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Interest expense decreased to $0.6 million in the third quarter of 2009 from $1.8 million in the comparable quarter of 2008, and to $0.6 million in the first nine months of 2009 from $7.5 million in the same period of 2008. Interest expense in 2009 was attributable to the imputed interest portion of the Company's payments to its landlord to lease newly constructed laboratory and office facilities in Tarrytown, New York, which commenced in the third quarter of 2009. Interest expense in 2008 was attributable to the Company's 5.5 percent Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes; no Notes were outstanding in 2009. During the first nine months of 2008, the Company repurchased $82.5 million in principal amount of its 5.5 percent Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes. In connection with the repurchased notes, the Company recognized a $0.9 million loss on early extinguishment of debt. The remaining $117.5 million of these notes were repaid in full upon their maturity in October 2008.
Income Tax Expense
In the third quarter of 2008, the Company incurred and paid income tax expense, consisting primarily of alternative minimum tax, of $3.1 million, which resulted from the utilization of certain net operating loss carry-forwards for tax purposes that would otherwise have expired over the next several years.
Revision of Previously Issued Financial Statements
The Company has revised its financial statements at December 31, 2008 and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 in connection with the application of authoritative guidance issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) to the Company's December 2006 lease, as amended, of laboratory and office facilities in Tarrytown, New York. The revisions consisted entirely of non-cash adjustments, primarily to the Co
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