| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 6, 2026 | The Baird Chautauqua International Growth Fund | 0.1% | 19.2% | 2269.HK, 6098.T, 6954.T, ASML, BABA, BEKE, BEPC, CSU.TO, D05.SI, FFH.TO, GALDA.SW, GOOGL, INCY, LULU, MA, MU, PRX.AS, REGN, RYA.L, SCHW, SE, TEAM, TEMN.SW, TJX | AI, Automation, China, growth, international, semiconductors, Trade Policy, value | AI-related infrastructure demand drove commodities rally and memory semiconductors delivered outsized returns as high-bandwidth memory demand for AI datacenters rewarded players in that consolidated industry. Fanuc showcased significant advancements in AI-enabled robotics with commercialization potentially arriving in coming years. Significant de-escalation in U.S.-China trade tensions with Presidents Trump and Xi reaching agreement in October. U.S. reduced fentanyl-related tariffs and extended suspension of reciprocal tariffs for one year. Average effective U.S. tariff rate remains elevated at 17% compared to 2-3% at end of 2024. Economic data remained mixed despite trade war stabilization. Exports resilient but domestic demand stubbornly weak. Property sector downturn continues in fifth year. Policymakers identified raising household incomes as priority for boosting consumption, signaling recognition that economy's reliance on exports has become precarious. Memory semiconductors delivered outsized returns as high-bandwidth memory demand for AI datacenters rewarded players in that consolidated industry. Micron reported strong results with improved pricing in both DRAM and NAND, with demand continuing to outpace supply and management seeing tightness across 2026. Fanuc reported strong robot orders up 38% year-over-year, driven by reshoring-related automation demand in North America, European automation investments, and new energy vehicle spending in China. Company showcased significant advancements in AI-enabled robotics at international robot show. Sea Limited reported strong results with revenue growing 38% and gross merchandise value growing 28%, though Shopee's adjusted EBITDA margin declined sequentially as management signaled preference for growth over near-term margin optimization with ongoing investments in logistics and fulfillment capabilities. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 6, 2026 | The Baird Chautauqua Global Growth Fund | 4.2% | 22.1% | 2269.HK, 6098.T, 6954.T, ASML, BABA, BEKE, BEPC, CSU.TO, D05.SI, GALP.SW, GOOGL, INCY, LULU, MA, MU, PRX.AS, REGN, RYA.L, SCHW, SE, TEAM, TEMN.SW, TJX | AI, China, growth, international, rates, semiconductors, Trade Policy, value | AI-related infrastructure demand drove materials and memory semiconductor outperformance. Fanuc showcased significant advancements in AI-enabled robotics with commercialization expected in coming years. Application software and IT services faced pressure on concerns that generative AI could disrupt traditional business models. Significant de-escalation in U.S.-China trade tensions with agreements reducing fentanyl-related tariffs and suspending reciprocal tariffs. Average effective U.S. tariff rate remains elevated at 17% versus 2-3% in 2024. Tariff pass-through to consumer prices has been more muted than initially feared but remains an upside risk to inflation. Chinese exports resilient despite trade tensions, with trade surplus crossing $1 trillion for the first time. Domestic demand remains weak with property sector downturn continuing. Policymakers signaled shift toward boosting household incomes as priority for consumption growth. Memory semiconductors delivered outsized returns as high-bandwidth memory demand for AI datacenters rewarded players in the consolidated industry. Micron reported strong results with improved pricing in both DRAM and NAND, with management seeing supply tightness across 2026. Central bank policy paths diverged with Fed continuing easing, ECB holding steady, and BOJ raising rates to highest level in nearly three decades. Fed faces delicate balancing act between weakening labor market and inflation remaining above target. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 5, 2026 | Right Tail Capital | 0.0% | 0.3% | CSU.TO, GOOGL | AI, long-term, Patience, Quality, technology, underperformance, value | Manager acknowledges AI's dominance in driving market returns over the past 3 years, with 5 stocks making up ~40% of S&P 500's 2025 return. However, expresses uncertainty about Nvidia's long-term advantage and normalized earnings, while noting discomfort with circularity in AI business arrangements that rhyme with past investment bubbles. Right Tail focuses on investing in understandable, high-quality businesses with a longer-term mindset rather than chasing themes. The manager believes markets will eventually reward businesses with durable advantages, predictable earnings, and strong capital allocation, which aligns with their value-oriented approach. | GOOG |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 5, 2026 | Greenfield Investment Management | 0.0% | 0.0% | BLDR, BNT.DE, CARR, CSU.TO, GOOGL, HEI.DE, INTC, JMHLY, MCK, OMC, POW.TO, RSHO, RYAAY, TAP, WCC | Airlines, Conglomerates, global, infrastructure, Pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, technology, value | Manager believes Heidelberg Materials will benefit from investment in and upgrading of infrastructure around the world. New bridges, highways, dams, tunnels, airports, ports, pipes, and railways require a lot of cement. McKesson investment viewed as similar to a royalty on Americans taking more pharmaceuticals over time. The pharmaceutical distribution company operates mainly in the United States and has climbed steadily despite earlier opioid crisis concerns. Manager follows value investing approach, buying companies at attractive valuations relative to earnings. Multiple examples given of purchasing stocks at low price-to-earnings multiples when they were out of favor. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 30, 2026 | Sequoia Fund | 0.4% | 22.1% | ACN, AHT.L, ALGN, COF, CSU.TO, ELV, ERF.PA, GOOGL, ICE, JEC, META, MSA, RR.L, SCHW, TSM, UMG.AS, UNH | AI, Concentration, defense, healthcare, long-term, Quality, technology, value | Alphabet released Gemini 3 model that soared to top of AI leaderboards, demonstrating the company's full-stack AI capabilities. Google is successfully integrating AI into Search with AI Overviews and AI Mode, showing increased user satisfaction. Accenture faces questions about whether generative AI might upend the IT services industry, though the company's moats remain intact. UnitedHealth and Elevance faced multi-year fundamental pain from rising healthcare utilization and volatile medical costs. The managed care industry is under-earning across most business lines due to repricing challenges and regulatory constraints. Policy risk has increased with renewed scrutiny of industry business practices including prior authorizations and pharmacy benefit management. Rolls-Royce's Defense segment is benefiting from the new threat environment in Europe and resulting surge in defense spending. The company is the sole producer of nuclear power plants for new Dreadnought-class submarines and is developing systems for the Global Combat Air Programme next-generation stealth fighter. Universal Music Group's paid streaming revenue grew at high-single-digit rates driven entirely by subscriber growth. The company signed new agreements with streaming platforms that include wholesale price step-ups, providing incentive for retail price increases. UMG continues acquiring catalogs in developing markets to secure future growth drivers. MSA Safety benefits from growing focus on safety as regulation and employer behavior trend toward higher standards. The company is transitioning to technology-enabled safety equipment with connected portable gas detectors moving to subscription models. MSA is developing connected SCBA solutions for firefighters that should drive significant revenue growth over 5-10 years. | ELV UNH GOOG RR LN ALGN ACN MSA |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 29, 2026 | 8th Wonder Investments | 0.0% | 0.0% | AAPL, AMZN, CMCSA, CRM, CSU.TO, DECK, DIS, GOOGL, HEI, LYV, META, MSFT, NFLX, NVDA, PARA, RH, SKX, TOI.TO, TSLA, WBD | aerospace, AI, Leadership, Luxury, M&A, Media, software, value | Warner Bros. Discovery represents a special situation investment driven by CEO David Zaslav's shift toward shareholder value creation and aggressive debt paydown. The company announced plans to split into two entities and received multiple takeover bids, with Netflix ultimately winning the bidding war. The market fears AI will disrupt vertical market software by eliminating switching costs and seat-based pricing. However, AI agents will likely increase demand for systems of record and control point software rather than replace them, as enterprises need guardrails for non-deterministic AI outputs. Constellation Software and Topicus represent the core thesis of acquiring mission-critical vertical market software businesses with high switching costs, recurring revenue, and defensive moats. These businesses serve niche markets where switching is painful and alternatives offer minimal benefits. The fund employs covered call strategies to generate income and reduce cost basis while building positions. This options-based approach allows for larger position sizing in balance sheet challenged businesses while providing downside protection. HEICO represents an antifragile business model in aftermarket aerospace components that gains market share during economic stress as airlines extend fleet life. The company demonstrates seamless leadership transition and decentralized operations that thrive on adversity. RH under Gary Friedman exemplifies exceptional leadership combining capital allocation with creative genius, transforming the company from near-bankruptcy into a luxury lifestyle brand with galleries that redefine retail and 30% EBITDA margins. | TOI CN CSU CN RH HEI WBD |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 27, 2026 | Giverny Capital Asset Management | 0.0% | 12.6% | ALGN, ANET, CACC, CSU.TO, FERG, FI, GOOGL, HEI, HWKN, IBP, JPM, KGIC, KMX, MA, MEDP, META, SCHW, TSM, TWFG, WSO | AI, HVAC, insurance, Quality, small caps, technology, value | Manager discusses AI's transformative potential while noting uncertainty around returns on massive infrastructure investments. Believes AI won't displace portfolio companies like HVAC distributors and insurance companies, which may gain efficiency advantages. Compares current AI buildout to historical railroad and telecom infrastructure booms where users benefited more than builders. Portfolio is significantly overweight smaller companies with 45% in companies below $54 billion market cap versus 12.5% for the S&P 500. Manager believes these market leaders in niche areas will outperform over time despite recent underperformance relative to mega-cap tech stocks. Manager emphasizes owning high-performing businesses with strong earnings growth and capital returns. Notes the S&P Quality Index underperformed in 2025 but believes quality usually wins in the end. Recent portfolio upgrades focused on improving returns on capital, earnings growth and management quality. | FISV CACC KMX ALGN WSO KNSL SCHW ANET |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 26, 2026 | NZS Capital – Growth | -1.4% | 17.9% | AJG, APH, ASML, CDNS, CMG, CSU.TO, DHR, DNP.WA, FI, FND, FROG, GOOGL, HRTX, ISRG, LIN, LRCX, MNDY, PGR, ROP, TSM, URI | AI, growth, positioning, semiconductors, software, technology, valuation | The market created a wall of worry that AI would displace existing software companies, but NZS believes software systems of record are well positioned to adapt through AI integration. Software platforms are aggressively introducing AI functionality either through internal development or APIs. The range of outcomes has widened but there is a compelling bull case where AI leads to reduced churn, new revenue streams, and accelerated operating margin expansion. Cloud software companies saw valuations decline in 2025 as the market feared AI displacement, but NZS sees opportunity in systems of record and vertical market software. These companies have attractive fundamentals including sticky revenue streams, high margins, and mission-critical positioning. The portfolio's software positioning remains focused on systems of record and vertical market software which have the best chance of adapting to AI. Semiconductor names like Lam Research, Taiwan Semiconductor, and ASML were among the top contributors for the full year. The portfolio added to IT names amid weakness in the first half of 2025 before reallocating outside of IT in the third quarter as AI euphoria returned and multiples recovered. | ISRG TSM LRCX FISV DHR GOOGL |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 2, 2026 | Diranko Capital | 3.0% | 19.9% | CSU.TO, ERD.NZ, MAT.NZ | Cyclical, deep value, growth, Microcaps, small caps, special situations, Telematics, value | Manager focuses on deep value investments trading below five times sustainable earnings or less than half of replacement cost. These capital-intensive businesses with uncertain growth prospects are being sold off as capital flows to large-cap tech, creating opportunities to buy at vastly discounted prices. Portfolio focuses exclusively on small businesses with average market cap of €150 million. Manager believes this creates persistent opportunities due to limited institutional coverage and research, with fewer sophisticated investors competing in this space. | ERD NZ |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 15, 2026 | Baillie Gifford – International Alpha | 1.2% | 19.6% | 000333.SZ, 005930.KS, 0700.HK, 1299.HK, 1698.HK, 2318.HK, 2454.TW, 3064.T, 3656.T, 3690.HK, 3994.T, 4612.T, 600519.SS, 6098.T, 6273.T, 6758.T, 6861.T, 7309.T, 7733.T, 7974.T, 8035.T, 8113.T, 8729.T, ADYEN.AS, ASML, ATCO-A.ST, B3SA3.SA, BN.PA, BNTX, CFR.SW, CPA, CPNG, CRH, CSU.TO, DB1.DE, DEMANT.CO, DIM.PA, DSV.CO, DSY.L, EDEN.PA, EXPN.L, FBK.MI, G24.DE, GMKN.ME, HDB, ICICIGI.NS, IMCD.AS, KGP.L, KNEBV.HE, KSPI.L, LMN.TO, LUN.TO, MC.PA, MELI, MIPS.ST, MNDY, NEX.PA, NVO, NVZMY, PDD, RAT.DE, RIO, ROG.SW, RYA.L, SALM.OL, SAP, SDZ.SW, SE, SEB-A.ST, SHOP.TO, SIMO, SJ.TO, SPOT, TFII, TOI.TO, TPRO.MI, TSM, U11.SI, UL | E-Commerce, growth, international, Quality, semiconductors, technology, value | Samsung Electronics passed qualification with Nvidia for HBM3E chips and is in advanced discussions for next-generation products. The memory division reported record third-quarter sales driven by AI demand. Tokyo Electron was added as a new position, benefiting from increasing semiconductor complexity across various end markets. MercadoLibre faced share price volatility reflecting a tug-of-war between accelerating revenue growth and concerns over short-term margin pressure from defending market share in Brazil. Despite disappointing performance, the manager sees substantial growth runway and disciplined long-term management. DSV shares rebounded after geopolitical pressure on global trade. Third-quarter results exceeded expectations with margin improvement and upgraded guidance on DB Schenker acquisition synergies. Management accelerated integration timeline with most savings expected within two years. Lundin Mining was added as a new position, described as a high-quality copper-focused miner with low-cost assets and strong production growth potential. The manager sees an improving demand-supply balance in copper with current valuation not accounting for company quality. | 2454 TT SALM NO 8035 JP LUN CN DSV 005930 KS TME |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 14, 2026 | Longriver Investment Partners | 5.8% | 17.8% | 0700.HK, 3639.HK, 9435.T, ALAB.L, AMD, AMZN, CSU.TO, FUTU, GAW.L, META, NVDA, PDD, RELY, STRP, TCOM, TSM, WISE.L | Asia, Concentration, gaming, global, long-term, payments, semiconductors, value | Wise represents the most asymmetric investment in the portfolio, taking market share from legacy correspondent banking through cheaper, faster, and more transparent infrastructure. The company is evolving from a remittance app into a global financial services platform with three reinforcing routes to market: Consumer, Business and Platform. TSMC was highlighted as both a top contributor in 2025 and the largest positive contribution since inception at ~16ppt of gross returns. The company exemplifies the fund's approach of finding businesses that can reinvest well over the long term. Games Workshop was identified as a largest contributor in 2025 and also contributed meaningfully in 2024, demonstrating that patience pays when a business is delivering consistent results over multiple years. | WISE LN |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 14, 2026 | Lakehouse Global Growth Fund | 0.0% | -8.5% | 4443.T, ADYEN.AS, AMZN, CSU.TO, KXS.TO, MELI, PINS, TW, WIX, WK | global, growth, Networks, software, technology | The fund holds MercadoLibre, a leading Latin American e-commerce platform with network effects and loyalty advantages. The company represents one of the top holdings in the portfolio with strategic advantages in networks, loyalty, and intellectual property. Multiple holdings focus on enterprise software solutions including Workiva for compliance and reporting, Sansan for business networking, and Constellation Software for vertical software acquisitions. These companies benefit from loyalty and intellectual property moats. The fund holds Adyen, a global payment processing platform, and Tradeweb Markets, which operates electronic trading networks for fixed income markets. Both companies benefit from network effects and switching costs. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 14, 2026 | Emerald Wealth Partners – Focused Equity Strategy | 2.1% | 13.2% | 1179.HK, 8035.T, AHT.L, AMAT, AMZN, ASML, AVGO, BLK, CB, CSU.TO, DE, DEO, GOOGL, LMT, LSEG.L, MSFT, NOW, ORCL, SHEL, TMO | AI, China, Quality, semiconductors, technology, Trade Policy, value | AI dominated 2025 with massive data center investment announcements including OpenAI's $300 billion commitment and Meta's five-gigawatt Hyperion data center. The manager sees AI driving demand for semiconductor tools and custom chips, positioning companies like Applied Materials, ASML, and Broadcom to benefit from the infrastructure buildout. Semiconductor companies were top performers with Applied Materials up 59.6% and ASML up 55.8%. The manager emphasizes the bright prospects for chip design tools given silicon requirements for AI deployment, while also initiating Broadcom for its custom chip capabilities serving cloud hyperscalers. Trump announced the highest tariffs since the 1930s, with effective rates settling around 17% after negotiations. This triggered initial market corrections but companies adapted by flexing supply chains, with macroeconomic consequences remaining benign on inflation and GDP fronts. China had a strong year with the Hang Seng up 32% as investors warmed to signals that regulatory tightening was over. Chinese tech companies demonstrated ability to deploy AI efficiently at lower costs despite GPU restrictions, while valuations became attractive after years of consolidation. The manager focuses on high-quality compounders trading at discounts after being left out of the AI rally. They target companies generating strong free cash flow with high ROIC that can redeploy capital effectively, finding opportunities in unloved sectors and geographies like Swiss stocks at multi-year valuation lows. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 13, 2026 | Mawer International Equity Fund | -1.8% | 18.4% | 000660.KS, 0700.HK, AJG, APH, ATR, BA.L, BNS.TO, COR, CSU.TO, DHR, FTT.TO, GOOGL, MFC.TO, MMC, MSFT, PNG.V, RY.TO, TD.TO, TOI.TO, WAT | AI, defense, equities, global, gold, Quality, semiconductors, Valuations | AI remained the dominant market narrative, yet the year's shift from a focus on computing power to concerns about data centre profitability and power supply raised bubble concerns. The combination of industrial-scale spending, still-unproven economics, and higher valuations increases the risk that expectations get ahead of reality. Amphenol benefited from robust demand for AI-related interconnect products, which now account for over a third of its revenue. Gold remained well supported against the backdrop of easier global policy and unresolved geopolitical and trade risks. The firm narrowed their long-standing underweight to gold stocks in a measured way as geopolitical uncertainty, de-dollarization, fiscal indiscipline, central bank gold purchases, and falling interest rates created a more supportive backdrop. They focused on gold-related companies with differentiated, relatively lower-risk business models. Defense contractors such as the UK's BAE, Italy's Leonardo, and France's Thales experienced pullbacks in the fourth quarter on the possibility of a diplomatic breakthrough in the Russia-Ukraine war. However, geopolitical events early in the year helped defense company shares more-than-offset the declines seen in the fourth quarter. Kraken Robotics also benefited from increased government defence spending. High-bandwidth memory leader SK Hynix nearly doubled in the quarter thanks to explosive demand for its products. Other AI-linked semiconductor companies were rewarded for continued fundamental strength, such as TSMC and Kokusai Electric. European equities were supported by semiconductor stocks among other factors. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 12, 2026 | Akre Focus Fund | -2.8% | 1.2% | ABNB, BN, CCC, CSGP, CSU.TO, FICO, GOOGL, KKR, MA, MC.PA, MCO, MSFT, NVDA, ORLY, ROP, TOI.TO, V | AI, Concentration, ETF, Quality, software, value | The manager believes AI concerns about their software holdings are overblown and that their businesses will be enormous beneficiaries of AI. They argue that much of the business and financial benefit from AI will accrue to already-advantaged users of AI tools rather than providers, particularly businesses with customer intimacy, ecosystem dominance, and proprietary data. AI is viewed as the first technological shift to favor incumbents over new entrants. The manager emphasizes their focus on quality businesses with durable competitive advantages, strong balance sheets, excellent returns on capital, and high profitability. They note that quality has historically outperformed over time, citing the S&P 500 Quality Index's superior long-term returns versus the S&P 500. The current performance disparity between quality and growth reminds them of 1999. The fund converted from mutual fund to ETF structure in October 2025. The manager discusses their unorthodox approach to ETF management, using cash-only create baskets to maintain opportunistic deployment rather than pro-rata approaches. They favor buying stocks at known prices rather than receiving shares in-kind at unknown prices through the ETF creation process. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 12, 2026 | REQ Global Compounders | 0.0% | 0.0% | ADDTECH-B.ST, APH, BERG-B.ST, BRO, CSU.TO, DPLM.L, GREEN.ST, HEI, HLMA.L, IMCD.AS, INDU-A.ST, JDG.L, LAGR-B.ST, LIFCO-B.ST, LMN.TO, MOMENT.ST, NCAB.ST, NIBE-B.ST, ROKO.ST, ROP, TOI.TO | Acquisitions, AI, Capital Allocation, compounders, Decentralized, long-term, Quality, software | AI narrative has negatively impacted vertical-market software companies, representing 20% of Global fund exposure. Management believes AI poses opportunities rather than uniform threats to VMS, particularly for mission-critical systems with high switching costs. They view trusted incumbents as better positioned to deploy AI effectively than new entrants. Portfolio companies completed 145 acquisitions in 2025, with 70% outside Nordic countries. Companies maintain disciplined approach to M&A with average acquired sales of EUR 12m. Acquisition-driven compounders demonstrate resilience through dual growth engines of organic growth and acquisitions. AI infrastructure build-out has been a clear tailwind for companies exposed to data center expansion. Halma and Diploma benefited from demand for compute, power, cooling, and electrical systems. Amphenol saw robust demand as data-center architectures evolve to support higher power densities. Tariff and trade-related uncertainty under Trump administration affected portfolio companies including IMCD and Judges Scientific. IMCD experienced macroeconomic pressure from tariffs, while policy uncertainty created headwinds for university funding affecting Judges Scientific. | CSU CN BRO JDG LN |
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| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
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| Feb 4, 2026 | Twitter / X | @BradoCapital | Constellation Software Inc. | Software | Application Software | Bull | TSX | Acquisitions, Application Software, Canada, capital allocation, Enterprise software, Rollup, vertical software | View Pitch |
| Jan 24, 2026 | Substack | Coughlin Capital | Constellation Software Inc. | Software | Vertical Market Software | Bull | Toronto Stock Exchange | AI disruption, Constellation Software, diversification, High retention, Mission-critical systems, Niche markets, Software Acquisition, Toronto Stock Exchange, valuation, vertical market software | View Pitch |
| Nov 2, 2025 | Substack | Compound and Fire | Constellation Software | Information Technology | Software - Application | Bull | acquisition, CAGR, Constellation Software, growth potential, investment choice, market position, serial acquirer, Software, strategic capabilities, vertical market | View Pitch | |
| Oct 5, 2025 | Substack | Compound and Fire | Constellation Software Inc. | Bull | acquisition model, capital allocation, Constellation Software, diversification, growth potential, leadership transition, software industry, valuation, vertical market software | View Pitch | |||
| Aug 7, 2025 | Substack | Compound and Fire | Constellation Software Inc. | Information Technology | Software - Application | Bull | NYSE | — | View Pitch |
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