North Carolina Department of Revenue William S. Lee Tax Credits Creating Jobs Processed during Calendar Year 2006 Number of New Jobs

Credit Generated

Tier 1 ACS State Healthcare, LLC Altec, Inc. Avoca, Inc. C&R Acquisition, Inc. Canam Yarns, LLC Coastal Beverage Company, Inc. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated Commercial Ready Mix Products, Inc. Consolidated Metco, Inc. Construction Attachments, Inc. Ferguson Enterprises, Inc. Flanders Filters, Inc. Focal Point Products, Inc. Gregory Poole Equipment Company Hornet Capital, LLC Keihin Carolina Sys. Technology, Inc. Laticrete International, Inc. Lowe's Home Centers, Inc. M.R. Williams, Inc. Martin Marietta Composites, Inc. Material Handling Technologies, Inc. Oak-Bark Corporation Optimum Lighting, LLC PCB Piezotronics of North Carolina Prettl Appliance Systems USA, Inc. Profilform US, Inc. Railroad Friction Products Co. Ravenwood Safelite Glass Corporation Sam M. Butler, Inc. Southern Concrete Materials, Inc. Stateline Mini Structures, LLC Syfan Manufacturing, Inc. The Mulch Masters of NC, Inc. Trinity Industries, Inc. Wal-Mart Stores East, LP

68 12 18 7 135 3 3 9 88 11 1 20 5 2 13 13 13 274 15 14 7 5 12 63 2 8 4 5 2 6 4 2 27 2 2 33

$ 1,122,000 150,000 225,000 115,500 1,687,500 37,500 37,500 112,500 1,452,000 137,500 12,500 330,000 62,500 33,000 162,500 162,500 214,500 3,425,000 247,500 175,000 87,500 62,500 198,000 787,500 33,000 132,000 66,000 62,500 25,000 99,000 50,000 25,000 337,500 25,000 33,000 544,500

Total Tier 1

908

$12,470,000

Taxpayer

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Taxpayer Tier 2 Atlantic Corporation of Wilmington Bernhardt Furniture Company Comark Building Systems, Inc. Distinctive Designs Furniture Eaton Aeroquip, Inc. Ferguson Copeland, LLC Ferguson Enterprises, Inc. Filtec Precise, Inc. Genesis Furniture Industries, Inc. Graphic Packaging International Innotex Holdings USA, LLC Jeld-Wen, Inc. Key Gas Components, Inc. Kings Mountain International Kontane, Inc. KRS Plastics, Inc. Merchants Distributors, Inc. Meridian Industries, Inc. MGM Transport Corporation Neptco, Inc. NYP Corp. Prettl Appliance Systems USA, Inc. Purolator EFP, LP Reliance Electric Company Royal Park Uniforms, Inc. Southeastern Container, Inc. The Marley-Wylain Company Thieman Metal Technologies, LLC Timken US Corporation Top Tobacco, LP Tredegar Film Prod. - Lake Zurich, Inc. Turn Bull Lumber Company Ultra Machine & Fabrication, Inc. Valdese Packaging & Label, Inc. Wal-Mart Stores East, LP Total Tier 2 Tier 3 104 Midway, LLC Adult Internal Medicine, PA Advance Stores Company, Inc. Altec, Inc. American Greetings Corporation Andrews Truss, Inc. Athol Manufacturing Corporation 4/30/2007

Number of New Jobs 14 5 142 42 42 50 1 14 19 54 4 1 14 30 4 1 26 24 38 12 1 13 12 36 5 41 134 15 10 7 11 4 10 6 189 1,031 6 1 34 26 28 8 29

Credit Generated $

56,000 40,000 568,000 168,000 168,000 400,000 4,000 56,000 76,000 216,000 32,000 4,000 56,000 120,000 16,000 4,000 104,000 96,000 304,000 96,000 8,000 52,000 96,000 144,000 20,000 164,000 1,072,000 60,000 40,000 28,000 44,000 32,000 80,000 24,000 916,000

$5,364,000 $

42,000 7,000 238,000 78,000 84,000 24,000 87,000 Page 2 of 8

Taxpayer Tier 3 Best Diamond Packaging, LLC Buckeye Lumberton, Inc. Carolina Brush Mfg. Co., Inc. Carolina Tractors & Equipment Carpenter Contractors of Am., Inc. CMP Advanced Mech. Solutions NC, LLC Coastal Beverage Company, Inc. Coca Cola Enterprises, Inc. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated Commercial Ready Mix Products, Inc. Consolidated Metco, Inc. Dill Air Controls Products, LLC Drake Enterprises, Ltd. DSM Desotech, Inc. Eaton Corporation Eon Labs, Inc. Ferguson Enterprises, Inc. Gaia Herbs, Inc. GKN Sinter Metals, Inc. Gregory Poole Equipment Company ImageMark Business Services Indopco, Inc. Jenkins Wholesale, Inc. Jordan Lumber & Supply, Inc. Lace Lastics Company, Inc. Masterbrands Cabinets, Inc. Maxon Furniture, Inc. Merchants Distributors, Inc. Merck & Company, Inc. Mitchell Services, Inc. Moen, Inc. Mountain Air Cargo, Inc. Nexans, Inc. NWL Transformers, Inc. Paladin Industries, Inc. Pate Dawson Company Precision Hydraulic Cylinders Preformed Line Products Co. Premium Standard Farms, Inc. Roger Carter Corporation S&W Ready Mix Concrete Co., Inc. Sarreid, Ltd. Southdata, Inc. Southern Concrete Materials, Inc. Stock Building Supply 4/30/2007

Number of New Jobs 6 7 8 3 14 17 3 3 5 4 3 83 34 3 23 28 20 4 23 3 4 3 14 45 6 42 22 69 2 4 17 5 12 7 12 6 20 6 12 41 0 1 20 3 2

Credit Generated $

42,000 21,000 56,000 21,000 42,000 51,000 9,000 17,000 15,000 12,000 9,000 581,000 102,000 9,000 69,000 196,000 84,000 12,000 69,000 9,000 28,000 9,000 42,000 135,000 42,000 294,000 66,000 207,000 6,000 12,000 51,000 35,000 36,000 21,000 36,000 42,000 60,000 18,000 84,000 287,000 2,500 3,000 60,000 9,000 6,000 Page 3 of 8

Taxpayer Tier 3 The Gates Corporation The Mitchell Gold Company Tomsed Corporation Union Corrugating Company US Conec, Ltd.

Number of New Jobs 4 4 2 4 4

Credit Generated $

12,000 12,000 6,000 28,000 12,000

Total Tier 3

819

$3,647,500

Tier 4 Alamance Foods, Inc. Alberdingk Boley, Inc. Apex Aridyne Corporation Aylward Enterprises, Inc. Blue Ridge Paper Products Brass Craft Manufacturing Co. Brunswick Corporation BSH Home Appliances Corporation Carolina Technical Plastics Corporation Carolina Tractors & Equipment Caterpillar, Inc. Champion Home Builders Company Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated Consolidated Metco, Inc. Cox North Carolina Publications Cox Precision Spring, Inc. Delhaize America, Inc. DSM Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Dynamic Quest, Inc. Eaton Aeroquip, Inc. Eaton Corporation Eaton Electrical, Inc. Elastic Therapy, Inc. Ferguson Enterprises, Inc. Hospitality Mints, Inc. Hubbell Industrial Controls, Inc. Huttig Building Products, Inc. Indopco, Inc. Jeld-Wen, Inc. K&S Tool Manufacturing Company Metrics, Inc. NACCO Materials Handling Group Noble Oil Services, Inc. Novartis Animal Health US, Inc. Pentair Pool Products PGT Industries, Inc.

43 4 7 7 1 3 57 68 6 8 30 10 23 88 4 4 50 57 11 14 24 40 6 44 12 173 3 10 265 9 17 62 9 33 73 37

$ 215,000 4,000 7,000 35,000 1,000 3,000 57,000 340,000 30,000 28,000 30,000 10,000 23,000 88,000 20,000 4,000 250,000 285,000 11,000 14,000 24,000 200,000 30,000 160,000 60,000 173,000 15,000 10,000 989,000 45,000 85,000 310,000 9,000 33,000 365,000 185,000

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Taxpayer Tier 4 PJ's Truck Bodies & Equipment Co. Polimor Sa De Cv Polysi Technologies, Inc. PPG Industries, Inc. Saab Holdings US, Inc. Sealy Technology, LLC Sealy, Inc. Seiren U.S.A. Corporation Southport Boat Works, LLC Static Control Components, Inc. Stock Building Supply Tactical Support Equipment Technimark, Inc. The Cheesecake Factory Bakery, Inc. The Ohio Mattress Company The Quantum Group, Inc. The Timken Company Thomas Built Buses, Inc. Transportation Sys. Solutions, LLC Transtech Pharma, Inc. Unilin Flooring NC, LLC Unilin Holding, Inc. Union Corrugating Company Vecoplan, LLC Winterville Machine Works, Inc. Wyeth Holdings Corporation Total Tier 4 Tier 5 Active Data Service, Inc. Affinergy, Inc. Alcatel US Alliance of Professionals & Consultants Alternative Brands, Inc. Applied Bioscience International Argos Therapeutics, Inc. ASC Construction Equipment USA, Inc. Atex Technologies, Inc. ATI Industrial Automation Atlantic Corporation of Wilmington B. W. Wilson Paper Co., Inc. BIC USA, Inc. Biogen Idec US Limited Partners Biogen, Inc. Biomerieux, Inc. 4/30/2007

Number of New Jobs 3 4 4 10 82 7 22 310 48 85 24 2 20 24 35 3 35 156 10 2 117 129 24 5 2 434 2,909 25 3 5 89 21 170 9 31 11 16 3 2 79 11 11 25

Credit Generated $

15,000 20,000 4,000 10,000 82,000 7,000 22,000 310,000 48,000 425,000 120,000 2,000 20,000 120,000 35,000 3,000 35,000 780,000 50,000 2,000 117,000 129,000 120,000 5,000 2,000 434,000

$7,065,000 $

12,500 1,500 2,500 44,500 10,500 765,000 4,500 15,500 5,500 8,000 13,500 1,000 39,500 5,500 5,500 12,500 Page 5 of 8

Taxpayer Tier 5 Borgwarner Thermal Systems, Inc. Borgwarner Turbo Systems, Inc. Bradford Products, LLC Britax Child Safety, Inc. Bronto Software, Inc. Brooks Equipment Company, Inc. Canac Kitchens US. Ltd. Carolina Tractors & Equipment Carrier Corporation Castle Branch, Inc. Caterpillar, Inc. ChannelAdvisor Corporation Cisco Systems, Inc. Clariant Corporation Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated Compass Group USA, Inc. Consolidated Metco, Inc. Cree, Inc. Data Conversions, Inc. Decore-Ative Specialties, NC, LLC Deere & Company Dell Products Corporation Digital Optics Corporation Eaton Corporation Eaton Electrical, Inc. Eisai, Inc. Electrical Distributors, Inc. Electronic Technologies Corporation Family Dollar, Inc. Ferguson Enterprises, Inc. Forest Millwork, Inc. Frisby Aerospace, Inc. GD Armament and Technical Prods. General Parts, Inc. Getrag Corporation Gregory Poole Equipment Company Harris Corporation Health Decisions, Inc. Hearst Communications, Inc. Highwater Clays, Inc. Hill-Rom Manufacturing, Inc. Honda Power Equipment Mfg., Inc. IMO Industries, Inc. Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Jacob Holm Industries, Inc. 4/30/2007

Number of New Jobs 11 131 24 3 10 22 145 75 4 3 52 46 222 19 7 71 52 57 61 67 10 620 15 19 22 15 8 5 43 151 1 2 43 20 27 52 12 12 4 1 4 123 8 4 71

Credit Generated $

5,500 65,500 108,000 1,500 5,000 11,000 652,500 93,500 2,000 13,500 26,000 23,000 111,000 9,500 3,500 35,500 26,000 28,500 274,500 301,500 5,000 2,790,000 7,500 85,500 11,000 7,500 36,000 2,500 21,500 603,500 4,500 1,000 21,500 10,000 13,500 26,000 6,000 6,000 18,000 4,500 2,000 61,500 4,000 2,000 319,500 Page 6 of 8

Taxpayer Tier 5 KCS International, Inc. Kendro Laboratory Products, LP Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corporation Legacy Classic Furniture, Inc. Lendingtree, LLC Lord Corporation Lowe's Companies, Inc. Marine Tooling Technology, Inc. Marsh Furniture Company McCombs Steel Company, Inc. McMurray, Brian L. Merck & Company, Inc. Mickey Truck Bodies, Inc. Mother Murphy's Laboratories, Inc. Motricity, Inc. Nexans, Inc. Nitronex Corporation Nomaco K-Flex, LLC Novo Nordisk Pharmaceutical Inds., Inc. Novozymes North America, Inc. Nypro, Inc. OAO Tech. Solutions Federal Systems Pam Trading Corporation PBM Graphics, Inc. Polimor Sa De Cv Poly Plastic Products of NC Precisionaire, Inc. R.H. Donnelley, Inc. Raflatac, Inc. Ravenwood Red Hat, Inc. Red Storm Entertainment, Inc. Reliance Electric Company Renegade Holdings, Inc. Rexam Beverage Can Company RF Micro Devices, Inc. RFMD Infrastructure Product Group, Inc. SAS Institute, Inc. Schaefer Systems Int'l., Inc. Smiths Aerospace Components, Inc. Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Southern Concrete Materials, Inc. Southern Film Extruders, Inc. SPX Corporation Stock Building Supply 4/30/2007

Number of New Jobs 80 140 69 4 31 15 577 2 51 1 11 5 33 1 171 5 3 6 15 6 33 114 4 10 7 108 36 88 58 10 123 31 10 21 13 197 13 127 66 28 207 31 34 144 69

Credit Generated $

40,000 70,000 310,500 2,000 15,500 7,500 2,596,500 9,000 229,500 4,500 5,500 2,500 148,500 4,500 85,500 2,500 1,500 3,000 67,500 3,000 16,500 57,000 2,000 5,000 3,500 54,000 162,000 44,000 29,000 45,000 61,500 15,500 5,000 10,500 58,500 98,500 6,500 63,500 33,000 14,000 103,500 107,500 153,000 72,000 162,500 Page 7 of 8

Taxpayer

Number of New Jobs

Tier 5 Talecris Biotherapeutics, Inc. Targacept, Inc. Tekelec The Hon Company The Steel Network, Inc. Time Warner Entertainment Co. Transportation Sys. Solutions, LLC Transtech Pharma, Inc. Tyco Healthcare Group, LP Ultimus, Inc. Victaulic Company of America Wilson-Cook Medical, Inc.

197 4 130 6 2 118 10 10 7 6 39 15

Credit Generated $

98,500 18,000 65,000 3,000 1,000 59,000 45,000 5,000 3,500 3,000 19,500 67,500

Total Tier 5

6,237

$12,194,500

Grand Total

11,904

$40,741,000

Source: Policy Analysis and Statistics Division, Department of Revenue. Procedural Notes: Information from taxpayer returns, including taxpayer errors and omissions, is shown as reported. All returns are subject to audit. Amounts for any one taxpayer may reflect credits generated in multiple years. Affiliated taxpayers are reported individually. Credits reported by taxpayers who failed to identify the tier in which they were generated have been placed in the tier of their mailing address as reported to the Department of Revenue or as available from other sources.

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