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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;8. CONVERTIBLE NOTES&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2016 Notes&lt;/i&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;On January&amp;#160;14, 2011, we entered into an underwriting agreement with the Underwriter relating
   to the offer and sale of $540&amp;#160;million aggregate principal amount of our 2016 Notes. Under the terms
   of the underwriting agreement, we granted the Underwriter an option, exercisable within 30&amp;#160;days of
   the date of the agreement, to purchase up to an additional $80&amp;#160;million aggregate principal amount
   of 2016 Notes to cover overallotments. We issued $540&amp;#160;million in aggregate principal amount of the
   2016 Notes upon the closing of the offering on January&amp;#160;20, 2011. Net proceeds to us, after payment
   of underwriting fees and estimated expenses, were approximately $528.8&amp;#160;million. On January&amp;#160;31,
   2011, the Underwriter exercised the overallotment option in full, and we closed on the sale of the
   additional $80&amp;#160;million in principal amount of the 2016 Notes on February&amp;#160;3, 2011. Net proceeds to
   us from the exercise of the overallotment option, after deducting underwriting fees and other
   offering expenses, were approximately $78.3&amp;#160;million.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;On January&amp;#160;20, 2011, we entered into the First Supplemental Indenture (the &amp;#8220;Supplemental
   Indenture&amp;#8221;), dated as of January&amp;#160;20, 2011, with The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as
   trustee (the &amp;#8220;Trustee&amp;#8221;), to our existing Base Indenture (the &amp;#8220;Base Indenture&amp;#8221; and, together with
   the Supplemental Indenture, the &amp;#8220;2016 Indenture&amp;#8221;), dated as of March&amp;#160;16, 2007, with the Trustee.
   The 2016 Indenture sets forth the rights and provisions governing the 2016 Notes. Interest is
   payable on the 2016 Notes semi-annually in arrears on January&amp;#160;15 and July&amp;#160;15 of each year,
   beginning on July&amp;#160;15, 2011. Record dates for payment of interest on the 2016 Notes are each January
   1 and July 1.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;The 2016 Notes are convertible at the option of the holder, and we may choose to satisfy
   the conversion in cash, shares of our common stock, or a combination of cash and shares of our
   common stock, based on a conversion rate initially equal to 19.5160 shares of our common stock per
   $1,000 principal amount of the 2016 Notes, which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of
   approximately $51.24 per share. The conversion rate will be increased under certain circumstances
   described in the 2016 Indenture; however, the number of shares of common stock issued upon
   conversion of a 2016 Note will not exceed 27.3224 per $1,000 principal amount of 2016 Notes,
   subject to adjustment in accordance with the 2016 Indenture.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;The offering of the 2016 Notes was made pursuant to our effective shelf registration statement
   on Form S-3 (Registration No.&amp;#160;333-163573), as amended by a post-effective amendment, including the
   related prospectus dated January&amp;#160;13, 2011 and the prospectus supplement dated January&amp;#160;14, 2011,
   each as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;The 2016 Notes are accounted for in accordance with ASC 470-20. Under ASC 470-20, issuers of
   certain convertible debt instruments that have a net settlement feature and may be settled in cash
   upon conversion, including partial cash settlement, are required to separately account for the
   liability (debt)&amp;#160;and equity (conversion option) components of the instrument. The carrying amount
   of the liability component of the 2016 Notes, as of the issuance date, was calculated by estimating
   the fair value of a similar liability issued at an 8.1% effective interest rate, which was
   determined by considering the rate of return investors would require in the Company&amp;#8217;s debt
   structure. The amount of the equity component was calculated by deducting the fair value of the
   liability component from the principal amount of the 2016 Notes and resulted in a corresponding
   increase to debt discount. The debt discount is being amortized as interest expense through the
   earlier of the maturity date of the 2016 Notes or the date of conversion.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;The application of ASC 470-20 resulted in the initial recognition of $132.9&amp;#160;million as the
   debt discount with a corresponding increase to additional paid-in capital, the equity component,
   for the 2016 Notes. At March&amp;#160;31, 2011, the net carrying amount of the liability component, which is
   recorded as a current liability in the consolidated balance sheet, and the remaining unamortized
   debt discount were as follows (in thousands):
   &lt;/div&gt;
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       &lt;td width="5%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="3%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="3%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
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       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="3"&gt;&lt;b&gt;March 31,&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
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       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;2011&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
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   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Carrying amount of the equity component
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;132,876&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Carrying amount of the liability component
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;491,424&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Unamortized discount of the liability component
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;128,576&lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Amortization of the debt discount and debt issuance costs for the three months ended March&amp;#160;31,
   2011 resulted in non-cash interest expense of $4.7&amp;#160;million. In addition, interest expense for the
   three months ended March&amp;#160;31, 2011 was $3.4&amp;#160;million based on the
   2.875% stated coupon rate. The fair
   value of the 2016 Notes at March&amp;#160;31, 2011, based on the average trading prices of similar
   instruments at March&amp;#160;31, 2011, was approximately $655.7&amp;#160;million.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;We have identified other embedded derivatives associated with the 2016 Notes and are
   accounting for these embedded derivatives accordingly. These embedded derivatives meet certain
   criteria and are therefore not required to be accounted for separately from the 2016 Notes.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2014 Notes&lt;/i&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;In 2007, an aggregate of $85.3&amp;#160;million of the 2014 Notes were sold in a private placement to
   qualified institutional buyers. Proceeds from the offering, after deducting placement fees and our
   estimated expenses, were approximately $82.3&amp;#160;million. The 2014 Notes were issued at face principal
   amount and pay interest semi-annually in arrears on June&amp;#160;15 and December&amp;#160;15 of each year. Record
   dates for payment of interest on the 2014 Notes are each June 1st and December 1st. In certain
   circumstances, additional amounts may become due on the 2014 Notes as additional interest. We can
   elect that the sole remedy for an event of default for our failure to comply with the &amp;#8220;reporting
   obligations&amp;#8221; provisions of the indenture under which the 2014 Notes were issued (the &amp;#8220;Indenture&amp;#8221;),
   for the first 180&amp;#160;days after the occurrence of such event of default would be for the holders of
   the 2014 Notes to receive additional interest on the 2014 Notes at an annual rate equal to 1% of
   the outstanding principal amount of the 2014 Notes. We recorded interest expense, including the
   amortization of debt issuance costs, related to the 2014 Notes of $0.4&amp;#160;million and $0.7&amp;#160;million
   during the three months ended March&amp;#160;31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;The 2014 Notes are convertible into our common stock, initially at the conversion price of
   $10.28 per share, equal to a conversion rate of approximately 97.2644 shares per $1,000 principal
   amount of the 2014 Notes, subject to adjustment. There may be an increase in the conversion rate of
   the 2014 Notes under certain circumstances described in the Indenture; however, the number of
   shares of common stock issued will not exceed 114.2857 per $1,000 principal amount of the 2014
   Notes. A holder that converts 2014 Notes in connection with a &amp;#8220;fundamental change,&amp;#8221; as defined in
   the Indenture, may in some circumstances be entitled to an increased conversion rate (i.e., a lower
   per share conversion price) as a make whole premium. If a fundamental change occurs, holders of the
   2014 Notes may require us to repurchase all or a portion of their 2014 Notes for cash at a
   repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2014 Notes to be repurchased, plus
   any accrued and unpaid interest and other amounts due thereon. The Indenture contains customary
   covenants.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;In April&amp;#160;2009, $11.5&amp;#160;million in principal amount of the 2014 Notes were converted by holders
   of the 2014 Notes, resulting in the issuance of approximately 1.1&amp;#160;million shares of common stock.
   In May&amp;#160;2009, we exchanged approximately 2.1&amp;#160;million shares of our common stock for $21.2&amp;#160;million
   principal face amount of the 2014 Notes. In December&amp;#160;2010, we exchanged approximately 2.5&amp;#160;million
   shares of common stock for $24.9&amp;#160;million principal face amount of the 2014 Notes, which included a
   premium of approximately 129,000 shares of common stock.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;We have identified embedded derivatives associated with the 2014 Notes. These embedded
   derivatives meet certain criteria and are therefore not required to be accounted for separately
   from the 2014 Notes.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;As of March&amp;#160;31, 2011 and December&amp;#160;31, 2010, the aggregate principal amount of the 2014 Notes
   outstanding was $27.7&amp;#160;million. The fair value of the 2014 Notes at March&amp;#160;31, 2011 and December&amp;#160;31,
   2010, based on the average trading prices of similar instruments near each respective quarter-end,
   was approximately $101.2&amp;#160;million and $98.0&amp;#160;million, respectively.
   &lt;/div&gt;
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