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No other sections were affected, but for the convenience of the reader, this Amendment restates in its entirety, as amended our Original Form 10-Q. In our Original Form 10-Q, the weighted average shares outstanding – basic and diluted and the resulting Loss per common shares attributable to common stockholders – basic and diluted, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012, erroneously included the number of shares and loss per share using the amounts from 2012, not adjusted to reflect the 25:1 reverse stock split which took place in April 2013. Additionally, the number of unvested shares of restricted common stock in the "Loss per Common Share" section of footnote 2 and in footnote 5 was decreased by 2,251,000. 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