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Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

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6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
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NOTE 14 – CAPITAL STOCK

Public Offering

On JuneÌý13, 2011, we completed a public offering of our common shares. The total number of shares sold wasÌý10.35Ìýmillion, comprised of theÌý9.0Ìýmillion share offering and the exercise of an underwriters' over-allotment option to purchase an additionalÌý1.35Ìýmillion shares. The offering resulted in an increase in the number of our common shares issued and outstanding as of JuneÌý30, 2011. We received net proceeds of approximately $853.7 million at a sales price to the public of $85.63 per share.

Dividends

On MayÌý11, 2010, our Board of Directors increased our quarterly common share dividend from $0.0875 to $0.14 per share. The increased cash dividend was paid on JuneÌý1, 2010,ÌýSeptemberÌý1, 2010, and DecemberÌý1, 2010 to shareholders on record as of MayÌý14, 2010,ÌýAugustÌý13, 2010, and NovemberÌý19, 2010, respectively. In addition, the increased cash dividend was paid on MarchÌý1, 2011 and JuneÌý1, 2011 to shareholders on record as of FebruaryÌý15, 2011 and AprilÌý29, 2011, respectively. On JulyÌý12, 2011, our Board of Directors increased the quarterly common share dividend byÌý100 percent to $0.28 per share. The increased cash dividend will be payable on SeptemberÌý1, 2011 to shareholders on record as of the close of business on AugustÌý15, 2011.

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Amendment to the Second Amended Articles of Incorporation

On MayÌý25, 2011, our shareholders approved an amendment to our Second Amended Articles of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized Common Shares fromÌý224,000,000 to 400,000,000, which resulted in an increase in the total number of authorized shares fromÌý231,000,000 to 407,000,000. The total number of authorized shares includesÌý3,000,000 andÌý4,000,000 shares of ClassÌýA and Class B, respectively, of unauthorized and unissued preferred stock.