The SEC Speaks in 2010

Overview

Please note: This is the rescheduled second day of The SEC Speaks in 2010 program, originally scheduled for February 5-6, 2010 in Washington, D.C.  Day one was held on February 5th in its entirety, and day two was cancelled due to extreme weather conditions.  If you were registered for the original program dates, you are already registered for day two on March 26th.  If you were not registered for the program, but wish to register now, you can attend live or via Live Webcast on March 26th and you will receive access to the entire program, including the first day, on demand, with access to the program for one year. 

Note the webcast archive of the two full days of SEC Speaks will be available two weeks after the conclusion of the program.  If you have questions about the program rescheduling, please contact PLI's Customer Service Department at 800-260-4754.

Why You Should Attend

As the Securities and Exchange Commission takes on the challenges of the current financial crisis and looks to the future, it is more important than ever to hear directly from the Chairman, the Commissioners, and the senior staff about the initiatives for the coming year.

In the past few years, the Commission has focused on a broad range of regulatory and enforcement initiatives relating to the financial crisis. The Commission is presently engaged in significant regulatory reforms in such areas as credit default swaps and other derivatives, credit rating agencies, abusive short selling, mutual fund disclosure, money market funds, and dark pools. Many of the SEC’s reform initiatives are also the subject of comparable international developments. At the same time, the Commission has also brought significant enforcement actions relating to financial and accounting frauds, Ponzi schemes, market manipulations, insider trading, credit default swaps and other derivatives, proxy statement disclosures and pay-to-play schemes involving municipal securities and public pension funds.

The Commission is also focused on accelerating its enforcement efforts. Last year, the Commission reinvigorated the Enforcement Division by eliminating restrictive procedural requirements regarding formal orders of investigation and issuer penalties. This year, under a new Director of Enforcement, Robert Khuzami, the SEC has undertaken the most significant reorganization of the Enforcement Division in its history, creating five specialized units in priority enforcement areas, streamlining internal processes, putting more attorneys on front-line investigations, and encouraging cooperation by individuals under investigation.

As developments in the capital markets continue to progress, the SEC is focused on improving the transparency and reliability of financial information. In this regard, over the past couple of years the Commission has taken action related to interactive data, the implementation of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and the potential use of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in the U.S. capital markets. The Commission has also issued rule proposals to enhance corporate governance and compensation disclosures, facilitate director nominations by shareholders, improve proxy statement disclosures, safeguard assets in the custody of registered investment advisers, eliminate investment adviser pay-to-play, facilitate a shareholder advisory vote on executive compensation for TARP companies, and much, much more.

What You Will Learn

Registrants may sign up for one of three additional Workshop Sessions:

Workshop E: Investment Management
Workshop F: Compliance Inspections and Examinations* (This session will be Webcast)
Workshop G: International Developments

*Please note: Only Workshop F: Compliance Inspections and Examinations , will be Webcast.

Who Should Attend

Securities and corporate lawyers in private practice or in-house, CEOs, CFOs, and others in senior management involved in decision making impacted by securities laws.

Special Features

Live Webcast - Simultaneous live webcast of the Washington, D.C. session is available for individual viewing. Webcast participants will receive streaming audio and/or video of the program, view and print the Course Handbook, and have the ability to submit questions electronically.

For more information click on the Live Webcast link in the Related Items box.

Special Bonus to all Registrants

All attendees receive a complimentary copy of PLI's comprehensive Course Handbook. This softcover, bound volume was written to augment this program and to stand alone as a permanent reference. PLI's Course Handbooks represent the definitive thinking of the nation's finest legal minds, and are often the standard reference in the field.

Please Note: Webcast attendees will receive a downloadable version of the Handbook one business day prior to the program.

PLI Group Discounts

Groups of 4-14 from the same organization, all registering at the same time, for a PLI program scheduled for presentation at the same site, are entitled to receive a group discount. For further discount information, please contact membership@pli.edu or call (800) 260-4PLI.

PLI Can Arrange Group Viewing to Your Firm

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Cancellations

All cancellations received 3 business days prior to the program will be refunded 100%. If you do not cancel within the allotted time period, payment is due in full. You may substitute another individual to attend the program at any time.

Schedule

DAY ONE:  9:00 a.m. - 5:45 p.m. (Conducted on Friday, February 5, 2010)

Morning Session:  9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

9:00  Opening Remarks

Andrew J. Donohue, Director, Division of Investment Management
Robert Khuzami, Director, Division of Enforcement

9:15  Chairman’s Remarks

Hon. Mary L. Schapiro

9:35  Accounting

• Current financial disclosure issues
• Accounting and auditing issues
• International accounting issues
• Emerging practice issues
• Enforcement issues and trends

Speakers:

James Kroeker, Chief Accountant, Office of the Chief Accountant
Wayne E. Carnall, Chief Accountant, Division of Corporation Finance
Richard F. Sennett, Chief Accountant, Division of Investment Management
Jason S. Flemmons, Associate Chief Accountant, Division of Enforcement
Jeffrey Minton, Chief Counsel

Commentators:

Hon. Roel C. Campos
Hon. Edward H. Fleischman
Hon. Cynthia Glassman

10:35  Commissioner’s Remarks

Hon. Kathleen L. Casey

10:45  Break

11:00  Enforcement

• Specialized units
• Management streamlining
• New processes and other changes
• New cooperation tools
• Case results and priorities
• Litigation developments

Speakers: Division of Enforcement

Robert Khuzami, Director
Lorin L. Reisner, Deputy Director
Scott W. Friestad, Associate Director and Special Advisor to the Director
David P. Bergers, Regional Director, Boston Regional Office
George S. Canellos, Regional Director, New York Regional Office
Cheryl J. Scarboro, Unit Chief, Foreign Corrupt Practices and Associate Director
Daniel M. Hawke, Unit Chief, Market Abuse and Regional Director, Philadelphia Regional Office
Elaine C. Greenberg, Unit Chief, Municipal Securities and Public Pensions and Associate Regional Director, Philadelphia Regional Office
Robert B. Kaplan, Unit Co-Chief, Asset Management
Kenneth R. Lench, Unit Chief, Structured and New Products
Thomas A. Sporkin, Chief, Office of Market Intelligence

Commentators:

Hon. Roel C. Campos
Hon. Harvey J. Goldschmid
Hon. Harvey L. Pitt

12:10  Commissioner’s Remarks

Hon. Elisse B. Walter

12:30  Lunch

Afternoon Session:  1:45 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.

1:45  Commissioner’s Remarks

Hon. Luis A. Aguilar

2:20  Corporation Finance

• Rulemaking initiatives
• Current interpretive issues
• Proxy developments
• Shareholder proposals update
• Filing review focus

Speakers: Division of Corporation Finance

Meredith B. Cross, Director
Brian V. Breheny, Deputy Director, Legal and Regulatory Policy
Shelley E. Parratt, Deputy Director, Disclosure Operations
Michele M. Anderson, Chief, Office of Mergers & Acquisitions
Paul M. Dudek, Chief, Office of International Corporate Finance
Thomas J. Kim, Associate Director and Chief Counsel
Felicia H. Kung, Chief, Office of Rulemaking
Gerald J. Laporte, Chief, Office of Small Business Policy

Commentators:

Hon. Edward H. Fleischman
Hon. Aulana L. Peters
Hon. Richard Y. Roberts

3:25  Break

3:40  Trading and Markets

• Regulatory reform
• OTC derivatives
• Market structure (including dark pools)
• NRSRO regulation
• Financial responsibility update (including margin)
• Short sales
• Sales practices regulation
• Self-regulation

Speakers: Division of Trading and Markets

Robert W. Cook, Director
James A. Brigagliano, Deputy Director
Michael A. Macchiaroli, Associate Director
Elizabeth King, Associate Director
David S. Shillman, Associate Director
James L. Eastman, Chief Counsel
Brian A. Bussey, Associate Director

Commentators:

Hon. Charles C. Cox
Hon. Annette L. Nazareth
Hon. Aulana L. Peters
Hon. Steven M.H. Wallman

4:40  Break

4:45  Workshops: Practical Pointers and Q&A

Please note that only Workshop C: Corporation Finance will be webcast.

Workshop C: Corporation Finance

• Disclosure and processing developments
• Accounting and financial reporting issues

Speakers: Division of Corporation Finance

Shelley E. Parratt, Deputy Director, Disclosure Operations
Larry M. Spirgel, Assistant Director
Jonathan A. Ingram, Deputy Chief Counsel
Craig C. Olinger, Deputy Chief Accountant

Workshop D: Trading and Markets

• Market structure (including dark pools)
• NRSRO regulation
• Short sales
• Transfer agent rules
• Central counterparties for credit default swaps
• Anti-money laundering
• Options markets linkages and penny trading expansion
• Recent no-action and interpretive letters
• Significant SRO rules

Speakers: Division of Trading and Markets

Thomas K. McGowan, Deputy Associate Director
Jo Anne Swindler, Assistant Director
Josephine J. Tao, Assistant Director
Heather A. Seidel, Assistant Director
John C. Roeser, Assistant Director
Randall W. Roy, Assistant Director
Jeffrey S. Mooney, Assistant Director
Daniel M. Gray, Senior Special Counsel
Daniel Fisher, Branch Chief

5:45  Adjourn

DAY TWO:  9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. (Friday, March 26, 2010)

Morning Session:  9:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

9:00  Investment Management

• Mutual fund disclosure reform
• Money market funds
• Private fund advisers
• Investment adviser pay-to-play
• Form ADV part 2
• Emerging trends
• Innovative products
• Target date funds

Speakers: Division of Investment Management

Andrew J. Donohue, Director
Barry D. Miller, Associate Director
Susan Nash, Associate Director
Elizabeth G. Osterman, Associate Director
Robert E. Plaze, Associate Director

Commentators:

Hon. Paul S. Atkins
Hon. David S. Ruder

10:00  Judicial and Legislative Developments

• Constitutionality of PCAOB
• Section 36(b) standard for appropriateness of adviser’s fee
• Statute of limitations for private Section 10(b) actions
• Computer hacking to obtain information for securities trading
• Internal corporate investigations as “state action”
• Applicability of Section 10(b) to implied representations
• Primary liability for misstatements that are not attributed to defendant
• “In connection with” and First Amendment considerations in Section 10(b) action against publisher and editor
• Adjudication developments

Speakers: Office of the General Counsel

Jacob H. Stillman, Solicitor
Richard M. Humes, Associate General Counsel
Joan L. Loizeaux, Associate General Counsel
Mark Pennington, Assistant General Counsel

Commentators:

Hon. Isaac C. Hunt, Jr.
Hon. Roberta S. Karmel

11:00  Break

11:15  Risk, Strategy, and Financial Innovation

• Creation of this Division
• Risk and economic analysis
• Strategic research
• Financial innovation

Speakers: Division of Risk, Strategy, and Financial Innovation

Henry T. C. Hu, Director
Gregg Berman, Senior Policy Advisor to the Director and Co-Deputy Director
Richard Bookstaber, Senior Policy Advisor to the Director and Co-Head of Policy and Development

Commentators:

Hon. Edward H. Fleischman
Hon. David S. Ruder

12:15  Lunch

Afternoon Session:  1:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

1:15  Ethics

• Current ethics developments

Speakers: Office of the General Counsel

William Lenox, Ethics Counsel
Thomas J. Karr, Assistant General Counsel

Commentators:

Hon. David S. Ruder

2:15  Break

2:30  Workshops: Practical Pointers and Q&A

Please note that only Workshop F: Compliance Inspections and Examinations will be webcast.

Workshop E: Investment Management

• Enforcement actions
• No-action letters
• International issues
• Interpretive guidance

Speakers: Division of Investment Management

Martin Kimel, Senior Special Counsel
David W. Grim, Assistant Chief Counsel

Workshop F: Compliance Inspections and Examinations

• Examination program for investment advisers, investment companies, broker-dealers, transfer agents, and clearing agencies
• Cycles
• Examination priorities
• Most common deficiencies
• New initiatives

Speakers: Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations

Carlo V. di Florio, Director
John Walsh, Associate Director-Chief Counsel
Karen Burgess, Senior Adviser to the Director
Mary Ann Gadziala, Associate Director
Mavis Kelly, Assistant Director

Workshop G: International Developments

• Regulatory policy developments
  - SEC regulatory initiatives
  - IOSCO updates
  - Regulatory dialogues 
• Comparative law and regulation
  - Foreign legal and regulatory developments
  and impact on SEC oversight 
• Enforcement developments
  - Cross-border cooperation
  - Successes and future challenges 
• Technical assistance developments
  - Trends across emerging markets
  - Training updates

Speakers: Office of International Affairs

Elizabeth Jacobs, Deputy Director
Sherman Boone, Assistant Director, Regulatory Policy
J. Troy Beatty, Senior Counsel
Robert Peterson, Assistant Director, Comparative Law and Regulation
Alberto Arevalo, Assistant Director, Enforcement
Marianne Olson, Branch Chief
Robert Fisher, Assistant Director, Technical Assistance

3:30  Adjourn

Commentators:

Hon. Paul S. Atkins, Managing Director, Patomak Partners, LLC; Visiting Scholar, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C.
Hon. Roel C. Campos, Cooley Godward Kronish LLP, Washington, D.C.
Hon. Charles C. Cox, Senior Vice President, Compass Lexecon, Chicago
Hon. Edward H. Fleischman, Senior Counsel, Linklaters LLP, New York City
Hon. Cynthia Glassman, Alexandria, Virginia
Hon. Harvey J. Goldschmid, Dwight Professor of Law, Columbia Law School; Senior Counsel, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York City
Hon. Isaac C. Hunt, Jr., Washington, D.C.
Hon. Roberta S. Karmel, Centennial Professor of Law and Co-Director, Dennis J. Block Center for the Study of International Business Law, Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, New York
Hon. Annette L. Nazareth, Davis Polk & Wardwell, Washington, D.C.
Hon. Aulana L. Peters, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (Retired), Los Angeles
Hon. Harvey L. Pitt, Chief Executive Officer, Kalorama Partners, LLC, Washington, D.C.
Hon. Richard Y. Roberts, Roberts Raheb & Gradler, LLC, Washington, D.C.
Hon. David S. Ruder, Professor of Law Emeritus, Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago
Hon. Steven M.H. Wallman, Chief Executive Officer, FOLIOfn, Inc., McLean, Virginia

Faculty

Co-Chair(s)

Andrew J. Donohue, Director, Division of Investment Management, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Robert Khuzami, Director, Division of Enforcement, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Speaker(s)

Hon. Luis A. Aguilar, Commissioner, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Michele M. Anderson, Chief, Office of Mergers & Acquisitions, Division of Corporation Finance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Alberto Arevalo, Assistant Director, Enforcement, Office of International Affairs, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Hon. Paul S. Atkins, Managing Director, Patomak Partners, LLC and Visiting Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
J. Troy Beatty, Senior Counsel, Office of International Affairs, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
David Bergers, Director, Boston Regional Office, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Gregg Berman, Senior Policy Advisor to the Director and Co-Deputy Director, Division of Risk, Strategy and Financial Innovation, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Richard Bookstaber, Senior Policy Advisor to the Director and Co-Head of Policy and Development, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Sherman Boone, Assistant Director, Regulatory Policy, Office of International Affairs, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Brian V. Breheny, Deputy Director, Legal and Regulatory Policy, Division of Corporation Finance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
James A. Brigagliano, Deputy Director, Division of Trading and Markets, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Karen Burgess, Senior Advisor to the Director, Office of Compliance, Inspections & Examinations, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Brian A. Bussey, Associate Director, Division of Trading and Markets, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Hon. Roel C. Campos, Cooley Godward Kronish LLP
George S. Canellos, Regional Director, New York Regional Office, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Wayne E. Carnall, Chief Accountant, Division of Corporation Finance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Hon. Kathleen L. Casey, Commissioner, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Robert W. Cook, Director, Division of Trading and Markets, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Hon. Charles C. Cox, Senior Vice President, Compass Lexecon
Meredith B. Cross, Director, Division of Corporation Finance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Carlo V. di Florio, Director, Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Paul M. Dudek, Chief, Office of International Corporate Finance, Division of Corporation Finance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
James L. Eastman, Chief Counsel and Associate Director, Division of Trading and Markets, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Robert Fisher, Assistant Director, Technical Assistance, Office of International Affairs, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Daniel Fisher, Branch Chief, Division of Trading and Markets, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Edward H. Fleischman, Linklaters LLP
Jason S. Flemmons, Associate Chief Accountant, Division of Enforcement, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Scott W. Friestad, Associate Director and Special Advisor to the Director, Division of Enforcement, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Mary Ann Gadziala, Associate Director, Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Hon. Cynthia Glassman
Hon. Harvey J. Goldschmid, Dwight Professor of Law, Columbia Law School, Senior Counsel, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Daniel M. Gray, Senior Special Counsel, Division of Trading and Markets, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Elaine C. Greenberg, Unit Chief, Municipal Securities and Public Pensions and Associate Regional Director, Philadelphia Regional Office, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
David W. Grim, Assistant Chief Counsel, Division of Investment Management, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Daniel M. Hawke, Unit Chief, Market Abuse and Regional Director, Philadelphia Regional Office, Division of Enforcement, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Henry T.C. Hu, Director, Division of Risk, Strategy, and Financial Innovation, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Richard M. Humes, Associate General Counsel, Office of General Counsel, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Hon. Isaac C. Hunt, Jr.
Jonathan A. Ingram, Deputy Chief Counsel, Division of Corporation Finance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Elizabeth Jacobs, Deputy Director, Office of International Affairs, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Robert B. Kaplan, Unit Co-Chief, Asset Management, Division of Enforcement, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Hon. Roberta S. Karmel, Centennial Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School
Thomas J. Karr, Assistant General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Mavis A. Kelly, Assistant Director, Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Thomas J. Kim, Associate Director and Chief Counsel, Division of Corporation Finance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Martin Kimel, Senior Special Counsel, Division of Investment Management, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Elizabeth King, Associate Director, Division of Trading and Markets, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
James L. Kroeker, Chief Accountant, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Felicia H. Kung, Chief, Office of Rule Making, Division of Corporation Finance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Gerald J. Laporte, Chief, Office of Small Business Policy, Division of Corporation Finance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Kenneth R. Lench, Unit Chief, Structured and New Products, Division of Enforcement, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
William Lenox, Ethics Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Joan L. Loizeaux, Associate General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Michael A. Macchiaroli, Associate Director, Division of Trading and Markets, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Thomas K. McGowan, Deputy Associate Director, Division of Trading and Markets, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Barry D. Miller, Associate Director, Division of Investment Management, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Jeffrey Minton, Chief Counsel, Office of the Chief Accountant, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Jeffrey S. Mooney, Assistant Director, Division of Trading and Markets, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Susan Nash, Associate Director, Division of Investment Management, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Annette L. Nazareth, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Craig C. Olinger, Deputy Chief Accountant, Division of Corporation Finance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Marianne Olson, Branch Chief, Office of International Affairs, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Elizabeth G. Osterman, Associate Director, Division of Investment Management, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Hon. Troy A. Paredes, Commissioner, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Shelley E. Parratt, Deputy Director, Division of Corporation Finance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Mark Pennington, Assistant General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Hon. Aulana L. Peters, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (Retired)
Robert Peterson, Assistant Director, Comparative Law and Regulation, Office of International Affairs, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Hon. Harvey L. Pitt, Chief Executive Officer, Kalorama Partners, LLC
Robert E. Plaze, Associate Director, Division of Investment Management, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Lorin L. Reisner, Deputy Director of Enforcement, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Hon. Richard Y. Roberts, Roberts, Reheb & Gradler LLC
John C. Roeser, Assistant Director, Division of Trading and Markets, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Randall W. Roy, Assistant Director, Division of Trading and Markets, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Hon. David S. Ruder, Professor of Law Emeritus, Northwestern University School of Law
Cheryl J. Scarboro, FCPA Unit Chief, Division of Enforcement, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Hon. Mary L. Schapiro, Chairman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Heather A. Seidel, Assistant Director, Division of Trading and Markets, U.S. Secutiries and Exchange Commission
Richard F. Sennett, Chief Accountant, Division of Investment Management, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
David S. Shillman, Associate Director, Division of Trading and Markets, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Larry M. Spirgel, Assistant Director, Division of Corporation Finance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Thomas A. Sporkin, Chief, Office of Market Intelligence, Division of Enforcement, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Jacob H. Stillman, Solicitor, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Jo Anne Swindler, Assistant Director, Division of Trading and Markets, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Josephine J. Tao, Assistant Director, Division of Trading and Markets, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Hon. Steven M.H. Wallman, Chief Executive Officer, FOLIOfn, Inc.
John Walsh, Associate Director - Chief Counsel, Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Hon. Elisse B. Walter, Commissioner, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Program Attorney(s)

Laura R. Shields, Assistant Director, Programs, Practising Law Institute

CLE Credit

Travel Information

Washington, D.C. Seminar Location

Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C., 20004. (202) 312-1300.

Washington, D.C. Hotel Accommodations

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