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Number of warrants or rights exercisable.

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The number of common shares that have approximately the same dividend, liquidation and voting rights and value as each portion of a preferred share under the rights agreement.

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Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding, if a person or group becomes an acquiring person.

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Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding, if the entity is later acquired in a merger.

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Rights that may be extinguished by the board of directors by exchanging one share of common stock or an equivalent security for each Right, other than Rights held by the Acquiring Person.

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Number of preferred share purchase right declared as dividend for each share of common stock outstanding.

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The initial time period for all-cash, fully financed tender offers for all shares of common stock that the rights would not interfere with, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The time period subsequent to consummation for all-cash, fully financed tender offers for all shares of common stock that the rights would not interfere with, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Refers to percentage of adjustments to the exercise price that will be made.

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Percentage of an ownership of common stock by an Acquiring Person before board of directors may extinguish right by exchanging one share of common stock or an equivalent security for each Right, other than Rights held by the Acquiring Person.

No definition available.

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Percentage of outstanding common stock ownership required to qualify for an "Acquiring Person".

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The period before rights can be exercised after the public announcement that a person or group has become an "Acquiring Person" by obtaining beneficial ownership of 10% or more of the Company's outstanding common stock (the "Distribution Date"), in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Quarterly dividends payments per share for each one one-hundredth of a preferred share, if issued.

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Redemption price of the Right before any person or group becomes an Acquiring Person.

No definition available.

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Element represents the expiration date of the preferred share purchase rights in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 235
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Face amount or stated value per share of common stock.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
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Date the declared dividend will be paid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
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Date the dividend to be paid was declared, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Date the holder must own the stock to be entitled to the dividend, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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