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Exhibit 10.1

CRA
INTERNATIONAL, INC.

CASH INCENTIVE
PLAN

1.             Purpose of the Plan.   The purpose of the CRA International, Inc.
Cash Incentive Plan is to promote the growth and performance of the Company by:
(i) linking a portion of the total compensation for certain key employees
to attainment of such corporate, subsidiary and business unit objectives as
shall be approved by the Committee for each Plan Year or other Award Period;
and (ii) assisting in the attraction, retention and motivation of certain
key employees.

2.             Definitions.  Wherever the following capitalized terms
are used in the Plan, they shall have the meanings specified below:

“Affiliate” means
any entity that is directly or indirectly controlled by the Company or any
entity in which the Company has a significant ownership interest, as determined
by the Committee.

“Award Period” means the Plan Year under which the
Performance Award relates, or such longer period as may be specified by the
Company or the Committee at the time a Performance Award is granted.

“Board”
means the Board of Directors of the Company.

“Change
of Control” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13.

“Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

“Committee”
means a committee of the Board designated by the Board to administer the Plan
which shall be comprised solely of Independent Directors.

“Company”
means CRA International, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation.

“Director”
means a member of the Board.

“Employee”
means any salaried employee of the Company, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate,
including any officers or Executive Officers (whether or not a Director), who
is treated as an employee in the personnel records of the Company or its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates for the relevant period, but shall exclude individuals
who are classified by the Company, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate as
(i) otherwise employed by a third party; (ii) independent
contractors; or (iii) intermittent or temporary, in each case even if any
such classification is changed retroactively as a result of an audit,
litigation, or otherwise.

“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

“Executive
Officer” means a Participant the Board has designated as an
executive officer of the Company for purposes of reporting under the Exchange
Act.

 

“Independent
Director” means a Director who is not an Employee and who
qualifies as (i) a “non-employee director” under Rule 16b-3(b)(3)
under the Exchange Act, (ii) an “outside director” under
Section 162(m) of the Code, and (iii) an “independent director” under
the rules and listing standards adopted by the NASDAQ Exchange.

“Participant”
means any Employee designated by the Board, the Committee or the Chief
Executive Officer of the Company to participate in the Plan for a Plan Year, a
portion of a Plan Year, or a longer period.

“Performance
Award” means a right to receive an incentive payment payable
in cash or stock at the discretion of the Company pursuant to the terms and
conditions of the Plan.

“Performance Factors” means the factors selected by the
Committee from time to time, including, but not limited to, the following
measures to determine whether the performance goals established by the
Committee and applicable to Performance Awards have been satisfied: revenue;
net revenue; revenue growth; net revenue growth; earnings before interest,
taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”); funds from operations; funds
from operations per share; operating income (loss); operating income growth;
operating cash flow; net income; net income growth; pre- or after-tax income
(loss); cash available for distribution; cash available for distribution per
share; cash and/or cash equivalents available for operations; net earnings
(loss); earnings (loss) per share; earnings per share growth; return on equity;
return on assets; share price performance; total shareholder return; total
shareholder return growth; economic value added; improvement in cash-flow; and
confidential business unit objectives.

“Performance
Formula” means, for an Award Period, the one or more
objective formulas applied against the relevant Performance Factors to
determine, with regard to the Performance Award of a particular Participant,
whether all, some portion but less than all, or none of the Performance Award
has been earned for the Award Period.

“Plan”
means this CRA International, Inc. Cash Incentive Plan, as amended from time to
time.

“Plan
Year” means a fiscal year of the Company.

“Qualified
Performance-Based Award” means any Performance Award or
portion of a Performance Award that is intended to satisfy the requirements for
“qualified performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the
Code.

“Subsidiary”
means any entity, either directly or indirectly, of which the Company owns or
controls 50% or more of the outstanding shares of stock normally entitled to
vote for the election of directors or of comparable equity participation and
voting power.

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3.                                       Administration of Plan.

a.               Powers of the Committee;
Discretion.  The
Plan shall be administered by the Committee. 
Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Committee shall have such powers
and authority as may be necessary or appropriate for the Committee to carry out
its functions as described in the Plan. The Committee shall have the authority
in its discretion to determine: (i) which Employees shall receive
Performance Awards; (ii) the amount and type of the Performance Awards;
and (iii) the objectives and the other terms and conditions of such
Performance Awards, including the Performance Factors and other terms and
conditions of a Performance Award. Determinations by the Committee under the
Plan, including without limitation, determinations of the Participants, the
amount and timing of Performance Awards, the terms and provisions of
Performance Awards, need not be uniform and may be made selectively among
Participants who receive or are eligible to receive Performance Awards. The
Committee shall have the full power, discretion and authority to interpret the
Plan, to establish, amend, suspend and rescind any rules and regulations
relating to the Plan and to make all other determinations that it deems
necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan. The Committee may
correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the
Plan or any Performance Award in the manner and to the extent it shall deem
desirable to carry it into effect. All such determinations shall be final,
conclusive and binding on all persons (including the Company and Participants)
and for all purposes.

b.              Board Authority.  If the Committee does not exist, or for any other
reason determined by the Board, the Board may take any action under the Plan
that would otherwise be the responsibility of the Committee.

c.               Delegation of Authority to Senior Officers.  The Committee may
delegate, on such terms and conditions as it determines in its sole and plenary
discretion, to one or more senior officers of the Company the authority to make
grants of Performance Awards to officers (other than Executive Officers),
employees and consultants of the Company and its Affiliates (including any
prospective officer, employee or consultant). In the event that the Committee’s
authority is delegated to senior officers in accordance with the foregoing, all
references in the Plan relating to the Committee shall be interpreted in a
manner consistent with the foregoing by treating any such reference as a
reference to such senior officer for such purpose. Any action undertaken in
accordance with the Committee’s delegation of authority hereunder shall have
the same force and effect as if such action was undertaken directly by the
Committee and shall be deemed for all purposes of the Plan to have been taken
by the Committee.

d.              Limitation on Liability.  No member of the Board or
Committee, nor any senior officer delegated authority by the Committee, shall
be liable for any action or determination made in good faith by the Board,
Committee or such senior officer with respect to the Plan or any Performance
Award.

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4.             Eligibility;
Designation of Participants.  The Committee shall, in its
sole discretion, designate within the first 90 days of an Award Period (or, if
shorter, within the maximum period allowed under Section 162(m) of the Code)
which Participants will be eligible to receive Performance Awards in respect of
such Award Period. However, designation of a Participant eligible to receive a
Performance Award hereunder for an Award Period shall not in any manner entitle
the Participant to receive payment in respect of any Performance Award for such
Award Period. The determination as to whether or not such Participant becomes
entitled to payment in respect of any Performance Award shall be decided solely
in accordance with the provisions of this Plan. 
Moreover, designation of a Participant eligible to receive a Performance
Award hereunder for a particular Plan Year or other Award Period shall not
require designation of such Participant eligible to receive a Performance Award
hereunder in any subsequent Plan Year or Award Period and designation of one
person as a Participant eligible to receive a Performance Award hereunder shall
not require designation of any other person as a Participant eligible to
receive a Performance Award hereunder in such period or in any other period.

5.             Establishment of Performance Awards.

a.               General.  Within the first 90 days of a Award Period
(or, if shorter, within the maximum period allowed under

Section 162(m) of the Code), the Committee shall, with regard to the
Performance Awards to be issued for such Award Period, exercise its discretion
with respect to establishing Performance Awards consistent with this Plan which
shall be deemed “qualified performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m)
of the Code, and record the same in writing.

b.              Performance Factors.  Participants shall have the payout
of their Performance Awards, if any, determined on the basis of the degree of
achievement of Performance Factors which shall be established by the Committee
in writing and which Performance Factors shall be stated in terms of the
attainment of specified levels of or percentage changes (as compared to a prior
measurement period) in any one or more of the Performance Factors. The
Committee shall, for each Award Period, establish the Performance Factors to
apply to each Participant and a formula or matrix prescribing the extent to
which such Participant’s incentive award shall be earned based upon the degree
of achievement of such Performance Factor or Performance Factors. The Committee
may determine that the Performance Award payable to any Participant shall be
based upon the attainment of Performance Factors comparable to those in whole
or in part applied to the results of a Subsidiary, division or business
unit.  With respect to Performance Awards
intended to be Qualified Performance-Based Awards, the Committee shall
determine the Performance Factors and any related formula or matrix for each
Participant not later than 90 calendar days after the beginning of the Award
Period (or, if shorter, within the maximum period allowed under

Section 162(m) of the Code).

c.               Transfer of Employment.  A Participant’s Performance
Factors may be changed by the Committee during the Award Period to reflect a
change in responsibilities provided that, in the case of Performance Awards
intended to be Qualified Performance-Based Awards, any such change shall be
made in a manner consistent with Section 162(m) of the Code.

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d.              Modification
of Performance Factors. 
The Committee is authorized at any time during the first 90 days of an
Award Period (or, if shorter, within the maximum period allowed under Section
162(m) of the Code), or any time thereafter (but only to the extent the
exercise of such authority after such 90-day period (or such shorter period, if
applicable) would not cause the Performance Awards granted to any Participant
for the Award Period to fail to qualify as “qualified performance-based
compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code), in its sole and plenary
discretion, to adjust or modify the calculation of a Performance Factor for
such Award Period to the extent permitted under Section 162(m) of the Code (A)
in the event of, or in anticipation of, any unusual or extraordinary corporate
item, transaction, event or development affecting the Company, or any of its
Affiliates, Subsidiaries, divisions or operating units (to the extent
applicable to such Performance Factor) or (B) in recognition of, or in
anticipation of, any other unusual or nonrecurring events affecting the Company
or any of its Affiliates, Subsidiaries, divisions or operating units (to the extent
applicable to such Performance Factor), or the financial statements of the
Company or any of its Affiliates, Subsidiaries, divisions or operating units
(to the extent applicable to such Performance Factor), or of changes in
applicable rules, rulings, regulations or other requirements of any
governmental body or securities exchange, accounting principles, law or
business conditions.

6.                                       Participation by Executive Officers.

a.               Qualified Performance-Based
Awards.  Notwithstanding any other
provisions of the Plan to the contrary, the following provisions shall be
applicable to participation in the Plan by Executive Officers who are subject
to Section 162(m) of the Code.

i.                  Each such
Participant’s Performance Award payable under this Plan for an Award Period shall
be based solely on achievement of one or more of the Performance Factors as
established by the Committee pursuant to Section
5 above and the Committee shall not have the discretion provided in Section 5 to increase the amount of
the Performance Award payable under this Plan, but it shall in all cases have
the ability to reduce the amount of any Performance Award that would otherwise
be payable (including a reduction in such amount to zero) as set forth in Section 7(d).

ii.               With respect to
each such Participant, no Performance Award intended to be a Qualified
Performance-Based Award shall be payable hereunder except upon written
certification by the Committee that the Performance Factors have been satisfied
to a particular extent pursuant to Section 7(c) and
that any other material terms and conditions precedent to payment of the
Performance Award pursuant to the Plan have been satisfied.

b.              Maximum Award.
 Notwithstanding any provisions of the Plan to the contrary,
the maximum Performance Award payable to any Participant who is an Executive
Officer for any Plan Year shall be $8,000,000; provided, however, that if such
a Participant is not a Participant for the entire Plan Year, the maximum amount
payable shall be pro-rated based on the number of days the individual was a
Participant for the Plan Year, and provided further that to the extent that the
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value of the Performance
Award shall be pro-rated for the time in the Award Period and the amount
attributable to a Plan Year shall not exceed $8,000,000.

7.                                       Payment of Performance Award.

a.               Payment of Performance Awards.  A Participant must be employed
by the Company on the last day of an Award Period to be eligible for payment in
respect of a Performance Award for such Award Period.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the sole
discretion of the Committee, Performance Awards may be paid to Participants who
have retired or whose employment has terminated after the beginning of the
Award Period for which a Performance Award is made, or to the designee or
estate of a Participant who died prior to the last day of an Award Period.

b.              Limitation.  A Participant shall be eligible to receive
payments in respect of a Performance Award only to the extent that (1) the
Performance Factor(s) for such Award Period are achieved and certified by the
Committee in accordance with Section 7(c)
and (2) the Performance Formula(s) as applied against such Performance
Factor(s) determines that all or some portion of such Participant’s Performance
Award has been earned for the Award Period.

c.               Certification.  Following the completion of an Award Period,
the Committee shall meet to review and certify in writing whether, and to what
extent, the Performance Factor(s) for the Award Period have been achieved and,
if so, to calculate and certify in writing that amount of the Performance Award
earned for the Award Period based upon the Performance Formula. The Committee
shall then determine the actual size of each Participant’s Performance Award
for the Award Period and, in so doing, may apply negative discretion as
authorized by Section 7(d).

d.              Negative
Discretion.  In
determining the actual size of an individual Performance Award for an Award
Period, the Committee may, in its sole and plenary discretion, reduce or
eliminate the amount of the Performance Award earned in the Award Period, even
if applicable Performance Factors have been attained.

e.               Timing of Award Payments.  The Performance Awards granted for an Award
Period shall be paid to Participant(s) as soon as administratively possible
following completion of the certifications required by Section 7(c),
unless the Performance Award is deferred pursuant to Section 15.

f.                 Method of Payments.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
this Plan, the Company in its sole discretion may satisfy any amounts payable
under a Performance Award in shares of common stock of the Company (“Common
Stock”) with an aggregate fair market value equal to the cash amount that would
otherwise be payable.  For purposes of
this Plan, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock shall be the
closing price per share as reported on a nationally recognized stock exchange,
or, if shares of Common Stock are not listed on such an exchange, the mean of
the bid and asked prices per share as reported on the principal
over-the-counter market in which the 

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shares of Common Stock
are trading, or if shares of Common Stock are not traded over-the-counter, the
fair market value as determined by the Committee.

8.             Unfunded Plan.  A Participant’s interest in any Performance
Awards hereunder shall at all times be reflected on the Company’s books as a
general unsecured and unfunded obligation of the Company subject to the terms
and conditions of the Plan. The Plan shall not give any person any right or
security interest in any asset of the Company or any fund in which any deferred
payment is deemed invested.  Neither the
Company, the Board, nor the Committee shall be responsible for the adequacy of
the general assets of the Company to discharge the payment of its obligations
hereunder nor shall the Company be required to reserve or set aside funds
therefor.

9.             Non-Alienation of
Benefits; Beneficiary Designation.  All rights and benefits under the Plan are
personal to the Participant and neither the Plan nor any right or interest of a
Participant or any other person arising under the Plan is subject to voluntary
or involuntary alienation, sale, transfer, or assignment without the Company’s
consent. Subject to the foregoing, the Company shall establish such procedures
as it deems necessary for a Participant to designate one or more beneficiaries
to whom any payment the Committee determines to make would be payable in the
event of the Participant’s death. In the event no beneficiary has been properly
designated, the payment shall be made to the Participant’s surviving spouse or,
if none, the Participant’s estate.

10.           Withholding
for Taxes.  Notwithstanding
any other provisions of this Plan, the Company shall have the authority to
withhold from any payment made by it under the Plan such amount or amounts as
may be required for purposes of complying with any Federal, state and local tax
or withholding requirements.

11.           No
Right to Continued Employment or to Participate.  Nothing in the Plan or in the
grant of any Award shall interfere with or limit in any way the right of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates to terminate a Participant’s
employment at any time, nor confer upon any Participant any right to continued
employment with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates. Neither
the adoption of the Plan nor any action by the Committee shall be deemed to
give any Employee any right to be designated as a Participant under the Plan.

12.           Non-Exclusivity
of Plan.  This
Plan is not intended to and shall not preclude the Board from adopting,
continuing, amending or terminating such additional compensation arrangement as
it deems desirable for Employees.

13.           Change of Control.  A Change of Control shall mean  (i) if the Company is merged with or into or
consolidated with another corporation, other than a merger or consolidation
which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding
immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining
outstanding or by being converted into other voting securities of the surviving
entity) at least fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the voting
securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately
after such merger or consolidation, or (ii) if the Company is liquidated, or
sells or otherwise disposes of substantially all of its assets to another
corporation or entity while Performance Awards remain outstanding under the
Plan. In the event of a Change of Control, unless otherwise provided in the 

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applicable Performance
Award agreement, or unless provision is made in connection with the Change of
Control event for (a) assumption of Performance Awards previously granted or
(b) substitution for such Performance Awards of new awards covering stock of a
successor corporation or its “parent corporation” (as defined in Section 424(e)
of the Code) or “subsidiary corporation” (as defined in Section 424(f) of the
Code) with appropriate adjustments as to the number and kinds of shares and the
exercise prices, if applicable, all Performance Awards shall be paid out as if
the date of the Change of Control event were the last day of the applicable
Award Period and Performance Factors had been attained.

14.           Impact
of Restatement of Financial Statements upon Previous Awards.  If any of the Company’s financial
statements are restated as a result of errors, omissions, or fraud, the
Committee may (in its sole discretion, but acting in good faith) direct that
the Company recover all or a portion of any such Performance Award or payment
made to any, all or any class of Participants with respect to any Plan Year the
financial results of which are negatively affected by such restatement. The
amount to be recovered from any Participant shall be the amount by which the
affected Performance Award or payment exceeded the amount that would have been
payable to such Participant had the financial statements been initially filed
as restated, or any greater or lesser amount (including, but not limited to,
the entire Award) that the Committee shall determine. The Committee may
determine to recover different amounts from different Participants or different
classes of Participants on such basis as it shall deem appropriate. In no event
shall the amount to be recovered by the Company from a Participant be less than
the amount required to be repaid or recovered as a matter of law. The Committee
shall determine whether the Company shall effect any such recovery (i) by
seeking repayment from the Participant, (ii) by reducing (subject to
applicable law and the terms and conditions of the applicable plan, program or
arrangement) the amount that would otherwise be payable to the Participant
under any compensatory plan, program or arrangement maintained by the Company,
a Subsidiary or any of its Affiliates, (iii) by withholding payment of
future increases in compensation (including the payment of any discretionary
bonus amount) or grants of compensatory awards that would otherwise have been
made in accordance with the Company’s otherwise applicable compensation
practices, or (iv) by any combination of the foregoing or otherwise.

15.           Deferral.

a.               Section 162(m) Related Deferral.  Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, in the event that all or a portion
of a Participant’s Performance Award shall be ineligible for treatment as “qualified
performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code any
amount payable pursuant to such Performance Award that would not be deductible
by the Company as a result of the application of Section 162(m) shall be
deferred and paid to the Participant in the first year in which the
compensation is deductible for tax purposes.

b.              Deferrals.  The Committee may, in its
discretion, permit a Participant to defer the receipt of payment of cash that
would otherwise be due to the Participant. If any such deferral is to be
permitted by the Committee, the Committee shall establish rules and procedures
relating to such deferral in a manner intended to comply with the requirements
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Section 409A of the
Code, including, without limitation, the time when an election to defer may be
made, the time period of the deferral and the events that would result in
payment of the deferred amount, and the interest or other earnings attributable
to the deferral.

16.           Amendment
or Termination.  Until such time as a “Change of Control”
shall have occurred, the Board or the Committee may, in its sole discretion,
amend, suspend or terminate the Plan from time to time, subject to any
requirement for shareholder approval imposed by applicable law, including
Section 162(m) of the Code, and the listing requirements of the NASDAQ
Exchange. Except as provided in Section 5(d)
no such termination or amendment shall alter a Participant’s right
to receive a distribution as previously earned, as to which this Plan shall
remain in effect following its termination until all such amounts have been
paid, except as the Company may otherwise determine.

17.           Application
of Code Section 409A.  To the extent applicable, this Plan is
intended to be administered and interpreted in a manner that is consistent with
the requirements of Section 409A of the Code. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, no particular tax result with respect to any income recognized by a
Participant in connection with the Plan is guaranteed and each Participant
shall be responsible for any taxes imposed on him in connection with the Plan.

18.           Tax
Penalty Avoidance.  The
provisions of this Plan are not intended, and should not be construed, to be
legal, business or tax advice. The Company and any other party having any
interest herein are hereby informed that the U.S. federal tax advice
contained in this document (if any) is not intended or written to be used, and
cannot be used, for the purpose of (i) avoiding penalties under the Code
or (ii) promoting, marketing or recommending to any party any transaction
or matter addressed herein.

19.           Governing
Law and Interpretation.  The validity, construction, and effect of the
Plan and any rules and regulations relating to the Plan shall be determined in
accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard
to the conflict of law principles thereof. Unless otherwise indicated, all “Section”
references are to sections of the Plan. References to any law, rule or
regulation shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating,
amending, replacing, supplementing, or interpreting such law, rule or
regulation.

20.           Severability. 
Notwithstanding any other provision or Section of the Plan, if any
provision of the Plan is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction or as to any person or award, or would
disqualify the Plan or any award under any law deemed applicable by the Board
or the Committee, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to
conform to the applicable laws (but only to such extent necessary to comply
with such laws), or if it cannot be construed or deemed amended without, in the
determination of the Board or the Committee, materially altering the intent of
the Plan or award, such provision shall be stricken as to such jurisdiction,
person or award and the remainder of the Plan and any such award shall remain
in full force and effect.

Effective Date. 
Subject to its approval by the shareholders, this Plan shall become
effective for the Company’s 2007 fiscal year and shall remain effective until
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meeting of shareholders
in the 2012 fiscal year, subject to any further shareholder approvals (or
reapprovals) mandated for performance-based compensation under
Section 162(m) of the Code, and subject to the right of the Board to
terminate the Plan, on a prospective basis only, at any time.

 10EXHIBIT
10.10

SECOND
AMENDMENT TO

THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY INCORPORATED

AMENDED AND RESTATED YEAR 2000 OMNIBUS PERFORMANCE STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

[ADOPTED
BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY

INCORPORATED ON JANUARY 19, 2007]

The Cheesecake
Factory Incorporated
Amended and Restated Year 2000 Omnibus Performance Stock Incentive Plan,
as adopted at The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated 2004 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders, and as amended November 28, 2006 (the “2000 Plan”)
is amended as provided herein and except as so amended, the 2000 Plan remains
in full force and effect.

1.               Article IV, Section
4.4 of the 2000 Plan is amended and restated in its entirety to read as
follows:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that subject to the Company’s receipt of the Interpretive Advice,
Section 4.4 of the 2000 Plan be amended to add the following sentence:

Provided, however, nothing in this Section 4.4 shall
be construed to prohibit the Board or Committee from amending (and the Board
and/or the Committee shall have full authority to amend) an outstanding Option
or portion of an outstanding Option to increase the
original Option Price of the Option or portion of the Option to the fair market
value of a share of the Company’s Common Stock on the Option’s measurement date
for financial reporting purposes.

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