Free Retainer Agreement Template

Project work is exciting. It's also unpredictable. One month you're closing three deals, the next month the pipeline is quiet and you're wondering where your next invoice is coming from. Retainer agreements solve this problem. They turn one-off clients into ongoing relationships — predictable monthly revenue in exchange for committed, ongoing availability.

But a retainer without a clear contract is a recipe for frustration. Clients who aren't sure what they're paying for will push the boundaries constantly. Service providers who haven't defined their scope will find themselves doing far more than they were paid for. The retainer agreement is the document that makes the arrangement work for both sides.

Download our free template below, and read on for everything you need to know about structuring, pricing, and managing a retainer relationship.

What Is a Retainer Agreement?

A retainer agreement — also called a retainer contract or retainership agreement — is a written contract between a service provider and a client that establishes an ongoing, recurring service relationship. The client pays a regular fee (the retainer) to secure the service provider's availability, time, or a defined set of deliverables over a continuing period. In exchange, the service provider commits that capacity or output to the client, typically on a monthly basis.

The retainer model is fundamentally different from a project-based contract. A project contract covers a defined scope of work with a beginning, a middle, and an end. A payment is made, the project is completed, and the relationship concludes (until the next project). A retainer contract has no defined endpoint — it continues for as long as both parties choose to maintain it, renewing each period unless either party terminates.

This distinction has practical implications. A free sales contract is the right tool when you're closing a specific deal with a defined deliverable. A retainer agreement is the right tool when you're establishing an ongoing advisory, operational, or creative service relationship where the client needs you available and working for them across many months.

The word "retainer" comes from the legal profession, where clients pay attorneys a retainer fee to ensure the attorney's availability and services for their legal matters. But the retainer model has spread far beyond law — it's now standard across marketing, PR, consulting, bookkeeping, design, coaching, and many other professional services.

What makes the retainer model valuable on both sides:

For the service provider: Predictable, recurring revenue that can be reliably forecast and built upon. Less time spent on new business development. Deeper client relationships that produce better work. The ability to plan staffing and capacity around known commitments.

For the client: Guaranteed access to a trusted service provider — no waiting weeks for a proposal while a project sits idle. Priority scheduling when urgent needs arise. Often a more favorable rate than ad hoc project pricing, in exchange for the commitment of a regular engagement. A relationship built on ongoing context rather than repeated onboarding.

The retainer agreement is what makes those mutual benefits real. Without a written contract documenting the fee, the scope, the billing cycle, the overage rate, and the termination terms, the retainer arrangement is just a verbal understanding — and verbal understandings about ongoing financial commitments tend to deteriorate over time.

Types of Retainer Agreements: Which One Fits Your Business?

Not all retainer arrangements work the same way. There are three primary structures, and choosing the right one depends on the nature of your service and the client relationship you're building.

Access Retainer (Availability Retainer)

An access retainer pays for the service provider's availability — the right to call on them when needed — rather than a specific number of hours or a specific set of deliverables. The client isn't buying output; they're buying priority access to expertise.

This structure is most common in legal services, where a client pays a retainer to have the firm available for their legal matters. It's also used in executive coaching, crisis communications, and senior consulting, where the value is in having the right person on call when something important comes up.

The key feature of an access retainer: whether the client uses the service provider's time heavily or lightly in a given month, the fee is the same. The fee buys availability and priority, not a fixed number of hours. This structure favors service providers who can command a premium for their expertise and availability.

Deliverable-Based Retainer

A deliverable-based retainer specifies a fixed set of outputs each month in exchange for a fixed monthly fee. The client knows exactly what they're getting; the service provider knows exactly what they're committing to.

Examples: a content marketing agency that provides eight blog posts, four social media packages, and one email newsletter per month for a flat monthly fee. A bookkeeper who provides monthly financial statements, reconciliation, and quarterly tax estimates for a flat monthly fee. A PR firm that provides two press releases, one media pitch, and ongoing media monitoring each month.

The deliverable-based structure is predictable and easy for both parties to evaluate: did the service provider deliver what was specified? It works well when the service can be reliably scoped and when both parties want clarity about what's included.

Pay-for-Work Retainer (Hour Bank Retainer)

A pay-for-work retainer (sometimes called a replenishing retainer or hour-bank retainer) works like a prepaid account. The client deposits a set amount upfront, and the service provider draws down against that balance as work is performed, billing at a defined hourly rate. When the balance drops below a threshold, the client replenishes it to the agreed level.

This structure is common in consulting, legal, and marketing services where the volume of work genuinely varies month to month and can't be reliably predicted. It's more client-friendly than a flat access retainer (clients who don't need much in a given month don't feel they're wasting money) but more administratively complex (requires tracking time and maintaining account balances).

The key provision in a pay-for-work retainer: the replenishment trigger. What balance level requires the client to top up their account? What happens if they don't? These terms need to be explicit to prevent the arrangement from devolving into an unpaid tab.

Who Uses Retainer Agreements — and Why They Work

Retainer agreements appear across a wide range of professional services. Understanding who uses them — and why the model works in each context — helps clarify whether a retainer is right for your business.

Legal Services

The legal retainer is the oldest and most established version of the model. Clients pay attorneys a retainer fee to secure their representation and availability. Historically, legal retainers were "earned on receipt" — the attorney owned the fee the moment it was paid, regardless of how much work was actually done. Modern legal ethics rules in most jurisdictions have moved toward requiring attorneys to hold retainer funds in client trust accounts (IOLTA accounts) and earn them as work is performed.

The American Bar Association publishes detailed rules and guidance on attorney retainer arrangements, including the distinction between general retainers, special retainers, and advance fee deposits. Legal retainers are more heavily regulated than retainers in other industries — lawyers who confuse these distinctions can face disciplinary action.

Marketing and Creative Agencies

Marketing agencies, content studios, and creative agencies are among the most active users of retainer agreements. The retainer model allows agencies to staff appropriately for ongoing client work, plan content calendars, and build strategic relationships rather than churning through one-off projects.

A marketing retainer typically covers a defined mix of monthly deliverables — content, social media management, email campaigns, reporting, strategy calls — priced as a package. The retainer relationship gives the agency the context and continuity to do better work than they could on a project-by-project basis, and gives the client a dedicated team that understands their brand.

PR and Communications

PR firms are natural retainer users. Media relations, press outreach, reputation management, and communications strategy are ongoing functions that don't fit neatly into project contracts. A retainer gives PR firms the stable income they need to staff client teams, and gives clients the ongoing attention that PR work requires.

Consulting and Advisory

Management consultants, strategy advisors, and fractional executives (fractional CFOs, fractional CMOs) often work on retainer. The advisory relationship — providing expertise on an ongoing basis, being available for important decisions, reviewing strategic plans — is better suited to a retainer structure than to project-based billing.

Bookkeeping and Accounting

Monthly bookkeeping and accounting services are natural fits for retainer agreements. The work is recurring, the deliverables are predictable (monthly statements, reconciliations, reports), and both parties benefit from the ongoing relationship and context that a retainer provides.

Design and Creative Services

Designers, illustrators, and brand studios sometimes offer retainer arrangements for clients who need ongoing creative support — a company that regularly needs marketing materials, social graphics, and brand assets benefits from a retainer relationship with a designer who already knows their brand inside out.

Event and Wedding Professionals

Event planners, coordinators, and production companies working on large projects — weddings, corporate events, annual conferences — sometimes structure their engagement as a retainer over the planning period rather than a single project fee. This allows the professional to be available throughout the planning process, advise on vendor selection, and respond to questions as they arise. Wedding and event contracts cover similar ground but with project-specific structure.

Key Elements Every Retainer Agreement Must Include

A retainer agreement that doesn't address the right provisions creates exactly the disputes it was meant to prevent. Here are the clauses that must be present.

Identification of the Parties

Full legal names and contact information for both the service provider and the client. If either party is a business entity, use the registered legal name. Specify the primary point of contact for each party — especially important for retainer relationships where communication is ongoing and multi-touchpoint.

Scope of Services

The most important section of any retainer agreement, and the one most often written inadequately. The scope must define:

• What services are included in the retainer
• What services are explicitly not included
• What the output of each service looks like (for deliverable-based retainers)
• What "availability" means (for access retainers) — response time standards, communication channels, hours available
• What constitutes a month's worth of service

For a deliverable-based retainer, the scope should list every deliverable type, the quantity per period, the format of delivery, and any quality standards. For an hour-bank retainer, the scope should describe the categories of work the retainer covers — what the service provider will and won't do, and what types of requests would be handled outside the retainer.

Retainer Fee

The monthly (or other period) fee, the date it's due, the payment method, and what happens if payment is late. The retainer fee should be paid upfront for each period — at the start of the month, before services are rendered — not after. A retainer paid at the end of the month for services already delivered is just a monthly invoice with a different name.

Billing Period and Cycle

The billing period (monthly is most common), when the period starts and ends, when the invoice is issued, and when payment is due. Be specific: "Invoice issued on the first of each month, due within 5 business days" is clear. "Monthly in advance" is not.

Rollover Policy

What happens to unused capacity or unearned deliverables at the end of each billing period? This is one of the most consequential provisions in a retainer agreement and deserves explicit treatment.

Use it or lose it: Unused hours, capacity, or deliverables expire at the end of each billing period. The client doesn't carry them forward and doesn't receive a credit. This structure is simpler and protects the service provider's revenue — the fee was paid for availability or capacity, not for specific outputs.

Rollover: Unused capacity carries forward to the next period. More client-friendly, but can create complexity: the client may accumulate a large unused balance and then demand all of it at once, overwhelming the service provider's capacity.

For most retainer arrangements, a limited rollover (carry forward up to one month's worth, then forfeit) is a reasonable middle ground that's client-friendly without creating unlimited liability.

Overage Rate

What happens when the client uses more than the retainer covers? For deliverable-based retainers, what's the rate for additional deliverables? For hour-bank retainers, what happens when the balance runs out mid-project?

The overage rate should be defined in the agreement — typically the service provider's standard hourly or per-deliverable rate. The agreement should also specify the approval process: does the service provider begin overage work automatically and bill after, or does the client need to authorize overage before work proceeds? Requiring authorization protects both parties from surprise invoices and surprise work requests.

Term, Renewal, and Termination

The initial term of the retainer (often month-to-month or a minimum initial term of three or six months), how the retainer renews (automatically or requiring written confirmation), and how either party can end the arrangement.

Termination provisions should specify: the notice period required (typically 30 days), what happens to prepaid fees covering periods after termination (typically refunded for services not yet rendered), and what happens to ongoing work at the time of termination (how deliverables in progress are handled).

Intellectual Property

For retainer work that produces creative, written, or technical deliverables, the IP ownership clause is essential. Does the client own the work product upon payment? Does the service provider retain ownership and license it to the client? The answer depends on the type of service, but it must be stated explicitly.

Confidentiality

Retainer relationships typically involve deep, ongoing exposure to the client's business — strategies, financials, competitive intelligence, customer relationships. A confidentiality clause obligating the service provider to protect this information is standard.

Retainer Fees: How to Set, Collect, and Replenish Them

Pricing a retainer correctly is one of the most important and most difficult parts of building a retainer-based practice. Price too low and you've committed yourself to ongoing work at an unprofitable rate. Price too high and the client perceives the arrangement as poor value and terminates early.

Setting the Right Retainer Rate

Start from your expected monthly workload. If the retainer is deliverable-based, price each deliverable at your standard project rate, apply a modest discount (10–15%) to reward the client's commitment, and use that as the retainer fee. If the retainer is hour-based, multiply your expected monthly hours by your hourly rate, apply a similar discount, and set that as the monthly deposit.

The discount for retainer work is justified by the mutual benefit of the arrangement: you get predictable revenue and can plan capacity more efficiently; the client gets priority access and a better rate. Both sides give something; both sides get something.

Build in a cushion. Retainers that are priced at exactly your cost with no margin will become unprofitable the moment a month runs over its expected hours. Price the retainer to be profitable even in a month where you deliver somewhat more than planned.

Collecting the Fee

Retainer fees are collected upfront, at the start of each billing period. This is non-negotiable. A service provider who invoices at the end of the month for work already delivered has given away their primary leverage — and has effectively extended the client a month of credit on an ongoing basis.

The upfront collection model is also simply more accurate to what a retainer is: a fee for availability and committed capacity. That availability begins on the first of the month, so the fee is owed on the first of the month.

Replenishment for Hour-Bank Retainers

An hour-bank retainer requires a clear replenishment trigger — the balance level at which the client must top up their account. A common approach: when the balance drops below 25% of the monthly retainer amount, the service provider sends a replenishment invoice equal to the original retainer amount. Work continues until the balance is exhausted; if the client doesn't replenish promptly, work pauses until the account is funded.

Document the replenishment process explicitly in the agreement: the trigger balance, the replenishment amount, the timeline for replenishment (typically 5–10 business days), and what happens if the client doesn't replenish (work is suspended; the agreement may be terminated for non-payment).

Annual Rate Reviews

Retainer agreements that run for multiple years need a provision for periodic rate reviews. Your costs increase. Your expertise grows. Market rates change. An agreement that locked in a rate in 2023 and has no mechanism for adjustment may be significantly underpriced by 2026.

Include a provision allowing for annual rate adjustments, with reasonable notice (typically 30–60 days before the adjusted rate takes effect) and the client's right to terminate if they don't accept the new rate. This is fair to both parties and prevents the situation where the service provider is either quietly subsidizing the client or abruptly tripling rates to make up for years of under-pricing.

Scope of Services and Deliverables in a Retainer Agreement

The scope section is where retainer agreements most often fail — and where the most common retainer relationship disputes originate. Getting scope right requires balancing two competing needs: enough specificity to prevent scope creep, and enough flexibility to be genuinely useful across months where the client's needs vary.

The Scope Creep Problem

Scope creep in a retainer is insidious because it happens gradually. The client asks for "just one more thing." You say yes because you're a good partner. Next month they ask for two more things. You say yes again. Six months later you're doing 40% more work than the retainer covers, your profitability has collapsed, and you have no documented basis for adjusting the fee because you never said no and never issued a change order.

The only effective defense against scope creep is a well-defined scope section that clearly states what's included and what's not — combined with the discipline to refer to that scope when requests arrive that fall outside it.

Writing an Effective Scope for Deliverable-Based Retainers

List every deliverable type, the quantity per month, the format of delivery, and any applicable quality or specification standards. Be specific about what "one blog post" means: word count range, research included or not, SEO optimization included or not, revisions included (how many rounds), and what topics or briefs the client must provide and when.

Then explicitly list what's not included: things adjacent to the retainer scope that the client might reasonably assume are covered but aren't. "Social media graphic creation is not included in this retainer. Content amplification strategy is included; paid media placement and management is not."

That clarity protects both parties. The client knows what they're getting and what will cost extra. The service provider has a documented basis for redirecting out-of-scope requests rather than absorbing them.

Writing an Effective Scope for Access and Hour-Bank Retainers

For access and hour-bank retainers, the scope isn't a list of deliverables — it's a description of service categories and availability standards. Define:

• What types of work the retainer covers (strategy, execution, advisory, all of the above)
• What types of work are explicitly excluded (work outside the service provider's core practice, work requiring third-party licenses or subscriptions, etc.)
• Availability standards: how quickly will the service provider respond to inquiries? What hours are they available? What's the expected turnaround time on requests?
• How requests should be submitted and how the service provider will confirm acceptance and estimated time

Managing Scope Changes Over Time

Retainer relationships evolve. The client's business grows, their needs change, and what was the right scope in month one may not be the right scope in month twelve. Build a scope review process into the agreement: either party can request a scope review with defined notice, and scope changes are documented in a written amendment signed by both parties.

A scope that can be adjusted by mutual agreement — on a documented, written basis — gives the retainer relationship the flexibility it needs to survive over time without degenerating into an ever-expanding obligation on the service provider's side.

Retainer Agreement vs. Project Contract: When to Use Each

Understanding when a retainer is the right structure — and when a project contract is better — is fundamental to building a healthy, sustainable service practice.

When a Project Contract Is Right

A project contract is right when the work has a defined beginning, middle, and end. When there's a specific deliverable — a website, a marketing campaign, a logo suite, a financial audit — that, when complete, concludes the engagement. Project contracts are cleaner for clients who want predictable total costs and don't need ongoing access. They're also cleaner for service providers who prefer to move from project to project rather than managing ongoing client relationships.

For the sales of goods or services where delivery is the primary relationship — not ongoing service — a free sales contract template may be more appropriate than a retainer structure, as it handles the commercial transaction without implying an ongoing service commitment.

When a Retainer Is Right

A retainer is right when the service is genuinely ongoing, when the client benefits from continuity and accumulated context, and when both parties want a committed, stable relationship rather than a series of one-off transactions. Signs that a client relationship is ready for a retainer:

• You've done multiple projects together and the client keeps coming back
• The client has ongoing needs that don't neatly fit into discrete project scopes
• The client values your availability and the reduced friction of working with someone who knows their business
• You've built enough of a relationship that you can discuss pricing and terms candidly
• The client has expressed frustration with gaps in coverage between projects

Transitioning a Client from Project to Retainer

The best time to propose a retainer is immediately after delivering a successful project, when the client's satisfaction is highest and the value of the relationship is front of mind. Frame the retainer as a way to maintain access to the same team and the same level of service without the overhead of re-scoping and re-onboarding for each new project.

Start with a smaller retainer if the client is hesitant — a three-month initial term with a defined scope that's clearly valuable and achievable. Once you've demonstrated the value of the ongoing relationship, expanding the scope and the fee is a much easier conversation.

The broader collection of free business contract templates covers the range of agreements a service-based business might need alongside a retainer — including NDAs, consulting agreements, and service agreements that complement a retainer relationship.

Termination, Refunds, and Unused Retainer Funds

Termination is the part of retainer agreements that service providers most often handle poorly — either by not thinking it through upfront or by setting terms that are unfair to clients and create disputes when the relationship ends.

Notice Requirements

Most retainer agreements require 30 days' written notice to terminate. Some require more for longer-established retainer relationships. The notice period gives both parties time to transition: the service provider can wind down work and plan their capacity, the client can find an alternative provider without an abrupt gap in service.

Specify what form the termination notice must take — email is typically sufficient, but some agreements require written notice via certified mail or other formal method. The date the notice period begins (the date the notice is sent, or the date it's received?) should also be specified.

Refund of Prepaid Fees

For retainer fees paid upfront at the start of a billing period, the question at termination is: what happens to the portion of the fee that covers the period after the termination date?

The fair and legally defensible answer is that unearned fees should be refunded. If a client terminates with 30 days' notice on January 15, and the January retainer fee was paid on January 1, the service provider should refund the portion of the January fee attributable to the period after the notice is effective (or after the last day of work, depending on how the notice period works in your agreement).

For deliverable-based retainers where the deliverables for the month have already been produced and delivered when notice is given, the full month's fee is typically earned and no refund is due.

What Happens to Ongoing Work

The termination clause should address what happens to work in progress at the time of termination:

• How are partially completed deliverables handled? (Typically, delivered in their current state, or completed for a prorated fee)
• What are the client's rights to work product produced during the retainer that has been paid for?
• How are transition services handled — is the service provider obligated to assist the client in transitioning to a new provider?
• What happens to confidential information and materials provided by the client — how quickly must they be returned or destroyed?

Rollover Balances at Termination

If your retainer has a rollover provision and the client has accumulated a balance of unearned hours or credits, the termination clause should specify what happens to that balance. Options: refund the monetary value of unused hours, deliver any outstanding deliverables before the termination becomes effective, or forfeit the balance if termination is for cause (the client defaults on payment).

The choice depends on the specific terms you've negotiated, but it must be addressed explicitly. An agreement that's silent on this point creates a dispute every time a client with a positive rollover balance terminates.

Client-Initiated vs. Service Provider-Initiated Termination

Consider including different provisions for termination initiated by each party:

Client terminates for convenience: Client provides required notice; service provider delivers any outstanding work in progress; prepaid fees for the post-termination period are refunded.

Service provider terminates for cause (client non-payment): Service provider provides notice of default; work is suspended; if default isn't cured within the notice period, the agreement is terminated and the service provider may pursue unpaid fees.

Either party terminates for material breach: The breaching party has an opportunity to cure; if not cured, the non-breaching party may terminate and seek appropriate remedies.

Common Mistakes That Undermine Retainer Agreements

Retainer agreements that look solid on paper often fail in practice because of preventable drafting errors. Here are the ones that come up most often.

Vague Scope Language

"Marketing services" is not a scope. "Monthly content marketing including X blog posts, Y social packages, and Z email newsletters, delivered by [dates]" is a scope. Every retainer dispute I've ever heard about traces back to one side claiming the scope included something the other side says it didn't. The only protection is specificity.

No Overage Provision

If the client uses more than the retainer covers and there's no overage clause, the service provider has to either absorb the work (working for free) or have an uncomfortable conversation about charging more for something they've already done. Both outcomes are avoidable with a clear overage rate and authorization process documented upfront.

Accepting Unlimited Rollover

Unlimited rollover of unused capacity creates a liability: the client who barely uses the retainer for three months can suddenly demand six months' worth of deliverables all at once. Cap the rollover — one month maximum is a reasonable limit — and state explicitly that unused capacity beyond the cap is forfeited.

No Clear Replenishment Trigger for Hour-Bank Retainers

Without a clear replenishment trigger, an hour-bank retainer devolves into one of two problems: the service provider keeps working after the balance is exhausted (creating unpaid work) or they stop abruptly mid-project (disrupting the client's business). The replenishment trigger — the balance level that requires a top-up and the timeline for doing so — prevents both.

Forgetting the IP Clause

In a retainer relationship that produces creative, written, or technical work product, the IP clause is essential. Without it, the service provider may retain copyright to everything they produce — even work the client paid for and has been using for months. Always specify who owns what upon payment.

Not Requiring Upfront Payment

A retainer that's billed after services are rendered is just a monthly invoice. Require upfront payment at the start of each billing period. Upfront payment aligns the retainer with its purpose — paying for availability and committed capacity — and protects the service provider from the cash flow problems that come with billing in arrears.

Setting a Rate That Can't Grow

A retainer locked at a fixed rate with no mechanism for adjustment will eventually be unprofitable. Include an annual review provision that allows for rate adjustments with appropriate notice. This isn't about exploitation — it's about maintaining a sustainable relationship. A service provider who is losing money on a retainer will find ways to reduce their investment in the relationship, and the quality of work suffers.

How to Customize, Sign, and Manage Your Retainer Agreement

Once the template is in hand, here's how to make it work for your specific situation from first draft to ongoing management.

Define the Scope Before Anything Else

Before you touch the fee or the term, get the scope right. Write out exactly what you're committing to deliver each month, what the client is committing to provide (briefs, approvals, inputs), and what's explicitly excluded. Share the scope draft with the client before finalizing the agreement — discussing scope explicitly before the contract is signed prevents the most common retainer disputes.

Price the Retainer Based on Your Actual Costs

Run the numbers before proposing a rate. What does a month of this work actually require in time? At your effective hourly rate, what does that cost? Apply your retainer discount. Add your margin. The retainer fee should be profitable at your expected workload, not just at a best-case scenario.

Set the Billing Date and Stick To It

The retainer works best when billing is completely automated and predictable. Set a billing date (the first of each month is conventional), issue the invoice consistently on that date, and track payment carefully. Late payment on a retainer is a signal worth taking seriously — it often precedes termination.

Sign Electronically Before Services Begin

The retainer agreement should be signed before the first billing date and before any services are rendered. Electronic signatures are fully valid under the ESIGN Act and generate a date-stamped, tamper-evident record of when both parties agreed to the terms. Use a signing platform that creates a complete audit trail — you want documentation that the agreement was fully executed and when.

Track Deliverables and Time Monthly

For deliverable-based retainers, maintain a simple monthly log of what was delivered, when, and against what brief. For hour-bank retainers, track every hour against the client's balance and provide a monthly statement showing hours worked, hours remaining, and the current balance. This transparency builds trust and prevents the client from losing track of their balance — and being surprised by a replenishment invoice.

Conduct Periodic Relationship Reviews

The best retainer relationships get better over time because both parties invest in them. Schedule a quarterly or semi-annual review with the client: discuss what's working, what isn't, whether the scope still reflects their needs, and whether the rate still reflects the market. These reviews are also the natural moment to propose scope expansions or rate adjustments — and to catch signs of client dissatisfaction before they become termination notices.

Conclusion

A retainer agreement is more than a contract — it's the foundation of a sustainable, predictable service business. It turns one-time clients into ongoing relationships, turns unpredictable project income into reliable monthly revenue, and creates a framework for delivering consistently great work without the overhead of repeated project onboarding.

The template above covers all the essentials: scope, fees, billing cycle, rollover policy, overage rate, IP ownership, confidentiality, and termination. Download it, customize the scope and pricing for your specific service, set clear boundaries about what's included and what's not, and get it signed before the first invoice goes out.

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