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<p style="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%">
<font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">The changes in
the carrying value of goodwill for the six months ended
June 30, 2013 (in thousands) are as follows:</font></p>
<p style="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">
 </p>
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="68%" border="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" align="center">
<tr>
<td width="87%"></td>
<td valign="bottom" width="6%"></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom"><font size="1"> </font></td>
<td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td>
<td valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center" style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="1"><b>Amount</b></font></td>
<td valign="bottom"><font size="1"> </font></td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
<td valign="top">
<p style="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">Goodwill as of
December 31, 2012</font></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td>
<td valign="bottom"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">$</font></td>
<td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">493,141</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">  </font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">
<p style="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">Foreign currency translation
effect</font></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td>
<td valign="bottom"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2"> </font></td>
<td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">(36,421</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">) </font></td>
</tr>
<tr style="font-size:1px">
<td valign="bottom"></td>
<td valign="bottom">  </td>
<td valign="bottom">
<p style="border-top:1px solid #000000"> </p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom">
<p style="border-top:1px solid #000000"> </p>
</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
<td valign="top">
<p style="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">Goodwill as of June 30,
2013</font></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td>
<td valign="bottom"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">$</font></td>
<td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">456,720</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">  </font></td>
</tr>
<tr style="font-size:1px">
<td valign="bottom"></td>
<td valign="bottom">  </td>
<td valign="bottom">
<p style="border-top:3px double #000000"> </p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom">
<p style="border-top:3px double #000000"> </p>
</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
</table>
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=14024403&loc=d3e13816-109267
Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=14024403&loc=d3e13854-109267
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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%">
<font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">The following
describes changes in the carrying value of intangibles for the six
months ended June 30, 2013 (in thousands):</font></p>
<p style="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">
 </p>
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="68%" border="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" align="center">
<tr>
<td width="87%"></td>
<td valign="bottom" width="6%"></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom"><font size="1"> </font></td>
<td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td>
<td valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center" style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="1"><b>Amount</b></font></td>
<td valign="bottom"><font size="1"> </font></td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
<td valign="top">
<p style="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">Intangible assets as of
December 31, 2012</font></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td>
<td valign="bottom"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">$</font></td>
<td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">144,428</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">  </font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">
<p style="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">Foreign currency translation
effect</font></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td>
<td valign="bottom"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2"> </font></td>
<td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">(10,218</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">) </font></td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
<td valign="top">
<p style="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">Amortization</font></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td>
<td valign="bottom"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2"> </font></td>
<td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">(5,440</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">) </font></td>
</tr>
<tr style="font-size:1px">
<td valign="bottom"></td>
<td valign="bottom">  </td>
<td valign="bottom">
<p style="border-top:1px solid #000000"> </p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom">
<p style="border-top:1px solid #000000"> </p>
</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">
<p style="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">Intangible assets as of
June 30, 2013</font></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td>
<td valign="bottom"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">$</font></td>
<td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">128,770</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">  </font></td>
</tr>
<tr style="font-size:1px">
<td valign="bottom"></td>
<td valign="bottom">  </td>
<td valign="bottom">
<p style="border-top:3px double #000000"> </p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom">
<p style="border-top:3px double #000000"> </p>
</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
</table>
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<p style="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%">
<font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">As of
June 30, 2013, intangible assets were comprised of the
following (in thousands):</font></p>
<p style="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">
 </p>
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="68%" border="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" align="center">
<tr>
<td width="87%"></td>
<td valign="bottom" width="6%"></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom"><font size="1"> </font></td>
<td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td>
<td valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center" style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="1"><b>Amount</b></font></td>
<td valign="bottom"><font size="1"> </font></td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
<td valign="top">
<p style="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">Customer
relationships</font></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td>
<td valign="bottom"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">$</font></td>
<td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">189,844</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">  </font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">
<p style="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">Intellectual property
rights</font></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td>
<td valign="bottom"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2"> </font></td>
<td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">9,400</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">  </font></td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
<td valign="top">
<p style="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">Foreign currency translation
adjustments</font></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td>
<td valign="bottom"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2"> </font></td>
<td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">(44,739</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">) </font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">
<p style="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">Accumulated
Amortization</font></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td>
<td valign="bottom"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2"> </font></td>
<td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">(25,735</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">) </font></td>
</tr>
<tr style="font-size:1px">
<td valign="bottom"></td>
<td valign="bottom">  </td>
<td valign="bottom">
<p style="border-top:1px solid #000000"> </p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom">
<p style="border-top:1px solid #000000"> </p>
</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
<td valign="top">
<p style="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">Intangible assets as of
June 30, 2013</font></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td>
<td valign="bottom"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">$</font></td>
<td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">128,770</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman" size="2">  </font></td>
</tr>
<tr style="font-size:1px">
<td valign="bottom"></td>
<td valign="bottom">  </td>
<td valign="bottom">
<p style="border-top:3px double #000000"> </p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom">
<p style="border-top:3px double #000000"> </p>
</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
</table>
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26713463&loc=d3e16265-109275
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
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<p style="MARGIN-TOP: 12px; TEXT-INDENT: 4%; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">
<font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">Future
estimated annual amortization is as follows (in
thousands):</font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 12px">
 </p>
<table style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="68%" align="center">
<tr>
<td width="89%"></td>
<td valign="bottom" width="4%"></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom"><font size="1"> </font></td>
<td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td>
<td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="1"><b>Amount</b></font></td>
<td valign="bottom"><font size="1"> </font></td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
<td valign="top">
<p style="TEXT-INDENT: -1em; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">Remainder of
2013</font></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td>
<td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"> </font></td>
<td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">5,270</font></td>
<td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">  </font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">
<p style="TEXT-INDENT: -1em; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">2014</font></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td>
<td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"> </font></td>
<td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">10,764</font></td>
<td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">  </font></td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
<td valign="top">
<p style="TEXT-INDENT: -1em; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">2015</font></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td>
<td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"> </font></td>
<td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">11,232</font></td>
<td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">  </font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">
<p style="TEXT-INDENT: -1em; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">2016</font></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td>
<td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"> </font></td>
<td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">11,619</font></td>
<td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">  </font></td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
<td valign="top">
<p style="TEXT-INDENT: -1em; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">2017</font></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td>
<td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"> </font></td>
<td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">11,256</font></td>
<td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">  </font></td>
</tr>
</table>
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26713463&loc=d3e16323-109275
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