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&lt;tr valign="top"&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times;" class="_mt"&gt;9.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times;" class="_mt"&gt;GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;

&lt;div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="text-indent: 4%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; color: #000000; margin-left: 0%; font-size: 10pt; margin-right: 0%;" align="left"&gt;The following table shows an analysis of goodwill and intangible assets for the years ended December&amp;nbsp;31, 2010, 2009 and 2008: &lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;td width="1%" align="right"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td width="3%"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="1%" align="right"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="6%" align="right"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="1%" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt;" valign="bottom" align="center"&gt;&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Intangible assets&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt;" valign="bottom" align="center"&gt;&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;with indefinite&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Intangible assets&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt;" valign="bottom" align="center"&gt;&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-bottom: #000000 1px solid;" valign="bottom" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Goodwill&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-bottom: #000000 1px solid;" valign="bottom" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;lives&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-bottom: #000000 1px solid;" valign="bottom" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;with finite lives&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-bottom: #000000 1px solid;" valign="bottom" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Total&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt;"&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="background: #cceeff;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;td valign="bottom" align="left"&gt;

&lt;div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt;"&gt;Net balance at December&amp;nbsp;31, 2008 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;$ &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;268,532 &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;$ &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;23,920 &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;$ &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;47,490 &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;$ &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;339,942 &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;

&lt;div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt;"&gt;Additions &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;&amp;#8212; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;&amp;#8212; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;&amp;#8212; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;&amp;#8212; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="background: #cceeff;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;

&lt;div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt;"&gt;Amortization &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;&amp;#8212; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;&amp;#8212; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;(4,185 &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;) &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;(4,185 &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;) &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;

&lt;div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt;"&gt;Impairments &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;(156 &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;) &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;&amp;#8212; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;(6,866 &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;) &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;(7,022 &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;) &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="font-size: 1pt;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="background: #cceeff;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;td valign="bottom" align="left"&gt;

&lt;div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt;"&gt;Net balance at December&amp;nbsp;31, 2009 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;268,376 &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;23,920 &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;36,439 &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;328,735 &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;

&lt;div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt;"&gt;Additions &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;&amp;#8212; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;&amp;#8212; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;&amp;#8212; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;&amp;#8212; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="background: #cceeff;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;

&lt;div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt;"&gt;Amortization &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;&amp;#8212; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;&amp;#8212; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;(3,483 &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;) &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;(3,483 &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;) &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="font-size: 1pt;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;td valign="bottom" align="left"&gt;

&lt;div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt;"&gt;Net balance at December&amp;nbsp;31, 2010 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;268,376 &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;23,920 &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;32,956 &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;325,252 &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="font-size: 1pt;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="background: #cceeff;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;

&lt;div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt;"&gt;Gross balance &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;268,532 &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;23,920 &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;48,200 &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;340,652 &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;

&lt;div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt;"&gt;Accumulated amortization &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;&amp;#8212; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;&amp;#8212; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;(8,378 &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;) &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;(8,378 &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;) &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="background: #cceeff;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;

&lt;div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt;"&gt;Impairments &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;(156 &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;) &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;&amp;#8212; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;(6,866 &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;) &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;(7,022 &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;) &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="font-size: 1pt;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;

&lt;div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt;"&gt;Net balance &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;$ &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;268,376 &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;$ &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;23,920 &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;$ &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;32,956 &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;$ &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;325,252 &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="font-size: 1pt;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;

&lt;div style="text-indent: 0%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; color: #000000; margin-left: 0%; font-size: 10pt; margin-right: 0%;" align="left"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="text-indent: 4%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; color: #000000; margin-left: 0%; font-size: 10pt; margin-right: 0%;" align="left"&gt;On February&amp;nbsp;29, 2008, the Company completed the purchase of Finial Insurance Company. The fair value of the insurance licenses acquired was $12,000 at acquisition and was recorded as an intangible asset with an indefinite life. The Company also recognized goodwill of $3,917 related to the acquisition. &lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="text-indent: 4%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; color: #000000; margin-left: 0%; font-size: 10pt; margin-right: 0%;" align="left"&gt;On October&amp;nbsp;20, 2008, the Company completed the purchase of Darwin. The fair value of the insurance licenses acquired was $8,000 at acquisition and was recorded as an intangible asset with an indefinite life. The fair value of the trademark, renewal rights, covenants-not-to-compete and the internally developed software acquired was $48,200 at acquisition and was recorded as intangible assets with finite lives. At the end of 2009, the Company made a strategic decision to market all products, with few limited exceptions, under the Allied World brand instead of under the Darwin brand. The Company believes that Darwin related business will benefit from greater access to markets under the Allied World brand, which is a more internationally recognized brand. This resulted in a significant change in the extent and manner in which the trademark would be utilized. As such, a $6,866 impairment was incurred and included in "amortization and impairment of intangible assets" in the Company's consolidated income statements for the year ended December&amp;nbsp;31, 2009 to write off the unamortized balance of the Darwin trademark. No additional impairment was incurred as the Company will continue to utilize and benefit from the existing renewal rights, covenants-not-to-compete and internally developed software. The amortization of the intangible assets with definite lives for the years ended December&amp;nbsp;31, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and thereafter will be $2,978, $2,533, $2,533, $2,533, $2,533 and $19,846, respectively. The intangible assets will be amortized over a weighted average useful life of 12.7&amp;nbsp;years. The Company also recognized goodwill of $264,615 related to the acquisition. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;</NonNumbericText><NonNumericTextHeader>9.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS

&amp;nbsp;

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