SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549


                                   FORM 8-K/A

                 Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
                     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


                                December 12, 2003
                Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)


                       TANGER FACTORY OUTLET CENTERS, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                                 North Carolina
         (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)


                  1-11986                        56-1815473
           (Commission File No.)    (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


                   3200 Northline Avenue, Greensboro, NC 27408
          (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

                 (336) 292-3010 (Registrant's telephone number,
                              including area code)


                                 Not Applicable
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)




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                       TANGER FACTORY OUTLET CENTERS, INC.

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                                       ON

                                    FORM 8-K/A




Item 7.   Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits

          We are amending the pro forma  information  previously  included under
          Item 7 (b) in our Current  Report on Form 8-K,  dated December 8, 2003
          in order to reflect  the  actual  offering  price of our common  share
          offering which priced on December 10, 2003.

          The  unaudited  pro forma  financial  information  and exhibits  filed
          herewith are as set forth below

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          (b)  Pro Forma Financial Information

            (1) Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidating Statements of Operations
                     for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 and         5
                     for the year ended December 31, 2002                     6

            (2) Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidating Balance Sheets
                     as of September 30, 2003                                 7

            (3) Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidating
                     Financial Statements                                     8

            (4) Unaudited Pro Forma Funds from Operations                     9






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                       TANGER FACTORY OUTLET CENTERS, INC.
                  PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS




The accompanying  unaudited Pro Forma  Consolidating  Financial  Statements have
been derived from the  historical  statements  of the Company and give effect to
the proposed  acquisition  of the Charter Oak  Properties,  which is expected to
close in December  2003.  The  unaudited Pro Forma  Consolidating  Statements of
Operations  for the nine  months  ended  September  30,  2003 and the year ended
December 31, 2002 assume the acquisition had occurred as of January 1, 2002. The
unaudited Pro forma  Consolidating  Balance Sheet  assumes the  acquisition  had
occurred on September 30, 2003.

The Charter Oak  Properties  are being acquired by COROC for a purchase price of
$491.0  million,  including the assumption of $187.1 million of debt. We will be
required to fund one-third of the net  acquisition  costs plus closing costs and
certain other escrows and reserves, collectively estimated to be $107.9 million.
Blackstone will be required to contribute the remaining $215.8 million.  The Pro
Forma  Consolidating  Financial  Statements  reflect our assumption that we will
issue 2.3 million common shares with net proceeds of approximately $88.0 million
and borrow an additional  $19.9  million  under our existing  lines of credit to
fund our  investment.  There can be no assurance that closing on the transaction
will  actually  occur or that we will be able to issue the common shares to fund
our transaction.

The accompanying unaudited Pro Forma Consolidating  Financial Statements reflect
a  preliminary  allocation  of the purchase  price under  Statement of Financial
Accounting  Standards  No.  141,  "Business   Combinations"  ("FAS  141").  This
allocation is subject to final adjustment following the acquisition. Included in
the allocation is $76.8 million  allocated to lease related  intangible  assets.
The  ultimate  allocation  and  estimated  useful  lives could change upon final
valuation of these lease related  intangibles.  The Company  expects to finalize
the valuation  following the  consummation  of the  transaction.  Changes in the
allocation of the purchase price and/or  estimated  useful lives from those used
in the Pro Forma Consolidating  Financial Statements would result in an increase
or decrease in pro forma net income and  related pro forma  earnings  per share.
Further,   the  Pro  Forma  Consolidating   Financial   Statements  reflect  the
consolidation  of the Charter  Oak  Properties  as if it is a Variable  Interest
Entity and we are the  Primary  Beneficiary  under FASB  Interpretation  No. 46,
"Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities" ("FIN 46").  Currently,  there are
proposed  amendments to FIN 46 that may  ultimately  lead us to conclude that we
should account for our investment in COROC under the equity method of accounting
in  accordance  with  Accounting  Principles  Board  Opinion No. 18, "The Equity
Method of Accounting for Investments in Common Stock".

Certain  amounts in the historical  financial  statements of the Company for the
year ended December 31, 2002 have been  reclassified to reflect the requirements
of Statement of Financial  Accounting  Standards  No. 144,  "Accounting  for the
Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived  Assets" ("FAS 144"). FAS 144 requires that
results of  operations  and gains and losses from the sale of  properties  to be
reclassified as discontinued operations for all periods presented.

The unaudited Pro Forma Consolidating Financial Statements have been prepared by
the Company's  management.  These pro forma  statements may not be indicative of
the results that would have  actually  occurred if the  acquisition  had been in
effect on the dates  indicated,  nor do they purport to represent the results of

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operations for future periods.  The unaudited Pro Forma Consolidating  Financial
Statements should be read in conjunction with the unaudited  Combined  Statement
of Revenues and Certain Operating Expenses of the Charter Oak Properties for the
nine months  ended  September  30, 2003 and the audited  Combined  Statement  of
Revenues and Certain  Operating  Expenses of the Charter Oak  Properties for the
year ended  December  31,  2002 (both of which are  contained  in the  Company's
Current  Report on Form 8-K, dated  December 8, 2003),  the Company's  unaudited
financial statements and notes thereto as of September 30, 2003 and for the nine
months then ended (which are contained in the Company's Form 10-Q for the period
ended September 30, 2003), and the Company's  audited  financial  statements and
notes  thereto as of December  31,  2002 and for the year then ended  (which are
contained  in the  Company's  Annual  Report  on Form  10-K for the  year  ended
December 31, 2002).


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              TANGER FACTORY OUTLET CENTERS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                      Nine Months Ended September 30, 2003
                                   (Unaudited)
                      (In thousands, except per share data)


                                                                  The         Charter         Pro forma          Pro forma
                                                                Company         Oak          Adjustments        Consolidated
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                                                               (a)          (b)
REVENUES
                                                                                                       
  Base rentals                                                 $ 59,498     $ 37,203         $ (998)(c)            $ 95,703
  Percentage rentals                                              1,743        1,085                                  2,828
  Expense reimbursements                                         25,305       13,551                                 38,856
  Other income                                                    2,547          187                                  2,734
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       Total revenues                                            89,093       52,026           (998)                140,121
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EXPENSES
  Property operating                                             30,135       13,611                                 43,746
  General and administrative                                      7,375          487            874 (d)               8,736
  Interest                                                       19,707            -          7,559 (e)              27,266
  Depreciation and amortization                                  21,463            -         16,746 (f)              38,209
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       Total expenses                                            78,680       14,098         25,179                 117,957
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Income before equity in earnings of unconsolidated joint
  ventures, minority interest and discontinued operations        10,413       37,928        (26,177)                 22,164
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated joint ventures                 639                                                 639
Minority interests:
  Consolidated joint venture                                          -                     (19,424)(g)             (19,424)
  Operating partnership                                          (2,415)                      1,897 (g)                (518)
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Income from continuing operations                               $ 8,637     $ 37,928      $ (43,704)                $ 2,861
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Basic earnings per common share:
  Income from continuing operations                               $ .80                                               $ .17
  Weighted average shares                                         9,729                       2,300 (h)              12,029
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Diluted earnings per common share:
  Income from continuing operations                               $ .79                                               $ .17
  Weighted average shares                                         9,958                       2,300 (h)              12,258
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited pro forma consolidating financial statements.


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              TANGER FACTORY OUTLET CENTERS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                          Year Ended December 31, 2002
                                   (Unaudited)
                      (In thousands, except per share data)


                                                               The           Charter        Pro forma            Pro forma
                                                               Company         Oak         Adjustments          Consolidated
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                                                                  (i)          (b)
REVENUES
                                                                                                      
  Base rentals                                                 $ 75,560      $ 49,718       $ (1,330)(c)          $ 123,948
  Percentage rentals                                              3,558         1,838                                 5,396
  Expense reimbursements                                         30,477        18,709                                49,186
  Other income                                                    3,303           514                                 3,817
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       Total revenues                                           112,898        70,779       $ (1,330)               182,347
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EXPENSES
  Property operating                                             35,898        18,727                                54,625
  General and administrative                                      9,227           822          1,165 (d)             11,214
  Interest                                                       28,460             -         10,331 (e)             38,791
  Depreciation and amortization                                  28,551             -         22,328 (f)             50,879
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       Total expenses                                           102,136        19,549         33,824                155,509
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Income before equity in earnings of unconsolidated joint
  ventures, minority interest and discontinued operations        10,762        51,230        (35,154)                26,838
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated joint ventures                 392                                                 392
Minority interests:
  Consolidated joint venture                                          -                      (25,898)(g)            (25,898)
  Operating partnership                                          (2,438)                       2,536 (g)                 98
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Income from continuing operations                               $ 8,716      $ 51,230      $ (58,516)               $ 1,430
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Basic earnings per common share:
  Income from continuing operations                               $ .83                                              $ (.03)
  Weighted average shares                                         8,322                        2,300 (h)             10,622
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Diluted earnings per common share:
  Income from continuing operations                               $ .81                                              $ (.03)
  Weighted average shares                                         8,514                        2,300 (h)             10,814
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited pro forma consolidating financial statements.


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              TANGER FACTORY OUTLET CENTERS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                      PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET
                            As of September 30, 2003
                                   (Unaudited)
                                 (In thousands)

                                                                    The           Charter         Pro forma
                                                                  Company           Oak          Consolidated
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ASSETS                                                              (a)
  Rental Property
                                                                                         
    Land                                                         $ 50,474        $ 70,100 (j)     $ 120,574
    Buildings, improvements and fixtures                          583,269         367,792 (j)       951,061
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                                                                  633,743         437,892         1,071,635
    Accumulated depreciation                                     (191,628)                         (191,628)
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    Rental property, net                                          442,115         437,892           880,007
  Cash and cash equivalents                                           209                               209
  Deferred charges, net                                             9,398          76,817 (j)        86,215
  Other assets                                                     13,666           8,636 (k)        22,302
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      Total assets                                              $ 465,388       $ 523,345         $ 988,733
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LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Liabilities
  Debt
    Senior, unsecured notes                                     $ 147,509                         $ 147,509
    Mortgages payable                                             172,552         199,617 (l)       372,169
    Lines of credit                                                 7,272          19,916 (m)        27,188
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                                                                  327,333         219,533           546,866
  Construction trade payables                                       7,188                             7,188
  Accounts payable and accrued expenses                            13,949                            13,949
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Total liabilities                                                 348,470         219,533           568,003
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Commitments
Minority interests:
  Consolidated joint venture                                                      215,819 (n)       215,819
  Operating partnership                                            26,202                            26,202
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      Total minority interest                                      26,202         215,819           242,021
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Shareholders' equity
    Common Stock                                                      105              23 (h)           128
    Paid in capital                                               171,747          87,970 (h)       259,717
    Distributions in excess of net income                         (81,063)                          (81,063)
    Accumulated other comprehensive loss                              (73)                              (73)
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      Total shareholders' equity                                   90,716          87,993           178,709
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       Total liabilities and shareholders' equity               $ 465,388       $ 523,345         $ 988,733
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited pro forma consolidating financial statements.


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              Notes to Pro Forma Consolidating Financial Statements

a)   As reported in the unaudited  consolidated  financial  statements of Tanger
     Factory Outlet  Centers,  Inc. as of or for the nine months ended September
     30, 2003.
b)   Derived from the  Combined  Statements  of Revenues  and Certain  Operating
     Expenses of the Charter Oak Properties (contained herein).
c)   To reflect  amortization  of the portion of the purchase  price assigned to
     above and below market leases in accordance with FAS 141.
d)   To  reflect  estimated  incremental  personnel  and  overhead  costs  to be
     incurred as a result of the acquisition.
e)   To reflect  interest  expense from (1) the  assumption  of debt with a face
     value of $187.1 million ($199.6 million fair value,  4.97% imputed interest
     rate) and (2) additional borrowings under existing lines of credit of $19.9
     million at LIBOR plus 160 basis points  (assumed to be 2.7%). A 1% increase
     or decrease in the LIBOR rate would equal $199,000.
f)   To reflect  depreciation and amortization  based on an acquisition price of
     $491.0 million  (including  debt assumption of $187.1 million and cash paid
     to seller of  $303.9),  plus  closing  costs of $11.2  million and a market
     value debt premium of $12.5 million.  Estimated lives used are 35 years for
     buildings, 4 to 24 years for site improvements, 10 years for lease in-place
     value, and remaining  leases terms for tenant  improvements and other lease
     related intangibles.
g)   To reflect minority interest in net income.
h)   To reflect the issuance of 2.3 million  common shares in December 2003 with
     net proceeds of $88.0 million as part of the funding of the  acquisition of
     the Charter Oak properties.
i)   Derived  from the  audited  consolidated  financial  statements  of  Tanger
     Factory  Outlet  Centers,  Inc. for the year ended  December  31, 2002,  as
     reclassified  from that previously  reported to reflect the requirements of
     FAS 144.
j)   To reflect total  acquisition costs of $514.7 million,  including  purchase
     price of $491.0 million  (including  debt  assumption of $187.1 million and
     cash paid to seller of $303.9  million)  plus  estimated  closing  costs of
     $11.2 million and market value debt premium of $12.5 million. In accordance
     with FAS 141, a portion of the  acquisition  costs have been  allocated  to
     deferred  charges to reflect  the fair value of  in-place  leases and other
     related intangibles.
k)   To reflect  initial  escrows for  insurance and real estate taxes and other
     working  capital  reserves  expected  to be  funded at the  closing  of the
     acquisition.
l)   To reflect the  assumption of debt with a face value of $187.1  million and
     fair value of $199.6 million.
m)   Represents  additional borrowings under existing lines of credit to be used
     along with the proceeds from the expected common share offering to fund the
     acquisition.
n)   To reflect the minority  interest in the  consolidated  joint venture which
     will own the Charter Oak Properties.


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FUNDS FROM OPERATIONS

Funds from operations,  or "FFO," represents income before  extraordinary  items
and gains (losses) on sale or disposal of depreciable operating properties, plus
depreciation  and  amortization  uniquely  significant  to real estate and after
adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures.

FFO is intended to exclude GAAP  historical  cost  depreciation  of real estate,
which assumes that the value of real estate assets  diminish  ratably over time.
Historically,  however,  real  estate  values  have risen or fallen  with market
conditions.  Because FFO excludes  depreciation and amortization  unique to real
estate, gains and losses from property  dispositions and extraordinary items, it
provides a performance  measure that, when compared year over year, reflects the
impact to operations  from trends in occupancy  rates,  rental rates,  operating
costs,  development  activities and interest  costs,  providing  perspective not
immediately apparent from net income.

We present FFO because we consider it an important  supplemental  measure of our
operating  performance and believe it is frequently used by securities analysts,
investors  and  other  interested  parties  in the  evaluation  of  real  estate
investment  trusts,  or "REITs",  many of which present FFO when reporting their
results.  FFO is widely used by us and others in our  industry  to evaluate  and
price potential acquisition candidates.  The National Association of Real Estate
Investment  Trusts,  Inc., of which we are a member,  has  encouraged its member
companies to report their FFO as a supplemental,  industry-wide standard measure
of REIT  operating  performance.  In addition,  our employment  agreements  with
certain members of management base bonus compensation on our FFO performance.

FFO has  significant  limitations  as an  analytical  tool,  and you  should not
consider it in  isolation,  or as a  substitute  for  analysis of our results as
reported under GAAP. Some of these limitations are:

o    FFO does not reflect our cash  expenditures,  or future  requirements,  for
     capital expenditures or contractual commitments;

o    FFO does not reflect  changes  in, or cash  requirements  for,  our working
     capital needs;

o    Although  depreciation and amortization  are non-cash  charges,  the assets
     being  depreciated  and  amortized  will often have to be  replaced  in the
     future,   and  FFO  does  not  reflect  any  cash   requirements  for  such
     replacements;

o    FFO may reflect the impact of earnings or charges  resulting  from  matters
     which may not to be indicative of our ongoing operations; and

o    Other companies in our industry may calculate FFO  differently  than we do,
     limiting its usefulness as a comparative measure.

Because  of these  limitations,  FFO should  not be  considered  as a measure of
discretionary  cash  available  to us to invest in the growth of our business or
our dividend  paying  capacity.  We compensate for these  limitations by relying
primarily on our GAAP results and using FFO only supplementally.



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The following tables  represent a reconciliation  of the unaudited pro forma FFO
to unaudited  pro forma income from  continuing  operations  for the nine months
ended  September  30, 2003 and the year ended  December  31,  2002 after  giving
effect to the  acquisition of the Charter Oak  Properties (in thousands,  except
per share data):



                                                                             The        Charter      Pro forma          Pro forma
                                                                           Company        Oak       Adjustments       Consolidated
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  For the nine months ended September 30, 2003
Funds from Operations:
                                                                                                              
  Income from continuing operations                                        $ 8,637     $ 37,928      $ (43,704)           $ 2,861
    Discontinued operations                                                   (619)           -            (32)              (651)
    Minority interest in operating partnership                               2,415                      (1,897)               518
    Minority interest, depreciation and amortization
      attributable to discontinued operations                                 (107)                         32                (75)
    Depreciation and amortization uniquely significant to real estate
      - consolidated                                                        21,252                      16,746             37,998
    Depreciation and amortization uniquely significant to real estate
      - unconsolidated joint ventures                                          808                                            808
    Loss/(gain) on sale of real estate                                         735                                            735
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      Funds from operations                                               $ 33,121      $37,928      $ (28,855)          $ 42,194
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      Weighted average shares                                               13,424                       2,300             15,724
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      Funds from operations per share - diluted                             $ 2.47                                         $ 2.68
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  For the year ended December 31, 2002
Funds from Operations:
  Income from continuing operations                                        $ 8,716     $ 51,230      $ (58,516)           $ 1,430
    Discontinued operations                                                  2,291                         140              2,431
    Minority interest in operating partnership                               2,438                      (2,536)               (98)
    Minority interest, depreciation and amortization
      attributable to discontinued operations                                1,273                        (140)             1,133
    Depreciation and amortization uniquely significant to real estate
      - consolidated                                                        28,257                      22,328             50,585
    Depreciation and amortization uniquely significant to real estate
      - unconsolidated joint ventures                                          422                                            422
    Loss/(gain) on sale of real estate                                      (1,702)                                        (1,702)
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      Funds from operations                                               $ 41,695      $51,230      $ (38,724)          $ 54,201
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      Weighted average shares                                               12,271                       2,300             14,571
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      Funds from operations per share - diluted                             $ 3.40                                         $ 3.72
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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities and Exchange Act of 1934,
     the  Registrant  has duly  caused the report to be signed its behalf by the
     undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


                       TANGER FACTORY OUTLET CENTERS, INC.

                       By:   /s/ Frank C. Marchisello, Jr.
                             Frank C. Marchisello, Jr.
                             Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer



     Date: December 12, 2003


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