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FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt; 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            &lt;td align="left" 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 valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&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 valign="bottom" width="9%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&lt;font id="TAB1_7" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18.95pt"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;451,000&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr bgcolor="#cceeff"&gt;             &lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="64%"&gt;               &lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 5.05pt" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;Restricted  stock&lt;font id="TAB1_8" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 12pt"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;             &lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="left" 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 valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&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 valign="bottom" width="9%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&lt;font id="TAB1_9" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 8.95pt"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;1,928,000&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&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 align="left" 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 valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&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 valign="bottom" width="9%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&lt;font id="TAB1_10" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 8.95pt"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;1,772,000&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&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 align="left" 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 valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&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 valign="bottom" width="9%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&lt;font id="TAB1_11" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 8.95pt"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;2,001,000&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr bgcolor="white"&gt;             &lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="64%"&gt;               &lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 5.05pt" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;2.875%&amp;#160;convertible  senior notes&lt;font id="TAB1_12" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 12pt"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;             &lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="left" 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 valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&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 valign="bottom" width="9%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&lt;font id="TAB1_13" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18.95pt"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;291,000&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt; 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FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&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 valign="bottom" width="9%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&lt;font id="TAB1_15" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 53.75pt"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"&gt;-&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr bgcolor="#cceeff"&gt;             &lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="64%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"&gt;               &lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 5.05pt" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;3.75%&amp;#160;convertible  senior notes&lt;font id="TAB1_16" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 12pt"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;             &lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"&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 valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&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 valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&lt;font id="TAB1_17" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 2.3pt"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;18,749,000&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; 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FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"&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 valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&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 valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&lt;font id="TAB1_19" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 53.75pt"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"&gt;-&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr bgcolor="white"&gt;             &lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="64%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"&gt;               &lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 5.05pt" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;Weighted  average shares assuming dilution&lt;font id="TAB1_20" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 12pt"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;             &lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px"&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 valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt; 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