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McDATA Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2004 Results; Fourth Quarter Revenue Increases 7 Percent Sequentially.


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, Colo. -- McDATA Corporation (Nasdaq: MCDTA)(Nasdaq:MCDT MCDT Micro Credit Development Trust SACCO (Uganda microfinance)
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) today reported results for the fourth quarter (Q4 04) and fiscal year 2004 (FY 04) ended January January: see month.  31, 2005. Net revenues for Q4 04 totaled $105.8 million, up seven percent from the third quarter fiscal year 2004 (Q3 04) and down seven percent from the fourth quarter fiscal year 2003 (Q4 03). Net revenues for FY 04 were $399.8 million, a decrease of five percent from $418.9 million reported in fiscal year 2003 (FY 03).

"McDATA's fourth quarter results demonstrated solid sequential One after the other in some consecutive order such as by name or number.  growth with reported revenue and non-GAAP earnings per share at the high-end high-end
adj. Informal
1. Appealing to sophisticated and discerning customers: a high-end department store; high-end video equipment.

2.
 of guidance," said John Kelley
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  • John Kelley (ice hockey), Ice hockey player elected to the United States Hockey Hall of Fame
  • John Edward Kelley (1853–1941), U.S. Representative from South Dakota
  • John H.
, chairman, president and chief executive officer, McDATA. "Our Global Enterprise Data Center (GEDC GEDC Georgia Electronic Design Center (at the Georgia Institute of Technology)
GEDC Global Engineering Development Center
) initiative continues to resonate res·o·nate  
v. res·o·nat·ed, res·o·nat·ing, res·o·nates

v.intr.
1. To exhibit or produce resonance or resonant effects.

2.
 strongly with partners and customers, and during our fourth quarter we significantly accelerated this strategy with the announcement of our intent to acquire CNT (Carbon NanoTube) See nanotube. , the availability of the Intrepid 10000 Backbone backbone: see spinal column.


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 Director through Hitachi Data Systems See HDS. , and the general availability and first customer sales of our third generation router router

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, the Eclipse 2640 SAN Router."

GAAP GAAP

See: Generally Accepted Accounting Principles


GAAP

See generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
 net income for Q4 04 was breakeven breakeven

1. The level of output or sales necessary to cover fixed expenses. Companies in industries that have high fixed costs and, consequently, high breakevens, such as automobile and steel manufacturing, are likely to exhibit large fluctuations
, or $(0.0) per share, compared to a GAAP net loss of $5.5 million, or $(0.05) reported in Q3 04, and a GAAP net loss of $7.5 million, or $(0.07) per share, reported in Q4 03.

Non-GAAP net income for Q4 04 totaled $6.8 million, or $0.06 per share, compared to non-GAAP net income of $4.6 million, or $0.04 per share, reported in Q3 04 and non-GAAP net income of $3.3 million, or $0.03 per share, reported in Q4 03.

McDATA's Q4 04 non-GAAP net income excludes charges related to the amortization of deferred compensation and amortization of purchased intangible assets Intangible Asset

An asset that is not physical in nature.

Notes:
Examples are things like copyrights, patents, intellectual property, and goodwill. These are the opposite of tangible assets.
. McDATA's Q3 04 and Q4 03 non-GAAP net income exclude charges related to the amortization of deferred compensation, certain restructuring charges restructuring charge

The expense of reorganizing a company's operations. A restructuring charge is an infrequent expense that generally results from asset writedowns or facility closings.
, amortization of purchased intangible assets, as well as the Company's share of the operating loss operating loss

The excess of operating expenses over revenue. As with operating income, operating losses exclude revenues and expenses from operations that are not considered a regular part of the business. Also called deficit. Compare operating income.
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McDATA's Q4 04 non-GAAP tax rate was two percent, and resulted in a benefit to non-GAAP net income of approximately ap·prox·i·mate  
adj.
1. Almost exact or correct: the approximate time of the accident.

2.
 $2 million, or $0.02 per diluted di·lute  
tr.v. di·lut·ed, di·lut·ing, di·lutes
1. To make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water.

2. To lessen the force, strength, purity, or brilliance of, especially by admixture.
 share, primarily related to R&D tax credits and deductions for foreign sales on the Company's 2003 tax return, and a corresponding increase in the Company's estimates for these two beneficial items with respect to FY 04. McDATA's Q3 04 non-GAAP net income also included a tax benefit of approximately $0.03 per share, primarily related to R&D tax credits and deductions for foreign sales on the Company's 2003 tax return, and a corresponding increase in the Company's estimates for these two beneficial items with respect to FY 04.

Q4 04 Financial Highlights Demonstrate Sequential Operational Performance Improvements:

--Non-GAAP gross profit increased to 56.0% of sales in Q4 04 compared to 55.7% in Q3 04

--Non-GAAP operating expenses Operating expenses

The amount paid for asset maintenance or the cost of doing business, excluding depreciation. Earnings are distributed after operating expenses are deducted.
 decreased to 51% of revenue in Q4 04 compared to 56% of revenue in Q3 04

--Non-GAAP operating profit Operating profit (or loss)

Revenue from a firm's regular activities less costs and expenses and before income deductions.


operating profit

See operating income.
 increased to 4.9% of sales in Q4 04 from 0.1% in Q3 04

--Q4 04 cash flow from operations Cash flow from operations

A firm's net cash inflow resulting directly from its regular operations (disregarding extraordinary items such as the sale of fixed assets or transaction costs associated with issuing securities), calculated as the sum of net income plus noncash expenses
 was $12.1 million compared to cash flow used in operations of ($5.6) million in Q3 04

--Days sales outstanding were 56 days in Q4 04 compared to 60 days in Q3 04

The non-GAAP results are a supplement to financial statements based on accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The name of this country. The United States, now thirty-one in number, are Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire,  (GAAP). The non-GAAP results exclude certain expenses and income to provide what McDATA believes is a more complete understanding of our underlying operational results and trends. Non-GAAP results are one of the primary indicators management uses for planning and forecasting of future periods. Non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to results prepared in accordance Accordance is Bible Study Software for Macintosh developed by OakTree Software, Inc.[]

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 with GAAP, but should not be considered a substitute for or superior to GAAP results. A reconciliation of GAAP and non-GAAP net income is provided in the financial statements attached to this news release.

Q4 04 Business Highlights Advance Global Enterprise Data Center Initiative:

--Announced a definitive agreement to acquire Computer Network Technology Corporation (CNT), a leader in the WAN extension/networking space providing storage area networking products, data movement software, services and solutions, significantly accelerating the Global Enterprise Data Center (GEDC) strategy. McDATA believes the combination of McDATA and CNT will enable McDATA to deliver greater value to customers, OEMs and partners by offering a comprehensive portfolio of data infrastructure solutions across the Storage Area Network (SAN), Metro Area This article is about the music production team. For the article about population centers, see metropolitan area.

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 Network (MAN) and Wide Area Network (WAN).

--Announced Hitachi Data Systems as the first OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and  to sell and ship the Intrepid(R) 10000 Backbone Director. The Intrepid 10000 is the industry's first backbone director and the heart of a tiered storage A data storage system made up of two or more types of storage based on their access speed. For example, magnetic disk and tape or magnetic disk and optical disc are widely used in a tiered storage system. See HSM.  network infrastructure for the Global Enterprise Data Center (GEDC). McDATA is first in the industry to deliver the backbone functionality required for a tiered storage network, including network consolidation, dynamic network partitioning To divide a resource or application into smaller pieces. See partition, application partitioning and PDQ. , 10 Gbit/s intelligent network services and carrier-class data availability Refers to the degree to which data can be instantly accessed. The term is mostly associated with service levels that are set up either by the internal IT organization or that may be guaranteed by a third party datacenter or storage provider.  for the enterprise.

--Announced McDATA availability of the Company's third generation router, the Eclipse(TM) 2640 SAN Router, and shipped units to customers during the fourth quarter.

--Added Digital China, China's largest IT products distributor and systems integrator An individual or organization that builds systems from a variety of diverse components. With increasing complexity of technology, more customers want complete solutions to information problems, requiring hardware, software and networking expertise in a multivendor environment. , as a reseller An organization that sells hardware and software to the general public. Resellers purchase products from software publishers and hardware manufacturers.  of McDATA's full product suite, significantly expanding the Company's presence in China.

--Announced Netherlands-based Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten (BNG BNG Bangladesh
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) deployed McDATA's Intrepid directors and Eclipse SAN routers. By implementing McDATA's directors and SAN routers, BNG is able to protect data over long-distances while achieving ultra ultra

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 high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. .

--Announced ManagedStorage International (MSI MSI: see integrated circuit.


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), an enterprise storage networking services provider, implemented McDATA's SANavigator(R). As a result, MSI has converted administrative cost administrative cost Managed care A cost incurred by the 'business' end of a health care facility or university–eg, staffing and personnel costs, nursing home and hospital administration, insurance, and overhead expenses. Cf Indirect costs.  labor hours to billable hours Billable Hours is a Canadian comedy series, which airs on Showcase.

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, enabling the company to keep pace with future customer acquisitions and increased the addressable Reachable. When something is addressable, it can be identified and manipulated independently of its surroundings. For example, screen pixels and RAM memory are addressable. Each of the screen's picture elements can be individually turned on and off, and each of the memory's bytes can be  market of its customers through the implementation of the non-invasive Non-invasive
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2.
 SANavigator management application.

Conference Call

McDATA's fiscal 2004 fourth quarter conference call is scheduled today, February February: see month.  24, 2005 at 3:00 p.m. Mountain Time (5:00 p.m. Eastern Time). John Kelley, chairman of the board, chief executive officer and president, and Ernest Er´nest

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 Sampias, chief financial officer, will host the conference call. The call is being webcast live via the Internet Internet

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 at www.mcdata.com. A replay of the conference call will be available live via the Internet at www.mcdata.com for twelve months.

About McDATA (www.mcdata.com)

McDATA (Nasdaq: MCDTA/MCDT) is the only data infrastructure solutions provider that can deliver a Global Enterprise Data Center- a globally connected, centrally managed and highly optimized data network. With more than 20 years of storage networking experience, McDATA is trusted in the world's largest data centers, connecting more than two-thirds of all networked data and enabling information access anytime, anywhere.

Forward-Looking Statements forward-looking statement

A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections.


This press release contains statements about expected future events that are forward-looking for·ward-look·ing
adj.
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Adj. 1.
 and subject to risks and uncertainties. Readers are urged to consider statements that include the terms "believes", "belief", "expects", "plans", "objectives", "estimates", "anticipates", "intends", "targets", or the like to be uncertain and forward-looking. Factors that could cause actual results to differ and vary materially from expectations include, but are not limited to, our relationships with EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. , IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries)  and HDS (Hitachi Data Systems, Santa Clara, CA, www.hds.com) A leading provider of high-end storage hardware, software and services. Part of the Information Systems & Telecommunications Division of Hitachi Ltd.  and the level of their orders, aggressive price competition by numerous other SAN and IP switch suppliers, OEM qualification of our new products, manufacturing constraints CONSTRAINTS - A language for solving constraints using value inference.

["CONSTRAINTS: A Language for Expressing Almost-Hierarchical Descriptions", G.J. Sussman et al, Artif Intell 14(1):1-39 (Aug 1980)].
, our ability to integrate CNT's operations with our operations and other risk factors that are disclosed dis·close  
tr.v. dis·closed, dis·clos·ing, dis·clos·es
1. To expose to view, as by removing a cover; uncover.

2. To make known (something heretofore kept secret).
 in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These cautionary statements by us should not be construed as exhaustive or as any admission regarding the adequacy of disclosures made by us. All cautionary statements should be read as being applicable to all forward-looking statements wherever they appear. We do not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
McDATA CORPORATION
      CONDENSED REPORTED CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENTS (Note 1)
                 (in thousands, except per share data)
                              (unaudited)

                                   Three Months       Twelve Months
                                       Ended               Ended
                                 ------------------ ------------------
                                 Jan. 31, Jan. 31,  Jan. 31, Jan. 31,
                                   2004     2005      2004     2005
                                 ------------------ ------------------

Revenue                          $114,008 $105,819  $418,860 $399,794
Cost of revenue                    49,022   46,625   177,329  176,193
                                 ------------------ ------------------
Gross profit                       64,986   59,194   241,531  223,601

Operating expenses:
Research and development           28,280   21,536    88,826   91,613
Selling and marketing              25,368   26,828    95,820  101,305
General and administrative         13,645   11,572    39,456   48,356
Acquired in-process research and
 development                            -        -    11,410        -
Restructuring costs                 2,258        -     2,258    1,263
Amortization of deferred
 compensation                       3,349      725    11,969    5,522
                                 ------------------ ------------------
   Operating expenses              72,900   60,661   249,739  248,059

Loss from operations               (7,914)  (1,467)   (8,208) (24,458)
Interest and other income, net        979    1,687     4,471    5,306
                                 ------------------ ------------------
Income (loss) before income taxes  (6,935)     220    (3,737) (19,152)
Income tax expense                    202      322    38,412      362
                                 ------------------ ------------------
Loss before equity in net loss of
 affiliated company                (7,137)    (102)  (42,149) (19,514)
Equity in net loss of affiliated
 company                             (393)       -      (984)  (1,380)
                                 ------------------ ------------------
Net loss                          $(7,530)   $(102) $(43,133)$(20,894)
                                 ================== ==================

Basic net loss per share           $(0.07)  $(0.00)   $(0.38)  $(0.18)
                                 ================== ==================
Shares used in computing basic
 net loss per share               114,847  115,288   114,682  115,355
                                 ================== ==================

Diluted net loss per share         $(0.07)  $(0.00)   $(0.38)  $(0.18)
                                 ================== ==================
Shares used in computing diluted
 net loss per share               114,847  115,288   114,682  115,355
                                 ================== ==================
McDATA CORPORATION
           CONDENSED NON-GAAP CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENTS
                 (in thousands, except per share data)
                              (unaudited)

                                   Three Months       Twelve Months
                                       Ended               Ended
                                 ------------------ ------------------
                                 Jan. 31, Jan. 31,  Jan. 31, Jan. 31,
                                   2004     2005      2004     2005
                                 ------------------ ------------------

Revenue                          $114,008 $105,819  $418,860 $399,794
Cost of revenue                    48,702   46,607   176,787  175,973
                                 ------------------ ------------------
Gross profit                       65,306   59,212   242,073  223,821

Operating expenses:
Research and development           27,390   21,281    86,312   89,914
Selling and marketing              24,775   26,714    94,635  100,852
General and administrative          7,732    5,987    29,163   25,282
Acquired in-process research and
 development                            -        -         -        -
Restructuring costs                     -        -         -        -
Amortization of deferred
 compensation                           -        -         -        -
                                 ------------------ ------------------
   Operating expenses              59,897   53,982   210,110  216,048

Income from operations              5,409    5,230    31,963    7,773
Interest and other income, net      1,061    1,687     4,072    5,306
                                 ------------------ ------------------
Income before income taxes          6,470    6,917    36,035   13,079
Income tax expense (benefit)        3,124      108    11,761   (1,397)
                                 ------------------ ------------------
Income before equity in net loss
 of affiliated company              3,346    6,809    24,274   14,476
Equity in net loss of affiliated
 company                                -        -         -        -
                                 ------------------ ------------------
Net income                         $3,346   $6,809   $24,274  $14,476
                                 ================== ==================

Basic net income per share          $0.03    $0.06     $0.21    $0.13
                                 ================== ==================
Shares used in computing basic
 net income per share             114,847  115,288   114,682  115,355
                                 ================== ==================

Diluted net income per share        $0.03    $0.06     $0.21    $0.12
                                 ================== ==================
Shares used in computing diluted
 net income per share             118,534  118,010   118,209  117,691
                                 ================== ==================
McDATA CORPORATION
  RECONCILIATION BETWEEN GAAP AND NON-GAAP NET INCOME (LOSS) (Note 2)
                 (in thousands, except per share data)
                              (unaudited)

                               Three Months Ended  Twelve Months Ended
                               Jan. 31, Jan. 31,    Jan. 31, Jan. 31,
                                 2004     2005        2004     2005
                               ------------------  -------------------

GAAP net loss                   $(7,530)   $(102)   $(43,133)$(20,894)

Adjustments:
   Inventory-related charges, net     -        -        (460)       -
   Amortization of deferred
    compensation and
        acquisition-related
    compensation                  5,491    1,142      17,342    8,195
   Amortization of intangible
    assets                        5,656    5,555       9,222   22,773
   Restructuring costs            2,258        -       2,258    1,263
   Acquired in-process research
    & development                     -        -      11,410        -
   Income tax (expense) benefit  (2,922)     214      26,651    1,759
   Equity in net loss of
    affiliated company              393        -         984    1,380
                               ------------------  -------------------

      Non-GAAP net income        $3,346   $6,809     $24,274  $14,476

GAAP net loss per share - basic
    and diluted                  $(0.07)  $(0.00)     $(0.38)  $(0.18)
Non-GAAP net income per share -
    diluted                       $0.03    $0.06       $0.21    $0.12
 Shares used in non-GAAP per
  share calculation - diluted   118,534  118,010     118,209  117,691

Note (1) - Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to
conform to the fiscal 2004 presentation.

Note (2) - The condensed non-GAAP consolidated income statements for
all periods presented are for illustrative purposes only and are not
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
The following is provided as a supplement to the non-GAAP
reconciliation above:
Three Months      Twelve Months
                                        Ended              Ended
                                  -----------------  -----------------
Non-GAAP Adjustments              Jan. 31, Jan. 31,  Jan. 31, Jan. 31,
                                    2004     2005      2004     2005
---------------------------------------------------  -----------------

Cost of revenue:
   Inventory-related charges, net       $-      $-      $(460)     $-
   Deferred compensation and
    acquisition-related
    compensation                       320      18      1,002     220
                                  -----------------  -----------------
       Cost of revenue subtotal        320      18        542     220
Operating expenses:
   Research and development:
       Acquisition-related
        compensation                   890     255      2,514   1,699
   Selling and marketing
       Acquisition-related
        compensation                   932     114      1,857     453
   General and administrative
       Acquisition-related
        compensation                     -      30          -     301
       Amortization of intangible
        assets                       5,656   5,555      9,222  22,773
   Acquired in-process research &
    development                          -       -     11,410       -
   Restructuring costs               2,258       -      2,258   1,263
   Amortization of deferred
    compensation                     3,349     725     11,969   5,522
                                  -----------------  -----------------
    Operating expenses subtotal     13,085   6,679     39,230  32,011
                                  -----------------  -----------------
Total non-GAAP Adjustments          13,405   6,697     39,772  32,231
Income tax expense (benefit)         2,922    (214)   (26,651) (1,759)
Equity in net loss of affiliated
 company                               393       -        984   1,380
                                  -----------------  -----------------
After-tax impact of non-GAAP
 adjustments                       $10,876  $6,911    $67,407 $35,370
                                  =================  =================
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                            (in thousands)
                              (unaudited)

                                             October 31,  January 31,
                                                2004         2005
                                            --------------------------
Assets
   Cash and short term investments              $199,997     $209,766
   Securities lending collateral                 141,361      130,804
   Accounts receivable, net                       64,406       63,810
   Inventories, net                               16,386       13,689
   Other current assets                            6,764        7,190
                                            --------------------------
Total current assets                             428,914      425,259
Property and equipment, net                       98,096       94,929
Long-term investments                             98,385       95,589
Goodwill                                          78,693       78,693
Intangible assets, net                            93,146       87,592
Other assets, net                                 32,807       35,927
                                            --------------------------
    Total assets                                $830,041     $817,989
                                            ==========================

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
   Accounts payable and accrued liabilities      $69,056      $63,231
   Securities lending collateral                 141,361      130,804
   Current portion of deferred revenue            20,791       22,602
   Current portion of notes payable and
    capital leases                                 1,013        2,485
                                            --------------------------
Total current liabilities                        232,221      219,122
Notes payable and capital leases, less
 current portion                                     388          256
Deferred revenue, less current portion            25,049       27,001
Convertible subordinate debt and related
 interest rate swap                              172,781      170,495
Other long-term liabilities                        2,020        3,913
                                            --------------------------
    Total liabilities                            432,459      420,787
Stockholders' equity                             397,582      397,202
                                            --------------------------
    Total liabilities and stockholders'
     equity                                     $830,041     $817,989
                                            ==========================
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
                            (in thousands)
                              (unaudited)

                                                Twelve Months Ended
                                              January 31,  January 31,
                                                  2004        2005
                                             -------------------------

Net cash provided by operating activities        $61,060      $22,082
                                             =========================

Cash flows from investing activities:
   Purchases of property and equipment          $(17,999)    $(17,581)
   Acquisitions and equity investment           (177,421)           -
   Net purchases and sales of investments        (43,709)      16,902
                                             -------------------------
Net cash used by investing activities          $(239,129)       $(679)
                                             =========================

Cash flows from financing activities:
   Net proceeds for issuance of convertible
    subordinated debt                           $166,933           $-
   Net purchase of share option transactions     (20,510)           -
   Payments on notes payable                     (15,469)      (1,479)
   Cash restricted pursuant to interest rate
    swap transaction                              (5,130)          83
   Purchase of treasury stock                     (8,752)     (10,287)
   Payment of obligations under capital
    leases                                        (2,697)      (1,088)
   Proceeds from the issuance of common stock      5,827        5,574
                                             -------------------------
Net cash provided (used) by financing
 activities                                     $120,202      $(7,197)
                                             =========================

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash
 equivalents                                    $(57,867)     $14,206
                                             =========================
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