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SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS PLAN | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Stockholder Rights Plan [Abstract] |
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS PLAN | SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS PLAN The Company's Board of Directors terminated the previously adopted shareholder rights plan (sometimes referred to as a ‘poison pill’) effective February 19, 2015.

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