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Stockholders’ Equity
−Removed: Preferred stock, $ 0.05 par value;
+Added: Preferred stock, $ 0.05 par value per share;
10,000,000 shares authorized;
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150,000,000 shares authorized;
−Removed: 14,548,686 shares and 14,584,611 shares issued and outstanding at March 28, 2026 and September 27, 2025, respectively
+Added: 14,552,786 shares and 14,548,611 shares issued and outstanding at June 27, 2026 and September 27, 2025, respectively
Class B, convertible to Class A, $ 0.05 par value per share;
100,000,000 shares authorized;
−Removed: 4,445,690 shares and 4,445,765 shares issued and outstanding at March 28, 2026 and September 27, 2025, respectively
+Added: 4,441,590 shares and 4,445,765 shares issued and outstanding at June 27, 2026 and September 27, 2025, respectively
Paid-in capital in excess of par value
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1,035,879,885
+Added: 1,018,891,349
Operating and administrative expenses
−Removed: Gain (loss) from sale or disposal of assets
+Added: Gain from sale or disposal of assets
Income from operations
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Income tax expense
−Removed: Other comprehensive income (loss):
+Added: Other comprehensive loss:
Change in fair value of interest rate swap
( 1,445,649 )
−Removed: Income tax (expense) benefit
−Removed: Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax
+Added: Income tax benefit
+Added: Other comprehensive loss, net of tax
( 1,087,649 )
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (UNAUDITED)
−Removed: Six Months Ended
+Added: Nine Months Ended
4,049,164,793
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Income tax expense
−Removed: Other comprehensive (loss) income:
+Added: Other comprehensive loss:
Change in fair value of interest rate swap
−Removed: Income tax benefit (expense)
−Removed: Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax
+Added: Income tax benefit
+Added: Other comprehensive loss, net of tax
Comprehensive income
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (UNAUDITED)
−Removed: THREE AND SIX MONTHS ENDED MARCH 28, 2026 AND MARCH 29, 2025
+Added: THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 27, 2026 AND JUNE 28, 2025
Comprehensive
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1,571,812,858
+Added: Other comprehensive loss, net of income tax
+Added: ( 1,087,649 )
+Added: ( 1,087,649 )
+Added: Cash dividends
+Added: ( 3,067,366 )
+Added: ( 3,067,366 )
+Added: Common stock conversions
+Added: Balance, June 28, 2025
+Added: 1,586,753,010
+Added: 1,593,856,798
Balance, September 27, 2025
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1,662,002,123
+Added: Other comprehensive loss, net of income tax
+Added: Cash dividends
+Added: ( 3,067,390 )
+Added: ( 3,067,390 )
+Added: Common stock conversions
+Added: Balance, June 27, 2026
+Added: 1,678,477,758
+Added: 1,684,791,883
See notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)
−Removed: Six Months Ended
+Added: Nine Months Ended
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
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( 13,207,000 )
−Removed: ( 1,756,000 )
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
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( 25,459,866 )
+Added: ( 2,555,144 )
Operating lease liabilities
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( 14,845,045 )
+Added: Debt issuance costs
Repayment of finance lease
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED UNAUDITED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
−Removed: Three Months and Six Months Ended March 28, 2026 and March 29, 2025
+Added: Three Months and Nine Months Ended June 27, 2026 and June 28, 2025
BASIS OF PREPARATION
−Removed: In the opinion of management, the accompanying condensed consolidated unaudited interim financial statements contain all adjustments necessary to present fairly the financial position as of March 28, 2026 and the results of operations and changes in stockholders’ equity for the three-month and six-month periods ended March 28, 2026 and March 29, 2025, and cash flows of Ingles Markets, Incorporated, a North Carolina corporation (“Ingles”, the “Company”, “we”, “us”, or “our”), for the six months ended March 28, 2026 and March 29, 2025.
+Added: In the opinion of management, the accompanying condensed consolidated unaudited interim financial statements contain all adjustments necessary to present fairly the financial position as of June 27, 2026 and the results of operations and changes in stockholders’ equity for the three-month and nine-month periods ended June 27, 2026 and June 28, 2025, and cash flows of Ingles Markets, Incorporated, a North Carolina corporation (“Ingles”, the “Company”, “we”, “us”, or “our”), for the nine months ended June 27, 2026 and June 28, 2025.
The adjustments made are of a normal recurring nature.
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It is suggested that these condensed consolidated unaudited interim financial statements be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and the notes thereto included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 27, 2025, filed by the Company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, on November 26, 2025, as amended on January 22, 2026 .
−Removed: The results of operations for the three-month and six-month periods ended March 28, 2026 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full fiscal year.
+Added: The results of operations for the three-month and nine-month periods ended June 27, 2026 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full fiscal year.
NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
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The new standard requires the disclosure of the Company’s Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”), expanded incremental line-item disclosures of significant segment expenses used by the CODM for decision-making, and the inclusion of previous annual only segment disclosure requirements on a quarterly basis.
−Removed: This ASU should be applied retrospectively for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and early adoption was permitted.
+Added: This ASU should be applied retrospectively for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and early adoption is permitted.
The Company adopted this guidance for the fiscal year ended September 27, 2025 and determined that the impact was not material to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
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ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS
−Removed: Receivables are presented net of an allowance for doubtful accounts of $ 512,687 at March 28, 2026 and $ 512,680 at September 27, 2025.
+Added: Receivables are presented net of an allowance for doubtful accounts of $ 740,946 at June 27, 2026 and $ 512,680 at September 27, 2025.
The Company’s effective tax rate differs from the federal statutory rate primarily as a result of state income taxes and tax credits.
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The Company is currently insured for covered costs in excess of $ 1.0 million per occurrence for workers’ compensation and for general liability and $ 650,000 per covered person for medical care benefits for a policy year.
−Removed: The Company’s self-insurance reserves totaled $ 36.0 million at March 28, 2026.
+Added: The Company’s self-insurance reserves totaled $ 36.0 million at June 27, 2026.
Of this amount, $ 16.5 million was accounted for as a current liability and $ 19.5 million as a long-term liability, which included $ 3.3 million of expected self-insurance recoveries from excess cost insurance or other sources that was recorded as a receivable.
At September 27, 2025, the Company’s self-insurance reserves totaled $ 38.3 million of which $ 17.8 million was accounted for as a current liability and $ 20.5 million as a long-term liability, which included $ 3.3 million of expected self-insurance recoveries from excess cost insurance or other sources that was recorded as a receivable.
−Removed: Employee insurance expense, including workers’ compensation and medical care benefits, net of employee contributions, totaled $ 11.3 million and $ 12.0 million for the three-month periods ended March 28, 2026 and March 29, 2025, respectively.
−Removed: For both the six-month periods ended March 28, 2026 and March 29, 2025, employee insurance expense, net of employee contributions totaled $ 23.2 million.
+Added: Employee insurance expense, including workers’ compensation and medical care benefits, net of employee contributions, totaled $ 13.7 million and $ 12.8 million for the three-month periods ended June 27, 2026 and June 28, 2025, respectively.
+Added: For the nine-month periods ended June 27, 2026 and June 28, 2025, employee insurance expense, net of employee contributions totaled $ 37.0 million and $ 36.0 million, respectively.
The Company’s fuel operations use underground tanks for the storage of gasoline and diesel fuel.
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The Company followed the FASB ASC 410 model for determining the asset retirement cost and asset retirement obligation.
−Removed: The amounts recorded were immaterial for each fuel center as well as in the aggregate, at March 28, 2026 and September 27, 2025.
+Added: The amounts recorded were immaterial for each fuel center, as well as in the aggregate, at June 27, 2026 and September 27, 2025.
LONG-TERM DEBT
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The Line provides the Company with various interest rate options based on the prime rate, the Federal Funds Rate or SOFR.
−Removed: The Line allows the Company to issue up to $ 10.0 million of letters of credit, of which a single letter of credit in the amount of $ 900,000 was issued at March 28, 2026.
−Removed: The Company is not required to maintain compensating balances in connection with the Line.
−Removed: At March 28, 2026, the Company had no other borrowings outstanding under the Line.
+Added: The Line allows the Company to issue up to $ 10.0 million of letters of credit, of which a single letter of credit in the amount of $ 900,000 was issued at June 27, 2026.
+Added: At June 27, 2026, the Company had no other borrowings under the Line.
In December 2010, the Company completed the funding of $ 99.7 million of bonds (the “ Bonds”) for construction of new warehouse and distribution space adjacent to its existing space in Buncombe County, North Carolina (the “Project”).
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Mandatory redemption of the Bonds by the Company in the annual amount of $ 4.5 million began on January 1, 2014 .
−Removed: The outstanding balance of the Bonds was $ 40.9 million as of March 28, 2026.
+Added: The outstanding balance of the Bonds was $ 40.9 million as of June 27, 2026.
The Company may redeem the Bonds without penalty or premium at any time prior to December 17, 2029 .
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In September 2017, the Company refinanced approximately $ 60 million of secured borrowing obligations with a SOFR-based amortizing floating rate loan secured by real estate, which matures in October 2027 .
−Removed: As of March 28, 2026, the Company had an interest rate swap agreement for a notional amount of $ 9.5 million at a fixed rate of 3.962 %.
+Added: As of June 27, 2026, the Company had an interest rate swap agreement for a notional amount of $ 8.0 million at a fixed rate of 3.962 %.
Under this agreement, the Company pays monthly the fixed rate of 3.962 % and receives the one-month SOFR plus 1.75 %.
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In December 2019, the Company entered into a $ 155 million SOFR-based amortizing floating rate loan secured by real estate, which matures in January 2030 .
−Removed: As of March 28, 2026, the Company had an interest rate swap agreement for a notional amount of $ 105.3 million at a fixed rate of 2.998 %.
+Added: As of June 27, 2026, the Company had an interest rate swap agreement for a notional amount of $ 103.3 million at a fixed rate of 2.998 %.
Under this agreement, the Company pays monthly the fixed rate of 2.998 % and receives the one-month SOFR plus 1.60 %.
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The Company has designated the swaps as cash flow hedges and records the changes in the estimated fair value of the swaps to other comprehensive income each period.
−Removed: For the three months ended March 28, 2026, the Company recorded $ 0.3 million of other comprehensive income, and for the six months ended March 28, 2026, the Company recorded $ 0.2 million of other comprehensive loss, net of income taxes, in its Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.
−Removed: Unrealized gains of $ 7.2 million were included as an asset at fair value in the line “Other Assets” on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March 28, 2026.
−Removed: For the three months ended March 29, 2025, the Company recorded $ 1.8 million of other comprehensive loss, and for the six months ended March 29, 2025, the Company recorded $ 0.5 million of other comprehensive income, net of income taxes, in its Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.
−Removed: Unrealized gains of $ 9.6 million were included as an asset at fair value in the line “Other Assets” on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March 29, 2025.
+Added: For the three and nine months ended June 27, 2026, the Company recorded $ 42.2 thousand and $ 232.6 thousand of other comprehensive loss, respectively, net of income taxes, in its Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.
+Added: Unrealized gains of $ 7.1 million were included as an asset at fair value in the line “Other Assets” on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 27, 2026.
+Added: For the three and nine months ended June 28, 2025, the Company recorded $ 1.1 million and $ 0.6 million of other comprehensive loss, respectively, net of income taxes, in its Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.
+Added: Unrealized gains of $ 8.2 million were included as an asset at fair value in the line “Other Assets” on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 28, 2025.
The Company’s long-term debt agreements generally contain provisions that under certain circumstances would permit lending institutions to terminate or withdraw their respective extensions of credit to the Company.
−Removed: Included among the triggering factors
−Removed: permitting the termination or withdrawal of the Line are certain events of default, including both monetary and non-monetary defaults, the initiation of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings, and the failure of the Company to meet certain financial covenants designated in its loan documents.
−Removed: The Company was in compliance with all financial covenants at March 28, 2026.
+Added: Included among the triggering factors permitting the termination or withdrawal of the Line are certain events of default, including both monetary and non-monetary defaults, the initiation of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings, and the failure of the Company to meet certain financial covenants designated in its loan documents.
+Added: The Company was in compliance with all financial covenants at June 27, 2026.
The Company’s long-term debt agreements generally have cross-default provisions which could result in the acceleration of payments due under all long-term debt agreements in the event of default under any one instrument.
−Removed: At March 28, 2026, property and equipment with an undepreciated cost of approximately $ 237.1 million were pledged as collateral for long-term debt.
+Added: At June 27, 2026, property and equipment with an undepreciated cost of approximately $ 234.7 million were pledged as collateral for long-term debt.
Long-term debt and Line agreements contain various restrictive covenants requiring, among other things, maintenance of certain financial ratios.
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The Company paid cash dividends of $ 0.165 for each share of Class A Common Stock and $ 0.15 for each share of Class B Common Stock on April 16, 2026 to stockholders of record on April 9, 2026 .
−Removed: For additional information regarding the dividend rights of the Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, please see Note 8, “Stockholders’ Equity” to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by the Company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, on November 26, 2025, as amended on January 22, 2026.
+Added: The Company paid cash dividends of $ 0.165 for each share of Class A Common Stock and $ 0.15 for each share of Class B Common Stock on July 16, 2026 to stockholders of record on July 9, 2026 .
+Added: For additional information regarding the dividend rights of the Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, please see Note 8, “Stockholders’ Equity” to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by the Company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, on November 26, 2025, as amended on January 22, 2026.
EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE
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Three Months Ended
−Removed: Six Months Ended
−Removed: March 28, 2026
−Removed: March 28, 2026
+Added: Nine Months Ended
+Added: June 27, 2026
+Added: June 27, 2026
Allocated net income
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Three Months Ended
−Removed: Six Months Ended
−Removed: March 29, 2025
−Removed: March 29, 2025
+Added: Nine Months Ended
+Added: June 28, 2025
+Added: June 28, 2025
Allocated net income
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Step rent provisions, escalation clauses and lease incentives are considered in computing minimum lease payments.
−Removed: Operating Leases – Rent expense for all operating leases totaled $ 1.8 million and $ 3.5 million for the three and six months ended March 28, 2026, respectively.
+Added: Operating Leases – Rent expense for all operating leases totaled $ 1.7 million and $ 5.2 million for the three and nine months ended June 27, 2026, respectively.
This amount included short-term (less than one year) leases, common area expenses, and variable lease costs, all of which were insignificant.
Cash paid for lease liabilities in operating activities approximates operating lease cost.
−Removed: Finance Leases – Finance lease cost of $ 420.0 thousand included amortization expense of $ 352.8 thousand, which was included in operating and administrative expense, and $ 67.2 thousand of interest expense for the six months ended March 28, 2026.
−Removed: Future maturities of lease liabilities as of March 28, 2026 were as follows:
+Added: Finance Leases – Finance lease cost of $ 649.4 thousand included amortization expense of $ 552.4 thousand, which was included in operating and administrative expense, and $ 97.0 thousand of interest expense for the nine months ended June 27, 2026.
+Added: Future maturities of lease liabilities as of June 27, 2026 were as follows:
Operating Leases
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Present value of lease liabilities
−Removed: Lease extensions exercised during the six months ended March 28, 2026 increased the line items “Operating lease right of use assets” and “Noncurrent operating lease liabilities” by $ 2.0 million on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 28, 2026.
−Removed: At March 28, 2026, the weighted average remaining lease term for the Company’s operating leases was 14.9 years.
−Removed: The weighted average discount rates used to determine operating lease liability balances and finance lease liability balances were 4.3 % and 6.0 %, respectively.
+Added: Lease extensions exercised during the nine months ended June 27, 2026 increased the line items “Operating lease right of use assets” and “Noncurrent operating lease liabilities” by $ 1.9 million on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 27, 2026.
+Added: At June 27, 2026, the weighted average remaining lease term for the Company’s operating leases was 15.2 years and, the weighted average discount rates used to determine operating lease and finance lease liability balances were 4.3 % and 6.0 %, respectively.
Leases as Lessor
−Removed: At March 28, 2026, the Company owned and operated 102 shopping centers in conjunction with its supermarket operations, including one of the three stores located in a shopping center that remains temporarily closed as a result of damage sustained during Hurricane Helene.
+Added: At June 27, 2026, the Company owned and operated 102 shopping centers in conjunction with its supermarket operations, including one of the three stores located in a shopping center that remains temporarily closed as a result of damage sustained during Hurricane Helene.
The Company leases to others a portion of its shopping center properties.
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Three Months Ended
−Removed: Six Months Ended
−Removed: March 28, 2026
−Removed: March 28, 2026
+Added: Nine Months Ended
+Added: June 27, 2026
+Added: June 27, 2026
Rents earned on owned and subleased properties:
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( 3,674,102 )
−Removed: Future minimum operating lease receipts at March 28, 2026 were as follows:
+Added: Future minimum operating lease receipts at June 27, 2026 were as follows:
Remainder of 2026
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The “All Other” segment includes the results of non-reportable segments, fluid dairy and shopping center rentals, which do not meet both quantitative and qualitative criteria as defined under ASC 280, Segment Reporting.
−Removed: Beginning i n fiscal year 2025, expense allocation methodology changed to include direct and indirect costs associated with the shopping center rentals that were previously included in the retail segment.
−Removed: The results for the three and six months ended March 29, 2025 were recast to be comparable.
+Added: Beginning in fiscal year 2025, expense allocation methodology changed to include direct and indirect costs associated with the shopping center rentals that were previously included in the retail segment.
+Added: The results for the three and nine months ended June 28, 2025 were recast to be comparable.
The CODM utilizes operating income to assess the Company’s operating performance and to make decisions about allocating resources to each segment.
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Therefore, such information is not provided.
−Removed: The Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer is the CODM.
+Added: The Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer is the
The accounting policies are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies.
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Three Months Ended
−Removed: Six Months Ended
+Added: Nine Months Ended
Retail grocery revenue
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The inputs into the determination of fair value require significant management judgment or estimation.
−Removed: The carrying amount and fair value of the Company’s debt, interest rate swaps, and non-qualified retirement plan assets at March 28, 2026 were as follows (in thousands):
+Added: The carrying amount and fair value of the Company’s debt, interest rate swaps, and non-qualified retirement plan assets at June 27, 2026 were as follows (in thousands):
Senior Notes due 2031
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In the opinion of management, the ultimate liability, if any, from all pending legal proceedings and claims is not expected to materially affect the Company’s financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
−Removed: Subsequent to March 28, 2026, the Company received a additional payment of $ 5.8 million towards the final settlement of the inventory loss claims related to Hurricane Helene.
−Removed: The Company did not recognize an asset for the insurance recovery receivable in the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March 28, 2026 but the recovery was treated as a gain contingency since not resolved until after the end of the period.
+Added: During April 2026, the Company received a payment of $ 5.8 million for the final settlement of the inventory loss claims related to Hurricane Helene.
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
The Company will from time to time make short-term non-interest bearing loans to the Company’s Investment/Profit Sharing Plan to allow the plan to meet distribution obligations during a time when the plan is prohibited from selling shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock.
−Removed: During the six months ended March 28, 2026, no such loans were made, repaid, or outstanding.
−Removed: Subsequent to March 28, 2026, the Company loaned the Company’s Investment/Profit Sharing Plan $ 150,000 to meet distribution obligations.
+Added: During the nine months ended June 27, 2026, the Company loaned $ 150,000 to the plan, which the plan repaid.
+Added: Subsequent to June 27, 2026, the Company loaned the plan $ 270,000 .
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