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                    <value>See Footnote</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">These securities are directly owned by Indaba Capital Fund, L.P.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">These securities are indirectly beneficially owned by (a) Indaba Capital Management, LLC by virtue of its role as the investment manager of Indaba Capital Fund, L.P., (b) Indaba Partners, LLC by virtue of its role as the general partner of Indaba Capital Fund, L.P., and (c) Derek C. Schrier as the Senior Managing Member of Indaba Capital Management, LLC and Indaba Partners, LLC.  Each Reporting Person hereby disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that any Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of the reported securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Under the terms of the cash-settled total equity return swap transaction, (a) Indaba Capital Fund, L.P. will be obligated to pay to the counterparty an amount equal to the decrease in the market value of the reference shares, or (b) the counterparty will be obligated to pay Indaba Capital Fund, L.P. an amount equal to the increase in the market value of the reference shares.  Any dividends received by the counterparty will be paid to Indaba Capital Fund, L.P. with interest.  Indaba Capital Fund, L.P. will be obligated to pay the counterparty interest on the notional amount of the securities.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">These contracts do not give the Reporting Persons direct or indirect voting, investment or dispositive control over any securities of the Issuer and do not require the counterparties thereto to acquire, hold, vote or dispose of any securities of the Issuer.  Accordingly, the Reporting Persons disclaim any beneficial ownership in securities that may be referenced in such contracts or that may be held from time to time by any counterparties to the contracts.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">The reference price associated with the applicable cash-settled total return equity swap.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Hank Brier, as General Counsel of Indaba Capital Management, LLC</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2012-10-01</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Hank Brier, as General Counsel of Indaba Partners, LLC</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2012-10-01</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Hank Brier, as General Counsel of Indaba Partners, LLC, the general partner of Indaba Capital Fund, L.P.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2012-10-01</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Derek C. Schrier</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2012-10-01</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
