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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><b><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold;" size="1">For the six months ended June 30,</font></b></p></td>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><b><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold;" size="1">2013</font></b></p></td>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><b><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold;" size="1">2012</font></b></p></td>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><b><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold;" size="1">(in millions)</font></b></p></td>
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<p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2">Compensation cost</font></p></td>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold;" size="2">$</font></b></p></td>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="right"><b><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold;" size="2">33.0</font></b></p></td>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2">27.2</font></p></td>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="right"><b><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold;" size="2">9.5</font></b></p></td>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2">9.0</font></p></td>
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<p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2">Capitalized as part of an asset</font></p></td>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="right"><b><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold;" size="2">1.3</font></b></p></td>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2">1.2</font></p></td>
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