{"id":39326,"date":"2015-09-17T11:25:58","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T16:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-legal\/contracts\/uncategorized\/employment-agreement-maintenance-specialists-of-america-inc.html"},"modified":"2015-09-17T11:25:58","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T16:25:58","slug":"employment-agreement-maintenance-specialists-of-america-inc","status":"publish","type":"corporate_contracts","link":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/contracts\/compensation\/employment-agreement-maintenance-specialists-of-america-inc.html","title":{"rendered":"Employment Agreement &#8211; Maintenance Specialists of America Inc. and Richard S. Rouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT\n\n        This Employment Agreement ('AGREEMENT') is made as of October 24, 1996,\nby and between MAINTENANCE SPECIALISTS OF AMERICA, INC., a Texas corporation\n(the 'COMPANY'), and RICHARD S. ROUSE, an individual with an address of c\/o\nMaintenance Specialists of America, Inc., 1225 North Loop West, Suite 324,\nHouston, Texas 77008 (the 'EMPLOYEE').\n\n        1. EMPLOYMENT. The Company hereby agrees to employ the Employee and the\nEmployee hereby agrees to work for the Company upon the terms and conditions set\nforth herein.\n\n        2. TERM OF EMPLOYMENT. This Agreement shall continue in effect for an\ninitial term of three (3) years from the date of this Agreement, unless\nterminated in accordance with Section 7, and shall be extended from year to year\nthereafter, unless terminated effective as of the end of the initial term or any\none-year extension thereafter by written notice from the Company to Employee, or\nby written notice of Employee to the Company, delivered not less than ninety\n(90) days prior to the end of the initial term, or the anniversary of such\none-year extension, as applicable.\n\n        3.     SCOPE OF DUTIES; REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.\n\n               (a) The Employee shall be initially employed by the Company as\nits Executive Vice President - Corporate Development and Administration. At all\ntimes, the Employee shall serve under the direction of the Board of Directors of\nthe Company and shall perform such services as the Board of Directors, in its\nsole discretion, shall deem appropriate.\n\n               (b) So long as he is employed by the Company, the Employee shall\ndevote his skill, energy and best efforts to the faithful discharge of his\nduties as an employee of the Company. The Employee agrees that in the provision\nof all services to the Company, he will comply with and follow all directives,\npolicies, standards and regulations from time to time established by the Board\nof Directors of the Company.\n\n               (c) The Employee represents and warrants that he is under no\ncontractual or other restrictions or obligations which will significantly limit\nhis activities on behalf of the Company or which will prohibit or limit the\ndisclosure or use of by the Employee of any information which directly or\nindirectly relates to the nature of the Company or the services to be rendered\nby the Employee under this Agreement.\n\n               (d) To the extent they relate to, or result from, directly or\nindirectly, the actual or anticipated operations of the Company, the Employee\nhereby agrees that all patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and other\nintellectual property rights, all inventions, whether or not patentable and any\nproduct, drawing, design, recording, writing, literary work or other author's\nwork, in any other tangible form developed in whole or in part by Employee\nduring the term of this Agreement, or otherwise developed, purchased or acquired\nby Employer, shall be the exclusive\n\n\n                                        1\n\nproperty of the Employer ('Intellectual Property'), and unless otherwise agreed\nby Employer, all right, title and interest therein shall remain in Employer.\n\n               (e) The Employee will hold all Intellectual Property and\nConfidential Information (defined below) in trust for the Company and will\ndeliver all Intellectual Property and Confidential Information in his possession\nor control to the Company upon request and, in any event, at the end of his\nemployment with the Company. The Employee will promptly disclose to the Company\nall Confidential Information, as well as any business opportunity which comes to\nhis attention during the term of his employment with the Company. The Employee\nwill not take advantage of or divert any business opportunity for the benefit of\nhimself or any other party without the prior written consent of the Company.\n\n               (f) The Employee shall assign and does hereby assign to the\nCompany all property rights that he may now or hereafter have in the\nIntellectual Property and Confidential Information. The Employee shall take such\naction, including, but not limited to, the execution, acknowledgment, delivery\nand assistance in preparation of documents, and the giving of testimony, as may\nbe requested by the Company to evidence, transfer, vest or confirm the Company's\nright, title and interest in the Intellectual Property.\n\n               (g) The Employee will not contest the validity of any invention,\nany copyright, any trademark or any mask work registration owned by or vesting\nin the Company under this Agreement.\n\n               (h) The terms and conditions of SECTIONS 3(D), (E), (F), AND (G)\nwill survive the termination of this Agreement for any reason whatsoever.\n\n        4.     COMPENSATION.\n\n               (a) During the first year, the Company shall pay the Employee a\nbase salary, payable semi-monthly, in equal installments at a rate equal to\n$140,000 per year. In each subsequent year of this Agreement, the Company shall\npay to the Employee a salary equal to the greater of (i) his salary for the\nimmediately preceding year or (ii) if determined otherwise by the Board of\nDirectors, a salary determined by the Board of Directors following its annual\nsalary and performance review.\n\n               (b) Employee shall receive an annual cash performance bonus of\nfrom zero-percent (0%) to one hundred percent (100%) of Employee's annual base\nsalary for the calendar year during the term of this Agreement to be determined\naccording to the following procedure. The Board of Directors of the Company, or\nthe Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, if so authorized, shall\nestablish specific annual performance goals for the Company and for Employee\nwith respect to each calendar year during the term of this Agreement commencing\non January 1, 1997. Such goals shall be communicated to Employee not later than\nthe end of the first quarter of the applicable calendar year. At the end of each\ncalendar year during the term of this Agreement, or within a reasonable time\nthereafter, the Board of Directors of the Company, or the Compensation Committee\nof the Board of Directors, if so authorized, shall review the actual performance\nof the Company and Employee, giving due consideration to market and other\ndevelopments outside of the\n\n\n                                        2\n\ncontrol or influence of Employee and the Company, and based upon the extent to\nwhich the applicable annual performance goals have been achieved, shall\ndetermine in its sole and absolute discretion, the amount of performance bonus\npayable to Employee with respect to such year.\n\n               (c) All payments of salary and other compensation to the Employee\nshall be made after deduction of any taxes which are required to be withheld\nwith respect thereto under applicable federal and state laws.\n\n        5.     SENIOR MANAGEMENT STOCK OPTIONS.\n\n               (a) Employee is hereby granted options (the '1996 Senior\nManagement Options') to purchase 100,000 shares of the common stock of the\nCompany as presently constituted, at an exercise price of $1.231 per share. The\n1996 Senior Management Options shall vest ratably as of the earlier of (i) the\nend of the three calendar years, 1997, 1998, 1999, or (ii) when and as the\nDesignated Value of the Company's common stock has achieved the milestones of\n$7.00, $9.00, and $11.00 per share, respectively. The 1996 Senior Management\nOptions may be exercised in whole or in part, from time to time, at any time\nafter vesting through December 31, 2006 by the payment of cash or the tender of\nshares of the Company's common stock (including shares of common stock otherwise\nreceivable as a result of the exercise of said options or any other options)\nhaving a Designated Value equal to the exercise price of the 1996 Senior\nManagement Options being exercised. To the extent that certain Shareholders\nAgreement of even date herewith among the Corporation and the shareholders of\nthe Company, including Employee (the 'Shareholders Agreement') is in effect at\nthe time Employee exercises any of the Senior Management Options, such shares of\nthe Company's common stock issued to Employee shall be subject to the provisions\nof the Shareholders Agreement.\n\n               (b) Commencing with the Company's initial public offering of\nCommon Stock and for each partial or full calendar year thereafter during the\nterm hereof, provided Employee is then serving as an employee of the Company,\nthe Company shall grant to Employee options (together with the 1996 Senior\nManagement Options, collectively referred to as the 'Senior Management Options')\nto purchase such number of additional shares as the Board of Directors of the\nCompany may determine, on such terms and conditions as shall be established at\nsuch time.\n\n               (c) For purposes hereof, 'Designated Value' of the shares on a\nspecified date shall mean (i) the average of the closing prices of the common\nstock on the principal market or registered exchange on which the Company's\ncommon stock is traded (or the average of the closing bid and ask prices, if a\nsingle closing price is not reported for such market) on the ten (10)\nconsecutive trading days next preceding the date for the determination of such\nvalue, provided that the stock is then traded on the over the counter market or\non the NASDAQ System or any registered securities exchange, or (ii) if not\npublicly traded, the book value per share of the Company as of the end of the\ncalendar quarter next preceding the date of determination of such value.\n\n               (d) From time to time the Company agrees to register under the\nSecurities Act of 1933 and all applicable state securities laws and regulations\nthe shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of the foregoing Senior\nManagement Options in the same manner as shares issuable under any other stock\noptions or stock purchase plans of the Company. Further, the\n\n\n                                        3\n\nCompany agrees to grant to the Employee 'demand' or 'piggyback' registration\nrights with respect to all such Senior Management Option shares (to the extent\nsame have not been registered), and all other shares of common stock owned\ndirectly or indirectly by the Employee or Employee's immediate family,\nequivalent to the 'demand' or 'piggyback' registration rights granted under that\ncertain Registration Rights Agreement dated October 24, 1996, by and among the\nCompany, Gordon Cain and other holders of common stock of the Company.\n\n        6.     FRINGE BENEFITS; EXPENSES.\n\n               (a) So long as the Employee is employed by the Company, the\nEmployee shall participate in all employee benefit plans sponsored by the\nCompany for its executive employees, including but not limited to vacation\npolicy, sick leave and disability leave, health insurance, dental insurance and\npension and\/or profit sharing plans; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that except as provided\nbelow, the nature, amount and limitations of such plans shall be determined from\ntime to time by the Board of Directors of the Company.\n\n               (b) The Company will reimburse the Employee for all reasonable\nbusiness expenses incurred by the Employee in the scope of his employment.\n\n               (c) Employees shall be entitled to participate in any other stock\nbonus, stock purchase or stock option plan instituted by the Company for its\nmanagers or employees generally in the same manner as any other senior executive\nofficer of the Company, with proper regard and weight given in the issuance of\nshares or the grant of options for the Employee's position (and without\nconsideration of the above Senior Management Options or any shares of the\nCompany otherwise owned by Employee directly or indirectly).\n\n               (d) The Company shall make reasonable efforts to provide life\ninsurance payable to Employee's designated beneficiary in an amount at least\nthree times Employee's annual base salary.\n\n               (e) The Company shall make a reasonable effort to maintain\ndisability insurance on behalf of Employee which, as a goal, shall provide for\nsalary continuation in the event of permanent disability in an amount not less\nthan 60% of the Employee's regular base salary.\n\n               (f) The Employee shall be entitled to a minimum of three weeks\npaid vacation, increasing to four weeks at January 1, 1999.\n\n               (g) The Company will pay all license fees, occupation taxes and\nreasonable educational costs and expenses necessary to maintain Employee's good\nstanding under any professional licenses.\n\n        7.     TERMINATION.\n\n               (a) Employee agrees that this Agreement may be terminated by the\nCompany with or without 'Cause' at any time, subject to the terms of this\nSection 7. Such termination shall be effective upon delivery of written notice\nto Employee of the Company's election to terminate this\n\n\n                                        4\n\nAgreement under this Section 7. 'Cause' when used in connection with the\ntermination of employment with the Company, shall mean the termination of the\nEmployee's employment by the Company by reason of (i) the conviction of the\nEmployee of a crime involving moral turpitude by a court of competent\njurisdiction as to which no further appeal can be taken; (ii) the proven\ncommission by the Employee of an act of fraud upon the Company; (iii) the\nwillful and proven misappropriation of any funds or property of the Company by\nthe Employee; (iv) the willful, continued and unreasonable failure by the\nEmployee to perform material duties assigned to him and agreed to by him after\nreasonable notice and opportunity to cure such performance; (v) the knowing\nengagement by the Employee in any direct, material conflict of interest with the\nCompany without compliance with the Company's conflict of interest policy, if\nany, then in effect; (vi) the knowing engagement by the Employee, without the\nwritten approval of the Board of Directors of the Company, in any activity which\ncompetes with the business of the Company or which would result in a material\ninjury to the Company; or (vii) the knowing engagement in any activity which\nwould constitute a material violation of the provisions of the Company's Insider\nTrading Policy or Business Ethics Policy, if any, then in effect.\n\n               If the Employee's employment terminates, unless the Company\nterminates the Employee's employment under this Agreement for Cause or the\nEmployee resigns, the Company shall, subject to the terms of SECTION 7(C) below,\nand only if and as long as Employee is not in breach of his obligations under\nthis Agreement, pay to the Employee an amount equal to twelve (12) months\ncompensation at his then current salary, payable semimonthly, and shall continue\nto provide benefits in the kind and amounts provided up to the date of\ntermination for said twelve (12) month period including, without limitation,\ncontinuation of any Company-paid benefits as described in SECTION 6 for the\nEmployee and his family; provided, however, that in the event that Gordon A.\nCain elects to cease payments of outstanding installments in compliance with the\nSubscription Agreement dated October 24, 1996 with the Company, and the Company\nelects to terminate Employee under this Section 7, or Employee resigns within 60\ndays of such termination, then if Employee is not in breach of his obligations\nunder this Agreement, the Company shall pay to the Employee, in lieu of the\nseverance payments described above, three (3) months compensation under this\nAgreement, payable semi-monthly, and the Company shall continue to provide\nbenefits in the kind and amount provided up to the date of termination for said\nthree (3) month period. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the\ncontrary, in the event the Employee's employment terminates within six months\nafter (A) a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or\n(B) a merger, consolidation, liquidation or reorganization of the Company, in\nwhich the purchaser or the surviving entity, as applicable, adopts the Company's\nobligations under this Agreement, the Company shall pay to the Employee, an\namount equal to two times Employee's severance benefits otherwise available to\nEmployee under this Agreement.\n\n        In the event that this Agreement is terminated by Company without Cause,\nEmployee agrees to accept, in full settlement of any and all claims, losses,\ndamages and other demands which Employee may have arising out of such\ntermination as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, the applicable amount\nwhich is set out above. Employee hereby waives any and all rights he may have to\nbring any cause of action or proceeding contesting any termination without\nCause, provided, however, that such waiver shall not be deemed to affect\nEmployee's rights to enforce any other obligations of the Company. Under no\ncircumstances shall Employee be entitled to any\n\n\n                                        5\n\ncompensation or confirmation of any benefits under this Agreement for any period\nof time following his date of termination if his termination is for Cause.\n\n               (b) If at any time during the term of this Agreement, Employee is\nunable due to physical or mental disability, to perform effectively his duties\nhereunder, the Company shall continue payment of compensation as provided in\nSection 4 during the first twelve (12) month period of such disability to the\nextent not covered by the Company's disability insurance policies. Upon the\nexpiration of such twelve (12) month period, the Company, at its sole option,\nmay continue payment of Employee's salary for such additional periods as the\nCompany elects, or may terminate this Agreement without any further obligations\nhereunder. If Employee should die during the term of this Agreement, Employee's\nemployment and the Company's obligations hereunder shall terminate as of the end\nof the month in which Employee's death occurs and there will be no salary and\nbenefit continuation period pursuant to SECTION 7(A).\n\n               (c) So long as Employee receives a severance as provided in\nSECTION 7(A) or (b) above, Employee agrees that he will sign any lock-up\nletters, standstill agreements, or other similar documentation required by an\nunderwriter in connection with a public offering of securities by the Company or\ntake other actions reasonably related thereto as requested by the Board of\nDirectors of the Company. Failure to take any such action shall cause Employee\nto forfeit any further rights to the salary continuation payments in SECTION\n7(A) or (B). In addition, Employee agrees that in such event the Company can\nseek and obtain specific performance of such covenant, including any injunction\nrequiring execution thereof, and the Employee hereby appoints the then current\npresident of the Company to sign any such documents on his behalf so long as\nsuch documents are prepared on the same basis as other shareholders generally or\nas all management shareholders.\n\n        8.     COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE.\n\n               (a) During the term of this Agreement, Employee will not compete\nwith the Company or its affiliates, directly or indirectly, either for himself\nor as a member of a partnership or as a stockholder (except as a stockholder of\nless than one percent (1 %) of the issued and outstanding stock of a\npublicly-held company whose gross assets exceed one hundred million dollars),\ninvestor, owner, officer or director of a company or other entity, or as an\nemployee, agent, associate or consultant of any person, partnership, corporation\nor other entity, in any business in competition with that carried on by the\nCompany or any of its affiliates.\n\n               (b) Employee further agrees that, for a period of six (6) months\nfrom and after the date of termination of Employee's employment under this\nAgreement, regardless of the reason for such termination, he will neither\nrepresent the Company nor engage in or carry on, directly or indirectly, either\nfor himself or as a member of a partnership or as a stockholder (other than as a\nstockholder of less than one percent (1 %) of the issued and outstanding stock\nof a publicly-held company whose gross assets exceed one hundred million\ndollars), investor, owner, officer or director of a company or other entity, or\nas an employee, agent, associate or consultant of any person, partnership,\ncorporation or other entity, any business in any State of the United States or\nin any other part of the world which directly competes with any services or\nproducts produced, sold, conducted, developed, or in the process of development\nby the Company or its affiliates on the date of termination of Employee's\nemployment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent\n\n\n                                        6\n\nEmployee from working in the indoor air quality, heating, ventilation and air\nconditioning or plumbing maintenance services industry, provided that such\nactivities are in areas not in direct competition with any services or products\nproduced, sold, conducted, developed, or in the process of development by the\nCompany or its affiliates on the date of termination of Employee's employment.\n\n               (c) Employee agrees that the limitations set forth herein on his\nrights to compete with the Company and its affiliates are reasonable and\nnecessary for the protection of the Company and its affiliates. In this regard,\nEmployee specifically agrees that the limitations as to period of time and\ngeographic area, as well as all other restrictions on his activities specified\nherein, are reasonable and necessary for the protection of the Company and its\naffiliates. In particular, Employee acknowledges that the parties anticipate\nthat the Employee will be actively seeking markets for the Company's products\nthroughout the United States during his employment with the Company.\n\n               (d) Employee agrees that the remedy at law for any breach by him\nof this Section 8 will be inadequate and that the Company shall also be entitled\nto injunctive relief.\n\n        9. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND RESULTS OF SERVICES. Employee agrees\nthat during the term of this Agreement, and for five (5) years after his\ntermination of employment, he will not make use of or disclose, without the\nprior consent of the Company, Confidential Information (as hereinafter defined)\nrelating to the Company, or any of its affiliates, and further agrees, that he\nwill return to the Company all written materials in his possession embodying\nsuch Confidential Information. For purposes of this Agreement, 'CONFIDENTIAL\nINFORMATION' includes information conveyed or assigned to the Company by\nEmployee or conceived, compiled, created, developed, discovered or obtained by\nEmployee from and during his employment relationship with the Company, whether\nsolely by the Employee or jointly with others, which concerns the affairs of the\nCompany or its affiliates and which the Company could reasonably be expected to\ndesire be held in confidence, or the disclosure of which would likely be\nembarrassing, detrimental or disadvantageous to the Company or its affiliates\nand without limiting the generality of the foregoing includes information\nrelating to inventions, and the trade secrets, technologies, algorithms,\nproducts, services, finances, business plans, marketing plans, legal affairs,\nsupplier lists, client lists, potential clients, business prospects, business\nopportunities, personnel assignments, contracts and assets of the Company and\ninformation made available to the Company by other parties under a confidential\nrelationship. Confidential Information, however, shall not include information\n(a) which is, at the time in question, in the public domain through no wrongful\nact of Employee, (b) which is later disclosed to Employee by one not under\nobligations of confidentiality to the Company or Employee, (c) which is required\nby court or governmental order, law or regulation to be disclosed, or (d) which\nthe Company has expressly given Employee the right to disclose pursuant to\nwritten agreement. Employee agrees that the remedy at law for any breach by him\nof this Section 9 will be inadequate and that the Company shall also be entitled\nto injunctive relief.\n\n        10. NOTICE. All notices, requests, demands and other communications\nrequired by or permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be\nsufficiently delivered if delivered by hand, by courier service, or sent by\nregistered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to the parties at their\nrespective addresses listed below:\n\n\n                                        7\n\n               (a)    If to the Employee, to the address set out in the \nbeginning of this Agreement;\n\n               (b) If to the Company:\n\n                   Maintenance Specialists of America, Inc.\n                   1225 North Loop West, Suite 324\n                   Houston, Texas  77008\n\n               Either party may change such party's address by such notice to\nthe other parties.\n\n        11. ASSIGNMENT. This Agreement is personal to the Employee, and he shall\nnot assign any of his rights or delegate any of his duties hereunder without the\nprior written consent of the Company. Neither the employee nor his spouse will\nhave the right to commute, encumber, or otherwise dispose of any payments under\nthis Agreement. The Company shall have the right to assign this Agreement to a\nsuccessor in interest in connection with a merger, sale of substantially all\nassets, or the like; provided however, that an assignment of this Agreement to\nan entity with operations, products or services outside of the industries in\nwhich the Company is then active shall not be deemed to expand the scope of\nEmployee's covenant not to compete with such operations, products or services\nwithout Employee's written consent.\n\n        12. SURVIVAL. The provisions of this Agreement shall survive the\ntermination of the Employee's employment hereunder in accordance with their\nterms.\n\n        13. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed\nand enforced in accordance with, the laws of Texas.\n\n        14. BINDING UPON SUCCESSORS. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and\nshall inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective heirs,\nlegal representatives, successors and permitted assigns.\n\n        15. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement\nbetween the Company and the Employee with respect to the terms of employment of\nthe Employee by the Company and supersedes all prior agreements and\nunderstandings, whether written or oral, between them concerning such terms of\nemployment.\n\n        16. WAIVER AND AMENDMENTS; CUMULATIVE RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.\n\n               (a) This Agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented, and\nany obligation hereunder may be waived, only by a written instrument executed by\nthe parties hereto. The waiver by either party of a breach of any provision of\nthis Agreement shall not operate as a waiver of any subsequent breach.\n\n               (b) No failure on the part of any party to exercise, and no delay\nin exercising, any right or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver hereof,\nnor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or remedy by such\nparty preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the\n\n\n                                        8\n\nexercise of any other right or remedy. All rights and remedies hereunder are\ncumulative and are in addition to all other rights and remedies provided by law,\nagreement or otherwise.\n\n               (c) The Employee's obligations to the Company and the Company's\nrights and remedies hereunder are in addition to all other obligations of the\nEmployee and rights and remedies of the Company created pursuant to any other\nagreement.\n\n        17. CONSTRUCTION. Each party to this Agreement has had the opportunity\nto review this Agreement with legal counsel. This Agreement shall not be\nconstrued or interpreted against any party on the basis that such party drafted\nor authored a particular provision, parts of or the entirety of this Agreement.\n\n        18. SEVERABILITY. In the event that any provision or provisions of this\nAgreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable by any court of law or\notherwise, the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless\ncontinue to be valid, legal and enforceable as though the invalid or\nunenforceable parts had not been included therein. In addition, in such event\nthe parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as\nto effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible with respect\nto those provisions which were held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable.\n\n        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Employee have executed this\nAgreement under seal on the date first above written.\n\n                                            MAINTENANCE SPECIALISTS OF AMERICA\n\n                                            INC., A TEXAS CORPORATION\n\n                                            By: \/s\/ J.  PATRICK MILLINOR, JR.\n                                            ------------------------------------\n                                             J. Patrick Millinor, Jr., President\n\n                                            EMPLOYEE:\n\n                                                \/s\/ RICHARD S.  ROUSE\n                                            ------------------------------------\n                                             Richard S. 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