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Accenture plc, a professional services company, provides strategy and consulting, interactive, and technology and operations services worldwide. The company also provides outsourcing services. It serves communications, media, high tech, software, and platform companies; banking, capital market, and insurance industries; and consumer goods, retail, travel services, industrial, and life science industries, as well as clients in health, public service, chemicals and natural resources, energy, and utility sectors. Accenture plc has alliance relationships with Adobe, Alibaba, Amazon Web Services, Blue Yonder, Cisco, Dell, Google, HPE, IBM RedHat, Microsoft, Oracle, Pegasystems, Salesforce, SAP, ServiceNow, VMWare, Workday, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, CNH Industrial, and Reactive Technologies. It has an agreement with Duke Energy Corporation for the development of a technology platform designed to measure actual baseline methane emissions from natural gas distribution systems. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.

IPO Year: 2001

Exchange: NYSE

Website: accenture.com

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DatePrice TargetRatingAnalyst
3/17/2025$390.00Neutral → Outperform
Robert W. Baird
1/8/2025$425.00Peer Perform → Outperform
Wolfe Research
12/6/2024$370.00 → $420.00Neutral → Buy
Goldman
10/30/2024$375.00Outperform → Neutral
Exane BNP Paribas
9/30/2024$321.00 → $400.00Hold → Buy
TD Cowen
9/26/2024$329.00 → $395.00Neutral → Overweight
Piper Sandler
7/19/2024$400.00Neutral → Buy
UBS
6/26/2024$382.00 → $300.00Overweight → Equal-Weight
Morgan Stanley
6/24/2024$335.00Neutral
Goldman
5/15/2024$409.00 → $295.00Buy → Hold
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  • Accenture Invests in GoUpscale to Reinvent Digital Content and Engagement in Wealth Management

    Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has made an investment, through Accenture Ventures, in GoUpscale, a content engagement technology company that helps wealth management companies across Asia reinvent client engagement strategies and elevate digital communications. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250413570188/en/Accenture has made an investment in GoUpscale, a content engagement technology company. Wealth management is evolving, and today's clients expect more than static reports and generic financial updates. According to recent research by Accenture, wealth management firms in Asia aim to double their assets under management (

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  • CyberArk Strengthens Identity Security for AI Agents with Accenture's AI Refinery

    Companies team to empower organizations to securely leverage AI agents To help organizations implement and secure identity access controls for AI agents, CyberArk (NASDAQ: CYBR), the global leader in identity security, is working with Accenture (NYSE:ACN) to integrate Accenture's AI Refinery™ with its AI-powered Identity Security Platform. This integration will provide clients with robust tools to manage and secure AI agents based on Zero Trust principles, which assume all users and devices require continuous verification and authorization. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250410817062/en/CyberArk and Accenture are

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  • Fincantieri and Accenture Announce the Launch of Fincantieri Ingenium

    Joint Venture to Drive the Digital Transformation of Shipbuilding and Port Logistics Fincantieri, a global leader in complex shipbuilding, and Accenture (NYSE:ACN), one of the world's leading professional services companies, have signed an agreement to establish Fincantieri Ingenium, a new joint venture. The company will be owned 70% by Fincantieri NexTech—a subsidiary of the Fincantieri Group—and 30% by Accenture. The initiative stems from a Memorandum of Understanding signed in July 2024 and combines Fincantieri's technological expertise in the naval sector with Accenture's advanced digital capabilities and digital engineering and manufacturing expertise. This press release features mult

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  • Accenture Helps Organizations Adopt and Scale the Latest Technologies from Google Cloud to Drive Continuous Reinvention

    Cloud Next '25 – Through an expansion of its strategic relationship with Google Cloud, Accenture (NYSE:ACN) is launching new capabilities to help organizations scale the latest cloud and AI technologies. Spanning agentic AI, networking and mainframe modernization, these solutions will help global clients across industries unlock advanced intelligence, amplify enterprise efficiency and drive growth. Today's announcement is part of a broader initiative to provide a steady pipeline of innovations to help organizations jumpstart adoption of Google Cloud technologies and realize value faster. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/ho

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  • Accenture Federal Services Announces MxDR for Government to be Powered by Google SecOps, Enhancing Federal Cybersecurity

    Accenture Federal Services today announced the launch of a joint Managed Extended Detection and Response (MxDR) solution with Google Public Sector. The new MxDR for government solution integrates Google Security Operations (SecOps) platform with Accenture Federal's deep federal cybersecurity expertise. This solution uses security-specific generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) to significantly enhance threat detection and response, and the overall security posture for federal agencies. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250407986008/en/Ron Ash, CEO of Accenture Federal Services This announcement expands the cyber

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  • Accenture and Schaeffler Pave the Way for Industrial Humanoid Robots with NVIDIA and Microsoft Technologies

    Accenture (NYSE:ACN) is working with Schaeffler AG to reinvent industrial automation with physical AI and robotics. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250331854959/en/Agility Robotics' Digit performs material handling, such as tote handling and transport to kitting and commissioning areas, in a digital twin of a Schaeffler facility. At Hannover Messe 2025, the companies show how to optimize various work scenarios, from human-centric to human/robot collaboration and full automation, with the latest simulation, AI and data technologies from NVIDIA and Microsoft. These scenarios include industrial automation systems, aut

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  • New Accenture Siemens Business Group to Reinvent Engineering and Manufacturing for Clients

    Dedicated business practice expands long-standing alliance to drive development of software-defined products and factories at scale across industry Companies plan to scale new group to 7,000 professionals to combine leading industrial technology with AI-powered engineering and manufacturing capabilities Partners have driven digital transformation for clients including KION Group and Navantia Siemens and Accenture (NYSE:ACN) are significantly advancing their long-standing alliance partnership to help clients reinvent and transform engineering and manufacturing. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250330732929/en/

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  • Accenture Reports Second-Quarter Fiscal 2025 Results

    Accenture's strong Q2 FY25 results reflect broad-based revenue growth across geographic markets, industry groups and types of work; Company updates fiscal 2025 outlook Accenture (NYSE:ACN) reported financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2025 ended February 28, 2025. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250320306003/en/ All comparisons are to the second quarter of fiscal 2024, unless noted otherwise. Accenture Chair and CEO Julie Sweet "Our second quarter results demonstrate that we continue to deliver on our strategy to lead reinvention for our clients and return to strong growth in FY25, with broad-based

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  • Accenture Expands AI Refinery and Launches New Industry Agent Solutions to Accelerate Agentic AI Adoption

    New AI agent builder allows business users to quickly construct and customize advanced reasoning AI agents without coding, enabling rapid adaptation to changing business needs and market conditions. Accenture is developing over 50 industry-specific AI agent solutions, which leverage new NVIDIA reasoning models, with a goal of 100 by the end of the year. Built using NVIDIA AI Enterprise, these solutions streamline processes and enhance efficiency, and cover industries like telecommunications, financial services, insurance, and more. Organizations such as ESPN, HPE, Noli and the UN, are already exploring how Accenture AI Refinery resources can help improve fan experience, sourcing, and e

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  • SkillGigs and Accenture Partner to Transform Enterprise Talent Management with AI-Powered Direct Sourcing

    HOUSTON, March 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- SkillGigs, a pioneering AI-driven talent marketplace, and Accenture (NYSE: ACN), a global leader in technology and consulting services, today announced a strategic reseller partnership to deliver cutting-edge Total Talent Management and Recruiting solutions to enterprises worldwide. This collaboration enables Accenture to integrate and resell SkillGigs' industry-leading platform, empowering organizations to optimize workforce management, accelerate hiring efficiency, and refine talent acquisition strategies. By combining SkillGigs' AI-dr

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  • Accenture Invests in and Collaborates with AI-Powered Agentic Prediction Engine Aaru

    Simulating human behavior to reinvent how businesses make decisions Accenture (NYSE:ACN) today announced that Accenture Ventures has invested in Aaru, creators of the leading AI-powered prediction engine that simulates consumer behavior and preferences, driving stronger customer experiences, new growth opportunities and speed-to-market. As part of this collaboration, Accenture Song intends to integrate Lumen—Aaru's flagship model for the private sector—into its AI products and services across new product development, marketing, customer strategy, and customer service. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250304679729/e

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  • Accenture Invests in Voltron Data to Help Organizations Use GPU Technology to Simplify Large-Scale Data Processing

    Voltron Data's solutions can eliminate data silos and bottlenecks, enabling banks, communications firms and others to harness their data for generative AI and machine learning capabilities Accenture (NYSE:ACN) announced an investment in Voltron Data, a company that is building software to unlock the next generation of accelerated computing that underpins modern AI applications. This investment, made through Accenture Ventures, will support Voltron Data in its efforts to help organizations use advanced computing technology to speed up large-scale analytics, used for generative AI and machine learning applications. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://w

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  • Telstra and Accenture Announce Global AI Joint Venture

    Telstra and Accenture (NYSE:ACN) today announced a proposed joint venture (JV) to rapidly accelerate Telstra's data and AI roadmap to further extend its network leadership, improve customer experience, and help its teams operate more efficiently and effectively. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250115057058/en/Julie Sweet, Chair and CEO, Accenture and Vicki Brady, CEO, Telstra (Photo: Business Wire) Steered by joint global leadership, the JV would comprise specialists from Telstra and Accenture's Data & AI teams to build on Telstra's work creating a world-class data and AI ecosystem, modernising its data and AI pla

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  • Accenture Nominates Masahiko Uotani, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Shiseido, and Jennifer Nason, Global Chair, Investment Banking of J.P. Morgan to Join its Board of Directors

    Accenture (NYSE:ACN) announced that its Board of Directors has nominated Masahiko Uotani and Jennifer Nason for election to the Board following Accenture's annual general meeting of shareholders on February 6, 2025. Uotani-san, 70, is the chairman and chief executive officer of Shiseido (OTC:SSDOY). Ms. Nason, 64, is the Global Chair, Investment Banking at J.P. Morgan (NYSE:JPM). They each will be listed as a director nominee in Accenture's 2024 proxy statement. The preliminary proxy statement is scheduled to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission this week. "I am pleased to welcome Uotani-san and Jennifer to our board of directors," said Julie Sweet, chair and CEO, Accentur

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  • Accenture Invests in Cresta to Improve Efficiency and Productivity in Contact Centers with Generative AI

    Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has invested, through Accenture Ventures, in Cresta, a company that has developed an AI-powered platform designed for contact centers. As part of this investment, Accenture plans to integrate Cresta's AI software capabilities into Accenture's AI Refinery™️ a comprehensive platform that helps clients to build custom AI models that meet their unique business needs. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241119090748/en/Accenture invests in Cresta (Photo: Business Wire) Generative AI is transforming customer experiences by creating seamless, personalized interactions that boost loyalty and operational e

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  • Accenture Invests in Reality Defender to Help Fight Deepfake Extortion, Fraud and Disinformation

    Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in Reality Defender, an RSA Innovation award-winning cybersecurity company specializing in deepfake detection. Together, Accenture and Reality Defender will equip clients in the financial services, media and high-tech industries with the ability to rapidly identify, detect, respond to and prevent deepfake fraud. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241022558250/en/Accenture and Reality Defender to Help Organizations in Financial Services, Media and High-Tech Rapidly Identify, Detect, Respond to and Prevent Deepfake Fraud (Photo: Business W

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  • Accenture Invests in Martian to Bring Dynamic Routing of Large Language Queries and More Effective AI Systems to Clients

    Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has invested, through Accenture Ventures, in Martian, a technology company that has built a patent-pending Large Language Model (LLM) router. For any prompt, Martian's router will find and use the LLM that will give users the best result at the lowest cost. As part of this investment, Accenture plans to integrate Martian's advanced model router offering into its proprietary "switchboard" services that can customize large-language models (LLMs) for specific data sources and use cases for greater impact of AI systems. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240917605865/en/Accenture has invested, through

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  • Accenture Appoints Arundhati Chakraborty as Group Chief Executive of Accenture Operations; Yusuf Tayob named Global Communications, Media & Technology Industry Practices Chair

    Accenture (NYSE:ACN) today announced that Arundhati Chakraborty has been appointed group chief executive of Accenture Operations, effective as of Sept. 1. As clients look to reinvent their operations using tech, data and AI, Chakraborty brings an outstanding track record delivering complex transformations, particularly in her current role leading over 185,000 Accenture people across more than 125 Intelligent Operations Centers, focusing on compressed transformation through analytics, artificial intelligence and automation. With 30 years of industry experience, her ability to shape and implement talent strategy across diverse teams will help Accenture create ever greater value for clients

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  • Accenture Invests in Earli Inc. to Advance Technologies for Early Cancer Detection

    Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in Earli Inc., a biotechnology company that developed a novel approach to early cancer detection with a synthetic targeting platform that selectively reprograms cancer cells to reveal and destroy themselves. This investment from Accenture Ventures will support expanding collaborations with global health and pharma companies that can use Earli's technology to more rapidly and accurately detect and treat cancer. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240819448521/en/Accenture has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in Ear

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  • Key Tech Stocks Optimizing AI Usability and Infrastructure for a $20-Trillion Future

    USA News Group  CommentaryIssued on behalf of Avant Technologies Inc. VANCOUVER, BC, June 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- USA News Group – Several big winners have been made already in the ongoing artificial intelligence (AI) revolution. However, there's clearly none bigger than chipmaking giant NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA), which just surpassed two of its big tech peers to become the most valued publicly-traded company on the planet. To put it into perspective, NVIDIA's market cap is currently larger than each of Europe's largest stock markets, while lucky investors who bet $1000 on NVIDIA stock just ten years ago would be sitting on an extra $297,600 today. Now as analysts are predicting that

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  • Accenture Reports Second-Quarter Fiscal 2025 Results

    Accenture's strong Q2 FY25 results reflect broad-based revenue growth across geographic markets, industry groups and types of work; Company updates fiscal 2025 outlook Accenture (NYSE:ACN) reported financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2025 ended February 28, 2025. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250320306003/en/ All comparisons are to the second quarter of fiscal 2024, unless noted otherwise. Accenture Chair and CEO Julie Sweet "Our second quarter results demonstrate that we continue to deliver on our strategy to lead reinvention for our clients and return to strong growth in FY25, with broad-based

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  • Accenture to Announce Second-Quarter Fiscal 2025 Results

    Accenture Schedules Second-Quarter Fiscal 2025 Earnings Call Accenture (NYSE:ACN) will host a conference call at 8:00 a.m. EDT on Thursday, March 20, 2025, to discuss its second-quarter fiscal 2025 financial results. An earnings news release will be issued before the call. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250304206676/en/ To participate in the teleconference, please dial +1 (877) 883-0383 [+1 (412) 317-6061 outside the U.S., Puerto Rico and Canada] and enter access code 2669177 approximately 15 minutes before the scheduled start of the call. The conference call will also be accessible live via webcast on the In

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  • Accenture Acquires Altus Consulting to Strengthen Capabilities for Insurance and Investments Clients in the UK

    Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has acquired Altus Consulting, a leader in consulting and digital transformation, to further strengthen its strategic advisory and delivery services for insurance, investments and other financial services businesses across the UK. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250228044337/en/Accenture has acquired Altus Consulting, a leader in consulting and digital transformation, to further strengthen its strategic advisory and delivery services for insurance, investments and other financial services businesses across the UK. (Photo: Business Wire) Founded in 2005, Altus Consulting has developed highly res

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  • Accenture Acquires Halfspace to Bolster AI Capabilities in the Nordic Region

    Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has acquired Halfspace, a leading and multi-award-winning Denmark-based AI company that helps organizations leverage and scale AI to make better, more informed decisions, faster. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250228260332/en/Accenture has acquired Halfspace, a leading and multi-award-winning Denmark-based AI company that helps organizations leverage and scale AI to make better, more informed decisions, faster. (Photo: Business Wire) The acquisition enhances Accenture's AI capabilities and talent in the Nordic region and across Europe. With the addition of Halfspace, Accenture will extend the

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  • Accenture Acquires Digital Twin Technology for Banks to Enhance Core Modernization Capabilities

    Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has acquired a digital twin technology platform for banks developed by Percipient, a Singapore-based fintech company with deep experience in banking technology transformation. The acquisition enhances Accenture's existing banking modernization capabilities, helping financial services clients in Asia Pacific accelerate the reinvention of their core systems, foster innovation and drive growth. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250103552551/en/Accenture has acquired a digital twin technology platform for banks developed by Percipient, a Singapore-based fintech company with deep experience in bankin

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  • Accenture Reports First-Quarter Fiscal 2025 Results

    Accenture's strong Q1 FY25 results reflect broad-based revenue growth across all markets and industry groups; Company raises fiscal 2025 revenue outlook New bookings of $18.7 billion, an increase of 1% in both U.S. dollars and local currency Generative AI new bookings of $1.2 billion Revenues of $17.7 billion, an increase of 9% in U.S. dollars and 8% in local currency, with consulting revenues of $9.0 billion and managed services revenues of $8.6 billion GAAP operating margin of 16.7%, an increase of 90 basis points, and flat compared to adjusted operating margin1 reported in first quarter fiscal 2024 GAAP EPS of $3.59, an increase of 16%, and an increase of 10% over adjusted EPS

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  • Accenture to Announce First-Quarter Fiscal 2025 Results

    Accenture (NYSE:ACN) will host a conference call at 8:00 a.m. EST on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, to discuss its first-quarter fiscal 2025 financial results. An earnings news release will be issued before the call. To participate in the teleconference, please dial +1 (877) 883-0383 [+1 (412) 317-6061 outside the U.S., Puerto Rico and Canada] and enter access code 4670148 approximately 15 minutes before the scheduled start of the call. The conference call will also be accessible live via webcast on the Investor Relations section of the Accenture website at accenture.com. A replay of the conference call will be available at accenture.com and at +1 (877) 344-7529 [+1 (412) 317-0088 outside the

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  • Accenture Acquires Award Solutions to Expand Advanced Wireless Technologies Skills Training Content and Capabilities of Accenture LearnVantage

    Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has acquired Award Solutions, a provider of training and consulting services in advanced wireless and network technologies, including 5G, internet of things, and cloud-based solutions. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241121330816/en/Accenture has acquired Award Solutions, a provider of training and consulting services in advanced wireless and network technologies, including 5G, internet of things, and cloud-based solutions. (Photo: Business Wire) Established in 1997, Award Solutions is headquartered in Plano, Texas, and has employees based in Las Cr

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  • Accenture Acquires Allitix to Expand Integrated Enterprise Planning Capabilities

    Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has acquired Allitix, a consulting and technology company specializing in Anaplan solutions with capabilities across financial planning and analysis, sales performance management and supply chain. The acquisition further strengthens Accenture's connected planning capabilities using Anaplan, a platform that helps organizations see, plan and lead better business outcomes, and enhances its ability to help clients standardize planning practices across business functions for increased agility, productivity, and data-driven decision making. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241101706095/en/Accenture ha

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  • Accenture Acquires Joshua Tree Group to Enhance Distribution Center Performance for Retail and Consumer Goods Clients

    Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has acquired Joshua Tree Group ("JTG"), a supply chain consulting firm specializing in distribution center performance. The acquisition will help Accenture make distribution centers more productive and efficient for its clients in retail, consumer goods and other product-based industries. It also expands Accenture's capabilities to design and build more autonomous supply chains, where AI-powered tools improve labor productivity, inventory management and customer fulfillment. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241011534028/en/Accenture has acquired Joshua Tree Group ("JTG"), a supply chain consulti

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