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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
PART I
Item 1.
Business ................................................................................................................................................................
1
Item 1A.
Risk Factors ...........................................................................................................................................................
21
Item 1B.
Unresolved Staff Comments ................................................................................................................................
31
Item 2.
Properties ...............................................................................................................................................................
31
Item 3.
Legal Proceedings ..................................................................................................................................................
32
Item 4.
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders ............................................................................................
32
PART II
Item 5.
Market for Registrants’ Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity
Securities..............................................................................................................................................................
33
Item 6.
Selected Financial Data..........................................................................................................................................
34
Item 7.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations................................
35
Item 7A.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk ...............................................................................
56
Item 8.
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data ................................................................................................
59
Item 9.
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure ................................
104
Item 9A.
Controls and Procedures ................................................................................................................................
104
PART III
Item 10.
Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance .....................................................................................
105
Item 11.
Executive Compensation ................................................................................................................................
105
Item 12.
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters ..............
105
Item 13.
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence .......................................................
105
Item 14.
Principal Accounting Fees and Services ................................................................................................................
105
PART IV
Item 15.
Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules..........................................................................................................
105