GAIN (LOSS) ON NOTE REPURCHASE

Gain (loss) on note repurchase consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):



	2011		2010			2009
Gain (loss) on note repurchase	$	—	$	(14,573	)	$	1,398

In June 2010, the Company closed on a tender transaction to purchase $47.4 million of its outstanding 8% senior unsecured notes due January 2012 (senior unsecured notes). In October 2010, the Company closed on another tender transaction to purchase $138.9 million of its outstanding senior unsecured notes. In connection with these tender offers and an additional note repurchase of $6.5 million in July 2010, the Company recorded expenses of $14.6 million. These expenses were related to: (i) early tender premium of $13.0 million, (ii) unamortized deferred financing fees of $1.2 million and (iii) other fees of $0.4 million.

For 2009, the Company recorded a gain on a note repurchase of $1.4 million resulting from the Company’s repurchase of $6.2 million of principal value of senior unsecured notes for approximately $4.8 million in the first quarter of 2009.