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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 11-K

     
þ   ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 [NO FEE REQUIRED]
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2004,

OR

     
o   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 [NO FEE REQUIRED]
for the transition period from __________ to __________

Commission file number 1-9396

A.   Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below: The Fidelity National Financial Group 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan.
 
B.   Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:

Fidelity National Financial, Inc.,

601 Riverside Ave.,
Jacksonville,
FL 32204

REQUIRED INFORMATION

Item 4.   Plan Financial Statements and Schedules Prepared in Accordance with the Financial Reporting Requirements of ERISA
 
 

 


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FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL GROUP
401(k) PROFIT SHARING PLAN

Financial Statements and
Supplemental Schedules

December 31, 2004 and 2003

(With Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Thereon)

 


FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL GROUP
401(k) PROFIT SHARING PLAN

Index to Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedules

         
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Supplemental Schedules
       
 
       
    11  
 
       
    12  
 EXHIBIT 23

All other schedules are omitted because they are not applicable or not required based on disclosure requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and regulations issued by the Department of Labor.

 


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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Advisory Committee
Fidelity National Financial Group
  401(k) Profit Sharing Plan:

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of Fidelity National Financial Group 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan (the Plan) as of December 31, 2004 and 2003 and the related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2004 and 2003 and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Our audits were performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedules, Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) and Schedule H, Line 4a – Schedule of Delinquent Participant Contributions, are presented for the purpose of additional analysis and are not a required part of the basic financial statements but are supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. These supplemental schedules are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. These supplemental schedules have been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audits of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, are fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.

/s/ KPMG LLP
Jacksonville, Florida
June 21, 2005

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FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL GROUP
401(k) PROFIT SHARING PLAN

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits

December 31, 2004 and 2003

                 
    2004     2003  
Assets:
               
Investments, at fair value:
               
Common/collective trust funds
  $ 258,896,456       203,706,316  
Mutual funds
    427,468,828       340,006,260  
Employer common stock
    250,746,189       159,288,409  
Participant loans
    29,288,964       23,322,185  
 
           
 
Total investments
    966,400,437       726,323,170  
 
           
 
Receivables:
               
Participant contributions
    2,550,501       1,405,533  
Employer contributions
    872,254       515,942  
Due from broker for securities sold
    249,996       469,914  
Accrued interest
    218,064       1,823  
 
           
 
Total receivables
    3,890,815       2,393,212  
 
           
 
Total assets
    970,291,252       728,716,382  
 
           
 
Liabilities:
               
Refund of excess contributions
    4,965       4,969  
Due to broker for securities purchased
    59,040       196,467  
 
           
 
Total liabilities
    64,005       201,436  
 
           
 
Net assets available for benefits
  $ 970,227,247       728,514,946  
 
           

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL GROUP
401(k) PROFIT SHARING PLAN

Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits

Years ended December 31, 2004 and 2003

                 
    2004     2003  
Additions:
               
Additions to net assets attributed to:
               
Investment income:
               
Net appreciation in fair value of investments
  $ 94,650,383       114,616,644  
Interest
    4,305,816       4,218,521  
Dividends
    5,647,558       2,851,169  
 
           
Net investment gain
    104,603,757       121,686,334  
 
           
 
Contributions:
               
Participant
    111,172,609       116,905,647  
Employer – cash contributions
    33,771,833       27,497,807  
 
           
Total contributions
    144,944,442       144,403,454  
Transfer in of net assets from merged plans
    57,749,641       28,263,700  
 
           
Total additions
    307,297,840       294,353,488  
 
           
 
Deductions:
               
Deductions from net assets attributed to:
               
Benefits paid to participants
    65,405,408       42,855,851  
Administrative expenses
    180,131       139,950  
 
           
Total deductions
    65,585,539       42,995,801  
 
           
Net increase
    241,712,301       251,357,687  
Net assets available for benefits:
               
Beginning of year
    728,514,946       477,157,259  
 
           
End of year
  $ 970,227,247       728,514,946  
 
           

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL GROUP
401(k) PROFIT SHARING PLAN

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2004 and 2003

(1)   Description of Plan

The following description of Fidelity National Financial Group 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan (the Plan) provides only general information. Participants should refer to the Plan agreement for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions.

  (a)   General

The Plan is a defined contribution plan covering all employees of Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (the Company or Employer) and its Affiliated and Related Companies, who have attained age 18 and have completed 90 days of service and elect to participate in the Plan. Affiliated Companies are defined as members of a controlled group of corporations or other entities that are under common control. Related Companies, while related, are not considered members of a controlled group of corporations or other entities that are under common control. Union members, temporary employees who have not completed at least 1,000 hours of service, and leased employees are not eligible to participate in the Plan. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).

  (b)   Plan Amendment

Effective March 15, 2004, the Plan Committee amended the Plan to increase the amount of a participant’s compensation that can be deferred to 40% from 15%.

  (c)   Plan Mergers

The board of directors of the Company approved numerous defined contribution employee benefit plans to be merged into the Plan throughout 2004. The accompanying 2004 statement of changes in net assets available for benefits reflects the transfer in of net assets of these merged plans in the amount of $57,749,641. The following presents the effective dates and plan name of each of the merged plans:

Effective January 31, 2004, the Hansen Quality Loan Services, Inc. Retirement Plan was merged into the Plan, as further described below.

Effective March 31, 2004, the Aero Records & Title Co. 401(k) Retirement Plan and Trust was merged into the Plan.

Effective April 2, 2004, the Webtone Technologies, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan was merged into the Plan.

Effective June 30, 2004, the American Pioneer 401(k) Plan was merged into the Plan.

Effective August 16, 2004, the Midwest Abstract 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan was merged into the Plan.

Effective October 4, 2004 the Aurum Technology, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan was merged into the Plan.

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FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL GROUP
401(k) PROFIT SHARING PLAN

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2004 and 2003

Effective December 1,2004 the Sanchez Computer Associates, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan was merged into the Plan.

Throughout 2003, the board of directors of the Company approved numerous defined contribution plans to be merged into the Plan. The accompanying 2003 statement of changes in net assets available for benefits reflects the transfer in of net assets of these merged plans in the amount of $28,263,700. The following presents the effective dates and plan name of each of the merged plans:

Effective January 1, 2003, the Micro General Corporation 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan was merged into the Plan.

Effective February 28, 2003, the Eastern Financial Systems, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan and Trust was merged into the Plan.

Effective May 31, 2003, the Lender’s Service, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan was merged into the Plan.

Effective August 31, 2003, the Ousley, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan was merged into the Plan.

Effective November 3, 2003, the Key Title Company 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan was merged into the Plan.

Effective December 18, 2003, the Hansen Quality Loan Services, Inc. Retirement Plan (Hansen) was merged into the Plan. The balances merged in during 2003 are comprised entirely of Plan year 2003 contributions and related earnings by Hansen employees during 2003. Hansen employee retirement plan balances in existence prior to 2003 were merged into the Plan during Plan year 2004.

  (d)   Contributions

During 2004, participants could contribute up to 40% of their pretax annual compensation as a result of the Plan being amended on March 15, 2004. During 2003 and prior, participants could contribute up to 15% of their pretax annual compensation, as defined in the Plan. Participants may also contribute amounts representing distributions from other qualified defined benefit or defined contribution plans, as well as direct rollovers from individual retirement accounts or annuities. Participants direct the investment of their contributions into various investment options offered by the Plan. At December 31, 2004, the Plan offered three common collective trust funds, ten mutual funds, and one common stock fund as investment options for participants. During Plan years 2004 and 2003, the Company made matching contributions equal to 50% of participant deferrals up to 6% of eligible compensation for all Company employees. Discretionary employer contributions may be made at the option of the Company’s board of directors. No discretionary employer contributions were made during the Plan years ended December 31, 2004 and 2003. All employer contributions are participant directed. Contributions are subject to certain limitations.

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FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL GROUP
401(k) PROFIT SHARING PLAN

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2004 and 2003

  (e)   Participant Accounts

Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contribution, the employer’s contribution, and an allocation of Plan earnings and charged with an allocation of Plan losses, if any. Allocations are based on participant earnings or account balances, as defined. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant’s vested account.

  (f)   Vesting

Participants are immediately vested in their contributions plus actual earnings thereon. Vesting in the Company’s matching and discretionary contribution portion of their accounts plus actual earnings thereon, is based on years of service as follows:

         
    Vested  
Number of years of service   percentage  
Less than 1 year
    0 %
1 year
    34  
2 years
    67  
3 years or more
    100  

  (g)   Participant Loans

Participants may borrow from their fund accounts a minimum of $1,000 up to a maximum equal to the lesser of $50,000 reduced by the highest outstanding loan balance during the preceding 12 months, or 50% of their account balance. Loan terms range from one to five years or up to ten years for the purchase of a primary residence. The loans are secured by the balance in the participant’s account. Interest rates range from 4.25% to 11.50% on loans outstanding as of both December 31, 2004 and December 31, 2003. Principal and interest is paid ratably through payroll deductions.

  (h)   Payment of Benefits

On termination of service, a participant may receive the value of the participant’s vested interest in his or her account as a lump-sum distribution.

  (i)   Forfeited Accounts

At December 31, 2004 and 2003, forfeited nonvested accounts totaled $1,146,912 and $726,320, respectively. Forfeitures may be used to restore the accounts of former participants, pay administrative expenses of the Plan if not paid by the Plan sponsor, or reduce future employer contributions. During Plan years 2004 and 2003, forfeitures of nonvested accounts of $726,320 and $459,042, respectively, were used to reduce employer contributions.

  (j)   Administrative Expenses
 
    Administrative expenses of the Plan that are not paid by the Plan Sponsor are paid by the Plan. 

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FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL GROUP
401(k) PROFIT SHARING PLAN

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2004 and 2003

(2)   Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

  (a)   Basis of Presentation

The financial statements of the Plan are prepared under the accrual method of accounting.

  (b)   Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, and changes therein, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

  (c)   Risk and Uncertainties

The Plan provides for various investment options in common/collective trust funds, mutual funds, and common stock. Investment securities are exposed to various risks such as interest rate, market, and credit. Due to the level of uncertainty related to changes in the value of investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in the various risk factors, in the near term, could materially affect the participants’ account balances and the amounts reported in the financial statements.

  (d)   Concentration of Investments

Included in the Plan’s net assets available for benefits at December 31, 2004 are investments in Employer common stock (5,432,516 shares) amounting to $250,746,189 whose value represents approximately 26% of the Plan’s net assets. The Employer common stock at December 31, 2004 is comprised entirely of common stock of Fidelity National Financial, Inc.

Included in the Plan’s net assets available for benefits at December 31, 2003 are investments in Employer common stock (4,059,832 shares) amounting to $159,288,409 whose value represents approximately 22% of the Plan’s net assets. The Employer common stock at December 31, 2003 is comprised entirely of Fidelity National Financial, Inc., as previous investments in American National Financial, Inc. and Fidelity National Information Solutions, Inc. common stocks were rolled into Fidelity National Financial, Inc. common stock during 2003.

  (e)   Investment Valuation and Income Recognition

The Plan’s investments are stated at fair value. Shares of mutual funds are valued at the net asset value of shares held by the Plan at year-end. The common/collective trust fund investments in the Wells Fargo S&P 500 Index Fund, the Wells Fargo Stable Return Fund, and the Wells Fargo S&P Midcap Fund are valued based on the underlying unit values reported by the respective fund’s audited financial statements as of the Plan’s year end. The common stock of Fidelity National Financial, Inc. is valued at quoted market prices. Participant loans are valued at cost, which approximates fair value as of the Plan’s year end.

Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

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FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL GROUP
401(k) PROFIT SHARING PLAN

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2004 and 2003

      (f)     Payment of Benefits

Benefits are recorded when paid.

  (3)   Investments

The following presents the Plan’s investments as of December 31, 2004 and 2003 with individual investments that represent 5% or more of the Plan’s net assets separately identified:

                 
    2004     2003  
Wells Fargo S&P 500 Index Fund
  $ 81,708,463       55,353,349  
Wells Fargo Stable Return Fund
    164,897,811       148,352,967  
ABN Amro Growth Fund
    125,134,449       120,003,922  
ABN Amro Balanced Fund
          55,912,377  
Dreyfus Intermediate Term Income Fund
    49,493,743       44,606,463  
Oakmark Equity & Income Fund
    97,640,830        
Fidelity National Financial, Inc. Common Stock
    250,746,189       159,288,409  
All other investments less than 5%
    196,778,952       142,805,683  
 
           
Total
  $ 966,400,437       726,323,170  
 
           

During 2004, the Plan’s investments (including gains and losses on investments bought and sold, as well as held during the year) appreciated in value, by investment type, as follows:

         
Common/collective trust funds
  $ 14,021,226  
Mutual funds
    27,767,410  
Employer common stock
    52,861,747  
 
     
 
  $ 94,650,383  
 
     

During 2003, the Plan’s investments (including gains and losses on investments bought and sold, as well as held during the year) appreciated in value, by investment type, as follows:

         
Common/collective trust funds
  $ 12,111,748  
Mutual funds
    53,752,694  
Employer common stock
    48,752,202  
 
     
 
  $ 114,616,644  
 
     

Dividends on Fidelity National Financial, Inc. common stock totaled $3,983,062 and $2,432,347 in 2004 and 2003, respectively.

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FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL GROUP
401(k) PROFIT SHARING PLAN

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2004 and 2003

  (4)   Related Party Transactions

Certain Plan investments are shares of mutual funds and common collective trust funds managed by Wells Fargo Trust Operations (Wells Fargo). Wells Fargo is the trustee as defined by the Plan, and therefore, these transactions qualify as party-in-interest transactions. Other Plan investments are shares of the common stock of the Company, also a party in interest.

  (5)   Plan Termination

Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Company has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA. In the event of Plan termination, participants will become 100% vested in their employer contributions.

  (6)   Tax Status

The Internal Revenue Service has determined and informed the Company by a letter dated August 1, 2003 that the Plan and related trust are designed in accordance with applicable sections of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC). The current determination letter covers the most recent amended and restated version of the Plan, and the plan administrator and the Plan’s tax counsel believe that the Plan is designed and is currently being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC.

  (7)   Subsequent Events

The Company’s merger and acquisition activity resulted in five additional plans, which have, or are anticipated to be, merged into the Plan during 2005. Of these five acquisitions, the Lakeland Title Service, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan, Geotrac 401(k) Savings Plan, Bankware Profit Sharing Plan, and First Michigan Title 401(k) Plan were merged into the Plan on February 16, 2005, March 1, 2005, March 7, 2005, and April 25, 2005, respectively. The remaining plan, Hamilton & Sullivan, Ltd. 401(k) Plan, is anticipated to be merged into the Plan on August 31, 2005.

Effective January 1, 2005, the Plan Committee resolved to amend the Plan to reduce the compensation of each participant who is not deferring an amount at least equal to the negative election amount, by the required election amount of 2%, except those participants who timely make a contrary election. Amounts deferred under negative election are treated as elective deferrals for all purposes under the Plan. The negative election applies only to employees whose date of hire is on or following January 1, 2005.

Effective January 1, 2005, the Plan Committee resolved to amend the Plan to limit the deferrals of highly compensated employees to 7%.

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FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL GROUP
401(k) PROFIT SHARING PLAN

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2004 and 2003

  (8)   Untimely Remittance

During Plan year 2004, it was noted that there were delays in submitting employee deferrals and loan repayments related to two of the plans that merged into the Plan in the amount of $97,327 and $4,718, respectively, to the trustee. The Company has calculated lost interest to be $20, which has not yet been remitted to the Plan. The amount is included as accrued interest at December 31, 2004.

During Plan year 2003, it was noted that there were delays in submitting employee deferrals and loan repayments related to one of the plans merged into the Plan in the amount of $21,768 and $601, respectively, to the trustee. The Company has calculated lost interest to be $39, which had not been remitted to the Plan. The amount is included as accrued interest at December 31, 2003.

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FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL GROUP
401(k) PROFIT SHARING PLAN

Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)

December 31, 2004

                     
Identity of issuer, borrower,                
lessor, or similar party   Description of investment   Shares/units     Current value  
 
  Common/collective trust funds:                
* Wells Fargo Trust Operations
       Wells Fargo S&P 500 Index Fund     1,618,309     $ 81,708,463  
* Wells Fargo Trust Operations
       Wells Fargo Stable Return Fund     4,514,061       164,897,811  
* Wells Fargo Trust Operations
       Wells Fargo S&P Midcap Fund     928,963       12,290,182  
 
                   
 
  Mutual funds:                
ABN Amro Asset Management, Inc.
       ABN Amro Growth Fund     5,407,711       125,134,449  
ABN Amro Asset Management, Inc.
       ABN Amro/Veredus Aggressive Growth Fund     2,395,843       44,993,926  
American Century Investment Services, Inc.
       American Century International Growth Fund     3,440,308       31,134,794  
Van Kampen Investments
       Van Kampen Comstock Fund     2,226,044       41,203,334  
* Wells Fargo Trust Operations
       Wells Fargo Outlook 2010 Fund     808,697       10,230,020  
* Wells Fargo Trust Operations
       Wells Fargo Outlook 2020 Fund     886,797       12,113,645  
* Wells Fargo Trust Operations
       Wells Fargo Outlook 2030 Fund     759,047       10,915,094  
* Wells Fargo Trust Operations
       Wells Fargo Outlook 2040 Fund     296,780       4,608,993  
The Dreyfus Corporation
       Dreyfus Intermediate Term Income Fund     3,824,864       49,493,743  
Oakmark Equity & Income
       Oakmark Equity & Income Fund     4,154,929       97,640,830  
 
                   
 
  Common stocks:                
* Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
       Fidelity National Financial, Inc.     5,432,516       250,746,189  
 
                   
 
  Participant loans:                
* Participant loans
 
     Participant loans, various maturities, interest rates 4.25% – 11.50%, balances collateralized by participant accounts
    29,288,964       29,288,964  
 
                 
 
              $ 966,400,437  
 
                 
 
                   
 
* Party in interest.

See accompanying report of independent registered public accounting firm.

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FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL GROUP
401(k) PROFIT SHARING PLAN

Schedule H, Line 4a – Schedule of Delinquent Participant Contributions

Year ended December 31, 2004

                         
(a)   (b)   (c)   (d)     (e)  
Identity of   Relationship to plan, employer,   Description of transaction,   Amount on     Lost  
party involved   or other party in interest   including rate of interest   line 4(a)     interest  
Fidelity National
  Plan sponsor   Employee deferrals and loan                
Financial, Inc.
      repayments not deposited to the                
 
      Plan in a timely manner. Interest                
 
      rate of 7%   $ 102,045       20  

See accompanying report of independent registered public accounting firm.

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PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, THE TRUSTEES (OR OTHER PERSONS WHO ADMINISTER THE EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN) HAVE DULY CAUSED THIS ANNUAL REPORT TO BE SIGNED ON ITS BEHALF BY THE UNDERSIGNED HEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED.

         
 
  The Fidelity National Financial Group    
 
  401(k) Profit Sharing Plan    
 
       
Date: June 28, 2005
  /s/ EDWARD J. DEWEY     
 
       
 
  EDWARD J. DEWEY    
 
  TRUSTEE    

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EXHIBIT INDEX

         
Exhibit No.       Page No.
23
  Consent of KPMG, LLP    

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