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`STATEMENT OF
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`CHAIRMAN ANN BROWN
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`COMMENDATION AWARD TO SAWSTOP
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`JULY 20, 2001
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`WE ARE HERE TODAY TO AWARD A
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`CHAIRMAN’S COMMENDATION TO SAWSTOP, LLC,
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`OF WILSONVILLE, OREGON.
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`SAWSTOP HAS DEVELOPED AMAZING NEW
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`SAFETY TECHNOLOGY TO PREVENT INJURY ON
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`POWER SAWS.
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`I FIRST SAW A DEMONSTRATION OF THE
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`INNOVATION AT OUR PRODUCT SAFETY CIRCLE
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`CONFERENCE IN OAK BROOK, ILLINOIS, LAST
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`MONTH.
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`SawS top IT C-O 084752
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`CX-257.0001
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`SD3 Exhibit 2005 – Page 1
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`I CAN TELL YOU THAT EVERYONE IN THE
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`ROOM GASPED WHEN THE SAW STOPPED. IN THE
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`DRAMATIC DEMONSTRATION, THE SAW STOPPED
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`INSTANTLY WHEN IT CAME INTO CONTACT WITH
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`A HOTDOG. IN REAL LIFE, THAT WOULD HAVE
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`BEEN A FINGER -- A FINGER THAT MIGHT
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`OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN AMPUTATED IF THE SAW
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`HAD NOT STOPPED.
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`EACH YEAR THERE ARE ABOUT 30,000 HAND
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`AND FINGER INJURIES FROM TABLE AND BENCH
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`SAWS THAT ARE SERIOUS ENOUGH TO BE
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`TREATED IN U.S. HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOMS.
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`OF THESE, ABOUT 10% ARE FINGER AND
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`HAND AMPUTATION S. THI S NUMBER HAS
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`REMAINED THE SAME SINCE 1995.
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`SawS top IT C-O 084753
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`CX-257.0002
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`SD3 Exhibit 2005 – Page 2
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`SAWSTOP TECHNOLOGY WAS DEVELOPED TO
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`PREVENT THOSE SERIOUS INJURIES FROM
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`OCCURRING.
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`IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PROTECT
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`THOUSANDS OF CONSUMERS WHO USE POWER
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`SAWS EACH YEAR AND TO BRING THOSE INJURY
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`NUMB ER S D OWN.
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`OUR CPSC TECHNICAL EXPERTS HAVE
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`EXAMINED THIS TECHNOLOGY CAREFULLY.
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`THEY ARE CONVINCED IT WILL HELP PREVENT
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`INJURIES.
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`COMPANIES ARE OFTEN CONSERVATIVE
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`WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY INNOVATIONS.
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`HERE’S ONE THAT REALLY WORKS. LET’S SEE
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`PEOPLE USE IT.
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`SawS top IT C-O 084754
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`CX-257.0003
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`SD3 Exhibit 2005 – Page 3
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`NOW THAT WE KNOW THE TECHNOLOGY IS
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`AVAILABLE AND FEASIBLE, WE ARE ASKING
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`UNDERWRITERS’ LABORATORY TO REVISE ITS
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`SAFETY STANDARDS FOR SAWS.
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`WE BELIEVE THE BAR CAN AND SHOULD BE
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`RAISED FOR SAFETY WITH POWER SAWS.
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`REPRESENTATIVES OF U-L ARE HERE WITH
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`US TODAY, AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
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`THEIR PRESENCE (MIKE BELCHER AND GORDON
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`GILLERMAN).
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`AND NOW IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE TO
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`INVITE STEPHEN GASS, PRESIDENT OF SAWSTOP
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`TO THE PODIUM FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THE
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`COMMENDATION.
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`SawS top IT C-O 084755
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`CX-257.0004
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`SD3 Exhibit 2005 – Page 4
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`DR.GASS. YOU HAVE DESIGNED
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`TECHNOLOGY THAT WILL HELP PREVENT
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`SERIOUS INJURIES FROM POWER SAWS.
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`OUR CHIEF ENGINEER HUGH MCLAURIN
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`TELLS ME YOUR TECHNOLOGY IS
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`"SOPHISTICATED, ROBUST AND INTELLIGENTLY
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`DESIGNED, WHILE BEING SIMPLE IN ITS
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`COMPONENTS AND USE."
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`IT REQUIRES NO SPECIAL ACTION ON THE
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`PART OF THE USER TO ASSURE PROTECTION.
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`IT WILL WORK FOR ALL LIKELY USERS OF
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`TABLE SAWS, FROM THE MOST EXPERIENCED
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`WOODWORKER TO THE NOVICE.
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`IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PREVENT
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`THOUSANDS OF DISABLING INJURIES EACH
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`YEAR.
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`SawS top IT C-O 084756
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`CX-257.0005
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`SD3 Exhibit 2005 – Page 5
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`IT IS TRULY A MARVELOUS INNOVATION.
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`THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT E SPECIALLY
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`PLEASE ME. ONE IS THAT WE LEARNED ABOUT
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`THIS INNOVATION AT OUR RECENT PRODUCT
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`SAFETY CIRCLE CONFERENCE, WHERE YOU
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`DEMONSTRATED IT.
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`THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF SAFETY
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`INNOVATION THE PRODUCT SAFETY CIRCLE WAS
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`INTENDED TO ENCOURAGE.
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`I CAN THINK OF NO BETTER RESULT OF OUR
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`CONFERENCE THAN THE ADOPTION OF AN
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`EXCELLENT SAFETY INNOVATION LIKE THIS.
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`SOMETHING ELSE THAT PLEASES ME IS THAT
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`YOURS IS A SMALL COMPANY. YOU HAVE ONLY
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`FOUR EMPLOYEES.
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`S awS top IT C-O 084757
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`CX-257.0006
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`SD3 Exhibit 2005 – Page 6
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`IT SHOWS THAT SMALL COMPANIES AS WELL
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`AS BIG ONES CAN MAKE SIGNIFICANT
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`CONTRIBUTIONS TO INCREASED SAFETY FOR
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`AMERICAN CONSUMERS.
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`IT IS MY PLEASURE NOW TO PRESENT TO
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`YOU THE CPSC CHAIRMAN’S COMMENDATION
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`FOR SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO PRODUCT
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`SAFETY.
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`THE COMMENDATION READS" PRESENTED TO
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`SAWSTOP, LLC "FOR DEVELOPING INNOVATIVE
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`SAFETY TECHNOLOGY FOR POWER SAWS TO
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`PREVENT FINGER AMPUTATIONS AND OTHER
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`SERIOUS INJURIES." ANN BROWN, CHAIRMAN,
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`JULY 20, 2001.
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`(PRESENT COMMENDATION.)
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`CONGRATULATIONS.
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`SawS top IT C-O 084758
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`CX-257.0007
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`SD3 Exhibit 2005 – Page 7
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