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&lt;p style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;NOTE 20. VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;The Company has certain variable interest entities that are required to be consolidated because AdCare is their primary beneficiary. A "primary beneficiary" is the party in a VIE that has both of the following characteristics: (a.) The power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly impact the VIE's economic performance and (b.) The obligation to absorb losses of the VIE that could potentially be significant to the VIE or the right to receive benefits from the VIE that could potentially be significant to the VIE.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;For a further description of the VIEs, see the sections of Note&amp;#160;22 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Annual Report titled "Riverchase" and "Oklahoma Owners".&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;In 2011, the Company concluded it was the primary beneficiary of the Oklahoma Owners and pursuant to FASB ASC Topic 810-10,&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Consolidation-Overall&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;, consolidated the Oklahoma Owners in its 2011 consolidated financial statements. During the process of finalizing the 2012 financial statements, the Company re-assessed its prior conclusion that it should consolidate the Oklahoma Owners. In the reassessment process, the Company concluded that it should not have consolidated the Oklahoma Owners. In the accompanying consolidated financial statements the Company has deconsolidated the Oklahoma Owners effective January&amp;#160;1, 2012 and the balance sheet, operations and cash flows of the Oklahoma Owners are not included in the Company's 2012 consolidated financial statements. The Company further concluded that including the Oklahoma Owners in its 2011 financial statements was not material to such consolidated financial statements and therefore no adjustments have been made to the previously issued 2011 financial statements.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;In July 2012, the Company amended the Option Agreement to purchase Riverchase Village facility to extend the Company's option exercise period to June&amp;#160;22, 2013. (See Note&amp;#160;23&amp;#8212;Subsequent Events for discussion of recent events.) The following summarizes the assets and liabilities of the variable interest entities included in the consolidated balance sheets:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Riverchase Village Facility&amp;#8212;Assets and Liabilities:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="12"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="64"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="7" align="right"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;th style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;
&lt;div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid; WIDTH: 68pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;(Amounts in 000's) &lt;!-- COMMAND=ADD_SCROPPEDRULE,68pt --&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid; FONT-FAMILY: times;" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;December&amp;#160;31,&lt;br /&gt;
2012&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid; FONT-FAMILY: times;" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;December&amp;#160;31,&lt;br /&gt;
2011&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/th&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="padding:0;PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px;" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times; MARGIN-LEFT: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Cash&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;(38)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;16&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times; MARGIN-LEFT: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Accounts receivable&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#8212;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;10&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="padding:0;PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px;" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times; MARGIN-LEFT: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Restricted investments&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;343&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;451&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times; MARGIN-LEFT: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Property and equipment, net&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;5,974&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;5,999&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times; MARGIN-LEFT: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Other assets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;391&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;432&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid; FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid; FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="padding:0;PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px;" valign="top" bgcolor="white"&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times; MARGIN-LEFT: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Total assets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;6,670&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;6,908&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2.25pt double; FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2.25pt double; FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="padding:0;PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px;" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times; MARGIN-LEFT: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Accounts payable&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;1,316&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;740&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times; MARGIN-LEFT: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Accrued expenses&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;67&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;174&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="padding:0;PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px;" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times; MARGIN-LEFT: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Current portion of notes payable&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;92&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;99&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="padding:0;PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px;" valign="top" bgcolor="white"&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times; MARGIN-LEFT: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Notes payable, net of current portion&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;6,033&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;6,077&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="padding:0;PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px;" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times; MARGIN-LEFT: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Noncontrolling interest&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;(838&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;(182&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="padding:0;PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 1.5pt; PADDING-TOP: 0px;" valign="top"&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid; FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid; FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="padding:0;PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px;" valign="top" bgcolor="white"&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times; MARGIN-LEFT: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Total liabilities&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;6,670&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;6,908&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="padding:0;PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 1.5pt; PADDING-TOP: 0px;" valign="top"&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2.25pt double; FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2.25pt double; FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;!-- end of user-specified TAGGED TABLE --&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;The balances related to the Oklahoma Owners variable interest entities that were consolidated as of December&amp;#160;31, 2011 but that the Company subsequently determined should not be consolidated were as follows:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;!-- COMMAND=ADD_TABLEWIDTH,"100%" --&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;!-- User-specified TAGGED TABLE --&gt;
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&lt;tr style="padding:0;PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px;"&gt;&lt;!-- TABLE COLUMN WIDTHS SET --&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" align="left"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="12"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="7" align="right"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="88"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="12"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;!-- TABLE COLUMN WIDTHS END --&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="padding:0;PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px;" valign="bottom"&gt;
&lt;th style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"&gt;
&lt;div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid; WIDTH: 68pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;(Amounts in 000's) &lt;!-- COMMAND=ADD_SCROPPEDRULE,68pt --&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid; FONT-FAMILY: times;" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;December&amp;#160;31, 2011&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/th&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="padding:0;PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px;" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times; MARGIN-LEFT: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Cash&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;180&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="padding:0;PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px;" valign="top" bgcolor="white"&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times; MARGIN-LEFT: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Accounts receivable&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;800&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="padding:0;PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px;" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times; MARGIN-LEFT: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Property and equipment, net&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;9,988&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="padding:0;PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px;" valign="top" bgcolor="white"&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times; MARGIN-LEFT: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Goodwill&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;1,123&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="padding:0;PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px;" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times; MARGIN-LEFT: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Other assets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;641&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="padding:0;PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 1.5pt; PADDING-TOP: 0px;" valign="top"&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid; FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="padding:0;PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px;" valign="top" bgcolor="white"&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times; MARGIN-LEFT: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Total assets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;12,732&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="padding:0;PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 1.5pt; PADDING-TOP: 0px;" valign="top"&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2.25pt double; FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="padding:0;PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px;" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times; MARGIN-LEFT: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Accounts payable&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;458&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="padding:0;PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px;" valign="top" bgcolor="white"&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times; MARGIN-LEFT: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Accrued expenses&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;356&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="padding:0;PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px;" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times; MARGIN-LEFT: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Current portion of notes payable&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;189&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="padding:0;PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px;" valign="top" bgcolor="white"&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times; MARGIN-LEFT: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Notes payable, net of current portion&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;12,389&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="padding:0;PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px;" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times; MARGIN-LEFT: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Noncontrolling interest&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;(660&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="padding:0;PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 1.5pt; PADDING-TOP: 0px;" valign="top"&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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