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          to the company’s selloff of buildings and equipment.  Total                 
          assets decreased over the period from $13.2 million in 1989 to              
          $6.7 million in 1993.                                                       
              During the period 1989 through 1993, Black Hills Trucking               
          carried long-term shareholder debt that ranged from a high of               
          $13.9 million in 1990 to a low of $855,000 in 1992.  Shareholder            
          debt was roughly $2.8 million at the end of 1993.                           
              During the period 1988 through 1994, Black Hills Trucking               
          distributed cash or other property to its shareholders only in              
          1989, in the amount of $213,000.  On the other hand,                        
          shareholders’ contributions to paid-in or capital surplus                   
          increased during the analyzed period, spiking from $1.4 million             
          in 1990 to $16.7 million in 1991.                                           
              The stock of Black Hills Trucking has never been traded in              
          public markets.                                                             
          V.  True Ranches                                                            
              Respondent adopts the entity values derived by Mr. Kimball              
          under the net asset value method.  Accordingly, the parties agree           
          that the controlling equity value of True Ranches was                       
















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