NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--American Strategic Investment Co. (NYSE: NYC) ("ASIC" or the "Company"), a company that owns a portfolio of commercial real estate located within the five boroughs of New York City, announced today its financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2023.
Fourth Quarter 2023 and Subsequent Events
- Revenue was $15.4 million
- Net loss attributable to common stockholders was $73.9 million or $32.27 per share including a non-cash impairment on an office property
- Adjusted EBITDA of $3.4 million
- Cash net operating income was $6.3 million
- Funds from Operations ("FFO") was negative $1.5 million, or negative $0.65 per share
- Core FFO was negative $1.2 million, or negative $0.52 per share
- 79% of annualized straight-line rent from top 10 tenants(1) is derived from investment grade or implied investment grade(2) rated tenants with a weighted-average remaining lease term(3) of 8.6 years as of December 31, 2023
Full Year 2023 Highlights
- Revenue was $62.7 million
- Net loss attributable to common stockholders was $105.9 million or $47.57 per share
- Adjusted EBITDA was $11.9 million
- Portfolio occupancy of 86.7% as of December 31, 2023 with a weighted-average remaining lease term of 6.5 years
- Over 58,200 square feet of new leasing and lease renewals completed
- Portfolio debt is 100% fixed-rate with a 4.4% weighted-average interest rate and 3.2 years of weighted-average debt maturity
- Conservative balance sheet with net leverage of 47.0%
CEO Comments
"Occupancy in our portfolio continued to grow in the fourth quarter, reaching 86.7% at quarter's end, a 400 basis point increase over the end of 2022 and a 160 basis point expansion over the prior quarter," said Michael Anderson, CEO of ASIC. "In 2023, we completed 15 new leases totaling over 100,000 square feet and $4.6 million of straight-line rent, including five in the fourth quarter that totaled almost 48,000 square feet and over $1.6 million of straight-line rent. Further, the commencement of the leases currently in our pipeline would increase portfolio occupancy to 87.9%. We remain committed to strengthening our existing portfolio of real estate assets as we pursue additional income-generating investments as we move forward."
Financial Results
Three Months Ended December 31, | Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||||||
(In thousands, except per share data) | 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||||
Revenue from tenants | $ | 15,380 | $ | 16,196 | $ | 62,710 | $ | 64,005 | ||||||||
Net loss attributable to common stockholders | $ | (73,878 | ) | $ | (10,109 | ) | $ | (105,924 | ) | $ | (45,896) | |||||
Net loss per common share (a) | $ | (32.27 | ) | $ | (5.48 | ) | $ | (47.57 | ) | $ | (26.59) | |||||
FFO attributable to common stockholders | $ | (1,492 | ) | $ | (2,406 | ) | $ | (12,827 | ) | $ | (6,957) | |||||
FFO per common share (a) | $ | (0.65 | ) | $ | (1.30 | ) | $ | (5.76 | ) | $ | (4.02) | |||||
Core FFO attributable to common stockholders | $ | (1,197 | ) | $ | (208 | ) | $ | (6,587 | ) | $ | 1,518 | |||||
Core FFO per common share (1) | $ | (0.52 | ) | $ | (0.11 | ) | $ | (2.96 | ) | $ | 0.88 | |||||
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| (1) | All per share data has been retroactively adjusted to reflect the 1-for-8 reverse stock split that occurred on January 11, 2023. Per share data is based on 2,289,094 and 1,844,864 basic weighted-average shares outstanding for the three months ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively and 2,226,721 and 1,729,264 for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. | |
Real Estate Portfolio
The Company's portfolio consisted of seven properties and comprised 1.2 million rentable square feet as of December 31, 2023. Portfolio metrics include:
- 87% leased, compared to 83% at the end of fourth quarter 2022, with 6.5 years remaining weighted-average lease term
- 79% of annualized straight-line rent(4) from top 10 tenants derived from investment grade or implied investment grade tenants
- 72% office (based on an annualized straight-line rent)
Capital Structure and Liquidity Resources
As of December 31, 2023, the Company had $5.3 million of cash and cash equivalents(5). The Company's net debt(6) to gross asset value(7) was 47.0%, with net debt of $394.2 million.
All of the Company's debt was fixed-rate as of December 31, 2023. The Company's total combined debt had a weighted-average interest rate of 4.4%(8).
The Company's debt was a weighted-average debt maturity of 3.2 years.
| Footnotes/Definitions | ||
(1) | Top 10 tenants based on annualized straight-line rent as of December 31, 2023. | |
(2) | As used herein, investment grade includes both actual investment grade ratings of the tenant or guarantor, if available, or implied investment grade. Implied investment grade may include actual ratings of tenant parent, guarantor parent (regardless of whether or not the parent has guaranteed the tenant's obligation under the lease) or by using a proprietary Moody's analytical tool, which generates an implied rating by measuring a company's probability of default. The term "parent" for these purposes includes any entity, including any governmental entity, owning more than 50% of the voting stock in a tenant. Ratings information is as of December 31, 2023. Top 10 tenants are 59% actual investment grade rated and 20% implied investment grade rated. | |
(3) | The weighted-average remaining lease term (years) is based on annualized straight-line rent as of December 31, 2023. | |
(4) | Annualized straight-line rent is calculated using the most recent available lease terms as of December 31, 2023. | |
(5) | Under one of our mortgage loans, we are required to maintain minimum liquid assets (i.e. cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash) of $10.0 million. | |
(6) | Total debt of $399.5 million less cash and cash equivalents of $5.3 million as of December 31, 2023. Excludes the effect of deferred financing costs, net, mortgage premiums, net and includes the effect of cash and cash equivalents. | |
(7) | Defined as the carrying value of total assets of $694.2 million plus accumulated depreciation and amortization of $145.0 million as of December 31, 2023. | |
(8) | Weighted based on the outstanding principal balance of the debt. | |
Webcast and Conference Call
ASIC will host a webcast and call on April 2, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. ET to discuss its financial and operating results. This webcast will be broadcast live over the Internet and can be accessed by all interested parties through the ASIC website, , in the "Investor Relations" section.
Dial-in instructions for the conference call and the replay are outlined below.
To listen to the live call, please go to ASIC's "Investor Relations" section of the website at least 15 minutes prior to the start of the call to register and download any necessary audio software. For those who are not able to listen to the live broadcast, a replay will be available shortly after the call on the ASIC website at .
Live Call
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About American Strategic Investment Co.
American Strategic Investment Co. (NYSE: NYC) owns a portfolio of high-quality commercial real estate located within the five boroughs of New York City. Additional information about ASIC can be found on its website at .
Supplemental Schedules
The Company will file supplemental information packages with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") to provide additional disclosure and financial information. Once posted, the supplemental package can be found under the "Presentations" tab in the Investor Relations section of ASIC's website at and on the SEC website at www.sec.gov.
Important Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
The statements in this press release that are not historical facts may be forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results or events to be materially different. The words "may," "will," "seeks," "anticipates," "believes," "expects," "estimates," "projects," "plans," "intends," "should" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside of the Company's control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from the results contemplated by the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include (a) the anticipated benefits of the Company's election to terminate its status as a real estate investment trust, (b) whether the Company will be able to successfully acquire new assets or businesses, (c) the potential adverse effects of (i) a resurgence of the global COVID-19 pandemic, including actions taken to contain or treat COVID-19, (ii) the geopolitical instability due to the ongoing military conflict between Russia and Ukraine and Israel and Hamas, including related sanctions and other penalties imposed by the U.S. and European Union, and the related impact on the Company, the Company's tenants, and the global economy and financial markets, and (iii) inflationary conditions and higher interest rate environment and (d) that any potential future acquisition is subject to market conditions and capital availability and may not be completed on favorable terms, or at all, as well as those risks and uncertainties set forth in the Risk Factors section of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 filed on March 16, 2023 and all other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission after that date including but not limited to the subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and Current Reports on Form 8-K, as such risks, uncertainties and other important factors may be updated from time to time in the Company's subsequent reports. Further, forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events or changes to future operating results, unless required to do so by law.
Accounting Treatment of Rent Deferrals
The majority of the concessions granted to our tenants as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic are rent deferrals or temporary rent abatements with the original lease term unchanged and collection of deferred rent deemed probable. As a result of relief granted by the FASB and the SEC related to lease modification accounting, rental revenue used to calculate Net Income, NAREIT FFO and Core FFO have not been, and we do not expect it to be, significantly impacted by these types of deferrals.
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Consolidated Balance Sheets | ||||||||
(In thousands. except share and per share data) | ||||||||
December 31, | ||||||||
2023 | 2022 | |||||||
ASSETS | (Unaudited) | |||||||
Real estate investments, at cost: | ||||||||
Land | $ | 188,935 | $ | 192,600 | ||||
Buildings and improvements | 479,265 | 576,686 | ||||||
Acquired intangible assets | 56,929 | 71,848 | ||||||
Total real estate investments, at cost | 725,129 | 841,134 | ||||||
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization | (144,956 | ) | (167,978) | |||||
Total real estate investments, net | 580,173 | 673,156 | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | 5,292 | 9,215 | ||||||
Restricted cash | 7,516 | 6,902 | ||||||
Operating lease right-of-use asset | 54,737 | 54,954 | ||||||
Prepaid expenses and other assets | 6,150 | 5,624 | ||||||
Derivative asset, at fair value | 400 | 1,607 | ||||||
Straight-line rent receivable | 30,752 | 29,116 | ||||||
Deferred leasing costs, net | 9,152 | 9,881 | ||||||
Total assets | $ | 694,172 | $ | 790,455 | ||||
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY | ||||||||
Mortgage notes payable, net | $ | 395,702 | $ | 394,159 | ||||
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities (including amounts due to related parties of $20 and $118 at December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively) | 12,975 | 12,787 | ||||||
Operating lease liability | 54,657 | 54,716 | ||||||
Below-market lease liabilities, net | 2,061 | 3,006 | ||||||
Derivative liability, at fair value | — | — | ||||||
Deferred revenue | 3,983 | 4,211 | ||||||
Total liabilities | 469,378 | 468,879 | ||||||
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized, none issued and outstanding at December 31, 2023 and 2022 | — | — | ||||||
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 300,000,000 shares authorized, 1,886,298 (1) and 1,659,717 (1) shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively | 23 | 19 | ||||||
Additional paid-in capital | 729,644 | 698,761 | ||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss) | 406 | 1,637 | ||||||
Distributions in excess of accumulated earnings | (505,279 | ) | (399,355) | |||||
Total stockholders' equity | 224,794 | 301,062 | ||||||
Non-controlling interests | — | 20,514 | ||||||
Total equity | 224,794 | 321,576 | ||||||
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $ | 694,172 | $ | 790,455 | ||||
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(1) Retroactively adjusted to reflect the 1-for-8 reverse stock split which occurred on January 11, 2023. | ||||||||
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Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) | ||||||||||||||||
(In thousands, except share and per share data) | ||||||||||||||||
Three Months Ended December 31, | Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||||||
2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | |||||||||||||
Revenue from tenants | $ | 15,380 | $ | 16,196 | $ | 62,710 | $ | 64,005 | ||||||||
Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
Asset and property management fees to related parties | 1,926 | 1,708 | 7,680 | 7,082 | ||||||||||||
Property operating | 8,230 | 8,054 | 33,797 | 33,927 | ||||||||||||
Impairment of real estate investments | 66,053 | — | 66,565 | — | ||||||||||||
Equity-based compensation | 151 | 2,198 | 5,863 | 8,782 | ||||||||||||
General and administrative | 1,824 | 1,897 | 9,375 | 12,493 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 6,332 | 7,703 | 26,532 | 28,666 | ||||||||||||
Total operating expenses | 84,516 | 21,560 | 149,812 | 90,950 | ||||||||||||
Operating (loss) income | (69,136 | ) | (5,364 | ) | (87,102 | ) | (26,945) | |||||||||
Other income (expenses): | ||||||||||||||||
Interest expense | (4,749 | ) | (4,751 | ) | (18,858 | ) | (18,924) | |||||||||
Other income (expenses) | 9 | 6 | 36 | (27) | ||||||||||||
Total other expense | (4,740 | ) | (4,745 | ) | (18,822 | ) | (18,951) | |||||||||
Net loss before income taxes | (73,876 | ) | (10,109 | ) | (105,924 | ) | (45,896) | |||||||||
Income tax expense | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
Net loss and Net loss attributable to common stockholders | $ | (73,876 | ) | $ | (10,109 | ) | $ | (105,924 | ) | $ | (45,896) | |||||
Weighted-average shares outstanding — Basic and Diluted (1) | 2,289,094 | 1,844,864 | 2,226,721 | 1,729,264 | ||||||||||||
Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders — Basic and Diluted (1) | $ | (32.27 | ) | $ | (5.48 | ) | $ | (47.57 | ) | $ | (26.59) | |||||
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(1) Retroactively adjusted to reflect the 1-for-8 reverse stock split which occurred on January 11, 2023. | ||||||||||||||||
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Quarterly Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures (Unaudited) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Three Months Ended | Year Ended | |||||||||||||||||||
March 31, | June 30, | September 30, | December 31, | December 31, | ||||||||||||||||
Net loss and Net loss attributable to common stockholders | $ | (11,758 | $ | (10,899 | $ | (9,390 | $ | (73,878 | $ | (105,925 | ||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 6,952 | 6,749 | 6,499 | 6,332 | 26,532 | |||||||||||||||
Interest expense | 4,663 | 4,707 | 4,739 | 4,749 | 18,858 | |||||||||||||||
EBITDA | (143 | 557 | 1,848 | (62,797 | (60,535 | |||||||||||||||
Equity-based compensation | 2,200 | 2,304 | 1,208 | 151 | 5,863 | |||||||||||||||
Other income (expenses) | (9 | ) | (10 | ) | (8 | ) | (9 | ) | (36) | |||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | 2,048 | 3,002 | 3,410 | 3,397 | 11,857 | |||||||||||||||
Asset and property management fees to related parties | 1,884 | 1,988 | 1,882 | 1,926 | 7,680 | |||||||||||||||
General and administrative | 3,181 | 2,439 | 1,931 | 1,824 | 9,375 | |||||||||||||||
NOI | 7,113 | 7,429 | 7,223 | 7,147 | 28,912 | |||||||||||||||
Accretion of below- and amortization of above-market lease liabilities and assets, net | 36 | (45 | ) | (36 | ) | (25 | ) | (70) | ||||||||||||
Straight-line rent (revenue as a lessor) | (204 | ) | 120 | (703 | ) | (848 | ) | (1,635) | ||||||||||||
Straight-line ground rent (expense as lessee) | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 109 | |||||||||||||||
Cash NOI | $ | 6,972 | $ | 7,531 | $ | 6,511 | $ | 6,302 | $ | 27,316 | ||||||||||
Cash Paid for Interest: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Interest expense | $ | 4,663 | $ | 4,707 | $ | 4,739 | $ | 4,749 | $ | 18,858 | ||||||||||
Amortization of deferred financing costs | (386 | ) | (385 | ) | (386 | ) | (386 | ) | (1,543) | |||||||||||
Total cash paid for interest | $ | 4,277 | $ | 4,322 | $ | 4,353 | $ | 4,363 | $ | 17,315 | ||||||||||
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Quarterly Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures (Unaudited) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Three Months Ended | Year Ended | |||||||||||||||||||
March 31, | June 30, | September 30, | December 31, | December 31, | ||||||||||||||||
Net loss and Net loss attributable to common stockholders (in accordance with GAAP) | $ | (11,758 | $ | (10,899 | $ | (9,390 | $ | (73,877 | $ | (105,924 | ||||||||||
Impairment of real estate investments | — | 151 | 362 | 66,052 | 66,565 | |||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 6,952 | 6,749 | 6,499 | 6,332 | 26,532 | |||||||||||||||
FFO (as defined by NAREIT) attributable to common stockholders | (4,806 | (3,999 | (2,529 | (1,493 | (12,827 | |||||||||||||||
Equity-based compensation (1) | 2,200 | 2,304 | 1,208 | 151 | 5,863 | |||||||||||||||
Expenses attributable to portion of 2022 proxy contest | — | — | 233 | 144 | 377 | |||||||||||||||
Core FFO attributable to common stockholders | $ | (2,606 | $ | (1,695 | $ | (1,088 | $ | (1,198 | $ | (6,587 | ||||||||||
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| (1) | Includes expense related to the amortization of the Company's restricted common shares and LTIP Units related to its multi-year outperformance agreement for all periods presented. Management has not added back the cost of the Advisor's base management fee used by the Advisor under the Side Letter to purchase shares or the cost of the base management fee elected to be received by the Advisor in shares in lieu of cash because such amounts are considered a normal operating expense. Such amounts included in net loss was $0.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and year ended December 31, 2023. | |
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Quarterly Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures (Unaudited) | ||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||
Three Months | Year Ended | |||||||
Net loss attributable to common stockholders (in accordance with GAAP) | $ | (10,109 | $ | (45,896 | ||||
Depreciation and amortization | 7,703 | 28,666 | ||||||
FFO (as defined by NAREIT) attributable to common stockholders | (2,406 | (17,230 | ||||||
Equity-based compensation (1) | 2,198 | 8,782 | ||||||
Expenses attributable to portion of 2022 proxy contest | — | 2,477 | ||||||
Core FFO attributable to common stockholders | $ | (208 | $ | (5,971 | ||||
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(1) | Includes expense related to the amortization of the Company's restricted common shares and LTIP Units related to its multi-year outperformance agreement for all periods presented. Management has not added back the cost of the Advisor's base management fee used by the Advisor under the Side Letter to purchase shares or the cost of the base management fee elected to be received by the Advisor in shares in lieu of cash because such amounts are considered a normal operating expense. Such amounts included in net loss were $1.4 million and $5.0 million for the three months ended and year ended December 31, 2022, respectively. | |
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Quarterly Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures (Unaudited) | ||||
(In thousands) | ||||
Three Months Ended | ||||
December 31, 2022 | ||||
Net loss attributable to common stockholders | $ | (10,109 | ||
Depreciation and amortization | 7,703 | |||
Interest expense | 4,751 | |||
EBITDA | 2,345 | |||
Equity-based compensation | 2,198 | |||
Other income | (6) | |||
Adjusted EBITDA | 4,537 | |||
Asset and property management fees to related parties | 1,708 | |||
General and administrative | 1,897 | |||
NOI | 8,142 | |||
Accretion of below- and amortization of above-market lease liabilities and assets, net | 123 | |||
Straight-line rent (revenue as a lessor) | (263) | |||
Straight-line ground rent (expense as lessee) | 28 | |||
Cash NOI | $ | 8,030 | ||
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This release discusses the non-GAAP financial measures we use to evaluate our performance, including Funds from Operations ("FFO"), Core Funds from Operations ("Core FFO"), Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (" EBITDA"), Adjusted Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization ("Adjusted EBITDA"), Net Operating Income ("NOI") and Cash Net Operating Income ("Cash NOI") and Cash Paid for Interest. While NOI is a property-level measure, Core FFO is based on our total performance and therefore reflects the impact of other items not specifically associated with NOI such as, interest expense, general and administrative expenses and operating fees to related parties. A description of these non-GAAP measures and reconciliations to the most directly comparable GAAP measure, which is net income (loss), is provided above. Because we elected to be taxed as a REIT through the taxable year ending on December 31, 2022, we did not change any of the non-GAAP metrics that we have historically used to evaluate performance.
Caution on Use of Non-GAAP Measures
FFO, Core FFO, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, NOI, Cash NOI and Cash Paid for Interest should not be construed to be more relevant or accurate than the current GAAP methodology in calculating net income or in its applicability in evaluating our operating performance. The method utilized to evaluate the value and performance of real estate under GAAP should be construed as a more relevant measure of operational performance and considered more prominently than the non-GAAP measures.
Other REITs may not define FFO in accordance with the current National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ("NAREIT"), an industry trade group, definition (as we do), or may interpret the current NAREIT definition differently than we do, or may calculate Core FFO differently than we do. Consequently, our presentation of FFO and Core FFO may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures presented by other REITs.
We consider FFO and Core FFO useful indicators of our performance. Because FFO and Core FFO calculations exclude such factors as depreciation and amortization of real estate assets and gains or losses from sales of operating real estate assets (which can vary among owners of identical assets in similar conditions based on historical cost accounting and useful-life estimates), FFO and Core FFO presentations facilitate comparisons of operating performance between periods and between other REITs in our peer group.
As a result, we believe that the use of FFO and Core FFO, together with the required GAAP presentations, provide a more complete understanding of our performance, including relative to our peers and a more informed and appropriate basis on which to make decisions involving operating, financing, and investing activities. However, FFO and Core FFO are not indicative of cash available to fund ongoing cash needs, including the ability to pay cash dividends. Investors are cautioned that FFO and Core FFO should only be used to assess the sustainability of our operating performance excluding these activities, as they exclude certain costs that have a negative effect on our operating performance during the periods in which these costs are incurred.
Funds from Operations and Core Funds from Operations
Funds from Operations
Due to certain unique operating characteristics of real estate companies, as discussed below, the NAREIT, an industry trade group, has promulgated a performance measure known as FFO, which we believe to be an appropriate supplemental measure to reflect the operating performance of a REIT.
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