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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000863436-18-000021
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	SD
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20180531
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180531

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000863436
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS [3672]
		IRS NUMBER:				742211011
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			TX
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-10560
		FILM NUMBER:		18872288

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4141 N. SCOTTSDALE ROAD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 301
		CITY:			SCOTTSDALE
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85251
		BUSINESS PHONE:		623-300-7000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4141 N. SCOTTSDALE ROAD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 301
		CITY:			SCOTTSDALE
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85251
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COMMISSION</font></b></font></p>

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<p align=center style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;"><font style="border:none;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:14.0pt;">FORM</font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:14.0pt;letter-spacing:-.5pt;"> </font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:14.0pt;letter-spacing:-.05pt;">SD&nbsp;</font></b></font></p>

<p align=center style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;"><font style="border:none;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:14.0pt;letter-spacing:-.05pt;">Specialized</font></b></font><font style="border:none;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:14.0pt;letter-spacing:-.35pt;"> &nbsp;</font></b></font><font style="border:none;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:14.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Disclosure</font></b></font><font style="border:none;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:14.0pt;letter-spacing:-.35pt;"> &nbsp;</font></b></font><font style="border:none;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:14.0pt;letter-spacing:-.05pt;">Report</font></b></font></p>

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<p align=center style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;"><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:8.0pt;">(Exact</font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:8.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;"> </font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:8.0pt;">name&nbsp;</font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:8.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;"> </font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:8.0pt;">of&nbsp;</font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:8.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;"> </font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:8.0pt;">registrant&nbsp;</font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:8.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;"> </font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:8.0pt;">as&nbsp;</font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:8.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;"> </font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:8.0pt;">specified&nbsp;</font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:8.0pt;letter-spacing:-.05pt;"> </font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:8.0pt;">in&nbsp;</font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:8.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;"> </font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:8.0pt;">its&nbsp;</font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:8.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;"> </font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:8.0pt;">charter)&nbsp;</font></font></p>

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<p align=center style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;"><font style="border:none;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:12.0pt;">4141 N. Scottsdale Road, Suite 301, Scottsdale,
Arizona</font></b></font><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:12.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:12.0pt;">85251
USA</font></b></font></p>

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Code)</font></font></p>

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<p align=center style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;"><font color=black style="border:none;"><b><font color=black face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:12.0pt;">Victor L. Harris, </font></b></font><font style="border:none;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:12.0pt;">(623) 300-7057</font></b></font></p>

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Secretary</font></b></font></p>

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<p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font style="border:none;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section</font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;"> </font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">1&nbsp;</font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;"> </font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">-&nbsp;</font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;"> </font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Conflict&nbsp;</font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">
</font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Minerals&nbsp;</font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;"> </font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.05pt;">Disclosure&nbsp;</font></b></font></p>

<p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font style="border:none;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item</font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;"> </font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.01&nbsp;</font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:.6pt;"> </font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Conflict&nbsp;</font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;"> </font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Minerals&nbsp;</font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">
</font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.05pt;">Disclosure&nbsp;</font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;"> </font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">and&nbsp;</font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;"> </font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Report&nbsp;</font></b></font></p>

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<p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font style="border:none;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Reasonable
Country of Origin Inquiry.</font></b></font></p>

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<p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Benchmark Electronics, Inc. (the &#8220;</font><i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Company</font></i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">,&#8221; &#8220;</font><i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">we</font></i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">,&#8221; &#8220;</font><i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">us</font></i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">,&#8221;
or &#8220;</font><i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">our</font></i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#8221;) conducted a Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (&#8220;</font><i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">RCOI</font></i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#8221;)
in reliance upon: </font></font></p>

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<p style="border:none;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font face=Symbol style="border:none;"><font face=Symbol lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:7.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;</font></font><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Release No. 34-67716 issued by the
Securities and Exchange Commission (&#8220;</font><i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">SEC</font></i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#8221;) August 22, 2012 (the &#8220;</font><i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Final
Release</font></i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#8221;), &nbsp;</font></font></p>

<p style="border:none;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font face=Symbol style="border:none;"><font face=Symbol lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:7.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;</font></font><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">the Frequently Asked Questions
regarding Conflict Minerals issued by the Staff of the SEC on May 30, 2013 and
April 7, 2014, and </font></font></p>

<p style="border:none;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font face=Symbol style="border:none;"><font face=Symbol lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:7.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;</font></font><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">various statements issued April 29,
2014 by the SEC&#8217;s Director of the Division of Corporation Finance, April 7,
2017 by the SEC&#8217;s Acting Chairman and April 7, 2017 by the SEC&#8217;s Division of
Corporation Finance (collectively the &#8220;</font><i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Interim Guidance</font></i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#8221;).&#160; &nbsp;</font></font></p>

<p style="border:none;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></font></p>

<p style="border:none;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Unless otherwise defined herein, terms used in this Report
have the same meaning found in SEC Rule 13p-1, the Final Release, Form SD and
the Interim Guidance.</font></font></p>

<p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></font></p>

<p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">We are a worldwide provider of integrated electronics manufacturing
services (&#8220;</font><i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">EMS</font></i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#8221;), engineering and design services, and precision
machining services to original equipment manufacturers (&#8220;</font><i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">OEMs</font></i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#8221;).&#160; The
OEM segments we serve include industrial controls, aerospace and defense,
telecommunications, computers and related products for business enterprises,
medical devices, and test and instrumentation. </font></font></p>

<p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></font></p>

<p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">We manufacture or contract to manufacture products on behalf of our
customers containing Necessary Conflict Minerals.&#160; We primarily purchase
component parts used in our manufacturing services through direct suppliers or
authorized distributors from around the world.&#160; These component parts are
typically finished goods or manufactured materials.&#160; We generally do not
procure raw ore or unrefined Conflict Minerals, and therefore we do not have
direct relationships with mines or smelters of Conflict Minerals found in our
customers&#8217; products.&#160; These mines or smelters are several distribution levels
removed from us in the supply chain; therefore, we must rely on the many direct
suppliers, supply-chain intermediaries and industry initiatives for information
on these mines or smelters.&#160; Further, the OEM typically specifies the
components and materials required to manufacture their products, as well as the
particular component and material suppliers.&#160; As a result, we typically have
little or no control over the selection of these components, materials and
suppliers.&#160; In these cases, we must rely on our customers and their selected
suppliers for Conflict Minerals information.</font></font></p>

<p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></font></p>

<p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">For products manufactured during the reporting year, we performed an RCOI
on our Necessary Conflict Minerals.&#160; Our RCOI utilized a risk-based approach to
solicit Conflict Minerals information from 523 of our suppliers and targeting
more than 85% of our component and materials procurement expenditures during
the reporting year.&#160; We requested Conflict Minerals information from these
suppliers via the Responsible Business Alliance (&#8220;</font><i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">RBA</font></i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#8221;) (formerly known
as the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition) and Global e-Sustainability Initiative
(&#8220;</font><i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">GeSI</font></i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#8221;) Responsible Minerals Initiative (formerly known as the
Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (&#8220;</font><i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">CFSI</font></i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#8221;))&nbsp;</font><i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;"> </font></i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Conflict Minerals
Reporting Template (&#8220;</font><i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">CMRT</font></i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#8221;).&#160; We reviewed and analyzed all CMRTs
received, including some with missing or incomplete information, errors, or
containing inaccuracies or implausible information.&#160; We made multiple contact
attempts with non-responsive suppliers, as well as requests for revised responses
where appropriate.&#160; We ultimately received responses from approximately 95% of
our targeted supplier group (representing approximately 81% of our reporting
year component and materials procurement expenditures).&#160; Many of these
suppliers provide &#8220;company-level&#8221; CMRT responses that include Conflict Minerals
information for all supplier products sold during the reporting year, even
though we purchased only a limited subset of such supplier&#8217;s products.&#160; We also
utilized a third-party software provider to assist us in the data collection
effort, review, verification and follow-up contacts.&#160; </font></font></p>

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<p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">As a result of Company&#8217;s RCOI, 89% of responding suppliers reported that
Conflict Minerals either were not present, not sourced from Covered Countries,
or were sourced from smelters or refiners certified by CFSI or listed by other
organizations as being conflict free.&#160; Although a number of responding
suppliers dealt with non-certified smelters known to source Conflict Minerals
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whether such Conflict Minerals were actually incorporated into our products or
whether they directly or indirectly financed or benefitted armed groups in the
Covered Countries.&#160; The balance of responding suppliers were incomplete in
their data gathering.&#160; </font></font></p>

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<p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company&#8217;s Form SD is publicly posted in its Sustainability pages of
the Corporate section at </font><i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">http://www.bench.com.&#160; </font></i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">The content of any
referenced website is not incorporated by reference into and should not be
considered part of this Form SD.</font></font></p>

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<p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Relying on the Interim Guidance referred to above, the Company has chosen
not to file, as an exhibit to this Form SD, the Conflict Minerals Report
otherwise required by Item 1.01(c).</font></font></p>

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Exhibit</font></b></font></p>

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<p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-top:.5pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">None.</font></font></p>

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<p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font style="border:none;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section 2 &#8211;
Exhibits</font></b></font></p>

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<p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font style="border:none;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 2.01 -
Exhibits</font></b></font></p>

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<p align=center style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;"><font style="border:none;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">SIGNATURES</font></b></font></p>

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<p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;"><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the duly authorized undersigned.</font></font></p>

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