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The Class A common stock was not split. Thereafter, each share of Class A common stock became convertible, at the option of the holder, into 1,500 shares of Class B common stock. Class B common stock is not convertible into Class A common stock. 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FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Conversions of Class A common stock to Class B common stock and other</font> </div> </td> <td align="left" width="7%" valign="bottom"> <div align="left" style="margin-left: 0pt; display: block; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> </font> </div> </td> <td align="left" width="1%" valign="bottom"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> </font> </td> <td align="right" width="16%" valign="bottom"> <div align="right" style="margin-left: 0pt; display: block; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(188,752</font> </div> </td> <td align="left" width="1%" valign="bottom"> <div align="left" style="margin-left: 0pt; display: block; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">) </font> </div> </td> <td align="left" width="7%" valign="bottom"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; 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display: block; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; text-indent: -18pt"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Balance December 31, 2010</font> </div> </td> <td align="left" width="7%" valign="bottom"> <div align="left" style="margin-left: 0pt; display: block; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> </font> </div> </td> <td align="left" width="1%" valign="bottom"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> </font> </td> <td align="right" width="16%" valign="bottom"> <div align="right" style="margin-left: 0pt; display: block; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">947,460</font> </div> </td> <td align="left" width="1%" valign="bottom"> <div align="left" style="margin-left: 0pt; display: block; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> </font> </div> </td> <td align="left" width="7%" valign="bottom"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; 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Each Class A common share is entitled to one vote per share. Each Class B common share possesses voting rights equivalent to one-ten-thousandth (1/10,000) of the voting rights of a Class A share. Unless otherwise required under Delaware General Corporation Law, Class A and Class B common shares vote as a single class.</font> </div> <div align="justify" style="margin-left: 0pt; display: block; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt"> </div> <div align="left" style="margin-left: 0pt; display: block; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; text-indent: 27pt"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">On an equivalent Class A common stock basis, there were 1,648,120 shares outstanding as of December 31, 2010 and 1,551,749 shares outstanding as of December 31, 2009. The Class B stock split had no effect on the number of equivalent Class A common shares outstanding. 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