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GLOBAL REACH. LEADlNG TECHNOLOGY. - Zonebourse.com

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6<br />

The P&H engineering team<br />

designs technology-based solutions<br />

such as the Centurion system—<br />

which includes digital drives and<br />

touch-screen <strong>com</strong>puters—that<br />

deliver increased performance<br />

and lower the customer’s cost<br />

per unit of production.<br />

investment in infrastructure in these markets will<br />

continue until that gap is substantially narrowed.<br />

In addition, coal will continue to play a critical<br />

role in fueling base load generation of electricity<br />

for generations to <strong>com</strong>e. The most optimistic<br />

estimates project renewable sources to reach only<br />

twenty percent of the power supply. The next<br />

nuclear plant is ten or more years away, and it<br />

will be decades before enough capacity is built<br />

to meaningfully increase nuclear’s share of overall<br />

power generation. Coal is even more essential<br />

to achieving both climate change goals along with<br />

continued economic development. The inevitable<br />

dependence on hydrocarbons will drive the<br />

<strong>com</strong>mercialization of carbon capture and storage<br />

technologies that will make coal environmentally sustainable and the most affordable fuel<br />

for electricity generation.<br />

Eighty percent of the worldwide power generating capacity that will be added in the next<br />

two decades will be built in the emerging markets, and the vast majority will be coalfired<br />

simply because coal is the abundant local fuel in these countries. The industrialized<br />

markets will also continue to depend heavily on coal, and we are already seeing this<br />

play out in Europe. Despite the <strong>com</strong>mitment to climate change, new base load power<br />

generation in Europe is turning to coal. As a result, the European Union has made carbon<br />

capture and storage a primary climate change priority. Demand growth, fuel affordability<br />

and surety of supply will invariably take the U.S. down the same path.<br />

In 2008, we delivered very solid financial performance and balanced that by making<br />

strategic investments in our future. In 2009, our balanced efforts will be even more<br />

important as we face volatility and uncertainty in our markets. As a result, we remain<br />

focused on delivering near-term performance and long-term capability to maximize<br />

the value of your <strong>com</strong>pany.<br />

Sincerely,<br />

Michael W. Sutherlin<br />

President and Chief Executive Officer

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