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2012 Q4 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000010491814000036 Filed on February 26, 2014

Income Statement

Concept	2012 Q4	2012 Q3	2012 Q2
Revenue	$410.5M	$340.6M	$343.6M
YoY Change	-6.47%	-0.9%	-4.71%
Cost Of Revenue
YoY Change
Gross Profit
YoY Change
Gross Profit Margin
Selling, General & Admin
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$33.10M	$31.70M	$31.30M
YoY Change	12.97%	12.01%	10.6%
% of Gross Profit
Operating Expenses	$377.5M	$314.0M	$297.6M
YoY Change	-0.26%	1.68%	-2.43%
Operating Profit	$41.05M	$26.61M	$46.02M
YoY Change	-29.62%	-20.91%	-14.21%
Interest Expense	-$19.20M	$19.13M	$19.19M
YoY Change	11.63%	2.27%	5.01%
% of Operating Profit	-46.78%	71.89%	41.69%
Other Income/Expense, Net	$10.40M	$2.877M	$2.857M
YoY Change	-793.33%	47.01%	78.9%
Pretax Income	$24.20M	$7.570M	$28.89M
YoY Change	-41.97%	-50.7%	-22.15%
Income Tax	$8.200M	$1.608M	$10.36M
% Of Pretax Income	33.88%	21.24%	35.86%
Net Earnings	$15.86M	$5.786M	$18.18M
YoY Change	-35.54%	-45.94%	-20.97%
Net Earnings / Revenue	3.86%	1.7%	5.29%
Basic Earnings Per Share		$0.10	$0.31
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$0.26	$0.10	$0.31
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	59.77M shares	59.05M shares	58.70M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding	59.83M shares	59.12M shares	58.92M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2012 Q4	2012 Q3	2012 Q2
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$75.00M	$83.00M	$93.00M
YoY Change	0.0%	6.41%	32.86%
Cash & Equivalents	$75.46M	$82.95M	$93.42M
Short-Term Investments
Other Short-Term Assets	$24.64M	$31.79M	$28.57M
YoY Change	-49.94%	-85.28%	-82.25%
Inventory	$47.46M	$51.07M	$51.14M
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables	$194.0M	$142.0M	$148.0M
Other Receivables	$2.000M	$16.00M	$6.000M
Total Short-Term Assets	$505.8M	$516.3M	$555.4M
YoY Change	-17.7%	-5.78%	22.06%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$3.024B	$2.941B	$2.911B
YoY Change	5.73%	5.0%	5.32%
Goodwill	$75.96M	$73.78M	$73.78M
YoY Change	94.54%
Intangibles
YoY Change
Long-Term Investments	$74.00M	$74.00M	$73.00M
YoY Change	-2.63%	-2.63%	-6.41%
Other Assets	$248.7M	$250.0M	$252.4M
YoY Change	17.18%	-42.14%	-41.58%
Total Long-Term Assets	$3.807B	$3.674B	$3.661B
YoY Change	5.76%	7.39%	8.06%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$505.8M	$516.3M	$555.4M
Total Long-Term Assets	$3.807B	$3.674B	$3.661B
Total Assets	$4.313B	$4.190B	$4.216B
YoY Change	2.34%	5.57%	9.72%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$198.9M	$140.5M	$148.7M
YoY Change	19.14%	-8.74%	15.3%
Accrued Expenses		$13.00M	$16.00M
YoY Change		62.5%	23.08%
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$52.00M	$82.00M	$91.00M
YoY Change	-45.83%	-15.46%	21.33%
Long-Term Debt Due	$65.00M	$15.00M	$15.00M
YoY Change	209.52%	-28.57%	-25.0%
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$576.1M	$547.9M	$584.6M
YoY Change	-8.14%	-5.05%	28.49%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$1.302B	$1.279B	$1.285B
YoY Change	3.83%	9.04%	8.35%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$110.2M	$105.5M	$104.4M
YoY Change	-5.06%	-78.07%	-78.61%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$110.2M	$105.5M	$104.4M
YoY Change	-5.06%	-93.62%	-93.76%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$576.1M	$547.9M	$584.6M
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$110.2M	$105.5M	$104.4M
Total Liabilities	$3.031B	$2.906B	$2.947B
YoY Change	1.82%	3.87%	10.15%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	$376.9M	$377.1M	$360.9M
YoY Change	12.13%
Common Stock	$889.2M	$887.5M	$861.1M
YoY Change	3.98%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)
YoY Change
Treasury Stock Shares
Shareholders Equity	$1.277B	$1.277B	$1.216B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$4.313B	$4.190B	$4.216B
YoY Change	2.34%	5.57%	9.72%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2012 Q4	2012 Q3	2012 Q2
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$15.86M	$5.786M	$18.18M
YoY Change	-35.54%	-45.94%	-20.97%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$33.10M	$31.70M	$31.30M
YoY Change	12.97%	12.01%	10.6%
Cash From Operating Activities	$59.20M	$57.70M	$78.40M
YoY Change	103.44%	-24.97%	30.23%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$93.70M	-$59.60M	-$63.80M
YoY Change	31.79%	-16.99%	26.59%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	$28.00M	$13.10M	$35.60M
YoY Change	-164.37%	-141.07%	-357.97%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$65.60M	-$46.60M	-$28.20M
YoY Change	-42.76%	-55.06%	-56.07%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	-1.000M	-21.60M	-29.60M
YoY Change	-101.22%	-161.71%	-346.67%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	59.20M	57.70M	78.40M
Cash From Investing Activities	-65.60M	-46.60M	-28.20M
Cash From Financing Activities	-1.000M	-21.60M	-29.60M
Net Change In Cash	-7.400M	-10.50M	20.60M
YoY Change	117.65%	-228.05%	157.5%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$59.20M	$57.70M	$78.40M
Capital Expenditures	-$93.70M	-$59.60M	-$63.80M
Free Cash Flow	$152.9M	$117.3M	$142.2M
YoY Change	52.59%	-21.12%	28.57%

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CY2012Q4	us-gaap	Minority Interest MinorityInterest	17658000	USD
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CY2013	us-gaap	Nature Of Operations NatureOfOperations	<div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:6px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Nature of Business</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:6px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Avista Corporation (Avista Corp. or the Company) is an energy company engaged in the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity and the distribution of natural gas, as well as other energy-related businesses. Avista Utilities is an operating division of Avista Corp., comprising the regulated utility operations. Avista Utilities provides electric distribution and transmission, as well as natural gas distribution, services in parts of eastern Washington and northern Idaho. Avista Utilities also provides natural gas distribution service in parts of northeastern and southwestern Oregon. Avista Utilities has generating facilities in Washington, Idaho, Oregon and Montana. The Company also supplies electricity to a small number of customers in Montana, most of whom are employees who operate one of the Montana generating facilities. Avista Capital, Inc. (Avista Capital), a wholly owned subsidiary of Avista Corp., is the parent company of all of the subsidiary companies in the non-utility businesses, except Spokane Energy, LLC (Spokane Energy). Avista Capital’s subsidiaries include Ecova, Inc. (Ecova), a </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">80.2 percent</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> owned subsidiary as of </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">December 31, 2013</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. Ecova is a provider of energy efficiency and other facility information and cost management programs and services for multi-site customers and utilities throughout North America. See Note 23 for business segment information.</font></div></div>
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CY2013	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Financing Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivities	76770000	USD
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CY2011	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	100224000	USD
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CY2013Q4	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	31666000	USD
CY2012Q4	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	15858000	USD
CY2013Q3	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	11413000	USD
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CY2012Q2	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	18178000	USD
CY2012Q3	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	5786000	USD
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CY2013Q3	us-gaap	Net Income Loss Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	518000	USD
CY2012Q3	us-gaap	Net Income Loss Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	176000	USD
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CY2013	us-gaap	Operating Income Loss OperatingIncomeLoss	244393000	USD
CY2011	us-gaap	Operating Income Loss OperatingIncomeLoss	228004000	USD
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CY2013Q1	us-gaap	Operating Income Loss OperatingIncomeLoss	85062000	USD
CY2013Q4	us-gaap	Operating Income Loss OperatingIncomeLoss	66320000	USD
CY2013Q3	us-gaap	Operating Income Loss OperatingIncomeLoss	35269000	USD
CY2013Q2	us-gaap	Operating Income Loss OperatingIncomeLoss	57742000	USD
CY2012Q1	us-gaap	Operating Income Loss OperatingIncomeLoss	76394000	USD
CY2012Q2	us-gaap	Operating Income Loss OperatingIncomeLoss	46020000	USD
CY2012Q4	us-gaap	Operating Income Loss OperatingIncomeLoss	41047000	USD
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CY2013Q4	us-gaap	Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Due In Four Years OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInFourYears	3189000	USD
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CY2011	us-gaap	Other Asset Impairment Charges OtherAssetImpairmentCharges	0	USD
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CY2013Q4	us-gaap	Other Assets Miscellaneous Noncurrent OtherAssetsMiscellaneousNoncurrent	13950000	USD
CY2013Q4	us-gaap	Other Assets Noncurrent OtherAssetsNoncurrent	240437000	USD
CY2012Q4	us-gaap	Other Assets Noncurrent OtherAssetsNoncurrent	248670000	USD
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CY2013	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax	881000	USD
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CY2013	us-gaap	Other Income OtherIncome	3109000	USD
CY2011	us-gaap	Other Income OtherIncome	280000	USD
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CY2013Q4	us-gaap	Other Liabilities Noncurrent OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent	130318000	USD
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CY2012Q4	us-gaap	Other Long Term Debt Noncurrent OtherLongTermDebtNoncurrent	17838000	USD
CY2013Q4	us-gaap	Other Long Term Debt Noncurrent OtherLongTermDebtNoncurrent	1431000	USD
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CY2013Q4	us-gaap	Other Long Term Investments OtherLongTermInvestments	13883000	USD
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CY2012	us-gaap	Other Nonoperating Income Expense OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	5025000	USD
CY2013	us-gaap	Other Nonoperating Income Expense OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	6677000	USD
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CY2012	us-gaap	Other Operating Activities Cash Flow Statement OtherOperatingActivitiesCashFlowStatement	5256000	USD
CY2013	us-gaap	Other Operating Activities Cash Flow Statement OtherOperatingActivitiesCashFlowStatement	12982000	USD
CY2012	us-gaap	Other Sales Revenue Net OtherSalesRevenueNet	38953000	USD
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CY2013	us-gaap	Other Sales Revenue Net OtherSalesRevenueNet	39549000	USD
CY2012	us-gaap	Payments For Proceeds From Derivative Instrument Financing Activities PaymentsForProceedsFromDerivativeInstrumentFinancingActivities	18547000	USD
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CY2011	us-gaap	Payments For Proceeds From Other Investing Activities PaymentsForProceedsFromOtherInvestingActivities	6435000	USD
CY2013	us-gaap	Payments For Proceeds From Other Investing Activities PaymentsForProceedsFromOtherInvestingActivities	1339000	USD
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CY2012	us-gaap	Payments Of Debt Issuance Costs PaymentsOfDebtIssuanceCosts	764000	USD
CY2011	us-gaap	Payments Of Debt Issuance Costs PaymentsOfDebtIssuanceCosts	4477000	USD
CY2012	us-gaap	Payments Of Dividends PaymentsOfDividends	68552000	USD
CY2013	us-gaap	Payments Of Dividends PaymentsOfDividends	73276000	USD
CY2011	us-gaap	Payments Of Dividends PaymentsOfDividends	63737000	USD
CY2011	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Available For Sale Securities PaymentsToAcquireAvailableForSaleSecurities	96634000	USD
CY2012	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Available For Sale Securities PaymentsToAcquireAvailableForSaleSecurities	100374000	USD
CY2013	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Available For Sale Securities PaymentsToAcquireAvailableForSaleSecurities	35949000	USD
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CY2011	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Other Productive Assets PaymentsToAcquireOtherProductiveAssets	3590000	USD
CY2012	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Other Productive Assets PaymentsToAcquireOtherProductiveAssets	4787000	USD
CY2013	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Other Property Plant And Equipment PaymentsToAcquireOtherPropertyPlantAndEquipment	303113000	USD
CY2011	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Other Property Plant And Equipment PaymentsToAcquireOtherPropertyPlantAndEquipment	243372000	USD
CY2012	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Other Property Plant And Equipment PaymentsToAcquireOtherPropertyPlantAndEquipment	275974000	USD
CY2013	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Property Plant And Equipment PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment	294363000	USD
CY2012	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Property Plant And Equipment PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment	271187000	USD
CY2013	us-gaap	Proceeds From Minority Shareholders ProceedsFromMinorityShareholders	480000	USD
CY2011	us-gaap	Proceeds From Minority Shareholders ProceedsFromMinorityShareholders	0	USD
CY2012	us-gaap	Proceeds From Minority Shareholders ProceedsFromMinorityShareholders	3714000	USD
CY2011	us-gaap	Proceeds From Payments For Other Financing Activities ProceedsFromPaymentsForOtherFinancingActivities	530000	USD
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CY2013	us-gaap	Payments To Minority Shareholders PaymentsToMinorityShareholders	4587000	USD
CY2011	us-gaap	Payments To Minority Shareholders PaymentsToMinorityShareholders	6179000	USD
CY2012	us-gaap	Payments To Minority Shareholders PaymentsToMinorityShareholders	917000	USD
CY2012	us-gaap	Pension And Other Postretirement Benefit Expense PensionAndOtherPostretirementBenefitExpense	39838000	USD
CY2011	us-gaap	Pension And Other Postretirement Benefit Expense PensionAndOtherPostretirementBenefitExpense	32067000	USD
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CY2013	us-gaap	Proceeds From Issuance Of Common Stock ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock	4609000	USD
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CY2012	us-gaap	Proceeds From Issuance Of Long Term Debt ProceedsFromIssuanceOfLongTermDebt	80000000	USD
CY2011	us-gaap	Proceeds From Issuance Of Long Term Debt ProceedsFromIssuanceOfLongTermDebt	85000000	USD
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CY2011	us-gaap	Proceeds From Lines Of Credit ProceedsFromLinesOfCredit	35000000	USD
CY2012	us-gaap	Proceeds From Lines Of Credit ProceedsFromLinesOfCredit	33000000	USD
CY2013	us-gaap	Proceeds From Lines Of Credit ProceedsFromLinesOfCredit	3000000	USD
CY2012	us-gaap	Proceeds From Payments For Other Financing Activities ProceedsFromPaymentsForOtherFinancingActivities	1061000	USD
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CY2013	us-gaap	Proceeds From Repayments Of Short Term Debt ProceedsFromRepaymentsOfShortTermDebt	119000000	USD
CY2012	us-gaap	Proceeds From Repayments Of Short Term Debt ProceedsFromRepaymentsOfShortTermDebt	-9000000	USD
CY2012	us-gaap	Proceeds From Sale Of Available For Sale Securities ProceedsFromSaleOfAvailableForSaleSecurities	137999000	USD
CY2011	us-gaap	Proceeds From Sale Of Available For Sale Securities ProceedsFromSaleOfAvailableForSaleSecurities	80000	USD
CY2013	us-gaap	Proceeds From Sale Of Available For Sale Securities ProceedsFromSaleOfAvailableForSaleSecurities	22960000	USD
CY2013	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	112294000	USD
CY2011	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	103539000	USD
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CY2013Q3	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	11931000	USD
CY2013Q4	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	31532000	USD
CY2012Q4	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	16093000	USD
CY2013Q2	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	25730000	USD
CY2012	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	78800000	USD
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CY2012Q1	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	38213000	USD
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CY2012Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Gross PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross	4197742000	USD
CY2013	us-gaap	Public Utilities Allowance For Funds Used During Construction Capitalized Cost Of Equity PublicUtilitiesAllowanceForFundsUsedDuringConstructionCapitalizedCostOfEquity	6066000	USD
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CY2012	us-gaap	Public Utilities Allowance For Funds Used During Construction Capitalized Cost Of Equity PublicUtilitiesAllowanceForFundsUsedDuringConstructionCapitalizedCostOfEquity	4055000	USD
CY2012	us-gaap	Public Utilities Allowance For Funds Used During Construction Capitalized Interest PublicUtilitiesAllowanceForFundsUsedDuringConstructionCapitalizedInterest	-2401000	USD
CY2013	us-gaap	Public Utilities Allowance For Funds Used During Construction Capitalized Interest PublicUtilitiesAllowanceForFundsUsedDuringConstructionCapitalizedInterest	-3676000	USD
CY2011	us-gaap	Public Utilities Allowance For Funds Used During Construction Capitalized Interest PublicUtilitiesAllowanceForFundsUsedDuringConstructionCapitalizedInterest	-2942000	USD
CY2012	us-gaap	Public Utilities Allowance For Funds Used During Construction Rate PublicUtilitiesAllowanceForFundsUsedDuringConstructionRate	0.0762
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CY2012Q4	us-gaap	Public Utilities Property Plant And Equipment Construction Work In Progress PublicUtilitiesPropertyPlantAndEquipmentConstructionWorkInProgress	143098000	USD
CY2013Q4	us-gaap	Public Utilities Property Plant And Equipment Construction Work In Progress PublicUtilitiesPropertyPlantAndEquipmentConstructionWorkInProgress	160323000	USD
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CY2013Q4	us-gaap	Public Utilities Property Plant And Equipment Net PublicUtilitiesPropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	3202425000	USD
CY2013Q4	us-gaap	Public Utilities Property Plant And Equipment Plant In Service PublicUtilitiesPropertyPlantAndEquipmentPlantInService	4290464000	USD
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2012 Q4 Form 10-K Financial Statement

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