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Here we provide side by side comparison between Dhani Stocks vs SAMCO, Below comparison of Dhani Stocks vs SAMCO highlights the variations of Brokerage charges & services offered, Compare their ratings, brokerage & AMC charges, Investment choices, Customer Service, Demat Account, features, Platforms, and running offers.

One on One comparison of Dhani Stocks vs SAMCO is given below:

Dhani Stocks

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About The Brokers

Dhani Stocks :

"Dhani Stocks is India’s leading discounted stockbroker offering an unlimited subscription plan with nil brokerage and free call & trade + trading + funds transfers. >>> more

SAMCO :

"SAMCO delivers you the better trade experience with low cost, advanced technology (friendly in usage) and a benefit of membership across all leading stock market and >>> more

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Dhani Stocks :

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Type of Broker

Dhani Stocks :

Discount Broker

SAMCO :

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Promo/offers

Dhani Stocks :

N/A

SAMCO :

Special Offer: Get Free Trading and Demat Account Opening + 100% Brokerage Cash Back for 1st Month for trades using Mobile App. Open Instant Account online with SAMCO and start trading today.

Advantage

Dhani Stocks :

✔ What Dhani Stocks Does Well

✓	₹0 delivery brokerage — free for long-term investors
✓	₹15/order intraday & F&O — ₹5 cheaper than ₹20 standard
✓	₹500/month unlimited plan — cheapest unlimited plan in India
✓	₹0 AMC lifetime + ₹0 account opening
✓	NRI accounts available — PIS + NRO supported
✓	TradingView-powered charts
✓	PIB desktop terminal for active traders
✓	Commodity F&O available (0.03% brokerage)
✓	MF investment at zero commission

SAMCO :

✔ What SAMCO Does Well

✓	SEBI-registered Research Analyst — structured research recommendations across all timeframes
✓	SAMCO Prime free for ₹1 lakh networth holders — unlimited research-backed recommendations
✓	StockBasket — expert-curated mini portfolios with 5-year fee refund guarantee
✓	KyaTrade — real-time trade ideas with built-in stop loss and target levels
✓	RankMF — comprehensive MF ranking across 3,000+ funds with SmartSIP
✓	₹0 account opening; 100% brokerage cashback first month (mobile app)
✓	MTF (StockPlus) available — leveraged delivery trading
✓	Nest Trader desktop software — professional-grade execution terminal
✓	TradingView charting integrated
✓	Simple, unified ₹20 flat fee — easy to understand and plan around

Disadvantage

Dhani Stocks :

✘ Where Dhani Stocks Short

✗	Parent company (Dhani Services) has pivoted to real estate as primary business — broking is secondary
✗	Parent quarterly revenue declining (Q1 FY26 down 24.7% YoY)
✗	Parent stock (Dhani Services) declined ~15% over 6 months
✗	Customer support widely reported as slow
✗	Multiple name changes (Indiabulls → Dhani) create brand confusion
✗	Platform innovation slower than app-first brokers
✗	Commodity brokerage 0.03% (not flat fee) — less predictable
✗	No GTT orders
✗	No advanced order types (basket, iceberg, multi-leg)

SAMCO :

✘ Where Samco Falls Short

✗	₹20 delivery brokerage — Zerodha, Groww, ProStocks, Shoonya all offer free delivery
✗	₹400/yr AMC from year 2 — highest among major discount brokers
✗	NRI accounts NOT available
✗	Call & Trade ₹20 per order (vs ₹0 at Shoonya, ProStocks)
✗	Auto square-off ₹20 per order
✗	Small active client base (70,158) vs Zerodha's 75+ lakh
✗	No branches — 100% online only
✗	Customer support response times reported as slow by users
✗	Back office (SAMCO Star) not integrated with trading platform
✗	Mobile app reported slower than web by some users

Why This

Dhani Stocks :

Free Delivery Trade, Dhani Stocks does not charge any brokerage on Delivery trade.
Rs.15 per executed order across all the segments
Dhani Stocks is a part of Indiabulls Group, the pioneer of the financial service, and has had its presence in housing finance, infrastructure, wealth management, consumer finance for 20+ years.
100% paperless online Demat account opening
Dhani Stocks offers unlimited trading and a free Demat account with a monthly subscription plan of INR 500.
Dhani Stocks offers nil brokerage in unlimited trading subscription plans in equity delivery, intraday, and F&O.
Dhani Stocks Demat account offers loans based on the securities in the account.
Dhani Stocks supports exchanges — MCX, NSE, BSE, AND NCDEX.
Dhani Stocks offers the lowest commodity trading brokerage of 3 paise or 0.03%
Dhani Stocks offers extensive deep market research on mutual funds, equity reports, daily market reports, research ETF, quarterly analysis results, free tips, and news alerts for free.
Dhani Stocks is India's first online broker company to obtain CRISIL's, the leading trader quality grading of BQ-1, for its outstanding financial stability.

SAMCO :

SAMCO offers Trade at Rs.20 per Order across all segments and irrespective of Order Size. Trade Stocks, Futures, Options, Commodities at Flat 20 per order only
Get Delivery Trades Funded: up to 4X Leverage
Samco Provides highest Leverage in the Industry: Get 80x Leverage to trade the NIFTY.
The first 20 Call-N-Trade orders are free
Free tools like Brokerage Calculator, SPAN Calculator, SAMCO Data Bank, Pledge Monitor and trading platform on web, desktop and mobile.
Special feature like Samco Rank MF, SAMCO Cash Plus, Samco Stock Plus , Samco Intra Plus , SAMCO Data bank, SAMCO Ratings Monitor

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Dhani Stocks vs SAMCO Account Opening & AMC Charges

Dhani Stocks Trading Account Opening Fee is Rs 0 (Free) and SAMCO Trading Account Opening Fee is Rs 0 (Free) . Dhani Stocks Demat Account AMC is Rs 0 and SAMCO Demat Account AMC is Rs 400 .

	Dhani Stocks	SAMCO
Trading Account Opening Fee	Trading Account Opening Fee : Rs 0 (Free)	Trading Account Opening Fee : Rs 0 (Free)
Demat Account Opening Fee	Demat Account Opening Fee : Rs 0	Demat Account Opening Fee : Rs 0 (Free)
Demat Account AMC	Demat Account AMC : Rs 0	Demat Account AMC : Rs 400
Trading Account AMC	Trading Account AMC : Rs 0	Trading Account AMC : Rs 0 (Free)
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Dhani Stocks vs SAMCO Brokerage Charges

Dhani Stocks Brokerage Charges Equity Delivery is Rs 0 (Free) and Equity Intraday is Rs 0 (Free) and Equity Options is Rs 0 (Free) . SAMCO Brokerage Charges Equity Delivery is Rs 20 per trade or 0.50% (whichever is lower) and Equity Intraday is Rs 20 per trade or 0.05% (whichever is lower) and Equity Options is Rs 20 per trade .

	Dhani Stocks		SAMCO
Plan Name	Plan Name : Dhani Stocks default Brokerage Plan	Plan Name : Dhani Stocks Unlimited Brokerage Plan	Plan Name : Fix Brokerage Plan
Equity Delivery	Equity Delivery : Rs 0 (Free)	Equity Delivery : Rs 0	Equity Delivery : Rs 20 per trade or 0.50% (whichever is lower)
Equity Intraday	Equity Intraday : Rs 0 (Free)	Equity Intraday : Rs. 20 per executed order or 2.5% whichever is low	Equity Intraday : Rs 20 per trade or 0.05% (whichever is lower)
Equity Future	Equity Future : Rs 0 (Free)	Equity Future : Rs. 20 per executed order	Equity Future : Rs 20 per trade or 0.05% (whichever is lower)
Equity Options	Equity Options : Rs 0 (Free)	Equity Options : Rs. 20 per executed order	Equity Options : Rs 20 per trade
Currency Futures	Currency Futures : Rs 0 (Free)	Currency Futures : Rs. 20 per executed order	Currency Futures : Rs 20 per trade or 0.05% (whichever is lower)
Currency Options	Currency Options : Rs 0 (Free)	Currency Options : Rs. 20 per executed order	Currency Options : Rs 20 per trade
Monthly Fee	Monthly Fee : -	Monthly Fee : -	Monthly Fee : NA
Margin Trading	Margin Trading : -	Margin Trading : -	Margin Trading : -
Commodity Futures	Commodity Futures : -	Commodity Futures : Rs. 20 per executed order	Commodity Futures : Rs 20 per trade or 0.05% (whichever is lower)
Commodity Options	Commodity Options : -	Commodity Options : Rs. 20 per executed order	Commodity Options : -
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Dhani Stocks vs SAMCO Exchange Transaction Charges

Dhani Stocks Exchange Transaction Charges Equity Future is NSE Rs 190 per Cr (0.0019%) | BSE Rs 0 and Equity Options is NSE Rs 5000 per Cr (0.05%) | BSE Rs 3700 per Cr (0.037%) (on premium) . SAMCO Exchange Transaction Charges Equity Future is NSE Rs 200 per Cr (0.002%) | BSE Rs 100 per Cr (0.001%) and Equity Options is NSE Rs 5300 per Cr (0.053%) | BSE Rs 100 per Cr (0.001%) (on premium) .

	Dhani Stocks	SAMCO
Equity Delivery	Equity Delivery : NSE Rs 325 per Cr (0.00325%) \| BSE Rs 375 per Cr (0.00375%) (each side)	Equity Delivery : NSE Rs 345 per Cr (0.00345%) \| BSE Rs 345 per Cr (0.00345%) (each side)
Equity Intraday	Equity Intraday : NSE Rs 325 per Cr (0.00325%) \| BSE Rs 375 per Cr (0.00375%) (sell side)	Equity Intraday : NSE Rs 345 per Cr (0.00345%) \| BSE Rs 345 per Cr (0.00345%) (sell side)
Equity Future *	Equity Future : NSE Rs 190 per Cr (0.0019%) \| BSE Rs 0	Equity Future : NSE Rs 200 per Cr (0.002%) \| BSE Rs 100 per Cr (0.001%)
Equity Options *	Equity Options : NSE Rs 5000 per Cr (0.05%) \| BSE Rs 3700 per Cr (0.037%) (on premium)	Equity Options : NSE Rs 5300 per Cr (0.053%) \| BSE Rs 100 per Cr (0.001%) (on premium)
Currency Futures *	Currency Futures : NSE Rs 90 per Cr (0.0009%) \| BSE Rs 90 per Cr (0.0009%)	Currency Futures : NSE Rs 90 per Cr (0.0009%)
Currency Options	Currency Options : NSE Rs 4000 per Cr (0.04%) \| BSE Rs 100 per Cr (0.001%) (on premium)	Currency Options : NSE Rs 3500 per Cr (0.035%) (on premium)
Commodity	Commodity : Agro (MCX) Group A: Rs 260 per cr (0.0026%)	Commodity : Non-Agri Rs 260 (0.0026%) \| Agri Rs 175 per Crore
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Dhani Stocks vs SAMCO Other Charges

Dhani Stocks Minimum Brokerage is Rs 0.01 per order (for Equity, F&O, Currency) and Call & Trade is Rs 0 (Free) . SAMCO Minimum Brokerage is 0.5% per executed order for Equity Delivery and 0.05% per executed order for other segments and Call & Trade is Rs 20 per executed order .

	Dhani Stocks	SAMCO
Minimum Brokerage	Minimum Brokerage : Rs 0.01 per order (for Equity, F&O, Currency)	Minimum Brokerage : 0.5% per executed order for Equity Delivery and 0.05% per executed order for other segments
Call & Trade	Call & Trade : Rs 0 (Free)	Call & Trade : Rs 20 per executed order
Stamp Duty *	Stamp Duty : -	Stamp Duty : -
DP Charges (on sell side)	DP Charges (on sell side) : ₹13.5 per scrip	DP Charges (on sell side) : ₹10 + CDSL Charges
Other Miscellaneous Charges	Other Miscellaneous Charges : Margin trading funding: 18% P. A.	Other Miscellaneous Charges : -
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Dhani Stocks vs SAMCO Features

Dhani Stocks and SAMCO both offer a host of features, trading tools & platforms to their clients. Their comparative analysis is in the below table:

	Dhani Stocks	SAMCO
Trading Platform	Trading Platform : Dhani Stocks App	Trading Platform : Samco Mobile App, Nest Trader, Samco Trade API, Kya Trade, RankMF, StockBasket, Samco Star
Placing orders through charts	Placing orders through charts : -	Placing orders through charts : Yes
Trading Alerts	Trading Alerts : -	Trading Alerts : Yes
Research and Advice / Trading Tips	Research and Advice / Trading Tips : -	Research and Advice / Trading Tips : No
Detailed Education Initiatives	Detailed Education Initiatives : -	Detailed Education Initiatives : No
Unique features & Offers	Unique features & Offers : -	Unique features & Offers : -
Referral Program	Referral Program : 1	Referral Program : 1
Margin Against Shares (Equity Cash) *	Margin Against Shares (Equity Cash) : Yes	Margin Against Shares (Equity Cash) : Yes
Margin Against Shares (Equity F&O) *	Margin Against Shares (Equity F&O) : Yes	Margin Against Shares (Equity F&O) : Yes
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Dhani Stocks vs SAMCO Demat Account Charges

A comparative table of various demat account charges between Dhani Stocks and SAMCO is below:

	Dhani Stocks	SAMCO
Depository Service Provider	Depository Service Provider : CDSL, NSDL	Depository Service Provider : CDSL
Account Opening Fee	Account Opening Fee : Nil	Account Opening Fee : Only Franking Charges
Advance Deposit	Advance Deposit : Nil	Advance Deposit : Nil
AMC	AMC : Nil	AMC : â‚¹400 for Individual. â‚¹800 for Corporate.
Dematerialisation Charges	Dematerialisation Charges : â‚¹5 per certificate/unit + â‚¹50 courier charges	Dematerialisation Charges : â‚¹10 per Certificate plus Courier Charges â‚¹50 per request
Rematerialisation Charges	Rematerialisation Charges : â‚¹35 for every 100 securities/MF units or part thereof	Rematerialisation Charges : Actual CDSL charges plus Courier charges â‚¹50 per request.
Transaction Charges (Credit)	Transaction Charges (Credit) : -	Transaction Charges (Credit) : -
Transaction Charges (debit)	Transaction Charges (debit) : â‚¹13.5 per trasnaction	Transaction Charges (debit) : â‚¹10 per transaction in same DP & 0.02% per transaction or â‚¹25 whichever is higher for other DP
Pledge Creation Charges	Pledge Creation Charges : â‚¹35 or 0.02% of the transaction value whichever is higher	Pledge Creation Charges : â‚¹60 per ISIN
Pledge Creation Confirmation Charges	Pledge Creation Confirmation Charges : â‚¹35 or 0.02% of the transaction value whichever is higher	Pledge Creation Confirmation Charges : Nil
Pledge Invocation Charges	Pledge Invocation Charges : â‚¹35 or 0.02% of the transaction value whichever is higher	Pledge Invocation Charges : â‚¹60 per ISIN
Failed Instruction Charges	Failed Instruction Charges : Nil	Failed Instruction Charges : Nil
Other Charges	Other Charges : Margin Pledge /Unpledge: â‚¹15 Margin pledge Invocation: Nil Fax Indemnity - Actual Demat Rejection - â‚¹25 + Courier Charges Renewal charges for resuming the Services - â‚¹100 per account. Interest at 24% p.a for NSDL client and 13% p.a for CDSL client is charged on the outstanding bill after one month from the due date.	Other Charges : -
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Dhani Stocks vs SAMCO Basic Details

Dhani Stocks Year of Incorporation is 2000 and Total Number of Clients is 30286 and Total Number of Branches is 18 . SAMCO and Total Number of Clients is 90174 and .

	Dhani Stocks	SAMCO
Year of Incorporation	Year of Incorporation : 2000	Year of Incorporation : -
Active Exchange Memberships	Active Exchange Memberships : NSE, BSE, MCX & NCDEX	Active Exchange Memberships : BSE, NSE, MCX
Demat Services	Demat Services : Yes	Demat Services : Yes
Website	Website : https://www.dhanistocks.com/	Website : www.samco.in
Contact Details	Contact Details : -	Contact Details : +91 22 2222 7777
Total Number of Clients	Total Number of Clients : 30,286	Total Number of Clients : 90,174
Total Number of Branches	Total Number of Branches : 18	Total Number of Branches : -
Products *	Products : Mutual Fund, Broking	Products : CashPlus,Option Fair Value Calculator,Risk Advisor,Data Bank,Stock Ratings
Key USP *	Key USP : -	Key USP : StockNote app; ₹20 flat; options analytics; Stock Basket feature
Broker Type *	Broker Type : -	Broker Type : Discount
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Dhani Stocks vs SAMCO Orders

Orders

	Dhani Stocks	SAMCO
Cover Orders (CO)	Cover Orders (CO) : Yes	Cover Orders (CO) : Yes
Bracket orders / One Cancels Other (BO / OCO)	Bracket orders / One Cancels Other (BO / OCO) : Yes	Bracket orders / One Cancels Other (BO / OCO) : Yes
After Market Orders (AMO)	After Market Orders (AMO) : Yes	After Market Orders (AMO) : Yes
Buy Today Sell Tomorrow (BTST) *	Buy Today Sell Tomorrow (BTST) : Yes	Buy Today Sell Tomorrow (BTST) : Yes
Sell Today Buy Tomorrow (STBT) *	Sell Today Buy Tomorrow (STBT) : No	Sell Today Buy Tomorrow (STBT) : No
Good Till Cancelled (GTC) *	Good Till Cancelled (GTC) : No	Good Till Cancelled (GTC) : Yes
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Dhani Stocks vs SAMCO Research and Advice / Trading Tips

Research and Advice / Trading Tips

	Dhani Stocks	SAMCO
Equity Trading Recommendation *	Equity Trading Recommendation : -	Equity Trading Recommendation : No
Equity Investment Recommendation *	Equity Investment Recommendation : -	Equity Investment Recommendation : No
Recommendation basis risk Profile *	Recommendation basis risk Profile : -	Recommendation basis risk Profile : No
Comparison *	Comparison : -	Comparison : No
Free Tips *	Free Tips : No	Free Tips : No
Daily Market report *	Daily Market report : No	Daily Market report : No
ETF research *	ETF research : -	ETF research : No
Quarterly Results *	Quarterly Results : No	Quarterly Results : No
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Dhani Stocks vs SAMCO Franchisee / Authorized Person related information

Franchisee / Authorized Person related information

	Dhani Stocks	SAMCO
Availability for franchisee / AP	Availability for franchisee / AP : -	Availability for franchisee / AP : No
Investment required for Franchisee / AP	Investment required for Franchisee / AP : -	Investment required for Franchisee / AP : No
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Dhani Stocks vs SAMCO Product & Services

Dhani Stocks and SAMCO both offer a host of Products & Services for a better trading experience for their clients. Their comparative analysis is in the below table:

	Dhani Stocks	SAMCO
Delivery Based Trading *	Delivery Based Trading : Yes	Delivery Based Trading : Yes
Margin Trading *	Margin Trading : No	Margin Trading : Yes
Call N Trade *	Call N Trade : Yes	Call N Trade : Yes
Trading in Both the exchanges *	Trading in Both the exchanges : Yes	Trading in Both the exchanges : Yes
Limit Order *	Limit Order : Yes	Limit Order : Yes
3-in-1 On-line Trading Account *	3-in-1 On-line Trading Account : No	3-in-1 On-line Trading Account : No
NRI Services *	NRI Services : Yes	NRI Services : No
SMS Alerts *	SMS Alerts : Yes	SMS Alerts : No
Offers Multiple Plan *	Offers Multiple Plan : Yes	Offers Multiple Plan : No
IPO Investment *	IPO Investment : Yes	IPO Investment : No
Portfolio Analysis *	Portfolio Analysis : -	Portfolio Analysis : Yes
Advanced Charting Features *	Advanced Charting Features : -	Advanced Charting Features : Yes
Brokerage Calculator *	Brokerage Calculator : -	Brokerage Calculator : Yes
Margin Calculator *	Margin Calculator : -	Margin Calculator : Yes
Stop Loss Order *	Stop Loss Order : -	Stop Loss Order : Yes
Bracket Orders & Trailing Stop Loss *	Bracket Orders & Trailing Stop Loss : -	Bracket Orders & Trailing Stop Loss : Yes
Equity Future & Option Trading *	Equity Future & Option Trading : -	Equity Future & Option Trading : Yes
Currency Future & Option Trading *	Currency Future & Option Trading : -	Currency Future & Option Trading : Yes
Market Trading *	Market Trading : -	Market Trading : Yes
Monthly & Yearly Plan *	Monthly & Yearly Plan : Yes	Monthly & Yearly Plan : No
Aumtomated Trading *	Aumtomated Trading : -	Aumtomated Trading : No
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Dhani Stocks vs SAMCO Customer Services

Dhani Stocks and SAMCO both offer a host of Customer service options to their clients to quickly solve their queries or grievances if any. Their comparative analysis is in the below table:

	Dhani Stocks	SAMCO
Toll Free Number *	Toll Free Number : -	Toll Free Number : No
Live Chat Facility *	Live Chat Facility : -	Live Chat Facility : No
Email Facility *	Email Facility : -	Email Facility : Yes
Branch Offices *	Branch Offices : -	Branch Offices : No
Customer Care *	Customer Care : -	Customer Care : Yes
Community Service *	Community Service : -	Community Service : Yes
Relationship Manager *	Relationship Manager : -	Relationship Manager : No
24/7 Support *	24/7 Support : -	24/7 Support : No
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Dhani Stocks vs SAMCO Other Investement

Dhani Stocks and SAMCO both offer a lot of investment avenues apart from Stock trading on their platforms to their clients to make a better trading experience. Their comparative analysis is in the below table:

	Dhani Stocks	SAMCO
Commodity Trading *	Commodity Trading : -	Commodity Trading : Yes
Investment in ETFs *	Investment in ETFs : -	Investment in ETFs : Yes
Investment in Mutual Funds *	Investment in Mutual Funds : -	Investment in Mutual Funds : No
Investment in Bonds *	Investment in Bonds : -	Investment in Bonds : No
Investment in Corporate Debt instruments *	Investment in Corporate Debt instruments : -	Investment in Corporate Debt instruments : No
Insurance Services *	Insurance Services : -	Insurance Services : No
Banking Services *	Banking Services : -	Banking Services : No
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Dhani Stocks vs SAMCO Trading Platform

Dhani Stocks and SAMCO both offer a host of Trading Platform for a better trading experience for their clients. Their comparative analysis is in the below table:

	Dhani Stocks	SAMCO
Web Platform *	Web Platform : -	Web Platform : Yes
Android Mobile App *	Android Mobile App : -	Android Mobile App : Yes
Desktop Windows *	Desktop Windows : -	Desktop Windows : Yes
Desktop Mac *	Desktop Mac : -	Desktop Mac : No
I-Pad App *	I-Pad App : -	I-Pad App : No
Virtual Trading *	Virtual Trading : -	Virtual Trading : No
iPhone Mobile App *	iPhone Mobile App : -	iPhone Mobile App : Yes
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