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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.6


                                   EXECUTIVE
                             EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
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     This Employment Agreement is made this 5th day of January 1999 by and
between Reptron Electronics, Inc., a Florida corporation whose corporate office
address is 14401 McCormick Drive, Tampa, FL 33626 (hereinafter "Company") (for
purposes of Paragraphs 8, 9, and 10 "Company" shall additionally include the
Company's subsidiaries and Affiliates, as defined below), and Paul Plante whose
address is 4220 Swann Avenue, Tampa, FL 33609 (hereinafter "Executive").

     IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants hereinafter contained, the Company
and the Executive agree as follows:

     1.   This Agreement shall continue until terminated as herein provided.
          This Agreement supersedes all prior employment agreements or
          arrangements existing as between the Company and the Executive.

     2.   The Company engages the Executive and the Executive accepts the
          engagement to provide the services hereinafter described for the
          period and upon the terms and conditions hereinafter described.

     3.   At the execution hereof, the Executive shall be employed as Chief
          Operating Officer.  The Executive shall perform the duties
          commensurate with such position and such other duties as are assigned
          to him and as directed and specified by the Chief Executive Officer or
          the Board of Directors.  The Executive agrees that his title and
          responsibilities are subject to change from time to time as directed
          by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company or the Board of
          Directors.  The Executive agrees that he shall serve the Company to
          the best of his abilities and devote his full time and effort in
          completing and fulfilling his duties and responsibilities.

     4.   During the term of this Agreement, the Executive shall be compensated
          as follows:

          (a)(i)    The Company shall pay to the Executive base salary ("Annual
                    Base Salary") of $300,000, payable in bi-weekly
                    installments.

             (ii)   The Annual Base Salary shall be increased on January 1 of
                    each year commencing with January 1, 2000 by an amount equal
                    to the product of (i) the Annual Base Salary or the Adjusted
                    Annual Base Salary, defined below, as the case may be, and
                    (ii) the greater of (x) 3% and (y) CPI Increase, defined
                    below, (as increased, the "Adjusted Annual Base Salary").
                    For purposes of this Agreement, the term "CPI Increase"
                    shall mean the amount of the percentage increase, if any, in
                    the Consumer

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                    Price Index (as defined below) for the twelve-month period
                    ending on the last day of the calendar year immediately
                    preceding each January 1st adjustment date during the term
                    of this Agreement. The Consumer Price Index as used herein
                    shall mean the Consumer Price Index for the U.S. city
                    average for all urban consumers, unadjusted, all items, as
                    promulgated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S.
                    Department of Labor, using the base years 1982-84=100. In
                    the event that the Consumer Price Index referred to herein
                    ceases to incorporate a significant number of the items as
                    currently set forth therein, or if a substantial change is
                    made in the method of establishing the Consumer Price Index,
                    then the Consumer Price Index shall be adjusted to the
                    figure that would have resulted had no change occurred in
                    the manner of computing the Consumer Price Index. In the
                    event that the Consumer Price Index (or successor or
                    substitute index) is not available, then the Company shall
                    use, subject to Employee's reasonable approval, another
                    governmental or nonpartisan publication evaluating the
                    information previously used in determining the Consumer
                    Price Index in lieu of the Consumer Price Index.

          (iii)     In the event of the death of the Executive, the Annual Base
                    Salary or Adjusted Annual Base Salary, as the case may be,
                    shall be paid to the end of the then bi-weekly installment
                    period. In the event of the permanent disability of the
                    Executive, the Annual Base Salary or Adjusted Annual Base
                    Salary, as the case may be, shall be payable through the
                    date benefits under the disability policy maintained by the
                    Company becomes first payable, but in no event for a period
                    longer than 90 days following the onset of the illness or
                    injury causing such disability,

          (b)       The Executive shall receive an annual cash bonus payable by
                    March 31 following the calendar year in which earned
                    determined as a factor of the Company's earning per share
                    (EPS) as at the December 31st of the calendar year for which
                    the bonus is calculated.

                                                  Cash Bonus As A
                                                  % of Annual Base Or Annual
                                                  Adjusted Base Salary,
                         EPS                      As the Case May Be
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                         less than $.80                    0
                         $.80 to $ 1.00                   20%
                         $1.01 to $1.20                   40%
                         $1.21 to $1.40                   60%
                         $1.41 to $1.60                   80%
                         $1.60 to $1.80                  100%

                    (i)  If the Executive's employment is terminated: (x) by
                         reason of death or permanent disability, (y) if
                         following a Change of Control (as defined in Paragraph
                         5) the Executive's employment is terminated for his
                         refusal to perform his duties and responsibilities
                         other than on

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                         an occasional basis consistent with past practice in a
                         location other than Tampa, Florida, or (z) the
                         Executive's employment is terminated without cause as
                         hereinafter defined, the bonus amount shall be
                         calculated to the end of the calendar year in which the
                         termination occurs and paid to the Executive, or his
                         written designated beneficiary or estate, as the case
                         may be, not later than the next following March 31.
                         Notwithstanding the foregoing, the bonus amount shall
                         be prorated to the date of termination if such
                         termination results in the payment of the Severance
                         Payment, as defined below.

               (ii)      In addition to holidays or days off provided generally
                         to all employees, the Executive shall be entitled to
                         four (4) weeks vacation (20 working days). Any vacation
                         days in a calendar year so provided and not taken by
                         the Executive shall be waived.

               (iii)     The Executive shall participate in and receive
                         comparable benefits as are provided generally by the
                         Company to its senior management personnel as a group
                         from time to time except as modified or amplified by
                         this Agreement.

          (c)  The Company shall provide the Executive with an automobile
               allowance of $1,000 per month and shall further pay the
               Executive's expenses related thereto, including all costs of
               fuel, maintenance, repairs and comprehensive automobile insurance
               insuring the Executive as a named insured on the vehicle and all
               other drivers of that vehicle providing for liability insurance
               of not less than $3,000,000 combined single limit.

     5.   For purposes hereof, Change of Control shall mean:

          (a)  Any replacement of more than 50% of the directors of the Company
               which follows, and is directly or indirectly a result of, any one
               or more of the following:

               (i)       A cash tender offer or exchange offer for the Company's
                         common stock other than by Executive, Michael L. Musto
                         ("Musto"), an Affiliate of Executive or Musto, or a
                         "group" as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Group"), of which
                         Executive, Musto or an Affiliate of Executive or Musto
                         is a member;

               (ii)      A solicitation of proxies other than by Executive or
                         Musto, an Affiliate of Executive or Musto, a Group of
                         which Executive, Musto or an Affiliate of Executive or
                         Musto is a member, the Company's management (inclusive
                         of the Executive or Musto) or its board of directors;
                                                    --

               (iii)     Acquisition of beneficial ownership of shares having
                         50% or more of the total number of votes that may be
                         cast for the election of

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                         directors of the Company by a third party or a Group
                         for the purpose of changing control of the Company,
                         other than by Executive, Musto, an Affiliate of
                         Executive or Musto, or a Group of which Executive,
                         Musto or an Affiliate of Executive or Musto is a
                         member; or

               (iv)      Any merger, business combination, sale of assets or
                         other extraordinary corporate transaction undertaken
                         for the purpose of changing control of the Company,
                         other than by Executive, Musto, an Affiliate of
                         Executive or Musto, or a Group of which Executive,
                         Musto or an Affiliate of Executive or Musto is a
                         member. For purposes hereof, the proposed merger
                         between All American and a subsidiary of the Company
                         shall in no event be deemed to be a Change of Control
                         of the Company.

          For purposes of this Agreement "Affiliate" means, with respect to
          another individual or entity (a "person"), (a) any person directly or
          indirectly owing, controlling or holding with power to vote 5% or more
          of the outstanding voting securities of such other person; (b) any
          person 5% or more of whose outstanding securities are directly or
          indirectly owned, controlled or held with power to vote by such other
          person; (c) any person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled
          by or under common control with such other person; (d) if such other
          person is an officer, director, employee or partner, any company or
          other entity for which such person acts in any such capacity; and (e)
          any close relative or spouse of the specified person.

     6.   With the exception of those provisions which survive termination as
          herein specifically provided, this Agreement and the Executive's
          employment shall terminate upon any of the following:

          (a)  the voluntary termination of employment by the Executive,

          (b)  the death, or permanent disability of the Executive during the
               term of this Agreement (permanent disability being determined at
               such time when disability insurance coverage maintained by the
               Company for the Executive becomes payable), or, if no such
               insurance is then in existence, the date by which three medical
               doctors or psychiatrists (as applicable), at least one of whom
               shall be selected by Executive or his legal representative, have
               examined Executive and concluded (as set forth in a letter
               delivered to the Company) that Executive has a permanent
               disability which has rendered him incapable of substantially
               performing his customary duties for at least six consecutive
               months, with such determination effective retroactively as of the
               end of such six-month disability period), or

          (c)  discharge of the Executive by the Company with or without cause
               or prior notice.

          Upon any such termination, except as otherwise provided herein, all
          compensation and benefits other than those required by law to
          continue, shall thereafter likewise

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          concurrently terminate.

     7.   As additional consideration of the services to be performed by the
          Executive and the undertakings hereby assumed by the Executive, the
          Company shall make a "Severance Payment" subject to the following
          conditions as follows:

          (a)  The amount of the Severance Payment shall equal 2.99 times the
               average annual base compensation as defined and determined under
               Section 28OG of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

          (b)  The Severance Payment shall be payable upon:

               (i)      a termination of employment by the Company (or its
                        successors) for whatever or no reason (other than as
                        described in subparagraph (b)(iii)(x) below) within 180
                        days prior to, or within one year following, a Change of
                        Control, or a termination of employment within one year
                        following a Change of Control for the reason stated in
                        sub-paragraph 6(b), or

               (ii)     failure of the Executive and the Company (or its
                        successor) to execute an employment agreement prior to
                        the first annual anniversary of a Change of Control,
                        which addresses the Executive's employment beyond said
                        anniversary date, and the employee quits within 30 days
                        of said anniversary, or

               (iii)    A termination of employment by the Company without
                        cause. If the Executive's employment is terminated by
                        the Company for reasons other than the following, such
                        termination for the purposes hereof shall be one without
                        cause:

                        (x)  Employee is convicted (by a jury verdict, guilty
                        plea or plea of nolo contenders, any of which are not
                        reversed on appeal) of a felony under state or federal
                        law; or

                        (y)  Executive's failure, after thirty (30) days written
                        notice (which notice shall be given only after approval
                        or authorization thereof by the Company's Board of
                        Directors), to cure a material default of any of the
                        provisions of this Agreement or the Executive wilfully
                        violates a written Company policy or procedure that is
                        material to the business of the Company and has failed
                        to cure such violation after thirty (30) days written
                        notice, (which notice shall be given only after approval
                        or authorization thereof by the Company's Board of
                        Directors). In order to be effective said notice must
                        clearly specify the material default or violation and
                        must notify Executive of the Company's intention to
                        terminate this Agreement in the event the described
                        material default or violation is not cured within said
                        thirty (30) days; provided, however, no notice shall be
                        required when the Company has been materially damaged as
                        a result of such default or

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                         violation and, by its nature, the default or violation
                         cannot be cured. A termination of the Executive with
                         cause shall be effected only upon the vote of a
                         majority of the Board of Directors.

            (c)    The Severance Payment shall be paid in 36 monthly
                   installments, each equal to 1/36th of the Severance Payment,
                   commencing on the first day of the calendar month next
                   following such termination of this Agreement.

            (d)    The Severance Payment shall be forfeited by the Executive if
                   he shall breach any provision of paragraphs 8, 9, or 10
                   hereof. Any installments made prior to such breach shall be
                   immediately returned to the Company by the Executive.

            (e)    If the Executive shall die prior to all of the installments
                   having been paid, the remaining installments of the Severance
                   Payment shall be payable to the estate of the Executive or to
                   such designee as the Executive shall have directed in writing
                   to the Company.

            (f)    Receipt of the Severance Payment, to the extent payable,
                   shall act as a full release by the Executive of all claims
                   the Executive may have against the Company except for unpaid
                   wages, benefits or sums to be paid to the Executive post-
                   termination of this Agreement as herein provided.

     8.(a)  Executive acknowledges that during the course of his past employment
            with the Company, and as his employment continues, he has and will
            have direct access to and knowledge of the Company's trade secrets
            and other confidential and proprietary information and documents,
            including but not limited to the Company's customer list, customer
            requirements and information, price lists, all training materials,
            product information, operating procedures, marketing information,
            selling strategies, and supplier information (collectively
            "Confidential Information"). Notwithstanding the foregoing,
            Confidential Information shall not include:

            (i)    Information which, at the time of disclosure is in the public
                   domain or which, after disclosure, becomes part of the public
                   domain by publication or otherwise through no action or fault
                   of Employee;

            (ii)   Information which is in Employee's possession at the time of
                   disclosure and was not acquired from the Company or an
                   Affiliate;

            (iii)  Information which was received by Employee from a third party
                   having the legal right to transmit that information; or

            (iv)   Information that is independently developed by Employee
                   without the use of Confidential Information.

     (b)    The Executive agrees that all Confidential Information shall remain
            the property of the Company, shall be kept in the strictest of
            confidence, used solely for the benefit of the Company and shall not
            be disclosed, either directly or indirectly, to any other

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           person or entity except as is required in the furtherance of the
           Company's business and for its benefit. Executive further agrees that
           all such Confidential Information (and any copies thereof regardless
           of how maintained, including that which has been reduced to
           electronic memory) shall be returned to the Company upon termination
           of this Agreement for whatever reason. The terms of this paragraph
           are in addition to, and not in lieu of, any common law, statutory or
           other contractual obligations that Executive may have relating to the
           Company's Confidential Information. Further, the terms of this
           paragraph shall survive indefinitely the termination of this
           Agreement.

     9.    The Executive acknowledges that the Company has made a significant
           investment in developing and training a competent work force and
           customer base and that the scope of the abilities of, and
           compensation paid to, the Company's various employees is valuable and
           confidential information. Further, the Executive acknowledges that
           the Company's continued viability and success is in large part
           contingent upon maintaining a stable, trained and competent work
           force and its customer base. Consequently, during the course of his
           employment, and for a period of one year thereafter, regardless of
           the reason for termination thereof, the Executive will not directly
           or indirectly solicit, entice, encourage, or cause, any salaried
           employee of the Company to leave the employment of the Company.
           Further during said one year period, the Executive will not directly
           or indirectly hire, or cause another person or entity to hire, any
           salaried employee of the Company. Additionally, the Executive will
           not, directly or indirectly, for the one year period following his
           termination of Employment, regardless of the reason for termination
           thereof, solicit or submit a quotation for the electronic component
           distribution business of, or offer to sell or sell any product or
           service offered by the electronic component distribution business of
           the Company to, any customer of the Company existing at the time of
           such termination or within one year prior thereto or, for a period of
           two years following said termination of employment, regardless of the
           reason for termination thereof, solicit or submit a quotation for, or
           offer to sell or sell any product or service offered by, the contract
           manufacturing business of the Company, to any customer of the Company
           existing at the time of such termination or within one year prior
           thereto.

     10.   Executive acknowledges and agrees that the covenants set forth in
           Paragraphs 8 and 9 are necessary and reasonable to protect the
           Company's Confidential Information, its intangible business assets,
           its legitimate business interests and goodwill, and that the breadth,
           time and geographic scope of the limitations set forth therein are
           reasonable and necessary to protect the same. The Executive expressly
           acknowledges and agrees that the Company would not have an adequate
           remedy at law in the event of his breach, and or threatened breach of
           the covenants set forth in Paragraphs 8 or 9 of this Agreement.
           Consequently, in addition to such other remedies as the Company may
           have, the Company, shall be entitled to obtain, and Executive agrees
           not to oppose a request for, equitable relief in the form of specific
           performance, ex parte temporary or preliminary injunctive relief,
           other temporary or permanent injunctive relief, or other equitable
           remedy fashioned by a court of competent jurisdiction enjoining the
           Executive from any such threatened or actual breach.

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     11.  If during the term of this Agreement, the Company is a participant in
          a consolidation or merger, or the Company should sell substantially
          all of its assets, the Company agrees that as a condition of closing
          any such transaction, the surviving entity to such consolidation or
          merger, or the purchaser of such assets, shall in writing assume this
          Agreement and become obligated to perform all of the terms and
          provisions hereof applicable to the Company. Without limiting the
          generality of the foregoing, the covenants contained in Paragraphs 8,
          9 and 10 may be enforced by the assignee or successor of the Company.

     12.  If any of the consideration paid or made available to the Executive
          under this Agreement, or other benefit or consideration provided to
          the Executive as an employee of the Company, is accelerated as a
          consequence of a change of control as provided under Section 280(G) of
          the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or such other provision
          of law of similar effect ("Code") results in the imposition of an
          excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code, the Company shall pay to
          the Executive an amount ("Grossed-Up Excise Tax Payment") be computed
          by dividing the excise tax so imposed by a number equal to one minus
          the sum of (i) the highest combined marginal U.S. federal, state and
          local individual income, social security, medicare and unemployment
          tax rate (or such other combined tax rate that is similar to or
          replaces such combined tax rate) applicable to Employee (taking into
          account the deductibility of any such federal, state and local taxes)
          that is in effect at the time the excise tax is imposed and (ii) the
          excise tax rate applicable to Executive. For example, if the excise
          tax is $100, the highest combined marginal tax rate applicable to
          Employee at such time is 45% and the Excise Tax rate is 20%, the
          Grossed-Up Excise Tax Payment would be $285.71. The Company shall pay
          the Grossed-Up Excise Tax Payment to the Executive less any Excise Tax
          withheld and remitted by the Company not later than March 31st
          following the calendar year in which the consideration or benefit is
          received by the Executive for which the excise tax is payable.

     13.  Any notice to be given to the Company hereunder shall be deemed
          sufficient if addressed to the Board of Directors in writing and
          delivered or mailed by certified or registered mail to 14401 McCormick
          Drive, Tampa, Florida 33626, or such other primary business address of
          the Company. Any notice to be given to Executive hereunder shall be
          delivered or mailed by certified or registered mail to him at 4220
          Swann Avenue, Tampa, FL 33609, or such other address as he may
          hereafter designate.

     14.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
          successors and assigns of the Company, including without limitation,
          the purchaser of substantially all of the operating assets of the
          Company. Unless clearly inapplicable, reference herein to the Company
          shall be deemed to include any such successor. In addition, this
          Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
          Executive and his heirs, executors, legal representatives and assigns;
          provided, however, that the obligations of Executive hereunder may not
          be delegated without the prior written approval of the Board of
          Directors of the Company. The provisions of Paragraphs 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
          and 12 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

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     15.  This Agreement may not be altered, modified or amended except by a
          written instrument signed by each of the parties hereto.

     16.  This instrument (including attachments and exhibits thereto and
          documents and agreements referred to therein) embodies the whole
          agreement of the parties. All previous negotiations or agreements
          between the parties, either verbal or written with respect to the
          subject matter hereof not herein contained are hereby withdrawn and
          annulled. This contract shall supersede all previous communications,
          representations, or agreements, either verbal or written, between the
          parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.

     17.  The failure of either party at any time to require performance by the
          other party of any provision of this Agreement shall not be deemed a
          continuing waiver of that provision or a waiver of any other provision
          of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the full right to require
          such performance from the other party at any time thereafter.

     18.  The invalidity or unenforceability of any Paragraph or Paragraphs, or
          subparagraphs of this Agreement, shall not affect the validity or
          enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement, or the remainder of
          any Paragraph or sub-paragraph. If as provided by law, a court of
          competent jurisdiction is unable to modify any such violative
          Paragraph or sub-paragraph to result in the same not being invalid or
          unenforceable, this Agreement shall then be construed in all respects
          as if any invalid or unenforceable Paragraph or subparagraph(s) were
          omitted.

     19.  The Executive represents to the Company as follows:

          (a)  That the Executive has been advised by the Company to have this
               Agreement reviewed by an attorney representing the Executive, and
               the Executive has either had this Agreement reviewed by such
               attorney or has chosen not to have this Agreement reviewed
               because the Executive, after reading the entire Agreement, fully
               and completely understands each provision and has determined not
               to obtain the services of an attorney.

          (b)  The Executive, either on his own or with the assistance and
               advice of his attorney, has in particular reviewed Paragraphs 8,
               9 and 10, understands and accepts the restrictions thereby
               imposed and agrees the same are reasonable in all respects and
               necessary for the protection of the property rights, goodwill and
               the intangible business assets of the Company.

          (c)  That no force, threats of discharge, or other threats or duress
               have been used by the Company, directly, indirectly or by
               innuendo, in connection with the Executive's execution of this
               Agreement.

     20.  This Agreement shall be governed by, construed and enforced in
          accordance with the laws of the State of Florida without regard to
          conflicts of laws. Further, the Executive agrees that any action
          relating to the terms of this Agreement shall be

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          commenced and only commenced in a state or federal court sitting in
          Tampa, Florida.

     21.  If any action at law or in equity is necessary to enforce or interpret
          the terms of this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled
          to reasonable attorneys' fees, costs and necessary disbursements and
          travel expenses in addition to any other relief to which he or it may
          be entitled, before and at trial, whether or not trial on the merits
          occurs, and at all tribunal levels.

     22.  Subject to and limited by Paragraph 10 hereof, all disputes which may
          arise under this Agreement shall be settled by arbitration pursuant to
          the rules of the American Arbitration Association by a single
          arbitrator that the Company and Employee agree upon. Such arbitration
          shall take place in Tampa, Florida. If the Company and Employee do not
          so agree on a single arbitrator, the arbitration shall be by a board
          of three members, to be composed of one person appointed by the
          Company, one person by Employee and the third person selected by said
          two appointees. The Company and Employee shall each designate in
          writing to the other party its respective appointee within 30 days
          after the determination, by written notice by either party, that they
          cannot agree as to a single arbitrator. If the two appointees fail to
          select a third person within 30 days after the designation of the two
          appointees, the third person shall be designated by the American
          Arbitration Association upon application by the Company or Employee.
          The decision of the single arbitrator, or of any two of a three person
          board of arbitrators, shall be binding on the parties to the
          controversy and their representatives. Such decision shall be enforced
          with the same force and effect as a decree of a court having
          jurisdiction over the matter. The fees and expenses including
          attorneys' fees which may be incurred in connection with any such
          arbitration shall be paid by the party whose contention is rejected by
          the decision of the arbitration, or if only partially rejected, as
          allocated by the decision of the arbitrator or board of arbitrators.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement on the
date opposite their signatures.


                                        REPTRON ELECTRONICS, INC.


Date:_______________                    By: /s/ Michael L. Musto
                                           ----------------------------------
                                             Name:   MICHAEL L. MUSTO
                                             Title:  Chief Executive Officer


Date:    1/5/99                         /s/ Paul J Plante
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                                        PAUL J PLANTE

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