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Market Cap:$288.7M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$103.1M
- Public
- US
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Limelight Networks is a high-performance content delivery network for digital media, providing massively scalable, global delivery solutions for on-demand and live Internet distribution of video, music, games and social media. Limelight Networks' infrastructure is optimized for the large object sizes, large content libraries, and large audiences associated with compelling rich media content. Limelight is the content delivery network of choice for more than 850 of the world's top media companies, including Akimbo, Amazon Unbox(TM), Belo Interactive, Brightcove, "BuyMusic" @ Buy.com, DreamWorks, LLC, Facebook, FOXNews.com, IFILM, ITV Play, Metacafe, MSNBC.com, MySpace, NC Interactive, Valve Software, Radio Free Virgin and Xbox Live.
Chief Executive Officer
Jeffrey W. LunsfordNumber of Employees 239
Peer Companies
NAICS Code All Other Business Support Services: 561499
Recent Events
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Limelight Reports Q3
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Limelight Networks Introduces XD, the Company's Next-Generation Global Network Platform
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Does Limelight's New XD Platform Threaten Akamai's High-Margin Business?
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Limelight Networks rolls out next-gen platform
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Limelight NetworksR Introduces LimelightDELIVER XDTM and
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Limelight NetworksR Introduces XD, the Company's Next-Generation Global Network Platform
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Limelight Networks to help Netflix customers see the 'Wizard'
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Pacific Crest Securities Downgrades Limelight Networks LLNW to Sector Perform
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Unusual 11 Mid-Day Movers 8/28: TRBN, DRJ, ARUN, OVTI Higher; VG, CPWM, IMMU, LLNW Lower
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Limelight Networks shares fall after downgrade
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Limelight NetworksTM Reports Second Quarter 2009 Results
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Astoria Completes Financing Round
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Limelight NetworksR Introduces Industry's First Content Delivery Service With IPv6 Support
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Limelight NetworksR Acquires Mobility and Monetization Innovator Kiptronic, Inc.
News & Analysis
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Limelight Networks, Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator instructions Your first question comes from the line of David Hilal of FBR Capital Markets. Please proceed. David Hilal - FBR Markets Jeff first on the net customers’ flat sequentially, obviously two drivers there, the churn and gross customers adds, can you talk about...
Bell Canada Will Build CDN With Limelight Networks
Dan Rayburn submits: Thursday morning, Bell announced an exclusive partnership with Limelight Networks on a new CDN [content delivery network] offering, targeting content owners in Canada. While this is not the first telco Limelight has worked with, the Bell partnership is unique since Bell won't simply be re-selling Limelight's...
Limelight and Brightcove Continue Pulling Closer Together
Dan Rayburn submits: Monday morning, Brightcove announced that they are now supporting Flash Media Server 3.5 functionality via Limelight Networks LLNW. While on the surface this may look like a basic release, you need to read between the lines on this one. For quite some time now Limelight and...
CDN Business May Get Worse Before It Gets Better
Dan Rayburn submits: With Limelight LLNW reporting earnings Friday Call Transcript, it's now clear that the major players in the CDN space, the vendors that control the vast majority of the market share for video delivery, are all experiencing no growth. Akamai's AKAM M&E business was down and Limelight,...
Limelight Networks, Inc. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instruction Your first question comes from the line of Derek Bingham - Goldman Sachs. Analyst for Derek Bingham - Goldman Sachs This is [Joe] on behalf of Derek Bingham. A couple of questions, first of all, could you give us some guidance on...
Limelight Networks, Inc. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Limelight Networks, Inc. LLNW Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript August 06, 2009 at 4:30 pm ET
Akamai: Short of Expectations, But Long-Term Growth Story Remains Intact
Naveen Selvaraj submits: Akamai Technologies, Inc. AKAM reported second quarter (2Q09) results which were well short of expectations. by Naveen Selvaraj
Akamai, Limelight to Deploy P2P for Higher Quality, Not Cost Savings
Dan Rayburn submits: While there's been a lot of hype about peer-assisted technology [P2P] over the past few years, in reality, the technology has gotten very little adoption when it comes to being used to distribute video, let alone streaming. Today, most of the content being delivered via P2P...
Limelight and Brightcove Expected to Announce Deal Shortly
Dan Rayburn submits: Over the past few months, I've been hearing more talk about Brightcove teaming up with Limelight LLNW to enable Limelight to move up the stack and offer more solutions in the video ecosystem. While neither company would comment on the rumor, (Updated: Brightcove says the agreement...
Limelight Networks, Inc. F1Q09 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator (Operator's instruction) Your first question comes from the line of Derek Bingham - Goldman Sachs. Derek Bingham - Goldman Sachs I wonder if you could give us some color on the financial profile of some of the small file deals and the whole site deals in...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Jeffrey W. Lunsford | Chief Executive Officer |
| Douglas S. Lindroth | Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer |
| Matthew Hale | Chief Financial Officer |
| Michael Gordon | Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer |
| Nathan Raciborski | Co-Founder and Chief Technical Officer |
| David Hatfield | Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales, Services and Marketing |
| Dan FitzSimons | Vice President, North America Sales |
| Erik Gabler | Vice President & GM, International Operations |
| George Meek | Vice President, Europe |
| Hong Xia | Vice President, Worldwide Technical Services |
| Lou Greco | Vice President, North American Enterprise Sales and Channel Operations |
| Matthew H. Sturgess | Vice President, Asia, Pacific |
| Mike Sawyer | Vice President of Marketing |
| Shinji Tsukamoto | Vice President, Japan |
| Allan Kaplan | Co-Founder |
| Bill Rinehart | Founder |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| David Peterschmidt | Board of Directors |
| Fred Harman | Board of Directors |
| Joseph Gleberman | Board of Directors |
| Mark Jung | Board of Directors |
| Peter Perrone | Board of Directors |
| Walter D. Amaral | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| WebSideStory, Inc. | CEO | Current |
| Limelight Networks, Inc. | Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| WebSideStory, Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| Limelight Networks, Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| Digital Domain, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Midtown Bank & Trust Company | Board of Directors | Current |
| Togethersoft Corporation | chief executive officer | Former |
| WebSideStory, Inc. | President | Former |
| Brintech, Inc. | president | Former |
| WebSideStory, Inc. | Acting Chief Financial Officer | Former |
| S1 Corporation | senior vice president of corporate | Former |
| Brintech, Inc. | co-founder | Former |
| WebSideStory, Inc. | Board of Directors | Former |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | B.S. degree in information and computer sciences | Former |
Doug Lindroth is chief financial officer for Limelight Networks, Inc. In this role he is responsible for company-wide treasury, tax, audit, financial and managerial reporting, forecasting and planning. Prior to joining Limelight, Mr. Lindroth served as a General Partner of Bayview Investment Company. He is a member of the Board of Directors of BakBone Software Incorporated, a developer and distributor of data backup, restoration, disaster recovery, replication and storage reporting software, where he also served as Chief Financial Officer from April 2007 to May 2007. From 1997 through February 2006, Mr. Lindroth served in various capacities for Memec Group Holdings Limited, a privately held company and a specialty semiconductor distributor, including as its Chief Financial Officer beginning in 2003.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Limelight Networks, Inc. | Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer | Current |
| WebSideStory, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| BakBone Software Incorporated | Board of Directors | Current |
| BakBone Software Incorporated | Chief Financial Officer | Former |
| Otium Software Ltd | Chief Financial Officer | Former |
| Limelight Networks, Inc. | Board of Directors | Former |
| San Diego State University | BA | Former |
Matt Hale joined Limelight Networks as Chief Financial Officer in December 2006. Matt has served in leadership positions with technology based companies since 1988, including roles as President S1 Corporation, Chief Financial Officer S1 Corporation (NASDAQ: SONE) from 2000 to 2006. He also served in other Chief Financial Officer positions with CCI-Triad, Arrowsmith Technologies, Maspar Computers and Masstor Systems. Matt also served for over 8 years on the professional staff of Ernst & Young (formerly Ernst and Whinney). Matt is a member of the California and American Institutes of Certified Public Accountants. Matt graduated from Idaho State University with a BBA in Accounting.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Limelight Networks, Inc. | Chief Financial Officer | Current |
| Idaho State University | Bba In Accounting. | Former |
Mike’s charter is to ensure that Limelight Networks supports the emerging digital media strategies and business models of today's media companies. Prior to Limelight Networks, Mike co-founded Axient Communications, which built a nationwide next-generation Internet network; co-founded Cyclone Commerce, an enterprise software company that provides cross-enterprise collaboration solutions; and co-founded Gateway Data Sciences Corporation, a software and services company. Mike has also held marketing and management positions at IBM and National City Bank.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Limelight Networks, Inc. | Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer | Current |
| Cyclone Commerce, Inc. | Founder | Former |
| International Business Machines Corporation | Former |
Nathan is a proven entrepreneur and technologist with a successful track record translating new technology into significant commercial ventures. Currently a partner of Cocoon Capital, an Internet incubator and venture fund, he contributes unparalleled experience in the creation of successive generations of leading-edge Internet delivery models. Prior to Limelight Networks, Nathan was a founder and CTO of Aerocast, a secure broadband streaming venture backed by Motorola and Liberty Media. He also co-founded and managed Internet distribution companies, such as Axient Communications, Entera (acquired by CacheFlow in 2000) and Primenet Services for the Internet, which merged with GlobalCenter and was subsequently acquired by Frontier Communications, where Nathan served as President of Network Services.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Limelight Networks, Inc. | Co-Founder and Chief Technical Officer | Current |
| Limelight Networks, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Liberty Media Corporation | Former | |
| Motorola, Inc. | Former |
David joined Limelight Networks in March 2007 to lead the company's global sales and marketing teams and direct its product management, technical services and customer care organisations. He brings 17 years of marketing and sales leadership experience across the high technology landscape, with emphasis on content delivery, application performance and storage, security and infrastructure management. Before joining Limelight Networks, David was Vice President and General Manager of Symantec Professional Services for the Americas — having joined Symantec through the acquisition of Veritas, where he successfully integrated an enterprise sales team of nearly 400 associates. Prior to Veritas, he led the North American direct sales organisation at Akamai Technologies, playing a key role in establishing the company as a leading content delivery services provider. David's earlier positions include Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations at Reardon Commerce (formerly Talaris Corporation) and leadership roles at Gartner Group and Xerox Corporation.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Limelight Networks, Inc. | Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales, Services and Marketing | Current |
Dan leads the company’s North America field sales teams focused on global and strategic accounts. For 16 years before joining Limelight Networks in May 2007, he held a number of sales leadership roles across North America, Europe and Latin America, including an expatriate assignment in London with pan-EMEA responsibilities. Dan brings a track record of high growth performance, organisation-structuring and market expansion in sectors such as enterprise software, IT services and hardware at Symantec/Veritas, Gartner and Xerox.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Limelight Networks, Inc. | Vice President, North America Sales | Current |
Erik has more than 10 years of experience working with leading network and content distribution organisations. Prior to joining Limelight Networks, he served as National Director of Co-location Sales for WebVision, an ASP and operator of Internet Data Centres. Erik also served as Director of ISP Sales for GlobalCenter, a unit of Frontier Communications, where he built and managed successful sales organisations. He also held senior sales positions with GST Telecommunications, Metropolitan Fiber Systems and Qwest Communications.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Limelight Networks, Inc. | Vice President & GM, International Operations | Current |
| Limelight Networks, Inc. | Senior Vice President, Business Development | Former |
| Qwest Communications International Inc. | Former | |
| GlobalCenter | Director | Former |
| Arizona State University | B.A. In Organizational Communications | Former |
George Meek leads the European Division of Limelight Networks. George brings to Limelight a keen sense of international marketing and strategy as well as established relationships with some of the largest names in the content, ISP and media arenas. He was a significant contributor to the growth of several leading network companies, including Gigabell Ltd, NeosNetworks Ltd and Packet Exchange Ltd. Notably, as the Account Director at PacketExchange, he helped the company establish itself as the largest Wide Area Peering Exchange in the world. Other career accomplishments include bringing the first three long haul Ethernet clients to NeosNetworks, as well as bringing the first ISP National Network deal into the same organization. George studied for a BSc in Technical Media at the University of Plymouth.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Limelight Networks, Inc. | Vice President, Europe | Current |
| Limelight Networks, Inc. | Director of European Operations for Limelight | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Limelight Networks, Inc. | Vice President, Worldwide Technical Services | Current |
An industry veteran, Lou Greco has more then ten years' experience building and leading high-technology sales organizations. As VP of Sales, Lou is charged with leading North American Sales, Solutions Engineering, and Account Management groups as the company rapidly scales to meet growing demand for content delivery of video, music, games and downloads over the Internet. Prior to Limelight, Lou held a variety of key sales management positions with UUNET Technologies during a seven-year tenure with the company. Positions included Manager of Enterprise Hosting and Co-location, a highly successful sales organization where Lou forged relationships with some of the world's most renowned brands and fortune 500 companies. Prior to that position, Lou served as UUNET's Regional Sales Manager, where he was responsible for all hosting sales within the Western United States and Asia. Lou has also held sales, sales management and business development positions with MCI WorldCom, the Cable and Wireless Americas as well as G.E. Capital. He graduated from the University of Connecticut with a B.A. degree in Mass Media Communication and English Literature.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Solutions Engineering, Inc | Vice President of Sales | Current |
| Limelight Networks, Inc. | Vice President, North American Enterprise Sales and Channel Operations | Current |
| Limelight Networks, Inc. | Vice President, North American Sales | Former |
| Enterprise Hosting Co | Manager | Former |
| UUNET | Regional Sales Manager | Former |
| UUNET Technologies | Former | |
| Limelight, Inc. | Former | |
| General Electric Capital Corporation | Former | |
| University of Connecticut | B.A. Degree In Mass Media Communication | Former |
Based in the Asia Pacific region since the early 90's, Matthew has held senior management positions at Cable & Wireless/Digital Island, Factiva, Dow Jones Interactive Publishing and most recently as CEO of Dragon Consulting Group in Hong Kong. He has been a driving force in the evolution of content delivery networks in Asia. As regional head of corporate development at Digital Island Inc. (acquired by Cable & Wireless PLC) he was in charge of the multi-million dollar deployment and management of their caching and streaming infrastructure. He was also responsible for strategic relationships, channel sales partners and other business development activities. Prior to joining Limelight Networks, Matthew helped overseas companies in the online gaming, networking/content delivery and peer to peer space to expand their presence outside of their home markets into countries such as China, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Australia etc. He is considered to be the region's leading authority on content delivery network technologies and has been invited to speak at numerous events promoting the benefits of utilizing such services to deliver an excellent customer experience.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Limelight Networks, Inc. | Vice President, Asia, Pacific | Current |
| Cable & Wireless plc | Head of Corporate Development | Former |
| Digital Island | Head of Corporate Development | Former |
Mike Sawyer is responsible for corporate marketing, product marketing and product development with over 15 years of technology marketing experience. Prior to joining us, Mike served as a partner at Milestone Equity Partners, a private equity firm. Prior to that, he served as Senior Vice President of Marketing for Aerocast, a secure broadband streaming media services company. Mike has also held marketing and management positions at NetObjects, Entera, GlobalCenter, and NetManage. Mike received a B.A. in Business Administration from Washington State University and an M.B.A. from Santa Clara University.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Limelight Networks, Inc. | Vice President of Marketing | Current |
| Netobjects | Former | |
| NetManage, Inc. | Former | |
| GlobalCenter | Former | |
| Limelight, Inc. | Former | |
| Santa Clara University | M.B.A. | Former |
| Washington State University | B.A. In Business Administration | Former |
Shinji leads our business operations for the unique and strategic market of Japan. With more than 14 years of media and online advertising experience, he has a proven record of building and leading innovative technology companies. Most recently, Shinji served as Senior Director for Microsoft Digital Advertising Solutions in the MSN Japan organisation, where he was responsible for the revenue of all Microsoft online media advertising and for launching the MDAS brand itself. His 14-year career of industry leadership also includes positions as President and Chief Operating Officer of Critical Path Japan K.K. and management positions in the Internet business segment of Mitsui & Co.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Limelight Networks, Inc. | Vice President, Japan | Current |
Allan is a Managing Partner for Clearview Investment Partners and a Venture Partner for Silicon Alley Venture Partners. As a co-founder of three successful Internet infrastructure companies, he has extensive experience building and investing in companies focused on next-generation data communications and Internet infrastructure, services and software. Prior to co-founding Limelight Networks, Allan co-founded Entera, an innovative content distribution company acquired by CacheFlow in December 2000. He was also a founder of Primenet Services for the Internet, a nationwide ISP that merged with web hosting leader GlobalCenter in 1998. Allan served as Vice President of Operations and member of the Board.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Limelight Networks, Inc. | Co-Founder | Current |
| GlobalCenter | Senior Vice President and Board Member | Former |
| Limelight Networks, Inc. | Chairman | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Limelight Networks, Inc. | Founder | Current |
| Limelight Networks, Inc. | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| MFS Communications | General Manager | Former |
| GlobalCenter | Manager | Former |
| Ball State University | B.S. In Business Administration | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Electronics For Imaging, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Business Objects S.A. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Wam!Net | Board of Directors | Current |
| Netblue, LLC | Board of Directors | Current |
| Ugs Plm Software | Board of Directors | Current |
| Limelight Networks, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Savvis, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Inktomi Corporation | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Securify, Inc. | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Openwave Systems Inc. | President & CEO | Former |
| Open Wave | CEO | Former |
| Open Wave | President | Former |
| Sybase, Inc. | chief operating officer | Former |
| Inktomi Corporation | Chairman | Former |
| Securify, Inc. | Chairman | Former |
| Chapman College | M.B.A. | Former |
| University of Missouri | B.A. in Political Science | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Oak Investment Partners | General Partner | Current |
| Golden State Warriors | Co-Owner | Current |
| Razorgator, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Reunion.Com | Board of Directors | Current |
| Knowledge Networks, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Rearden Commerce, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Sutherland Global Services | Board of Directors | Current |
| Talisma Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Frsfatigue | Board of Directors | Current |
| Com Shop, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Sacred Heart Schools, Inc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Demand Media, Inc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Connexus Corp. | Director | Current |
| Limelight Networks, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Sacred Heart Schools, Inc | Trustee | Current |
| Morgan Stanley | General Partner | Former |
| Morgan Stanley Venture Partners | General Partner | Former |
| Hughes Communications, Inc. | Business Development | Former |
| Stanford University | Hughes Fellow | Former |
| Qpass, Inc. | Investor | Former |
| Sanmina-SCI Corporation | Investor | Former |
| Ilog, Inc. | Investor | Former |
| aQuantive, Inc. | Investor | Former |
| Com Shop, Inc. | Investor | Former |
| Aspect Software, Inc. | Investor | Former |
| SPSS Inc. | Investor | Former |
| Fastclick | Investor | Former |
| Aventail Corporation | Investor | Former |
| Anixter - IMS | Investor | Former |
| Primus Knowledge Solutions, Inc. | Investor | Former |
| Cobalt Llp | Investor | Former |
| Pivotal Corporation | Investor | Former |
| Inktomi Corporation | Investor | Former |
| Harvard Business School | MBA | Former |
| Stanford University | MS In Electrical Engineering | Former |
| Stanford University | BS | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | Managing Director | Current |
| Limelight Networks, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Limelight Networks, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | Managing Director | Current |
| Limelight Networks, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | Vice President | Former |
Walter D. Amaral has served as a director since May 2007. Mr. Amaral served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of SiRF Technology Holdings, Inc., a provider of GPS enabled technology, from August 2000 to March 2006. Prior to that, from August 1997 to August 2000, Mr. Amaral served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of S3 Incorporated. From April 1995 to August 1997, Mr. Amaral served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of NetManage, Inc., a software company. From May 1992 to May 1995, Mr. Amaral served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Maxtor Corporation, a computer storage device company. From May 1977 to May 1992, Mr. Amaral worked in several finance and marketing positions, the most recent of which was Corporate Controller, at Intel Corporation. Mr. Amaral holds a B.S. in Accounting from California State University, San Jose.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Limelight Networks, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| SiRF Technology Inc. | Cfo & Senior Vice President | Former |
| NetManage, Inc. | CFO | Former |
| NetManage, Inc. | senior vice president | Former |
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