-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, GpZxlQ0P2ux3Uq6RPThoJtF+NBAscbm742bNJdtpelpCbHaDKTJVAPGizPosGvxC sZi5zh2liz0pMMOxtUOEdQ== 0000928816-09-000971.txt : 20090828 0000928816-09-000971.hdr.sgml : 20090828 20090828163841 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000928816-09-000971 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-Q PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20090630 FILED AS OF DATE: 20090828 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20090828 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20090828 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM FUNDS TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001005942 IRS NUMBER: 043299786 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-Q SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-07513 FILM NUMBER: 091043656 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE POST STREET 2: ONE POST OFFICE SQUARE CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 BUSINESS PHONE: 6172921010 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE POST OFFICE SQUARE CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 0001005942 S000018606 PUTNAM MONEY MARKET LIQUIDITY FUND C000051609 CLASS A C000051610 CLASS I C000051611 CLASS S C000051612 CLASS R C000051613 CLASS P N-Q 1 a_mmliquidityad5.htm PUTNAM FUNDS TRUST a_mmliquidityad5.htm
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM N-Q
 
QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT 
INVESTMENT COMPANY
 
Investment Company Act file number: (811-07513)   
 
Exact name of registrant as specified in charter:  Putnam Funds Trust 
 
Address of principal executive offices: One Post Office Square, Boston, Massachusetts 02109 
 
Name and address of agent for service:    Beth S. Mazor, Vice President 
  One Post Office Square 
  Boston, Massachusetts 02109 
 
Copy to:    John W. Gerstmayr, Esq. 
  Ropes & Gray LLP 
  One International Place 
  Boston, Massachusetts 02110 
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (617) 292-1000 
 
Date of fiscal year end: September 30, 2009     
 
Date of reporting period: June 30, 2009     

Item 1. Schedule of Investments:


Putnam Money Market Liquidity Fund
The fund's portfolio
6/30/09 (Unaudited)

ASSET-BACKED COMMERCIAL PAPER (38.9%)(a)         
  Yield (%)  Maturity date  Principal amount  Value 

 
Alpine Securitization  0.270  7/16/09  $20,000,000  $19,997,750 
Alpine Securitization  0.270  7/08/09  25,000,000  24,998,688 
Atlantic Asset Securitization, LLC  0.280  7/10/09  26,000,000  25,998,180 
Atlantic Asset Securitization, LLC  0.450  7/07/09  20,000,000  19,998,500 
Barton Capital, LLC  0.280  7/20/09  30,000,000  29,995,567 
Bryant Park Funding, LLC  0.350  8/04/09  25,000,000  24,991,736 
Bryant Park Funding, LLC  0.270  7/20/09  20,000,000  19,997,150 
Enterprise Funding Co., LLC  0.440  7/08/09  20,000,000  19,998,289 
Falcon Asset Securitization Corp.  0.270  7/02/09  20,000,000  19,999,850 
Fairway Finance, LLC  0.290  7/16/09  25,000,000  24,996,979 
Fairway Finance, LLC  0.270  7/08/09  20,000,000  19,998,950 
Gemini Securitization Corp., LLC  0.551  7/13/09  20,000,000  19,996,333 
Gemini Securitization Corp., LLC  0.270  7/08/09  14,012,000  14,011,264 
Gotham Funding Corp.  0.370  9/03/09  25,000,000  24,983,556 
Gotham Funding Corp.  0.551  7/06/09  20,000,000  19,998,472 
Jupiter Securitization Corp.  0.250  7/02/09  20,537,000  20,536,857 
Jupiter Securitization Corp.  0.100  7/01/09  25,000,000  25,000,000 
Liberty Street Funding, LLC  0.100  7/01/09  22,134,000  22,134,000 
LMA Americas, LLC  0.350  8/10/09  16,700,000  16,693,506 
LMA Americas, LLC  0.450  7/23/09  12,000,000  11,996,700 
LMA Americas, LLC  0.320  7/21/09  19,550,000  19,546,524 
Manhattan Asset Funding Co., LLC  0.450  7/14/09  25,000,000  24,995,938 
Manhattan Asset Funding Co., LLC  0.400  7/02/09  20,000,000  19,999,778 
Old Line Funding Corp.  0.451  7/15/09  20,000,000  19,996,500 
Old Line Funding Corp.  0.260  7/07/09  26,020,000  26,018,872 
Park Avenue Receivables Corp.  0.270  7/15/09  20,000,000  19,997,900 
Ranger Funding Co., LLC  0.451  7/14/09  16,000,000  15,997,400 
Sheffield Receivables Corp.  0.300  7/24/09  11,000,000  10,997,892 
Sheffield Receivables Corp.  0.260  7/13/09  24,000,000  23,997,920 
Straight-A Funding, LLC  0.330  8/17/09  20,595,000  20,586,127 
Straight-A Funding, LLC  0.270  7/16/09  25,000,000  24,997,188 
Starbird Funding Corp.  0.300  7/17/09  25,000,000  24,996,667 
Starbird Funding Corp.  0.300  7/16/09  20,000,000  19,997,500 
Thunder Bay Funding, Inc.  0.270  7/13/09  28,823,000  28,820,406 
Thunder Bay Funding, Inc.  0.481  7/07/09  20,000,000  19,998,400 
Tulip Funding Corp.  0.280  7/14/09  25,000,000  24,997,472 
Tulip Funding Corp.  0.300  7/09/09  20,000,000  19,998,667 
Victory Receivables Corp.  0.501  8/05/09  6,506,000  6,502,837 
Victory Receivables Corp.  0.350  7/15/09  24,000,000  23,996,733 
Victory Receivables Corp.  0.300  7/13/09  18,000,000  17,998,200 
Windmill Funding Corp.  0.731  7/06/09  20,000,000  19,997,972 
Windmill Funding Corp.  0.651  7/02/09  20,000,000  19,999,639 
Working Capital Management Co.  0.500  7/15/09  25,000,000  24,995,139 
Working Capital Management Co.  0.600  7/10/09  22,000,000  21,996,700 
Yorktown Capital, LLC  0.450  7/08/09  10,707,000  10,706,063 
Yorktown Capital, LLC  0.100  7/01/09  10,000,000  10,000,000 

 
Total asset-backed commercial paper (cost $948,456,761)        $948,456,761 
 
COMMERCIAL PAPER (18.8%)(a)         
  Yield (%)  Maturity date  Principal amount  Value 

 
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, Ltd.         
(Australia)  0.290  8/11/09  $27,000,000  $26,991,083 
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, Ltd.         
(Australia)  0.481  7/31/09  20,000,000  19,992,000 
CBA (Delaware) Finance  0.430  8/06/09  20,000,000  19,991,400 
CBA (Delaware) Finance  0.511  7/17/09  20,000,000  19,995,467 
Danske Bank Corp  0.270  7/13/09  15,000,000  14,998,650 
DnB NOR Bank ASA (Norway)  0.300  8/06/09  25,000,000  24,992,500 
Export Development Canada (Canada)  0.501  10/15/09  25,000,000  24,963,194 
Intesa Funding, LLC  0.260  7/09/09  40,000,000  39,997,689 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.  0.250  7/02/09  25,000,000  24,999,826 
JPMorgan Chase Funding, Inc.  0.270  7/20/09  20,000,000  19,997,150 
MetLife Short Term Funding, LLC  0.580  8/04/09  25,000,000  24,986,306 
MetLife Short Term Funding, LLC  0.500  7/20/09  21,400,000  21,394,353 
Nationwide Building Society (United Kingdom)  0.601  9/23/09  24,000,000  23,966,400 
Nordea North America, Inc.  0.300  8/18/09  20,000,000  19,992,000 
Rabobank USA Financial Corp.  0.450  7/15/09  11,000,000  10,998,075 
Swedbank AB (Sweden)  0.531  11/16/09  20,000,000  19,959,367 
Toronto Dominion Holdings (USA)  0.501  7/14/09  20,000,000  19,996,389 
Westpac Banking Corp.  0.430  8/06/09  20,000,000  19,991,400 
Westpac Banking Corp.  0.521  7/09/09  10,000,000  9,998,844 
Westpac Banking Corp.  0.521  7/06/09  10,000,000  9,999,278 
Yale University  0.451  11/18/09  16,000,000  15,972,000 
Yale University  0.652  10/07/09  24,350,000  24,306,914 
 
Total commercial paper (cost $458,480,285)        $458,480,285 
 
CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT (9.0%)(a)         
  Yield (%)  Maturity date  Principal amount  Value 

 
BNP Paribas/New York, NY (France)  0.710  7/10/09  $20,000,000  $20,000,000 
Calyon New York  3.330  9/10/09  17,100,000  17,197,675 
Dexia Credit Local SA/New York, NY  0.710  9/21/09  20,000,000  20,000,455 
Dexia Credit Local SA/New York, NY  0.720  9/16/09  20,000,000  20,000,427 
Lloyds TSB Bank PLC/NY  0.610  7/15/09  14,000,000  14,001,686 
Lloyds TSB Bank PLC/New York, NY FRN  0.268  5/06/11  20,500,000  20,500,000 
National (Australia)  0.550  7/01/09  12,800,000  12,800,000 
Societe Generale (France)  0.750  7/13/09  20,000,000  20,000,000 
Societe Generale NY (France)  0.280  7/21/09  25,000,000  25,000,000 


Svenska Handelsbanken  0.650  7/22/09  25,000,000  25,000,146 
Toronto Dominion Bank (Canada)  0.600  1/12/10  26,000,000  26,014,032 

 
Total certificates of deposit (cost $220,514,421)        $220,514,421 
 
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS (11.2%)(a)         
  Yield (%)  Maturity date  Principal amount  Value 

Federal Home Loan Bank unsec. bonds  0.450  11/24/09  $37,000,000  $37,000,000 
Federal Home Loan Bank unsec. bonds  1.050  3/05/10  25,500,000  25,541,415 
Federal Home Loan Bank unsec. bonds Ser. 1  0.800  4/30/10  20,000,000  20,000,000 
Federal Home Loan Bank unsec. bonds  0.550  6/10/10  20,000,000  19,989,228 
Federal Home Loan Bank unsec. bonds FRB Ser. 1  0.748  11/08/10  25,000,000  25,000,000 
Federal Home Loan Bank unsec. bonds FRB Ser. 2  0.603  11/19/10  20,000,000  19,994,450 
Federal Home Loan Discount Note  0.200  8/03/09  12,000,000  11,997,800 
Feddie Mac Discount Notes  0.230  8/17/09  31,852,000  31,842,436 
Feddie Mac Discount Notes  0.280  9/14/09  31,291,000  31,272,747 
Feddie Mac Discount Notes  0.391  9/28/09  26,500,000  26,474,450 
Freddie Mac, unsec. notes, MTN  0.800  1/15/10  25,000,000  25,011,707 

 
Total U.S. government agency obligations (cost $274,124,233)        $274,124,233 
 
CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (0.2%)(a)         
  Yield (%)  Maturity date  Principal amount  Value 

Procter & Gamble International Funding SCA company         
guaranty bond FRB (Luxembourg)  0.996  5/07/10  $6,000,000  $6,000,000 

 
Total corporate bonds and notes (cost $6,000,000)        $6,000,000 
 
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS (21.8%)(a)         
      Principal amount  Value 

Interest in $75,000,000 joint tri-party repurchase         
agreement dated June 30, 2009 with Deutsche Banks         
Securities, Inc. due July 1, 2009 - market value         
of $40,000,489 for an effective yield of 0.44%         
(collateralized by various corporate bonds and notes         
with coupon rates ranging from 0.93% to 7.13% and due         
dates ranging from November 27, 2009 to June 1, 2038,         
valued at $78,750,001)      $40,000,000  $40,000,000 
Interest in $40,000,000 joint tri-party repurchase         
agreement dated June 30, 2009 with Bank of America         
Securities, Inc. due July 1, 2009 - market value         
of $40,000,400 for an effective yield of 0.36%         
(collateralized by various corporate bonds and notes         
with a coupon rate ranging from 4.75% to 6.50% and due         
dates ranging from January 15, 2012 to         
January 30, 2014, valued at $42,000,001)      40,000,000  40,000,000 
Interest in $262,500,000 joint triparty repurchase         
agreement dated June 30, 2009 with Deutsche Bank         
Securities, Inc. due July 1, 2009 -- maturity value         
of $95,800,240 for an effective yield of 0.09%         
(collateralized by various mortgage backed securities         
with a coupon rate of 7.0% and a due date of         
August 1, 2038 valued at $267,750,000)      95,800,000  95,800,000 
Interest in $255,600,000 joint tri-party repurchase         
agreement dated June 30, 2009 with Bank of America         
Securities, Inc. due July 1, 2009 - market value         
of $255,600,497 for an effective yield of 0.07%         
(collateralized by various corporate bonds and notes         
with coupon rates ranging from 4.82% to 6.00% and due         
dates ranging from December 01, 2034 to June 1, 2038,         
valued at $260,712,000)      255,600,000  255,600,000 
Interest in $100,000,000 joint triparty repurchase         
agreement dated June 30, 2009 with Goldman Sachs         
Corporation, due July 1, 2009 -- maturity value         
of $100,000,139 for an effective yield of 0.05%         
(collateralized by various mortgage backed securities         
with a coupon rate of 5.5% and a due date of         
November 1, 2037 valued at $102,000,001)      100,000,000  100,000,000 

 
Total repurchase agreements (cost $531,400,000)        $531,400,000 
 
 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS         
 
Total investments (cost $2,438,975,700) (b)        $2,438,975,700 


Key to other fixed-income security abbreviations

FRB Floating Rate Bonds

FRN Floating Rate Notes

MTN Medium Term Notes

NOTES

(a) Percentages indicated are based on net assets of $2,439,099,234.

(b) The aggregate identified cost on a financial reporting and tax basis is the same.

Debt obligations are considered secured unless otherwise indicated.

The rates shown on FRB and FRN are the current interest rates at June 30, 2009.

The dates shown on debt obligations are the original maturity dates.

Security valuation: The valuation of the fund’s portfolio instruments is determined by means of the amortized cost method (which approximates market value) as set forth in Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The amortized cost of an instrument is determined by valuing it at its original cost and thereafter amortizing any discount or premium from its face value at a constant rate until maturity.

Repurchase agreements: The fund, or any joint trading account, through its custodian, receives delivery of the underlying securities, the market value of which at the time of purchase is required to be an amount at least equal to the resale price, including accrued interest. Collateral for certain tri-party repurchase agreements is held at the counterparty’s custodian in a segregated account for the benefit of the fund and the counterparty. Putnam Management is responsible for determining that the value of these underlying securities is at all times at least equal to the resale price, including accrued interest.

In September 2006, the FASB 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 and interim periods within those fiscal years. While the adoption of SFAS 157 does not have a material effect on the fund’s net asset value, it does require additional disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS 157 establishes a three-level hierarchy for disclosure of fair value measurements. The valuation hierarchy is based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of the fund’s investments. The three levels are defined as follows:

Level 1 – Valuations based on quoted prices for identical securities in active markets.

Level 2 – Valuations based on quoted prices in markets that are not active or for which all significant inputs are observable, either directly or indirectly.

Level 3 – Valuations based on inputs that are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement. The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the fund’s net assets as of June 30, 2009:

Investments in securities:  Level 1 Level 2  Level 3   

Asset-backed commercial paper    $--  $948,456,761    $-- 

Certificates of deposit    --  220,514,421    -- 

Commercial paper    --  458,480,285    -- 

Corporate bonds and notes    --  6,000,000    -- 

Repurchase agreements    --  531,400,000    -- 

U.S. Government and agency mortgage obligations    --  274,124,233    -- 

Totals by level    $--  $2,438,975,700    $-- 

 
  Level 1 Level 2  Level 3   

Other financial instruments:    $--  $--    $-- 


Other financial instruments include futures, written options, TBA sale commitments, swaps and forward contracts.

For additional information regarding the fund please see the fund's most recent annual or semiannual shareholder report filed on the Securities and Exchange Commission's Web site, www.sec.gov, or visit Putnam's Individual Investor Web site at www.putnaminvestments.com


Item 2. Controls and Procedures:

(a) The registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded, based on their evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, that the design and operation of such procedures are generally effective to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in this report is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission's rules and forms.

(b) Changes in internal control over financial reporting: Not applicable

Item 3. Exhibits:

Separate certifications for the principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, are filed herewith.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Putnam Funds Trust

By (Signature and Title):

/s/ Janet C. Smith
Janet C. Smith
Principal Accounting Officer
Date: August 28, 2009

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By (Signature and Title):

/s/ Charles E. Porter
Charles E. Porter
Principal Executive Officer
Date: August 28, 2009

By (Signature and Title):

/s/ Steven D. Krichmar
Steven D. Krichmar
Principal Financial Officer
Date: August 28, 2009


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Certifications

I, Charles E. Porter, the Principal Executive Officer of the funds listed on Attachment A, certify that:

1. I have reviewed each report on Form N-Q of the funds listed on Attachment A:

2. Based on my knowledge, each report does not contain any untrue statements of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by each report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the schedules of investments included in each report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;

4. The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrants and have:

a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which each report is being prepared;

b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report, based on such evaluation; and

d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed to each registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of each registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect each registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in each registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

/s/ Charles E. Porter
_____________________________
Date: August 27, 2009
Charles E. Porter
Principal Executive Officer


Certifications

I, Steven D. Krichmar, the Principal Financial Officer of the funds listed on Attachment A, certify that:

1. I have reviewed each report on Form N-Q of the funds listed on Attachment A:

2. Based on my knowledge, each report does not contain any untrue statements of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by each report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the schedules of investments included in each report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;

4. The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrants and have:

a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which each report is being prepared;

b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report, based on such evaluation; and

d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed to each registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of each registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect each registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in each registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

/s/ Steven D. Krichmar
_______________________________
Date: August 27, 2009
Steven D. Krichmar
Principal Financial Officer


Attachment A 
NQ 
Period (s) ended June 30, 2009 
 
 
 
Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust
Putnam California Tax Exempt Income Fund
Putnam American Government Income Fund
Putnam Tax Exempt Income Fund
Putnam International New Opportunities Fund
Putnam U.S. Government Income Trust
Putnam Money Market Fund
Putnam Tax Exempt Money Market Fund
Putnam Diversified Income Trust
Putnam Asset Allocation: Conservative Portfolio
Putnam Asset Allocation: Growth Portfolio
Putnam Asset Allocation: Balanced Portfolio
Putnam Money Market Liquidity Fund


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