UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Form SD

 

Specialized Disclosure Report

 

Peraso Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

000-32929

(Commission File Number)

 

Delaware   77-0291941
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

2309 Bering Drive

San Jose, California 95131

(Address of principal executive offices, with zip code)

 

James Sullivan

Chief Financial Officer

(408) 418-7500

(Name and telephone number, including area code, of the person to contact

in connection with this report.)

 

Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in this form applies:

 

Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 1 — Conflict Minerals Disclosure

 

Item 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report

 

Conflict Minerals Disclosure

 

This Form SD and a copy of the Conflict Minerals Report for Peraso Inc. (the “Company”), filed as an exhibit hereto, are available on the Company’s website at www.perasoinc.com, under the heading “Corporate Governance.”

 

The Company’s conflict minerals disclosure and the description of its due diligence framework are included in its Conflict Minerals Report and incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 1.02 Exhibit

 

The Conflict Minerals Report required by Item 1.01 is filed as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form SD.

 

Section 2 — Exhibits

 

Item 2.01 Exhibits

 

Exhibit 1.01 – Conflict Minerals Report of Peraso Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2023.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the duly authorized undersigned.

 

Date: May 30, 2024PERASO INC.
   
 By:/s/ James Sullivan
  James Sullivan
  Chief Financial Officer

 

 

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Exhibit 1.01

 

Peraso Inc.

Conflict Minerals Report

For the year ended December 31, 2023

 

This Conflict Minerals Report of Peraso Inc. (“Peraso” or the “Company”) for the reporting period January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023 is provided in accordance with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Rule 13p-1”). Rule 13p-1 was adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission to implement reporting and disclosure requirements related to Conflict Minerals, as directed by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. Conflict Minerals are defined as columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, gold and wolframite, including their derivatives, which are limited to tantalum, tin and tungsten (collectively, “3TG”), that originate in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country (collectively, the “Covered Countries”).

 

The Company is a fabless semiconductor company specializing in the development of millimeter wave, which is generally described as the frequency band from 24 Gigahertz (“GHz”) to 300GHz, wireless technology. The Company also manufactures and sells high-performance memory semiconductor devices for a wide range of markets and receives royalties from licensees of its memory technology. The Company derives revenue from selling its semiconductor devices and antenna modules, performance of non-recurring engineering services and licensing of its technologies. As a fabless semiconductor company, Peraso does not purchase directly from smelters or refineries and must rely upon its manufacturing subcontractors to: (i) identify whether 3TG minerals are used in the manufacture of Peraso’s products, (ii) identify the sources of 3TG used in the manufacture of Peraso products, and (iii) declare whether any of the 3TG minerals used is a Conflict Mineral. Peraso has determined that at least one or more of the 3TG is necessary to produce one or more Peraso integrated circuit products. In particular, the Company believes some material used by its foundry to produce the silicon wafers for one or more of the Company’s products contains at least one of the 3TG.

 

The Company has conducted a good faith reasonable country of origin inquiry regarding the 3TG contained in its products, which inquiry was designed to determine (a) whether any of the 3TG contained in its products originated in the Covered Countries and (b) whether any of the 3TG are from recycled or scrap sources. The Company also exercised due diligence on the chain of custody and source of the 3TG.

 

Peraso’s due diligence measures were based on the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition and Global e-Sustainability (“EICC/GeSI”) initiative with the smelters and refiners of Conflict Minerals that provide 3TG to the Company’s suppliers. Peraso’s due diligence measures were comprised of:

 

conducting a supply-chain survey with direct suppliers of materials containing 3TG using the standard Conflict Minerals Reporting Template designed by the Responsible Minerals Initiative (“RMI”), which is an initiative of the EICC/GeSi, to identify the smelters and refiners;

 

comparing the smelters and refiners identified in the supply-chain survey against the list of smelter facilities which have been identified as “conflict-free” by programs such as the EICC/GeSI Conflict Free Smelter (“CFS”) program for 3TG; and

 

reviewing direct suppliers’ conflict minerals policies to ensure that they are encouraging their suppliers to not source from refiners, smelters and other suppliers that may use 3TG originating from the Covered Countries.

 

Because some of the information provided by Peraso suppliers is incomplete and not all smelters have been identified under the CFS program as conflict-free, Peraso is unable to determine if its products are entirely conflict-free; however, the Company does not have any information indicating that any of the 3TG used by Peraso’s manufacturing subcontractors originate from the Covered Countries.

 

 

 

 

Based on the information provided by the Company’s suppliers and obtained through the due diligence process, set forth below is a list of CFS program-certified conflict-free facilities identified by the Company’s supply chain:

 

Mineral

  Smelter or Refiner Facility Name   Smelter ID   Country
Gold   8853 S.p.A.   CID002763   Italy
Gold   Advanced Chemical Company   CID000015   USA
Gold   Agosi AG   CID000035   Germany
Gold   Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.   CID000019   Japan
Gold   Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC   CID002560   United Arab Emirates
Gold   Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)   CID000041   Uzbekistan
Gold   AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao   CID000058   Brazil
Gold   Argor-Heraeus S.A.   CID000077   Switzerland
Gold   Asahi Pretec Corp.   CID000082   Japan
Gold   Asahi Refining Canada Ltd.   CID000924   Canada
Gold   Asahi Refining USA Inc.   CID000920   USA
Gold   Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.   CID000090   Japan
Gold   Aurubis AG   CID000113   Germany
Gold   Bangalore Refinery   CID002863   India
Gold   Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)   CID000128   Philippines
Gold   Boliden AB   CID000157   Sweden
Gold   C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG   CID000176   Germany
Gold   CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation   CID000185   Canada
Gold   Cendres + Metaux S.A.   CID000189   Switzerland
Gold   Chimet S.p.A.   CID000233   Italy
Gold   Chugai Mining   CID000264   Japan
Gold   Dowa   CID000401   Japan
Gold   DSC (Do Sung Corporation)   CID000359   Korea, Republic of
Gold   Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. East Plant   CID000425   Japan
Gold   Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. North Plant   CID003424   Japan
Gold   Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. West Plant   CID003425   Japan
Gold   Emirates Gold DMCC   CID002561   United Arab Emirates
Gold   Geib Refining Corporation   CID002459   USA
Gold   Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.   CID002243   China
Gold   Heimerle + Meule GmbH   CID000694   Germany
Gold   Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.   CID000707   China
Gold   Heraeus Germany GmbH & Co. KG   CID000711   Germany
Gold   Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd.   CID000801   China
Gold   Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.   CID000807   Japan
Gold   Istanbul Gold Refinery   CID000814   Turkey
Gold   Italpreziosi   CID002765   Italy
Gold   Japan Mint   CID000823   Japan
Gold   Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.   CID000855   China
Gold   JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.   CID000937   Japan
Gold   Kazzinc   CID000957   Kazakhstan
Gold   Kennecott Utah Copper LLC   CID000969   USA
Gold   KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna   CID002511   Poland
Gold   Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.   CID000981   Japan
Gold   Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.   CID002605   Korea, Republic of
Gold   L'Orfebre S.A.   CID002762   Andorra
Gold   LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.   CID001078   Korea, Republic of
Gold   LT Metal Ltd.   CID000689   Korea, Republic of
Gold   Materion   CID001113   USA
Gold   Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.   CID001119   Japan
Gold   Metal Concentrators SA (Pty) Ltd.   CID003575   South Africa
Gold   Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.   CID001149   China
Gold   Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.   CID001152   Singapore
Gold   Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.   CID001147   China
Gold   Metalor Technologies S.A.   CID001153   Switzerland
Gold   Metalor USA Refining Corporation   CID001157   USA
Gold   Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V.   CID001161   Mexico
Gold   Mitsubishi Materials Corporation   CID001188   Japan
Gold   Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.   CID001193   Japan

 

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Gold   MKS PAMP SA   CID001352   Switzerland
Gold   MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.   CID002509   India
Gold   Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S.   CID001220   Turkey
Gold   Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat   CID001236   Uzbekistan
Gold   NH Recytech Company   CID003189   Korea, Republic of
Gold   Nihon Material Co., Ltd.   CID001259   Japan
Gold   Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH   CID002779   Austria
Gold   Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.   CID001325   Japan
Gold   PAMP S.A.   CID001352   Switzerland
Gold   Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA   CID002919   Chile
Gold   PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk   CID001397   Indonesia
Gold   PX Precinox S.A.   CID001498   Switzerland
Gold   Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.   CID001512   South Africa
Gold   REMONDIS PMR B.V.   CID002582   Netherlands
Gold   Royal Canadian Mint   CID001534   Canada
Gold   SAAMP   CID002761   France
Gold   Safimet S.p.A   CID002973   Italy
Gold   SAFINA A.S.   CID002290   Czechia
Gold   Samduck Precious Metals   CID001555   Korea, Republic of
Gold   SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A.   CID001585   Spain
Gold   Shandong Gold Smelting Co., Ltd.   CID001916   China
Gold   Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.   CID001622   China
Gold   Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.   CID001736   China
Gold   Singway Technology Co., Ltd.   CID002516   Taiwan, Province of China
Gold   Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.   CID001761   Taiwan, Province of China
Gold   Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.   CID001798   Japan
Gold   SungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd.   CID002918   Korea, Republic of
Gold   T.C.A S.p.A   CID002580   Italy
Gold   Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.   CID001875   Japan
Gold   Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.   CID001938   Japan
Gold   TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn   CID002615   Kazakhstan
Gold   Torecom   CID001955   Korea, Republic of
Gold   Umicore Precious Metals Thailand   CID002314   Thailand
Gold   Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining   CID001980   Belgium
Gold   United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.   CID001993   USA
Gold   Valcambi S.A.   CID002003   Switzerland
Gold   Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint)   CID002030   Australia
Gold   WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH   CID002778   Germany
Gold   Yamakin Co., Ltd.   CID002100   Japan
Gold   Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.   CID002129   Japan
Gold   Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation   CID002224   China
Tantalum   AMG Brasil   CID001076   Brazil
Tantalum   Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.   CID000211   China
Tantalum   D Block Metals, LLC   CID002504   USA
Tantalum   F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.   CID000460   China
Tantalum   FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.   CID002505   China
Tantalum   Global Advanced Metals Aizu   CID002558   Japan
Tantalum   Global Advanced Metals Boyertown   CID002557   USA
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH   CID002547   Germany
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Inc.   CID002548   USA
Tantalum   Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.   CID002492   China
Tantalum   Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.   CID002512   China
Tantalum   Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material   CID002842   China
Tantalum   JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   CID000914   China
Tantalum   Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.   CID000917   China
Tantalum   Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.   CID002506   China
Tantalum   KEMET de Mexico   CID002539   Mexico
Tantalum   Materion Newton Inc.   CID001113   USA
Tantalum   Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.   CID001163   India
Tantalum   Mineracao Taboca S.A.   CID001175   Brazil
Tantalum   Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.   CID001192   Japan

 

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Tantalum   Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.   CID001277   China
Tantalum   NPM Silmet AS   CID001200   Estonia
Tantalum   QuantumClean   CID001508   USA
Tantalum   Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.   CID002707   Brazil
Tantalum   RFH Yancheng Jinye New Material Technology Co., Ltd.   CID003583   China
Tantalum   Taki Chemical Co., Ltd   CID001869   Japan
Tantalum   TANIOBIS Co., Ltd   CID002544   Thailand
Tantalum   TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG   CID002550   Germany
Tantalum   TANIOBIS GmbH   CID002545   Germany
Tantalum   TANIOBIS Japan Co., Ltd   CID002549   Japan
Tantalum   Telex Metals   CID001891   USA
Tantalum   Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC   CID001969   Kazakhstan
Tantalum   Ximei Resources (Guangdong) Limited   CID000616   China
Tantalum   XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.   CID002508   China
Tantalum   Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.   CID001522   China
Tin   Alpha   CID000292   USA
Tin   Aurubis Beerse   CID002773   Belgium
Tin   Aurubis Berango   CID002774   Spain
Tin   Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.   CID000228   China
Tin   Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd   CID003190   China
Tin   China Tin Group Co., Ltd.   CID001070   China
Tin   CRM Fundicao De Metais E Comercio De Equipamentos Eletronicos Do Brasil Ltda   CID003486  

Brazil

Tin   CRM Synergies   CID003524   Spain
Tin   CV Ayi Jaya   CID002570   Indonesia
Tin   CV Venus Inti Perkasa   CID002455   Indonesia
Tin   Dowa   CID000402   Japan
Tin   DS Myanmar   CID003831   Myanmar
Tin   EM Vinto   CID000438   Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Tin   Estanho de Rondonia S.A.   CID000448   Brazil
Tin   Fabrica Auricchio Industria e Comercio Ltda.   CID003582   Brazil
Tin   Fenix Metals   CID000468   Poland
Tin   Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.   CID000538   China
Tin   Gejiu Zili Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.   CID000555   China
Tin   Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd.   CID003116   China
Tin   HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd.   CID002844   China
Tin   Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd.   CID001231   China
Tin   Luna Smelter, Ltd.   CID003387   Rwanda
Tin   Ma’anshan Weitai Tin Co., Ltd.   CID003379   Viet Nam
Tin   Magnu’s Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.   CID002468   Brazil
Tin   Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)   CID001105   Malaysia
Tin   Metallic Resources, Inc.   CID001142   USA
Tin   Metallo Belgium N.V.   CID002773   Belgium
Tin   Metallo Spain S.L.U.   CID002774   Spain
Tin   Mineracao Taboca S.A.   CID001173   Brazil
Tin   Minsur   CID001182   Peru
Tin   Mitsubishi Materials Corporation   CID001191   Japan
Tin   O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.   CID001314   Thailand
Tin   O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.   CID002517   Philippines
Tin   Operaciones Metalurgicas S.A.   CID001337   Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Tin   PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera   CID000309   Indonesia
Tin   PT Artha Cipta Langgeng   CID001399   Indonesia
Tin   PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya   CID002503   Indonesia
Tin   PT Babel Inti Perkasa   CID001402   Indonesia
Tin   PT Babel Surya Alam Lestari   CID001406   Indonesia
Tin   PT Bangka Serumpun   CID003205   Indonesia
Tin   PT Bukit Timah   CID001428   Indonesia
Tin   PT Cipta Persada Mulia   CID002696   Indonesia
Tin   PT Menara Cipta Mulia   CID002835   Indonesia
Tin   PT Mitra Stania Prima   CID001453   Indonesia
Tin   PT Mitra Sukses Globalindo   CID003449   Indonesia
Tin   PT Prima Timah Utama   CID001458   Indonesia
Tin   PT Putera Sarana Shakti (PT PSS)   CID003868   Indonesia

 

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Tin   PT Rajawali Rimba Perkasa   CID003381   Indonesia
Tin   PT Rajehan Ariq   CID002593   Indonesia
Tin   PT Refined Bangka Tin   CID001460   Indonesia
Tin   PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa   CID001463   Indonesia
Tin   PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa   CID001468   Indonesia
Tin   PT Sukses Inti Makmur   CID002816   Indonesia
Tin   PT Timah Nusantara   CID001486   Indonesia
Tin   PT Timah Tbk Kundur   CID001477   Indonesia
Tin   PT Timah Tbk Mentok   CID001482   Indonesia
Tin   PT Tinindo Inter Nusa   CID001490   Indonesia
Tin   PT Tommy Utama   CID001493   Indonesia
Tin   Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.   CID002706   Brazil
Tin   Rui Da Hung   CID001539   Taiwan, Province of China
Tin   Thai Nguyen Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.   CID002834   Viet Nam
Tin   Thaisarco   CID001898   Thailand
Tin   Tin Smelting Branch of Yunnan Tin Co., Ltd.   CID002180   China
Tin   Tin Technology & Refining   CID003325   USA
Tin   White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda.   CID002036   Brazil
Tin   Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   CID002158   China
Tungsten   A.L.M.T.  Corp.   CID000004   Japan
Tungsten   ACL Metais Eireli   CID002833   Brazil
Tungsten   Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.   CID002502   Viet Nam
Tungsten   Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.   CID002513   China
Tungsten   China Molybdenum Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CID002641   China
Tungsten   Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CID000258   China
Tungsten   Cronimet Brasil Ltda   CID003468   Brazil
Tungsten   Fujian Ganmin RareMetal Co., Ltd.   CID003401   China
Tungsten   Fujian Xinlu Tungsten   CID003609   China
Tungsten   Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co. Ltd   CID002645   China
Tungsten   Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.   CID000875   China
Tungsten   Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.   CID002315   China
Tungsten   Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.   CID002494   China
Tungsten   Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.   CID000568   USA
Tungsten   Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CID000218   China
Tungsten   H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH   CID002541   Germany
Tungsten   Hubei Green Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CID003417   Germany
Tungsten   Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.   CID000766   China
Tungsten   Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   CID000769   China
Tungsten   Hunan Shizhuyuan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. Chenzhou Tungsten Products Branch   CID002513  

China

Tungsten   Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.   CID000825   Japan
Tungsten   Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.   CID002551   China
Tungsten   Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CID002321   China
Tungsten   Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd.   CID002318   China
Tungsten   Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.   CID002317   China
Tungsten   Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CID002316   China
Tungsten   Jingmen Dewei GEM Tungsten Resources Recycling Co., Ltd.   CID003417   China
Tungsten   Kennametal Fallon   CID000966   USA
Tungsten   Kennametal Huntsville   CID000105   USA
Tungsten   Lianyou Metals Co., Ltd.   CID003407   Taiwan, Province of China
Tungsten   Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CID002319   China
Tungsten   Masan High-Tech Materials   CID002543   Viet Nam
Tungsten   Niagara Refining LLC   CID002589   USA
Tungsten   Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.   CID002827   Philippines
Tungsten   TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG   CID002542   Germany
Tungsten   Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG   CID002044   Austria
Tungsten   Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.   CID002320   China
Tungsten   Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CID002082   China
Tungsten   Xinfeng Huarui Tungsten & Molybdenum New Material Co., Ltd.   CID002830   China

 

The Company has communicated its expectations, as reflected in its Conflict Minerals Policy, to its manufacturing subcontractors and other suppliers. The Company continues to engage with its suppliers to update their information on the source and chain of custody of conflict minerals in Peraso’s supply chain and to require that all smelters utilized agree to participate in the RMI or equivalent program.

 

 

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