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ACQUISITION (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
ACQUISITION |
Schedule of total consideration the Company paid as at the closing date |
Cash consideration |  |  | 186,716,547 |
Fair value of the issuance of warrant, net of cash received |  |  | 7,774,990 |
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Total consideration paid |  | $ | 194,491,537 |
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Schedule of assumptions used to determine fair market value of warrants on the grant date through the binomial option pricing model |
|  | As of June 15, 2012 |
Risk free rate |  |  | 1.76 | %
Volatility ratio |  |  | 93.50 | %
Dividend yield |  |  | — |

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