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`Important Information About EDGAR
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`EDGAR, the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system,
`performs automated collection, validation, indexing, acceptance, and
`forwarding of submissions by companies and others who are required by
`law to file forms with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission [SEC}.
`Its primary purpose is to increase the efficiency and fairness of the
`securities market for the benefit of investors, corporations, and the
`economy by accelerating the receipt, acceptance, dissemination, and
`analysis of time-sensitive corporate information filed with the agency.
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`Not all documents filed with the Commission by public companies will be
`available on EDGAR. Companies were phased in toe EDGARfiling over a
`three-year period, ending May 6, 1996, As of that date, all public domestic
`companies were reguired to make their filings on EDGAR, except far filings
`made in paper because of a hardship exemption. Third-party Filings with
`respect to these companies, such as tender offers and Schedules 13D, are
`also filed on EDGAR.
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`However, some documents are not yet permitted to be filed electronically,
`and consequently will not be available on EDGAR, Other documents may be
`filed on EDGAR voluntarily, and consequently may or may not be available
`on EDGAR, For example, Forms 2, 4, and 5 (security ownership and
`transaction reports filed by corporate insiders) and Form 144 (notice of
`proposed sale of securities) may be filed on EDGAR at the option of the
`filer. Similarly, filings by foreign companies are not required to be filed on
`EDGAR, but some of these companies do so voluntarily, As of November 4,
`2002, foreign companies and foreign governments will be required to file
`their documents on EDGAR.
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`Tt should also be noted that the actual annual report to shareholders
`fexcept in the case of investment companies) need not be submitted on
`EDGAR, although some companies do so voluntarily. However, the annual
`report om Form 10-K or 10-KS6, which contains much of the same
`information, fs required to be filed on EDGAR.
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`Filers may choose to accompany their official filings with a copy im PDE. In
`order to read a PDF document, you meed an Adobe Acrobat reader Please
`note the following information about unofficial PDF copies on our web site:
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`» Only documents submitted to the EDGAR system in either plain text
`or HTML are official filings. PDF documents are unofficial copies of
`filings. Filers may not use the unofficial PDF copies instead of plain
`text or HTML documents to meetfiling requirements.
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`« Our rules require that an unofficial PDF copy of a document be
`substantively equivalent to the official filing of which it is the copy.
`That is, the PDF document must be the same in all respects except
`that the PDF document maybe formatted differently and may contain
`graphics. It is the filer's responsibility to make sure of this. The
`EDGAR system cannot check to make sure the two documents are the
`came. You should look at the official filing if you need to see what has
`been filed with the SEC.
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`« Unofficial POF copies are not subject to certain liabilities under the
`federal securities laws that are imposed only on filings. They are,
`however, subject to most of the civil liability and anti-fraud
`provisions. In addition, PDF copies that are prospectuses retain
`prospectus liability under Section 12 of the Securities Act.
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`AMN1059
`IPR of Patent No. 7,919,499
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