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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000930413-17-003990
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20171207
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20171207
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20171207

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DECKERS OUTDOOR CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000910521
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RUBBER & PLASTICS FOOTWEAR [3021]
		IRS NUMBER:				953015862
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0331

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-36436
		FILM NUMBER:		171245204

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		250 COROMAR DRIVE
		CITY:			GOLETA
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			93117
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8059677611

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		250 COROMAR DRIVE
		CITY:			GOLETA
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			93117

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DECKERS FOOTWEAR CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19930811
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<P align="center" style="margin:2.1mm 0 0; "><FONT style="font-family:sans-serif; font-size:4.5mm; "><B>UNITED STATES<br>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></FONT></P>
<P align="center" style="margin:6.3mm 0 0; "><FONT style="font-family:sans-serif; font-size:6.6mm; "><B>SCHEDULE 14A</B></FONT></P>
<P align="center" style="margin:6.3mm 0 0; "><FONT style="font-family:sans-serif; font-size:4.5mm; "><B>Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of<br>the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. )</B></FONT></P>
<P align="center" style="text-indent:7mm; margin:8.4mm 0 0; "><FONT style="font-family:sans-serif; font-size:3.8mm; ">Filed by the Registrant <font face="Wingdings">x</font></FONT></P>
<P align="center" style="text-indent:7mm; margin:2.1mm 0 0; "><FONT style="font-family:sans-serif; font-size:3.8mm; ">Filed by a Party other than the Registrant <font face="Wingdings">o</font></FONT></P>
<P style="margin:2.1mm 0 0; "><FONT style="font-family:sans-serif; font-size:3.8mm; ">Check the appropriate box:</FONT></P>
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    <TD>
    <P style="text-indent:-3.5mm; margin:0 0 0 3.5mm; "><FONT style="font-family:sans-serif; font-size:3.8mm; ">Preliminary Proxy Statement</FONT></P></TD>
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      <font face="Wingdings">o</font></FONT></P></TD>
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    <P style="text-indent:-3.5mm; margin:0 0 0 3.5mm; "><FONT style="font-family:sans-serif; font-size:3.8mm; "><B>Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))</B></FONT></P></TD>
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    <TD>
    <P style="text-indent:-3.5mm; margin:0 0 0 3.5mm; "><FONT style="font-family:sans-serif; font-size:3.8mm; ">Definitive Proxy Statement</FONT></P></TD>
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      <font face="Wingdings">x</font></FONT></P></TD>
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    <P style="text-indent:-3.5mm; margin:0 0 0 3.5mm; "><FONT style="font-family:sans-serif; font-size:3.8mm; ">Definitive Additional Materials</FONT></P></TD>
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      <font face="Wingdings">o</font></FONT></P></TD>
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    <P style="text-indent:-3.5mm; margin:0 0 0 3.5mm; "><FONT style="font-family:sans-serif; font-size:3.8mm; ">Soliciting Material under &sect;240.14a-12</FONT></P></TD>
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<P align="center" style="margin:6.3mm 0 0; "><FONT style="font-family:sans-serif; font-size:6.6mm; "><B>DECKERS OUTDOOR CORPORATION</B></FONT></P>
<P align="center" style="margin:2.1mm 0 0; "><FONT style="font-family:sans-serif; font-size:3.8mm; ">(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)</FONT></P>
<P align="center" style="margin:2.1mm 0 0; "><FONT style="font-family:sans-serif; font-size:3.8mm; ">(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)</FONT></P>
<P style="margin:2.1mm 0 0; "><FONT style="font-family:sans-serif; font-size:3.8mm; ">Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box):</FONT></P>
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      No fee required.</FONT></P></TD>
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      Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11.</FONT></P></TD>
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      (1)</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD width="3">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><P><FONT style="font-family:sans-serif; font-size:3.8mm; ">
      Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies:</FONT></P></TD>
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      (2)</FONT></P></TD>
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      Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies:</FONT></P></TD>
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      (3)</FONT></P></TD>
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    <TD><P><FONT style="font-family:sans-serif; font-size:3.8mm; ">
      Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (set forth the amount on which the filing fee is calculated and state how it was determined):</FONT></P></TD>
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      (4)</FONT></P></TD>
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      Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction:</FONT></P></TD>
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      (5)</FONT></P></TD>
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      Total fee paid:</FONT></P></TD>
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      Fee paid previously with preliminary materials.</FONT></P></TD>
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      Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.</FONT></P></TD>
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      (1)</FONT></P></TD>
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      Amount Previously Paid:</FONT></P></TD>
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      Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.:</FONT></P></TD>
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      Filing Party:</FONT></P></TD>
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      Date Filed:</FONT></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Glass Lewis Reaffirms Recommendation That
Deckers Stockholders Vote &ldquo;FOR&rdquo; ALL of Deckers&rsquo; <BR>
Director Nominees on the WHITE Proxy Card</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><I>Glass Lewis Reiterates That Deckers&rsquo;
Highly Qualified and Experienced Nominees Are Best </I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><I>Suited to Oversee the Company </I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0">GOLETA, Calif. &ndash; December 7, 2017 &ndash; Deckers
Brands (NYSE: DECK), a global leader in designing, marketing and distributing innovative footwear, apparel and accessories, today
announced that Glass, Lewis &amp; Co. (&ldquo;Glass Lewis&rdquo;), a leading independent proxy advisory firm, has reaffirmed its
recommendation that Deckers stockholders vote for ALL of Deckers&rsquo; highly qualified and experienced director nominees on the
<B>WHITE</B> proxy card at the Company&rsquo;s 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on December 14, 2017.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0">In its December 6, 2017 report, Glass Lewis stated<SUP>1</SUP>:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 18pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 18pt">&bull;</TD><TD>&ldquo;&hellip;we also see limited &ndash; if truly any &ndash; cause for shareholders to seriously consider using this opportunity
afforded by Marcato&rsquo;s nomination to support incremental board changes.&rdquo;</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Glass Lewis also expressed the view that Marcato&rsquo;s eleventh-hour
changes to its proposed slate signals a desperate and self-serving attempt to gain board representation<SUP>1</SUP>:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 18pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 18pt">&bull;</TD><TD>&ldquo;Ultimately, Marcato&rsquo;s last-minute, substantial reduction of its previously proposed full slate of director nominees
to a minority slate is highly unusual and, in our view, is reactionary to the realization that the extensive changes to the Deckers
board sought by Marcato were likely not warranted, advisable or to be supported by a majority of Deckers stockholders.&rdquo;</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 18pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 18pt">&bull;</TD><TD>&ldquo;In our opinion, Marcato&rsquo;s latest move is more tactical than reflective of genuine willingness to suddenly work
constructively with the current board, having the effect of undermining [Marcato&rsquo;s] credibility and weakening its case for
change, in our view.&rdquo;</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Commenting on the report, Deckers
issued the following statement:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 36pt; text-align: justify">We are pleased that Glass
Lewis has again recognized that Deckers has the right Board with the relevant skills and experience to continue executing the transformation
strategy and delivering value for all stockholders.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 36pt; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0">As Deckers previously announced, leading independent proxy
advisor firm Egan-Jones Ratings Company also recommends that Deckers stockholders vote &ldquo;FOR&rdquo; ALL of Deckers&rsquo;
director nominees on the WHTIE proxy card.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Deckers stockholders are reminded that their vote is extremely
important, no matter how many shares they own. <B>The Deckers Board unanimously urges stockholders to protect the value of their
investment by using the <U>WHITE</U> proxy card to vote &ldquo;FOR&rdquo; ALL of Deckers&rsquo; director nominees</B>. The Deckers
Board advises all stockholders to simply discard any Gold proxy card received from Marcato. Instead, to follow</P>

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<P STYLE="margin: 0pt 0; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif"><SUP>1</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">
Permission to use quotations neither sought nor obtained</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0">the Board&rsquo;s
recommendation, stockholders should use the <B><U>WHITE</U></B> proxy card to vote &ldquo;FOR&rdquo; ALL nine of Deckers&rsquo;
director nominees.</P>

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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>THE ANNUAL MEETING IS FAST APPROACHING!<BR>
</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PLEASE VOTE TODAY BY TELEPHONE OR BY INTERNET,
        USING THE <U>WHITE </U><BR>
PROXY CARD!</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">If you have questions, need assistance in
        voting your shares, or wish to change a <BR>
prior vote, please contact:</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>INNISFREE M&amp;A INCORPORATED</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Stockholders Call Toll-Free:</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(877) 750.0625 (from the U.S. and Canada)</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">or</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(412) 232.3651 (from other locations)</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Remember, please simply discard any Gold
        proxy card you may receive from Marcato. Your Board does not endorse any of Marcato&rsquo;s nominees and we urge you to NOT submit
        any proxy using Marcato&rsquo;s gold proxy card, even as a protest vote. A withhold vote on Marcato&rsquo;s Gold proxy card will
        revoke any earlier proxy that you have submitted to Deckers.</P>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>About Deckers Brands</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Deckers Brands is a global leader in designing, marketing and
distributing innovative footwear, apparel and accessories developed for both everyday casual lifestyle use and high performance
activities. The Company&rsquo;s portfolio of brands includes UGG<SUP>&reg;</SUP>, Koolaburra<SUP>&reg;</SUP>, HOKA ONE ONE<SUP>&reg;</SUP>,
Teva<SUP>&reg;</SUP> and Sanuk<SUP>&reg;</SUP>. Deckers Brands products are sold in more than 50 countries and territories through
select department and specialty stores, Company-owned and operated retail stores, and select online stores, including Company-owned
websites. Deckers Brands has a 40-year history of building niche footwear brands into lifestyle market leaders attracting millions
of loyal consumers globally. For more information, please visit www.deckers.com.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Forward-Looking Statements</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0">This press release contains &ldquo;forward-looking statements&rdquo;
within the meaning of the federal securities laws, which statements are subject to considerable risks and uncertainties. These
forward-looking statements are intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include all statements other than statements of historical fact contained in this
press release, including statements regarding Deckers&rsquo; future strategies. Deckers has attempted to identify forward-looking
statements by using words such as &ldquo;anticipate,&rdquo; &ldquo;believe,&rdquo; &ldquo;could,&rdquo; &ldquo;estimate,&rdquo;
&ldquo;expect,&rdquo; &ldquo;intend,&rdquo; &ldquo;may,&rdquo; &ldquo;plan,&rdquo; &ldquo;predict,&rdquo; &ldquo;project,&rdquo;
&ldquo;should,&rdquo; &ldquo;will,&rdquo; or &ldquo;would,&rdquo; and similar expressions or the negative of these expressions.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Forward-looking statements represent management&rsquo;s current
expectations and predictions about trends affecting Deckers&rsquo; business and industry and are based on information available
as of the time such statements are made. Although Deckers does not make forward-looking statements unless it believes that it has
a reasonable basis for doing so, Deckers cannot guarantee their accuracy or completeness. Forward-looking statements involve numerous
known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause its actual results, performance or achievements to be materially
different from any future results, performance or achievements predicted, assumed or implied by the forward-looking statements.
Some of the risks and uncertainties that may cause Deckers&rsquo; actual results to materially differ from those expressed or implied
by these forward-looking statements are described in the section entitled &ldquo;Risk Factors&rdquo; in Decker&rsquo;s Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2017, as well as in its other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Except as required by applicable law or the listing rules of
the New York Stock Exchange, Deckers expressly disclaims any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking statements, or
to update the reasons that actual results could differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements,
whether to conform such statements to actual results or changes in Deckers&rsquo; expectations, or as a result of the availability
of new information.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Investors:</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Deckers Brands</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Steve Fasching, 805-967-7611</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0">VP, Strategy &amp; Investor Relations</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Innisfree M&amp;A Incorporated</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Arthur B. Crozier, 212-750-5833</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0">or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Media:</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Eric Brielmann / Amy Feng, 415-869-3950</P>

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