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Cash payment remaining for asset purchase agreement from third-party seller. Remaining balance will be paid on or before December 31, 2017 in accordance with relevant transaction document requirements

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Cash payment delivered for asset purchase agreement from third-party seller

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Cash conversion value to be received per each share of our common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Proposed Merger (other than treasury stock, shares currently held by acquirer, and shares oustanding demanding appraisal)

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Date when the business acquisition agreement was executed, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The current cash, cash equivalents and investments that are restricted as to withdrawal or usage. Restrictions may include legally restricted deposits held as compensating balances against short-term borrowing arrangements, contracts entered into with others, or entity statements of intention with regard to particular deposits; however, time deposits and short-term certificates of deposit are not generally included in legally restricted deposits. Excludes compensating balance arrangements that are not agreements which legally restrict the use of cash amounts shown on the balance sheet. Includes current cash equivalents and investments that are similarly restricted as to withdrawal, usage or disposal.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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