<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:14px"><div><span></span></div><div></div><div><span style='color: black; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Dear
Committee,</span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style='color: black; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> </span></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style='color: black; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'></span><span style='color: black; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>I
have some very serious concerns about this proposed legislation based upon a
significant amount of personal experience in dealing with the current PTFA and
representing foreclosure sale purchasers.</span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style='color: black; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>First,
I believe that this proposed legislation invites fraud, in fact sanctions fraud
by parties in foreclosure to the detriment of innocent foreclosure sale
purchasers. For example, this proposed legislation provides that the
purchaser must give the tenant credit for all deposits and advanced rent
payments made to the former owner. This would allow a person in
foreclosure to enter into a lease for less than fair market value
(not "substantially less, but less nonetheless less) even after the
foreclosure sale occurred, but just one day before the Certificate of Title is
issued. The tenant is encourage to participate in the scam in
return for his or her less than fair market value rent. The parties could
write a lease that states an unusually high deposit and prepayment of the
entire lease term, even if those amount were either not really paid in full or
maybe paid with a kickback to the tenant. And the innocent purchaser is
liable for these amounts and would even have to refund the tenant a bogus deposit
at the end of the lease term, despite the fact that the foreclosure sale
purchaser is not in receipt or possession of these funds. Moreover, this
puts the purchaser in a position where he or she is not permitted to
collect any rent because it was allegedly prepaid in full.</span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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One may respond by saying, it has to be an arms length transaction and the
purchaser would have the right to challenge that in court and prove otherwise
and I agree that in theory, that is a legitimate solution. However, I
have personally been involved in these situations and the problem is that the
purchaser would not have been present during the lease transaction and
therefore, it is almost impossible to prove other than by inference or
circumstantial evidence, that this scam had occurred. The only parties
with any knowledge of what really occurred would be the tenant and the
former owner, which has a self serving interest. I believe this fact alone would have a significant chilling
effect on foreclosure sale purchasers and would gut the entire purpose of
foreclosure sales.</span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style='color: black; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Secondly,
this proposed legislation does not state there is any limit on the term of
the lease. Again, something I have had personal experience with.
I've never seen so many 5 or 10 year residential lease agreements (in fact,
I've never seen any) prior to the enactment of the Protecting Tenants at
Foreclosure Act. So again, to show an absurd, but potential
example. Let's say the same former owner and tenant in the above
example make the lease a 10 or 20 year lease. According to my reading of
this proposed legislation, a foreclosure sale purchaser would be required
to allow the tenant to live out a 10 or 20 year prepaid lease and
therefore, would essentially receive nothing in return for his or her purchase,
except the liabilities of ownership and none of the benefits. Maybe his or her grandchildren might finally collect some rent on the investment. </span><span style='color: black; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Again, this may sound absurd or unlikely, but I have faced all of these
exact situations and as lawyers, it is our job to foresee the worst case
scenario.</span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417705407983_8202" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417705407983_8201" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Next,
is the question of “fair market value.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I understand this proposed legislation provides that the lease payments
cannot be significantly less than FMV and I have no problem with a foreclosure
sale purchaser being obligated by a legitimate lease that is slightly less than
FMV, as this is not that unusual for a number of reasons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, again using the example above with a long term lease (e.g. 10
or 20 years) with no rent escalations, how does one establish what is FMV a
year or 5 or 10 years from now?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once
again, this does nothing more than create a situation to invite fraud.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another problem with this theory and one that
I have been personally involved with, is where the former owner and tenant
create a lease for significantly less than FMV, but claim the reason is because
the house was in terrible condition and the tenant incurred all the expenses of
repair, but not future maintenance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Again, although the purchaser would have the right to challenge this in
court and prove otherwise, it is an illusory right because the foreclosure sale
purchaser had no ability to assess the property condition at the time of
entering into the lease, which again invites fraud and false statements.</span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;" dir="ltr"><span style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Another
concern I have is the provision that allows the foreclosure sale purchaser who
is an investor, sell to a party who wishes to occupy the premises and then
terminate the lease with 90 days notice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
Although this appears to protect investors ability to resell the property and a owner who wishes to occupy the property, o</span>nce again, I don't believe that will be the result. I believe this would have a significantly negative effect on
our overall real estate market and a chilling effect on investors willing to
purchaser forelcosures.</span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>I
believe it is very rare that a home buyer who wishes to purchase a house to
occupy as their primary residence would be either willing or able to purchase a
property, then either hire an attorney or go at it pro se to go through the 90 day
process of terminating the tenancy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Moreover, if the tenant refuses to vacate, the new buyer will now have
to go through the eviction process, which is costly and time consuming and under this statute, as will be discussed below, uncertain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Factoring in the 90 days initial notice
period, plus the time it takes to complete an eviction, the purchaser could
easily face 4 or 5 months before being able to occupy their new home. And who knows what condition it will be in after they finally remove the tenant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From my experience, there are very few, if
any, typical homebuyers who would be willing to take on this risk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also, we should consider these questions.</span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Where
will this purchaser live during this process?</span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>What
if the tenant refuses access?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How could
a seller or buyer determine the value of the property?</span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>What
is the tenant damages the premises, who is liable to the new buyer?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The seller?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The tenant?</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;" dir="ltr"><span style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>How do you even know if the tenant has a lease or not if they refuse to communicate with the new owners?</span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Another
concern I have is (again, using my example above of the conspiring former owner
and tenant), if the foreclosure sale purchaser is required to refund a deposit
to the tenant, which the foreclosure sale purchaser never received, can he seek
reimbursement from the former owner who was foreclosed upon?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There’s no privity of contract and there’s no
right for recovery stated in the statute.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And this person was just foreclosed upon, so the likelihood of
collection is almost zero.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I understand
that judgment collect is difficult under any circumstance, but at least most
judgments are the result of some form of voluntary relationship between the
creditor and debtor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We all know that
landlords never collect judgments for damages from tenants, but at least the
landlord had the opportunity choose whether or not to enter into a contract
with the tenant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But in this case, the
tenant and former owner liabilities are being forced upon the foreclosure sale
purchaser, so he or she would have had no opportunity to decide whether or not
to engage in a business relationship with these parties, but will suffer the consequences.</span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;" dir="ltr"><span style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Another
issues is although the form Notice mentions that the tenant would have to pay
rent to the new owner during the 90 period, the proposed statute itself does
not state this obligation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Although it would seem obvious, it's not stated in the statute or the Federal Act either, so </span>I believe
this opens the door for uncertainty and I know from experience that tenants and
their attorneys will argue that there is no obligation for payment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And since neither the Federal PTFA nor this
proposed statute clearly states this obligation, many judges will agree and we
will have inconsistent and uncertain results.</span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417705407983_8211" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417705407983_8210" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Another
concern is this proposed statute does not make reference to the process to be
used to remove a tenant who does not comply by vacating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Would it be a typical eviction, an unlawful
detainer, and ejectment, a writ of possession through the foreclosure court?</span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Another
problem that I have found from personal experience is tenants are not
especially cooperative in these situations and they often claim to have a
lease, but refuse to provide a copy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
of course the former owner is either not cooperating or unable to be found. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So the first time a landlord will have the
opportunity to even see the alleged lease is in court, so neither the owner nor
their attorney has the ability to evaluate the situation prior to filing a
lawsuit, which we all know is a dangerous position to be in and could result in
sanctions or an attorney fee award against an innocent purchaser who is doing
nothing more than attempting to protect his or her interests in property.</span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Another
issue is that this proposed statute gives a month to month tenant significantly
more rights than they would have outside of foreclosure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A month to month tenancy can be terminated
with only 15 days notice, but this give them a minimum of 90 days. Why should they gain more rights just because their landlord was foreclosed upon? Why should the former owner's debt default result in a future owner's liability to a tenant who does not even have a lease?</span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Another
concern I have is a completely forged lease created by a sophicated
squatter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since most people who are
foreclosed upon either disappear, have died, or refuse to cooperate with anything that
occurs after they lost their property, how could a new owner prove a lease was
completely forged?</span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>My
final concern is the right to enter into a lease at any time before the issuance
of a Certificate of Title.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although I understand
that legal ownership does not transfer until the CT is issued, how can we, in
good conscience, enact a law that not only allows, but encourages a person who
has already lost equitable ownership to their property because of a Final
Judgment of Foreclosure and a legitimate foreclosure sale, but just prior to
issuance of CT, to collect potentially significant amounts of money and enter
into contracts that control the property rights of the future owner, just days
before involuntarily losing all ownership rights to the property. </span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417705407983_8213" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417705407983_8212" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>I
also believe that the Banking industry should be very concerned because this
law not only affects investors who purchaser properties, but appears to be
binding upon a lender who obtains the property through foreclosure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do not believe that banks are equipped or
legally permitted to be in the business of holding properties indefinitely as a
result of the potential consequences of this proposed legislation.</span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417705407983_8215" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417705407983_8214" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>As
you can see, in my opinion, both the Federal Act and this proposed Florida
statute are an example of good intentions, but potentially devasting unintended
consequences. There are very few tenants who are now aware tat a house is in foreclosure because the number of notices that are sent to the property during a foreclosure is enormous. On the other hand, there are many tenants and former owners who are willing to take advantage of the situation.<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417705407983_8216" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417705407983_8219" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417705407983_8218" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>All of these examples are
from personal experience in representing landlords and foreclosure purchasers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These acts open the door for fraud and
rewards parties in foreclosure, rewards tenants willing to engage in fraud, and
penalizes innocent purchasers of foreclosed properties.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, this Act essentially gives a
lease priority over a mortgage, which flies in the face of everything we, as
real estate lawyers, know and appreciate about lien priority law in Florida.</span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417705407983_8224" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"></div><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417705407983_8223" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417705407983_8224" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;">In
my humble opinion, as a result of a significant amount of experience in this
area of the law, I feel that this proposed legislation should be completely
rejected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do not feel any version of a
statute granting tenant rights in foreclosure other than maybe a short period
to vacate should exist.</div><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417705407983_8227" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417705407983_8224" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417705407983_8221" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417705407983_8220" style="mso-spacerun: yes;">How about we write a statute that holds the former owner liable to the tenant for fraudulently leasing a property and taking money from the tenant when they are about to lose the property to foreclosure. I do not understand the concept of absolving the former owner, but placing all the liability on an innocent purchaser who has no ability to gauge this risk until after purchasing the property.</span></span></div></span></span><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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am also sure there are many other pitfalls that more experienced and more
knowleable attorneys may identify as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And I am sure I could think of others if I took the time to think
through other potential situations; this is just my immediate reaction and stream
of thought from experiences I’ve had over the past few years since the
enactment of the Federal Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act.</span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>I
would encourage our Committee to zealously advocate against this proposed
legislation and I apologize for the length of this email, but I believe the enactment of this law will have seriously negative effects to the overall real estate market in Florida.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;" dir="ltr"><span style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Our Committee should consider the risks to landlords. The Banking Committee should consider the risks to lenders. And the Florida Board of Realtors should consider the risks to its members in the form of a significant reduction in properties that can be sold.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;" dir="ltr"><span style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'></span><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417705407983_8228" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;" dir="ltr"><span style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Cary</span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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<div class="yiv5149879874MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 11pt;">See attached proposed legislation. Like? Don’t like? Why? </span></div>
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<div class="yiv5149879874MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: rgb(114, 185, 59); font-size: 10pt;">Trey Goldman<br>
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Legislative Counsel</span><b><span style="color: rgb(115, 186, 60); font-size: 10pt;">
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</span></b><b><span style="color: rgb(114, 185, 59); font-size: 10pt;">Florida</span></b><b><span style="color: rgb(70, 129, 181); font-size: 10pt;">Realtors®<br>
</span></b><span style="color: rgb(121, 121, 121); font-size: 10pt;">200 South Monroe Street, Tallahassee, FL 32301<br>
</span><b><span style="color: rgb(113, 184, 58); font-size: 10pt;">talk:</span></b><span style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 10pt;"> 850.224.1400 x2505<br>
</span><b><span style="color: rgb(113, 184, 58); font-size: 10pt;">direct:
</span></b><span style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 10pt;">850.521.3277
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<div class="yiv5149879874MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(123, 123, 123); font-size: 10pt;">The Voice for Real Estate® in Florida</span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 11pt;"></span></div>
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<div class="yiv5149879874MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> alice.vickers623@gmail.com [mailto:alice.vickers623@gmail.com]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Alice Vickers<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 03, 2014 4:44 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Trey Goldman; <br>
<b>Subject:</b> Proposed legislation - tenants in foreclosure properties</span></div>
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<div class="yiv5149879874MsoNormal">Hi Trey,</div>
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<div class="yiv5149879874MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">You may both be aware that Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act, the federal law that protects tenants living in foreclosed rentals from being immediately evicted, is set
to expire at the end of the year. I have drafted legislation, with the input of legal services, to implant the protections in Florida law since we continue to see these cases throughout Florida.</span></div>
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<div class="yiv5149879874MsoNormal"><span>Hope you both had great Thanksgivings. See you soon,</span></div>
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<div class="yiv5149879874MsoNormal"><span>Alice</span></div>
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<div class="yiv5149879874MsoNormal"><b><span> Alice Vickers, Esq.</span></b></div>
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<div class="yiv5149879874MsoNormal"><b><i><span> Director</span></i></b></div>
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