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DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;Periodically we enter into forward foreign exchange contracts in an effort to mitigate the risks associated with currency fluctuations on certain foreign currency balance sheet exposures.&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Our foreign exchange contracts do not qualify for hedge accounting; therefore, the gains and losses resulting from the impact of currency exchange rate movements on our forward foreign exchange contracts are recognized as other income or expense in the accompanying consolidated income statements in the period in which the exchange rates change.&amp;#160;&amp;#160;We do not use derivative financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes.&amp;#160;&amp;#160;In addition, all derivatives, whether designated in hedging relationships or not, are required to be recorded on the balance sheet at fair value.&amp;#160;&amp;#160;At December 31, 2010, we had one forward foreign exchange contract to sell Japanese yen related to intercompany notes with one of our subsidiaries in Japan and for the purpose of hedging the risk associated with a net transactional exposure in Japanese yen.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; 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FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid" valign="bottom" align="left" width="27%"&gt;&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px" valign="bottom" width="25%"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px" valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px" valign="bottom" width="10%" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; 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