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&lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"&gt;$&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;1,994&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-indent: -1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"&gt;Net property, plant and equipment&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-indent: -1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"&gt;Identifiable intangible assets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-indent: -1em; margin-left: 3em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"&gt;Customer relationship&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-indent: -1em; margin-left: 3em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"&gt;Other&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"&gt;400&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-indent: -1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"&gt;Other non-current assets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"&gt;1,240&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-indent: -1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"&gt;Current liabilities, excluding the current portion of long-term debt&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-indent: -1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"&gt;Current portion of long-term debt&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-indent: -1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"&gt;Long-term debt&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-indent: -1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"&gt;Other long-term liabilities&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"&gt;(2,830)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-indent: -1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"&gt;Goodwill&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-indent: -1em; margin-left: 3em;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"&gt;Total merger consideration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"&gt;$&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;12,282&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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