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The terms of the option exchange will be described in a tender offer document that will be filed with the SEC. Although we do not anticipate that the SEC would require us to modify the terms materially, it is possible that we will need to alter the terms of the option exchange to comply with potential SEC comments. In addition, it is currently our intention to make the program available to our eligible employees, including eligible employees of our majority-owned subsidiaries who are located outside of the United States, where permitted by local law and where we determine it is feasible and practical to do so. It is possible that we will make modifications to the terms offered to employees in countries outside the United States to comply with local requirements, or for tax or accounting reasons. Specifically, as described above, because of the adverse tax consequences to participants who are resident in Canada of an option-for-RSU exchange, we intend to issue a lesser number of options, calculated based on the same methodology as for the option-for-RSU exchange described above, to employees resident in Canada and potentially to employees in jurisdictions with similar adverse tax consequences.