$ACEL
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2020 Q3 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000169899121000005 Filed on March 16, 2021

Income Statement

Concept	2020 Q3	2020 Q2	2020 Q1
Revenue	$135.1M	$379.0K	$106.5M
YoY Change		-99.64%	9.3%
Cost Of Revenue	$91.80M	$0.00	$68.00M
YoY Change	39.73%	-100.0%	10.39%
Gross Profit	$44.50M	$400.0K	$37.20M
YoY Change	25.0%	-98.95%	3.91%
Gross Profit Margin	32.94%	105.54%	34.94%
Selling, General & Admin	$23.20M	$10.50M	$23.50M
YoY Change	31.82%	-40.0%	45.96%
% of Gross Profit	52.13%	2625.0%	63.17%
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$5.400M	$5.100M	$4.900M
YoY Change	-16.92%	-16.39%	-18.33%
% of Gross Profit	12.13%	1275.0%	13.17%
Operating Expenses	$35.30M	$22.90M	$34.50M
YoY Change	2.02%	-20.76%	27.31%
Operating Profit	$8.984M	-$23.84M	$2.143M
YoY Change	782.51%	-357.59%	-75.37%
Interest Expense	$3.434M	$2.489M	$4.249M
YoY Change	3.59%	-21.13%	-241.63%
% of Operating Profit	38.22%		198.27%
Other Income/Expense, Net	-$3.600M	-$7.200M	$17.40M
YoY Change
Pretax Income	$241.0K	-$51.82M	$47.90M
YoY Change	-110.49%	-949.7%	1918.39%
Income Tax	-$6.600M	-$5.100M	-$100.0K
% Of Pretax Income	-2738.59%		-0.21%
Net Earnings	$6.835M	-$46.77M	$48.04M
YoY Change	-527.72%	-1180.59%	1102.58%
Net Earnings / Revenue	5.06%	-12339.84%	45.13%
Basic Earnings Per Share	$0.08	-$0.60	$0.62
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$0.08	-$0.60	$0.60
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	82.79M shares	78.32M shares	78.00M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding	83.56M shares	78.32M shares	79.09M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2020 Q3	2020 Q2	2020 Q1
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$193.1M	$165.8M	$180.5M
YoY Change	193008.0%	23590.57%	60079.33%
Cash & Equivalents	$179.1M	$148.8M	$166.5M
Short-Term Investments	$14.00M	$17.00M	$14.00M
Other Short-Term Assets	$8.947M	$6.637M	$6.286M
YoY Change		6537.0%
Inventory
Prepaid Expenses	$3.780M	$3.443M	$4.243M
Receivables
Other Receivables
Total Short-Term Assets	$209.7M	$179.8M	$195.0M
YoY Change	207925.79%	23787.05%	64891.33%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$130.7M	$123.8M	$125.5M
YoY Change
Goodwill	$34.51M	$34.51M	$34.51M
YoY Change
Intangibles
YoY Change
Long-Term Investments	$16.00M	$13.00M	$16.00M
YoY Change
Other Assets	$224.2M	$221.7M	$230.2M
YoY Change	-47.82%	-51.94%	-49.9%
Total Long-Term Assets	$354.9M	$345.5M	$355.7M
YoY Change	-17.42%	-25.11%	-22.59%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$209.7M	$179.8M	$195.0M
Total Long-Term Assets	$354.9M	$345.5M	$355.7M
Total Assets	$564.6M	$525.3M	$550.7M
YoY Change	31.36%	13.69%	19.76%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$20.30M	$27.30M	$23.70M
YoY Change
Accrued Expenses	$9.100M	$0.00	$300.0K
YoY Change	56.7%	-100.0%	50.0%
Deferred Revenue	$1.600M	$1.700M	$1.700M
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
YoY Change
Long-Term Debt Due	$18.25M	$18.25M	$18.25M
YoY Change
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$52.63M	$50.48M	$47.14M
YoY Change	806.24%	1078.39%	23468.0%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$330.8M	$380.7M	$384.8M
YoY Change	10925.23%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$22.10M	$21.20M	$21.10M
YoY Change	39.87%	34.18%	33.54%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$389.7M	$441.9M	$443.8M
YoY Change	1972.88%	2696.56%	2708.97%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$52.63M	$50.48M	$47.14M
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$389.7M	$441.9M	$443.8M
Total Liabilities	$442.3M	$492.3M	$491.0M
YoY Change	1701.21%	2357.55%	2968.46%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	-$34.77M	-$43.31M	-$14.87M
YoY Change	-795.6%	-966.5%
Common Stock
YoY Change
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)
YoY Change
Treasury Stock Shares
Shareholders Equity	$122.3M	-$19.83M	$25.25M
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$564.6M	$525.3M	$550.7M
YoY Change	31.36%	13.69%	19.76%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2020 Q3	2020 Q2	2020 Q1
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$6.835M	-$46.77M	$48.04M
YoY Change	-527.72%	-1180.59%	1102.58%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$5.400M	$5.100M	$4.900M
YoY Change	-16.92%	-16.39%	-18.33%
Cash From Operating Activities	$21.40M	-$12.93M	-$4.349M
YoY Change	9.35%	-258.07%	-124.3%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$13.54M	-$260.0K	$3.855M
YoY Change	38.3%	-94.82%	-30.9%
Acquisitions			$0.00
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	-$5.610M	$0.00	$120.0K
YoY Change	-94.7%	-100.0%	300.0%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$19.15M	-$270.0K	-$3.734M
YoY Change	-83.45%	-94.6%	-32.73%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	28.02M	-4.500M	$49.22M
YoY Change	-74.02%	-568.75%	-633.88%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	21.40M	-12.93M	-$4.349M
Cash From Investing Activities	-19.15M	-270.0K	-$3.734M
Cash From Financing Activities	28.02M	-4.500M	$49.22M
Net Change In Cash	30.27M	-17.70M	$41.14M
YoY Change	158.28%	-527.54%	1214.22%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$21.40M	-$12.93M	-$4.349M
Capital Expenditures	-$13.54M	-$260.0K	$3.855M
Free Cash Flow	$34.94M	-$12.67M	-$8.204M
YoY Change	19.01%	-195.98%	-166.59%

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CY2018	us-gaap	Payment For Contingent Consideration Liability Operating Activities PaymentForContingentConsiderationLiabilityOperatingActivities	0	usd
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CY2020	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Businesses Net Of Cash Acquired PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired	35769000	usd
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CY2020	us-gaap	Nature Of Operations NatureOfOperations	Description of Business<div style="margin-top:8pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">Accel Entertainment, Inc. and its subsidiaries (“</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">the Company</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">”)</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%"> wholly owned subsidiary, Accel Entertainment Gaming LLC, is a terminal operator licensed by the State of Illinois Gaming Board </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">(“IGB”) </span><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">since March 15, 2012. Its Illinois terminal operator license allows the Company to install and operate video gaming terminals </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">(“VGTs”) </span><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">in licensed video gaming locations throughout the State of Illinois as approved by individual municipalities. The Company also operates redemption terminals, which also function as automated teller machines (“ATMs”) at its licensed video gaming locations, and amusement equipment at certain locations. The Company's terminal operator license in Illinois, which is not transferable or assignable, requires compliance with applicable regulations and the license is renewable annually unless sooner cancelled or terminated. </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">In July 2020, the Georgia Lottery Corporation approved one of the Company's consolidated subsidiaries as a licensed operator, or a Master Licensee, which allows the Company to begin the installation and operation of coin operated amusement machines for commercial use by the public for play </span><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">throughout the State of Georgia</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">. </span><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">The Company is subject to various federal, state and local laws and regulations in addition to gaming regulations. </span></div><div style="margin-top:8pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">The Company operates 12,247 and 10,499 VGTs across 2,435 and </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">2,312</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%"> locations in the State of Illinois as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.</span></div><div style="margin-top:9pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">On November 20, 2019, TPG Pace Holdings Corp., (“TPG Holdings”) entered into a Transaction Agreement with each of the stockholders of Accel Entertainment, Inc. (“Accel”). Pursuant to the Transaction Agreement and in connection therewith, TPG Holdings acquired, directly or indirectly, all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock and preferred stock from the Accel stockholders. In connection with the closing of the transaction, TPG Holdings changed its name to Accel Entertainment, Inc. This transaction was accounted for as a reverse recapitalization. For more information on this transaction, see Note 4.</span></div><div style="margin-top:9pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">The Company is an “emerging growth company” under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (“</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">JOBS Act</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">”) following the consummation of the merger of TPG Pace Holding Corp. and Accel Entertainment, Inc. The Company has elected to use this extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards pursuant to Section 107(b) of the JOBS Act and as a result of this election, its financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with public company effective dates. The Company will remain an “emerging growth company” until the earliest to occur of (i) the last day of the fiscal year (a) following June 30, 2022, (b) in which Accel has total annual gross revenue of at least $1.0 billion or (c) in which Accel is deemed to be a large accelerated filer, which means the market value of Class A-1 common stock that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the last business day of the prior second fiscal quarter, and (ii) the date on which Accel has issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt during the prior three-year period.</span></div><div style="margin-top:8pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:144%">Impact of COVID-19 on the Consolidated Financial Statements</span></div><div style="margin-top:9pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">In its initial response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the IGB made the decision to shut down all VGTs across the State of Illinois starting at 9:00 p.m. on March 16, 2020 and ultimately extended the shutdown through June 30, 2020. As COVID-19 began a resurgence in the fall, the virus spread exponentially in every geographical region (currently 11 regions) in the State of Illinois. In response, the IGB suspended all video gaming operations until further notice across the entire state of Illinois starting at 11:01 PM on Thursday November 19, 2020. Video gaming operations resumed in certain regions of the state beginning on January 16, 2021, and fully resumed in all regions on January 23, 2021. Even though video gaming operations resumed across all regions, certain regions still had government-imposed restrictions that, among other things, limited hours of operation and restricted the number of patrons allowed within in the licensed establishments. These temporary shutdowns of Illinois video gaming impacted 148 of the 365 gaming days (or 40% of gaming days) during the year ended </span><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">December 31, 2020</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">. In light of these events and their effect on the Company’s employees and licensed establishment partners, the Company took action to position itself to help mitigate the effects of the temporary cessation of operations. During the initial shutdown, the Company furloughed a significant portion of its employees and deferred certain payments to major vendors. Additionally, members of the Company's senior management decided to voluntarily forgo their base salaries until the resumption of video gaming operations. </span></div><div style="margin-top:9pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">Beginning in early June, the Company started reinstating employees from furlough in anticipation of resuming operations on July 1, 2020. During the second shutdown, the Company furloughed idle staff as appropriate and deferred certain payments to major vendors.</span></div><div style="margin-top:9pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">As a result of these developments, the Company's revenues, results of operations and cash flows for the year ended </span><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">December 31, 2020 </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">have been materially affected, and the Company expects it could continue for at least as long as COVID-19 is a threat to the public health. The situation is rapidly changing and additional impacts to the business may arise that the Company is not aware of currently. </span></div><div style="margin-top:9pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">The Company incurred non-recurring, one-time expenses of $1.2 million ($2.5 million of costs less recoveries under the CARES Act of $1.3 million) for the year ended </span><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">December 31, 2020</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">, for costs to provide benefits (e.g., health insurance) for furloughed employees during COVID-19 operational disruptions. These costs are included within other expenses, net. The Company also spent $2.0 million in capital costs for the year ended December 31, 2020 related to the purchase of IGB-mandated spacers for its VGTs to promote social distancing requirements within the gaming area and incurred operating expenses of $0.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2020 related to cleaning, disinfecting and sanitizing supplies.</span></div><div style="margin-top:9pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">As part of the Company's analysis of the financial reporting impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak, and corollary response in the State of Illinois, including the temporary shutdowns of its gaming operations, the Company evaluated its goodwill and long-lived assets for potential impairment triggers as of </span><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">December 31, 2020</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">. No impairment losses were recorded. The Company will continue to monitor its assets for potential impairment losses in future periods. While the IGB has announced the resumption of all video gaming activities, it is possible that it or the State of Illinois may order a shutdown by region, or a complete suspension of video gaming in the state, or institute stay-at-home, closure or other similar orders or measures in the future in response to a resurgence of COVID-19 or other events. If this were to occur, the Company could recognize impairment losses which could be material.</span></div>
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CY2020Q2	us-gaap	Retained Earnings Accumulated Deficit RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit	-43314000	usd
CY2020Q3	us-gaap	Retained Earnings Accumulated Deficit RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit	-34771000	usd
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CY2020Q1	acel	Contingent Earnout Gain Loss On Change In Fair Value ContingentEarnoutGainLossOnChangeInFairValue	17406000	usd
CY2020Q2	acel	Contingent Earnout Gain Loss On Change In Fair Value ContingentEarnoutGainLossOnChangeInFairValue	-7174000	usd
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CY2020Q1	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Extraordinary Items Noncontrolling Interest IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest	15301000	usd
CY2020Q2	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Extraordinary Items Noncontrolling Interest IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest	-33503000	usd
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	us-gaap	Costs And Expenses CostsAndExpenses	128539000	usd
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	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Extraordinary Items Noncontrolling Interest IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest	-18202000	usd
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	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Extraordinary Items Noncontrolling Interest IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest	-16252000	usd
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CY2020	us-gaap	Use Of Estimates UseOfEstimates	<span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:144%">Use of estimates</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">: The preparation of consolidated financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect (i) the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, (ii) disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and (iii) the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Estimates used by the Company include, among other things, the useful lives for depreciable and amortizable assets, income tax provisions, the evaluation of the future realization of deferred tax assets, projected cash flows in assessing the initial valuation of intangible assets in conjunction with business and asset acquisitions, the selection of useful lives for depreciable and amortizable assets in conjunction with business and asset acquisitions, the valuation of level 3 investments, contingencies, and the expected term of share-based compensation awards and stock price volatility when computing share-based compensation expense. The Company also estimated stock prices prior to the reverse recapitalization discussed in Note 3 when computing share-based compensation expense. Actual results may differ from those estimates.</span>
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CY2020	us-gaap	Concentration Risk Credit Risk ConcentrationRiskCreditRisk	<span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:144%">Concentration of credit risk</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:144%">: The Company’s operations are centralized primarily in the State of Illinois. Should there be favorable or unfavorable changes to the Illinois Gaming Act there may be an impact on the Company’s results of operations. The Company has high concentrations of locations within certain municipalities in Illinois which could impact the Company if these municipalities change their gaming laws.</span>
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CY2019Q4	acel	Business Acquisition Percent Of Shareholder Cash Election On Stock Issuable BusinessAcquisitionPercentOfShareholderCashElectionOnStockIssuable	0.70
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CY2019Q4	acel	Contract With Customer Liability Gross ContractWithCustomerLiabilityGross	7400000	usd
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CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Contract With Customer Liability ContractWithCustomerLiability	6500000	usd
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CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Contract With Customer Liability Current ContractWithCustomerLiabilityCurrent	1700000	usd
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CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Contract With Customer Asset Net ContractWithCustomerAssetNet	18700000	usd
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CY2019Q4	acel	Capitalized Contract Cost Subject To Claw Back CapitalizedContractCostSubjectToClawBack	2200000	usd
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