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<b><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">9. </font></b>
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<td>
<b><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Debt</font></b>
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The components of debt and a reconciliation to the carrying
amount of current and long-term debt are presented in the table
below.
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</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom">
<b>September 25,<br />
</b>
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom">
<b>December 31,<br />
</b>
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
<b>2009</b>
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
<b>2008</b>
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td colspan="6" align="center" valign="bottom">
<b>(in millions)</b>
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">
<td> 
</td>
</tr>
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<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
<div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
<b>L-3 Communications:</b>
</div>
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom">
<td align="left" valign="bottom">
<div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt">
Borrowings under Revolving Credit
Facility<sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(1)</sup>
</div>
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
$
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
—
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
$
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
—
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
<td align="left" valign="bottom">
<div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt">
Borrowings under Term Loan
Facility<sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(2)</sup>
</div>
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
650
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
650
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom">
<td align="left" valign="bottom">
<div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 30pt">
7
<font style="vertical-align: text-top; font-size: 70%;">5</font>/<font style="font-size: 70%;">8</font>% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2012
</div>
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
750
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
750
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
<td align="left" valign="bottom">
<div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 30pt">
6
<font style="vertical-align: text-top; font-size: 70%;">1</font>/<font style="font-size: 70%;">8</font>% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2013
</div>
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
400
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
400
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom">
<td align="left" valign="bottom">
<div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 30pt">
6
<font style="vertical-align: text-top; font-size: 70%;">1</font>/<font style="font-size: 70%;">8</font>% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2014
</div>
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
400
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
400
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
<td align="left" valign="bottom">
<div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 30pt">
5
<font style="vertical-align: text-top; font-size: 70%;">7</font>/<font style="font-size: 70%;">8</font>% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2015
</div>
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
650
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
650
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom">
<td align="left" valign="bottom">
<div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 30pt">
6
<font style="vertical-align: text-top; font-size: 70%;">3</font>/<font style="font-size: 70%;">8</font>% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2015
</div>
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
1,000
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
1,000
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<td>
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
 
</td>
<td style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
 
</td>
<td style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
<div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 40pt">
Subtotal
</div>
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
3,850
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
3,850
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<td>
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
 
</td>
<td style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
 
</td>
<td style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom">
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
<div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
<b>L-3 Holdings:</b>
</div>
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
<td align="left" valign="bottom">
<div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 30pt">
3% Convertible Contingent Debt Securities due
2035<sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(3)</sup>
</div>
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
700
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
700
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<td>
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
 
</td>
<td style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
 
</td>
<td style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom">
<td align="left" valign="bottom">
<div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
Principal amount of long-term debt
</div>
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
4,550
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
4,550
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
<td align="left" valign="bottom">
<div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 30pt">
Less: Unamortized discounts
</div>
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
(40
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
)
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
(57
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
)
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<td>
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
 
</td>
<td style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
 
</td>
<td style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom">
<td align="left" valign="bottom">
<div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
Carrying amount of long-term debt
</div>
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
4,510
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
4,493
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
<td align="left" valign="bottom">
<div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 30pt">
Less: Current portion of long-term debt
</div>
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
(650
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
)
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
—
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<td>
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
 
</td>
<td style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
 
</td>
<td style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom">
<td align="left" valign="bottom">
<div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
Carrying amount of long-term debt, excluding current portion
</div>
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
$
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
 3,860
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
$
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom">
 4,493
</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom">
 
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<td>
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
 
</td>
<td style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
<td style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
 
</td>
<td style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
 
</td>
<td>
 
</td>
</tr>
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<div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"> 
</div>
<div style="font-size: 1pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 9%; align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000">
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<td width="1%"></td>
<td width="98%"></td>
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<td align="right" valign="top">
<font style="font-size: 8pt"><sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(1)</sup></font></td>
<td></td>
<td valign="bottom">
<font style="font-size: 8pt">The Company’s five-year
revolving credit facility, which was replaced on
October 23, 2009 by a new $1 billion three-year
revolving credit facility maturing on October 23, 2012,
allowed for total aggregate borrowings of up to $1 billion.
At September 25, 2009, available borrowings under the
revolving credit facility were $965 million after
reductions for outstanding letters of credit of $35 million.
</font></td>
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<tr style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top">
<font style="font-size: 8pt"><sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(2)</sup></font></td>
<td></td>
<td valign="bottom">
<font style="font-size: 8pt">The interest rate at
September 25, 2009 and December 31, 2008 was 1.12% and
2.70%, respectively, and was based on the LIBOR rate (as defined
in the credit agreement) plus a spread. See Note 10 to the
audited consolidated financial statements included in the
Company’s Annual Report on
<font style="white-space: nowrap">Form 10-K</font>
for the year ended December 31, 2008 for additional
information regarding the interest on borrowings under the term
loan facility. Borrowings under the term loan facility were
repaid on October 7, 2009 and are classified as a current
liability as of September 25, 2009.
</font></td>
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<td> </td>
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<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top">
<font style="font-size: 8pt"><sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(3)</sup></font></td>
<td></td>
<td valign="bottom">
<font style="font-size: 8pt">Under select conditions, including
if L-3 Holdings common stock price is more than 120% (currently
$120.17) of the then current conversion price (currently
$100.14) for a specified period, the conversion feature of the
CODES will require L-3 Holdings, upon conversion, to pay the
$700 million principal amount in cash, and if the
settlement amount exceeds the principal amount, the excess will
be settled in cash or stock or a combination thereof, at the
Company’s option. At the current conversion price of
$100.14, the aggregate consideration to be delivered upon
conversion would be determined based on 7.0 million shares
of <font style="white-space: nowrap">L-3</font>
Holdings’ common stock. See Note 10 to the audited
consolidated financial statements for the year ended
December 31, 2008, included in the Company’s Annual
Report on
<font style="white-space: nowrap">Form 10-K</font>
for additional information regarding the CODES, including
conditions for conversion. L-3’s stock price on
October 30, 2009 was $72.29 per share. The effective
interest rate on the CODES is 6.33%. Interest expense relates to
both the contractual coupon interest and amortization of the
discount on the liability components. Interest expense
recognized was $11 million and $10 million for the
third quarter periods ended September 25, 2009 and
September 26, 2008, respectively, and $31 million and
$30 million for the
<font style="white-space: nowrap">year-to-date</font>
periods ended September 25, 2009 and September 26,
2008, respectively. The following table provides additional
information about the Company’s CODES:
</font></td>
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64
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64
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Unamortized discount of liability component being amortized
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29
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45
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On October 2, 2009, L-3 Communications issued
$1 billion in aggregate principal amount of
5.20% Senior Notes due October 15, 2019 (2009 Notes).
The 2009 Notes have an effective interest rate of 5.25% and were
issued at a discount of $4 million. The discount was
recorded as a reduction to the principal amount of the notes and
will be amortized as an interest expense over the term of the
notes. Interest on the 2009 Notes is payable semi-annually on
April 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing on
April 15, 2010. The net cash proceeds from this offering
amounted to approximately $988 million after deducting the
discounts, commissions and estimated expenses, and were used,
together with cash on hand, to redeem L-3 Communications’
$750 million
7<font style="vertical-align: text-top; font-size: 70%;">5</font>/<font style="font-size: 70%;">8</font>% Senior
Subordinated Notes due in 2012 (2002 Notes) on November 2,
2009 and to repay L-3 Communications’ outstanding
$650 million term loan on October 7, 2009. In
connection with the redemption of the 2002 Notes, the Company
will record a debt retirement charge in the fourth quarter of
2009 of approximately $9 million ($6 million after
income tax, or $0.05 per diluted share). The 2009 Notes are
unsecured senior obligations of L-3 Communications, rank equal
in right of payment with all of L-3 Communications’
existing and future senior indebtedness and rank senior in right
of payment to all of L-3 Communications’ existing and
future senior subordinated indebtedness. The 2009 Notes are also
guaranteed on a senior, unsecured basis by each of L-3
Communications’ material domestic subsidiaries that
guarantee any of L-3 Communications’ other indebtedness.
The 2009 Notes may be redeemed at any time prior to their
maturity at the option of L-3 Communications, in whole or in
part, at a redemption price equal to the greater of:
(1) 100% of the principal amount, or (2) the present
value of the remaining principal and interest payments
discounted to the date of redemption, on a semi-annual basis, at
the Treasury Rate (as defined in the credit agreement) plus
0.30%. For additional information on the terms of L-3
Communications’ 2009 Notes, including restrictive
covenants, see the Company’s Current Report on
<font style="white-space: nowrap">Form 8-K</font>
dated October 2, 2009 and the indenture governing the terms
of the 2009 Notes, which is filed as an exhibit to this report.
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On October 23, 2009, L-3 Communications replaced its
$1 billion revolving credit facility with a new
$1 billion three-year revolving credit facility maturing on
October 23, 2012. Borrowings under the new revolving credit
facility bear interest, at L-3 Communications’ option, at
either (i) a “base rate” equal to the higher of
(a) 0.50% per annum above the latest federal funds rate,
(b) the Bank of America “prime rate” (as defined
in the credit agreement), and (c) 1.00% per annum above a
“LIBOR rate” (as defined in the credit agreement),
plus a spread ranging from 1.25% to 3.00% per annum, or
(ii) a “LIBOR rate” (as defined in the credit
agreement) plus a spread ranging from 2.25% to 4.00% per annum.
The spread, in both cases, depends on L-3 Communications’
debt rating at the time of determination. L-3 Communications
pays: (1) commitment fees calculated on the daily amounts
of the available unused commitments at a rate ranging from
0.375% to 0.75% per annum, (2) letter of credit fees
ranging from 1.50% to 2.67% per annum for performance and
commercial letters of credit and (3) letter of credit fees
ranging from 2.25% to 4.00% for financial letters of credit. The
fee rate, in all cases, depends on L-3 Communications’ debt
rating at the time of determination. The debt rating is based on
the ratings as determined by Standard & Poor’s
Rating Services, Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and Fitch
Ratings of L-3 Communications’ non-credit enhanced senior,
unsecured long-term debt. For additional information on the
terms of L-3 Communications’ new $1 billion three-year
revolving credit facility, including the financial and other
restrictive covenants, see the Company’s Current Report on
<font style="white-space: nowrap">Form 8-K</font>
dated October 23, 2009, and the credit agreement governing
the terms of the new $1 billion three-year revolving credit
facility, which is incorporated by reference as an exhibit to
this report.
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