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exv10w5

Exhibit 10.5

GUARANTY OF PAYMENT

          GUARANTY OF PAYMENT (this “Guaranty”), made as of December 1, 2010, jointly and
severally by AMB PROPERTY, L.P. (“AMB LP”), a Delaware limited partnership, having an
address at Pier 1, Bay 1, San Francisco, California 94111, and AMB PROPERTY CORPORATION (“AMB
Corporation”), a Maryland corporation, having an address at Pier 1, Bay 1, San Francisco,
California 94111 (collectively, the “Guarantors”), for the benefit of SUMITOMO MITSUI
BANKING CORPORATION, as Administrative Agent and Sole Lead Arranger and Bookrunner (the
“Administrative Agent”), for the banks (the “Banks”) that are from time to time
parties to that certain Second Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement (the “Credit
Agreement”), dated as of the date hereof, among AMB Japan Finance Y.K. (the “Initial
Borrower”), the Guarantors, the Banks and the Administrative Agent.

W I T N E S S E T H:

          WHEREAS, the Banks have agreed to make loans to Initial Borrower and to one or more Qualified
Borrowers for so long as such entities remain Qualified Borrowers under the Credit Agreement
(Initial Borrower and such Qualified Borrowers are hereinafter referred to collectively as the
“Borrowers”) in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed Forty-Five Billion Yen
(JPY45,000,000,000) (hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Loans”);

          WHEREAS, the Loans are and will be evidenced by (i) certain promissory notes of Initial
Borrower, and each Qualified Borrower that is not a TMK, made to Administrative Agent or to each of
the Banks in accordance with Section 2.6 of the Credit Agreement and (ii) certain qualified
borrower undertakings of each Qualified Borrower that is a TMK made to Administrative Agent or to
each of the Banks in accordance with Section 2.6 of the Credit Agreement (collectively, the
“Notes”);

          WHEREAS, the Credit Agreement, the Security Documents, the Notes and any other documents
executed in connection therewith are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Loan
Documents”;

          WHEREAS, capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings
ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement;

          WHEREAS, each of AMB LP and AMB Corporation is the direct or indirect owner of equity
interests of the Initial Borrower and each Qualified Borrower; and

          WHEREAS, as a condition to the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents, the Banks have
required that the Guarantors execute and deliver this Guaranty;

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           NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the benefits to be derived from the making
of the Loans by the Banks to the Borrowers, and in order to induce the Administrative Agent and the
Banks to enter into the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
Guarantors hereby agree as follows:

          1. Each Guarantor, on behalf of itself and its successors and assigns, hereby irrevocably,
absolutely and unconditionally guarantees the full and punctual payment when due, whether at stated
maturity or otherwise, of all Obligations of the Borrowers now or hereafter existing under the
Notes and the Credit Agreement, including in the event that the Borrowers exercise the right under
the Credit Agreement to increase the Facility Amount, for principal and/or interest as well as any
and all other amounts due thereunder, including, without limitation, all indemnity obligations of
the Borrowers thereunder, and any and all reasonable costs and expenses (including, without
limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements) incurred by the Administrative Agent
and/or the Banks in enforcing their rights under this Guaranty (all of the foregoing obligations
being the “Guaranteed Obligations”).

          2. It is agreed that the Guaranteed Obligations of each Guarantor hereunder are primary, and
this Guaranty shall be enforceable, jointly and severally, against each Guarantor and its
respective successors and assigns without the necessity for any suit or proceeding of any kind or
nature whatsoever brought by the Administrative Agent or any of the Banks against one or more of
the Borrowers or their respective successors or assigns or any other party or against any security
for the payment and performance of the Guaranteed Obligations and without the necessity of any
notice of non-payment or non-observance or of any notice of acceptance of this Guaranty or of any
notice or demand to which the Guarantors might otherwise be entitled (including, without
limitation, diligence, presentment, notice of maturity, extension of time, change in nature or form
of the Guaranteed Obligations, acceptance of further security, release of further security,
imposition or agreement arrived at as to the amount of or the terms of the Guaranteed Obligations,
notice of adverse change in any Borrower’s financial condition and any other fact which might
materially increase the risk to each Guarantor), all of which each Guarantor hereby expressly
waives; and each Guarantor hereby expressly agrees that the validity of this Guaranty and the
obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall in no way be terminated, affected, diminished,
modified or impaired by reason of the assertion of or the failure to assert by the Administrative
Agent or any of the Banks against one or more of the Borrowers or their respective successors or
assigns, any of the rights or remedies reserved to the Administrative Agent or any of the Banks
pursuant to the provisions of the Loan Documents. Each Guarantor agrees that any notice or
directive given at any time to the Administrative Agent or any of the Banks which is inconsistent
with the waiver in the immediately preceding sentence shall be void and may be ignored by the
Administrative Agent and the Banks, and, in addition, may not be pleaded or introduced as evidence
in any litigation relating to this Guaranty for the reason that such pleading or introduction would
be at variance with the written terms of this Guaranty, unless the Administrative Agent has
specifically agreed otherwise in a writing, signed by a duly authorized officer. Each Guarantor
specifically acknowledges and agrees that the foregoing

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waivers are of the essence of this
transaction and that, but for this Guaranty and such waivers,
the Administrative Agent and the Banks would not make the requested Loans to the Borrowers.

          3. Each Guarantor waives, and covenants and agrees that it will not at any time insist upon,
plead or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any and all appraisal,
valuation, stay, extension, marshaling-of-assets or redemption laws, or right of homestead or
exemption, whether now or at any time hereafter in force, which may delay, prevent or otherwise
affect the performance by each Guarantor of its obligations under, or the enforcement by the
Administrative Agent or any of the Banks of, this Guaranty. Each Guarantor further covenants and
agrees not to set up or claim any defense, counterclaim, offset, setoff or other objection of any
kind to any action, suit or proceeding in law, equity or otherwise, or to any demand or claim that
may be instituted or made by the Administrative Agent or any of the Banks other than the defense of
the actual timely payment and performance by the Borrowers of the Guaranteed Obligations hereunder;
provided, however, that the foregoing shall not be deemed a waiver of each Guarantor’s right to
assert any compulsory counterclaim, if such counterclaim is compelled under local law or rule of
procedure, nor shall the foregoing be deemed a waiver of each Guarantor’s right to assert any claim
which would constitute a defense, setoff, counterclaim or crossclaim of any nature whatsoever
against the Administrative Agent or any Bank in any separate action or proceeding. Each Guarantor
represents, warrants and agrees that, as of the date hereof, its obligations under this Guaranty
are not subject to any counterclaims, offsets or defenses against the Administrative Agent or any
Bank of any kind.

          4. The provisions of this Guaranty are for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the
Banks and their successors and permitted assigns, and nothing herein contained shall impair as
between any Borrower and the Administrative Agent and the Banks the obligations of any Borrower
under the Loan Documents.

          5. This Guaranty shall be a continuing, unconditional and absolute guaranty and the liability
of each Guarantor hereunder shall in no way be terminated, affected, modified, impaired or
diminished by reason of the happening, from time to time, of any of the following, all without
notice or the further consent of the Guarantors:

     (a) any assignment, amendment, modification or waiver of or change in any of the terms,
covenants, conditions or provisions of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or the Loan
Documents or the invalidity or unenforceability of any of the foregoing; or

     (b) any extension of time that may be granted by the Administrative Agent to any
Borrower, any Guarantor, or their respective successors or assigns, heirs, executors,
administrators or personal representatives; or

     (c) any action which the Administrative Agent may take or fail to take under or in
respect of any of the Loan Documents or by reason of any waiver of, or failure to enforce
any of the rights, remedies, powers or privileges available to the Administrative

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Agent under this Guaranty or available to the Administrative Agent at law, equity or otherwise, or
any action on the part of the Administrative Agent granting indulgence or
extension in any form whatsoever; or

     (d) any sale, exchange, release, or other disposition of any property pledged,
mortgaged or conveyed, or any property in which the Administrative Agent and/or the Banks
have been granted a lien or security interest to secure any indebtedness of any Borrower to
the Administrative Agent and/or the Banks; or

     (e) any release of any person or entity who may be liable in any manner for the payment
and collection of any amounts owed by any Borrower to the Administrative Agent and/or the
Banks; or

     (f) the application of any sums by whomsoever paid or however realized to any amounts
owing by any Borrower to the Administrative Agent and/or the Banks under the Loan Documents
in such manner as the Administrative Agent shall determine in its sole discretion; or

     (g) any Borrower’s or any Guarantor’s voluntary or involuntary liquidation,
dissolution, sale of all or substantially all of their respective assets and liabilities,
appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, sequestrator or conservator for all or any
part of any Borrower’s or any Guarantor’s assets, insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for the
benefit of creditors, reorganization, arrangement, composition or readjustment, or the
commencement of other similar proceedings affecting any Borrower or any Guarantor or any of
the assets of any of them, including, without limitation, (i) the release or discharge of
any Borrower or any Guarantor from the payment and performance of their respective
obligations under any of the Loan Documents by operation of law, or (ii) the impairment,
limitation or modification of the liability of any Borrower or any Guarantor in bankruptcy,
or of any remedy for the enforcement of the Guaranteed Obligations under any of the Loan
Documents, or any Guarantor’s liability under this Guaranty, resulting from the operation of
any present or future provisions of the Bankruptcy Code or other present or future federal,
state or applicable statute or law or from the decision in any court; or

     (h) any improper disposition by any Borrower of the proceeds of the Loans, it being
acknowledged by each Guarantor that the Administrative Agent or any Bank shall be entitled
to honor any request made by any Borrower for a disbursement of such proceeds and that
neither the Administrative Agent nor any Bank shall have any obligation to see the proper
disposition by any Borrower of such proceeds.

          6. Each Guarantor agrees that if at any time all or any part of any payment at any time
received by the Administrative Agent from any Borrower or any Guarantor under or with respect to
this Guaranty is or must be rescinded or returned by the Administrative Agent or

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any Bank for any reason whatsoever (including, without limitation, the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of
any Borrower or any Guarantor), then such Guarantor’s obligations hereunder shall, to the extent of
the payment rescinded or returned, be deemed to have continued
in existence notwithstanding such previous receipt by such party, and such Guarantor’s
obligations hereunder shall continue to be effective or reinstated, as the case may be, as to such
payment, as though such previous payment had never been made.

          7. Until this Guaranty is terminated pursuant to the terms hereof, each Guarantor (i) shall
have no right of subrogation against any Borrower or any entity comprising same by reason of any
payments or acts of performance by such Guarantor in compliance with the obligations of such
Guarantor hereunder, (ii) waives any right to enforce any remedy which such Guarantor now or
hereafter shall have against any Borrower or any entity comprising same by reason of any one or
more payment or acts of performance in compliance with the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder
and (iii) from and after an Event of Default (as defined in the Credit Agreement), subordinates any
liability or indebtedness of any Borrower or any entity comprising same now or hereafter held by
such Guarantor or any affiliate of such Guarantor to the obligations of any Borrower under the Loan
Documents. The foregoing, however, shall not be deemed in any way to limit any rights that any
Guarantor may have at law or in equity with respect to any other partners, members or other
interest holders of any Borrower.

          8. Each Guarantor represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Banks with the
knowledge that the Administrative Agent and the Banks are relying upon the same, as follows:

     (a) each of AMB LP and AMB Corporation is a direct or indirect owner of equity
interests of the Initial Borrower and each Qualified Borrower;

     (b) based upon such relationships, each Guarantor has determined that it is in its best
interests to enter into this Guaranty;

     (c) this Guaranty is necessary and convenient to the conduct, promotion and attainment
of each Guarantor’s business, and is in furtherance of each Guarantor’s business purposes;

     (d) the benefits to be derived by each Guarantor from the Borrowers’ access to funds
made possible by the Loan Documents are at least equal to the obligations undertaken
pursuant to this Guaranty;

     (e) each Guarantor is solvent and has full power and legal right to enter into this
Guaranty and to perform its obligations under the terms hereof and (i) AMB LP is organized
and validly existing under the laws of the State of Delaware and AMB Properties is organized
and validly existing under the laws of the State of Maryland, (ii) each Guarantor has
complied with all provisions of applicable law in connection with all

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aspects of this
Guaranty, and (iii) each person executing this Guaranty has all the requisite power and
authority to execute and deliver this Guaranty;

     (f) to the best of each Guarantor’s knowledge, there is no action, suit,
proceeding, or investigation pending or threatened against or affecting such Guarantor
at law, in equity, in admiralty or before any arbitrator or any governmental department,
commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality (domestic or foreign) which is likely
to materially and adversely impair the ability of such Guarantor to perform its obligations
under this Guaranty;

     (g) the execution and delivery of, and the performance by each Guarantor of its
obligations under this Guaranty, have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the
part of each Guarantor and do not (i) violate any provision of any law, rule, regulation
(including, without limitation, Regulation U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System of the United States), order, writ, judgment, decree, determination or award
presently in effect having applicability to such Guarantor or the organizational documents
of such Guarantor the consequences of which violation is likely to materially and adversely
impair the ability of such Guarantor to perform its obligations under this Guaranty or (ii)
violate or conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (with due notice or lapse of
time or both) a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which such
Guarantor is a party, or by which such Guarantor or any of its property is bound, the
consequences of which violation, conflict, breach or default is likely to materially and
adversely impair the ability of such Guarantor to perform its obligations under this
Guaranty;

     (h) this Guaranty has been duly executed by each Guarantor and constitutes the legal,
valid and binding obligation of each Guarantor, enforceable against such Guarantor in
accordance with its terms except as enforceability may be limited by applicable insolvency,
bankruptcy or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or general principles of
equity, whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;

     (i) no authorization, consent, approval, license or formal exemption from, nor any
filing, declaration or registration with, any Federal, state, local or foreign court,
governmental agency or regulatory authority is required in connection with the making and
performance by each Guarantor of this Guaranty, except those which have already been
obtained; and

     (j) neither Guarantor is an “investment company” as that term is defined in, nor is it
otherwise subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

          9. Guarantor and Administrative Agent each acknowledge and agree that this

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Guaranty is a guarantee of payment and performance and not of collection and enforcement in respect of any
obligations which may accrue to the Administrative Agent and/or the Banks from any Borrower under
the provisions of any Loan Document.

          10. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, and in
conjunction therewith, the Administrative Agent or any Bank may assign any or all of its
rights under this Guaranty. In the event of any such assignment, the Administrative Agent shall
give each Guarantor prompt notice of same. If the Administrative Agent elects to sell all the
Loans or participations in the Loans and the Loan Documents, including this Guaranty, the
Administrative Agent or any Bank may forward to each purchaser and prospective purchaser all
documents and information relating to this Guaranty or to each Guarantor, whether furnished by any
Borrower or any Guarantor or otherwise, subject to the terms and conditions of the Credit
Agreement.

          11. Each Guarantor agrees, upon the written request of the Administrative Agent, to execute
and deliver to the Administrative Agent, from time to time, any modification or amendment hereto or
any additional instruments or documents reasonably considered necessary by the Administrative Agent
or its counsel to cause this Guaranty to be, become or remain valid and effective in accordance
with its terms, provided, that, any such modification, amendment, additional instrument or document
shall not increase Guarantor’s obligations or diminish its rights hereunder and shall be reasonably
satisfactory as to form to each Guarantor and to such Guarantor’s counsel.

          12. The representations and warranties of each Guarantor set forth in this Guaranty shall
survive until this Guaranty shall terminate in accordance with the terms hereof.

          13. This Guaranty contains the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject
matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements relating to such subject matter and may not be
modified, amended, supplemented or discharged except by a written agreement signed by each
Guarantor and the Administrative Agent.

          14. If all or any portion of any provision contained in this Guaranty shall be determined to
be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect for any reason, such provision or portion
thereof shall be deemed stricken and severed from this Guaranty and the remaining provisions and
portions thereof shall continue in full force and effect.

          15. This Guaranty may be executed in counterparts which together shall constitute the same
instrument.

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          16. All notices, requests and other communications to any party hereunder shall be in writing
(including bank wire, telex, facsimile transmission followed by telephonic confirmation or similar
writing) and shall be addressed to such party at the address set forth below or to such other
address as may be identified by any party in a written notice to the others:

	 	 	 

	If to Guarantor to
	 	 
	(one joint notice to

	 	AMB Property, L.P.
	both Guarantors

	 	Pier 1, Bay 1
	shall be sufficient):

	 	San Francisco, California 94111
	 

	 	Attn: Chief Financial Officer
	 

	 	Telecopy Number: (415) 394-4001
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	and
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	AMB Property Corporation
	 

	 	Pier 1, Bay 1
	 

	 	San Francisco, California 94111
	 

	 	Attn: Chief Financial Officer
	 

	 	Telecopy Number: (415) 394-4001
	 
	 	 
	With Copies of
	 	 
	Notices to Guarantor to:

	 	AMB Property, L.P.
	 

	 	Pier 1, Bay 1
	 

	 	San Francisco, California 94111
	 

	 	Attn: General Counsel
	 

	 	Telecopy Number: (415) 394-4001
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	and
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	AMB Property Corporation
	 

	 	Pier 1, Bay 1
	 

	 	San Francisco, California 94111
	 

	 	Attn: General Counsel
	 

	 	Telecopy Number: (415) 394-4001
	 
	 	 
	and to:

	 	DLA Piper LLP (US)
	 

	 	203 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1900
	 

	 	Chicago, Illinois 60601
	 

	 	Attention: James M. Phipps, Esq.
	 

	 	Telecopy Number: (312) 251-5735

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	If to the
	 	 
	Administrative Agent to:

	 	Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
	 

	 	277 Park Avenue, 6th Floor
	 

	 	New York, New York 10172
	 

	 	Attn: Manager-Real Estate
	 

	 	Telecopy Number: (212) 224-4887
	 
	 	 
	With Copies of
	 	 
	Notices to
	 	 
	Administrative Agent to:

	 	Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
	 

	 	155 North Wacker Drive
	 

	 	New York, New York 10036
	 

	 	Attn: Nancy M. Olson, Esq.
	 

	 	Telecopy Number: (312) 407-8584

          Each such notice, request or other communication shall be effective (i) if given by telex or
facsimile transmission, when such telex or facsimile is transmitted to the telex number or
facsimile number specified in this Section and the appropriate answerback or facsimile confirmation
is received, (ii) if given by certified registered mail, return receipt requested, with first
class postage prepaid, addressed as aforesaid, upon receipt or refusal to accept delivery, (iii) if
given by a nationally recognized overnight carrier, 24 hours after such communication is deposited
with such carrier with postage prepaid for next day delivery, or (iv) if given by any other means,
when delivered at the address specified in this Section.

          17. Any acknowledgment or new promise, whether by payment of principal or interest or
otherwise by any Borrower or any Guarantor, with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations shall, if
the statute of limitations in favor of any Guarantor against the Administrative Agent shall have
commenced to run, toll the running of such statute of limitations, and if the period of such
statute of limitations shall have expired, prevent the operation of such statute of limitations.

          18. This Guaranty shall be binding upon each Guarantor and its successors and assigns and
shall inure to the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Banks and their respective
successors and permitted assigns.

          19. The failure of the Administrative Agent to enforce any right or remedy hereunder, or
promptly to enforce any such right or remedy, shall not constitute a waiver thereof, nor give rise
to any estoppel against the Administrative Agent, nor excuse any Guarantor from its obligations
hereunder. Any waiver of any such right or remedy to be enforceable against the Administrative
Agent must be expressly set forth in a writing signed by the Administrative Agent.

          20. (a) THIS GUARANTY AND THE RIGHTS AND

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OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH AND BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK PURSUANT TO SECTION
5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE
PRINCIPLES THEREOF RELATING TO CONFLICTS OF LAW).

               (b) Any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Guaranty and any action for
enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof may be brought in the courts of the State of New
York or of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York, and, by execution
and delivery of this Guaranty, each Guarantor hereby accepts for itself and in respect of its
property, generally and unconditionally, the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts and
appellate courts from any thereof. Each Guarantor irrevocably consents to the service of process
out of any of the aforementioned courts in any such action or proceeding by the mailing of copies
thereof by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to such Guarantor at its address for
notices set forth herein. Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any objection which it may now
or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any of the aforesaid actions or proceedings arising out
of or in connection with this Guaranty brought in the courts referred to above and hereby further
irrevocably waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action or
proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Nothing herein
shall affect the right of the Administrative Agent to serve process in any other manner permitted
by law or to commence legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against any Guarantor in any other
jurisdiction.

               (c) EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY WAIVES ITS RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY AND ALL CLAIMS OR CAUSES OF
ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS GUARANTY. IT IS HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGED BY EACH GUARANTOR
THAT THE WAIVER OF A JURY TRIAL IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT TO ACCEPT
THIS GUARANTY AND THAT THE LOANS MADE BY THE BANKS ARE MADE IN RELIANCE UPON SUCH WAIVER. EACH
GUARANTOR FURTHER WARRANTS AND REPRESENTS THAT SUCH WAIVER HAS BEEN KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY MADE,
FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, THIS GUARANTY MAY BE FILED
BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT IN COURT AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A NON-JURY TRIAL.

               (d) Each Guarantor does hereby further covenant and agree to and with the Administrative Agent
that each Guarantor may be joined in any action against any Borrower in connection with the Loan
Documents and that recovery may be had against either or both Guarantors in such action or in any
independent action against either or both Guarantors (with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations),
without the Administrative Agent first pursuing or exhausting any remedy or claim against any
Borrower or their successors or assigns. Each Guarantor also agrees that, in an action brought
with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations in any jurisdiction, they each shall be conclusively
bound by the judgment in any such action by the

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Administrative Agent (wherever brought) against any
Borrower or their successors or assigns, as
if Guarantors were parties to such action, even though one or both of Guarantors were not
joined as a party or parties in such action.

               (e) Each Guarantor agrees to pay all reasonable expenses (including, without limitation,
attorneys’ fees and disbursements) which may be incurred by the Administrative Agent or the Banks
in connection with the enforcement of their rights under this Guaranty, whether or not suit is
initiated.

          21. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, this Guaranty shall terminate
and be of no further force or effect upon the full performance and payment of the Guaranteed
Obligations hereunder. Upon termination of this Guaranty in accordance with the terms of this
Guaranty, the Administrative Agent promptly shall deliver to each Guarantor such documents as such
Guarantor or such Guarantor’s counsel reasonably may request in order to evidence such termination.

          22. All of the Administrative Agent’s rights and remedies under each of the Loan Documents or
under this Guaranty are intended to be distinct, separate and cumulative and no such right or
remedy therein or herein mentioned is intended to be in exclusion of or a waiver of any other right
or remedy available to the Administrative Agent.

          23. Neither Guarantor shall use any assets of an “employee benefit plan” within the meaning of
Section 3(3) of ERISA or a “plan” within the meaning of Section 4975(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue
Code (the “Code”) to repay or secure the Loan, the Note, the Obligations or this Guaranty.
Neither Guarantor shall assign, sell, pledge, encumber, transfer, hypothecate or otherwise dispose
of any of its rights or interests (direct or indirect) in any Borrower, or attempt to do any of the
foregoing or suffer any of the foregoing, or permit any party with a direct or indirect interest or
right in any Borrower to do any of the foregoing, if such action would cause the Note, the Loan,
the Obligations, this Guaranty, or any of the Loan Documents or the exercise of any of the
Administrative Agent’s or Bank’s rights in connection therewith, to constitute a prohibited
transaction under ERISA or the Code (unless such Guarantor furnishes to the Administrative Agent a
legal opinion satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that the transaction is exempt from the
prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA and the Code (and for this purpose, the Administrative
Agent and the Banks, by accepting the benefits of this Guaranty, hereby agree to supply each
Guarantor all relevant non-confidential, factual information reasonably necessary to such legal
opinion and reasonably requested by such Guarantor) or would otherwise result in the Administrative
Agent or any of the Banks being deemed in violation of Sections 404 or 406 of ERISA or Section 4975
of the Code or would otherwise result in the Administrative Agent or any of the Banks being a
fiduciary or party in interest under ERISA or a “disqualified person” as defined in Section
4975(e)(2) of the Code with respect to an “employee benefit plan” within the meaning of Section
3(3) of ERISA or a “plan” within the meaning of Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code. The Guarantors
shall jointly and severally indemnify and hold each of the Administrative Agent and the Banks free
and harmless

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from and against all loss, costs (including attorneys’ fees and expenses), expenses,
taxes and damages (including consequential damages) that each of the Administrative Agent and the
Banks may suffer by reason of the investigation, defense and settlement of claims and in obtaining
any prohibited transaction exemption under ERISA necessary in Administrative Agent’s reasonable
judgment as a result of such Guarantor’s action or inaction or by reason of a breach of the
foregoing provisions by such Guarantor.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed and delivered this Guaranty as of the
date and year first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	GUARANTOR:
AMB PROPERTY, L.P.

 	 
	 	By:  	AMB Property Corporation, its sole general partner
 	 

					
	 	
 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Thomas S. Olinger	 
	 	 	Name:  	Thomas S. Olinger 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Chief Financial Officer 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	GUARANTOR:
AMB PROPERTY CORPORATION

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Thomas S. Olinger	 
	 	 	Name:  	Thomas S. Olinger 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Chief Financial Officer 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	ACCEPTED:

SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION, 

as Administrative Agent

 	 
	By:  	/s/
William G. Karl	 
	 	Name:  	William G. Karl	 
	 	Title:  	General Manager	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT FOR GUARANTOR

	 	 	 

	STATE OF CALIFORNIA
	 	)
	 
	 	) SS.
	COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO
	 	)

          On November _____, 2010, before me personally came Thomas S. Olinger, to me known to be the
person who executed the foregoing instrument, and who, being duly sworn by me, did depose and say
that he is the Chief Financial Officer of AMB Property Corporation, the sole general partner of AMB
Property, L.P., and that he executed the foregoing instrument in the organization’s name, and that
he had authority to sign the same, and he acknowledged to me that he executed the same as the act
and deed of said organization for the uses and purposes therein mentioned.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT FOR GUARANTOR

	 	 	 

	STATE OF CALIFORNIA
	 	)
	 
	 	) SS.
	COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO
	 	)

          On November ____, 2010, before me personally came Thomas S. Olinger, to me known to be the
person who executed the foregoing instrument, and who, being duly sworn by me, did depose and say
that he is the Chief Financial Officer of AMB Property Corporation, and that he executed the
foregoing instrument in the organization’s name, and that he had authority to sign the same, and he
acknowledged to me that he executed the same as the act and deed of said organization for the uses
and purposes therein mentioned.

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	 	 	Notary Public 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

3Exhibit 10.153

Exhibit 10.153

Tiffany & Co.

(a Delaware corporation)

Corporate Governance Principles

(as adopted by the full Board of Directors on January 15, 2004

as amended March 15, 2007 and further amended and restated September 16, 2010)

1. Director Qualification Standards; Size of the Board; Audit Committee Service.

a. A majority of the directors shall meet the independence requirements set forth in Section
303A.01 and .02 of the New York Stock Exchange Corporate Governance Rules. A director shall not be
deemed to have met such independence requirements unless the Board has affirmatively determined
that it be so. In making its determination of independence, the Board shall broadly consider all
relevant facts and circumstances and assess the materiality of each director’s relationship(s) with
the Corporation and/or its subsidiaries. If a director is determined by the Board to be
independent, all relationships, if any, that such director has with the Corporation and/or its
subsidiaries which were determined by the Board to be immaterial to independence shall be disclosed
in the Corporation’s annual proxy statement.

b. A director shall be younger than age 72 when elected or appointed and a director shall not
be recommended for re-election by the stockholders if such director will be age 72 or older on the
date of the annual meeting or other election in question, provided that the Board of Directors may,
by specific resolution, waive the provisions of this sentence with respect to an individual
director whose continued service is deemed uniquely important to the Corporation.

c. A director need not be a stockholder to qualify as a director, but shall be encouraged to
become a stockholder by virtue of the Corporation’s policies and plans with respect to stock
options and stock ownership for directors and otherwise.

d. Consistent with 1.a. above, candidates for director shall be selected on the basis of their
business experience and expertise, with a view to supplementing the business experience and
expertise of management and adding further substance and insight into board discussions and
oversight of management. The Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee is responsible for
identifying individuals qualified to become directors, and for recommending to the Board director
nominees for the next annual meeting of the stockholders.

e. From time to time, the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee will recommend to the
Board the number of directors constituting the entire Board. Based upon that recommendation, the
current nature of the Corporation’s business, and the talents and business experience of the
existing roster of directors, the Board believes that nine directors is an appropriate number at
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f. The Board shall be responsible for determining the qualification of an individual to serve
on the Audit Committee as a designated “audit committee financial expert,” as required by
applicable rules of the SEC under Section 407 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. In addition, to serve on
the Audit Committee, a director must meet the standards for independence set forth in Section 301
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. To those ends, the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee will
coordinate with the Board in screening any new candidate for audit committee financial expert or
who will serve on the Audit Committee and in evaluating whether to re-nominate any existing director who may serve in the capacity of audit committee financial expert or
who may serve on the Audit Committee. If an Audit Committee member simultaneously serves on the
audit committees of more than three public companies, then, in the case of each such Audit
Committee member, the Board must determine that such simultaneous service would not impair the
ability of such member to effectively serve on the Corporation’s Audit Committee and disclose such
determination in the Corporation’s annual proxy statement.

g. Any director who changes his or her employer or otherwise has a significant change in job
responsibilities, or who accepts or intends to accept a directorship with another public company
(or with any other organization that would require a significant time commitment) that he or she
did not hold when such director was most recently elected to the Board, shall (1) advise the
secretary of the Corporation of such change or directorship and (2) submit to the
Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee, in care of the secretary, a signed letter, addressed to
such Committee, resigning as a director of the Corporation effective upon acceptance of such
resignation by such Committee but void ab initio if not accepted by such Committee within ten (10)
days of receipt by the secretary. The secretary of the Corporation shall promptly advise the
members of the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee of such advice and receipt of such letter.
The Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee shall promptly meet and consider, in light of the
circumstances, the continued appropriateness of such director’s membership on the Board and each
committee of the Board on which such director participates. In some instances, taking into account
all relevant factors and circumstances, it may be appropriate for the Nominating/Corporate
Governance Committee to accept such resignation, to recommend to the Board that the director cease
participation on one or more committees, or to recommend to the Board that such director not be
re-nominated to the Board.

h. Subject to 1.b above, directors of the Corporation are not subject to term limits.
However, the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee will consider each director’s continued
service on the Board each year and recommend whether each director should be re-nominated to the
Board. Each director will be given an opportunity to confirm his or her desire to continue as a
member of the Board.

i. The Corporation has amended its By-Laws to provide for majority voting in the election of
directors. In uncontested elections, directors are elected by a majority of the votes cast, which
means that the number of shares voted “for” a director must exceed the number of shares voted
“against” that director. The Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee (or comparable committee of
the Board) shall establish procedures for any director who is not elected to tender his or her
resignation. The Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee will make a recommendation to the Board
on whether to accept or reject the resignation, or whether other action should be taken. The Board
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Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee’s recommendation within 90 days following
certification of the election results. In determining whether or not to recommend that the Board
of Directors accept any resignation offer, the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee shall be
entitled to consider all factors believed relevant by such Committee’s members. Unless applicable
to all directors, the director(s) whose resignation is under consideration is expected to recuse
himself or herself from the Board vote. Thereafter, the Board will promptly disclose its decision
regarding the director’s resignation offer (including the reason(s) for rejecting the resignation
offer, if applicable) in a Form 8-K furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission. If the
Board accepts a director’s resignation pursuant to this process, the Nominating/Corporate
Governance Committee shall recommend to the Board whether to fill such vacancy or reduce the size
of the Board. If, for any reason, the Board of Directors is not elected at an annual meeting, they
may be elected thereafter at a special meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose in the manner provided
in the By-laws.

j. Including service on the Board of Directors of the Corporation, no director shall serve on
the board of directors (or any similar governing body) of more than six public companies.

2. Attendance and Participation at Board and Committee Meetings.

a. Directors shall be expected to attend six regularly scheduled board meetings in person, if
practicable, or by telephone, if attendance in person is impractical. Directors should attempt to
organize their schedules in advance so that attendance at all regularly scheduled board meetings
will be practicable.

b. For committees on which they serve, directors shall be expected to attend regularly
scheduled meetings in person, if practicable, or by telephone, if attendance in person is
impractical or if telephone participation is the expected means of participation. For committees
on which they serve, directors should attempt to organize their schedules in advance so that
attendance at all regularly scheduled committee meetings will be practicable.

c. Directors shall attempt to make time to attend, in person or by telephone, specially
scheduled meetings of the Board or those committees on which they serve.

d. Directors shall, if practicable, review in advance all meeting materials provided by
management, the other directors or consultants to the Board.

e. Directors shall familiarize themselves with the policies and procedures of the Board with
respect to business conduct, ethics, confidential information and trading in the Corporation’s
securities.

f. Nothing stated herein shall be deemed to limit the duties of directors under applicable
law.

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a. Executive officers of the Corporation and its subsidiaries shall make themselves available,
and shall arrange for the availability of other members of management, employees and consultants,
so that each director shall have full and complete access with respect to the business, finances
and accounting of the Corporation and its subsidiaries.

b. The chief financial officer and the chief legal officer of the Corporation will regularly
attend Board meetings (other than those portions of Board meetings that are reserved for
independent or non-management directors or those portions in which the independent or
non-management directors meet privately with the chief executive officer) and the Board encourages
the chief executive officer to invite other executive officers and non-executive officers to Board
meetings from time to time in order to provide additional insight into items being discussed and so
that the Board may meet and evaluate persons with potential for advancement.

c. If the charter of any Board committee on which a director serves provides for access to
independent advisors, any executive officer of the Corporation is authorized to arrange for the payment of the reasonable fees of such advisors at the request of such a committee acting
by resolution or unanimous written consent.

4. Director Compensation.

a. Directors shall be compensated in a manner and at a level sufficient to encourage
exceptionally well-qualified candidates to accept service upon the Board and to retain existing
directors. The Board believes that a meaningful portion of a director’s compensation should be
provided in, or otherwise based upon appreciation in the market value of, the Corporation’s Common
Stock.

b. To help determine the form and amount of director compensation, the staff of the
Corporation shall, if requested by the Board provide the Board with data drawn from public company
filings with respect to the fees and emoluments paid to outside directors by comparable public
companies.

c. Contributions to charities with which an independent or non-management director is
affiliated will not be used as compensation to such a director and management will use special
efforts to avoid any appearance of impropriety in connection with such contributions, if any.

d. Management will advise the Board should the Corporation or any subsidiary wish to enter
into any direct financial arrangement with any director for consulting or advisory services, or
into any arrangement with any entity affiliated with such director by which the director may be
indirectly benefited, and no such arrangement shall be consummated without specific authorization
from the Board.

5. Director Orientation and Continuing Education.

a. Each executive officer of the Corporation shall meet with each new director and provide an
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b. Each director shall be reimbursed for reasonable expenses incurred in pursuing continuing
education with respect to his/her role and responsibilities to the stockholders and under law as a
director.

6. Management Succession.

a. The Board, assisted by the Corporate Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee and the
Compensation Committee, shall select, evaluate the performance of, retain or replace the chief
executive officer. Such actions will be taken with (i) a view to the effectiveness and execution of
strategies propounded by and decisions taken by the chief executive officer with respect the
Corporation’s long-term strategic plan and long-term financial returns and (ii) applicable legal
and ethical considerations.

b. In furtherance of the foregoing responsibilities, and in contemplation of the retirement,
or an exigency that requires the replacement, of the chief executive officer, the Board shall, in
conjunction with the chief executive officer, oversee the selection and evaluate the performance of
the other executive officers.

7. Annual Performance Evaluation of the Board.

a. The Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee is responsible to assist the Board in the
Board’s oversight of the Board’s own performance in the area of corporate governance.

b. Annually, each director will participate in an assessment of the Board’s performance in the
area of corporate governance. The results of such self-assessment will be provided to each
director.

8. Matters for Board Review, Evaluation and/or Approval.

a. The Board is responsible under the law of the State of Delaware to review and approve
significant actions by the Corporation including major transactions (such as acquisitions and
financings), declaration of dividends, issuance of securities and appointment of officers of the
Corporation.

b. The Board is responsible, either through its committees, or as guided by its committees,
for those matters which are set forth in the respective charters of the Audit, Nominating/Corporate
Governance, Compensation and Corporate Social Responsibility  Committees or as otherwise
set forth in the corporate governance rules of the New York Stock Exchange.

c. The following matters, among others, will be the subject of Board deliberation on such
occasions as the Board may determine necessary or desirable but as least as often as required by
applicable law or by the corporate governance rules of the New York Stock Exchange:

i. the Board will review and if acceptable approve the Corporation’s operating plan for
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ii. the directors will review actual performance against the operating plan;

iii. the Board will review and if acceptable approve the Corporation’s five-year strategic
plan, as developed and recommended by management;

iv. the charters of all Board Committees will be reviewed and, if necessary, modified, by the
Board;

v. the delegation of authority to officers and employees for day-to-day operating matters of
the Corporation and its subsidiaries will be reviewed and if acceptable approved by the Board; and

x. the Corporation’s policies with respect to the payment of dividends and the repurchase
of the Corporation’s securities will be reviewed and if acceptable approved by the Board.

9. Management’s Responsibilities.

Management is responsible to operate the Corporation with the objective of achieving the
Corporation’s operating and strategic plans and building value for stockholders on a long-term
basis. In executing those responsibilities management is expected to act in accordance with the policies and standards established by the Board (including these principles), as well as in
accordance with applicable law and for the purpose of maintaining the value of the trademarks and
business reputation of the Corporation’s subsidiaries. Specifically, the chief executive officer
and the other executive officers are responsible for:

a. producing, under the oversight of the Board and the Audit Committee, financial statements
for the Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries that fairly present the financial condition,
results of operation, cash flows and related risks in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, for making timely and complete disclosure to investors, and for keeping the Board and
the appropriate committees of the Board informed on a timely basis as to all matters of
significance;

b. developing and presenting the strategic plan, proposing amendments to the plan as
conditions and opportunities dictate and for implementing the plan as approved by the Board;

c. developing and presenting the annual operating plans and budgets and for implementing those
plans and budgets as approved by the Board;

d. creating an organizational structure appropriate to the achievement of the strategic and
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e. creating a working environment conducive to integrity, business ethics and compliance with
applicable legal and Corporate policy requirements;

f. developing, implementing and monitoring an effective system of internal controls and
procedures to provide reasonable assurance that: the Corporation’s transactions are properly
authorized; the Corporation’s assets are safeguarded against unauthorized or improper use; and the
Corporation’s transactions are properly recorded and reported. Such internal controls and
procedures also shall be designed to permit preparation of financial statements for the Corporation
and its consolidated subsidiaries in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and
any other legally required criteria applicable to such statements; and

g. establishing, maintaining and evaluating the Corporation’s disclosure controls and
procedures. The term “disclosure controls and procedures” means controls and other
procedures of the Corporation that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed
by the Corporation in the reports filed by it under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
“Act”) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in
the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation,
controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the
Corporation in the reports it files under the Act is accumulated and communicated to the
Corporation’s management, including its principal executive and financial officers, to allow timely
decisions regarding required disclosure. To assist in carrying out this responsibility,
management has established a Disclosure Control Committee, whose membership is responsible to the
Audit Committee, to the chief executive officer and to the chief financial officer, and includes
the following officers or employees of the Corporation: the president, the chief legal officer,
the head of finance, the chief information officer, the controller, the head of internal audit &
financial controls, the investor relations officer and the treasurer.

10. Meeting Procedures.

a. The Board shall determine whether the offices of chairman of the board and chief executive
officer shall be held by one person or by separate persons, and whether the person holding the
office of chairman of the board shall be “independent” or not. An “independent” director
meets the requirements for “independence” as referenced in item 1.a above.
“Non-management” directors include those who are independent and those who, while not
independent, are not currently employees of the Corporation or one of its subsidiaries.

b. The chairman of the board will establish the agenda for each Board meeting but the chairman
of the board will include in such agenda any item submitted by the presiding independent director
(see item 11.c below). Each Board member is free to suggest the inclusion of items on the agenda
for any meeting and the chairman of the board will consider them for inclusion.

c. Management shall be responsible to distribute information and data necessary to the Board’s
understanding of all matters to be considered and acted upon by the Board; such materials shall be
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to provide reasonably sufficient
time for review and evaluation. To that end, management has provided each director with access to
a secure website where confidential and sensitive materials may be viewed. In circumstances where
practical considerations do not permit advance circulation of written materials, reasonable steps
shall be taken to allow more time for discussion and consideration, such as extending the duration
of a meeting or circulating unanimous written consent forms, which may be considered and returned
at a later time.

d. The chairman of the board shall preside over meetings of the Board.

e. If the chairman of the board is not independent, the independent directors may select from
among themselves a “presiding independent director”; failing such selection, the chairman
of the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee shall be the presiding independent director. The
presiding independent director shall be identified as such in the Corporation’s annual proxy
statement to facilitate communications by stockholders and employees with the non-management
directors.

f. The non-management directors shall meet separately from the other directors in regularly
scheduled executive session, without the presence of management directors and executive officers of
the Corporation. The presiding independent director shall preside over such meetings.

g. At least once per year the independent directors shall meet separately from the other
directors in a scheduled executive session, without the presence of management directors,
non-management directors who are not independent and executive officers of the Corporation. The
presiding independent director shall preside over such meetings.

11. Committees.

a. The Board shall have an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee and a
Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee which shall have the respective responsibilities
described in the charters of each committee. The membership of each such committee shall consist
only of independent directors.

b. The Board may, from time to time, appoint one or more additional committees, such as a
Dividend Committee and a Corporate Social Responsibility Committee.

c. The chairman of each Board committee, in consultation with the appropriate members of
management and staff, will develop the committee’s agenda. Management will assure that, as a
general rule, information and data necessary to the committee’s understanding of the matters within
the committee’s authority and the matters to be considered and acted upon by a committee are
distributed to each member of such committee sufficiently in advance of each such meeting or action
taken by written consent to provide a reasonable time for review and evaluation.

d. At each regularly scheduled Board meeting, the chairman of each committee or his or her
delegate shall report the matters considered and acted upon by such committee at each meeting or by
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e. The secretary of the Corporation, or any assistant secretary of the Corporation, shall be
available to act as secretary of any committee and shall, if invited, attend meetings of the
committee and prepare minutes of the meeting for approval and adoption by the committee.

12. Reliance.

Any director of the Corporation shall, in the performance of such person’s duties as a member
of the Board or any committee of the Board, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the
records of the Corporation or upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented by
any of the Corporation’s officers or employees, or committees of the Board, or by any other person
as to matters the director reasonably believes are within such other person’s professional or
expert competence.

13. Reference to Corporation’s Subsidiaries.

Where the context so requires, reference herein to the Corporation includes reference to the
Corporation and/or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Corporation whose financial results are
consolidated with those of the Corporation for financial reporting purposes and reference to a
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