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WAFER SUPPLY AGREEMENT

Requirements Supplier Agreement

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Title: WAFER SUPPLY AGREEMENT
Governing Law: California     Date: 11/7/2008
Industry: Semiconductors     Sector: Technology

WAFER SUPPLY AGREEMENT, Parties: power integrations inc , power integrations international ltd , seiko epson corporation
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Exhibit 10.1

Certain confidential information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

WAFER SUPPLY AGREEMENT

     This Agreement (“Agreement”) is made and entered into as of this 1st day of April, 2005 (the “Effective Date”), by and between:

 

(1)

 

POWER INTEGRATIONS INTERNATIONAL LTD., a Cayman Islands corporation having a place of business at P.O. Box 219, Strathvale House, North Church Street, George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (“POWER INTEGRATIONS”);

     and

 

(2)

 

SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, a Japanese corporation with a place of business at 281 Fujimi, Fujimi-machi, Suwa-gun, Nagano-ken, 399-0293 Japan (“SEIKO EPSON”)

WITNESSETH:

     WHEREAS, SEIKO EPSON is engaged in providing wafer foundry services for semiconductor companies; and

     WHEREAS, POWER INTEGRATIONS is engaged in the design, development, marketing and sale of various integrated circuit products for use in power conversion applications; and

     WHEREAS, POWER INTEGRATIONS desires SEIKO EPSON to fabricate and supply wafers of certain integrated circuit products, and SEIKO EPSON is willing to fabricate and supply such wafers to POWER INTEGRATIONS in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

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     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants of the parties contained herein, POWER INTEGRATIONS and SEIKO EPSON hereby agree as follows:

Article 1: (Definitions)

     When used throughout this Agreement, each of the following terms shall have the meaning indicated below:

     1.1 COMMON SPECIFICATION(S): The specifications for the production, delivery and acceptance of the WAFERS which will be provided by PI.

     1.2 CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION: Technical information, or other non-public information relating to PI or SUPPLIER, including software in a human-readable or machine-readable form and regardless of whether recorded on paper, tape, diskette or any other media, which is disclosed by the disclosing party to the receiving party and, subject to Section 1.3 (“CONFIDENTIAL MANUFACTURING INFORMATION”), which (i) if first disclosed in writing or other tangible form, is identified by appropriate legend, as confidential or, (ii) if first disclosed orally or in other intangible form, is identified as confidential information at the time of disclosure, and confirmed by a written summary thereof designated, by appropriate legend, as confidential, and delivered to the receiving party within thirty (30) days after such oral or other intangible disclosure. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all information generated by the activities and actions of SUPPLIER under this Agreement on PI’s behalf (other than SUPPLIER IMPROVEMENTS) and any information, including all PI INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY received by SUPPLIER, shall also be considered PI’s CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.

     1.3 CONFIDENTIAL MANUFACTURING INFORMATION: All CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION of PI or SUPPLIER, as applicable, whether in written, electronic, oral or other form, relating to the PI PROCESS or the

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SUPPLIER PROCESS, as applicable, and conveyed by the disclosing party to the receiving party by any means including, without limitation, during a meeting between the parties, by phone, letter, email or facsimile, whether or not declared or marked confidential and whether or not it is subsequently described in writing.

     1.4 ENGINEERING PRODUCTION: The production by SUPPLIER of WAFERS for engineering development.

     1.5 FOUNDRY CAPACITY : The capacity or output as set forth in Exhibit A (FOUNDRY CAPACITY and PI ANNUAL FORECAST).

     1.6 INDIVIDUAL SALES CONTRACTS: Individual contracts of sale and purchase of the WAFERS that will be concluded between SUPPLIER and PI pursuant to this Agreement.

     1.7 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS : Copyrights, patent rights, trade secret rights, moral rights, mask work rights and all other intellectual or proprietary rights of any kind.

     1.8 MASK SPECIFICATIONS: The specifications for the production, delivery and acceptance of the MASK TOOLING SETS.

     1.9 MAXIMUM FOUNDRY CAPACITY ALLOCATION: The combined number of WAFERS (including UPSIDE WAFERS) for all WAFER TYPES per month, or per year, that SUPPLIER is obligated to supply to PI as set forth in Exhibit A (FOUNDRY CAPACITY and PI ANNUAL FORECAST).

     1.10 MASK TOOLING SETS: Those mask tooling sets for use in making WAFERS.

     1.11 PI: POWER INTEGRATIONS and any of its SUBSIDIARIES.

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     1.12 PI IMPROVEMENTS :  Any modification or change, made during the term of this Agreement, to the PI INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY that has been made solely by PI or made jointly by PI and SUPPLIER.

     1.13 PI INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: The PI PROCESS, the COMMON SPECIFICATIONS, the GDSII, the MASK TOOLING SETS insofar as they are protected by copyright of PI, the PI IMPROVEMENTS, and all know-how related to the foregoing.

     1.14 PI PROCESS: PI’s process technologies, which are implemented in the SUPPLIER wafer fabrication facility to produce the WAFERS, and of which the detailed specification is specified in the COMMON SPECIFICATIONS, plus all PI IMPROVEMENTS.

     1.15 PILOT PRODUCTION: The production by SUPPLIER of WAFERS for the purpose of evaluation by PI.

     1.16 PRODUCTS: Any and all integrated circuit products of PI manufactured in accordance with the PI PROCESS.

     1.17 REVIEW PERIOD: The period of time as set forth in Exhibit A (FOUNDRY CAPACITY and PI ANNUAL FORECAST) for the parties to jointly review the PI ANNUAL FORECAST and the FOUNDRY CAPACITY.

     1.18 SUBSIDIARY: Any corporation, company or other entity in which SUPPLIER or PI, as the case may be, owns and/or controls, directly or indirectly, now or hereafter, more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote for the election of directors or their equivalents regardless of the form thereof (other than any shares of stock whose voting rights are subject to restriction); provided, however, that any entity which would be a SUBSIDIARY by

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reason of the foregoing shall be considered a SUBSIDIARY only so long as such ownership or control exists.

     1.19 SUPPLIER: SEIKO EPSON and any of its SUBSIDIARIES.

     1.20 SUPPLIER IMPROVEMENTS: Any modification or change, made during the term of this Agreement, to the PI INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY that (i) are made solely by SUPPLIER without use of CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION of PI, and (ii) SUPPLIER has a substantial use for other than manufacturing or incorporation into PRODUCTS, and (iii) are based solely on the SUPPLIER PROCESS.

     1.21 SUPPLIER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: (i) The SUPPLIER PROCESS, and (ii) the SUPPLIER IMPROVEMENTS.

     1.22 SUPPLIER PROCESS: SUPPLIER’s standard process technology steps, from SUPPLIER owned technologies, developed exclusively by SUPPLIER and implemented in the SUPPLIER wafer fabrication facility to produce the WAFERS.

     1.23 VOLUME PRODUCTION: The production by SUPPLIER of WAFERS for the volume production of PRODUCTS.

     1.24 WAFER(S): Non-probed silicon wafers manufactured by SUPPLIER for PI in accordance with the COMMON SPECIFICATION.

     1.25 WAFER TYPE . The different types of WAFERS (e.g., size, processing, location of manufacture) as defined by the COMMON SPECIFICATION.

Article 2: (Foundry Commitment and Forecasts)

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     2.1 SUPPLIER agrees to commit the FOUNDRY CAPACITY to PI up to the MAXIMUM FOUNDRY CAPACITY ALLOCATION.

     2.2 Annually, during the term of this Agreement, PI will provide SUPPLIER with a non-binding twelve (12) month forecast of WAFER orders by WAFER TYPE (“PI ANNUAL FORECAST”).

     2.3 Annually, during the term of this Agreement, and during the REVIEW PERIOD prior to the beginning of the next calendar year, SUPPLIER and PI will jointly review the PI ANNUAL FORECAST and SUPPLIER’s FOUNDRY CAPACITY for such next calendar year.

     2.4 Annually, during the term of this Agreement, no later than the last business day of the REVIEW PERIOD, SUPPLIER will commit to a FOUNDRY CAPACITY for the next calendar year, at each of the SUPPLIER’s plants making WAFERS for PI, in an amount no less than [*] of PI’s total WAFER purchases by WAFER TYPE during the previous calendar year, which in no event shall exceed the MAXIMUM FOUNDRY CAPACITY ALLOCATION.

     2.5 During each calendar year during the Term of this Agreement, SUPPLIER shall exert best commercially reasonable efforts to accommodate up to a [*] upside request over the current FOUNDRY CAPACITY, by WAFER TYPE (“UPSIDE WAFERS”), upon a [*] month written advance notice from PI, unless the current FOUNDRY CAPACITY represents [*] of SUPPLIER’s total capacity in which case such advance notice shall be a [*] month written notice. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, any INDIVIDUAL SALES CONTRACT for UPSIDE WAFERS shall not be subject to rescheduling or cancellation, and PI shall pay SUPPLIER the full price stated in such INDIVIDUAL SALES CONTRACT.

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     2.6 SUPPLIER can request PI to negotiate to reduce the committed FOUNDRY CAPACITY, by WAFER TYPE, for the then current calendar year, if SUPPLIER and PI determine that PI will not order at least [*] of the PI ANNUAL FORECAST by WAFER TYPE. Any negotiated reduction in FOUNDRY CAPACITY must be agreed to by PI in writing. The FOUNDRY CAPACITY shall be allocated equally on a monthly basis over SUPPLIER’s fiscal year.

     2.7 During the Term of this Agreement, PI shall provide SUPPLIER, on or before a mutually agreed day of each calendar month, a written six (6) month rolling forecast (“PI MONTHLY FORECAST”) of the quantity of the WAFERS of each PRODUCT within a WAFER TYPE to be manufactured and delivered to PI during the six (6) month period corresponding thereto. Such forecast shall be in conformity with the FOUNDRY CAPACITY.

     2.8 PI must order at least the quantity of WAFERS by WAFER TYPE forecasted in the first [*] months of the PI MONTHLY FORECAST unless SUPPLIER agrees in writing to any change thereto. PI may revise the quantity for each of the last [*] months of each PI MONTHLY FORECAST without penalty or charge.

Article 3: (Sale and Purchase of WAFERS; MASK TOOLING SETS)

     3.1 PI shall purchase WAFERS from SUPPLIER and SUPPLIER shall sell such WAFERS to PI, in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

     3.2 PI shall submit to SUPPLIER a purchase order (“PO”) for the WAFERS in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Each PO shall be subject to acceptance by SUPPLIER through issuance of a written confirmation within five (5) business days of receipt of the PO. Upon SUPPLIER’s

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confirmation, the PO terms of total quantity, delivery date, delivery location and pricing shall constitute an INDIVIDUAL SALES CONTRACT which will be deemed to incorporate all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

     3.3 Each confirmed PO shall be irrevocable except as set forth in Section 2.8. For any INDIVIDUAL SALES CONTRACT, the quantity of WAFERS, ordered for each PRODUCT, within a WAFER TYPE can be modified by PI at any time prior to the week the WAFERS are started so long as the total quantity of WAFERS is not less than the original quantity ordered for that WAFER TYPE.

     3.4 All PO’s shall be sent to Epson Electronics America, Inc., 150 River Oaks Parkway, San Jose, CA 95134 (EEA), who shall confirm such PO’s and invoice PI.

     3.5 The GDSII for creating MASK TOOLING SETS for WAFERS of any PRODUCT shall be supplied by PI to a vendor specified by SUPPLIER in a timely manner. SUPPLIER shall immediately notify PI in detail of any defect or non-conformity in the MASK TOOLING SETS caused by SUPPLIER or the mask vendor. If any non-conformity in the MASK TOOLING SETS is caused by the GDSII, upon such notice, PI shall either provide corrected GDSII and pay for corrected MASK TOOLING SETS or, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, PI can cancel the INDIVIDUAL SALES CONTRACT for the affected WAFERS, upon written notice to SUPPLIER, without any liability except for affected WAFER work in progress (“WIP”) and WAFER inventory that was manufactured in accordance with the PO schedule.

     3.6 PI will procure the MASK TOOLING SETS, in accordance with the MASK SPECIFICATIONS, from a vendor specified by SUPPLIER. SUPPLIER shall submit the MASK SPECIFICATIONS to PI for prior approval. The cost of production or procurement of the MASK TOOLING SETS shall be paid by PI and

Confidential

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the MASK TOOLING SETS shall be owned by PI. The price and terms to PI for the MASK TOOLING SETS shall be negotiated by SUPPLIER with such vendor to be better than or equal to SUPPLIER’s price and terms for other similar mask tooling sets from such vendor.

     3.7 The MASK TOOLING SETS shall not be removed from the SUPPLIER facility where the WAFERS are produced, except with the prior written consent of SUPPLIER.

Article 4: (Intellectual Property Rights)

     4.1 Subject to the licenses granted to the other party in this Agreement, all INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS owned or controlled by a party as of the Effective Date shall continue to be owned or controlled by such party.

     4.2 Subject to the licenses granted to SUPPLIER in this Agreement, PI is and shall remain the sole and exclusive owner of all rights (including INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS), title and interest in and to the PI INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. PI grants SUPPLIER a limited, non-transferable, non-exclusive royalty-free and fully paid-up license, without the right to sublicense, under the PI INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY for the sole purpose of using it internally to manufacture, test, and evaluate WAFERS for PI, and to, sell and offer to sell, WAFERS to PI. Notwithstanding any other statement in this Agreement, the foregoing license shall not survive expiration or termination of this Agreement. SUPPLIER may not (i) use the PI INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY for any purpose other than to manufacture WAFERS, or (ii) license it to any third party.

     4.3 Subject to the licenses granted to SUPPLER in this Agreement, PI shall be the sole and exclusive owner of all right, title and interest in the PI IMPROVEMENTS. SUPPLIER hereby irrevocably and unconditionally transfers

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and assigns to PI all of SUPPLIER’s right, title and interest worldwide in the PI IMPROVEMENTS.

     4.4 SUPPLIER will promptly disclose to PI in writing all PI IMPROVEMENTS upon their creation.

     4.5 SUPPLIER shall, in a timely manner and at PI’s expense, take all reasonable actions reasonably requested by PI, to assist PI in perfecting and enforcing its rights in the PI IMPROVEMENTS. Such actions shall include but not be limited to execution of assignments, patent applications and other documents.

     4.6 Subject to all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, PI hereby grants to SUPPLIER a non-exclusive, irrevocable, perpetual, royalty-free and fully-paid-up, non-transferable, worldwide, right and license to use, modify, reproduce, (but sub-license only to a SUPPLIER SUBSIDIARY) the PI IMPROVEMENTS for SUPPLIER’s internal use only. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no license is granted to the PI IMPROVEMENTS for the purpose of SUPPLIER providing foundry service or other benefit to a third party.

     4.7 In the event that any portion of Section 4.2 is declared invalid or illegal according to any applicable law, (a) SUPPLIER hereby waives and agrees never to assert such right, title and interest, including any moral rights or similar rights, against PI or PI’s licensees and (b) the parties hereby modify such portion, effective upon such declaration, in such manner as shall secure for PI an exclusive, irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, fully paid and royalty-free license under all INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, with rights to sublicense through one or more level(s) of sublicensee(s), to use, modify, reproduce, create derivative works of, distribute, publicly perform and publicly display by all means now known or later developed, and otherwise exploit in any manner, such rights in the PI IMPROVEMENTS, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.

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     4.8 SUPPLIER shall be the sole and exclusive owner of all right, title and interest in the SUPPLIER IMPROVEMENTS. SUPPLIER hereby grants to PI a non-exclusive, irrevocable, perpetual, royalty-free, non-transferable, worldwide, right and license to use, modify, reproduce, create derivative works of, distribute, publicly perform and publicly display by all means now known or later developed, and otherwise exploit in any manner all SUPPLIER IMPROVEMENTS as part of the PI PROCESS and any modifications thereto. Without any consent of SUPPLIER, PI may sublicense the foregoing license for the SUPPLIER IMPROVEMENTS to PI’s SUBSIDIARY so long as the sublicense provides for the protection of SUPPLIER’s CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION on terms not less protective than those set forth in this Agreement. SUPPLIER will promptly disclose to PI in writing all SUPPLIER IMPROVEMENTS upon their creation.

     4.9 SUPPLIER agrees not to use the PI INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY or any license under this Agreement, in whole or in part, or any knowledge gained by SUPPLIER through producing WAFERS, to develop an equivalent or competing process to the PI PROCESS, or other product or service that would compete with PI.

Article 5: (WAFER Production)

     5.1 ENGINEERING PRODUCTION

          5.1.1 For ENGINEERING PRODUCTION, PI may place an order with SUPPLIER for WAFERS up to a maximum of [*] WAFERS for each WAFER TYPE, or any other quantity agreed to in writing by the parties. SUPPLIER will use its best commercially reasonable efforts to ship WAFERS in ENGINEERING PRODUCTION to PI on the average of [*] working days after, or as quickly as possible but no more than [*] working days after, availability of the applicable MASK TOOLING SETS.

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          5.1.2 Any output of the ENGINEERING PRODUCTION will be shipped to PI immediately upon completion. If the WAFERS output is less than [*] of the ordered quantity, SUPPLIER will inform PI of the output quantity of the WAFERS and if PI requires to have the shortage covered, SUPPLIER will re-input the WAFERS to cover the shortage of quantity at no additional cost to PI (RECOVERY WAFERS).

     5.2 PILOT PRODUCTION

          5.2.1 For the PILOT PRODUCTION, PI may place an order with SUPPLIER for a minimum of [*] WAFERS, or multiples thereof, per each PRODUCT, or any other quantity agreed to in writing by the parties.

          5.2.2 SUPPLIER will use best commercially reasonable efforts to ship to PI WAFERS in PILOT PRODUCTION of each PRODUCT within [*] working days after availability of the MASK TOOLING SETS for such PRODUCT.

          5.2.3 The output of the PILOT PRODUCTION will be shipped to PI if such WAFERS output is at least [*] of the ordered quantity. If the WAFERS output is less than [*] of the ordered quantity, SUPPLIER will inform PI of the output quantity of the WAFERS and if PI requires to have the shortage covered, SUPPLIER will re-input the WAFERS to cover the shortage of quantity at no additional cost to PI.

     5.3 VOLUME PRODUCTION

          5.3.1 For VOLUME PRODUCTION, PI shall place an order with SUPPLIER for a minimum of [*] WAFERS, or multiples thereof, per each PRODUCT, or any other quantity agreed to in writing by the parties.

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          5.3.2 For VOLUME PRODUCTION, SUPPLIER will ship the first (1st) shipment of the WAFERS ordered by PI for that month no later than [*] working days after the start of the production as per PI’s PO for such PRODUCTS, unless PI’s PO specifies a later delivery date. The rest of such ordered WAFERS for that month will be shipped so that PI receives all such WAFERS, in equal weekly quantities to the extent practicably possible, within [*] working days after the first (1st) shipment. SUPPLIER shall use its best commercially reasonable efforts to minimize such number of working days.

          5.3.3 SUPPLIER will ship monthly orders in quantities not less than [*] of the quantities ordered of each PRODUCT.

Article 6: (Delivery)

     6.1 The terms of delivery of the WAFERS shall be FCA Sakata, Japan, (as such term is defined in Incoterms 2000).

     6.2 The title and risk of loss in and to the WAFERS delivered by SUPPLIER to PI shall transfer from SUPPLIER to PI at the FCA point. PI shall have the right to designate a freight forwarder, subject to SUPPLIER’s reasonable approval.

     6.3 SUPPLIER will deliver the WAFERS within the number of calendar days specified in the INDIVIDUAL SALES CONTRACT. In the event that SUPPLIER foresees a delay in the delivery schedule of the WAFERS, SUPPLIER shall make a best commercially reasonable effort to correct any delay and SUPPLIER shall promptly notify PI of such delay and submit to PI the new delivery schedule. PI will have the right to cancel, without liability, the INDIVIDUAL SALES CONTRACT for the delayed WAFERS, except for RECOVERY WAFERS, if

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the delay is greater than thirty (30) days and if such delay is not caused solely by PI.

     6.4 SUPPLIER shall pack the WAFERS in accordance with the packing standards defined in the COMMON SPECIFICATIONS.

     6.5 SUPPLIER shall collect PCM data (“PCM DATA”), as defined in the COMMON SPECIFICATIONS, on the manufactured WAFERS. SUPPLIER will send the PCM DATA electronically to PI before the WAFERS are received by PI. The PCM DATA will be accurate and complete for all WAFERS and sent in a mutually agreed upon format.

     6.6 If PI determines, in consultation with SUPPLIER, that the WAFERS currently being manufactured will not meet the PRODUCTS requirements, PI can, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, cancel the INDIVIDUAL SALES CONTRACT for the affected WAFERS by notice to SUPPLIER without any liability except for the affected WAFER WIP and WAFER inventory that was manufactured in accordance with the PO schedule, upon written notice to SUPPLIER.

Article 7: (Test and Inspection)

     7.1 PI shall conduct incoming inspection of the WAFERS, by WAFER TYPE, to determine the WAFERS’ conformance to the COMMON SPECIFICATIONS. The PCM DATA and SUPPLIER’s test results will be supplied in a timely manner by SUPPLIER for the incoming inspection of the WAFERS. Any omission, inaccuracy or other defect in the PCM DATA will in itself be sufficient cause to reject the WAFERS. This inspection shall be regarded as final in terms of

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quality, quantity and other conditions of the WAFERS supplied to PI, which are subject to SUPPLIER’s warranty as defined in Section 11.1.

     7.2 PI shall notify SUPPLIER which of the WAFERS have been accepted by PI per the INDIVIDUAL SALES CONTRACT within [*] days after receipt of the WAFERS by PI. PI will owe SUPPLIER payment only for the quantity of WAFERS that have been accepted by PI. Should PI fail to notify SUPPLIER within the said [*] days, the WAFERS shall be deemed to have been accepted by PI.

     7.3 SUPPLIER shall not b


 
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