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PART I
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1. Business ......................................................................................................................................................
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1A. Risk Factors ................................................................................................................................................
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1B. Unresolved Staff Comments .......................................................................................................................
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2. Properties ....................................................................................................................................................
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3. Legal Proceedings.......................................................................................................................................
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4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.................................................................................
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PART II
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5. Market for Registrants’ Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity
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6. Selected Financial Data...............................................................................................................................
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7. Managemen
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7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Ris
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8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data...........................................................................................
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9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure .....................
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9A. Controls and Procedures .............................................................................................................................
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9B. Other Information .......................................................................................................................................
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PART III
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10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance..........................................................................
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11. Executive Compensation ............................................................................................................................
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12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters ...
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13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence............................................
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14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services.....................................................................................................
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PART IV
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15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules...............................................................................................
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