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CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES |
Schedule of effective interest rate, cash and non-cash interest expense and deferred financing cost amortization |
|  | Period from |  | Year |
|  | January 1 to |  | Ended |
|  | July 9, |  | December 31, |
|  | 2014 (a) |  | 2013 |
Effective interest rate on liability component |  | 10.0 | % | 10.0 | %
Cash interest expense recognized |  | $ | 1,886 |  | $ | 6,250 |
Non-cash interest expense recognized |  | 1,592 |  | 4,963 |
Non-cash deferred financing amortization costs included in interest expense |  | 216 |  | 720 |
| (a) |  | The amounts and percentage reflect amounts through April 21, 2014 since the Company ceased recording interest expense due to the Chapter 11 Cases.

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