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Employee Benefit Plan
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Employee Benefit Plan

10.    Employee Benefit Plan

The Company has an employee benefit plan pursuant to Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. In 2011, the plan allowed employees to defer an amount of their annual compensation up to a current maximum of $16,500 if they are under the age of 50 and $22,000 if they are over the age of 50. The Company matches 50% of all deferred compensation up to a maximum of 3% of each employee’s annual compensation. The amount charged to operations in connection with this plan was approximately $229,000, $238,000 and $200,000 in fiscal years 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.