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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%"&gt;In October&amp;#160;2009, Accounting Standards Update (&amp;#8220;ASU&amp;#8221;) 2009-13, &lt;i&gt;Revenue Recognition&lt;/i&gt;, was issued.
   ASU 2009-13 replaces the concept of fair market value with selling price when determining how to
   allocate the total contract sales price in a multiple-deliverable revenue arrangement. This
   amendment establishes a hierarchy process for determining the selling price of a given deliverable
   to be used in the allocation. The order of the selling price determination hierarchy is (a)&amp;#160;vendor
   specific objective evidence; (b)&amp;#160;third party evidence, if vendor specific objective evidence is not
   available; or (c)&amp;#160;estimated selling price, if neither vendor specific objective evidence nor third
   party evidence is available. ASU 2009-13 will be effective for the Company&amp;#8217;s fiscal year beginning
   January&amp;#160;1, 2011. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU 2009-13 to have a material
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%"&gt;On January&amp;#160;1, 2010, the Company adopted ASU 2009-16, &lt;i&gt;Accounting for Transfers of Financial
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   securitization transactions, and where companies have continuing exposure to the risks related to
   transferred financial assets. ASU 2009-16 also eliminates the concept of &amp;#8220;qualified
   special-purpose entity&amp;#8221;, changes the requirements for derecognizing financial assets, and requires
   additional disclosures. The adoption of ASU 2009-16 did not have a material impact on our
   consolidated financial statements.
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%"&gt;On January&amp;#160;1, 2010, the Company adopted ASU 2009-17, &lt;i&gt;Improvements to Financial Reporting by
   Enterprises Involved with Variable Interest Entities, &lt;/i&gt;which requires a qualitative approach to
   identifying a controlling financial interest in a variable interest entity (&amp;#8220;VIE&amp;#8221;), and requires
   ongoing assessment of whether an entity is a VIE and whether an interest in a VIE makes the holder
   the primary beneficiary of the VIE. The adoption of ASU 2009-17 did not have a material impact on
   our consolidated financial statements.
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%"&gt;On January&amp;#160;1, 2010, the Company adopted ASU 2010-6, &lt;i&gt;Improving Disclosures About Fair Value
   Measurements&lt;/i&gt;, which requires reporting entities to make new disclosures about recurring or
   nonrecurring fair-value measurements, including significant transfers into and out of the
   standard&amp;#8217;s Level 1 and Level 2 fair-value measurements and information on purchases, sales,
   issuances, and settlements on a gross basis for Level 3 fair-value measurements. ASU 2010-6 is
   effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December&amp;#160;15, 2009, except for Level 3
   reconciliation disclosures which are effective for annual periods beginning after December&amp;#160;15,
   2010. The adoption of ASU 2010-6 did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial
   statements.
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%"&gt;On January&amp;#160;1, 2010, the Company adopted ASU 2010-09, &lt;i&gt;Subsequent Events &amp;#8212; Amendments to Certain
   Recognition and Disclosure Requirements&lt;/i&gt;, which amends Accounting Standards Codification (&amp;#8220;ASC&amp;#8221;)
   Topic 855, Subsequent Events&lt;i&gt;, &lt;/i&gt;so that SEC filers no longer are required to disclose the date
   through which subsequent events have been evaluated in originally issued and revised financial
   statements. The adoption of ASU 2010-09 did not have a material impact on our consolidated
   financial statements.
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Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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