Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (TSX:BAM.A)(NYSE:BAM)(EURONEXT:BAMA) -
Investors, analysts and other interested parties can access Brookfield Asset
Management's 2012 Year End and Fourth Quarter Results as well as the
Shareholders' Letter and Supplemental Information on Brookfield's website under
the Investors/Financial Reports section at www.brookfield.com.
The conference call can be accessed via webcast on February 15, 2013 at 11:00
a.m. Eastern Time at www.brookfield.com or via teleconference at 1-800-319-4610
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Brookfield Asset Management Inc. today announced its financial results for the
quarter and year ended December 31, 2012.
Our operating performance was strong in 2012, with acquisitions and organic
expansion initiatives in recent years making a significant contribution to our
cash flow and the intrinsic value of our assets. We have set the stage for solid
future growth, as both our private and public asset management franchises
expanded significantly during the year and are well positioned to attract an
increasing amount of capital from our clients and increase our management and
performance fees.
Annual Performance Highlights
-- Net income attributable to shareholders was $1.4 billion, or $1.97 per
share, compared to $2.89 per share in 2011. The 2011 results included
significant valuations gains.
-- Funds from operations ("FFO") for 2012 increased 12% to $1.4 billion.
Excluding disposition gains, FFO was $1.1 billion, representing an 11%
increase over the comparable 2011 result.
-- Total return to common shareholders was $3.4 billion, a 12.4% return in
2012.
-- Intrinsic value for common shareholders increased to $28.6 billion or
$44.93 per share.
-- Total assets under management ("AUM") increased 13% to $181 billion.
-- Annualized base management fees, including incentive distributions,
increased 38% to $415 million.
-- Accumulated performance fees increased by $310 million, and $34 million
of previously accumulated fees were crystallized.
-- $7 billion of fee bearing capital was raised during the year for our
private and listed funds, increasing fee bearing capital, after capital
distributed to investors, to $60 billion.
Bruce Flatt, CEO of Brookfield, commented: "We achieved significant growth in
funds from operations in 2012, reflecting strong performance from most of our
operations. We are well positioned to continue to deliver solid results, as we
raise and deploy further capital for clients. We are expanding our global
platforms to support our public and private funds, whose global presence and
scale provide us with a competitive advantage when investing our capital."
Financial Results
Three months ended Years ended December
December 31(1) 31(1)
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US$ millions (except per share
amounts) 2012 2011 2012 2011
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Net income(1,2) $ 492 $ 588 $ 1,380 $ 1,957
Funds from operations(2,3,4) 459 397 1,356 1,211
- excluding disposition gains 312 250 1,073 970
Total return(2,3) 1,842 1,868 3,403 3,345
Per Brookfield share
Net income(2) $ 0.72 $ 0.86 $ 1.97 $ 2.89
Funds from operations(2,3,4) 0.67 0.58 1.94 1.76
Total return(2,3,4) 2.92 2.98 5.39 5.33
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1. Financial results are based on International Financial Reporting
Standards ("IFRS") unless otherwise noted
2. Attributable to Brookfield shareholders. Excludes amounts attributable
to non-controlling interests
3. Non-IFRS measure. See Basis of Presentation on page 4 for details
4. Funds from operations includes disposition gains
Consolidated net income was $2.75 billion, of which $1.38 billion (or $1.97 per
share) accrued to Brookfield shareholders. The remaining $1.37 billion accrues
to the other investors in our consolidated operations. This compares to $1.96
billion for Brookfield shareholders (or $2.89 per share) in 2011, which included
a larger amount of valuation gains recognized within our retail property
operations.
Total Return for Brookfield shareholders for the year was $3.40 billion, or
$5.39 per share. Total Return includes our share of FFO, which was $1.36 billion
for the year, plus $2.18 billion of valuation gains, less preferred share
dividends, and represents a 12.4% return during 2012. We distributed $0.55 per
share to shareholders as dividends and the balance was retained in the business.
FFO totalled $2.92 billion for the year on a consolidated basis, of which $1.36
billion (or $1.94 per share) accrued to Brookfield shareholders and $1.56 billon
accrues to the other investors in our consolidated entities. This compared to
$1.21 billion of FFO for Brookfield shareholders in 2011 (or $1.76 per share).
The increase in FFO compared to the prior year reflects improved operating
performance in most of our core operations, including a higher level of base
fees and performance income generated on a larger amount of fee bearing capital,
higher cash flows in our property operations reflecting improved leasing,
acquisitions and completed developments, and the impact of increased housing
activity in the United States on operations within our private equity and
residential development group. In addition, we monetized a number of assets
during the year and recorded an increased amount of disposition gains within FFO
relative to the prior year.
Valuation gains of $2.18 billion (or $3.45 per share) include fair value changes
recorded in net income and other comprehensive income, as well as changes in
incremental values that we record in respect of items not otherwise revalued in
our financial statements. These include continued strengthening in commercial
property valuations, gains within our housing-related private equity
investments, and an increase in our asset management franchise value reflecting
the continued increase in fee bearing third-party capital, and associated
revenues.
The intrinsic value of our common equity was $44.93 per share at December 31,
compared to $40.99 at the beginning of the year. The increase reflects the total
return generated during the year, after payment of common share dividends to
shareholders, and also reflects the impact of foreign currency exchange rate
changes and share repurchases.
Operating Highlights
We expanded our asset management franchise with both listed and private entities.
Our strategy is to own and operate assets that generate long-term stable and
growing returns. Our listed and private funds have established solid long-term
track records using this approach, and as a result, investors increased their
allocation of capital to our platforms, which allowed us to add $7 billion of
fee-bearing assets under management in our private and listed funds, increasing
total fee bearing capital to $60 billion after reflecting capital distributions
to investors.
We received $3.6 billion of new third-party commitments to our private funds,
and had first and subsequent closes on four funds. We are marketing a total of
six funds to our clients, with a total fundraising goal of an additional $5
billion. The capitalization of our listed entities increased by $4.8 billion to
$21.3 billion due to issuance of additional capital and value appreciation. Our
annualized base management fees and incentive distributions are now tracking at
$415 million, up 38% from the previous year, and we earned $344 million in
performance fees, of which $34 million was realized and included in our
financial results. We finished the year with over $5 billion of capital that we
can deploy on behalf of our private fund clients.
We expect to launch our third flagship listed entity, Brookfield Property
Partners, in the near future and believe it will rank as one of the largest and
highest quality publicly traded global property businesses. This will increase
both fee bearing capital and base management fees.
We invested in growth opportunities in all our major operating businesses,
increasing the capital deployed by both our listed entities and private funds.
We announced or completed acquisitions and capital expansions totalling $13.1
billion during the year, deploying $7.7 billion of equity capital on behalf of
clients and Brookfield shareholders. We expect these businesses will make a
significant contribution to our future cash flows and value increases.
In our property business, we acquired attractive properties in London and Sydney
with a total value of $1.8 billion and broke ground on a major project in New
York, where we will build above an existing rail yard. We also purchased a U.S.
industrial property portfolio with strong growth potential. Our infrastructure
business acquired a South American toll road network, a UK utility business and
a North American district heating system, investing a total of $2.1 billion in
new projects. Our renewable power business deployed $600 million to purchase
four large U.S. hydroelectric facilities with 378 megawatts of generating
capacity and announced an agreement to acquire a second large portfolio for $760
million that is expected to close in the first quarter of 2013.
We launched or completed a number of development and operational initiatives
that increased the value of our assets and the associated cash flows.
Our property business opened an office complex in Perth, Australia, we began
construction on new projects in Toronto and Calgary and are actively leasing
vacancy in retail and office projects acquired over the past four years. Our
infrastructure group completed a $600 million expansion of our Australian
railroad and expects to finish a $750 million new-build electrical transmission
system in Texas this year. We began producing electricity at new power
facilities and advanced new generation projects in North and South America. In
our private equity business, we continued to invest in opportunities related to
the natural gas industry and experienced outstanding performance from a number
of our cyclical investments linked to the North American housing industry.
We generated $29 billion of capital over the course of the year through asset
sales, equity issuance, fund formations and debt financings.
We recycled capital by selling mature assets and investing in sectors where we
see opportunities to achieve superior returns. We improved our liquidity and
lowered our financing costs through our financing activities, and we continue to
see opportunities to raise capital at attractive rates. We refinanced $8.0
billion of debt within our retail property portfolios, generating net proceeds
of $1.6 billion. Our infrastructure business was awarded an investment grade
credit rating and we issued $3.8 billion of capital throughout our
infrastructure business at attractive terms. The renewable power platform
refinanced $2.3 billion of debt, including an inaugural preferred share issue.
We raised our quarterly dividend by 7% to $0.60 on an annualized basis.
The increase in our dividend reflects our policy of raising the distributions
over time by an amount that corresponds to the growth in cash flow from our
businesses, while ensuring we retain capital to maintain our assets and take
advantage of growth opportunities.
Intrinsic Value of Common Equity
The intrinsic value of Brookfield's common equity was $44.93 per share at
December 31, 2012. This includes our estimate of net invested capital of $37.71
per share and $7.22 per share related to our asset management franchise.
Dividend Declaration
The Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of US$0.15 per share
(representing US$0.60 per annum), payable on May 31, 2013, to shareholders of
record as at the close of business on May 1, 2013. This represents an increase
of 7% over the current dividend rate. The Board also declared all of the regular
monthly and quarterly dividends on its preferred shares.
Information on our dividends can be found on our website under Investors/Stock
and Dividend Information.
Basis of Presentation
This news release and accompanying financial statements are based on
International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") unless otherwise noted and
make reference to total return, funds from operations, invested capital and
intrinsic value, which are non-IFRS measures.
Total return is defined as comprehensive income excluding deferred tax expenses
and the impact of foreign currency fluctuations on the long-term capital
invested in non-U.S. operations, and including incremental valuation adjustments
for assets not otherwise revalued under IFRS. Brookfield uses total return to
assess the performance of the overall business as well as its individual
business units.
Funds from operations is defined as net income prior to fair value changes,
depreciation and amortization, and deferred income taxes, and includes certain
disposition gains that are not otherwise included in net income as determined
under IFRS. Brookfield uses funds from operations to assess its operating
results and the value of its business and believes that many of its shareholders
and analysts also find this measure of value to them.
Invested capital represents the capital invested by the company in its
operations, net of the underlying liabilities and non-controlling interests.
These balances are derived from the company's IFRS balance sheets and are
adjusted to exclude deferred income taxes and to include adjustments to present
the fair value of assets and liabilities that are carried at historical book
values or otherwise not reflected in the company's IFRS balance sheets. Common
equity on this basis is referred to as net invested capital.
Intrinsic value includes net invested capital as well as the value attributed to
the company's asset management franchise. Asset management franchise value
represents management's estimate of the value attributable to the company's
asset management activities that is not otherwise included in net invested
capital based on current capital under management, associated fee arrangements,
and potential growth.
Total return, funds from operations, invested capital and intrinsic value and
their per share equivalents are non-IFRS measures which do not have any standard
meaning prescribed by IFRS and therefore may not be comparable to similar
measures presented by other companies. The company provides additional
information on the determination of total return, funds from operations,
invested capital and intrinsic value and a reconciliation between total return
and comprehensive income attributable to Brookfield shareholders, funds from
operations and net income attributable to Brookfield shareholders, and invested
capital and intrinsic value and common equity in the Supplemental Information
available at www.brookfield.com.
Additional Information
The Letter to Shareholders and the company's Supplemental Information for the
year ended December 31, 2012 contain further information on the company's
strategy, operations and financial results. Shareholders are encouraged to read
these documents, which are available on the company's website.
The attached statements are based primarily on information that has been
extracted from our annual financial statements for the year ended December 31,
2012, which have been prepared using IFRS. The amounts have not been audited and
are not subject to review by Brookfield's external auditor.
Brookfield Asset Management Inc. is a global alternative asset manager with over
$175 billion in assets under management. The company has over a 100-year history
of owning and operating assets with a focus on property, renewable power,
infrastructure and private equity. Brookfield offers a range of public and
private investment products and services, and is co-listed on the New York and
Toronto Stock Exchanges under the symbol BAM and BAM.A, respectively. For more
information, please visit our website at www.brookfield.com.
Please note that Brookfield's previous audited annual and unaudited quarterly
reports have been filed on EDGAR and SEDAR and can also be found in the investor
section of its website at www.brookfield.com. Hard copies of the annual and
quarterly reports can be obtained free of charge upon request.
For more information, please visit our website at www.brookfield.com.
Note: This news release contains "forward-looking information" within the
meaning of Canadian provincial securities laws and "forward-looking statements"
within the meaning of Section 27A of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, Section 21E of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
"safe harbor" provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995 and in any applicable Canadian securities regulations.
Forward-looking statements include statements that are predictive in nature,
depend upon or refer to future events or conditions, include statements
regarding the operations, business, financial condition, expected financial
results, performance, prospects, opportunities, priorities, targets, goals,
ongoing objectives, strategies and outlook of the company and its subsidiaries,
as well as the outlook for North American and international economies for the
current fiscal year and subsequent periods, and include words such as "expects,"
"anticipates," "plans," "believes," "estimates," "seeks," "intends," "targets,"
"projects," "forecasts" or negative versions thereof and other similar
expressions, or future or conditional verbs such as "may," "will," "should,"
"would" and "could."
Although we believe that our anticipated future results, performance or
achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements and
information are based upon reasonable assumptions and expectations, the reader
should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements and information
because they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors,
many of which are beyond our control, which may cause the actual results,
performance or achievements of the company to differ materially from anticipated
future results, performance or achievement expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements and information.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
contemplated or implied by forward-looking statements include, but are not
limited to: the impact or unanticipated impact of general economic, political
and market factors in the countries in which we do business; the behavior of
financial markets, including fluctuations in interest and foreign exchange
rates; global equity and capital markets and the availability of equity and debt
financing and refinancing within these markets; strategic actions including
dispositions; the ability to complete and effectively integrate acquisitions
into existing operations and the ability to attain expected benefits; changes in
accounting policies and methods used to report financial condition (including
uncertainties associated with critical accounting assumptions and estimates);
the effect of applying future accounting changes; business competition;
operational and reputational risks; technological change; changes in government
regulation and legislation within the countries in which we operate; changes in
tax laws, catastrophic events, such as earthquakes and hurricanes; the possible
impact of international conflicts and other developments including terrorist
acts; and other risks and factors detailed from time to time in our documents
filed with the securities regulators in Canada and the United States.
We caution that the foregoing list of important factors that may affect future
results is not exhaustive. When relying on our forward-looking statements,
investors and others should carefully consider the foregoing factors and other
uncertainties and potential events. Except as required by law, the company
undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking
statements or information, whether written or oral, that may be as a result of
new information, future events or otherwise.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
December 31 December 31
US$ millions 2012 2011
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Assets
Cash and cash equivalents $ 2,844 $ 2,027
Other financial assets 3,111 3,773
Accounts receivable and other 6,945 6,723
Inventory 6,579 6,060
Investments 11,689 9,401
Investment properties 33,161 28,366
Property, plant and equipment 31,114 22,832
Timber 3,283 3,155
Intangible assets 5,764 3,968
Goodwill 2,490 2,607
Deferred income tax asset 1,664 2,110
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Total Assets $ 108,644 $ 91,022
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Liabilities and Equity
Accounts payable and other $ 11,599 $ 9,266
Corporate borrowings 3,526 3,701
Non-recourse borrowings
Property-specific mortgages 33,648 28,415
Subsidiary borrowings 7,585 4,441
Deferred income tax liability 6,419 5,817
Capital securities 1,191 1,650
Interests of others in consolidated funds 425 333
Equity
Preferred equity 2,901 2,140
Non-controlling interests in net assets 23,190 18,516
Common equity 18,160 16,743
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Total equity 44,251 37,399
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Total Liabilities and Equity $ 108,644 $ 91,022
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited) Three Months Ended Years Ended
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For the periods ended December 31
US$ millions (except per share
amounts) 2012 2011 2012 2011
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Revenues $ 5,385 $ 4,122 $ 18,590 $ 15,921
Direct costs (4,129) (2,759) (13,849) (11,488)
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1,256 1,363 4,741 4,433
Equity accounted income 339 584 1,243 2,205
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1,595 1,947 5,984 6,638
Expenses
Interest (637) (620) (2,497) (2,352)
Corporate costs (40) (40) (158) (168)
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Net income prior to valuation items
and income tax 918 1,287 3,329 4,118
Valuation items
Fair value changes 401 158 1,197 968
Depreciation and amortization (352) (228) (1,263) (904)
Income tax (191) (257) (516) (508)
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Net income $ 776 $ 960 $ 2,747 $ 3,674
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Net income attributable to:
Brookfield shareholders $ 492 $ 588 $ 1,380 $ 1,957
Non-controlling interests 284 372 1,367 1,717
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$ 776 $ 960 $ 2,747 $ 3,674
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Net income per share
Diluted $ 0.72 $ 0.86 $ 1.97 $ 2.89
Basic $ 0.74 $ 0.90 $ 2.02 $ 3.00
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Note:
The foregoing table includes the results attributable to non-controlling
interests whereas the corporation's segmented operating results discussed
elsewhere do not.
RECONCILIATION OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME TO TOTAL RETURN(1)
Three Months Years Ended
(Unaudited) Ended
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For the periods ended December 31
US$ millions (except per share amounts) 2012 2011 2012 2011
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Net income attributable to Brookfield
shareholders (see page 7)(2) $ 492 $ 588 $ 1,380 $ 1,957
Valuation gains included in: other
comprehensive income(2) 858 1,663 843 1,244
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Comprehensive income(2) 1,350 2,251 2,223 3,201
Remove: deferred income taxes included
in net income(2) 91 112 268 96
Add: fair value changes not included
in IFRS comprehensive income 436 (466) 1,041 154
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1,877 1,897 3,532 3,451
Less: preferred share dividends (35) (29) (129) (106)
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Total return(3) $ 1,842 $ 1,868 $ 3,403 $ 3,345
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- Per share $ 2.92 $ 2.98 $ 5.39 $ 5.33
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(Unaudited) Three Months Ended Years Ended
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For the periods ended December 31
US$ millions 2012 2011 2012 2011
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Total return consists of:
Funds from operations $ 459 $ 397 $ 1,356 $ 1,211
Valuation gains 1,418 1,500 2,176 2,240
less: preferred share dividends (35) (29) (129) (106)
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$ 1,842 $ 1,868 $ 3,403 $ 3,345
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RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO FUNDS FROM OPERATIONS(1)
Three Months Years Ended
(Unaudited) Ended
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For the periods ended December 31
US$ millions 2012 2011 2012 2011
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Net income prior to valuation items and
income tax (see page 7) $ 918 $ 1,287 $ 3,329 $ 4,118
Adjust for:
Fair value changes within equity
accounted income (113) (425) (577) (1,529)
Current income taxes (35) (17) (135) (97)
Disposition gains recorded in equity
under IFRS 84 18 306 181
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854 863 2,923 2,673
Non-controlling interest (395) (466) (1,567) (1,462)
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Funds from operations(3) $ 459 $ 397 $ 1,356 $ 1,211
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RECONCILIATION OF COMMON EQUITY TO INTRINSIC VALUE(1)
(Unaudited) 2012 2011
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As at December 31 Per Per
US$ millions, (except per share amounts) Total Share Total Share
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Common equity per IFRS financial
statements $ 18,160 $ 28.99 $ 16,743 $ 26.77
Add back deferred income taxes(4) 2,339 3.55 2,255 3.42
Incremental values(3) 3,400 5.17 2,850 4.33
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Net invested capital 23,899 37.71 21,848 34.52
Asset management franchise value 4,750 7.22 4,250 6.47
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Total intrinsic value(3) $ 28,649 $ 44.93 $ 26,098 $ 40.99
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Notes:
1. See Basis of Presentation on page 4
2. Excludes amounts attributable to non-controlling interests
3. Non-IFRS measure
4. Net of non-controlling interests
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Media:
Brookfield Asset Management Inc.
Andrew Willis, SVP, Communications & Media
(416) 369-8236
(416) 363-2856 (FAX)
andrew.willis@brookfield.com
Investors:
Brookfield Asset Management Inc.
Katherine Vyse, SVP, Investor Relations
(416) 369-8246
(416) 363-2856 (FAX)
katherine.vyse@brookfield.com
www.brookfield.com
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