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Contingent Earnout Liabilities | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2013
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Contingent Earnout Liabilities | Note 13 — Contingent Earnout Liabilities As part of the Rockford acquisition in November 2010, the Company agreed to issue additional cash and common stock to the sellers, contingent upon Rockford meeting certain operating performance targets for the fourth quarter 2010, for the five quarters ending December 31, 2011 and for the year ended December 31, 2012. The contingent earnout liability for 2012 was achieved and in April 2013, the Company made a $6,900 cash payment. The Company has recorded additional contingent earnout consideration liabilities related to the acquisitions of FSSI, Sprint, Saxon and Q3C as discussed in Note 8 — Business Combinations.

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