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Schedule of Share Based Compensation Stock Appreciation Rights Outstanding and Exercisable by Grant Price

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Tabular disclosure of the significant assumptions used during the year to estimate the grant date fair value of each SAR grant, including, but not limited to: (a) expected life, (b) expected volatility of the entity's shares, (c) expected dividends, and (d) risk-free rate(s).

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- References

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Tabular disclosure of share-based compensation plans that may be presented in a single table for outstanding, vested and expected to vest, and exercisable awards. The information that may be disclosed in this table may include, but is not limited to, number of shares, weighted average exercise price, weighted average remaining contractual life, and aggregate intrinsic value.

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Tabular disclosure of the number and weighted-average exercise prices (or conversion ratios) for stock appreciation rights awards that were outstanding at the beginning and end of the year, and the number of stock appreciation rights awards that were granted, exercised or converted, forfeited, and expired during the year.

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Tabular disclosure of the number of fully vested share options (or share units) and share options expected to vest at the date of the latest statement of financial position, weighted-average exercise price (or conversion ratio), aggregate intrinsic value (except for nonpublic entities), and weighted-average remaining contractual term for both options (or share units) currently outstanding and options (or share units) exercisable (or convertible).

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