Dollar General Corporation Reports Second Quarter 2023 Results
Thu, 31 Aug 2023
Updates Financial Guidance for Fiscal Year 2023
-
Net Sales Increased 3.9% to
$9.8 Billion - Same-Store Sales Decreased 0.1%
-
Operating Profit Decreased 24.2% to
$692.3 Million -
Diluted Earnings Per Share (“EPS”) Decreased 28.5% to
$2.13 -
Year-to-Date Cash Flows From Operations of
$726.7 Million -
Board of Directors Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend of
$0.59 Per Share
“While we are not satisfied with our overall financial results, we made significant progress in the second quarter improving execution in our supply chain and our stores, as well as reducing our inventory growth rate and further strengthening our price position,” said
“These actions were an important driver of improving customer traffic trends and growing total market share in the second quarter. In addition, we executed nearly 850 real estate projects during the quarter, further extending our reach and expanding our ability to serve both new and existing customers.”
“We are pleased with the advancements we have made, and we are now taking further actions and making additional investments to accelerate our progress and ultimately serve our customers even better. While these investments will pressure our 2023 results, we believe they will further strengthen our foundation as we move into 2024 and focus on driving sustainable growth and creating long-term shareholder value.”
Second Quarter 2023 Highlights
Net sales increased 3.9% to
Gross profit as a percentage of net sales was 31.1% in the second quarter of 2023 compared to 32.3% in the second quarter of 2022, a decrease of 126 basis points. This gross profit rate decrease was primarily attributable to lower inventory markups and increased shrink, markdowns, and inventory damages, as well as a greater proportion of sales coming from the consumables category, which generally has a lower gross profit rate than other product categories. These factors were partially offset by a lower LIFO provision and decreased transportation costs.
Selling, general and administrative expenses (“SG&A”) as a percentage of net sales were 24.0% in the second quarter of 2023 compared to 22.6% in the second quarter of 2022, an increase of 136 basis points. The primary expenses that were a greater percentage of net sales in the current year period were retail labor, utilities, depreciation and amortization, and rent; partially offset by a decrease in incentive compensation.
Operating profit for the second quarter of 2023 decreased 24.2% to
Interest expense for the second quarter of 2023 increased 95.7% to
The effective income tax rate for the second quarter of 2023 was 22.9% compared to 22.1% in the second quarter of 2022. This higher effective income tax rate was primarily due to a higher state effective tax rate in the 13-week period in 2023 than the comparable 13-week period in 2022.
The Company reported net income of
Merchandise Inventories
As of
Capital Expenditures
Total additions to property and equipment in the 26-week period ended
Share Repurchases
In the second quarter of 2023, as planned, the Company did not repurchase any shares under its share repurchase program. The total remaining authorization for future repurchases was
Under the program, repurchases may be made from time to time in open market transactions, including pursuant to trading plans adopted in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or in privately negotiated transactions. The timing, manner and number of shares repurchased will depend on a variety of factors, including price, market conditions, compliance with the covenants and restrictions under the Company’s debt agreements, cash requirements, excess debt capacity, results of operations, financial condition and other factors. The authorization has no expiration date. Information regarding the Company’s updated share repurchase expectations for 2023 can be found under “Fiscal Year 2023 Financial Guidance and Store Growth Outlook.”
Dividend
On
Fiscal Year 2023 Financial Guidance and Store Growth Outlook
The Company is taking certain actions to accelerate the pace of its inventory reduction efforts and making additional investments in targeted areas, such as retail labor, to further elevate the in-store experience and better serve its customers. Overall, the Company expects an incremental operating profit headwind of up to
To reflect these strategic actions and investments, as well as softer sales trends and an increase in expected inventory shrink for the second half of 2023, the Company is revising its outlook for fiscal year 2023, provided on
The Company now expects:
- Net sales growth in the range of 1.3% to 3.3%, compared to its previous expectation of 3.5% to 5.0%; both of which include an anticipated negative impact of approximately two percentage points due to lapping the fiscal 2022 53rd week.
- Same-store sales growth in the range of a decline of approximately 1.0% to growth of 1.0%, compared to its previous expectation of growth in the range of 1.0% to 2.0%.
-
Diluted EPS in the range of approximately
$7.10 to$8.30 , or a decline of 34% to 22%, compared to its previous year-over-year change expectation of an approximate 8% decline to flat growth.- The Diluted EPS guidance continues to include an anticipated negative impact of approximately four percentage points due to lapping the fiscal 2022 53rd week.
- The Diluted EPS guidance continues to include an anticipated negative impact of approximately four percentage points due to higher interest expense in fiscal 2023.
- The Diluted EPS guidance continues to assume an effective tax rate of approximately 22.5%.
The Company continues to expect the following for fiscal year 2023:
-
Capital expenditures, including those related to investments in the Company’s strategic initiatives, in the range of
$1.6 billion to$1.7 billion . -
3,110 real estate projects in
the United States , including 990 new store openings, 2,000 remodels, and 120 store relocations.
The Company’s guidance also continues to assume no share repurchases in 2023.
Conference Call Information
The Company will hold a conference call on
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking information within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. Forward-looking statements include those regarding the Company’s outlook, strategy, initiatives, plans and intentions including, but not limited to, statements made within the quotation of
- economic factors, including but not limited to employment levels; inflation (and the company’s ability to adjust prices sufficiently to offset the effect of inflation); pandemics (such as the COVID-19 pandemic); higher fuel, energy, healthcare and housing costs; higher interest rates, consumer debt levels, and tax rates; lack of available credit; tax law changes that negatively affect credits and refunds; decreases in, or elimination of, government stimulus programs or subsidies such as unemployment and food/nutrition assistance programs and student loan repayment forgiveness; commodity rates; transportation, lease and insurance costs; wage rates (including the heightened possibility of increased federal, state and/or local minimum wage rates); foreign exchange rate fluctuations; measures or events that create barriers to or increase the costs of international trade (including increased import duties or tariffs); and changes in laws and regulations and their effect on, as applicable, customer spending and disposable income, the company’s ability to execute its strategies and initiatives, the company’s cost of goods sold, the company’s SG&A expenses (including real estate costs), and the company’s sales and profitability;
- failure to achieve or sustain the company’s strategies, initiatives and investments, including those relating to merchandising (including non-consumable initiatives), real estate and new store development, international expansion, store formats and concepts, digital, marketing, health services, shrink, damages, sourcing, private brand, inventory management, supply chain, private fleet, store operations, expense reduction, technology, pOpshelf, Fast Track, and DG Media Network;
- competitive pressures and changes in the competitive environment and the geographic and product markets where the company operates, including, but not limited to, pricing, promotional activity, expanded availability of mobile, web-based and other digital technologies, and alliances or other business combinations;
- failure to timely and cost-effectively execute the company’s real estate projects or to anticipate or successfully address the challenges imposed by the company’s expansion, including into new countries or domestic markets, states, or urban or suburban areas;
- levels of inventory shrinkage and damages;
- failure to successfully manage inventory balances, issues related to supply chain disruptions, seasonal buying pattern disruptions, and distribution network capacity;
-
failure to maintain the security of the company’s business, customer, employee or vendor information or to comply with privacy laws, or the company or one of its vendors falling victim to a cyberattack (which risk is heightened as a result of political uncertainty involving
China and the current conflict betweenRussia andUkraine ) that prevents the company from operating all or a portion of its business; - damage or interruption to the company’s information systems as a result of external factors, staffing shortages or challenges in maintaining or updating the company’s existing technology or developing or implementing new technology;
- a significant disruption to the company’s distribution network, the capacity of the company’s distribution centers or the timely receipt of inventory, or delays in constructing, opening or staffing new distribution centers (including temperature-controlled distribution centers);
-
risks and challenges associated with sourcing merchandise from suppliers, including, but not limited to, those related to international trade (for example, political uncertainty involving
China and disruptive political events such as the current conflict betweenRussia andUkraine ); -
natural disasters, unusual weather conditions (whether or not caused by climate change), pandemic outbreaks or other health crises (for example, the COVID-19 pandemic), political or civil unrest, acts of war, violence or terrorism, and disruptive global political events (for example, political uncertainty involving
China and the current conflict betweenRussia andUkraine ); - product liability, product recall or other product safety or labeling claims;
- incurrence of material uninsured losses, excessive insurance costs or accident costs;
- failure to attract, develop and retain qualified employees while controlling labor costs (including the heightened possibility of increased federal, state and/or local minimum wage rates/salary levels, including the effects of potential regulatory changes related to the overtime exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act if implemented) and other labor issues, including employee safety issues and employee expectations and productivity;
- loss of key personnel or inability to hire additional qualified personnel or inability to enforce non-compete agreements that we have in place with management personnel;
- risks associated with the Company’s private brands, including, but not limited to, the company’s level of success in improving their gross profit rate at expected levels;
- seasonality of the company’s business;
- failure to protect the company’s reputation;
-
the impact of changes in or noncompliance with governmental regulations and requirements, including, but not limited to, those dealing with the sale of products, including without limitation, product and food safety, marketing, labeling or pricing; information security and privacy; labor and employment; employee wages and benefits (including the heightened possibility of increased federal, state and/or local minimum wage rates/salary levels); health and safety; imports and customs; bribery; climate change; and environmental compliance, as well as tax laws (including those related to the federal, state or foreign corporate tax rate), the interpretation of existing tax laws, or the company’s failure to sustain its reporting positions negatively affecting the company’s tax rate, and developments in or outcomes of private actions, class actions, derivative actions, multi-district litigation, arbitrations, administrative proceedings, regulatory actions or other litigation or of inquiries from federal, state and local agencies, regulatory authorities, attorneys general, committees, subcommittees and members of the
U.S. Congress , and other local, state, federal and international governmental authorities; - new accounting guidance or changes in the interpretation or application of existing guidance;
- deterioration in market conditions, including market disruptions, adverse conditions in the financial markets including financial institution failures, limited liquidity and interest rate increases, changes in the company’s credit profile, compliance with covenants and restrictions under the company’s debt agreements, and the amount of the company’s available excess capital;
- the factors disclosed under “Risk Factors” in the company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and any subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q; and
- such other factors as may be discussed or identified in this press release.
All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by these and other cautionary statements that the Company makes from time to time in its
Investors should also be aware that while the Company does, from time to time, communicate with securities analysts and others, it is against the Company’s policy to disclose to them any material, nonpublic information or other confidential commercial information. Accordingly, shareholders should not assume that the Company agrees with any statement or report issued by any securities analyst regardless of the content of the statement or report. Furthermore, the Company has a policy against confirming projections, forecasts or opinions issued by others. Thus, to the extent that reports issued by securities analysts contain any projections, forecasts or opinions, such reports are not the Company’s responsibility.
About
DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES |
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| Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets | |||||||||||
| (In thousands) | |||||||||||
(Unaudited) |
|
|
|||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
|
|
2023 |
|
||
| ASSETS | |||||||||||
| Current assets: | |||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ |
353,018 |
$ |
326,263 |
|
$ |
381,576 |
|
|||
| Merchandise inventories |
|
7,531,459 |
|
6,935,856 |
|
|
6,760,733 |
|
|||
| Income taxes receivable |
|
151,730 |
|
93,283 |
|
|
135,775 |
|
|||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
|
377,772 |
|
327,490 |
|
|
302,925 |
|
|||
| Total current assets |
|
8,413,979 |
|
7,682,892 |
|
|
7,581,009 |
|
|||
| Net property and equipment |
|
5,624,129 |
|
4,648,187 |
|
|
5,236,309 |
|
|||
| Operating lease assets |
|
10,755,172 |
|
10,319,225 |
|
|
10,670,014 |
|
|||
|
4,338,589 |
|
4,338,589 |
|
|
4,338,589 |
|
||||
| Other intangible assets, net |
|
1,199,700 |
|
1,199,700 |
|
|
1,199,700 |
|
|||
| Other assets, net |
|
63,988 |
|
50,663 |
|
|
57,746 |
|
|||
| Total assets | $ |
30,395,557 |
$ |
28,239,256 |
|
$ |
29,083,367 |
|
|||
| LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | |||||||||||
| Current liabilities: | |||||||||||
| Current portion of long-term obligations | $ |
- |
$ |
900,635 |
|
$ |
- |
|
|||
| Current portion of operating lease liabilities |
|
1,331,433 |
|
1,231,064 |
|
|
1,288,939 |
|
|||
| Accounts payable |
|
3,681,634 |
|
4,358,388 |
|
|
3,552,991 |
|
|||
| Accrued expenses and other |
|
1,013,594 |
|
1,069,926 |
|
|
1,036,919 |
|
|||
| Income taxes payable |
|
7,261 |
|
6,773 |
|
|
8,919 |
|
|||
| Total current liabilities |
|
6,033,922 |
|
7,566,786 |
|
|
5,887,768 |
|
|||
| Long-term obligations |
|
7,295,215 |
|
4,290,700 |
|
|
7,009,399 |
|
|||
| Long-term operating lease liabilities |
|
9,409,193 |
|
9,070,328 |
|
|
9,362,761 |
|
|||
| Deferred income taxes |
|
1,119,114 |
|
906,846 |
|
|
1,060,906 |
|
|||
| Other liabilities |
|
240,408 |
|
216,105 |
|
|
220,761 |
|
|||
| Total liabilities |
|
24,097,852 |
|
22,050,765 |
|
|
23,541,595 |
|
|||
| Commitments and contingencies | |||||||||||
| Shareholders' equity: | |||||||||||
| Preferred stock |
|
- |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|||
| Common stock |
|
192,039 |
|
197,372 |
|
|
191,718 |
|
|||
| Additional paid-in capital |
|
3,724,200 |
|
3,627,987 |
|
|
3,693,871 |
|
|||
| Retained earnings |
|
2,380,451 |
|
2,364,098 |
|
|
1,656,140 |
|
|||
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
|
1,015 |
|
(966 |
) |
|
43 |
||||
| Total shareholders' equity |
|
6,297,705 |
|
6,188,491 |
|
|
5,541,772 |
|
|||
| Total liabilities and shareholders' equity | $ |
30,395,557 |
$ |
28,239,256 |
|
$ |
29,083,367 |
|
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DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES |
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| Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income | ||||||||||||
| (In thousands, except per share amounts) | ||||||||||||
| (Unaudited) | ||||||||||||
For the Quarter Ended |
||||||||||||
|
|
% of Net |
|
|
|
% of Net |
||||||
2023 |
|
Sales |
|
2022 |
|
Sales |
||||||
| Net sales | $ |
9,796,181 |
100.00 |
% |
$ |
9,425,713 |
100.00 |
% |
||||
| Cost of goods sold |
|
6,751,495 |
68.92 |
|
6,377,490 |
67.66 |
||||||
| Gross profit |
|
3,044,686 |
31.08 |
|
3,048,223 |
32.34 |
||||||
| Selling, general and administrative expenses |
|
2,352,372 |
24.01 |
|
2,134,797 |
22.65 |
||||||
| Operating profit |
|
692,314 |
7.07 |
|
913,426 |
9.69 |
||||||
| Interest expense |
|
84,337 |
0.86 |
|
43,098 |
0.46 |
||||||
| Income before income taxes |
|
607,977 |
6.21 |
|
870,328 |
9.23 |
||||||
| Income tax expense |
|
139,142 |
1.42 |
|
192,298 |
2.04 |
||||||
| Net income | $ |
468,835 |
4.79 |
% |
$ |
678,030 |
7.19 |
% |
||||
| Earnings per share: | ||||||||||||
| Basic | $ |
2.14 |
$ |
3.00 |
||||||||
| Diluted | $ |
2.13 |
$ |
2.98 |
||||||||
| Weighted average shares outstanding: | ||||||||||||
| Basic |
|
219,403 |
|
226,299 |
||||||||
| Diluted |
|
219,952 |
|
227,456 |
||||||||
For the 26 Weeks Ended |
||||||||||||
|
|
% of Net |
|
|
|
% of Net |
||||||
2023 |
|
Sales |
|
2022 |
|
Sales |
||||||
| Net sales | $ |
19,139,013 |
100.00 |
% |
$ |
18,177,065 |
100.00 |
% |
||||
| Cost of goods sold |
|
13,138,853 |
68.65 |
|
12,390,479 |
68.17 |
||||||
| Gross profit |
|
6,000,160 |
31.35 |
|
5,786,586 |
31.83 |
||||||
| Selling, general and administrative expenses |
|
4,566,988 |
23.86 |
|
4,127,003 |
22.70 |
||||||
| Operating profit |
|
1,433,172 |
7.49 |
|
1,659,583 |
9.13 |
||||||
| Interest expense |
|
167,375 |
0.87 |
|
82,774 |
0.46 |
||||||
| Income before income taxes |
|
1,265,797 |
6.61 |
|
1,576,809 |
8.67 |
||||||
| Income tax expense |
|
282,582 |
1.48 |
|
346,122 |
1.90 |
||||||
| Net income | $ |
983,215 |
5.14 |
% |
$ |
1,230,687 |
6.77 |
% |
||||
| Earnings per share: | ||||||||||||
| Basic | $ |
4.48 |
$ |
5.41 |
||||||||
| Diluted | $ |
4.47 |
$ |
5.39 |
||||||||
| Weighted average shares outstanding: | ||||||||||||
| Basic |
|
219,298 |
|
227,388 |
||||||||
| Diluted |
|
220,029 |
|
228,533 |
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DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES |
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| Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows | ||||||||
| (In thousands) | ||||||||
| (Unaudited) | ||||||||
For the 26 Weeks Ended |
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|
|
|
||||||
|
2023 |
|
|
|
2022 |
|
||
| Cash flows from operating activities: | ||||||||
| Net income | $ |
983,215 |
|
$ |
1,230,687 |
|
||
| Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash | ||||||||
| from operating activities: | ||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization |
|
410,287 |
|
|
349,722 |
|
||
| Deferred income taxes |
|
58,147 |
|
|
81,419 |
|
||
| Noncash share-based compensation |
|
33,893 |
|
|
42,093 |
|
||
| Other noncash (gains) and losses |
|
57,367 |
|
|
214,128 |
|
||
| Change in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
| Merchandise inventories |
|
(817,001 |
) |
|
(1,528,744 |
) |
||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
|
(78,358 |
) |
|
(87,244 |
) |
||
| Accounts payable |
|
107,810 |
|
|
622,346 |
|
||
| Accrued expenses and other liabilities |
|
(12,438 |
) |
|
22,389 |
|
||
| Income taxes |
|
(17,613 |
) |
|
2,829 |
|
||
| Other |
|
1,412 |
|
|
(1,609 |
) |
||
| Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities |
|
726,721 |
|
|
948,016 |
|
||
| Cash flows from investing activities: | ||||||||
| Purchases of property and equipment |
|
(767,935 |
) |
|
(658,784 |
) |
||
| Proceeds from sales of property and equipment |
|
3,234 |
|
|
2,166 |
|
||
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities |
|
(764,701 |
) |
|
(656,618 |
) |
||
| Cash flows from financing activities: | ||||||||
| Issuance of long-term obligations |
|
1,498,260 |
|
|
- |
|
||
| Repayments of long-term obligations |
|
(8,843 |
) |
|
(4,696 |
) |
||
| Net increase (decrease) in commercial paper outstanding |
|
(1,205,400 |
) |
|
1,041,233 |
|
||
| Borrowings under revolving credit facilities |
|
500,000 |
|
|
- |
|
||
| Repayments of borrowings under revolving credit facilities |
|
(500,000 |
) |
|
- |
|
||
| Costs associated with issuance of debt |
|
(12,448 |
) |
|
- |
|
||
| Repurchases of common stock |
|
- |
|
|
(1,095,396 |
) |
||
| Payments of cash dividends |
|
(258,885 |
) |
|
(249,462 |
) |
||
| Other equity and related transactions |
|
(3,262 |
) |
|
(1,643 |
) |
||
| Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities |
|
9,422 |
|
|
(309,964 |
) |
||
| Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents |
|
(28,558 |
) |
|
(18,566 |
) |
||
| Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period |
|
381,576 |
|
|
344,829 |
|
||
| Cash and cash equivalents, end of period | $ |
353,018 |
|
$ |
326,263 |
|
||
| Supplemental cash flow information: | ||||||||
| Cash paid for: | ||||||||
| Interest | $ |
177,063 |
|
$ |
81,120 |
|
||
| Income taxes | $ |
242,052 |
|
$ |
261,935 |
|
||
| Supplemental schedule of non-cash investing and financing activities: | ||||||||
| Right of use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities | $ |
745,786 |
|
$ |
843,900 |
|
||
| Purchases of property and equipment awaiting processing for payment, | ||||||||
| included in Accounts payable | $ |
171,527 |
|
$ |
139,023 |
|
||
DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES |
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| Selected Additional Information | ||||||||||
| (Unaudited) | ||||||||||
| Sales by Category (in thousands) | ||||||||||
For the Quarter Ended |
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
2023 |
|
|
|
2022 |
|
|
% Change |
||
| Consumables | $ |
7,921,622 |
$ |
7,475,839 |
|
6.0 |
% |
|||
| Seasonal |
|
1,076,161 |
|
|
1,086,904 |
|
-1.0 |
% |
||
| Home products |
|
516,645 |
|
|
559,766 |
|
-7.7 |
% |
||
| Apparel |
|
281,753 |
|
|
303,204 |
|
-7.1 |
% |
||
| Net sales | $ |
9,796,181 |
|
$ |
9,425,713 |
|
3.9 |
% |
||
For the 26 Weeks Ended |
|
|
||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
2023 |
|
|
|
2022 |
|
|
% Change |
||
| Consumables | $ |
15,504,504 |
|
$ |
14,436,340 |
|
7.4 |
% |
||
| Seasonal |
|
2,038,842 |
|
|
2,048,282 |
|
-0.5 |
% |
||
| Home products |
|
1,047,834 |
|
|
1,099,588 |
|
-4.7 |
% |
||
| Apparel |
|
547,833 |
|
|
592,855 |
|
-7.6 |
% |
||
| Net sales | $ |
19,139,013 |
|
$ |
18,177,065 |
|
5.3 |
% |
||
| Store Activity | ||||||||||
For the 26 Weeks Ended |
||||||||||
|
|
|
||||||||
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
||||||
| Beginning store count |
|
19,104 |
|
18,130 |
|
|||||
| New store openings |
|
427 |
|
466 |
|
|||||
| Store closings |
|
(43 |
) |
(30 |
) |
|||||
| Net new stores |
|
384 |
|
436 |
|
|||||
| Ending store count |
|
19,488 |
|
18,566 |
|
|||||
| Total selling square footage (000's) |
|
146,422 |
|
138,286 |
|
|||||
| Growth rate (square footage) |
|
5.9 |
% |
5.6 |
% |
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