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&lt;p style="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;(10) Pensions and post-retirement benefits&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2"&gt;The Company has noncontributory defined benefit plans covering its employees in India and Sri Lanka as mandated by the Indian and Sri Lankan governments.&amp;#160; The following tables provide information regarding pension expense recognized:&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;Three&amp;#160;Months&amp;#160;Ended&lt;br /&gt;
June&amp;#160;30,&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;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 2.68%; 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;
&lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 20.36%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in;" valign="bottom" width="20%" colspan="2"&gt;
&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;
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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;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;Components of net periodic pension cost&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="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;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 52.96%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in;" valign="bottom" width="52%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 20pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2"&gt;Service cost&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 2.68%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in;" valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;
&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;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2"&gt;140&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2"&gt;114&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;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 52.96%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in;" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="52%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 20pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2"&gt;Interest cost&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: 20.36%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in;" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="20%" 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;54&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 2.68%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in;" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;
&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: 20.36%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in;" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="20%" 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;45&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 20pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2"&gt;Expected return on plan assets&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: 20.36%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in;" valign="bottom" width="20%" 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;(55&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 20.36%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in;" valign="bottom" width="20%" 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;(47&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;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 52.96%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in;" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="52%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 20pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2"&gt;Amortization of past service cost&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: 20.36%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in;" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="20%" 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;3&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: 20.36%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in;" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="20%" 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;3&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 20pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2"&gt;Amortization of actuarial loss&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="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 20.36%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in;" valign="bottom" width="20%" 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;23&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="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 20.36%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in;" valign="bottom" width="20%" colspan="2"&gt;
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