The compensation of the Supervisory Board members is defined by article 20 of the Articles of Association of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, and corresponds to the compensation system for the Supervisory Board that was adopted by the 2021 Annual General Meeting with 99.64% of the votes cast.
Accordingly, the members of the Supervisory Board receive fixed compensation of € 47,000 per year. The Chairman receives double and the Vice Chairman receives one and a half times this amount. In addition to their fixed compensation, Supervisory Board members who are also members of the Audit Committee, which has been established in the meeting of the Supervisory Board on February 26, 2021, receive annual compensation of € 15,000. The Chair of the Audit Committee receives additional annual compensation of € 30,000. In fiscal year 2021, the compensation for membership of the Audit Committee was paid pro rata temporis.
Moreover, the members receive additional compensation of € 750 per meeting they attend.
The compensation granted and owed and the respective relative share of the total compensation for the current members of the Supervisory Board is presented in the following table. No members stepped down from the Supervisory Board in the fiscal year. There were no payments to former members of the Supervisory Board in the fiscal year.
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2020 |
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Meeting fees |
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Total compensation |
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Fixed compensation |
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Meeting fees |
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Total compensation |
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€ thousand |
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in % |
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€ thousand |
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in % |
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€ thousand |
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in % |
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€ thousand |
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€ thousand |
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in % |
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€ thousand |
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in % |
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€ thousand |
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Wolfgang Büchele |
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94.0 |
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86% |
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12.7 |
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12% |
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3.0 |
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3% |
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109.7 |
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94.0 |
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97% |
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3.0 |
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3% |
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97.0 |
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Sascha Held |
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70.5 |
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82% |
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12.7 |
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15% |
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3.0 |
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3% |
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86.2 |
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70.5 |
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96% |
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3.0 |
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4% |
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73.5 |
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Gabriele Eismann |
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47.0 |
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94% |
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– |
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– |
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3.0 |
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6% |
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50.0 |
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47.0 |
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94% |
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3.0 |
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6% |
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50.0 |
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Edeltraud Glänzer |
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47.0 |
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75% |
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12.7 |
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20% |
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3.0 |
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5% |
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62.7 |
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47.0 |
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94% |
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3.0 |
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6% |
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50.0 |
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Jürgen Glaser |
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47.0 |
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95% |
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– |
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– |
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2.3 |
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5% |
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49.3 |
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47.0 |
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94% |
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3.0 |
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6% |
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50.0 |
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Michael Kleinemeier |
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47.0 |
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94% |
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– |
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– |
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3.0 |
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6% |
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50.0 |
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47.0 |
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94% |
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3.0 |
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6% |
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50.0 |
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Renate Koehler |
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47.0 |
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94% |
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– |
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– |
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3.0 |
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6% |
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50.0 |
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47.0 |
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94% |
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3.0 |
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6% |
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50.0 |
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Anne Lange |
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47.0 |
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94% |
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– |
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– |
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3.0 |
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6% |
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50.0 |
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47.0 |
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94% |
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3.0 |
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6% |
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50.0 |
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Peter Emanuel Merck |
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47.0 |
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94% |
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– |
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– |
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3.0 |
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6% |
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50.0 |
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47.0 |
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94% |
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3.0 |
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6% |
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50.0 |
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Dietmar Oeter |
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47.0 |
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94% |
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– |
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– |
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3.0 |
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6% |
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50.0 |
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47.0 |
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94% |
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3.0 |
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6% |
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50.0 |
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Alexander Putz (since May 28, 2020) |
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47.0 |
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94% |
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– |
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– |
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3.0 |
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6% |
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50.0 |
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27.9 |
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95% |
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1.5 |
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5% |
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29.4 |
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Christian Raabe |
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47.0 |
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75% |
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12.7 |
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20% |
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3.0 |
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5% |
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62.7 |
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47.0 |
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94% |
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3.0 |
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6% |
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50.0 |
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Helene von Roeder |
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47.0 |
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62% |
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25.4 |
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34% |
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3.0 |
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4% |
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75.4 |
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47.0 |
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94% |
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3.0 |
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6% |
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50.0 |
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Helga Rübsamen-Schaeff |
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47.0 |
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94% |
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– |
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– |
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3.0 |
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6% |
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50.0 |
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47.0 |
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94% |
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3.0 |
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6% |
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50.0 |
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Daniel Thelen |
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47.0 |
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75% |
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12.7 |
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20% |
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3.0 |
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5% |
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62.7 |
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47.0 |
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94% |
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3.0 |
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6% |
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50.0 |
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Simon Thelen |
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47.0 |
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94% |
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– |
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– |
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3.0 |
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6% |
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50.0 |
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47.0 |
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94% |
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3.0 |
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6% |
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50.0 |
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