Digital Marketing Software Overview

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Digital Marketing Software
Transaction Environment and Sector Landscapes
Spring 2014
Peter Falvey
Managing Director
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Jeffrey Monk
Analyst
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P. 1.617.598.0445
Jeffrey Cook
Vice President
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P. 1.617.598.0439

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Marketing Software Continues to be an Active Sector in 2014
We believe that M&A and investment activity seen in 2013 will accelerate in 2014 as
several trends continue to shape the digital marketing landscape
Strong Market Growth
• We are only partly through the growth phase of upgrading and expanding
the enterprise marketing stack
CMO Influence Grows
• CMOs are wielding increasing purchasing power and influence over
marketing software solutions
Complexity Increases
• Areas like mobile, social, integrated analytics, and personalization make
the creation of a marketing solution much more challenging
SaaS model Speeds
Adoption
• The emergence of enterprise SaaS model companies greatly eases
purchasing, integration and flexibility
Emergence of Platforms
• Platform vendors pursuing full solution suites through organic
development and inorganic acquisitions
Personalization Hits its
Stride
• Pure-play, data-driven personalization and eCommerce optimization
becomes a key category

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Overall Market Growth Remains Strong
CMO v. CIO Spending (% of Revenue)Key Drivers
Source: Gartner, Forrester, Technavio
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
2010 2012 2015 2016
Analytics
Social CRM
WCM
Email
Automation
Sales CRM
eCommerce
$14.2B
$20.2B
$33.3B14% CAGR
19% CAGR
The foundational elements of digital marketing will continue to grow quickly even as
they mature – emerging point solutions are growing even faster
 The CMO is the new CIO
− CMO tech budgets are expected to grow at
11% per year, compared to 3% for CIOs
− Solutions that demonstrate rapid time-to-
value and robust integration will be
beneficiaries of the CMO directed spend
 SaaS delivery is expanding the market
− Lower cost and flexible solutions expand
the market
 The marketing stack as a competitive
advantage
− Successfully integrating customer touch
points, analytics, and internal workflow
software allows CMOs to create more
effective campaigns
Digital Marketing Market Size
3.20%
3.79%
2.50%
3.80%
0.00%
1.00%
2.00%
3.00%
4.00%
2013 2017
IT Spend
CMO Directed IT
Spend
CMO IT Spending: +11%
IT Spending: +3.4%

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Marketing Software is an Extremely Complex Ecosystem…
CRM Automation
E-Mail Web Mobile Social Channels
3rd Party Networks
(Display Ads)
Consumer
ExternalEnvironmentInternalEnvironment
Facebook, Twitter, etc.E-Mail Account
PC Browsing Mobile Browsing
Engagement
Customer Data
Infrastructure
Middleware
E-Mail Campaigns Core Website
Mobile Website
Web Storefront
Mobile Storefront
Mobile Campaigns
(Text, GeoLocation)
Social Campaigns
Lead Scoring
Lead Management
Customer Data Records
Channel Interaction
Data
(clicks, likes, time
spent browsing,
emails opened, etc.)
Testing & Analytics
Personalization &
Optimization
Data Management
Platforms (DMPs)
Tag Management
Middleware Layer: Data Synthesis // Personalization // Optimization
Personalized Actions
A/B Testing
Multivariate Testing
Web Analytics
Personalized Web
Recommendations
eCommerce Optimization
Actions
Data
1st to 3rd party data
aggregation
Display ad heritage
Customer data analysis
Cookie-less targeting
eCommerce
Social Marketing
Platforms
Web Content
Management
Mobile Marketing
Platforms
E-Mail Marketing
Platforms
Historical Customer
Data

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… Creating Demand for Simplicity through Consolidation
Examining acquisition activity of the major acquirers highlights the trend towards
large acquirers beginning to assemble platforms
Infrastructure Applications Customer Engagement Data Management & Action
CRM Automation WCM eCommerce E-mail Social Web Testing Personalization
eCommerce
Optimization
Data
Management
Tag
Management
in 2013 for
$600M
in 2010 for
$240M
in 2013 for
$600M
in 2011 for
$400M
in 2010 for
$240M
in 2009 for
$1.8B
in 2011 for
$58M
in 2010 for
$480M
in 2010 for
$1.4B
in 2010 for
~$600M
in 2011 for
$1.5B
in 2012 for
$870M in 2011 in 2010 for $1B
in 2013 for
$1.5B
in 2012 for
$300M in 2011
in 2014 for
$400M
via ExactTarget
in 2013 for
$2.2B
in 2012 for
$689M via ExactTarget
in 2013 for
$1.3B
Acquirer
Adobe Partnership Adobe Partnership

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Maturing Sectors Provide a New Crop of Acquirers…
Vendors reaching scale in their heritage markets are looking to broaden their product
offerings through acquisitions to maintain historical growth rates
Traditional Consolidators
Example New Acquirers
• Growing base of acquirers
for marketing software
• New group of consolidators
are building suites
- Typically newly public
companies outgrowing
their heritage focus and
needing to maintain
growth
- Actively looking to move
into adjacent areas
• Increasingly competitive with
the traditional enterprise
acquirers, who are still
extremely active

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… Who Have Been Very Active in Their Own Right
Target Acquirer Date Solution
April 2014 Optimization
March 2014 Tag Management
March 2014 Mobile Marketing
January 2014 eCommerce
January 2014 Analytics
January 2014 Mobile Marketing
December 2013 Personalization
October 2013 Data Management
July 2013 eCommerce
February 2013 Tag Management
January 2013 Social
December 2012 Data Management
October 2012 Automation
October 2012 eCommerce
February 2012 E-mail marketing

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Multiples Across Digital Marketing are As Strong as We’ve Seen
Demand for high-quality marketing assets from an increasingly large group of
acquirers is driving up multiples paid in acquisitions
Avg. LTM Rev. Multiple:
4.2x
2009 – 2011 2012 – 2013
2.4x
1.0x
5.1x
4.1x
5.4x
2.6x
6.1x
0.8x
4.3x
6.6x
1.9x
5.7x
3.4x
10.0x
3.0x
14.9x
8.7x
9.7x
7.1x
10.7x
10.3x
7.7x
.0x
2.0x
4.0x
6.0x
8.0x
10.0x
12.0x
14.0x
16.0x
Avg. LTM Rev. Multiple:
8.4x

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Certain Sectors Have Matured & Consolidated, Others ‘On Deck’
Sector Private Companies
at Scale (Est.)*
Major Acq. ($150M+) Pure-Play Public
Companies
E-mail Marketing
Web Content
Management
eCommerce
Automation
CRM
Social Marketing -
Testing /
Analytics
Personalization /
Optimization - -
Data Management -
Tag Management - -
Mobile Marketing
*$50M in Venture Funding or estimated $30M+ revenue

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Emerging Space Maturing Sector
Level of Maturity for each Sector Provides Window into Future Activity
• Market still coalescing, enterprises
realizing they need solutions
• Leading vendors starting to emerge
• Transaction activity focused on seed
and mid-stage financings
• Some early-stage acquisitions
Tag Management E-Mail Marketing eCommerce
Mobile Marketing
Testing
Data Management
Social Marketing
CRM
Content
Management
Less Mature More Mature
Peak of Activity
• Market in high-growth mode
• Group of clear leaders distancing
from the rest of the competition
• Significant mid and late-stage
funding
• Major acquisitions start occurring,
others on path to IPO
• Growth slows in core market
• Large companies begin to acquire
into complementary sectors
• Later-stage funding for clear leaders
for consolidation, some early stage
funding for disruptive new comers
• Intra-industry acquisitions
Peak Activity
Personalization Automation

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Our Read on Potential Transaction Activity in Each Sector
Sector Acquisition Activity Funding Activity
E-mail
Marketing 3
• Game of musical chairs underway
• A number of consolidators still need
to make bets, many attractive
companies
• Larger private companies acquire
into adjacent spaces
2
• Later stage funding to fuel
consolidation of larger independents
• Some early stage funding for
innovative newcomers (e.g.
MovableInk)
Web Content
Management 2
• Market has played out over the last 5
years
• Only a few integrated suites do not
have WCM and a small handful of
private companies at scale
1
• Potential for additional later stage
funding for companies on IPO track
(Acquia, Wordpress)
• Little early-stage funding as market
is highly competitive
eCommerce
2
• Acquisition activity primarily results
from newly public, large companies
acquiring into new spaces
• Potential for a vendor like Adobe or
Salesforce to make an acquisition as
they have no existing solution
2
• Growth stage funding for companies
making progress at the SMB level

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Our Read on Potential Transaction Activity in Each Sector (cont.)
Sector Acquisition Activity Funding Activity
CRM
1
• Little acquisition activity, as most
vendors have built their platform on
CRM and independent companies
are in growth stage
2
• Early stage funding for companies
(e.g. RelateIQ) that are offering
innovative, ‘CRM 2.0’ solutions
Automation
1
• Automation has largely consolidated
and most large integrated suites
have automation as key piece of
infrastructure alongside CRM
3
• Late and growth stage funding for
the many companies pushing
automation into the SMB level
Testing
4
• Many of the historical acquisitions
happened years ago
• Testing becoming an integral piece
of the stack – interest from vendors
looking to add a solution for the 1st
time or upgrade existing solutions
3
• Growth stage funding as vendors
look to move away from legacy
testing and expand solutions into the
personalization market

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Sector Exit Activity Funding Activity
Personalization
4
• High potential for acquisition activity
– no major acquisitions have been
made and many attractive
companies
• One of the hottest areas in digital
marketing
4
• Several interesting companies ready
for Series B / C funding
• Additional later-stage funding as
vendors take advantage of market
demand
Data
Management 3
• BlueKai / Oracle could be the first
domino to fall in a wave of
acquisitions
• Many late-stage rounds were raised
within the last 2 years – companies
will be pursuing exit or additional
funding
3
• Late-stage funding – many Series B
rounds were raised within last 2
years and fast-growing companies
will need to fill the tank
Tag
Management 1
• Potential for integrated suites to pick
off a perceived market leader as an
early play
4
• Early stage funding as additional
companies enter the space

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Sector Exit Activity Funding Activity
Mobile
Marketing 2
• Enterprises are just beginning to
realize they need these solutions,
will likely wait for a group of
companies to break away from the
pack before making acquisitions 4
• Market is only beginning to coalesce
• Relative to other segments, very
little funding has come into the
space
Social
Marketing 2
• Many of the large consolidators have
made entry acquisitions into the
space (BuddyMedia, Vitrue, etc.)
• Additional acquisitions over time as
vendors fill-in functionality
3
• Growth and late-stage funding for
vendors achieving scale

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Sector Snapshots
Analysis of Trends, Transactions and Leading Players

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Company Investors Year Total
Campaign Monitor Insight Venture Partners 2014 $250M
LiveIntent First Round Capital 2014 Undisc.
MovableInk Intel Capital, Contour 2013 $11M
Target Acquirer Value Multiple
Silverpop IBM $270M 3.0x
Responsys Oracle $1,500M 7.7x
Neolane Adobe $600M 10.5x
ExactTarget Salesforce $2,250M 7.1x
Average $1,155M 7.1x
E-Mail Marketing
Data Management & EnrichmentMarket LandscapeData Management & EnrichmentOur View on the Market
Data Management & EnrichmentNotable Transactions Data Management & EnrichmentNotable Financings
Scale
FocusSMB Enterprise
SMB Leaders Enterprise Leaders
• E-mail marketing solutions are
seen as true foundational elements
of platforms
• Winning vendors have proven
ability to diversify away from core
e-mail into adjacent areas (e.g.
ExactTarget w/ Pardot, iGoDigital)
• Among the strongest sectors in
terms of activity over the past 6
months following ExactTarget and
Responsys
• A few consolidators still need to
place bets

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Fatwire Oracle $160M 4.3x
Day Software Adobe $217M 5.1x
Vignette Open Text $162M 1.0x
Interwoven Autonomy $582M 2.2x
Average $320M 3.5x
Ektron Accel-KKR 2014 Conf.
SDL IPO 2013 $46M
Acquia Investor Growth Capital 2012 $30M
Sitecore TCV 2011 Conf.
Web Content Management
Scale
Focus
• Game of musical chairs is almost
played out at the enterprise level
though a few consolidators still need
to make bets
• SaaS adoption continues to lag
other sectors, though managed
service offerings become key
differentiators for leading vendors
• Open-source companies like Acquia
/ Drupal continue to expand user
base and take market share,
especially at the SMB level
SMB Enterprise

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Hybris SAP $1,341M 10.7x
GSI Commerce eBay $2,139M 1.6x
ATG Oracle $1,000M 5.4x
Sterling Commerce IBM $1,400M NA
Average $1,510M 5.1x
Borderfree IPO 2014 $80M
Shopify OMERS, Insight, Bessemer 2013 $100M
Bigcommerce Revolution 2013 $40M
Avangate Francisco Partners (LBO) 2013 NA
eCommerce
Scale
Focus
• Market is saturated at the enterprise
level, with offerings from most
consolidators
• Most activity taking place at the
SMB level, where companies like
Shopify are enjoying rapid success
by delivering turn-key storefronts
• New channels (mobile, social) and a
focus on global capabilities defining
the best products in the market
• We anticipate additional funding and
acquisitions as the next group of
leaders emerge
SMB Enterprise

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Parature Microsoft $100M NA
Rightnow Oracle $1,521M 7.0x
Average $811M 7.0x
Base CRM RRE, Index, OCA, others 2014 $15M
RelateIQ Redpoint, KPCB, Felicis 2014 $40M
Capillary American Express Ventures 2014 $4.5M
SugarCRM Goldman Sachs 2013 $40M
Insightly
Cloud Apps Management,
Emergence, TrueBridge
2013 $10M
Core CRM
Scale
Focus
• The consolidation game hasn’t quite
begun yet. However, larger players
have been adding capabilities (e.g.
Social) to their systems via
acquisition
• Entering a ‘2.0 phase’ of this mature
market, where startups are
challenging larger incumbents by
offering better functionality,
intelligence and vertical plays
• The SaaS trend is accelerating in
CRM, as 40% of CRM systems are
consumed via SaaS
• SMB is fastest growing segment of
the market
SMB Enterprise

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Silverpop IBM $270M 3.0x
Neolane Adobe $600M 10.5x
Eloqua Oracle $870M 9.7x
Unica IBM $500M 10.0x
Average $560M 8.3x
Act-On Software TCV, Trinity, USVP, Norwest 2014 $42M
Salesfusion Noro-Moseley Partners 2014 $8M
Intercom Bessemer, Social+Capital 2014 $22.8M
Infusionsoft Goldman, Arthur Ventures 2013 $60M
Signpost OpenView Venture Partners 2013 $10.5M
Automation Platforms
Scale
Focus
• Automation is still a greenfield
market, with only 5% penetration
• SMB driving market growth
• Current players face competition
from the explosion of startups in the
space and integrated suites from
the large consolidators
• Among the most active spaces in
recent quarters with the acquisitions
of Silverpop, Neolane and Eloqua
• While most consolidators have
placed their bets, a few competitors
of scale remain (Marketo, Hubspot) SMB Enterprise

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Tealeaf IBM $500M 10.0x
Coremetrics IBM $600M NA
Omniture Adobe $1,800M 5.3x
Average $967M 7.7x
Maxymiser NXT Capital 2013 Undisc.
Optimizely Benchmark, Bain, Battery 2013 $35.5M
Testing & Analytics
Data Management & EnrichmentOur View on the Market
• Testing market is split between
large SMB and enterprise players
• Many multi-variate testing vendors
are moving into the personalization
space
• No major acquisitions have
occurred for a few years, we
anticipate demand for leading
companies as suites add testing or
upgrade existing solutions
• Importance of market grows
alongside personalization market,
where testing is a critical element
Data Management & EnrichmentMarket Landscape
Scale
FocusSMB Enterprise

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Smarter Remarketer Battery Ventures 2014 $7M
Monetate First Round, OpenView 2013 $10M
APT Goldman Sachs 2013 $100M
Demandbase Scale Venture, Sigma 2013 $15M
RichRelevance Crosslink Capital 2012 $28M
Insightera Marketo $23M NM
Runa Staples NM NM
Average NM NM
Personalization & Optimization
• Growing demand for
personalization solutions that sit in
a distinct layer between
infrastructure and customer
engagement assets
• Vendors differentiated by ability to
ingest vast amounts of structured
and unstructured data
• Market split between
personalization for web and
eCommerce applications
• Active market for acquisitions (no
major acquisitions have occurred)
and for funding as more capital
flows towards leading companies
Scale
FocusWeb eCommerce
Web Leaders eCommerce Leaders

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AgilOne Tenaya, Sequoia, Mayfield 2014 $25M
Lotame Sozo Ventures, TrueBridge 2014 $15M
Turn BlackRock 2014 $80M
Mintigo Adams Street, Sequoia 2013 $10M
[x+1] Ares Capital (Debt) 2013 $15M
Knotice IgnitionOne NA NA
Bluekai Oracle $400M NA
Aggregate Knowledge Neustar $119M NA
Demdex Adobe $58M NA
Average $192M NA
Data Management
• Category quickly becoming the
‘data warehouse’ for complete
customer interaction data
• Different heritages for leading
vendors, though many come from
a display ad targeting background
• Leading vendors enhancing
offerings by becoming the system
of record for 1st party data
• Over time, becomes the platform
and system of record from which
personalization campaigns are
launched
Scale
FocusData Enrichment Enterprise

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TagMan Ensighten NM NM
Ubertags X+1 NM NM
Average NM NM
Ensighten Insight, Volition 2013 $40M
TagMan Baird, Yahoo, Pritzker 2012 $13M
BrightTag Greycroft, iNovia 2012 $50M
Tealium Battery, Tenays, Presidio 2011 $27M
Impact Radius Redpoint 2010 $6M
Tag Management
• An early space in a ‘land grab’ as
demand for management of user-
generated tags grows and cookie-
based targeting becomes less
effective
• By managing customer interaction
data, vendors are well-positioned
to be platforms to launch
personalization applications
• All the vendors we have spoken
with are experiencing rapid growth
• We expect vendors to build
application portfolios on top of their
infrastructure in the coming years
Scale
FocusSMB Enterprise

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Jumptap Millenial Media $245M 3.8x
Average $245M 3.8x
Kahuna Sequoia Capital 2014 $11M
PlaceIQ Harmony Partners, USBP 2014 $15M
Tapjoy J.P. Morgan 2013 $30M
Urban Airship August Capital, Intel Capital 2013 $25M
InMobi SOFTBANK, Polaris 2011 $200M
Mobile Marketing
Scale
Focus
• Market is just beginning to emerge
and enterprise are starting to spend
real money on these solutions
• Leading vendors support mobile-
first campaigns through push
notifications, QR codes, location-
based targeting, etc.
• Fragmented from a functionality
standpoint, and we expect category
leaders will emerge for mobile
campaigns to mobile commerce
• We anticipate primary transaction
activity will be growth stage funding
for emerging leaders
SMB Enterprise

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Efficient Frontier Adobe $375M NA
Vitrue Oracle $300M NA
Buddy Media Salesforce $745M 18.7x
Wildfire Google $350M NA
Average $443M NM
Spredfast Lead Edge, OpenView 2014 $32.5M
Lithium Undisclosed 2014 $86.5M
Socialbakers Index, Earlybird Venture 2014 $26M
hootSuite Insight Venture Partners 2013 $165M
Hearsay Social Sequoia Capital, NEA 2013 $30M
Social Media Marketing
Scale
Focus
• Becoming an increasingly important
function for brands as the use and
number of different social media
channels continues to increase
• Market still playing out, as
competitors vie to be the first true
leaders to emerge from a growing
pack of startups in the space
• While some of the consolidators
have made a move, it still feels
early in the space and we believe
there will be a few waves of activity
as the market matures
SMB Enterprise

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We Know Marketing Software
Advisory Assignments Recent Buyer Conversations
 Several transactions completed historically in
the digital marketing sector
 Currently have 2 active engagements in digital
marketing, each with an LOI on the table
 Have received bids or had multiple meetings
with over a dozen of the logical acquirers since
the beginning of the year
We have been as active as any advisor in marketing software with several
engagements and extensive interaction with every major acquirer in the last quarter
Advisor to Fatwire
Has been
acquired by
Advisor to NorthPlains
Growth equity
investment from
Under LOI
eCommerce Infrastructure
Software
Project Port
Under LOI
Personalization Software
Provider
Project Bay
Received offer or had multiple in-person
meetings
Placement Agent
Growth equity
investment from
Placement Agent
Series D
Convertible
Preferred Stock
Led by

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Falvey Partners Overview
FOCUS SELECT TRANSACTION EXPERIENCE
December 2011
Has acquired
July 2012
Has been
acquired by
September 2011
Series D
Convertible
Preferred Stock
Led by
September 2012
Has been
acquired by
A portfolio company of
July 2011
Has been acquired
by a portfolio
company of
April 2011
Has been
acquired by
July 2011
Has been
acquired by
February 2011
Growth equity
investment from
July 2011
Has been
acquired by
March 2011
Has divested
its diagnostic
solutions unit
November 2010
Has received an
investment from
A portfolio company of
October 2010
PGI Notify and Send
platforms acquired by
August 2010
Two divisions have been
acquired by a portfolio
company of
April 2010
Has been
acquired by
August 2010
Series C
Convertible
Preferred Stock
Led by
SERVICES
 Sell-side or buy-side M&A
 Growth capital raising
 Board and corporate advisory
SECTOR
 Software / SaaS
 Tech-enabled business services
 IT services
 Internet / digital media
COMPANY TYPE
 $50M - $250M in enterprise value
 Growing, with established scale
 Profitable or near-term path to profitability
Falvey Partners is a leading advisory firm serving
mid-market clients across technology sectors
 Founded in 2012 by Peter Falvey and key members of the Morgan Keegan / Revolution Partners team
 Falvey Partners professionals have closed dozens of software transactions representing billions of
dollars in transaction value

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