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Number of shares that have been repurchased and retired during the period.

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-Publisher AICPA

-Name Accounting Principles Board Opinion (APB)

-Number 12

-Paragraph 10

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 04

-Article 3

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 505

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

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-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

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Total cost of shares repurchased divided by the total number of shares repurchased.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-SubTopic 30

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-Paragraph 1

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6405813&loc=d3e23239-112655

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-Publisher AICPA

-Name Accounting Research Bulletin (ARB)

-Number 43

-Section B

-Paragraph 7

-Subparagraph b

-Chapter 1

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.