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Amounts due to recorded owners or owners with a beneficial interest of more than 10 percent of the voting interests or officers of the company.

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Purchases during the period (excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements) with related party.

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Amount of revenue, fees and commissions earned from transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiaries; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) an entity and trusts for the benefit of employees, for example, but not limited to, pension and profit-sharing trusts that are managed by or under the trusteeship of the entity's management; (d) an entity and its principal, owners, management, or members of their immediate families; and (e) affiliates.

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