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Table of Contents
Page
Explanatory Note ........................................................................................................................................ 3
Part I
Item 1. Business........................................................................................................................................ 10
Item 1A. Risk Factors .................................................................................................................................. 22
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments......................................................................................................... 23
Item 2. Properties...................................................................................................................................... 23
Item 3. Legal Proceedings......................................................................................................................... 23
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders .................................................................. 24
Part II
Item 5. Market for the Registrant’ s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases
of Equity Securities.......................................................................................................................
24
Item 6. Selected Financial Data ................................................................................................................ 25
Item 7. Management’ s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations ....... 28
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk...................................................... 65
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data............................................................................. 65
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure ....... 144
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures............................................................................................................... 144
Item 9B. Other Information ......................................................................................................................... 147
Part III
Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant ...................................................................... 148
Item 11. Executive Compensation .............................................................................................................. 149
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder
Matters .........................................................................................................................................
149
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions........................................................................... 149
Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services....................................................................................... 149
Part IV
Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules ...................................................................................... 150
Signatures ..................................................................................................................................... 156