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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS No. 05-273 T (Judge Bruggink) __________ INVESTEC, INC., Plaintiff v. UNITED STATES, Defendant consolidated with No. 05-274 T __________ MARY E. BOWLER, Plaintiff v. UNITED STATES, Defendant __________ JOINT STATUS REPORT _________

Pursuant to the Court's Order, the parties submit the following Joint Status Report. The parties have completed discovery in the above-captioned case. The parties have tentatively agreed on a basis for possibly settling this case. The Department of Justice is currently preparing

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computations based on the proposed settlement. Upon receipt of those computations the parties will decide whether to proceed with a possible settlement or to proceed to trial. The parties request that they be allowed 45 days to complete this process. The parties propose that they file another joint status report on January 29, 2007, concerning the status of settlement discussions.

Respectfully submitted,

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____s/Thomas W. Ostrander_____ THOMAS W. OSTRANDER Duane Morris LLP One Liberty Place Philadelphia, Pa. 19105-7396 (215) 979-1802 Counsel for Plaintiffs

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s/Benjamin C. King, Jr.________ BENJAMIN C. KING, JR. Attorney of Record Justice Department (Tax) Court of Federal Claims Section Post Office Box 26 Ben Franklin Post Office Washington, D.C. 20044 (202) 307-6506 EILEEN J. O'CONNOR Assistant Attorney General DAVID GUSTAFSON Chief, Court of Federal Claims Section STEVEN I. FRAHM Assistant Chief

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s/Steven I. Frahm Of Counsel Counsel for Defendant

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