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PART I
Item 1. Business ..................................................................... 1
General ...................................................................... 1
Strategy and Focus Areas ........................................................ 2
Products and Services ........................................................... 5
Customers and Markets .......................................................... 8
Sales Overview ................................................................ 9
Financing Arrangements ......................................................... 10
Product Backlog ............................................................... 10
Acquisitions, Investments, and Alliances ............................................ 11
Competition ................................................................... 12
Research and Development ....................................................... 13
Manufacturing ................................................................. 13
Patents, Intellectual Property, and Licensing ......................................... 14
Employees .................................................................... 15
Executive Officers of the Registrant ................................................ 15
Item 1A. Risk Factors ................................................................... 17
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments ...................................................... 35
Item 2. Properties .................................................................... 35
Item 3. Legal Proceedings .............................................................. 36
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures ......................................................... 36
PART II
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters, and Issuer Purchases of
Equity Securities ............................................................. 37
Item 6. Selected Financial Data .......................................................... 39
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations ..... 40
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk ............................ 75
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data ........................................ 78
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure ..... 132
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures ......................................................... 132
Item 9B. Other Information .............................................................. 133
PART III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance ............................... 133
Item 11. Executive Compensation ......................................................... 133
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder
Matters .................................................................... 134
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence ................ 134
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services ............................................. 134
PART IV
Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules ......................................... 134
Signatures .................................................................... 136