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CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2015
CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES |
Schedule of effective interest rate, cash and non-cash interest expense and deferred financing cost amortization |
|  | Predecessor |
|  | For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2014 |  | For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2014 |
Effective interest rate on liability component |  | 10.0 | % | 10.0 | %
Cash interest expense recognized |  | $ | 345 |  | $ | 1,886 |
Non-cash interest expense recognized |  | 293 |  | 1,592 |
Non-cash deferred financing amortization costs included in interest expense |  | 39 |  | 216 |

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