UPGRADE  &  DOWNGRADE  HISTORY

Date Grading From To Analyst
25-Jan-01 UPGRADE   Buy  Strong Buy Deutsche Bc Alex. Br
4-Jan-01 DOWNGRADE   Buy  Attractive Bear Stearns
19-Dec-00 INITIATED  at Buy   CSFB
29-Nov-00 INITIATED  at Market Perform   Goldman Sachs
9-Nov-00 INITIATED  at Market Perform   Raymond James
8-Nov-00 DOWNGRADE   Buy  Outperform Lehman Brothers
27-Oct-00 DOWNGRADE   Outperform  Neutral Salomon Smith Barney
18-July-00 INITIATED  at Buy   ING Barings
22-June-00 DOWNGRADE   Strong Buy  Buy Deutsche Bc Alex. Br
9-Mar-00 UPGRADE   Neutral  Buy SG Cowen
3-Jan-00 UPGRADE   Neutral  Buy Lehman Brothers
2-Jan-00 UPGRADE   ST Neutral  ST Strong Buy Brown Brothers
28-Dec-99 UPGRADE   ST Neutral  ST Strong Buy Brown Brothers
6-Dec-99 DOWNGRADE   Buy  Neutral SG Cowen
2-Dec-99 INITIATED  at Buy   Wasserstein Perella
29-Nov-99 DOWNGRADE   Buy  Outperform Salomon Smith Barney
10-Nov-99 UPGRADE   Hold  Buy CSFB
4-Nov-99 UPGRADE   Buy  Strong Buy Deutsche Bc Alex. Br
4-Nov-99 UPGRADE   Outperform  Buy Salomon Smith Barney
19-Oct-99 UPGRADE   Hold  Buy ING Barings
12-Oct-99 INITIATED  at Buy   Deutsche Bc Alex. Br
22-Sep-99 INITIATED  at Market Outperform   Goldman Sachs
20-Sep-99 UPGRADE   Neutral  Outperform Salomon Smith Barney
17-Sep-99 UPGRADE   ST Neutral  ST Strong Buy Brown Brothers
16-Sep-99 UPGRADE   Neutral  Attractive PaineWebber
9-Aug-99 DOWNGRADE   Buy  Hold ING Barings
9-Aug-99 UPGRADE   Market Perform  Buy DLJ
16-July-99 DOWNGRADE   Buy  Maintain Position AG Edwards
2-June-99 DOWNGRADE   Outperform  Neutral Salomon Smith Barney
2-June-99 DOWNGRADE   Strong Buy  Buy Gruntal & Co
2-June-99 DOWNGRADE   Buy  Hold Warburg Dillon Rd
2-June-99 DOWNGRADE   IT Outperform  IT Market Perform EVEREN Sec.
21-Apr-99 UPGRADE   Neutral  Buy SG Cowen
13-Apr-99 INITIATED  at Strong Buy   Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
13-Apr-99 INITIATED  at Hold   CSFB
9-Apr-99 UPGRADE   Hold  Accumulate Prudential
30-Mar-99 DOWNGRADE   Buy  Neutral Sands Bros
9-Mar-99 UPGRADE   NT Neutral  NT Accumulate Merrill Lynch
27-Jan-99 UPGRADE   LT Accumulate  LT Buy Merrill Lynch