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COMMON SHARES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Maximum number of shares outstanding exercised or converted |
[d] | The following table presents the maximum number of shares that would be outstanding if all the dilutive instruments outstanding at March 7, 2013 were exercised or converted:
Common Shares |  |  | 233,839,998 |
Stock options [note 17] |  |  | 6,535,694 |
|  |  | 240,375,692 |

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