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designated and qualified as net investment hedges. We recognized a
$2.5 million pre-tax gain in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
for both the three and six months ended July&amp;#xA0;1, 2012 related
to these hedges. We collected $2.7 million in proceeds upon the
settlement of foreign currency forward contracts for the six months
ended July&amp;#xA0;1, 2012. There were no outstanding derivatives as
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