, 2001 unless all of the Stockholders consent in
writing to the sale of Common Stock pursuant to such Demand Registration.</font></p>

<p><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; E.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Stockholders desire to consent to
the sale of Common Stock pursuant to a Demand Registration.<page></font></p>

<p align=center><b><font size=2>A G R E E M E N T S</font></b></p>

<p><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The parties hereto agree as
follows:</font></p>

<p><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Stockholders hereby amend the
Lockup Agreement in order to allow DLJMP and MDP to make a joint Demand
Registration request prior to August 22, 2001 in accordance with the terms of
the Shareholders&#146; Agreement and to sell their respective shares of Company
Common Stock pursuant to such Demand Registration.</font></p>

<p><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Stockholders hereby amend and
restate Section 3 of the Lockup Agreement in its entirety as follows:</font></p>

<p><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#147;3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
lock-up provisions set forth in Paragraph 2 above shall not apply to the
following:</font></p>

<table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%">
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  <td width=80 valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=37 valign=top><font size=2>(a)</font></td>
  <td width=698 valign=top><font size=2>A
  transfer, sale, contract to sell, pledge, assignment or other disposition by
  the undersigned to a Permitted Transferee as defined in the Shareholders&#146;
  Agreement.</font></td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width=80 valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=37 valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=698 valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width=80 valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=37 valign=top><font size=2>(b)</font></td>
  <td width=698 valign=top><font size=2>A
  transfer, sale, contract to sell, assignment or other disposition caused by
  or resulting from the exercise of any put, call, repurchase or tag along
  right set forth in the Shareholders&#146; Agreement, the Restricted Stock Purchase
  Agreements between NPI and Messrs. Chapple, Thompson, Aas, Satterlee,
  Fanning, Thaler and Manning, or any other agreement between or among the
  Company, NWIP or any of the shareholders who are parties to the Shareholders&#146;
  Agreement.&nbsp; It is the intention of the
  parties hereto that Paragraph 2 shall not affect, interfere with or otherwise
  prevent the parties hereto from exercising, pursuing or participating in any
  put, call, repurchase, or tag along rights set forth in the Shareholders&#146;
  Agreement or the Restricted Stock Purchase Agreements.</font></td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width=80 valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=37 valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=698 valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width=80 valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=37 valign=top><font size=2>(c)</font></td>
  <td width=698 valign=top><font size=2>A
  pledge of shares of Company Capital Stock by any of the undersigned parties
  in the ordinary course of using the credit facilities of any such party.</font></td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width=80 valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=37 valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=698 valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width=80 valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=37 valign=top><font size=2>(d)</font></td>
  <td width=698 valign=top><font size=2>A
  transfer, sale, contract to sell, assignment or other disposition by the
  undersigned that constitutes a &#147;hedging transaction&#148; or similar transaction
  for the sole purpose of offsetting the undersigned&#146;s investment risk; <i>provided,</i><i>however</i>, that (a) in any such transaction, a Shareholder
  may not subject to the hedging transaction more than an aggregate of 20% of
  such Shareholder&#146;s Initial Ownership, (b) a Shareholder may not engage in
  more than one hedging transaction in any twelve-month period and (c) the date
  that the Shareholder executes any documents or otherwise commits to engage in
  any such hedging transaction must be at least twelve months prior to the date
  on which the Shareholders&#146; ownership interest in any of the Shares involved
  in such hedging transaction are transferred, assigned or otherwise conveyed.&#148;</font></td>
 </tr>
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<p><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The remainder of the Lockup Agreement
is not amended hereby and shall remain in full force and effect.&nbsp; Each of the Stockholders hereby ratifies and
confirms the terms and conditions of the Lockup Agreement, as supplemented and
amended by this Second Amendment.</font></p>

<p><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This
Second Amendment may be executed in counterparts and via fax with the same
force and effect as if all original signatures had been placed on the same
original signature page.</font></p>

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<p><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This Second Amendment is executed
as of the day and year first written above.</font></p>

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  <td width="48%" colspan=2 valign=top><b><font size=2>NEXTEL WIP CORP.</font></b></td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="48%" colspan=2 valign=top><b><font size=2>NEXTEL PARTNERS, INC.</font></b></td>
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  <td width="4%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="43%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="44%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
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  <td width="4%" valign=top><font size=2>By:</font></td>
  <td  align=center width="43%" valign=top><font size=2>/s/
  Timothy Donahue</font></td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top><font size=2>By:</font></td>
  <td  align=center width="44%" valign=top><font size=2>/s/
  John Chapple</font></td>
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  <td width="4%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="43%" valign=top>
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  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="44%" valign=top>
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 </tr>
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  <td width="4%" valign=top><font size=2>Its:</font></td>
  <td width="43%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td  align=center width="44%" valign=top><font size=2>John Chapple, Chief
  Executive Officer</font></td>
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  <td width="4%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="43%" valign=top>
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  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="44%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="4%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="43%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="44%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
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  <td width="48%" colspan=2 valign=top><b><font size=2>DLJ MERCHANT BANKING PARTNERS II, L.P.</font></b></td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="48%" colspan=2 valign=top><b><font size=2>MADISON DEARBORN CAPITAL PARTNERS II, L.P.</font></b></td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="48%" colspan=2 valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="48%" colspan=2 valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
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  <td width="4%" valign=top><font size=2>By:</font></td>
  <td width="43%" valign=top><font size=2>DLJ Merchant Banking II, Inc., <br>
  as managing general partner</font></td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top><font size=2>By:</font></td>
  <td width="44%" valign=top><font size=2>Madison Dearborn Partners II L.P., its General
  Partner</font></td>
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  <td width="4%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="43%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top><font size=2>By:</font></td>
  <td width="44%" valign=top><font size=2>Madison Dearborn Partners, Inc., its General
  Partner</font></td>
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  <td width="4%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="43%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="44%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
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  <td width="4%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
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  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="44%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
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  <td width="4%" valign=top><font size=2>By:</font></td>
  <td  align=center width="43%" valign=top><font size=2>/s/
  Andrew Rush</font></td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top><font size=2>By:</font></td>
  <td  align=center width="44%" valign=top><font size=2>/s/
  Andrew Sinwell</font></td>
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  <td width="4%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
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  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
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  <td width="4%" valign=top><font size=2>Its:</font></td>
  <td width="43%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top><font size=2>Its:</font></td>
  <td width="44%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="4%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="43%" valign=top>
<hr size=2 width="100%" noshade color=black align=right></td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="44%" valign=top>
<hr size=2 width="100%" noshade color=black align=right></td>
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  <td width="4%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="43%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="44%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
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  <td width="48%" colspan=2 valign=top><b><font size=2>EAGLE RIVER INVESTMENTS, LLC</font></b></td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="44%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="4%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="43%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="44%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
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  <td width="4%" valign=top><font size=2>By:</font></td>
  <td  align=center width="43%" valign=top><font size=2>/s/
  Dennis Weibling</font></td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="44%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
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  <td width="4%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="43%" valign=top>
<hr size=2 width="100%" noshade color=black align=right></td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="44%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
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  <td width="4%" valign=top><font size=2>Its:</font></td>
  <td width="43%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="44%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
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  <td width="4%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="43%" valign=top>
<hr size=2 width="100%" noshade color=black align=right></td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
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  <td width="4%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="43%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="44%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
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  <td  align=center width="48%" colspan=2 valign=top><font size=2>/s/
  John Chapple</font></td>
  <td  align=center width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td  align=center width="48%" colspan=2 valign=top><font size=2>/s/
  John Thompson</font></td>
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  <td  align=center width="48%" colspan=2 valign=top>
<hr size=2 width="100%" noshade color=black align=right></td>
  <td  align=center width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td  align=center width="48%" colspan=2 valign=top>
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  <td width="48%" colspan=2 valign=top><font size=2>John Chapple</font></td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="48%" colspan=2 valign=top><font size=2>John Thompson</font></td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="4%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="43%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="44%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
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  <td  align=center width="48%" colspan=2 valign=top><font size=2>/s/
  David Thaler</font></td>
  <td  align=center width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td  align=center width="48%" colspan=2 valign=top><font size=2>/s/
  David Aas</font></td>
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  <td width="48%" colspan=2 valign=top>
<hr size=2 width="100%" noshade color=black align=right></td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="48%" colspan=2 valign=top>
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  <td width="48%" colspan=2 valign=top><font size=2>David Thaler</font></td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="48%" colspan=2 valign=top><font size=2>David Aas</font></td>
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  <td width="4%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="43%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="44%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
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  <td  align=center width="48%" colspan=2 valign=top><font size=2>/s/
  Perry Satterlee</font></td>
  <td  align=center width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td  align=center width="48%" colspan=2 valign=top><font size=2>/s/
  Mark Fanning</font></td>
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  <td width="48%" colspan=2 valign=top>
<hr size=2 width="100%" noshade color=black align=right></td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="48%" colspan=2 valign=top>
<hr size=2 width="100%" noshade color=black align=right></td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="48%" colspan=2 valign=top><font size=2>Perry Satterlee</font></td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="48%" colspan=2 valign=top><font size=2>Mark Fanning</font></td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="4%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="43%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="44%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
 </tr>
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  <td  align=center width="48%" colspan=2 valign=top><font size=2>/s/
  Donald Manning</font></td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="44%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="48%" colspan=2 valign=top>
<hr size=2 width="100%" noshade color=black align=right></td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="44%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="48%" colspan=2 valign=top><font size=2>Donald Manning</font></td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width="44%" valign=top>&nbsp;</td>
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