THIS WARRANT AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE HEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"),
OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAW, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED,
HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF OR EXERCISED UNLESS (i) A REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS SHALL
HAVE BECOME EFFECTIVE WITH REGARD THERETO, OR (ii) AN EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS IS
AVAILABLE IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER.
AN INVESTMENT IN THESE SECURITIES INVOLVES A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK. HOLDERS MUST
RELY ON THEIR OWN ANALYSIS OF THE INVESTMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF THE RISKS
INVOLVED.
Warrant to Purchase
312,500 shares
Warrant to Purchase Common Stock
Of
TECHNICAL CHEMICAL AND PRODUCTS, INC.
THIS CERTIFIES that Xxxxxx Private Equity, LLC or any subsequent holder
hereof pursuant to Section 8 hereof ("Holder"), has the right to purchase from
TECHNICAL CHEMICALS AND PRODUCTS, INC., a Florida corporation (the "Company"),
up to 312,500 fully paid and nonassessable shares of the Company's common stock,
$.001 par value per share ("Common Stock"), subject to adjustment as provided
herein, at a price equal to the Exercise Price as defined in Section 3 below, at
any time beginning on the Date of Issuance (defined below) and ending at 5:00
p.m., New York, New York time the date that is five (5) years after the Date of
Issuance (the "Exercise Period").
Holder agrees with the Company that this Warrant to Purchase Common
Stock of the Company (this "Warrant") is issued and all rights hereunder shall
be held subject to all of the conditions, limitations and provisions set forth
herein.
1. Date of Issuance and Term.
This Warrant shall be deemed to be issued on March 17, 2000 ("Date of
Issuance"). The term of this Warrant is five (5) years from the Date of
Issuance.
Of this Warrant to purchase three hundred twelve thousand five hundred
(312, 500) shares of Common Stock of the Company, the Warrant is exercisable as
to one hundred twelve thousand five hundred (112,500) shares of Common Stock of
the Company after the ten (10) business day document review period, as the same
may be extended by mutual consent, in writing, of the Company and the Holder
(the "Review Period") referenced in the Equity Line Letter of Agreement dated on
or about March 17, 2000, between Holder and Company (the "Letter of Agreement")
has ended, shall be further exercisable as to the an additional one hundred
twelve thousand (112,500) shares of Common Stock of the Company upon the
execution of all Closing Documents (as defined in the Letter of Agreement) and
shall be further exercisable as to the remaining eighty seven thousand five
hundred (87,500) shares of Common Stock of the Company upon the earlier of (i)
the date of effectiveness of Company's registration statement (the "Registration
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Statement") to be filed pursuant to the Closing Documents, or (ii) September 17,
2000.
Anything in this Warrant to the contrary notwithstanding, if
the Company delivers written notice to Xxxxxx Private Equity, LLC prior to the
expiration of the Review Period that the legal documents and terms and
conditions contained therein for the transaction are unacceptable and the
Company wishes to terminate the transaction, Holder shall return this Warrant to
the Company and all of Holder's rights under this Warrant shall be null and void
and of no effect.
2. Exercise.
(a) Manner of Exercise. During the Exercise Period, this Warrant may be
exercised as to all or any lesser number of full shares of Common Stock covered
hereby (the "Warrant Shares") upon surrender of this Warrant, with the Exercise
Form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the "Exercise Form") duly completed and
executed, together with the full Exercise Price (as defined below) for each
share of Common Stock as to which this Warrant is exercised, at the office of
the Company, Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, Xx., VP & CFO; Technical Chemicals
and Products, Inc.; 0000 XX 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, XX 00000; Telephone:
(000) 000-0000, x 237; Facsimile: (000) 000-0000, or at such other office or
agency as the Company may designate in writing, by overnight mail, with an
advance copy of the Exercise Form sent to the Company and its Transfer Agent by
facsimile (such surrender and payment of the Exercise Price hereinafter called
the "Exercise of this Warrant").
(b) Date of Exercise. The "Date of Exercise" of the Warrant shall be
defined as the date that the advance copy of the completed and executed Exercise
Form is sent by facsimile to the Company, provided that the original Warrant and
Exercise Form are received by the Company as soon as practicable thereafter.
Alternatively, the Date of Exercise shall be defined as the date the original
Exercise Form is received by the Company, if Holder has not sent advance notice
by facsimile.
(c) Cancellation of Warrant. This Warrant shall be canceled upon the
Exercise of this Warrant, and, as soon as practical after the Date of Exercise,
Holder shall be entitled to receive Common Stock for the number of shares
purchased upon such Exercise of this Warrant, and if this Warrant is not
exercised in full, Holder shall be entitled to receive a new Warrant (containing
terms identical to this Warrant) representing any unexercised portion of this
Warrant in addition to such Common Stock.
(d) Holder of Record. Each person in whose name any Warrant for shares
of Common Stock is issued shall, for all purposes, be deemed to be the Holder of
record of such shares on the Date of Exercise of this Warrant, irrespective of
the date of delivery of the Common Stock purchased upon the Exercise of this
Warrant. Nothing in this Warrant shall be construed as conferring upon Holder
any rights as a stockholder of the Company.
3. Payment of Warrant Exercise Price.
The Exercise Price per share ("Exercise Price") shall initially equal
(the "Initial Exercise Price") the lowest Closing Bid Price for the five (5)
trading days immediately preceding March 17, 2000, which is $1.9063.
Notwithstanding the above, if the Date of Exercise is more than twelve months
after the Date of Issuance, the Exercise Price shall be reset to equal the
lesser of (i) the Exercise Price then in effect, or (ii) the "Lowest Reset
Price," as that term is defined below. The Company shall calculate a "Reset
Price" on each annual anniversary date of the Date of Issuance which shall equal
one hundred percent (100%) of the lowest Closing Bid Price of the Company's
Common Stock for the five (5) trading days ending on such annual anniversary
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date of the Date of Issuance. The "Lowest Reset Price" shall equal the lowest
Reset Price determined on any six-month anniversary date of the Date of Issuance
preceding the Date of Exercise, taking into account, as appropriate, any
adjustments made pursuant to Section 5 hereof.
Payment of the Exercise Price may be made by either of the following,
or a combination thereof, at the election of Holder:
(i) Cash Exercise: cash, bank or cashiers check or wire transfer; or
(ii) Cashless Exercise: The Holder, at its option, may exercise this
Warrant in a cashless exercise transaction under this subsection (ii) if and
only if, on the Date of Exercise, there is not then in effect a current
registration statement that covers the resale of the shares of Common Stock to
be issued upon exercise of this Warrant, provided that the Holder may not
exercise this Warrant in a cashless exercise transaction prior to September 17,
2000 if the Company:
(a) files a registration statement ( "Registration Statement")
covering the resale of the common shares issuable pursuant to
the transaction set forth in the Letter of Agreement and
issuable upon exercise of this warrant by June 17, 2000, and
(b) uses its reasonable best efforts to have the Registration
Statement declared effective and responds to any comments
thereon from the Securities and Exchange Commission within 30
days of receipt thereof.
In the event that the Company fails to do either (a) or (b) above, the
Holder may exercise this Warrant in a cashless exercise transaction under this
subsection (ii) anytime after such failure.
In order to effect a Cashless Exercise, the Holder shall surrender this
Warrant at the principal office of the Company together with notice of cashless
election, in which event the Company shall issue Holder a number of shares of
Common Stock computed using the following formula:
X = Y (A-B)/A
where: X = the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to Holder.
Y = the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is
being exercised.
A = the Market Price of one (1) share of Common Stock (for
purposes of this Section 3(ii), the "Market Price" shall be
defined as the average Closing Price of the Common Stock for
the five (5) trading days prior to the Date of Exercise of
this Warrant (the "Average Closing Price"), as reported by the
O.T.C. Bulletin Board, National Association of Securities
Dealers Automated Quotation System ("Nasdaq") Small Cap
Market, or if the Common Stock is not traded on the Nasdaq
Small Cap Market, the Average Closing Price in any other
over-the-counter market; provided, however, that if the Common
Stock is listed on a stock exchange, the Market Price shall be
the Average Closing Price on such exchange for the five (5)
trading days prior to the date of exercise of the Warrants. If
the Common Stock is/was not traded during the five (5) trading
days prior to the Date of Exercise, then the closing price for
the last publicly traded day shall be deemed to be the closing
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price for any and all (if applicable) days during such five
(5) trading day period.
B = the Exercise Price.
For purposes hereof, the term "Closing Bid Price" shall mean the
closing bid price on the the Nasdaq Small Cap Market, the National Market System
("NMS"), the New York Stock Exchange, or the O.T.C. Bulletin Board, or if no
longer traded on the Nasdaq Small Cap Market, the National Market System
("NMS"), the New York Stock Exchange, or the O.T.C. Bulletin Board, the "Closing
Bid Price" shall equal the closing price on the principal national securities
exchange or the over-the-counter system on which the Common Stock is so traded
and, if not available, the mean of the high and low prices on the principal
national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is so traded.
For purposes of Rule 144 and sub-section (d)(3)(ii) thereof, it is
intended, understood and acknowledged that the Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of this Warrant in a cashless exercise transaction shall be deemed to
have been acquired at the time this Warrant was issued. Moreover, it is
intended, understood and acknowledged that the holding period for the Common
Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in a cashless exercise transaction
shall be deemed to have commenced on the date this Warrant was issued.
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4. Transfer and Registration.
(a) Transfer Rights. Subject to the provisions of Section 8 of this
Warrant, this Warrant may be transferred on the books of the Company, in whole
or in part, in person or by attorney, upon surrender of this Warrant properly
completed and endorsed. This Warrant shall be canceled upon such surrender and,
as soon as practicable thereafter, the person to whom such transfer is made
shall be entitled to receive a new Warrant or Warrants as to the portion of this
Warrant transferred, and Holder shall be entitled to receive a new Warrant as to
the portion hereof retained.
(b) Registrable Securities. In addition to any other registration
rights of the Holder, if the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant
is not registered for resale at the time the Company proposes to register
(including for this purpose a registration effected by the Company for
stockholders other than the Holders) any of its Common Stock under the Act
(other than a registration relating solely for the sale of securities to
participants in a Company stock plan or a registration on Form S-4 promulgated
under the Act or any successor or similar form registering stock issuable upon a
reclassification, upon a business combination involving an exchange of
securities or upon an exchange offer for securities of the issuer or another
entity)(a "Piggyback Registration Statement"), the Company shall cause to be
included in such Piggyback Registration Statement ("Piggyback Registration") all
of the Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant ("Registrable
Securities") to the extent such inclusion does not violate the registration
rights of any other securityholder of the Company granted prior to the date
hereof. Nothing herein shall prevent the Company from withdrawing or abandoning
the Piggyback Registration Statement prior to its effectiveness.
(c) Limitation on Obligations to Register under a Piggyback
Registration. In the case of a Piggyback Registration pursuant to an
underwritten public offering by the Company, if the managing underwriter
determines and advises in writing that the inclusion in the registration
statement of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included would interfere
with the successful marketing of the securities proposed to be registered by the
Company, then the number of such Registrable Securities to be included in the
Piggyback Registration Statement, to the extent such Registrable Securities may
be included in such Piggyback Registration Statement, shall be allocated among
all Holders who had requested Piggyback Registration pursuant to the terms
hereof, in the proportion that the number of Registrable Securities which each
such Holder seeks to register bears to the total number of Registrable
Securities sought to be included by all Holders. If required by the managing
underwriter of such an underwritten public offering, the Holders shall enter
into a reasonable agreement limiting the number of Registrable Securities to be
included in such Piggyback Registration Statement and the terms, if any,
regarding the future sale of such Registrable Securities.
5. Anti-Dilution Adjustments.
(a) Stock Dividend. If the Company shall at any time declare a dividend
payable in shares of Common Stock, then Holder, upon Exercise of this Warrant
after the record date for the determination of holders of Common Stock entitled
to receive such dividend, shall be entitled to receive upon Exercise of this
Warrant, in addition to the number of shares of Common Stock as to which this
Warrant is exercised, such additional shares of Common Stock as such Holder
would have received had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to such
record date and the Exercise Price will be proportionately adjusted.
(b) Recapitalization or Reclassification.
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(i) Stock Split. If the Company shall at any time effect a
recapitalization, reclassification or other similar transaction of such
character that the shares of Common Stock shall be changed into or become
exchangeable for a larger number of shares (a "Stock Split"), then upon the
effective date thereof, the number of shares of Common Stock which Holder shall
be entitled to purchase upon Exercise of this Warrant shall be increased in
direct proportion to the increase in the number of shares of Common Stock by
reason of such recapitalization, reclassification or similar transaction, and
the Exercise Price shall be proportionally decreased.
(ii) Reverse Stock Split. If the Company shall at any time
effect a recapitalization, reclassification or other similar transaction of such
character that the shares of Common Stock shall be changed into or become
exchangeable for a smaller number of shares (a "Reverse Stock Split"), then upon
the effective date thereof, the number of shares of Common Stock which Holder
shall be entitled to purchase upon Exercise of this Warrant shall be
proportionately decreased and the Exercise Price shall be proportionally
increased. The Company shall give Holder the same notice it provides to holders
of Common Stock of any transaction described in this Section 5(b).
(c) Distributions. If the Company shall at any time distribute for no
consideration to holders of Common Stock cash, evidences of indebtedness or
other securities or assets (other than cash dividends or distributions payable
out of earned surplus or net profits for the current or preceding years) then,
in any such case, Holder shall be entitled to receive, upon Exercise of this
Warrant, with respect to each share of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise,
the amount of cash or evidences of indebtedness or other securities or assets
which Holder would have been entitled to receive with respect to each such share
of Common Stock as a result of the happening of such event had this Warrant been
exercised immediately prior to the record date or other date fixing shareholders
to be affected by such event (the "Determination Date") or, in lieu thereof, if
the Board of Directors of the Company should so determine at the time of such
distribution, a reduced Exercise Price determined by multiplying the Exercise
Price on the Determination Date by a fraction, the numerator of which is the
result of such Exercise Price reduced by the value of such distribution
applicable to one share of Common Stock (such value to be determined by the
Board of Directors of the Company in its discretion) and the denominator of
which is such Exercise Price.
(d) Notice of Consolidation or Merger. In the event of a merger,
consolidation, exchange of shares, recapitalization, reorganization, or other
similar event, as a result of which shares of Common Stock shall be changed into
the same or a different number of shares of the same or another class or classes
of stock or securities or other assets of the Company or another entity or there
is a sale of all or substantially all the Company's assets (a "Corporate
Change"), then this Warrant shall be exerciseable into such class and type of
securities or other assets as Holder would have received had Holder exercised
this Warrant immediately prior to such Corporate Change; provided, however, that
Company may not affect any Corporate Change unless it first shall have given ten
(10) days notice to Holder hereof of any Corporate Change.
(e) Exercise Price Adjusted. As used in this Warrant, the term
"Exercise Price" shall mean the purchase price per share specified in Section 3
of this Warrant, until the occurrence of an event stated in subsection (a), (b)
or (c) of this Section 5, and thereafter shall mean said price as adjusted from
time to time in accordance with the provisions of said subsection. No such
adjustment under this Section 5 shall be made unless such adjustment would
change the Exercise Price at the time by $.01 or more; provided, however, that
all adjustments not so made shall be deferred and made when the aggregate
thereof would change the Exercise Price at the time by $.01 or more.
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(f) Adjustments: Additional Shares, Securities or Assets. In the event
that at any time, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to this Section 5,
Holder shall, upon Exercise of this Warrant, become entitled to receive shares
and/or other securities or assets (other than Common Stock) then, wherever
appropriate, all references herein to shares of Common Stock shall be deemed to
refer to and include such shares and/or other securities or assets; and
thereafter the number of such shares and/or other securities or assets shall be
subject to adjustment from time to time in a manner and upon terms as nearly
equivalent as practicable to the provisions of this Section 5.
6. Fractional Interests.
No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares
shall be issuable upon the Exercise of this Warrant, but on Exercise of this
Warrant, Holder may purchase only a whole number of shares of Common Stock. If,
on Exercise of this Warrant, Holder would be entitled to a fractional share of
Common Stock or a right to acquire a fractional share of Common Stock, such
fractional share shall be disregarded and the number of shares of Common Stock
issuable upon exercise shall be the next higher number of shares.
7. Reservation of Shares.
The Company shall at all times reserve for issuance such
number of authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock (or other securities
substituted therefor as herein above provided) as the Company reasonably
believes shall be sufficient for the Exercise of this Warrant and payment of the
Exercise Price. The Company covenants and agrees that upon the Exercise of this
Warrant, all shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise shall be duly
and validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and not subject to preemptive
rights, rights of first refusal or similar rights of any person or entity.
8. Restrictions on Transfer.
(a) Registration or Exemption Required. This Warrant has been
issued in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Act by
virtue of Regulation D and exempt from state registration under applicable state
laws. The Warrant and the Common Stock issuable upon the Exercise of this
Warrant may not be pledged, transferred, sold or assigned except pursuant to an
effective registration statement or unless the Company has received an opinion
from the Company's counsel to the effect that such registration is not required,
or the Holder has furnished to the Company an opinion of the Holder's counsel,
which counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect
that such registration is not required; the transfer complies with any
applicable state securities laws; and, if no registration covering the resale of
the Warrant Shares is effective at the time the Warrant Shares are issued, the
Holder consents to a legend being placed on certificates for the Warrant Shares
stating that the securities have not been registered under the Securities Act
and referring to such restrictions on transferability and sale.
(b) Assignment. If Holder can provide the Company with
reasonably satisfactory evidence that the conditions of (a) above regarding
registration or exemption have been satisfied, Holder may sell, transfer,
assign, pledge or otherwise dispose of this Warrant, in whole or in part. Holder
shall deliver a written notice to Company, substantially in the form of the
Assignment attached hereto as Exhibit B, indicating the person or persons to
whom the Warrant shall be assigned and the respective number of warrants to be
assigned to each assignee. The Company shall effect the assignment within ten
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(10) days, and shall deliver to the assignee(s) designated by Holder a Warrant
or Warrants of like tenor and terms for the appropriate number of shares.
9. Benefits of this Warrant.
Nothing in this Warrant shall be construed to confer upon any
person other than the Company and Holder any legal or equitable right, remedy or
claim under this Warrant and this Warrant shall be for the sole and exclusive
benefit of the Company and Holder.
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10. Applicable Law.
This Warrant is issued under and shall for all purposes be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of Georgia,
without giving effect to conflict of law provisions thereof.
11. Loss of Warrant.
Upon receipt by the Company of evidence of the loss, theft,
destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and (in the case of loss, theft or
destruction) of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to the Company,
and upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, if mutilated, the Company
shall execute and deliver a new Warrant of like tenor and date.
12. Notice or Demands.
Notices or demands pursuant to this Warrant to be given or made by Holder to or
on the Company shall be sufficiently given or made if sent by certified or
registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, and addressed, until
another address is designated in writing by the Company, to the address set
forth in Section 2(a) above. Notices or demands pursuant to this Warrant to be
given or made by the Company to or on Holder shall be sufficiently given or made
if sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage
prepaid, and addressed, to the address of Holder set forth in the Company's
records, until another address is designated in writing by Holder.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Warrant as of the
____ day of April, 2000.
TECHNICAL CHEMICALS AND PRODUCTS, INC.
By: ________________________________
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, Xx.
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
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EXHIBIT A
EXERCISE FORM FOR WARRANT
TO: TECHNICAL CHEMICALS AND PRODUCTS, INC.
The undersigned hereby irrevocably exercises the right to purchase
____________ of the shares of Common Stock (the "Common Stock") of TECHNICAL
CHEMICALS AND PRODUCTS, INC. a Florida corporation (the "Company"), evidenced by
the attached warrant (the "Warrant"), and herewith makes payment of the exercise
price with respect to such shares in full, all in accordance with the conditions
and provisions of said Warrant.
1. The undersigned agrees not to offer, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of
any of the Common Stock obtained on exercise of the Warrant, except in
accordance with the provisions of Section 8(a) of the Warrant.
2. The undersigned requests that stock certificates for such shares be issued
free of any restrictive legend, if appropriate, and a warrant representing any
unexercised portion hereof be issued, pursuant to the Warrant in the name of the
undersigned and delivered to the undersigned at the address set forth below:
Dated: _________
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Signature
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Print Name
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Address
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NOTICE
The signature to the foregoing Exercise Form must correspond to the name as
written upon the face of the attached Warrant in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.
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EXHIBIT B
ASSIGNMENT
(To be executed by the registered holder
desiring to transfer the Warrant)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned holder of the attached warrant (the
"Warrant") hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto the person or persons below
named the right to purchase _______ shares of the Common Stock of TECHNICAL
CHEMICALS AND PRODUCTS, INC., evidenced by the attached Warrant and does hereby
irrevocably constitute and appoint _______________________ attorney to transfer
the said Warrant on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in
the premises.
Dated: ______________________________
Signature
Fill in for new registration of Warrant:
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Name
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Address
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Please print name and address of assignee
(including zip code number)
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NOTICE
The signature to the foregoing Assignment must correspond to the name as written
upon the face of the attached Warrant in every particular, without alteration or
enlargement or any change whatsoever.
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