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CAPITAL STOCK | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016
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CAPITAL STOCK | NOTE 15 - CAPITAL STOCK Preferred Shares Conversion to Common Shares On January 4, 2016, we announced that our Board of Directors determined the final quarterly dividend of our Preferred Shares would not be paid in cash, but instead, pursuant to the terms of the Preferred Shares, the conversion rate was increased such that holders of the Preferred Shares received additional common shares in lieu of the accrued dividend at the time of the mandatory conversion of the Preferred Shares on February 1, 2016. The number of our common shares in the aggregate issued in lieu of the dividend was 1.3 million. This resulted in an effective conversion rate of 0.9052 common shares, rather than 0.8621 common shares, per depositary share, each representing 1/40 th of a Preferred Share. Upon conversion on February 1, 2016, an aggregate of 26.5 million common shares were issued, representing 25.2 million common shares issuable upon conversion and 1.3 million that were issued in lieu of a final cash dividend. Debt for Equity Exchange During the third quarter of 2016, we entered into a privately negotiated exchange agreement whereby we issued an aggregate of 2.3 million common shares, representing less than one percent of our outstanding common shares, in exchange for $4.5 million aggregate principal amount of our 4.80 percent senior notes due 2020 and $10.5 million aggregate principal amount of our 4.875 percent senior notes due 2021. Accordingly, we recognized a gain of $1.6 million in Gain (loss) on extinguishment/restructuring of debt in the Statements of Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016. The issuance of the common shares in exchange for our senior notes due 2020 and 2021 was made in reliance on the exemption from registration provided in Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act. During the second quarter of 2016, we entered into a privately negotiated exchange agreement whereby we issued an aggregate of 1.8 million common shares, representing less than one percent of our outstanding common shares, in exchange for $12.6 million aggregate principal amount of our senior notes due 2020. Accordingly, we recognized a gain of $3.6 million in Gain (loss) on extinguishment/restructuring of debt in the Statements of Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2016. The issuance of the common shares in exchange for our senior notes due 2020 was made in reliance on the exemption from registration provided in Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act. During the first quarter of 2016, we entered into a privately negotiated exchange agreement whereby we issued an aggregate of 1.8 million common shares, representing less than one percent of our outstanding common shares, in exchange for $10.0 million aggregate principal amount of our senior notes due 2018. Accordingly, we recognized a gain of $4.5 million in Gain (loss) on extinguishment/restructuring of debt in the Statements of Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2016. The issuance of the common shares in exchange for our senior notes due 2018 was made in reliance on the exemption from registration provided in Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act. Common Share Public Offering On August 10, 2016, we issued 44.4 million common shares in a public offering. We received net proceeds of approximately $287.6 million at a public offering price of $6.75 per common share. The proceeds from the issuance of our common shares were used to fully redeem our senior notes due 2018.

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