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CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

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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