11-K 1 a08-17474_111k.htm 11-K

 

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 11-K

 

(Mark One)

 

x

 

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

 

 

 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

OR

 

 

 

o

 

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

 

 

 

For the transition period from                                                to                                                

 

Commission file number 001-15081

 

A.

 

Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:

 

UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A. 401(k) PLAN AND TRUST

 

B.

 

Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:

 

UNIONBANCAL CORPORATION

400 CALIFORNIA STREET

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94104

 

 



 

Union Bank of California, N.A. 401(k) Plan and Trust

 

Financial Statements as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and for the Year Ended December 31, 2007, Supplemental Schedule as of December 31, 2007, and Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 



 

UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A. 401(k) PLAN AND TRUST

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

Page

 

 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

1

 

 

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:

 

 

 

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits as of December 31, 2007 and 2006

2

 

 

Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits for the Year Ended December 31, 2007

3

 

 

Notes to Financial Statements as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and for the Year Ended December 31, 2007

4–8

 

 

SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE —

 

 

 

Form 5500, Schedule H, Part IV, Line 4i — Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) as of December 31, 2007

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NOTE:

 

All other schedules required by Section 2520.103-10 of the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 have been omitted because they are not applicable.

 



 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To the Trustees and Participants of Union Bank of California, N.A. 401(k) Plan and Trust:

 

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of the Union Bank of California, N.A. 401(k) Plan and Trust (the “Plan”) as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2007. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Plan is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2007, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

As discussed in Note 2, the Plan financial statements reflect the adoption of Financial Accounting Standards Board Staff Position, FSP AAG INV-1 and Statement of Position No. 94-1-1 — Reporting of Fully Benefit-Responsive Contracts Held by Certain Investment Companies Subject to the AICPA Investment Company Guide and Defined-Contribution Health and Welfare and Pension Plans.

 

Our audits were conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2007, is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements, but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. This schedule is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Such schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in our audit of the basic 2007 financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.

 

/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

 

 

 

San Francisco, CA

 

June 26, 2008

 

 



 

UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A. 401(k) PLAN AND TRUST

 

STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASSETS:

 

 

 

 

 

Investments at fair value:

 

 

 

 

 

Mutual funds

 

$

688,971,442

 

$

639,696,797

 

UnionBanCal Corporation common stock

 

122,869,142

 

158,167,995

 

Commingled fund

 

96,644,578

 

105,316,355

 

Participant loans

 

21,657,007

 

21,225,626

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total investments at fair value

 

930,142,169

 

924,406,773

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Receivables:

 

 

 

 

 

Accrued dividends

 

1,262,127

 

1,192,871

 

Employee contributions

 

177,489

 

 

Employer contribution

 

53,442

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

931,635,227

 

925,599,644

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES — Accrued trustee fees

 

44,583

 

42,470

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS AT FAIR VALUE

 

931,590,644

 

925,557,174

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ADJUSTMENT FROM FAIR VALUE TO CONTRACT VALUE FOR FULLY BENEFIT-RESPONSIVE INVESTMENT CONTRACT

 

(191,699

)

1,795,197

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

 

$

931,398,945

 

$

927,352,371

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A. 401(k) PLAN AND TRUST

 

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

 

 

 

Interest and dividends

 

$

68,726,031

 

Net depreciation in fair value of investments

 

(52,769,596

)

 

 

 

 

Net investment income

 

15,956,435

 

 

 

 

 

CONTRIBUTIONS:

 

 

 

Employees

 

54,801,499

 

Employer

 

20,013,994

 

 

 

 

 

Total contributions

 

74,815,493

 

 

 

 

 

Total additions

 

90,771,928

 

 

 

 

 

DEDUCTIONS:

 

 

 

Benefits paid

 

(86,152,953

)

Trustee and administrative expenses

 

(572,401

)

 

 

 

 

Total deductions

 

(86,725,354

)

 

 

 

 

INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

 

4,046,574

 

 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS:

 

 

 

Beginning of year

 

927,352,371

 

 

 

 

 

End of year

 

$

931,398,945

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A. 401(k) PLAN AND TRUST

 

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006, AND FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007

 

1.   GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN

 

The following description of the Union Bank of California, N.A. 401(k) Plan and Trust (the “Plan”) provides only general information. Participants should refer to the Plan document for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions.

 

The Plan is a defined contribution plan and is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”).

 

Participation — All benefits eligible employees are eligible to participate in the Plan commencing on the first quarterly entry date following the employee’s date of hire provided the date of hire is at least 30 or 31 days before the entry date.

 

Administration — Plan assets are managed by the investment managers designated by the Employee Deferred Compensation and Benefit Plans Administrative Committee (the “EDCBPA”). The current investment managers are HighMark Capital Management, Inc. (an affiliate of Union Bank of California, N.A. (the “Bank”)), Vanguard Group Inc., Allianz RCM Capital Management, L.L.C., Putnam Investments, Goldman Sachs, and T. Rowe Price. The Investment Subcommittee of the EDCBPA assists the EDCBPA in preparing investment guidelines and monitoring the performance of the investment managers. The Investment Subcommittee reports regularly to the EDCBPA, which in turn reports to the Directors’ Executive Compensation and Benefits Committee (the “Directors’ Committee”) (a committee of the Board of Directors of UnionBanCal Corporation). The Directors’ Committee provides general oversight for the activities of the EDCBPA. The Bank serves as the trustee and the administrator for the Plan.

 

Contributions — Each participant may elect to contribute 1% to 25% of his or her basic compensation as defined in the plan on a pretax basis, subject to certain Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) limits. Matching pretax contributions are made by the Bank at a rate of 50% of employee pretax contributions, up to a maximum of 3% of basic compensation.

 

Participants may also elect to contribute 1% to 10% of their basic compensation on an after-tax basis. Pretax and after-tax employee contributions may not, in the aggregate, exceed 25% of basic compensation. The Bank may, at its discretion, make certain other contributions, including profit sharing. All contributions are subject to IRC limitations.

 

All contributions and an allocation of Plan earnings are credited to an individual account established in the name and for the exclusive benefit of the participant and his or her beneficiaries. The account is charged with withdrawals and an allocation of Plan losses.

 

The Plan offers participants the choice of investing in twenty one different investment funds and UnionBanCal Corporation common stock. Plan participants may elect to have dividends earned on UB stock paid directly to them as a taxable cash payment, or continue to be reinvested in their plan account. In addition, participants may also obtain loans, which are secured by their vested account balances.

 

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Each participant has the option of determining the investment selections in which contributions and account balances are to be invested. The participant may direct all investments to one selection or divide investments among several selections in increments of 1% of total amounts allocated to investments.

 

Participant Loans — The Plan allows participants to borrow up to 50% of their vested balance, up to a maximum loan of $50,000. Loans are secured by the balance in the participant’s account and made for a period of 1 to 5 years, unless the loan is used to purchase a primary residence, in which case the term may extend to 15 years. The rate of interest is fixed and is equal to the Bank’s regular savings account rate (formerly secured passbook savings account rate). The Bank no longer has a secured passbook savings account rate. Certain interest rates on loans have been inherited from loans of 401(k) plans that have merged into this Plan. Principal and interest are paid ratably through payroll deductions.

 

Vesting — The participants’ vested account balances are used to provide benefits. All contributions, including Bank matching contributions and profit-sharing contributions, and earnings thereon, are fully vested and nonforfeitable at all times.

 

Benefits — Participants will receive the vested value of their accounts as of the last valuation date, together with any vested contributions credited thereafter, thirty days after one of the following events occurs, unless later payment is requested:

 

·            Retirement (attaining age 65, the normal retirement age under the Plan)

 

·            Termination of employment (including death and disability)

 

Distributions of vested benefits are made in single lump-sum payments, unless an equal payment plan was in place prior to July 1, 2001. Upon termination or partial termination of the Plan, the accounts of affected participants may continue to be held in trust or may be distributed to the participants as determined by the EDCBPA, but only to the extent permitted by law.

 

Plan Termination — Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Bank has the right to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA.

 

2.         SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Basis of Accounting — The accompanying financial statements of the Plan are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Adoption of new Accounting Guidance — In 2006, the Plan adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Staff Position, FSP AAG INV-1 and SOP 94-4-1, Reporting of Fully Benefit-Responsive Contracts Held by Certain Investment Companies Subject to the AICPA Investment Company Guide and Defined-Contribution Health and Welfare and Pension Plans (the “FSP”). As required by the FSP, the statements of net assets available for benefits presents investment contracts at fair value as well as an additional line item showing an adjustment of fully benefit — responsive investment contracts from fair value to contract value. The statement of changes in net assets available for benefits is presented on a contract value basis.

 

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements — In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (“SFAS 157”). SFAS 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007.

 

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SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS 157 does not require any new fair value measurements. The adoption of SFAS 157 is not expected to have a material impact on the Plan’s financial statements.

 

Investment Valuation and Income Recognition — Investments are stated at fair value. Shares of registered investment companies are valued at quoted market prices, which represent the net asset value of shares held by the Plan at year-end. Common stock is valued at quoted market prices. Commingled trust funds with underlying investments in investment contracts are valued at fair market value of the underlying investments and a fair value estimate of the wrapper then adjusted by the issuer to contract value. The fair value of the wrap contracts is determined using a discounting methodology which incorporates the difference between current market level rates for contract level wrap fees and the wrap fee being charged. Participant loans are carried at the outstanding loan balance. Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

The commingled trust fund is a stable value fund in the form of a common/collective trust fund, which is sponsored by Union Bank of California, N.A. The fund may invest in stable value instruments, and in certain other fixed income or money market obligations or in a variety of collective investment vehicles which invest in such obligations. Participants may ordinarily direct the withdrawal or transfer of all or a portion of their investment at contract value. Contract value represents contributions made to the fund, plus earnings, less participant withdrawals.

 

Management fees and operating expenses charged to the Plan for investments in mutual funds are deducted from income earned on a daily basis and are not separately reflected. Consequently, management fees and operating expenses are reflected as a reduction of net appreciation (depreciation) in fair market value for such investments.

 

Administrative Expenses — Administrative expenses of the Plan are paid by the Plan as provided in the Plan Document.

 

Payment of Benefits — Benefits payments to participants are recorded upon distribution.

 

Accounting Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of net assets available for benefits and changes therein. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Risks and Uncertainties — The Plan utilizes various investment instruments, including common stock, mutual funds and commingled funds. Investment securities, in general, are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, credit, and overall market volatility. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect the amounts reported in the financial statements.

 

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3.         INVESTMENTS

 

Investments that represent 5% or more of the Plan’s net assets available for benefits at December 31, 2007 and 2006, are as follows:

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UnionBanCal Corporation common stock

 

$

122,869,142

 

$

158,167,995

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mutual funds:

 

 

 

 

 

HighMark Diversified Money Market Fund

 

112,221,556

 

98,965,339

 

T. Rowe Price Balanced Fund

 

57,684,058

 

52,927,836

 

HighMark Value Momentum Fund

 

138,363,580

 

145,723,223

 

Putnam International Equity Fund

 

50,548,085

 

 

 

Vanguard Institutional Index Plus Fund

 

88,009,827

 

86,639,546

 

T. Rowe Price Small-Cap Stock Fund

 

48,090,938

 

56,026,548

 

Allianz RCM Large-Cap Growth Fund

 

75,547,786

 

65,952,335

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commingled fund — Stable Value Fund

 

96,644,578

 

105,316,355

 

 

During 2007, net depreciation in fair value of investments was as follows:

 

UnionBanCal Corporation common stock

 

 

 

$

(30,434,850

)

Mutual funds

 

 

 

(22,334,746

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

$

(52,769,596

)

 

4.         FEDERAL INCOME TAX STATUS OF THE PLAN

 

The Plan has received a determination letter dated February 13, 2003, stating that the Plan and related trust are designed in accordance with applicable sections of the IRC. The plan administrator and the Plan’s tax counsel believe that the Plan is designed and is currently being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC. Accordingly, no provision for income taxes has been made in the accompanying financial statements.

 

5.         RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

Certain investments of the Plan are managed by HighMark Capital Management, Inc., an affiliate of the Bank, and are held by the trustee, Union Bank of California, N.A. Those transactions qualify as party-in-interest transactions. Fees paid by the Plan for trustee and administrative services amounted to $572,401 for the year ended December 31, 2007.

 

At December 31, 2007 and 2006, the Plan held 2,504,838 and 2,576,300 shares, respectively, of common stock of UnionBanCal Corporation, with a cost basis of $106,260,631 and $104,770,123, respectively. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Plan recorded dividend income of $4,915,734 for such common stock.

 

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6.         RECONCILIATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO FORM 5500

 

The following is a reconciliation of net assets available for benefits as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, per the financial statements to the Form 5500:

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Statement of net assets available for benefits:

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets available for benefits per the financial statements

 

$

931,398,945

 

$

927,352,371

 

Adjustment from contract value to fair value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts

 

191,699

 

(1,795,197

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets available for benefits per the Form 5500

 

$

931,590,644

 

$

925,557,174

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Statement of changes in net assets available for benefits:

 

 

 

 

 

Increase in net assets per the financial statements

 

$

4,046,574

 

 

 

Adjustment from contract value to fair value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts

 

1,986,896

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income per Form 5500

 

$

6,033,470

 

 

 

 

7.         SUBSEQUENT EVENT

 

Effective June 20, 2008, the Plan switched recordkeeping service provider to Prudential Retirement. All individual account balances remain in their existing investments at this time.

 

* * * * * *

 

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SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE

 

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UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A. 401(k) PLAN

 

FORM 5500, SCHEDULE H, PART IV, LINE 4i —

SCHEDULE OF ASSETS (HELD AT END OF YEAR)

DECEMBER 31, 2007

 

Identity

 

 

 

 

 

Current

 

of Issuer

 

Description

 

Units

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UnionBanCal Corporation*

 

UnionBanCal Corporation common stock

 

2,504,838

 

$

122,869,142

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Registered investment companies:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Union Bank of California, N.A.*

 

HighMark Diversified Money Market Fund

 

112,204,715

 

112,221,556

 

Union Bank of California, N.A.*

 

HighMark Value Momentum Fund

 

6,840,843

 

138,363,580

 

The Vanguard Group

 

Vanguard Institutional Index Plus Fund

 

655,772

 

88,009,827

 

The Vanguard Group

 

Vanguard Extended Market Index

 

970,956

 

38,762,708

 

The Vanguard Group

 

Vanguard Target Retirement Income

 

216,185

 

2,406,134

 

The Vanguard Group

 

Vanguard Target Retirement 2005

 

226,449

 

2,722,523

 

The Vanguard Group

 

Vanguard Target Retirement 2010

 

117,617

 

2,712,245

 

The Vanguard Group

 

Vanguard Target Retirement 2015

 

920,300

 

12,019,122

 

The Vanguard Group

 

Vanguard Target Retirement 2020

 

115,661

 

2,714,554

 

The Vanguard Group

 

Vanguard Target Retirement 2025

 

772,078

 

10,592,905

 

The Vanguard Group

 

Vanguard Target Retirement 2030

 

79,128

 

1,887,986

 

The Vanguard Group

 

Vanguard Target Retirement 2035

 

381,059

 

5,582,693

 

The Vanguard Group

 

Vanguard Target Retirement 2040

 

39,806

 

946,451

 

The Vanguard Group

 

Vanguard Target Retirement 2045

 

340,078

 

5,136,594

 

The Vanguard Group

 

Vanguard Target Retirement 2050

 

40,571

 

968,035

 

Goldman Sachs

 

Goldman Sachs Fixed Income Fund

 

2,272,652

 

32,053,309

 

Putnam Investments

 

Putnam International Equity Fund

 

1,821,806

 

50,548,085

 

T. Rowe Price

 

T. Rowe Price Balanced Fund

 

2,799,992

 

57,684,058

 

T. Rowe Price

 

T. Rowe Price Small-Cap Stock Fund

 

1,581,478

 

48,090,938

 

PIMCO Funds

 

Allianz RCM Large-Cap Growth Fund

 

5,055,444

 

75,547,786

 

Union Bank of California, N.A.*

 

Stock Liquidity Management Account

 

353

 

353

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commingled fund –

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Union Bank of California, N.A.*

 

Stable Value Fund

 

96,449,607

 

96,644,578

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

Participant Loans (2,394 loans outstanding with interest rates ranging from from 5.25% - 11.90%)

 

N/A

 

21,657,007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

930,142,169

 

 


*A party-in-interest, as defined by ERISA.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

The Plan.  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A. 401(k) PLAN AND
TRUST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/S/ PAUL E. FEARER

 

 

 

Paul E. Fearer

 

 

 

Senior Executive Vice President & Director, Human Resources

 

 

 

Union Bank of California, N.A.

Date:

June 26, 2008

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

23.1

 

Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

 

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