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          Somerville S Trust to contribute $19.8 million in cash to SMP in            
          exchange for a 99.5-percent common interest in SMP (to be held as           
          a Common I interest).                                                       
               Mr. Lerner, as trustee of Somerville S Trust, executed a               
          document entitled “Assignment” dated December 10, 1996, in which            
          Somerville S Trust contributed $19.8 million in cash and                    
          marketable securities to SMP.32                                             
               The members of SMP had the following membership interests in           
          SMP after December 11, 1996:                                                
                                             Common     Preferred                     
                    Common    Preferred           capital     capital                 
                    interest1    interest2      account     account                   
                                                                                     
          CLIS           0%       36.76%             $0   $1,875,000                  
          Generale Bank       0         61.27     0    3,125,000                      
          Somerville       99.50           0      19,800,000            0             
          Rockport         2.25    0.85          50,000       50,000                  
          Lerner            2.25   0.85          50,000       50,000                  
               1 The common membership interests in SMP do not add up to              
               100 percent.                                                           
               2 The preferred membership interests in SMP do not add up to           
               100 percent.                                                           






               32 Amendment No. 2 indicated that the $19.8 million in cash            
          and marketable securities would be held by Somerville S Trust               
          “for the sole and exclusive benefit of the LLC and that said                
          amount shall heretofore be deemed assigned to and owned by the              
          LLC.”  It also indicated that on or before Dec. 31, 1997, this              
          amount plus interest would be paid to an account established in             
          the name of SMP.                                                            





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