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&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: 3pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold;" size="2"&gt;9. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: 3pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2"&gt;The Company recognized stock-based compensation expense related to employee stock option awards of $814 and $1,677 for the three and six months ended June&amp;#160;30, 2013, respectively.&amp;#160; Stock-based compensation expense related to employee stock option awards was $980 and $2,102 for the three and six months ended June&amp;#160;30, 2012, respectively. At June&amp;#160;30, 2013, there was approximately $4,714 of pre-tax stock-based compensation expense, net of estimated forfeitures, related to unvested awards not yet recognized, which are expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.25 years.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: 14pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2"&gt;A summary of option activity for the six months ended June&amp;#160;30, 2013 is as follows:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold;" size="1"&gt;Number&amp;#160;of&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold;" size="1"&gt;Weighted&amp;#160;Average&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold;" size="1"&gt;Shares&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold;" size="1"&gt;Exercise&amp;#160;Price&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2"&gt;Outstanding at December&amp;#160;31, 2012&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 1.3%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in;" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2"&gt;Granted&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2"&gt;Exercised&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2"&gt;(7,550&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2"&gt;)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2"&gt;)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2"&gt;Expired&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2"&gt;)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2"&gt;Outstanding at June&amp;#160;30, 2013&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2"&gt;6,173,843&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 12.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in;" valign="bottom" width="12%" colspan="2"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2"&gt;5.91&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2"&gt;Options exercisable at June&amp;#160;30, 2013&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2"&gt;3,458,023&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 1.3%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in;" valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 11.2%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in;" valign="bottom" width="11%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2"&gt;8.28&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2"&gt;Weighted average grant date fair value of options granted during the six months ended June&amp;#160;30, 2013&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2"&gt;1.18&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2"&gt;For the six months ended June&amp;#160;30, 2013 and 2012, the Company determined the fair value of stock options using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions for option grants, respectively:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold;" size="1"&gt;Six&amp;#160;Months&amp;#160;Ended&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold;" size="1"&gt;June&amp;#160;30,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold;" size="1"&gt;2013&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 2.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in;" valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold;" size="1"&gt;2012&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2"&gt;Expected dividend yield&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2"&gt;&amp;#8212;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2"&gt;Risk-free rate&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2"&gt;0.71% - 1.49%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2"&gt;0.67% - 1.15%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2"&gt;Expected option term (in years)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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