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GIBRALTAR INDUSTRIES, INC. MANAGEMENT STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

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Title: GIBRALTAR INDUSTRIES, INC. MANAGEMENT STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
Date: 1/6/2009
Industry: Constr. - Supplies and Fixtures     Sector: Capital Goods

GIBRALTAR INDUSTRIES, INC. MANAGEMENT STOCK PURCHASE PLAN, Parties: gibraltar industries  inc.
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Exhibit 10.1

GIBRALTAR INDUSTRIES, INC.
MANAGEMENT STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

 

Second Amendment and Restatement

 

     Effective as of May 19, 2005, Gibraltar Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation with offices at 3556 Lake Shore Road, Buffalo, New York (the “Company”) established the Gibraltar Industries, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Omnibus Plan”) to enable the Company to grant awards of equity based compensation to its employees and to non-employee directors, consultants and service providers.

     In addition, effective as of May 19, 2005, the Company established the Gibraltar Industries, Inc. Management Stock Purchase Plan (the “Plan”) to set forth a uniform set of principals under which certain of the Company’s management employees would be permitted to purchase Restricted Stock Units which the Company is authorized to issue pursuant to the Omnibus Plan.

     Pursuant to the terms of the Plan and the Omnibus Plan, the Plan is to be treated as an instrument evidencing the grant of an Award under the Omnibus Plan.

     Effective as of December 18, 2006, the Company adopted a First Amendment and Restatement of the Plan to permit the Company’s non-Employee Directors to elect to defer their receipt of their Director Fees and to have Restricted Stock Units credited to an Account established for their benefit under the Plan in lieu of their receipt of their Director Fees and to make certain other technical changes.

     The Company now desires to amend and restate the Plan, effective as of December 31, 2008, to permit the Company’s Eligible Employees to elect to defer receipt of their Base Salary and to have Restricted Stock Units credited to an Account established for their benefit under the Plan in lieu of their receipt of their Base Salary effective for Plan years beginning January 1, 2009 and thereafter, to provide the Company greater flexibility with respect to the amount of the Bonus that can be deferred by an Eligible Employee, to provide the Company greater flexibility with respect to the number of Matching Units to be credited to the Accounts established for the benefit of Eligible Employees, to conform the terms of the Plan to the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and to make certain other technical changes.

     In connection with the foregoing, the Company hereby adopts the following as the Second Amendment and Restatement of the Gibraltar Industries, Inc. Management Stock Purchase Plan effective as of December 31, 2008.

 


 

ARTICLE 1.
DEFINITIONS

     The following words and phrases, when used in this Plan, shall have the following meanings, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context:

     1.01 Account means the account or accounts established and maintained by the Committee for each Participant to reflect the number of Restricted Units allocated to the Participant and to reflect the amount which is payable to such Participant under the terms of this Plan.

     1.02 Affiliate means any corporation under common control with the Company within the meaning of Internal Revenue Code Section 414(b) and any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with the Company within the meaning of Internal Revenue Code Section 414(c).

     1.03 Annual Bonus Plan means the Gibraltar Industries, Inc. Annual Incentive Compensation Plan as adopted by the Board of Directors on November 30, 2004.

     1.04 Beneficiary means any person, firm, corporation, trust or other entity designated, in writing, by a Participant to receive any payment or distribution required to be made under this Plan upon or after the Participant’s death, or if none, his or her spouse, or, if neither, his or her estate.

     1.05 Applicable Interest Rate means, for each Plan Year, an annual rate of interest equal to the sum of: (a) two percent (2%); and (b) the average of the annualized rates of interest payable on ten (10) year U.S. Treasury Notes, as reported by the Federal Reserve Board on a weekly average basis for the four weeks in which January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1 of the Plan Year occur.

     1.06 Base Salary means an amount equal to the total salary or wages paid or payable by an Employer to an Eligible Employee at the Eligible Employee’s regular rate for services actually rendered during a calendar year excluding commissions, overtime and bonuses for any such calendar year.

     1.07 Base Salary Deferral Unit means each Restricted Unit which is allocated to the Account of a Participant that is an Eligible Employee pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.04.

     1.08 Board of Directors means the Board of Directors of the Company.

     1.09 Bonus means the amount, if any, payable to an Eligible Employee under the terms of the Annual Bonus Plan for services rendered by the Eligible Employee to the Company or any Affiliate of the Company for a calendar year. The determination of the Committee of the amount of an Eligible Employee’s Bonus within the meaning of the foregoing shall be conclusive.

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     1.10 Bonus Deferral Unit means each Restricted Unit which is allocated to the Account of a Participant that is an Eligible Employee pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.04.

     1.11 Cause means that the Committee has determined (and provided the Eligible Employee a written statement of its determination) that the Eligible Employee has engaged in egregious acts or omissions which have resulted in material injury to the Company and its business.

     1.12 Change in Control means the occurrence of any of the following:

          (a) During any twelve-consecutive month period, any “person” or group of persons (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) other than the Company, an Affiliate of the Company, an employee benefit plan sponsored by the Company or any one or more members of the Lipke family becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) of thirty five percent (35%) or more of the then outstanding voting stock of the Company through a transaction which has not (or a series of transactions which have not) been arranged by or consummated with the prior approval of the Board of Directors; or

          (b) a majority of the members of the Board of Directors is replaced during any consecutive twelve-month period by Directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors prior to the date of appointment or election; or

          (c) the Company enters into a Merger Sale Agreement; provided however, that the entry into a Merger Sale Agreement shall only be deemed a “Change in Control” if the Eligible Employee’s employment with or service to the Company and all of its Affiliates is terminated by his Employer without Cause or by the Eligible Employee for a Good Reason, in each case, at any time during the period beginning on the date the Merger Sale Agreement is executed and ending on the date the transaction contemplated by the Merger Sale Agreement is consummated; or

          (d) the consummation of a Merger Sale.

     1.13 Common Stock means the common stock (par value $0.01 per share) of the Company.

     1.14 Committee means: (a) with respect to any Eligible Employee that is an Executive Officer, the Board of Directors upon the recommendation of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors; (b) with respect to any non-Employee member of the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors upon the recommendation of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors; and (c) with respect to any Eligible Employee that is not an Executive Officer, the administrative committee appointed to administer this Plan pursuant to Section 9.01 hereof.

     1.15 Compensation means an amount equal to the total salary or wages paid or payable by an Employer to an Eligible Employee at the Eligible Employee’s regular rate for

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services actually rendered including commissions, overtime and bonuses (whether or not any such salary, wages, commissions, overtime or bonus is actually paid to the Eligible Employee as a result of the Eligible Employee’s election to defer receipt of such compensation) but excluding the amount of any contributions allocated to the account of the Eligible Employee under the terms of the Gibraltar 401(k) Plan and the amount of any other contributions or benefits made to or for the benefit of any Eligible Employee under any qualified or non-qualified pension, profit sharing, insurance, hospitalization or other plan or policy maintained by the Company for the benefit of any such Eligible Employee. The decision of the Committee as to what constitutes Compensation within the meaning of the foregoing definitions shall be conclusive.

     1.16 Deferred Compensation Election Form means the form which an Eligible Employee is required to execute and deliver to the Committee in order to defer his receipt of any portion of his Base Salary and/or in order to defer his receipt of any portion of his Bonus. If an Eligible Employee desires to defer any portion of his Base Salary, the Eligible Employee must execute and deliver a Deferred Compensation Election Form to the Committee no later than December 31 of the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year in which the Base Salary of the Eligible Employee which is to be deferred would be payable to the Eligible Employee for services rendered. If an Eligible Employee desires to defer any portion of his Bonus, the Eligible Employee must execute and deliver a Deferred Compensation Election Form to the Committee no later than June 30 of the Plan Year in which the Eligible Employee performs the services for the Company and its Affiliates that would result in payment to the Eligible Employee (in the following Plan Year) of a Bonus. The Deferred Compensation Election Form shall specify the portion, if any, of the Base Salary of an Eligible Employee which the Eligible Employee is electing to defer and the portion, if any of the Bonus of an Eligible Employee which the Eligible Employee elected to defer and shall contain such other information as may be determined by the Committee in its discretion.

     1.17 Deferred Director Fee Election Form means the form which an Eligible Director is required to execute and deliver to the Committee in order to defer his receipt of all or any portion of his Director Fees, which form shall be delivered to the Committee: (a) in the first year that the Eligible Director becomes eligible to defer his receipt of any portion of his Director Fees, no later than thirty (30) days following the date that the Eligible Director becomes eligible to defer his receipt of his Director Fees; and (b) with respect to any Director Fees which are to be deferred by an Eligible Director for a calendar year following the calendar year in which the non-Employee Director first becomes eligible to defer his Director Fees, no later than December 31 of the calendar year ending immediately prior to the calendar year in which any portion of the Eligible Director’s Fees is to be deferred.

     1.18 Director Fees means the total cash amount payable to a non-Employee Director in connection with the services he provides to the Company as a member of the Board of Directors, including, but not limited to, the non-Employee Director’s Retainer Fee, any fees payable in connection with the attendance by such non-Employee Director at any meetings of the Board of Directors or any committee of the Board of Directors and any fees payable in connection with duties performed by any such non-Employee Director as chairman of any committee of the Board of Directors. The term Director Fees shall not include any awards of restricted stock, stock options or other equity based compensation paid to non-Employee Directors.

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     1.19 Director Fee Deferral Units means each Restricted Unit which is allocated, pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.03, to the Account of a Participant that is an Eligible Director. The term Director Fee Deferral Unit shall include Retainer Fee Deferral Units credited to the Account of a Participant that is an Eligible Director.

     1.20 Eligible Director means each non-Employee member of the Board of Directors.

     1.21 Eligible Employee means each Employee who has been determined by the Committee to be eligible for participation in this Plan. Any determination by the Committee that an Employee is an Eligible Employee shall be conclusive and binding on all persons.

     1.22 Employee means each individual engaged in rendering services to an Employer for wages as defined in Section 3121(a) of the Code.

     1.23 Employer means the Company and each Affiliate of the Company.

     1.24 Executive Officer means: (a) the Company’s Chief Executive Officer; (b) the Company’s President; (c) the Company’s principal financial officer; (d) the Company’s principal accounting officer; (e) any Vice President of the Company who is in charge of a principal business unit, division or function; (f) any other officer of the Company who performs a policy making function for the Company; (g) any officer of any Affiliate who performs policy making functions for the Company; and (h) any other person who performs policy making functions for the Company

     1.25 Fair Market Value means: (a) for purposes of determining the value of one Share of Common Stock in connection with the calculation of the number of Units to be credited to the Account of an Eligible Employee as of the end of any calendar quarter to reflect the Eligible Employee’s deferral of his receipt of any portion of his Base Salary, the average of the closing prices of a Share of Common Stock as reported by the NASDAQ National Market System on each business day which occurs during the calendar quarter ending on the date as of which such Units are to be credited to the Eligible Employee’s Account; (b) for purposes of determining the value of one Share of Common Stock in connection with the calculation of the number of number of Matching Units to be credited to the Account of a Participant as of the end of any calendar quarter, the average of the closing prices of a Share of common Stock as reported by the NASDAQ National Market System on each business day which occurs during the calendar quarter ending on the date as of which such Matching Units are to be credited to the Participant’s Account; (c) for purposes of determining the value of one Share of Common Stock in connection with the calculation of the amount of any distributions to be made upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, the closing price of a Share of Common Stock as reported by the NASDAQ National Market System on the day immediately preceding the date the Change in Control occurs; and (d) for all purposes other than the purposes described in Section 1.25(a), (b) and (c) above, the average of the closing prices of a Share of Common Stock as reported by the NASDAQ National Market System on each of the two hundred (200) consecutive trading days immediately preceding the date as of which the determination of Fair Market Value is to be made.

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     1.26 Good Reason means that: (a) the Eligible Employee’s annual Base Salary and/or annual Bonus is reduced or any other material compensation or benefit arrangement for the Eligible Employee is materially reduced (and such reduction is unrelated to the Company’s, a Company Affiliate’s or the Eligible Employee’s performance); (b) the Eligible Employee’s duties or responsibilities are negatively and materially changed in a manner inconsistent with the Eligible Employee’s position (including status, offices, titles and reporting requirements) or authority; (c) the Company requires the Eligible Employee’s work location or residence to be relocated more than 50 miles from its location as of the date the Merger Sale Agreement is executed; or (d) the Company or its successor fails to offer the Eligible Employee a position after the Change in Control comparable to that held by the Eligible Employee immediately prior to the Change in Control.

     1.27 Internal Revenue Code, Code and IRC each mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

     1.28 Key Employee means any Employee who, at any time during the Plan Year is: (a) a five percent (5%) owner of the Company; (b) a one percent (1%) owner of the Company having annual Compensation from his Employer of more than $150,000; or (c) an officer of the Employer having annual Compensation which is greater than $130,000, adjusted for inflation at the same time and in the same manner that adjustments to contributions and benefits under a tax qualified retirement plan are made under Section 415(d) of the Internal Revenue Code; provided that, the base period for making any such adjustment shall be the calendar quarter beginning July 1, 2001 and any increase in such Compensation which is not a multiple of $5,000 shall be rounded to the next lower multiple of $5,000. For purposes of Section 1.28(c) above, no more than fifty (50) Employees shall be treated as officers.

     1.29 Matching Percentage means the percentage determined and established by the Committee for each Eligible Employee and used for purposes of calculating the number of Matching Units to be credited to the Account of the Eligible Employee, which percentage: (a) with respect to the amount of the Base Salary which is deferred by an Eligible Employee shall be an amount which is up to fifty percent (50%) of the amount of the Base Salary which has been deferred by an Eligible Employee; and (b) with respect to the amount of any Bonus which is deferred by an Eligible Employee shall be an amount which is: (i) up to one hundred percent (100%) for the first fifty percent (50%) of the amount of the Bonus which has been deferred by an Eligible Employee; and (ii) up to fifty percent (50%) for the second fifty percent (50%) of the amount of the Bonus which has been deferred by an Eligible Employee. The amount of an Eligible Employee’s Matching Percentage will be specified in the Deferred Compensation Election Form which the Eligible Employee is required to execute and deliver in connection with his deferral of any portion of his Base Salary and/or Bonus.

     1.30 Matching Units means: (a) Restricted Units allocated to the Account of an Eligible Employee pursuant to Section 6.01 hereof and having an aggregate value, determined as of the date Base Salary Deferral Units are allocated to the Eligible Employee’s Account, equal to: (i) the amount of the Base Salary deferred by the Eligible Employee; multiplied by (ii) the

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Matching Percentage applicable to the Eligible Employee’s deferral of his Base Salary; (b) Restricted Units allocated to the Account of an Eligible Employee pursuant to Section 6.01 hereof and having an aggregate value, determined as of the date Bonus Deferral Units are allocated to the Eligible Employee’s Account, equal to: (i) the amount of the Bonus deferred by the Eligible Employee; multiplied by (ii) the Matching Percentage applicable to the Eligible Employee’s deferral of his Bonus; and (c) Restricted Units allocated to the Account of an Eligible Director pursuant to Section 6.01 hereof (to reflect Retainer Fee Deferral Units allocated to such Eligible Director’s Account pursuant to Section 5.03).

     1.31 Maximum Deferral Percentage means: (a) when used with respect to an Eligible Employee’s Base Salary, the maximum percentage of the Eligible Employee’s Base salary which the Eligible Employee is eligible to defer his receipt of; and (b) when used with respect to an Eligible Employee’s Bonus, the maximum percentage of the Eligible Employee’s Bonus which the Eligible Employee is eligible to defer his receipt of, each of which percentages shall be established by the Committee for each eligible Employee, in its discretion. The amount of an Eligible Employee’s Maximum Deferral Percentage will be specified in the Deferred Compensation Election Form which the Eligible Employee is required to execute and deliver in connection with his deferral of any portion of his Base Salary and/or Bonus.

     1.32 Merger Sale means the consolidation, merger, or other reorganization of the Company, other than: (a) any such consolidation, merger or reorganization of the Company in which holders of Common Stock immediately prior to the earlier of: (i) the Board of Director’s approval of such consolidation, merger or other reorganization; or (ii) the date of the stockholders meeting in which such consolidation, merger or other reorganization is approved, continue to hold more than seventy percent (70%) of the outstanding voting securities of the surviving entity immediately after the consolidation, merger, or other reorganization; and (b) any such consolidation, merger or other reorganization which is effected pursuant to the terms of a Merger Sale Agreement which provides that the consolidation, merger or other reorganization contemplated by the Merger Sale Agreement will not constitute a Change in Control for purposes of this Plan.

     1.33 Merger Sale Agreement means an agreement between the Company and any one or more other persons, firms, corporations or other entities (which are not Affiliates of the Company) providing for a consolidation, merger or other reorganization in which the holders of Common Stock of the Company immediately prior to the Company’s execution of such agreement do not hold more than seventy percent (70%) of the outstanding voting securities of the surviving entity immediately after the consummation of the consolidation, merger, or other reorganization contemplated by such agreement.

     1.34 Participant means each Eligible Employee and each Eligible Director who becomes a participant in the Plan pursuant to Article 3.

     1.35 Plan means this non-qualified plan of deferred equity based incentive compensation known as the Gibraltar Industries, Inc. Management Stock Purchase Plan.

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     1.36 Plan Year means the twelve (12) consecutive month period beginning January 1, 2005 and each twelve (12) consecutive month period beginning on each January 1 thereafter.

     1.37 Restricted Unit means each Unit (whether a Base Salary Deferral Unit, a Bonus Deferral Unit, a Director Fee Deferral Unit or a Matching Unit) credited to the Account of a Participant and any additional units which may be credited to a Participant’s Account with respect to such Units pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.03 hereof.

     1.38 Restricted Stock means Shares which have been granted pursuant to the Omnibus Plan subject to specified restrictions on the transferability of such Shares.

     1.39 Retainer Fee means the annual amount payable by the Company to a non-Employee Director as a retainer for his services as a member of the Board of Directors excluding amounts: (a) paid to the non-Employee Director: (i) for attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors; (ii) for attendance at meetings of any committee of the Board of Directors; (iii) to serve as a chairman of any Committee of the Board of Directors; (b) attributable to awards of Restricted Stock or any other equity interest in the Company; (c) attributable to the vesting of shares of Restricted Stock of the Company; or (d) the exercise of any options to purchase Shares.

     1.40 Retainer Fee Deferral Unit means each Restricted Unit which is allocated, pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.03 to the Account of a Participant that is an Eligible Director and reflects the portion, if any, of the Retainer Fee which has been deferred by the Eligible Director.

     1.41 Share means a share of Common Stock.

     1.42 Unit means a unit of measurement equivalent to one Share, with none of the attendant rights of a shareholder of such Share, (including among the rights which the holder of a Unit does not have are the right to vote such Share and the right to receive dividends thereon), except to the extent otherwise specifically provided herein.

ARTICLE 2.
OVERVIEW OF PLAN OPERATION

     2.01 General Description of Plan Operation . In general, the Plan will be operated in the manner described in this Section 2.01. The more specific provisions relating to the Plan and its operation are contained in the remaining Articles of this Plan.

          (a) Individual Employees will be selected for participation in the Plan by the Committee. The Committee will provide written notice to each Employee that is selected for participation on the Plan. Each non-Employee Director will, by virtue of such status, be eligible to participate in the Plan.

          (b) If an Employee is selected for participation in the Plan the Employee will be entitled to defer receipt of up to twenty-five percent (25%) of the Base Salary that the

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Employee is entitled to receive and up to one hundred percent (100%) of the Bonus that the Employee is entitled to receive under the Annual Bonus Plan. The Maximum Deferral Percentage of each Employee that is selected for participation in the Plan will be specified in the written notice which is provided to the Employee of his selection for participation in the Plan. In addition, each Eligible Director will be entitled to defer up to one hundred percent (100%) of his Director Fees.

          (c) Due to applicable tax rules: (i) an Eligible Employee that elects to defer any portion of his Base Salary must file his election to defer any portion of his Base Salary with the Committee no later than December 31 of the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year in which the Base Salary which he is electing to defer will be paid; (ii) an Eligible Employee that elects to defer his receipt of payment of all or any portion of his Bonus must file his election to defer a portion of his Bonus with the Committee no later than June 30 of the calendar year in which he performs the services which will give rise to his entitlement to payment of the Bonus to be deferred; and (iii) an Eligible Director that elects to defer any portion of his Director Fees must file his election to defer any portion of his Director Fees with the Committee no later than December 31 of the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year in which the Director Fees which he is electing to defer will be paid.

          (d) If an Eligible Employee elects to defer his receipt of payment of a portion of his Base Salary, at the time his Base Salary is payable (which is in the calendar year following the calendar year in which he makes his election to defer his Base Salary), the portion of his Base Salary which he has elected to defer will not be paid to him and, instead, the Committee will, at the end of each calendar quarter, credit an Account which will be established for his benefit with a number of Restricted Units equal to the number of Shares he could have purchased using the portion of his Base Salary which was deferred for the calendar quarter at a price per Share equal to the Fair Market Value of a Share determined as of the end of the applicable calendar quarter.

          (e) If an Eligible Employee elects to defer his receipt of payment of all or any portion of his Bonus, at the time his Bonus is payable (which is in the calendar year following the calendar year in which he performs the services giving rise to his entitlement to payment of a Bonus), the portion of his Bonus which he has elected to defer will not be paid to him and, instead, the Committee will credit an Account which will be established for his benefit with a number of Restricted Units equal to the number of Shares he could have purchased using the deferred portion of his Bonus at a price per Share equal to the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date he receives (or would have received) payment of his Bonus.

          (f) If an Eligible Director elects to defer his receipt of payment of any portion of his Director Fees, on each date that he is entitled to payment of any portion of his Director Fees, whether attributable to Retainer Fees, fees for attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, or any other fees, a portion (stated as a percentage) of his Director Fees which he has elected to defer will not be paid to him and, instead, the Committee will credit an Account which will be established for his benefit with a number of Restricted Units equal to the number of Shares he could have purchased using the deferred portion of his Director Fees at a price per Share equal to the Fair Market Value of a Share determined as of the

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date Director Fee Deferral Units are to be allocated to the Director’s Account as provided for in the Deferred Director Fee Election Form.

          (g) In addition to the Base Salary Deferral Units that are credited, as described in (d) above, to the Account of a Participant that is an Eligible Employee, at the same time that Base Salary Deferral Units are credited to such Eligible Employee’s Account, the Committee will credit the Eligible Employee’s Account with an additional number of Restricted Units (Matching Units) which have an aggregate Fair Market Value, determined as of the date that Base Salary Deferral Units are credited to the Account of the Eligible Employee, equal to the total amount of the Base Salary which was deferred by the Eligible Employee during the calendar quarter which ends on the date that Base Salary Deferral Units are credited


 
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