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&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2"&gt;Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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