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| <NonNumbericText> <div style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;"> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; FONT-FAMILY: times;"><font size="2"><b>2. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS</b></font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; FONT-FAMILY: times;"><font size="2"> Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. In determining fair value, ASC 820,</font> <font size="2"><i>Fair Value Measurement</i></font><font size="2">, establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair values. These tiers include:</font></p> <!-- User-specified TAGGED TABLE --> <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="text-align:left;"> <tr style="padding:0;"><!-- TABLE COLUMN WIDTHS SET --> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="55" align="left"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="12"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="45" align="left"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="12"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="11" align="left"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="12"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="83%" align="left"></td><!-- TABLE COLUMN WIDTHS END --></tr> <tr style="padding:0;" valign="top"> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"><font size="2"> </font></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"><font size="2"> </font></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"><font size="2">Level 1</font></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"><font size="2"> </font></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"><font size="2">–</font></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"><font size="2"> </font></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"><font size="2">Quoted prices for</font> <font size="2"><i>identical</i></font> <font size="2">instruments in active markets;</font></td></tr> <tr style="padding:0;" valign="top"> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"><font size="2"> </font></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"><font size="2"> </font></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"><font size="2">Level 2</font></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"><font size="2"> </font></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"><font size="2">–</font></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"><font size="2"> </font></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"><font size="2">Quoted prices for</font> <font size="2"><i>similar</i></font> <font size="2">instruments in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and model-derived valuations whose significant inputs are observable; and</font></td></tr> <tr style="padding:0;" valign="top"> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"><font size="2"> </font></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"><font size="2"> </font></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"><font size="2">Level 3</font></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"><font size="2"> </font></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"><font size="2">–</font></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"><font size="2"> </font></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"><font size="2">Instruments whose significant inputs are</font> <font size="2"><i>unobservable.</i></font></td></tr></table></div> <!-- end of user-specified TAGGED TABLE --> <ul> <li style="list-style: none;"> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; FONT-FAMILY: times;"><font size="2"><b><i>Assets that are Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis</i></b></font></p></li></ul> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; FONT-FAMILY: times;"><font size="2"> The following tables include our assets that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis (in thousands):</font></p> <div style="POSITION: relative; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 70%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 15%; PADDING-TOP: 0pt;"> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; FONT-FAMILY: times;"><font size="2"><!-- COMMAND=ADD_TABLEWIDTH,"100%" --></font></p> <!-- User-specified TAGGED TABLE --> <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="text-align:left;"> <tr style="padding:0;"><!-- TABLE COLUMN WIDTHS SET --> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" align="left"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="12"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="7" align="right"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="45"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="12"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="7" align="right"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="39"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="12"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="7" align="right"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="36"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="12"></td><!-- TABLE COLUMN WIDTHS END --></tr> <tr style="padding:0;" valign="bottom"> <th style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" align="left"><font size="2"> </font><br /></th> <th style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"><font size="1"> </font></th> <th style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid; 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