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    &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;4. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT&lt;/b&gt;
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    &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;The major classes of property and equipment are as follows:
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    &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="6" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;As at March 31,&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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    &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Building
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    &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td align="left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td align="right"&gt;12,673&lt;/td&gt;
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    &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Computers and software
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    &lt;td align="right"&gt;66,482&lt;/td&gt;
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    &lt;td align="right"&gt;59,828&lt;/td&gt;
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    &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Furniture, fixtures and office equipment
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    &lt;td align="right"&gt;2,327&lt;/td&gt;
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    &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Leasehold improvements
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    &lt;td align="right"&gt;44,443&lt;/td&gt;
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    &lt;td align="right"&gt;40,193&lt;/td&gt;
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    &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Capital work-in-progress
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    &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Accumulated depreciation and amortization
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    &lt;td align="right"&gt;(139,642&lt;/td&gt;
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    &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;Depreciation expense, including amortization of assets recorded under capital leases, amounted to
    $19,359, $21,152 and $21,789 for the years ended March&amp;#160;31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
    Capital work-in-progress includes advances for property and equipment of $1,799 and $650 as at
    March&amp;#160;31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.
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