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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On May 8, 2024, Sana Biotechnology, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarter and year ended March 31, 2024. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
The information in this Item 2.02, including the attached Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing made by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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99.1 |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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SANA BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC. |
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Date: May 8, 2024 |
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/s/ Nathan Hardy |
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Nathan Hardy |
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Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Exhibit 99.1
Sana Biotechnology Reports First Quarter 2024 Financial Results and Business Updates
Goal to treat 40-60 patients in 2024 in four trials across seven indications in oncology, B-cell mediated autoimmune diseases, and type 1 diabetes
Ongoing ARDENT trial for SC291 continues in B-cell malignancies; expect to report additional data in 2024
Enrolling patients in the ongoing GLEAM trial for SC291 in B-cell mediated autoimmune diseases; expect to report initial clinical data in 2024
Enrolling patients in the ongoing VIVID trial for SC262 in relapsed/refractory B-cell malignancies; expect to report initial clinical data in 2024
Expect initial clinical data in 1H2024 for investigator-sponsored trial with hypoimmune-modified primary islet cells
Completed financing of $189.8 million in gross proceeds to support activities through multiple data readouts
Cash position of $311.1 million and expected 2024 operating cash burn below $200 million
SEATTLE — May 8, 2024 — Sana Biotechnology, Inc. (NASDAQ: SANA), a company focused on creating and delivering engineered cells as medicines, today reported financial results and business highlights for the first quarter 2024.
“We have four ongoing clinical trials in seven indications, and we remain on track to share initial data from each of these studies in 2024,” said Steve Harr, Sana’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “We strengthened our capital position with the financing in the first quarter, enabling us to share readouts from multiple clinical studies with our current balance sheet. 2024 is a year of execution at Sana with a goal of better understanding our hypoimmune platform, its potential to treat a number of prevalent diseases, and the impacts of clinical data on our longer-term plans.”
Recent Corporate Highlights
Advancing four clinical programs across seven indications, including an allogeneic CAR T program targeting CD19+ cancers, an allogeneic CAR T program for B-cell mediated autoimmune diseases, an allogeneic CAR T program targeting CD22+ cancers, and a primary islet cell therapy in type 1 diabetes:
Published preclinical data in Cell Stem Cell demonstrating that HIP-modified allogeneic islet cells provided lasting endocrine function in a fully immunocompetent non-human primate with type 1 diabetes, enabling the achievement of exogenous insulin independence without immunosuppression for six-month study duration:
Completed financing with gross proceeds of approximately $189.8 million to further support activities to enable multiple data readouts:
First Quarter 2024 Financial Results
GAAP Results
Non-GAAP Measures
A discussion of non-GAAP measures, including a reconciliation of GAAP and non-GAAP measures, is presented below under “Non-GAAP Financial Measures.”
About Sana
Sana Biotechnology, Inc. is focused on creating and delivering engineered cells as medicines for patients. We share a vision of repairing and controlling genes, replacing missing or damaged cells, and making our therapies broadly available to patients. We are a passionate group of people working together to create an enduring company that changes how the world treats disease. Sana has operations in Seattle, Cambridge, South San Francisco, and Rochester.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements about Sana Biotechnology, Inc. (the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including those related to the company’s vision, progress, and business plans; expectations for its development programs, product candidates and technology platforms, including its preclinical, clinical and regulatory development plans and timing expectations; expectations regarding the number of patients to be treated in its clinical trials in 2024 and the indications to be evaluated; expectations regarding the timing, substance, significance, and impact of data from clinical trials of the Company’s product candidates and an IST utilizing HIP-modified primary islet cells in patients with type 1 diabetes; the potential ability to dose safely, achieve the desired immune evasion profile, and achieve clinical efficacy with SC291 in patients with B-cell malignancies; the potential of SC379 as a potential therapy to deliver health GPCs to patients with certain central nervous system disorders; expectations regarding the Company’s 2024 operating cash burn; and expectations regarding the potential of the gross proceeds from the recent financing along with the Company’s existing cash position to support activities through multiple data readouts. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this press release, including, among others, statements regarding the Company’s strategy, expectations, cash runway and future financial condition, future operations, and prospects, are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “aim,” “anticipate,” “assume,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “design,” “due,” “estimate,” “expect,” “goal,” “intend,” “may,” “objective,” “plan,” “positioned,” “potential,” “predict,” “seek,” “should,” “target,” “will,” “would” and other similar expressions that are predictions of or indicate future events and future trends, or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. The Company has based these forward-looking statements largely on its current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about future events and financial trends that it believes may affect its financial condition, results of operations, business strategy and financial needs. In light of the significant uncertainties in these forward-looking statements, you should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to vary materially, including, among others, the risks inherent in drug development such as those associated with the initiation, cost, timing, progress and results of the Company’s current and future research and development programs, preclinical and clinical trials, as well as economic, market, and social disruptions. For a detailed discussion of the risk factors that could affect the Company’s actual results, please refer to the risk factors identified in the Company’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reports, including but not limited to its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q dated May 8, 2024. Except as required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason.
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Investor Relations & Media:
Nicole Keith
investor.relations@sana.com
media@sana.com
Sana Biotechnology, Inc.
Unaudited Selected Consolidated Balance Sheet Data
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March 31, 2024 |
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December 31, 2023 |
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Cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities |
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$ |
311,082 |
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$ |
205,195 |
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Total assets |
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681,377 |
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565,299 |
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Contingent consideration |
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114,990 |
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109,606 |
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Success payment liabilities |
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45,422 |
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12,799 |
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Total liabilities |
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306,235 |
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277,793 |
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Total stockholders' equity |
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375,142 |
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287,506 |
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Sana Biotechnology, Inc.
Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations
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Three Months Ended March 31, |
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2024 |
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2023 |
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Operating expenses: |
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Research and development |
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56,448 |
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$ |
67,166 |
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Research and development related success payments and contingent consideration |
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38,007 |
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120 |
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General and administrative |
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16,269 |
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16,766 |
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Total operating expenses |
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110,724 |
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84,052 |
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Loss from operations |
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(110,724 |
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(84,052 |
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Interest income, net |
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3,034 |
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1,976 |
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Other income (expense), net |
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215 |
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Net loss |
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(107,475 |
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(82,123 |
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Net loss per common share – basic and diluted |
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(0.49 |
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(0.43 |
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Weighted-average number of common shares – basic and diluted |
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217,290 |
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191,228 |
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Sana Biotechnology, Inc.
Changes in the Estimated Fair Value of Success Payments and Contingent Consideration
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Liability balance as of December 31, 2023 |
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12,799 |
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109,606 |
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122,405 |
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Changes in fair value – expense |
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32,623 |
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5,384 |
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38,007 |
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Liability balance as of March 31, 2024 |
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45,422 |
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114,990 |
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$ |
160,412 |
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Total change in fair value for the three months ended March 31, 2024 |
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32,623 |
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5,384 |
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38,007 |
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Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To supplement the financial results presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (GAAP), Sana uses certain non-GAAP financial measures to evaluate its business. Sana’s management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures are helpful in understanding Sana’s financial performance and potential future results, as well as providing comparability to peer companies and period over period. In particular, Sana’s management utilizes non-GAAP operating cash burn, non-GAAP research and development expense and non-GAAP net loss and net loss per share. Sana believes the presentation of these non-GAAP measures provides management and investors greater visibility into the company’s actual ongoing costs to operate its business, including actual research and development costs unaffected by non-cash valuation changes and certain one-time expenses for acquiring technology, as well as facilitating a more meaningful comparison of period-to-period activity. Sana excludes these items because they are highly variable from period to period and, in respect of the non-cash expenses, provides investors with insight into the actual cash investment in the development of its therapeutic programs and platform technologies.
These are not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for comparable GAAP measures and should be read in conjunction with Sana’s financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. These non-GAAP measures differ from GAAP measures with the same captions, may be different from non-GAAP financial measures with the same or similar captions that are used by other companies, and do not reflect a comprehensive system of accounting. Sana’s management uses these supplemental non-GAAP financial measures internally to understand, manage, and evaluate Sana’s business and make operating decisions. In addition, Sana’s management believes that the presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures is useful to investors because they enhance the ability of investors to compare Sana’s results from period to period and allows for greater transparency with respect to key financial metrics Sana uses in making operating decisions. The following are reconciliations of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures:
Sana Biotechnology, Inc.
Unaudited Reconciliation of Change in Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Marketable Securities to
Non-GAAP Operating Cash Burn
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Three Months Ended March 31, |
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2023 |
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Beginning cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities |
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205,195 |
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434,014 |
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Ending cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities |
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311,082 |
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355,131 |
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Change in cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities |
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105,887 |
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(78,883 |
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Cash paid to purchase property and equipment |
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15,845 |
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2,176 |
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Change in cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities, excluding capital expenditures |
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121,732 |
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(76,707 |
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Adjustments: |
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Net proceeds from issuance of common stock |
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(181,468 |
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Cash paid for personnel-related costs related to portfolio prioritizations |
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1,019 |
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1,881 |
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Operating cash burn – Non-GAAP |
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(58,717 |
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(74,826 |
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Sana Biotechnology, Inc.
Unaudited Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Net Loss and Net Loss Per Share
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Three Months Ended March 31, |
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Net loss – GAAP |
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(107,475 |
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(82,123 |
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Adjustments: |
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Change in the estimated fair value of the success payment liabilities(1) |
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32,623 |
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(5,340 |
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Change in the estimated fair value of contingent consideration(2) |
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5,384 |
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5,460 |
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Net loss – Non-GAAP |
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$ |
(69,468 |
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(82,003 |
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Net loss per share – GAAP |
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(0.49 |
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$ |
(0.43 |
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Adjustments: |
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Change in the estimated fair value of the success payment liabilities(1) |
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0.15 |
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(0.03 |
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Change in the estimated fair value of contingent consideration(2) |
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0.02 |
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0.03 |
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Net loss per share – Non-GAAP |
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$ |
(0.32 |
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$ |
(0.43 |
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Weighted-average shares outstanding – basic and diluted |
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217,290 |
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191,228 |
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