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<div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     In January 2010, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards
Update (“ASU”) No. 2010-06, <i>Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures </i>(“ASU 2010-06”). ASU 2010-06
provides amendments that clarify existing disclosures and require new disclosures related to fair
value measurements, providing greater disaggregated information on each class of assets and
liabilities and more robust disclosures on transfers between levels 1 and 2, and activity in level
3 fair value measurements. The Company adopted the applicable provisions within ASU 2010-06
effective January 1, 2010. The Company adopted the level 3 disclosure requirements of ASU 2010-06
that are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010 and for interim periods
within those fiscal years as of January 1, 2011. See Note 5. The adoption of ASU 2010-06 did not
have a significant impact on the Company’s fair value disclosures.
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<div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     In April 2010, the FASB issued ASU No. 2010-17, <i>Revenue Recognition — Milestone Method </i>(“ASU
2010-17”). ASU 2010-17 establishes criteria for a milestone to be considered substantive and
allows revenue recognition when the milestone is achieved in research or development arrangements.
In addition, it requires disclosure of certain information with respect to arrangements that
contain milestones. ASU 2010-17 was effective on January 1, 2011 for the Company and the adoption
did not have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated results of operations, financial
position or cash flows.
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-Name Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB)
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-Name Accounting Principles Board Opinion (APB)
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<div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     In December 2010, the FASB issued ASU No. 2010-29, <i>Business Combinations </i>(“ASU 2010-29”). ASU
2010-29 addresses diversity in practice about the interpretation of the pro forma disclosure
requirement for business combinations. ASU 2010-29 requires disclosure of pro forma revenue and
earnings for the current reporting period as though the acquisition date for all business
combinations that occurred during the year had been as of the beginning of the annual reporting
period for both the current and any comparable periods reported. The Company adopted the
disclosure requirements of ASU 2010-29 effective January 1, 2011.
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)
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