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9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). These financial statements include all normal and recurring adjustments that, in the opinion of management, are necessary to present fairly the financial position of the Company and the results of its operations and its cash flows.

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited. The condensed consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2012, is derived from audited financial statements.

Our condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of our controlled subsidiaries. All significant transactions between our consolidated subsidiaries have been eliminated.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Although management believes these estimates are reasonable, actual results could differ materially from these estimates. The results of operations for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2013, are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year ending December 31, 2013.

Pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC, the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements do not include all of the information and notes normally included with financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2012, which are included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012, filed with the SEC.

Certain reclassifications have been made to conform previously reported balances to the current presentation.

Our significant accounting policies are consistent with those described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012.

Recent accounting pronouncements

On January 31, 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standard Update ("ASU") 2013-01, "Clarifying the Scope of Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities," which clarifies the scope of the offsetting disclosure requirements in ASU 2011-11, "Disclosures About Offsetting Assets and Liabilities." Under ASU 2013-01, the disclosure requirements apply to derivative instruments accounted for in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 815, "Derivatives and Hedging," including bifurcated embedded derivatives, repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements, and securities borrowing and securities lending arrangements that are either offset on the balance sheet or subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement. ASU 2013-01 is effective for fiscal years beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and interim periods within those years. Retrospective application is required for all comparative periods presented. We adopted this guidance in the first quarter of 2013. The impact of adoption was not material.

On February 5, 2013, the FASB issued ASU 2013-02, "Reporting of Amounts Reclassified Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income." This ASU adds new disclosure requirements for items reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income ("AOCI"). The ASU is intended to help entities improve the transparency of changes in other comprehensive income ("OCI") and items reclassified out of AOCI in their financial statements. It does not amend any existing requirements for reporting net income or OCI in the financial statements. We adopted this guidance in the first quarter of 2013. The impact of adoption was not material.

On February 28, 2013, the FASB issued ASU 2013-04, "Obligations Resulting from Joint and Several Liability Arrangements for Which the Total Amount of the Obligation is Fixed at the Reporting Date (a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force)." The ASU requires entities to “measure obligations resulting from joint and several liability arrangements for which the total amount of the obligation within the scope of this guidance is fixed at the reporting date, as the sum of the following:

•the amount the reporting entity agreed to pay on the basis of its arrangement among its co-obligors; and

•any additional amount the reporting entity expects to pay on behalf of its co-obligors.”

Required disclosures include a description of the joint and several arrangement and the total outstanding amount of the obligation for all joint parties. The ASU permits entities to aggregate disclosures (as opposed to providing separate disclosures for each joint and several obligation). These disclosure requirements are incremental to the existing related-party disclosure requirements in ASC 850, "Related Party Disclosures." The ASU is effective for public entities for all prior periods in fiscal years beginning on or after December 15, 2013, and interim reporting periods within those years. The Company will adopt this guidance in the first quarter of 2014. The impact is not expected to be material.

On March 4, 2013, the FASB issued ASU 2013-05, "Parent's Accounting for the Cumulative Translation Adjustment Upon Derecognition of Certain Subsidiaries or Groups of Assets Within a Foreign Entity or of an Investment in a Foreign Entity - a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force”, which indicates that the entire amount of a cumulative translation adjustment ("CTA") related to an entity's investment in a foreign entity should be released when there has been a:


•	sale of a subsidiary or group of net assets within a foreign entity and the sale represents the substantially complete liquidation of the investment in the foreign entity;


•	loss of a controlling financial interest in an investment in a foreign entity (i.e., the foreign entity is deconsolidated); or


•	step acquisition for a foreign entity (i.e., when an entity has changed from applying the equity method for an investment in a foreign entity to consolidating the foreign entity).

The ASU does not change the requirement to release a pro rata portion of the CTA of the foreign entity into earnings for a partial sale of an equity method investment in a foreign entity. For public entities, this ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning on or after December 15, 2013, and interim periods within those years. The Company will adopt this guidance in the first quarter of 2014. The impact is not expected to be material.

In July 2013, the FASB issued ASU 2013-11, "Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists," which requires an unrecognized tax benefit to be classified as a reduction to a deferred tax asset for a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward, except in certain circumstances. For public entities, this ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning on or after December 15, 2013, and interim periods within those years. The Company will adopt this guidance in the first quarter of 2014. The impact is not expected to be material.