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The amount of the installment note and letter of credit that the Company contributed to the special purpose entity.

No definition available.

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The amount of Senior Secured Notes issued by the special purpose entity.

No definition available.

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Cash received by the Company upon maturity of the Senior Secured Notes.

No definition available.

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Investment in the variable interest entity.

No definition available.

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Amount of liability recorded by the Company to reflect the fair market value of its obligation to perform under the make-whole agreement.

No definition available.

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The maturity date of the Senior Secured Notes issued by the special purpose entity.

No definition available.

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Cash payments equal to the excess of interest received on the installment note over the interest paid on the Senior Secured Notes received by the Company.

No definition available.

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The term of the Senior Secured Notes issued by the special purpose entity.

No definition available.

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Balance sheet classification of the Variable Interest Entity's (VIE) net assets and liabilities included in the statement of financial position of the reporting entity.

No definition available.

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Description of the type of financial or other support (for example, liquidity arrangements and obligations to purchase assets) provided by the reporting entity to the Variable Interest Entity (VIE) which the reporting entity was not previously contractually required to provide or that it intends to provide.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 810

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 5A

-Subparagraph (c)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6970148&loc=SL6759159-111685

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name FASB Staff Position (FSP)

-Number FAS140-4/FIN46(R)-8

-Paragraph C4

-Subparagraph c

-Clause 1

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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- Details

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Discloses the date when the relationship between the reporting entity and the Variable Interest Entity (VIE) began.

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Structure or legal form of Variable Interest Entity (VIE). In general, a VIE is a corporation, partnership, trust, or any other legal structure used for business purposes that either (a) does not have equity investors with voting rights or (b) has equity investors that do not provide sufficient financial resources for the entity to support its activities.