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LEGG MASON INTERNATIONAL LOW VOLATILITY HIGH DIVIDEND ETF

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited)    January 31, 2020

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  
COMMON STOCKS - 97.6%      
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 18.8%      

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 15.5%

     

BCE Inc.

     32,266      $ 1,521,385  

BT Group PLC

     642,909        1,363,769  

CITIC Telecom International Holdings Ltd.

     107,423        37,353  

HKT Trust & HKT Ltd.

     170,865        256,136  

Orange SA

     96,657        1,371,612  

Proximus SADP

     12,620        359,707  

Swisscom AG, Registered Shares

     3,003        1,649,011  

Telefonica SA

     216,830        1,467,938  

Telstra Corp. Ltd.

     380,152        977,252  

TELUS Corp.

     21,609        866,778  
     

 

 

 

Total Diversified Telecommunication Services

        9,870,941  
     

 

 

 

Media - 0.7%

     

Atresmedia Corp. de Medios de Comunicacion SA

     11,449        38,799  

Eutelsat Communications SA

     15,428        231,583  

Mediaset Espana Comunicacion SA

     19,603        107,556  

Metropole Television SA

     2,088        34,755  
     

 

 

 

Total Media

        412,693  
     

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 2.6%

     

NTT DOCOMO Inc.

     57,600        1,651,180  

Softbank Corp.

     2,500        34,507  
     

 

 

 

Total Wireless Telecommunication Services

        1,685,687  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES

        11,969,321  
     

 

 

 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 12.8%      

Auto Components - 0.4%

     

Bridgestone Corp.

     7,400        266,341  
     

 

 

 

Automobiles - 8.0%

     

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

     18,614        1,327,208  

Daimler AG, Registered Shares

     26,083        1,208,381  

Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.

     179,100        990,640  

Toyota Motor Corp.

     22,100        1,560,264  
     

 

 

 

Total Automobiles

        5,086,493  
     

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.0%

     

Marston’s PLC

     26,489        36,559  
     

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

    

 

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LEGG MASON INTERNATIONAL LOW VOLATILITY HIGH DIVIDEND ETF

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    January 31, 2020

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  

Household Durables - 4.1%

     

Barratt Developments PLC

     94,148      $ 996,323  

Crest Nicholson Holdings PLC

     20,386        134,364  

Persimmon PLC

     31,408        1,264,004  

Redrow PLC

     19,753        207,005  
     

 

 

 

Total Household Durables

        2,601,696  
     

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 0.3%

     

Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd.

     58,638        166,050  
     

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.0%

     

Li & Fung Ltd.

     401,030        35,636  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

        8,192,775  
     

 

 

 
CONSUMER STAPLES - 4.1%      

Tobacco - 4.1%

     

British American Tobacco PLC

     24,736        1,094,780  

Japan Tobacco Inc.

     68,300        1,459,453  

Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S

     3,589        47,022  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES

        2,601,255  
     

 

 

 
ENERGY - 10.2%      

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 10.2%

     

Eni SpA

     101,227        1,419,972  

Paz Oil Co. Ltd.

     247        30,069  

Pembina Pipeline Corp.

     25,839        990,148  

Repsol SA

     88,786        1,226,464  

Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class A Shares

     53,021        1,393,932  

Total SA

     28,933        1,415,446  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL ENERGY

        6,476,031  
     

 

 

 
FINANCIALS - 19.7%      

Banks - 12.3%

     

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

     17,676        1,442,361  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

     29,837        1,703,015  

National Australia Bank Ltd.

     77,167        1,335,913  

Nordea Bank Abp

     170,157        1,343,793  

Svenska Handelsbanken AB, Class A Shares

     41,947        412,043  

Swedbank AB, Class A Shares

     62,193        956,577  

Valiant Holding AG, Registered Shares

     434        44,640  

Westpac Banking Corp.

     35,399        595,290  
     

 

 

 

Total Banks

        7,833,632  
     

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 0.4%

     

IGM Financial Inc.

     4,604        133,224  

Jupiter Fund Management PLC

     27,362        139,080  
     

 

 

 

Total Capital Markets

        272,304  
     

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

 

   

 

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LEGG MASON INTERNATIONAL LOW VOLATILITY HIGH DIVIDEND ETF

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    January 31, 2020

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  

Insurance - 6.7%

     

Assicurazioni Generali SpA

     37,048      $ 722,391  

Legal & General Group PLC

     263,508        1,061,174  

Poste Italiane SpA

     52,000        596,433  

Power Financial Corp.

     10,503        272,790  

Zurich Insurance Group AG

     3,859        1,603,298  
     

 

 

 

Total Insurance

        4,256,086  
     

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.3%

     

Aareal Bank AG

     5,147        168,950  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL FINANCIALS

        12,530,972  
     

 

 

 
INDUSTRIALS - 8.5%      

Aerospace & Defense - 0.3%

     

Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd.

     60,100        180,974  
     

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics - 0.1%

     

Oesterreichische Post AG

     1,772        67,356  
     

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering - 1.0%

     

Peab AB, Class B Shares

     10,158        102,016  

Skanska AB, Class B Shares

     22,759        526,552  
     

 

 

 

Total Construction & Engineering

        628,568  
     

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 1.3%

     

CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd.

     96,426        860,581  
     

 

 

 

Marine - 1.1%

     

Kuehne + Nagel International AG, Registered Shares

     4,406        712,671  
     

 

 

 

Professional Services - 1.8%

     

Adecco Group AG, Registered Shares

     19,191        1,128,239  
     

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 0.3%

     

ComfortDelGro Corp. Ltd.

     135,600        215,585  
     

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 1.3%

     

Marubeni Corp.

     111,500        818,054  
     

 

 

 

Transportation Infrastructure - 1.3%

     

Aena SME SA

     4,425        819,668  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INDUSTRIALS

        5,431,696  
     

 

 

 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 2.3%      

Communications Equipment - 0.1%

     

VTech Holdings Ltd.

     9,038        82,233  
     

 

 

 

IT Services - 0.1%

     

TietoEVRY oyj

     1,751        57,205  
     

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 2.1%

     

Canon Inc.

     51,000        1,358,228  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

        1,497,666  
     

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

    

 

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LEGG MASON INTERNATIONAL LOW VOLATILITY HIGH DIVIDEND ETF

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    January 31, 2020

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  
MATERIALS - 1.4%      

Paper & Forest Products - 1.4%

     

Navigator Co. SA

     28,591      $ 102,658  

UPM-Kymmene oyj

     25,189        796,399  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL MATERIALS

        899,057  
     

 

 

 
REAL ESTATE - 6.4%      

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 5.8%

     

Artis Real Estate Investment Trust

     5,088        45,358  

Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust

     261,300        603,044  

CapitaLand Mall Trust

     187,700        346,549  

Charter Hall Retail REIT

     19,547        61,634  

Cromwell Property Group

     69,712        57,169  

Daiwa House REIT Investment Corp.

     45        120,197  

Frontier Real Estate Investment Corp.

     34        142,261  

H&R Real Estate Investment Trust

     11,682        188,937  

Hankyu Hanshin Reit Inc.

     49        78,845  

Industrial & Infrastructure Fund Investment Corp.

     80        123,117  

Invesco Office J-Reit Inc.

     383        81,628  

Japan Rental Housing Investments Inc.

     62        61,608  

Kenedix Retail REIT Corp.

     43        106,523  

Keppel DC REIT

     48,212        79,829  

Mapletree Commercial Trust

     123,200        212,118  

Mapletree Industrial Trust

     83,700        170,478  

Mapletree Logistics Trust

     181,400        244,542  

Mapletree North Asia Commercial Trust

     80,700        70,359  

Mirai Corp.

     133        75,099  

Mori Hills REIT Investment Corp., Class C Shares

     72        120,703  

NIPPON REIT Investment Corp.

     15        70,305  

RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust

     13,938        286,232  

Samty Residential Investment Corp.

     41        43,313  

SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust

     5,692        135,183  

Star Asia Investment Corp.

     42        44,447  

Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust

     100,100        134,943  
     

 

 

 

Total Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

        3,704,421  
     

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development - 0.6%

     

Swiss Prime Site AG, Registered Shares

     3,281        400,749
     

 

 

 

TOTAL REAL ESTATE

        4,105,170  
     

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

 

   

 

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LEGG MASON INTERNATIONAL LOW VOLATILITY HIGH DIVIDEND ETF

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    January 31, 2020

 

SECURITY

    SHARES      VALUE  
UTILITIES - 13.4%       

Electric Utilities - 6.4%

      

Emera Inc.

      13,990      $ 623,682  

Enel SpA

      206,934        1,801,342  

Power Assets Holdings Ltd.

      62,862        455,786  

Red Electrica Corp. SA

      59,842        1,196,026  
      

 

 

 

Total Electric Utilities

         4,076,836  
      

 

 

 

Gas Utilities - 3.0%

      

Enagas SA

      34,671        934,433  

Snam SpA

      186,427        999,317  
      

 

 

 

Total Gas Utilities

         1,933,750  
      

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities - 3.0%

      

National Grid PLC

      138,200        1,832,319  

REN - Redes Energeticas Nacionais SGPS SA

      14,239        43,078  
      

 

 

 

Total Multi-Utilities

         1,875,397  
      

 

 

 

Water Utilities - 1.0%

      

United Utilities Group PLC

      47,437        633,756  
      

 

 

 

TOTAL UTILITIES

         8,519,739  
      

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost - $63,857,498)

         62,223,682  
      

 

 

 
    RATE               
PREFERRED STOCKS - 0.2%       
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 0.2%       

Automobiles - 0.2%

      

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Cost - $125,637)

    —         1,637        91,432  
      

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost - $63,983,135)

 

     62,315,114  
      

 

 

 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 0.4%       

Invesco Treasury Portfolio, Institutional Class (Cost - $276,789)

    1.480     276,789        276,789  
      

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 98.2%
(Cost - $64,259,924)

         62,591,903  

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 1.8%

         1,160,951  
      

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

       $ 63,752,854  
      

 

 

 

 

*

Non-income producing security.

Abbreviation used in this schedule:

REIT   

— Real Estate Investment Trust

At January 31, 2020, the Fund had the following open futures contracts:

 

     Number of
Contracts
     Expiration
Date
     Notional
Amount
     Market
Value
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 
Contracts to Buy:               

MSCI EAFE Index Futures

     4        3/20      $ 406,301      $ 395,300      $ (11,001

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

    

 

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LEGG MASON INTERNATIONAL LOW VOLATILITY HIGH DIVIDEND ETF

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    January 31, 2020

 

At January 31, 2020, the Fund had the following open forward foreign currency contracts:

 

Currency
Purchased
     Currency
Sold
    

Counterparty

   Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
USD      287,144        CHF        278,226      Bank of New York      2/11/20      $ (1,551
USD      5,304,776        CHF        5,127,992      Bank of New York      2/11/20        (16,165
USD      1,004,133        EUR        905,649      Bank of New York      2/11/20        (162
USD      18,756,708        EUR        16,708,341      Bank of New York      2/11/20        228,446  
USD      243,980        AUD        356,616      UBS Securities LLC      2/11/20        5,196  
USD      4,621,365        AUD        6,593,990      UBS Securities LLC      2/11/20        206,148  
USD      329,373        CAD        432,140      UBS Securities LLC      2/11/20        2,631  
USD      6,145,544        CAD        7,976,314      UBS Securities LLC      2/11/20        114,633  
USD      524,778        GBP        399,166      UBS Securities LLC      2/11/20        (1,554
USD      9,740,487        GBP        7,379,045      UBS Securities LLC      2/11/20        10,637  
USD      93,632        HKD        727,922      UBS Securities LLC      2/11/20        (95
USD      1,720,027        HKD        13,402,193      UBS Securities LLC      2/11/20        (5,642
USD      171,698        SEK        1,633,758      UBS Securities LLC      2/11/20        2,112  
USD      3,219,128        SEK        30,020,101      UBS Securities LLC      2/11/20        103,009  
USD      114,644        SGD        154,700      UBS Securities LLC      2/11/20        1,301  
USD      2,119,421        SGD        2,853,671      UBS Securities LLC      2/11/20        28,644  
USD      479,209        JPY        52,619,832      Bank of New York      2/12/20        (6,578
USD      8,965,355        JPY        968,846,483      Bank of New York      2/12/20        20,952  
                 

 

 

 

Total

     $ 691,962  
                 

 

 

 

Abbreviations used in this table:

 

AUD    — Australian Dollar
CAD    — Canadian Dollar
CHF    — Swiss Franc
EUR    — Euro
GBP    — British Pound
HKD    — Hong Kong Dollar
JPY    — Japanese Yen
SEK    — Swedish Krona
SGD    — Singapore Dollar
USD    — United States Dollar

This Schedule of Investments is unaudited and is intended to provide information about the Fund’s investments as of the date of the schedule. Other information regarding the Fund is available in the Fund’s most recent annual or semi-annual shareholder report.

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

 

   

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

 

1. Organization and significant accounting policies

Legg Mason International Low Volatility High Dividend ETF (the “Fund”) is a separate diversified investment series of Legg Mason ETF Investment Trust (the “Trust”). The Trust, a Maryland statutory trust, is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company.

The Fund is an exchange-traded fund (“ETF”). ETFs are funds that trade like other publicly-traded securities. The Fund is designed to track an index. Similar to shares of an index mutual fund, each share of the Fund represents an ownership interest in an underlying portfolio of securities intended to track an index. Unlike shares of a mutual fund, which can be bought from and redeemed by the issuing fund by all shareholders at a price based on net asset value (“NAV”), shares of the Fund may be directly purchased from and redeemed by the Fund at NAV solely by certain large institutional investors who have entered into agreements with the Fund’s distributor (“Authorized Participants”). Also unlike shares of a mutual fund, shares of the Fund are listed on a national securities exchange and trade in the secondary market at market prices that change throughout the day.

Shares of the Fund are listed and traded at market prices on the Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. The market price for the Fund’s shares may be different from the Fund’s NAV. The Fund issues and redeems shares at NAV only in blocks of a specified number of shares or multiples thereof (“Creation Units”). Only Authorized Participants may purchase or redeem Creation Units directly with the Fund at NAV. Creation Units are issued and redeemed generally in-kind for a basket of securities and/or cash. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, shares of the Fund are not redeemable securities. Shareholders who are not Authorized Participants may not redeem shares directly from the Fund at NAV.

The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the QS International Low Volatility High Dividend Hedged Index (the “Underlying Index”). The Underlying Index seeks to provide more stable income through investments in stocks of profitable companies in developed markets outside of the United States with relatively high dividend yields or anticipated dividend yields and lower price and earnings volatility, while mitigating exposure to exchange-rate fluctuations between the U.S. dollar and other international currencies and is based on a proprietary methodology created and sponsored by QS Investors, LLC, the Fund’s subadviser.

The following are significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund and are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”).

(a) Investment valuation. Equity securities for which market quotations are available are valued at the last reported sales price or official closing price on the primary market or exchange on which they trade. The valuations for fixed income securities (which may include, but are not limited to, corporate, government, municipal, mortgage-backed, collateralized mortgage obligations and asset-backed securities) and certain derivative instruments are typically the prices supplied by independent third party pricing services,

 

    

 

    

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

which may use market prices or broker/dealer quotations or a variety of valuation techniques and methodologies. The independent third party pricing services use inputs that are observable such as issuer details, interest rates, yield curves, prepayment speeds, credit risks/spreads, default rates and quoted prices for similar securities. Investments in open-end funds are valued at the closing net asset value per share of each fund on the day of valuation. Futures contracts are valued daily at the settlement price established by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded. When the Fund holds securities or other assets that are denominated in a foreign currency, the Fund will use the currency exchange rates, generally determined as of 4:00 p.m. (London Time). If independent third party pricing services are unable to supply prices for a portfolio investment, or if the prices supplied are deemed by the manager to be unreliable, the market price may be determined by the manager using quotations from one or more broker/dealers or at the transaction price if the security has recently been purchased and no value has yet been obtained from a pricing service or pricing broker. When reliable prices are not readily available, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded, but before the Fund calculates its net asset value, the Fund values these securities as determined in accordance with procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees.

The Board of Trustees is responsible for the valuation process and has delegated the supervision of the daily valuation process to the Legg Mason North Atlantic Fund Valuation Committee (the “Valuation Committee”). The Valuation Committee, pursuant to the policies adopted by the Board of Trustees, is responsible for making fair value determinations, evaluating the effectiveness of the Fund’s pricing policies, and reporting to the Board of Trustees. When determining the reliability of third party pricing information for investments owned by the Fund, the Valuation Committee, among other things, conducts due diligence reviews of pricing vendors, monitors the daily change in prices and reviews transactions among market participants.

The Valuation Committee will consider pricing methodologies it deems relevant and appropriate when making fair value determinations. Examples of possible methodologies include, but are not limited to, multiple of earnings; discount from market of a similar freely traded security; discounted cash-flow analysis; book value or a multiple thereof; risk premium/yield analysis; yield to maturity; and/or fundamental investment analysis. The Valuation Committee will also consider factors it deems relevant and appropriate in light of the facts and circumstances. Examples of possible factors include, but are not limited to, the type of security; the issuer’s financial statements; the purchase price of the security; the discount from market value of unrestricted securities of the same class at the time of purchase; analysts’ research and observations from financial institutions; information regarding any transactions or offers with respect to the security; the existence of merger proposals or tender offers affecting the security; the price and extent of public trading in similar securities of the issuer or comparable companies; and the existence of a shelf registration for restricted securities.

 

 

   

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

For each portfolio security that has been fair valued pursuant to the policies adopted by the Board of Trustees, the fair value price is compared against the last available and next available market quotations. The Valuation Committee reviews the results of such back testing monthly and fair valuation occurrences are reported to the Board of Trustees quarterly.

The Fund uses valuation techniques to measure fair value that are consistent with the market approach and/or income approach, depending on the type of security and the particular circumstance. The market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable securities. The income approach uses valuation techniques to discount estimated future cash flows to present value.

GAAP establishes a disclosure hierarchy that categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value assets and liabilities at measurement date. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

 

   

Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

 

   

Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

 

   

Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The inputs or methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities carried at fair value:

 

ASSETS

 

DESCRIPTION

   QUOTED PRICES
(LEVEL 1)
     OTHER SIGNIFICANT
OBSERVABLE INPUTS
(LEVEL2)
     SIGNIFICANT
UNOBSERVABLE
INPUTS

(LEVEL 3)
     TOTAL  

Long-Term Investments†:

           

Common Stocks

   $ 62,223,682        —          —        $ 62,223,682  

Preferred Stocks

     91,432        —          —          91,432  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments

     62,315,114        —          —          62,315,114  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments†

     276,789        —          —          276,789  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 62,591,903        —          —        $ 62,591,903  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other Financial Instruments:

           

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

     —        $ 723,709        —        $ 723,709  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 62,591,903      $ 723,709        —        $ 63,315,612  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

DESCRIPTION

   QUOTED PRICES
(LEVEL 1)
     OTHER SIGNIFICANT
OBSERVABLE INPUTS
(LEVEL 2)
     SIGNIFICANT
UNOBSERVABLE
INPUTS

(LEVEL 3)
     TOTAL  

Other Financial Instruments:

           

Futures Contracts

   $ 11,001        —          —        $ 11,001  

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

     —        $ 31,747        —          31,747  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 11,001      $ 31,747        —        $ 42,748  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

 

    

 

    

 

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