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               During December 1999, Evergreen Trading established two                
          substantially similar offsetting currency options that were                 
          executed on December 10, 1999, and that had expiration dates of             
          December 21, 1999, and settlement dates of December 21, 2001.               
          The costs of the premiums of those currency options were                    
          $93,861,797 and $93,861,531, respectively.  The combined posi-              
          tions were established so that one position was guaranteed to               
          have a payout equal to the total premiums of both positions,                
          while the other position was guaranteed to have a minimal payout.           
          The first position created a gain if the CZK/EUR4 was at or above           
          a set exchange rate, while the second position created a similar            
          gain if the CZK/EUR was below the same exchange rate.  The                  
          position not incurring a gain and having a minimal payout was               
          settled on December 21, 1999, with a loss reported of $89,215,088           
          after a payout of $4,646,709.  The second position was partially            
          unwound on December 30, 1999, for proceeds of $102,820,761 and a            
          reported gain of $49,788,977.                                               
               As a result of the above-described currency transactions,              
          Evergreen Trading reported in its 1999 partnership tax return a             
          total ordinary loss from currency trades of $39,426,091.  A                 
          portion of such loss totaling $11,691,521 was allocated to                  
          petitioners’ respective flowthrough entities.                               


               4CZK/EUR reflects the exchange rate of Czech korunas for               
          Euros.                                                                      





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