SunTrust Robinson Humphrey (STRH): An Extensive Review

Mod Note (Andy) - We're reposting the top discussions from 2015, this one ranks #13 and was originally posted 2/22/2015.


I’m a long time reader and first time poster. I’ve seen a lot on the forum regarding STRH and I wanted to write a full review of the firm. I think the mini reviews in the Firms section of the site are a great way to collect data, but I’m going to provide additional details for any prospective monkeys who are looking for information. A disclaimer before reading this is that everyone has different preferences and opinions, and below is the opinion of one person. I hope to set a precedent with this post and hope others will follow suit in giving honest descriptions of their experience and firms. The bank does have a separate PM and Corporate Banking program, but this is all focused on IBD. I realize I can’t cover everything, so if there are follow up questions please shoot me a PM or post and I’ll do my best to answer. TL;DR at the bottom.

I have divided this into six buckets: Lifestyle and Culture, Location and Compensation, Recruiting, Experience, Exit Opportunities and Senior Management

Lifestyle and Culture

I think this should be the main selling point for STRH when recruiting for the Analyst and Associate level. The bank offers a more laid back lifestyle than you would find at larger banks and although it’s still banking, you can have a life. As an Analyst, you could probably get away with working a 65 hour week and coast to a middle of the road rating. As an Associate, that probably goes down to 55 hours a week. This is actual office time - you obviously have to be available by e-mail at all hours of the day and night. Top Analysts are probably working about 80 hours with heavy weekends.

The senior bankers are generally good people and somewhat understanding of your time in comparison to other large investment banks. While STRH does have a significant NYC and SF office, it is Atlanta-based lot of the Atlanta/Charlotte senior bankers either moved to those cities because they wanted to start families or they are originally from the Southeast. It’s the culture of the South to move at a slower pace and the bank reflects that. You are going to get your difficult personalities no matter where you go, but I think the overall culture of the firm is collegial and friendly. You don’t have Analysts being cutthroat about exit opportunities or Associates gunning for MD approval.

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One of my least favorite things about the bank was how negative people were about having to live and work in Atlanta. True, Atlanta is not New York or San Francisco, but it’s a major city that is top 10 in the U.S. by population and has hosted a Summer Olympic games. If you are someone who would take issue not working in a major banking city, do not come to STRH. I personally think the Northern suburbs of Atlanta where STRH is located are a great place to spend any stage of your life and I am someone who has traveled quite a bit. It is also far more affordable than the aforementioned cities as you can buy a very nice house within 15 minutes of the office for probably $600k. For single people, an absolute top of the line 1BR apartment with a view is ~$2,500/month. You can get a really nice 1BR for $1,400. The nightlife in the Buckhead section of Atlanta is great and you can easily stay entertained by Atlanta in your 20s.

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Compensation is another positive selling point and a dollar takes you twice as far in Atlanta than it does in NYC/SF. Some rough numbers including the recent bump in base salary are below. They assume an average rating for Analyst and Associate.
  • Analyst 1: 80+40
  • Analyst 2: 85+55
  • Analyst 3: 90+70
  • Associate 1: 120+120

The senior levels are heavy in stock and deferred comp as you may expect. We will get to experience in a little bit and this is where STRH falls short at the junior level, but if you want to be a career banker or are a recent MBA grad with some debt, STRH is an outstanding place to build a career.

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The way STRH does Analyst recruiting is a bit odd and in my opinion hurts the firm. Target schools with on-campus recruiting are as follows:

Undergrad Targets: Emory, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Florida, UNC, Vanderbilt, Wake Forest, Indiana, Richmond and UVA
MBA Targets: UNC, Duke, UVA, Emory, Georgia, Chicago, Cornell and Vanderbilt

Each summer, STRH will bring in a class of about 60 new “IB” Analysts. About 30 of these will be interns who are returning from the previous summer and are already placed directly into a group. Intern retention is fairly high - I would say that about 70% of interns are given offers and the amount of acceptances varies from year to year. The other 30 analysts go through a 2 week rush process in which they eventually get placed in one of 17 (I think) possible groups. This is where things get a little bit dicey. If you want to talk about pure investment banking, only 9 of those groups fall into that category and one of these is the brand new REIT group which only has 2-3 analysts. So the 8 remaining are TMT, Energy, Healthcare, Consumer, Industrials, FIG, M&A and LevFin.

Naturally, these are the most sought-after groups since they provide the best exits. If each of these groups takes 1-2 analysts, you’ve got 15-20 incoming analysts who end up in groups such as Equity Research, Fixed Income S&T, Tax-Exempt Finance and Supply Chain Finance. The upside of being in Equity Research, for example, is that you work way fewer hours than someone in LevFin, but you make the same during the Analyst program because it is one uniform compensation schedule. This evens out in the long run obviously as the LevFin person leaves for a better job or gets promoted, but for the Analyst years, being in one of those easy groups and making 140k a year is a solid deal. The point is that you can be one of the 15-20 incoming who thought they were going to be “investment bankers” but really are not. There is an Analyst super day each fall and everyone is given a generalist offer. Anything group specific at that time is rare.

STRH is also full of lateral hires who range from Big 4 to BB Analysts originally from Atlanta to micro-boutiques. Surprisingly, I see a trend of a lot of these lateral hires accepting Associate promotions as they are typically people who are from Atlanta or have some tie to the city.

Associates are placed into groups before they enter the firm so they don’t go through the rush process. The Associate class each year is usually about 10-12 as they tend to stick around a lot longer than Analysts.

Experience as a sunTrust investment banking analyst

This varies drastically by group, but in the big picture I think this is where STRH falls short. STRH has a well established debt platform with a strong syndication desk, but this is the only place where the bank excels. In a given year, STRH bank-wide may do about $40mm in M&A fees. From a junior development perspective, the numbers just don’t work. Let’s say that $40mm is spread across 25 deals. Obviously you have other mandates on deals that don’t close, but for simplicity I’m leaving those out. Each coverage group has about 7 analysts and across 6 coverage groups that’s 42 total. With 25 deals in a year and senior analysts hogging most of those, you could go your first 12-18 months without doing any M&A. Yes co-staffing exists but the young guy just doesn’t get the same experience. Exiting from STRH is an uphill battle to begin with, but the bank just doesn’t have the deal flow to get every Analyst a great experience. On the debt side, STRH may have 20-25 left lead deals in a given year and the story is the same. This is why I would suggest going after LevFin or M&A - being on deals is more of a sure thing and it shows in the exits those groups have compared to coverage. Yes, you will work harder, but it pays off. M&A and LevFin each carry about 12-14 Analysts so it is almost certain you will touch a couple deals in your first year.

The STRH Analyst program is really 3 years instead of 2 years. You have to clearly not want to be there or screw something up to not get the 3rd year offer. This is very helpful when it comes to exit opportunities as you just don’t do much modeling and get on deals in your first year. Recruiting for a legitimate PE shop and having deals to talk to on your resume is nearly impossible 12 months in at STRH. There are analysts who are 2 years in who still struggle with this. The Analyst experience is a lot of grunt work and not a lot of development and you have to stick it out for the long run to get good work. So while the lifestyle is better than a Harris Williams or Jefferies, those Analysts are going to be far more prepared than an STRHer coming out of IB with rare exception. They just have more reps and the banks are more focused on prepping their junior bankers with financial analysis skills. STRH Analysts spend more time in PPT than Excel as there is no outsourcing of comps, industry analysis and graphics. You just don’t develop as a junior banker doing right bookrunner deals that require a data entry model and an internal memo.

When it comes to reputation, I view peers as places like Stephens, Raymond James, Oppenheimer, KeyBanc and BMO Capital Markets. STRH is a step below top MMs like Blair, Baird, Stifel, Jefferies and Piper. STRH is a step above true corporate banks like Fifth Third and BBVA. Although the full platform IB model is still young, the M&A and equity deals give STRH an edge over pure debt shops.

Exit Opportunities

The bank has gotten infinitely better about this during the past 3-4 years. Analysts talking about exits with senior bankers used to be a taboo subject and you were generally on your own trying to find another job. This has shifted significantly during the past several years and it has shown in the quality of the exits. I’d say that even as recently as 3 years ago, the most common exit was Corp Dev in the Southeast. If you wanted some corporate job in Atlanta, Charlotte or Nashville, that was basically automatic and remains automatic. However, during the past 12 months, MM PE has become the norm. Some recent notable exits include Quad-C, Grey Mountain, Comvest, Roark, Accel-KKR, HarbourVest, Lightyear and Sentinel. On top of these, there are many other analysts who end up at small PE funds ranging from $100mm-$400mm in fund size. Whether or not exits continue to improve remains to be seen, but a lot of the exits I just listed would not be believable to Analysts who were at STRH in 2011 and 2012. STRH is significantly improving in this regard and is being taken more seriously by HHs.

On top of this, the lateral is still fairly common. Some laterals I’ve seen recently include Moelis, Lazard, Barclays, HL, RBC and Wells Fargo. This move is not as common as it was a couple years ago, but it still happens.

As far as groups are concerned, I think LevFin has the best exits followed by M&A followed by the coverage groups. The bank hasn’t really developed a stance on the Analyst to Associate promotion and there is still some stigma around this. STRH has been burned recently by promotes leaving very early into their Associate years so Senior Management is still working on a strategy for A to A and it varies by group.

SunTrust Senior Management

I think STRH suffers from an identity crisis at the moment. It’s not clear what the firm is trying to be. Clearly, it is trying to shake the title of “glorified corporate bank,” but I could never tell if they are trying to compete with top MMs and the BBs or if STRH is satisfied being where it is - a firm that is often looked down upon but continues to grow and get better. Senior management is a little delusional as to the strength of the platform. I’ve heard things such as “Our Sponsor connectivity is so much better than Houlihan Lokey” and “I can’t believe we lost that mandate to Piper Jaffray.” The reality of the situation is that those banks have equivalent or better talent top to bottom, are taken more seriously by Sponsors and Corporates and have better reputations. STRH is still developing as M&A and equity are brand-builders, but I’m not sure STRH has figured out what it’s trying to be yet. It doesn’t like losing to Jefferies and the BBs, but I’ve heard MDs say STRH isnt’t trying to be like those places. STRH is an afterthought for most Sponsors and it’s going to take a while to shake that off as the bank tries to move from a regional to a national platform.

TL;DR

STRH offers a good lifestyle and compensation package in a Southern city while providing solid exit opportunities, but falls short in providing a top notch junior banker experience on par with the BBs and top MMs.

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This is a great review. Really did a good job touching base regarding the "rush" process. Some incoming grads sign contracts for "Investment Banking" jobs and get placed in supply chain or tax-exempt finance. Essentially, a quarter to a half of the incoming analyst class gets ripped off for three years unless he or she can lateral. I think it's a broken process.

 

A few years late to this thread. The overall review rings very true, but placement process HAS changed, eliminating this problem. If you sign an IB contract, you will end up in a coverage group (now doing full M&A after a recent reshuffle) or LevFin.

 

Excellent post. I agree that it would be great if this influenced others to make matching posts for other firms (though it would obviously be difficult for larger firms because of the scope of information). This kind of content is very helpful for understanding firms in a more in-depth manner than what one can currently glean from the WSO Company Database.

 

Excellent post, thank you for sharing! What surprises me the most about this is the MBA recruiting at UGA Terry since it usually isn't discussed with the other schools, but then again it is basically right outside Atlanta.

 

FANTASTIC post. I hope others will replicate this with their own firms. More full, comprehensive and honest analysis of firms would be a huge asset to WSO.

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Great to see STRH get some love on here. Last year when I was going through FT, it was a great interview experience, and was super disappointed when it didn't work out.

And yes, seconded on the analyst lifestyle down there. All the 1st years had amazing 1-2BRs and were leasing great cars. And actually had the time to enjoy it.

 

As a current STRH IB analyst, I would second this as accurate, to the detail. The only comment I will make here is that rationality is a big factor - if you don't want to stay in the South, I would be careful about committing. It's possible to transition to firms / offices in other regions, but it is not easy.

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The Buckhead area is soooo underrated. Awesome nightlife, beautiful high class residential area, and the financial district is gorgeous. That part of the city is filled with law offices and banks and start ups etc. Love buckhead.

 

Anyone have any comments on the outlook at STRH from the perspective of a Kennesaw State student? I know a few who've taken positions at STRH but I'm not sure if they're closer to the norm or the exception.

 

I used to live and work in Atlanta, so my opinion from the past few years would be that's the exception, but not impossible. A smart student with a good resume could do it, but they would not likely be coming on campus and actively recruiting there.

 

A friend from high school worked there for 2 years in there LevFin group. He said people with the best exits were the guys from UVA, Emory and Vanderbilt because they leveraged their alumni networks and friends from school. Also other thing he mentioned about SunTrust is they place surprisingly well at top 15 MBA programs. Good stuff all around, and you'll save way more money than your friends in the city.

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ATL isn't a top 10 city in the US by population...not even close.

Ya, I agree with Loki777 that he is referring to top 10 MSA by population.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Metropolitan_Statistical_Areas

Atlanta is known for having some very nice suburbs. Also with the city becoming safer and safer more people are opting to live within the city.

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I've written my own review of SunTrust's investment bank below -- there are many similarities to the above, but also some amplifications. I worked at SunTrust for several years. I hope this serves as a helpful reference for those looking to learn more.

Intern/Analyst Experience

SunTrust does summer analyst recruiting similar to most banks on the street. Target schools are some of the better southeastern universities like Georgia Tech, Vanderbilt, Virginia, Washington & Lee, Georgia, Emory, Florida, etc. Oddly, but maybe understandable for a smaller bank, SunTrust puts its ~35 interns into a broad pool that does not distinguish between investment banking, capital markets, equity research and sales & trading. Most interns receive offers (~80%), and are given several weeks, rather than 2-3 months, to decide. Most choose to stay, though in the past 2 years many interns have turned down offers to instead chase other opportunities. Most summer interns receive group-specific offers, and the full-time analyst pool is about 50 people, so that leaves about 25 spots for new analysts. As mentioned, the pool includes S&T, etc so some analysts are placed into groups different from those they may be pursuing.

First year analysts at any bank are tasked with menial work in addition to deals, but at SunTrust, the first year experience seems to be extremely administrative. Coverage analysts typically fight tooth and nail for the precious few M&A deals that come through, though most are worked on by more tenured analysts. There is definitely a "wait your turn" culture, rather than a push to get analysts great experience in the first ~8-12 months as they explore recruiting. The analyst program at SunTrust is truly a 3-year program for that reason.

The analyst experience involves an inordinate amount of internal planning. Groups prepare for several months for the end of summer internal (includes investment banking, capital markets and real estate, as well as corporate banking) planning sessions, which take up most of August. These sessions seem to be a huge drain on resources, and deal flow noticeable drops (even controlling for the typical end of summer slowdown in banking). Group head compensation can depend heavily on the quality of presentation in such sessions, so as a result, the work is iterated repeatedly.

SunTrust is taking steps to make the analyst experience better, including adding a print center (though a little late to the game there) and allowing standing desks. Generally, the bank is static as far as new initiatives go (e.g., the street-wide raise in analyst salary took another year to travel down to Atlanta).

The best groups, from my experience, as far as deal flow go are LevFin, financial services, and underwriting. M&A is generally overstaffed and does lower middle market (~$5m ebitda) deals.

Lifestyle and Culture

In general, SunTrust offers a terrific lifestyle. Analyst and associate hours are very manageable, and Atlanta offers a very cheap cost of living. Those that choose to stay on at SunTrust for associate and VP positions are usually native Atlantans who are looking to settle down.

SunTrust offers street base salary for analyst and associates, though bonuses are (understandably) lower, to account for the low cost of living in Atlanta. A good first year can make $120k - $130k, which is more than enough to fund a comfortable lifestyle and save ~45k. The offices are in a great, chic area of town (Buckhead) and many analysts choose to live in the nearby area, meaning the analyst culture is generally cohesive.

Bankwide, the culture is generally positive, though still slightly stuffy/southern "old boy." Employees can be fairly easily promoted if they stick around, though predictably "legacy" (read: a certain demographic) and knowing the right people can go further than expertise or performance.

Exits

This was covered well in the main post, but exit opps are where SunTrust seems to be lacking. Recruiting is strangely taboo for analysts, and many go their first year without having a buy side interview. SunTrust HR/mgmt has just recently begun speaking with recruiters, and several now venture down to Atlanta to meet with analysts, as otherwise, the typical "coffee chats" with recruiters happen over the phone. SunTrust does not provide its analysts interview prep materials or previous analyst class lists.

Many managing directors go out of their way to help analysts during recruiting, but from what I've seen, that typically only happens during analysts' third years as the next role looms large and the analyst has finally built a rapport with senior people. My guess is 1/4 of SunTrust analysts go on to buy side jobs, 3/8 do corporate finance in house at clients/large corporations, and 3/8 pursue other opportunities (start up, graduate school). Senior Management

MDs and upper management are generally friendly people. Many were laid off by larger banks (e.g., BofA, Jefferies, DB) and were poached by SunTrust post-recession and view SunTrust as a comfortable place to continue their work, albeit without the stress of a larger city. As a result, the environment is not particularly cutthroat.

Senior management seems to be confused as to the direction of the bank. SunTrust grew at a breakneck pace post recession as it refined its leveraged finance practice. Then, the bank seemed to stagnate in the league tables as it ran out of balance sheet and other middle market lenders became more aggressive. I particularly remember having to be "creative" with some league tables slides as SunTrust had dropped out of the top 10 in several of its key league table categories. The idea behind the bank's practice is to gain client trust through lending, then capitalize via advisory fees when the company ultimately wants to transact. This doesn't seem to be working -- the companies SunTrust is providing leveraged loans to rarely reciprocate; for many, the thought of SunTrust as purely a lender is deeply entrenched. Many of SunTrust's (this may be true for other banks, I'm not sure) "M&A" fees have actually simply consisted of SunTrust creating financing packages and going out to potential buyers of their client, rather than providing classic advisory work.

Management seems to be slightly deluded about SunTrust's place in the market, potentially due to the misguided notion that the bank is still growing rapidly. I have heard management talking about how SunTrust "won't deal with [major private equity fund or publicly traded company X]", as if that fund/company needs SunTrust's business at all. In a recruiting presentation, SunTrust emphasized its ability to "get the (financing) deals done that BofA and CS wont", though I believe the bank, if anything, is far more conservative than its peers. The bank should focus on better aligning its advisory and capital markets businesses.

In summary, SunTrust is a good place for those that would like to settle in the southeast, but not a great place to build a career otherwise.

 

This is a very accurate write-up. SunTrustrh is essentially corporate bank but STI likes being able to tell the story to the equity markets that SunTrustrh is more than that. The firm is well-positioned and can be successful focusing on what it does well: serving family owned businesses and other closely held companies in the south. The corporate and IB division has product strength in corporate lending and mid-market institutional loans. (That is it.) It does not compete effectively in the investment banking market. (Just try to find SunTrustrh in ECM or M&A league tables.) If one is happy with a southern regional banking culture, then maybe a career there is in order. For students just out of undergrad, many analysts leave quickly to uptier or go PE. Anyone looking to have a career in an investment bank should maybe consider options.

The reviewer mentions management “seems to be slightly deluded about SunTrust’s place.” Truth is spoken. The managers are mostly people who left Bank of America (pre-Merrill). There are many 5-6 layers of administrators above the Managing Director. These managers do NOT have primary account coverage responsibilities so they really do not know. Because they are inward facing, the internal governmental and measurement processes are relentless, and their job security considerations drive the culture and decision-making.

 
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I know in prior they did a ton of FT recruiting and very little return offers. Surprised they are doing more interns than FT now, I would think a lot of their interns would try to shop their offers for a bigger bank in a different location FT.

Very little return offers is not true - ~80% of interns get FT offers from what I've heard.

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Little late to the thread, but I spent 2 1/2 years here and know info on STRH is pretty thin... so here goes

Most of what has been said so far is accurate. Pay is great for ATL and generally there is a lower proportion of a-holes than at big NY firms. Also, recruiting is not as taboo anymore, since the bank instituted a PE focused resume book program for m&a/lev fin/coverage analysts. Definitely a more PPT-heavy analyst experience in general, and deal flow can be erratic. Like most banks, the experience between all groups at STRH is not created equal and can vary ENORMOUSLY. m&a/lev fin/coverage groups all place pretty well (middle market p/e, laterals to bigger banks, south east based bus dev, and start up roles are most common) and generally give more of a true banking experience compared to other product groups. The difference in coverage groups can also be stark -Have heard of Sponsors coverage analysts going on client ski trips, have heard of consumer coverage analysts having great work life balance and have heard of industrials analysts consistently pulling 120+ hour weeks with frequent all-nighters. On the capital markets side the experience can vary wildly too. Lev fin is the bread and butter of the bank so alot of the debt-oriented positions fare well and can be very busy. The bank also has some non-pure IB niche-type roles that seem to offer nearly comparable compensation but with many less hours than in IB. Structured Real estate and portfolio management come to mind. The ratio of pay/hours makes some of these hidden gems in the finance world. Maybe not necessarily in terms of widely transferable skills/exits. AFES analysts seem to get great modeling experience and depending on what industries they cover can be extremely busy as well. It's also common for people to move from group to group, especially from portfolio mgmt into coverage or between various cap markets roles. A lot of 3rd year analysts, that stick out the three years and are well regarded can get promoted as well, this is especially true in cap markets/product roles, possibly due to more analysts sticking it out with the better work-life or due to the skillset being more focused. Internships are very important for the firm now, huge percent of full time class comes from interns.

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Does anyone have insight into SunTrust ER? How are the level structured and its corresponding comp? Do they recruit for post-mba ER? I have 4 years of experience and will be getting my MSF, not MBA. I networked with a MD in ER and mentioned that he could interview me for the ER Associate position. Not sure if this is the undergrad entry-level position. Looking to land more of a position that's in line with post-MBA level.

 

SunTrust is clearly 4th tier... they pay their analyst less than $5000 of bonus. They are the laughing stock of wall street.

HSBC and CIBC are clearly 2nd tier interms of M&A... RBSGC (RBS Greenwich Capital) is a tier one firm interms of debt capital markets...

From what I know those 3 you mentioned all pay on par with the street.

If you read the AB Alert and some other professional newsletters, there are stories on turnovers and mistreatment of SunTrust to its employees. This is a firm that will be absorbed by a more efficiently-ran firm soon or later.

Apparently SunTrust pay associates and VP's about 1/3 all in of what other firms pay for the same position. Regionals take a pay cut but not that much. Go ask a Wachovia-Charlotte employee and they'll tell you they make 70-100% of NYC.

Avoid at all costs.

 

Because you are essentially living a 9-6 commercial banking lifestyle... or at some groups you will work 80% of NYC hours and make about 1/3 of the pay... either one sucks...

If you want to do IB go to a top shop; stay away from the pretenders.

 

Used to work in real estate at STRH so can speak to this. My old group kind of flew under the radar and not many junior bankers knew what we did, so hopefully this clears it up.

REIT banking is basically a coverage group for real estate companies. Think capital raising and M&A coverage for REITs, development firms, REPE funds, etc. They work closely with RE Syndicated as that is the LevFin vertical that raises debt capital for the REIT banking clients.

Structured Real Estate is a product group that invests in real estate (essentially a real estate fund using the bank's capital) for clients of the bank. They will either purchase (invest) in owned real estate that STRH clients want to sell (like a big Company that wants to sell/lease their HQ or a CVS that operates a bunch of retail assets) or build buildings for companies that want to lease their real estate. They later trade it usually for a fairly large gain. Good experience if you want to go into acquisitions down the road - you get first hand experience underwriting transactions and a lot of them have some pretty complicated structures (think LBO for real estate), so you also get exposure to the private placement universe as a lot of transactions have up to 100% debt. Not as good experience if you want to move to a more traditional PE role.

 

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