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           Employee Benefits and Share Option Plans (Tables)
  
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        12 Months Ended | 
      
      
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           Dec. 31, 2013 
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        | Information Related to Profits Interests | 
        
 
 We will not
 grant any additional profits interests under the profits sharing
 agreement, and new long-term incentive awards have been and will be
 granted under NCLH’s new long-term incentive plan. 
 
   
 
 
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 Number of 
 Management 
 NCL Corporation Units  | 
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 TBUs 
 Weighted- 
 Average 
 Grant-Date 
 Fair  Value | 
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 PBUs 
 Weighted- 
 Average 
 Grant- 
 Date Fair 
 Value | 
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 TBUs | 
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 PBUs | 
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  Outstanding as of
 December 31, 2012 
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 2,265,554 | 
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 3,495,737 | 
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 $ | 
 3.53 | 
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 $ | 
 3.56 | 
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  Exchanged for NCLH
 shares 
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 (510,917 | 
 )  | 
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 (528,382 | 
 )  | 
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 $ | 
 3.78 | 
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 $ | 
 3.47 | 
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  Forfeited 
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 (4,978 | 
 )  | 
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 (7,322 | 
 )  | 
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 $ | 
 2.96 | 
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 $ | 
 4.92 | 
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  Outstanding as of
 December 31, 2013 
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 1,749,659 | 
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 2,960,033 | 
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 $ | 
 3.45 | 
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 $ | 
 3.57 | 
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  Vested and expected to vest
 as of December 31, 2013 
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 1,663,732 | 
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 2,455,563 | 
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 $ | 
 3.50 | 
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 $ | 
 3.56 | 
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  Exchangeable as of
 December 31, 2013 
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 1,320,027 | 
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 437,682 | 
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 $ | 
 3.77 | 
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 $ | 
 3.34 | 
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  Non-vested as of
 December 31, 2013 
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 429,632 | 
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 2,522,351 | 
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 $ | 
 2.50 | 
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 $ | 
 3.61 | 
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        | Assumptions Used within Option-Pricing Model | 
        
 
 The assumptions
 used within the option-pricing model are as follows: 
 
   
 
 
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 2013 | 
  
 
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  Dividend yield 
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 0% | 
  
 
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  Expected stock price
 volatility 
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 50.40%-54.80% | 
  
 
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  Risk-free interest
 rate 
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 0.8%-1.82% | 
  
 
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  Expected unit
 life 
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 5.00-6.25 years | 
  
  
  
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        | Summary of Share Option Activity | 
        
 
 The following is
 a summary of option activity under our share option plan for the
 year ended December 31, 2013: 
 
   
 
 
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 Number of Share
 Option 
 Awards | 
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 Weighted-Average Exercise 
 Price | 
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 Weighted- 
 Average 
 Contractual 
 Term | 
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 Aggregate 
 Intrinsic Value | 
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 TBUs | 
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 PBUs | 
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 TBUs | 
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 PBUs | 
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 (years) | 
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 (in thousands) | 
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  Outstanding as of
 January 1, 2013 
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 —   | 
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 —   | 
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 $ | 
 —   | 
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 $ | 
 —   | 
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  Granted 
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 3,394,114 | 
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 1,579,939 | 
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 25.15 | 
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 19.00 | 
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  Exercised 
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 (106,339 | 
 )  | 
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 —   | 
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 19.00 | 
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 —   | 
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  Forfeited 
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 (45,132 | 
 )  | 
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 (7,423 | 
 )  | 
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 24.30 | 
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 19.00 | 
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  Outstanding as of
 December 31, 2013 
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 3,242,643 | 
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 1,572,516 | 
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 $ | 
 25.36 | 
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 $ | 
 19.00 | 
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 7.26 | 
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 $ | 
 58,684 | 
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  Vested and expected to vest
 as of December 31, 2013 
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 2,902,762 | 
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 1,258,012 | 
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 $ | 
 25.20 | 
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 $ | 
 19.00 | 
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 7.28 | 
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 $ | 
 50,525 | 
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  Exercisable as of
 December 31, 2013 
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 771,084 | 
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 $ | 
 19.00 | 
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 $ | 
 —   | 
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 6.05 | 
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 $ | 
 12,700 | 
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        | Amounts Related to Shipboard Retirement Plan | 
        
 
 The amounts
 related to the Shipboard Retirement Plan were as follows (in
 thousands): 
 
   
 
 
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 As of or for the Year Ended December 31, | 
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 2013 | 
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 2012 | 
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 2011 | 
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  Pension
 expense: 
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  Service cost 
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 $ | 
 1,498 | 
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 $ | 
 1,367 | 
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 $ | 
 1,072 | 
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  Interest cost 
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 603 | 
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 604 | 
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 531 | 
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  Amortization of prior
 service cost 
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 378 | 
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 378 | 
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 378 | 
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  Amortization of actuarial
 loss 
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 90 | 
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 13 | 
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  Total pension
 expense 
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 $ | 
 2,569 | 
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 $ | 
 2,362 | 
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 $ | 
 1,981 | 
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  Change in projected
 benefit obligation: 
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  Projected benefit
 obligation at beginning of year 
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 $ | 
 16,221 | 
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 $ | 
 13,329 | 
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 $ | 
 9,478 | 
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  Service cost 
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 1,498 | 
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 1,367 | 
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 1,072 | 
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  Interest cost 
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 603 | 
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 604 | 
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 531 | 
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  Actuarial gain
 (loss) 
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 (2,070 | 
 )  | 
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 1,721 | 
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 2,993 | 
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  Direct benefit
 payments 
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 (682 | 
 )  | 
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 (800 | 
 )  | 
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 (745 | 
 )  | 
  
 
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  Projected benefit
 obligation at end of year 
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 $ | 
 15,570 | 
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 $ | 
 16,221 | 
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 $ | 
 13,329 | 
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  Amounts recognized in
 the consolidated balance sheets: 
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  Projected benefit
 obligation 
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 $ | 
 15,570 | 
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 $ | 
 16,221 | 
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 $ | 
 13,329 | 
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  Amounts recognized in
 accumulated other comprehensive income (loss): 
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  Prior service
 cost 
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 $ | 
 (6,049 | 
 )  | 
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 $ | 
 (6,427 | 
 )  | 
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 $ | 
 (6,805 | 
 )  | 
  
 
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  Accumulated actuarial
 loss 
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 (1,160 | 
 )  | 
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 (3,320 | 
 )  | 
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 (1,612 | 
 )  | 
  
 
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  Accumulated other
 comprehensive income (loss) 
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 $ | 
 (7,209 | 
 )  | 
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 $ | 
 (9,747 | 
 )  | 
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 $ | 
 (8,417 | 
 )  | 
  
 
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        | Pension Benefits Future Payments in Next Five Years | 
        
 
 The pension
 benefits expected to be paid in each of the next five years and in
 aggregate for the five years thereafter are as follows (in
 thousands): 
 
   
 
 
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  Year 
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 Amount | 
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  2014 
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 $ | 
 790 | 
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  2015 
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 805 | 
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  2016 
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 816 | 
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  2017 
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 880 | 
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  2018 
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 944 | 
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  Next five years 
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 6,169 | 
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        | 
           Restricted Stock 
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        | Information Related to Profits Interests | 
        
 
 The following
 is a summary of restricted share activity for the year ended
 December 31, 2013: 
 
   
 
 
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Number  of 
 Restricted 
 Share 
 Awards
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   | 
 Weighted- 
 Average Grant- 
 Date Fair Value | 
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  Nonvested as of
 January 1, 2013 
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    | 
   | 
 —   | 
    | 
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 $ | 
 —   | 
    | 
  
 
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  Granted 
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    | 
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 17,210 | 
    | 
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   | 
 23.24 | 
    | 
  
 
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  Vested as of
 December 31, 2013 
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 (6,454 | 
 )  | 
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   | 
 23.24 | 
    | 
  
 
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  Forfeited 
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 —   | 
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  Non-vested as of
 December 31, 2013 
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 10,756 | 
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 $ | 
 23.24 | 
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