Exhibit 10.19
DATED 10 January
2006
VIEWSONIC EUROPE
LIMITED
and
JAN
JENSEN
DIRECTOR’S SERVICE
AGREEMENT
asb law
Innovis
House
108 High
Street
Crawley
West
Sussex
RH10 1AS
Tel: 01293
603627
Fax: 01293
603669
Ref:
AMDK/346968/2
DIRECTOR’S SERVICE
AGREEMENT
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VIEWSONIC EUROPE LIMITED
a company registered in England and
Wales under number 3131161 and whose registered office is at
ViewSonic House, Fleming Road, Crawley, West Sussex RH10 2GA
(“the Company”); and
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JAN
JENSEN (“the
Director”)
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OPERATIVE PART
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In this
Agreement the following words shall, unless the context otherwise
requires, have the meanings set out below:
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this Agreement
as may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in
accordance with these provisions;
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is in respect
of the period prior to 1 January 2005, the Exchange Rate on the
Commencement Date, and thereafter such other greater or lesser sum
as may be published in the ViewSonic Europe Internal Exchange Rate
Document on the later of 1 January or 1 July immediately preceding
the date of payment of sums due to the Director or benefits to
which the Director is entitled in any calendar month;
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the Board of
Directors from time to time of the Company;
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the business of
the Company from time to time which shall include without
limitation the development and exploitation of intellectual
property rights owned by the Company;
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Revision Date
to Director’s
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1 January
2006
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includes but is
not limited to:-
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all un-patented
designs, drawings, data specifications, manufacturing processes,
testing procedures and all other technical business and similar
information relating to the Business including all readable or
computer or other machine readable data, logic, logic diagrams,
flow charts, coding sheets, coding, source or object codes,
listings, test data, test routines, diagnostic programs or other
material relating to or comprising software which is part of the
Business;
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all strategic
information being all and any forward plans whether in intangible
or tangible form developed by the Company relating to the
development of the Business and information relating to the
implementation of any such strategies developed;
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pricing
information which shall include all and any rates used by the
Company, prices charged to and terms of business with clients,
suppliers or customers of the Company;
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statistical
information and methods which shall include information relating to
research activities, designs, formulae and all and any statistical
methods used by the Company;
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management
information which shall include financial information, results and
forecasts (save to the extent that these are included in published
and audited accounts), any proposals relating to the acquisition or
disposal of a firm or business or any part thereof or to any
proposed expansion or contraction of activities, details of
employees and officers and of the remuneration and other benefits
paid as far as this information relates to the Company;
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corporate
information which shall include all and any information whether in
intangible or tangible form relating to the business methods,
corporate plans, management systems, finances, maturing new
business opportunities or research and development projects of the
Company or any Group Company; and
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any
confidential information which the Director is told is confidential
and any information which has been given to the Company in
confidence by businesses, investors, suppliers and other
persons.
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any item of
Confidential Information in which copyright or design right
subsists;
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any person,
firm, Company or other organisation who or which during the
Relevant Period is or was negotiating with the Company for the
provision of Relevant Services or to whom or which the Company
shall at any time during the Relevant Period have provided any
Relevant Services;
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all records,
reports, documents, papers, computer generated data and other
materials whatsoever originated by or upon behalf of the Director
pursuant to this Agreement, including all and any data stored in
any computer system or database;
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any person
employed by the Company who either acts in a managerial or
technical capacity, is a sales representative or is in a skilled or
supervisory position and with whom the Director had significant
contact during the Relevant Period;
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the rate of
pounds sterling to euros published in the ViewSonic Europe Internal
Exchange Rate Document;
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the Company,
its subsidiaries and any holding or parent company or subsidiary of
such holding or parent company from time to time, and ‘Group
Company’ shall be construed accordingly;
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any illness or
other like cause which prevents the Director from attending to his
duties;
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any invention
or discovery conceived or originated or made by the Director during
the course of his employment;
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any patents and
applications thereof relating to Inventions including (without
prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) author certificates,
inventor certificates, improvement patents, utility certificates
and models and certificates of addition and including any
divisions, renewals, continuation, extensions or reissues
thereof;
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the period of
twelve months up to and including the date of termination of the
Director’s employment;
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good, products,
and/or services similar to and/or competitive with those supplied
and/or marketed during the Relevant Period by the Company to
Customers with which the Director was personally concerned and/or
for which the Director was responsible to a material extent at any
time during the Relevant Period;
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any supplier of
the Company with which during the Relevant Period the Director or
an Employee have dealt to a material extent in respect of Relevant
Services;
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the date of
termination of the employment;
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ViewSonic
Europe Internal
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the document
published from time to time by ViewSonic Corporation Inc setting
out the currency exchange rates applicable to transactions and
payments between Group Companies.
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1.2
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All references
in this Agreement to statutory provisions shall extend to those
provisions as re-enacted or modified and to regulations thereunder
and any statutory replacement from time to time in
force.
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1.3
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Words and
phrases defined in the Companies Acts 1985 and 1989 shall have the
same meaning herein as therein but excluding any statutory
modification thereof not in force on the date of this
Agreement.
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1.4
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References to
clauses, schedules and recitals are reference to clauses,
sub-clauses, schedules and recitals of this Agreement unless
otherwise specified. References to the singular shall include the
plural and vice versa, and references to the masculine gender shall
include the feminine and neuter genders and vice versa.
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1.5
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Headings are
for convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation or
construction of this Agreement.
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1.6
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References to
the Company shall, unless the context otherwise requires be deemed
to include any Group Company.
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The Director
shall obtain a Form E101 (otherwise known as a certificate of
coverage as laid down in EU Regulation 1408/71 article 14.2b). The
Company shall provide all reasonable assistance to the Director to
enable him to obtain such a Form E101.
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The employment
of the Director commences on the Commencement Date
and shall continue unless and until terminated by either party
giving to the other not less than six months notice in writing or
until terminated in accordance with the termination provisions of
this Agreement provided below.
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No previous
period of employment will count as part of the Director’s
period of continuous employment with the Company.
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The Company
shall be entitled in its discretion after notice shall have been
given under the terms of this Agreement to require the Director to
remain away from the offices of the Company or any Group Company
during all or any part or parts of the unexpired period of the
notice in which event the Director shall comply with any conditions
laid down by the Company during such period. During any such period
the Director’s employment will continue as will all terms
expressly provided for under this Agreement together with any
implied obligations including but not limited to good faith and
confidentiality. The parties agree that the period of notice is a
reasonable period of garden leave.
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The Director
will be employed by the Company as President and Managing Director
ViewSonic Europe and the Director will be a member of the
Board.
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The Director
will be based at the Company’s offices in Crawley, although
his place or residence will be in Denmark. The Company reserves the
right to appoint the Director to other positions as may reasonably
be required, whether within the Company or any Group Company and to
base the Director permanently or temporarily at other locations in
the UK or abroad. The Company will use its reasonable endeavours to
provide the Director with reasonable notice of any relocation
temporary or otherwise.
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The Director
may be required to work at any of the Company’s offices,
whether in the UK, Denmark or elsewhere. The Director will also be
expected to travel throughout the UK, Denmark and overseas in the
performance of his duties for such periods as the Company may
reasonably require. The Director will be expected to work for at
least one day in every week from his home in Denmark.
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The Director
shall during his employment under this Agreement:
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perform the
duties and exercise the powers which the Board may from time to
time properly assign to him in his capacity as Managing Director
in connection with the business of the Company,
including undertaking duties on the Board of the Company and the
Group as required from time to time by the Board; and
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do all in his
power to promote develop and extend the business of the Company and
the Group and at all times and in all respects conform to and
comply with the proper and reasonable directions and regulations of
the Board.
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in the absence
of any specific directions from the Board (but subject always to
the memorandum and articles of association of the Company) have the
general control and responsibility for the management of the
business of the Company; and
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devote the
whole of his time, attention and ability to the duties of his
employment with the Company; and
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at all times
keep the Company promptly and fully informed (in writing if so
requested) of his conduct of the business or affairs of the Company
and provide such explanations as the Company may require;
and
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work and
faithfully serve the Company to the best of the Director’s
ability and use his best endeavours to promote the interests of the
Company; and
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not to make any
untrue or disparaging statements relating to the Group;
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The
Director’s normal duties are set out in the attached Job
Description.
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The Director
will (without further remuneration) if and for so long as the
Company requires and for so long as the Director remains employed
by the Company:
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carry out
duties on behalf of any Group Company
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act as an
officer of any Group Company or hold any other employment or office
as nominee or representative of the Company;
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carry out such
duties and the duties attendant on any such employment as if they
were duties to be performed by him on behalf of the
Company.
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For the
avoidance of doubt, unless specifically authorised in writing, the
Director shall not be entitled to and is specifically prohibited
from entering into on behalf of the Company any binding contracts
or arrangements involving or relating to the Company when in
Denmark.
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During the
continuance of his employment under this Agreement the Director
shall unless prevented by Incapacity devote his whole time and
attention to the business of the Company and shall not without the
prior written consent of the Board:
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engage in any
other business; or
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be concerned or
interested in any other business of a similar nature to or
competitive with that carried on by the Company or any of its Group
Companies or which is a supplier or customer of the Company or of
its Group Companies
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PROVIDED that
nothing in this clause shall preclude the Director from holding or
being otherwise interested in any shares or other securities of any
company which are for the time being quoted on any recognised stock
exchange (or in respect of which dealing takes place in the
unlisted securities market of The Stock Exchange) so long as the
interest of the Director in such shares or other securities does
not extend to more than 2% of the total amount of such shares or
securities.
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
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Forthwith
following the conception, origination or making of an Invention by
the Director during the course of his employment, the Director
shall disclose full details of such Invention to the Company.
Further, forthwith following the origination or development of any
Confidential Information during the course of his employment, the
Director shall disclose and make available such Confidential
Information to the Company.
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The Company
shall, in its sole discretion, be entitled to apply for Patent
Rights in respect of any Invention conceived, originated or made by
the Director and shall be responsible for the maintenance and
renewal of the Patent Rights.
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The Director
agrees to assign to the Company all rights, title and interest in
and to any Inventions or Confidential Information made, originated
or developed during the course of their employment together with
any other intellectual property rights arising out of the course of
his employment and further agrees to assist the Company in
connection with any application for Patent Rights and to do all
such acts and things as the Company’s legal advisers may
advise are necessary or desirable in connection with any such
assignment or assistance. The Director irrevocably appoints the
Company to be his attorney or agent in his name and on his behalf
to do all such acts and things and to sign all such deeds and
documents as may be necessary in order to give the Company the full
benefit of the provisions of this Agreement and, in particular but
without limitation of this clause, the Director agrees that, with
respect to any third party, a certificate signed by any duly
authorised officer of the Company that any act or thing or deed or
document falls within the authority hereby conferred shall be
conclusive evidence that this is the case.
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The Director
assigns to the Company by way of future assignment of copyright the
copyright subsisting in the Copyright Works and in the documents
originated by the Director for all the classes of act which by
virtue of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 the owner of
the copyright has the exclusive right to do throughout the world
and for the whole period for which copyright is to
subsist.
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The Director
warrants that any Inventions, Confidential Information, Copyright
Works or Documents conceived, originated, made or developed by the
Director will not infringe any intellectual property rights of
which a third party is the proprietor including, in particular but
without limitation, any patents, copyrights, registered designs or
rights of confidence. The Director agrees to indemnify the Company
against any and all liability, loss, damage, costs and expenses
which the Company or a third party may incur or suffer whether
direct or consequential (including but without limitation any
economic loss or other loss of profits, business or goodwill) as a
result of any dispute or contractual, tortious or other claims or
proceedings brought against the Company by a third party alleging
infringement of its intellectual property rights by reason of the
use or exploitation of any Invention, Confidential Information,
Copyright Works or Documents conceived, originated, made or
developed by the Director or any of its personnel PROVIDED ALWAYS
that:
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the Company
shall forthwith give written notice to the Director of any claims
or proceedings following receipt of them;
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the Company
shall make no admission of liability and must give the Director
sole authority to defend or settle the claims or proceedings at the
Director’s cost and expense;
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the Company
must give the Director all reasonable assistance in connection with
the claims or proceedings at the Director’s cost and
expense;
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in addition to
the aforesaid indemnity, where an injunction restraining use or
exploitation by the Company of any Invention Patent Rights
Confidential Information Copyright Works or Documents is, in the
opinion of the Company’s legal advisers, likely to be granted
by the Court to the third party, the Director shall do all such
acts and things either to render them non-infringing without
affecting any of the Director’s other duties and obligations
under this Agreement or shall obtain a licence from the third party
granting the Company the right to continue using them.
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CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION / COMPANY
DOCUMENTS
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The Director
shall neither during the employment (except in the proper
performance of its duties) nor at any time after the termination of
his employment:-
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divulge or
communicate to any person, company, business entity or other
organisation; or
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use for his own
purpose or for any purposes other than those of the
Company;
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through any
failure to exercise due care and diligence cause any unauthorised
disclosure of
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any trade
secret or Confidential Information relating to the Company;
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PROVIDED THAT
these restrictions shall cease to apply to any information which
shall become available to the public generally otherwise than
through the default of the Director.
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All notes,
memoranda, records, lists of customers and suppliers and employees,
correspondence, documents, computer and other discs and tapes, data
listings, codes, designs and drawings and other documents and
material whatsoever (whether made or created by the Director or
otherwise) relating to the business of the Company (and any copies
of the same) -
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shall be and
remain the property of the Company; and
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shall be handed
over by the Director to the Company on demand and in any event on
the termination of the employment.
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The Director
may not at any time during or after the termination of his
employment make, disclose or publish any untrue, disparaging or
misleading remarks about the Company, its customers, suppliers or
employees or any of the Company’s associated companies or
their customers, suppliers or employees.
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All enquiries
from the press should be directed towards the ViewSonic Corporation
Marketing Department. The Director should assume that anything he
says to the press could be published and therefore, he should never
have dealings with the press ‘off the record’. Failure
to observe this rule may result in disciplinary action being taken
by the Company.
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The provisions
in this clause will also apply as if references to any associated
company were substituted for references to the Company.
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The
Director’s normal hours of work will be from 9 am to 5pm
Monday to Friday (including a half hour lunch break) or such other
hours as are deemed necessary to ensure the discharge of the
Director’s duties under the terms of this employment. The
Director may be required to work over and above the number of hours
specified in this clause without additional remuneration so as to
meet the needs of the business.
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REMUNERATION AND DISCRETIONARY
BONUS
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The Director
shall be paid for his services to the Company with effect from the
revision date to the Directors Service Agreement a basic salary at
a rate of €6,180 gross per calendar month in arrears. This
salary will be converted into sterling based on the Applicable
Exchange Rate, from which the Company will make statutory and
voluntary deductions, convert the net sum back into euros based on
the Applicable Exchange Rate and make payment of such net sum in
euros by bank transfer on or about the 25 th day of each
calendar month (or such higher rate as may from time to time be
agreed).
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For such period
as the Director may hold a Form E101 (as referred to in clause
1.7), the Company shall pay to the Director sums saved by the
Company in respect of employer’s United Kingdom National
Insurance contributions. This salary will be converted (if
necessary) into sterling based on the Applicable Exchange Rate,
from which the Company will make statutory and voluntary
deductions, convert the net sum back into euros based on the
Applicable Exchange Rate and make payment of such net sum in euros
by bank transfer on or about the 25 th day of each
calendar month.
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The Director
shall also be paid an allowance with effect from the revision date
to the Directors Service Agreement at a rate of €500
gross per calendar month in arrears in respect of personal
travel and accommodation expenses (which does not form part of
pensionable pay). This allowance will be converted into sterling
based on the Applicable Exchange Rate, from which the Company will
make stat
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