Exhibit 10.1
ASSET PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
dated as of November 14,
2005
by and
among
Grueninger Cruises and
Tours, Inc.
and
Ambassadair Travel Club,
Inc.
and
Amber Travel,
Inc.
and
ATA Airlines,
Inc.
ASSET PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This Asset Purchase Agreement (this "
Agreement" ) is entered into as of November 14,
2005 (the " Execution Date ") by and between
Grueninger Cruises and Tours, Inc. , an Indiana
corporation ("" Buyer "), Ambassadair
Travel Club, Inc., an Indiana corporation ("
Ambassadair "), Amber Travel,
Inc. , an Indiana corporation (" Amber "
and collectively with Ambassadair, " Sellers "),
and ATA Airlines, Inc. , an Indiana corporation ("
ATA ").
WHEREAS,
Ambassadair, Amber and ATA each are wholly owned subsidiaries of
Holdings, and
WHEREAS,
Holdings, Ambassadair, Amber and ATA are each Debtors in Chapter 11
proceedings pending in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the
Southern District of Indiana; and
WHEREAS,
Ambassadair is a membership- based travel club that provides trips,
tours and other travel services to its members; and
WHEREAS, Amber
is a travel agency that provides travel agency services in
conjunction with the businesses of Ambassadair and ATA;
and
WHEREAS, Buyer
is an experienced and financially capable, Indianapolis, Indiana
based provider of tours, trips and other travel services which will
pursuant to this Agreement purchase certain of the assets of
Ambassadair, Amber and ATA and, as a manager acting on behalf of
Ambassadair, will operate and complete certain Ambassadair tours
and trips which have been sold by Ambassadair to Ambassadair
members, and as the purchaser of Ambassadair assets, will offer
benefits and travel opportunities to current and former members of
Ambassadair.
NOW, THEREFORE,
in consideration of the mutual covenants, representations,
warranties and agreements herein contained, Buyer, Ambassadair,
Amber and ATA hereby agree as follows:
PURCHASED ASSETS AND
PURCHASED ATA EQUIPMENT
1.1.
Purchase and Sale of
Assets .
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(a)
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Upon and
subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, (i) Buyer
shall purchase from Sellers, and Sellers shall sell, transfer,
convey, assign and deliver to Buyer, at the Closing, for the
consideration specified in this Agreement, all of Sellers'
respective rights, title and interests in, to and under the
Purchased Assets, and (ii) Buyer shall purchase from ATA, and ATA
shall sell, transfer, convey, assign and deliver to Buyer, at the
Closing, for the consideration specified in this Agreement, all of
ATA's rights, title and interests in, to and under the Purchased
ATA Equipment, with all of the Assets, being sold, transferred,
conveyed and assigned by the Sellers and ATA free and clear of all
claims, liens, restrictions, encumbrances or security interests of
any nature, as provided in the Approval Order. The Purchased ATA
Equipment is identified on Schedule 2.4(ii) to this
Agreement.
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(b)
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The Parties
acknowledge and agree that Sellers and ATA are not selling,
assigning, or conveying to Buyer any of the Excluded Assets. The
terms "Purchased Assets," " Purchased ATA Equipment" and "Assets,"
as used in this Agreement, do not include any of the Excluded
Assets.
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1.2.
Assumption of
Liabilities .
Except as provided in Section 1.4 of this
Agreement, Buyer shall not, directly or indirectly, assume or
otherwise pay or perform any obligations, liabilities, claims or
other responsibilities of either of Sellers or ATA, including any
relating to the ownership, operation or use of the Excluded Assets
or the Businesses, and Buyer shall not assume any other liabilities
of Sellers or ATA, of any character or description, including
environmental liabilities, liabilities relating to current or
former employees or any liabilities for any and all taxes (sales,
property, income, corporate or otherwise).
In consideration of the assignment, transfer and
conveyance to Buyer of all right, title, interest in and to the
Assets and the other rights assigned, granted or transferred to
Buyer pursuant hereto, and subject to the conditions and in
accordance with the terms hereof, Buyer shall pay to the Sellers
and ATA an aggregate Purchase Price of Three Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($300,000.00) for the Assets, being allocated as follows:
$50,000 to ATA for the Purchased ATA Equipment; and $250,000 to the
Sellers for the Purchased Assets, with $25,000 of this amount being
allocated to Amber Travel for its part of the Purchased Assets, and
the balance to Ambassadair for its part of the Purchased
Assets.
The Purchase Price will be paid as follows: (i)
the sum of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) cash at
Closing, and (ii) the additional sum of One Hundred Fifty Thousand
Dollars ($150,000.00) cash payable on January 2, 2006.
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(a)
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Release of
Initial Deposit . In
connection with that certain Letter Agreement executed between
Sellers, ATA and Buyer on October 20, 2005 (the "Letter
Agreement"), Buyer deposited for the account of Sellers One Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($100,000), which deposit is held in the Trust
Account of Baker & Daniels LLP (the "Initial Deposit"). Upon
the closing of this Agreement and as a portion of the Purchase
Price payable at Closing, Buyer shall authorize, in a writing
addressed and delivered to Baker & Daniels LLP, the release and
delivery to the Sellers as provided in this Agreement of the
Initial Deposit as a cash credit of One Hundred Thousand Dollars
($100,000) to the Purchase Price. Of this payment, $25,000 shall be
released and paid directly to Amber Travel and the balance shall be
released and paid directly to Ambassadair.
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(b)
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Supplemental
Payment . In addition, at
Closing, Buyer shall pay directly to ATA, by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to an account designated by ATA, the
sum of $50,000 (the "Supplemental Payment").
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(c)
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January 2,
2006 Payment Buyer shall
pay directly to Ambassadair, without relief from valuation and
appraisement laws, the remaining balance of the Purchase Price,
being $150,000, on January 2, 2006. This payment shall be made by
wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account
designated by Ambassadair. In the event this payment is not paid
when due, the unpaid principal balance thereof shall bear interest
at the rate of 12% per annum until paid in full, and Ambassadair
shall be entitled to payment of all reasonable attorneys' fees
incurred in the collection thereof.
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(a)
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Buyer agrees to
serve as manager of all operations of Ambassadair from and after
the Closing relating to the providing, performance, delivery and
completion of the Contracted Trips and the Remaining 2005 Trips (as
those terms are defined in Article IX) and to manage, supervise and
handle the refunding, return and repayment (from Restricted Cash or
by an applicable credit card processor with a credit card holdback)
of amounts paid to Ambassadair for cancelled Contracted Trips or
cancelled Remaining 2005 Trips to those members/purchasers who are
entitled to such refunds, returns and repayments. In addition, in
the event as of the Closing there are refunds or repayments yet to
be made by Ambassadair to members/purchasers for trips previously
cancelled and for which there are funds for such refunding or
repayment held in Restricted Cash or Customer Accounts Receivable,
Buyer will manage and supervise the refunding and repayment of such
funds by Ambassadair.
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(b)
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Ambassadair
shall pay to Buyer a one-time payment of $85,000 on January 2, 2006
(which payment Buyer may credit against the balance of the Purchase
Price payment due to Ambassadair on that date) for the management
of the remaining 2005 Trips pursuant to this Agreement.
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(c)
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Buyer shall
exercise in its performance of its duties as manager the same care
as it exercises in the ordinary course of its business the
management, supervision, selling and providing of trips and
tours.
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(d)
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After Closing,
Buyer, as manager of the Contracted Trips, shall have the right to
cancel or modify Contracted Trips consistent with the policies of
Ambassadair. Ambassadair retains the right to cancel any of the
Remaining 2005 Trips from time to time in accordance with its
policies. In particular, Buyer is to review and re-evaluate from
time to time after Closing each Contracted Trip to determine if the
remaining costs to be incurred in the providing and completion of
that Contracted Trip (after allowance for Prepaid Expenses and
Other Deposits related to that Contracted Trip) do not exceed the
sum of the Customer Accounts Receivable and Restricted Cash held by
Ambassadair for that Contracted Trip, plus net revenues generated
to Buyer from its sale for its own account of additional
participation by members of Ambassadair or other persons in that
Contracted Trip. If a Contracted Trip does not, in Buyer's business
judgment, satisfy this financial test (such a Contracted Trip being
called an "Underfunded Trip"), Buyer, as manager, may cancel the
Underfunded Trip in accordance with and pursuant to Ambassadair
policies for cancellation.
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Buyer shall
have until November 23, 2005, to notify Ambassadair of its decision
to cancel any Contracted Trips which have a departure date in
January, 2006. Buyer shall have until December 12, 2005, to notify
Ambassadair of Buyer's decision to cancel any Contracted Trips
which have a departure date in February, 2006. Buyer shall have
until December 27, 2005, to notify Ambassadair of Buyer's decision
to cancel any Contracted Trips which has a departure date in March,
2006. If Buyer, as manager, does not provide Ambassadair a notice
of its election to cancel a Contracted Trip by the cancellation
notification deadline for that particular Contracted Trip as stated
in this paragraph (any such Contracted Trip for which there has not
been a timely notice of an election to cancel from the Buyer to
Ambassadair being called an "Accepted Trip"), then even if that
Accepted Trip is an Underfunded Trip, Buyer shall be responsible
for and shall pay any costs for the providing, operating and
completion of that Accepted Trip to the extent such costs are not
covered by or reimbursed from the Prepaid Expenses and Other
Deposits, Customer Accounts Receivable and Restricted Cash for that
Accepted Trip. Buyer may elect to cancel an Accepted Trip, but
Buyer shall be liable to pay to Ambassadair all additional losses
suffered by Ambassadair as the result of any increase in penalties,
forfeitures, reductions in refund percentages and other losses of
Prepaid Expenses and Other Deposits for that particular Accepted
Trip which result from Ambassadair not being able to cancel
contractual commitments with the providers who have the Prepaid
Expenses and Other Deposits within two days of the date when Buyer
could have last given a notice of its election to cancel in order
to keep the Accepted Trip from becoming an Accepted
Trip.
It is
understood that Buyer, as manager, will be required to advance
funds to pay costs of providing and completing Contracted Trips
which are to be reimbursed from Restricted Cash and Customer
Accounts Receivable related to that Contracted Trip. Buyer shall
not be entitled to any interest on these advances, but shall be
entitled to reimbursement from Ambassadair for all such advances
from such Restricted Cash, when released from restriction, and such
Customer Accounts Receivable, when proceeds thereof are received,
such reimbursement not to exceed the amount of such Restricted Cash
and Customer Accounts Receivable.
In the event,
as respects any Accepted Trip which is completed, there is a
residual balance, after full reimbursement of Buyer's advances as
provided above, of proceeds from the release of the Restricted Cash
for that Accepted Trip and the proceeds received from Customer
Accounts Receivable, such residual balance shall be paid to Buyer
as its compensation for management of the Contracted
Trips.
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Buyer shall be
entitled at its option to sell, on its own account and not as
manager participation, to any persons, including existing members
of Ambassadair, in Contracted Trips from and after the Closing. It
is recognized that many of the Contracted Trips may avoid being
Underfunded Trips if Buyer is able to sell additional participation
in the Contracted Trip. In the event a Contracted Trip, including
an Accepted Trip, on which Buyer has sold participation, becomes a
cancelled Contracted Trip, Buyer shall be solely responsible for
all refunds and repayments to those persons who purchased
participation in the Contracted Trip from or through Buyer. Buyer
shall not be entitled to any other compensation for its service as
manager of the Contracted Trips, except as provided by the terms of
this Agreement.
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(f)
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Ambassadair
shall be entitled to handle on its own the communications with
third party providers required to cancel and obtain refunds with
respect to any Contracts related to any the Remaining 2005 Trips
which may be cancelled or to cancel and obtain refunds with respect
to any of the Contracts related to Contracted Trips which may be
cancelled.
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At the Closing,
ATA shall grant Buyer a paid up, non-exclusive license to use the
AIRAS operation and reservation software of ATA in the performance
of its duties as manager of the Contracted Trips, for the entire
period in which Buyer is serving as manager for the Contracted
Trips.
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(a)
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The
consummation of the purchase, assignment and transfer of all right,
title and interest in and to the Assets shall take place at the
offices of Baker & Daniels, LLP, 300 North Meridian Street,
Suite 2700, Indianapolis, Indiana, subject to the satisfaction or
waiver of the conditions set forth in Article V, as soon as
practical, but in no event later than November 18, 2005 (the
"Closing Date"). All transactions at the Closing shall be deemed to
take place simultaneously, effective 12:01 a.m. on the Closing
Date, and no transaction shall be deemed to have been completed and
no documents or certificates shall be deemed to have been delivered
until the Transactions are completed and all documents and
certificates are delivered.
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(i)
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Sellers and ATA
shall each execute and deliver to Buyer the Master Bills of
Sale-ATA and Master Bill of Sale-Sellers,
and such other instruments of conveyance and assignment as Buyer
may reasonably request in order to effect the sale, transfer,
conveyance and assignment to Buyer of the Assets; and
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(ii)
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Buyer shall
authorize the release and payment to Sellers of the Initial
Deposit, and shall have paid the Supplemental Payment to
ATA.
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1.6.
Allocation
. Unless extended by agreement of
the Parties, Buyer shall, within sixty (60) days after the Closing
Date, prepare and deliver to Sellers for their consent (which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed)
a schedule allocating to Sellers the Purchase Price (less the Fifty
Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) paid to ATA) among the Purchased
Assets, all in accordance with Treasury Regulation 1.1060-1T (or
any comparable provisions of state or local tax law) or any
successor provision. If Sellers do not give their consent, Buyer
and Sellers will negotiate in good faith to resolve such
objections. Buyer and Sellers shall report and file all Tax Returns
(including amended Tax Returns and claims for refund) consistent
with the allocation, if any, consented to, or required to be
consented to, by Sellers , and shall take no position contrary
thereto or inconsistent therewith (including, without limitation,
in any audits or examinations by any taxing authority or any other
proceedings). Buyer and Sellers shall cooperate in the filing of
any forms (including Form 8594) with respect to such allocation. If
and to the extent the Parties are unable to agree on such
allocation, each shall be free to make its own allocation for tax
purposes. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement,
the foregoing shall survive the Closing Date without
limitation.
1.7.
Further Assurances
. At any time and from time to time
after the Closing without further consideration, the Parties shall
each execute and deliver such other instruments of sale, transfer,
conveyance and assignment and take such actions as the other
Parties reasonably may request to accomplish the Transactions
contemplated hereby.
1.8.
Acknowledgment
. Buyer acknowledges and agrees that
it is acquiring the Assets "As Is" and "Where is", WITHOUT
WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH EXPRESSLY IN
THIS AGREEMENT. SELLERS AND ATA DISCLAIM ALL OTHER EXPRESS
WARRANTIES AND DISCLAIM ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ALL
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.
1.9. Executory Contracts . Buyer shall
have forty-five (45) days following the Closing Date to designate
those executory contracts to which either of Sellers is a party
("Contracts") that it desires to assume by providing written notice
thereof to Sellers. Buyer shall not assume any Contracts for the
purchase of services to be provided on any Remaining 2005 Trips, or
any cancelled Contracted trip, unless buyer pays to Ambassadair the
Prepaid Expenses and Other deposits made by Ambassadair with
respect to that assumed Contract. Buyer will be responsible to pay
any and all amounts required to cure any defaults to allow for the
assumption of the Contracts which Buyer elects to assume. Sellers
shall, at Seller's expense, obtain an appropriate court order
authorizing the assumption and assignment of those Contracts being
so assumed by Buyer, provided that it shall be Buyer's
responsibility to demonstrate "adequate assurance of future
performance" under the applicable Contracts. Sellers shall
cooperate reasonably with Buyer in its election to assume or
renegotiate any of the Contracts. Buyer shall be unconditionally
liable and responsible for the payment, satisfaction, performance
and discharge of all Contracts assumed by Buyer.
1.10. From the Closing Date until April 30, 2006,
Buyer may be present in and perform its management services from
the office space currently occupied by Ambassadair (the
"Ambassadair Office Space"); provided that the occupied space may
be reduced at ATA's option from time to time to adjust to the
reduced number of employees of Buyer who will be working in the
Ambassadair Office Space, and provided further that Buyer shall
reimburse ATA monthly within 15 days of receipt of invoice from ATA
for a pro-rata portion of actual cash costs incurred by ATA
associated with the occupancy and use of the Ambassadair Office
Space, other than rent. Buyer shall be entitled to leave the
Purchased ATA Equipment in the Ambassadair Office Space during this
period. In addition, until the Contracted Trips are completed,
Sellers and/or ATA will cause all telephonic, electronic, and other
inquiries regarding Contracted Trips to be forwarded to personnel
designated by Buyer.
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF SELLERS AND ATA
Sellers and ATA represent and warrant to Buyer
that the statements contained in this Article II are true and
correct as of the date of this Agreement and will be true and
correct as of the Closing as though made as of the Closing, except
to the extent such representations and warranties are specifically
made as of a particular date (in which case such representations
and warranties will be true and correct as of such date). Sellers
and ATA's representations and warranties shall survive the
Closing.
2.1.
Organization, Qualification and
Corporate Power . Amber
is a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws
of the State of Indiana. Ambassadair is a corporation duly
organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of
Indiana. ATA is a corporation duly organized and validly existing
under the laws of the State of Indiana. Sellers and ATA are each
duly qualified to conduct business under the laws of each
jurisdiction where the nature of the business conducted by it or
the properties owned or leased by it require qualification, except
for those jurisdictions in which the failure to be so qualified,
individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not
reasonably be expected to have a Seller Material Adverse Effect.
Sellers and ATA each have all requisite corporate power and
authority to carry on the businesses in which they are engaged, and
to own and use the Assets.
2.2.
Authorization of
Transaction . Sellers and
ATA each has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute
this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, and pursuant to the
Approval Order, Sellers and ATA each have the requisite power and
authority to perform its respective obligations under this
Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements. The execution and delivery
of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements have been (or will
be at the time of execution thereof) duly authorized by all
necessary corporate or other organizational action on the part of
Sellers and ATA. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed
and delivered by Sellers and ATA and constitutes, and each of the
Ancillary Agreements, upon its execution and delivery by Sellers or
ATA, will constitute, a valid and binding obligation of Sellers and
ATA, enforceable against the Sellers and ATA in accordance with its
terms.
2.3.
Non-contravention
. Neither the execution and
delivery by Sellers and ATA of this Agreement or the Ancillary
Agreements, nor the consummation by Sellers and ATA of the
Transactions will (a) conflict with or violate any provision of the
Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of
Sellers and ATA, (b) conflict with, result in a breach of,
constitute (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) a
default under, result in the acceleration of obligations under,
create in any party the right to terminate, modify or cancel, or
require any notice, consent or waiver under, any contract or
instrument to which Sellers or ATA is a party or by which Sellers
or ATA is bound or to which any of its respective assets is
subject, except for (i) any conflict, breach, default,
acceleration, termination, modification or cancellation which,
individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Seller Material
Adverse Effect and would not adversely affect the consummation of
the Transactions, or (ii) any notice, consent or waiver, the
absence of which, individually or in the aggregate, would not have
a Seller Material Adverse Effect and would not adversely affect the
consummation of the Transactions, (c) result in the imposition of
any security interest upon the Assets, or (d) violate any order,
writ, injunction, decree, statute, rule or regulation applicable to
Sellers or ATA or any of the Assets.
2.4.
Ownership and Condition of
Assets . One of the
Sellers as the true and lawful owner, has good marketable title to,
all of the Purchased Assets and ATA, as the true and lawful owner
has good and marketable title to all of the Purchased ATA Assets.
Sellers and ATA each have the authority to transfer the Purchased
Assets to Buyer free and clear of all claims, liens, restrictions,
encumbrances or security interests of any nature as provided in the
Approval Order. Schedule 2.4(ii) sets forth
a complete identification of the Purchased ATA
Equipment.
2.5.
Disclosure
. No representation or warranty by
Sellers or ATA contained in this Agreement or any other document,
certificate or other instrument delivered or to be delivered by or
on behalf of Sellers or ATA pursuant to this Agreement, contains or
will contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omits or
will omit to state any material fact necessary, in light of the
circumstances under which it was or will be made, in order to make
the statements herein or therein not misleading.
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF BUYER
Buyer represents and warrants to Sellers, ATA
and Holdings that the statements contained in this Article III
are true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and will be
true and correct as to the Closing as though made as of the
Closing. Buyers' representations and warranties shall survive the
Closing.
3.1.
Organization and Corporate
Power . Buyer is a
corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of
the State of Indiana. Buyer is duly qualified to conduct business
under the laws of each jurisdiction where the nature of the
business to be conducted by it after the Closing or the properties
to be owned or leased by it after the Closing require
qualification. Buyer has all requisite corporate power and
authority to carry on the businesses in which it
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