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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;24, 2004



<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt">Registration
No.&nbsp;333-<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></DIV>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt">UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt">Washington, D.C. 20549
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt">REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</DIV>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>Sunrise Senior Living, Inc.</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><HR size="1" noshade width="605" align="center"></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Delaware
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">54-1746596</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade>&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">of incorporation or organization)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">7902 Westpark Drive</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">McLean, Virginia
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">22102</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Address of principal executive offices)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Zip Code)</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Employee Stock Purchase Plan


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><HR size="1" noshade width="27%" align="center"></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Full title of the plan)</DIV>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Thomas B. Newell, President<BR>
Sunrise Senior Living, Inc.<BR>
7902 Westpark Drive, McLean, VA 22102
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Name and address of agent
for service)</DIV>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(703)&nbsp;273-7500


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Copy to:



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">George P. Barsness, Esq.<BR>
Hogan &#038; Hartson L.L.P.<BR>
Columbia Square<BR>
555 Thirteenth Street, N.W.<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20004<BR>
(202)&nbsp;637-5600



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE


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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="6%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="6%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="11%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="12%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B> Title of securities</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>to be registered</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>registered</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>offering price per share</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>aggregate offering price</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>registration fee</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Common Stock,
par value $.01 per share</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">750,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">42.525</TD>
    <TD nowrap>(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">31,893,750.00</TD>
    <TD nowrap>(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">4,040.94</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (1) Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, as of November&nbsp;19, 2004 solely for the purpose of calculating the
registration fee.


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Exhibit&nbsp;Index is on page 8



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART I</B>




<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I will
be sent or given to participants in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan as
specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). In accordance with the instructions to Part&nbsp;I
of Form S-8, such documents will not be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) either as part of this
registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements
pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 under the Securities Act. These documents and the
documents incorporated by reference pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II of
this registration statement, taken together, constitute the prospectus
as required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II </B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sunrise Senior Living, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) hereby incorporates
by reference into this registration statement the following documents:


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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="right">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December&nbsp;31, 2003 filed with the Commission on
March&nbsp;12, 2004;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="right">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March&nbsp;31, 2004 filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;10, 2004;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="right">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
June&nbsp;30, 2004 filed with the Commission on August&nbsp;6, 2004;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="right">(d)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
September&nbsp;30, 2004 filed with the Commission on November&nbsp;9,
2004;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="right">(e)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The description of the Registrant&#146;s common stock,
par value $.01 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), contained in
the Registrant&#146;s Form 8-A filed with the Commission on May
16, 2001; and</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="right">(f)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>All documents filed by the Registrant subsequent to
the date hereof pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14, and
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that
all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters
all securities then remaining unsold, which documents will
be part of the registration statement from the date of
filing of such documents.</TD>
</TR>

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable (the Common Stock is registered under Section&nbsp;12 of
the Exchange Act).


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the &#147;Delaware
Law&#148;), a corporation may indemnify its directors, officers, employees and
agents and its former directors, officers, employees and agents and those who
serve, at the corporation&#146;s request, in such capacities with another
enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), as well as judgments,
fines and settlements in nonderivative lawsuits, actually and reasonably
incurred in connection with the defense of any action, suit or proceeding in
which they or any of them were or are made parties or are threatened to be made
parties by reason of their serving or having served in such capacity. The
Delaware Law provides, however, that such person must have acted in good faith
and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in (or not opposed to) the
best interests of the corporation and, in the case of a criminal action, such
person must have had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was
unlawful. In addition, the Delaware Law does not permit indemnification in an
action or suit by or in the right of the corporation, where such person has
been adjudged liable to the corporation, unless, and only to the extent that, a
court determines that such person fairly and reasonably is entitled to
indemnity for expenses the court deems proper in light of liability
adjudication. Indemnity is mandatory to the extent a claim, issue or matter
has been successfully defended.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Bylaws (the &#147;Bylaws&#148;) provide for
mandatory indemnification of directors and officers generally to the same
extent authorized by the Delaware Law. Under the Bylaws, the Registrant must
advance expenses incurred by an officer or director in defending any such
action if the director or officer undertakes to repay such amount if it is
determined that he or she is not entitled to indemnification.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant has entered into separate indemnification agreements with
certain of its directors and officers. Each indemnification agreement provides
for, among other things: (i)&nbsp;indemnification against any and all expenses,
liabilities and losses (including attorneys&#146; fees, judgments, fines, taxes,
penalties and amounts paid in settlement) of any claim against an indemnified
party unless it is determined, as provided in the indemnification agreement,
that indemnification is not permitted under applicable law and (ii)&nbsp;prompt
advancement of expenses to any indemnified party in connection with his or her
defense against any claim.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant also maintains directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability
insurance.


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">* * * * *



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
has been advised that, in the opinion of the Commission, such indemnification
is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of the expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant of the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication
of such issue.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>


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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Number</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Hogan &#038; Hartson L.L.P. regarding the legality
of the shares being registered.</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Hogan &#038; Hartson L.L.P.
(Included in Exhibit&nbsp;5)</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:


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    <TD width="7%" nowrap align="right">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers
or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to
this registration statement:</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="10%" nowrap align="right">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any prospectus
required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act;</TD>
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    <TD width="10%" nowrap align="right">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To reflect in the prospectus
any facts or events arising after the effective
date of the registration statement (or the most
recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth
in the registration statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing,
any increase or decrease in volume of securities
offered (if the total dollar value of securities
offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or
high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed
with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if,
in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
price represent no more than a 20&nbsp;percent change
in the maximum aggregate offering price set
forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148;
table in the effective registration statement;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="10%" nowrap align="right">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any material
information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the
registration statement or any material change to
such information in the registration statement.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply
if the registration statement is on Form&nbsp;S-3 or Form&nbsp;S-8, and the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or
furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or
Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.



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    <TD width="7%" nowrap align="right">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at
that time shall be deemed to be the initial <U>bona
fide</U> offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="7%" nowrap align="right">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To remove from registration by means of a
post-effective amendment any of the securities being
registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="right">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by
reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="right">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undertaking concerning indemnification is set forth
under the response to Item&nbsp;6.</TD>
</TR>

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of
the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the County of Fairfax, Commonwealth of
Virginia, on this 24th day of November, 2004.


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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3">SUNRISE SENIOR LIVING, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Paul J. Klaassen
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">Paul J. Klaassen&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.

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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="18%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>SIGNATURE </B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>TITLE</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>DATE</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Paul J. Klaassen<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Paul J. Klaassen</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chairman of the Board<BR>
and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November 24, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Larry E. Hulse<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Larry E. Hulse</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chief Financial Officer<BR>
(Principal Financial Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November 24, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Barron Anschutz<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Barron Anschutz</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chief Accounting Officer<BR>
(Principal Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November 24, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Ronald V. Aprahamian<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Ronald V. Aprahamian</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November 24, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ David G. Bradley<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
David G. Bradley</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November 24, 2004</TD>
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    <TD width="33%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="39%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="18%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>SIGNATURE </B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>TITLE</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>DATE</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Craig R. Callen<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Craig R. Callen</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">November 24, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Thomas J. Donohue<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Thomas J. Donohue</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">November 24, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ J. Douglas Holladay<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
J. Douglas Holladay</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">November 24, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Teresa M. Klaassen<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Teresa M. Klaassen</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">November 24, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ William G. Little<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
William G. Little</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">November 24, 2004</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="77%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="5"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="5"><B>Number</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Description</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
</TR>

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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">5</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Hogan &#038; Hartson L.L.P. regarding the legality of
the shares being registered.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">23.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">23.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Hogan &#038; Hartson L.L.P.
(Included in Exhibit&nbsp;5)</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 24, 2004
Registration
No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Sunrise Senior Living, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
54-1746596
(State or other jurisdiction
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
of incorporation or organization)
7902 Westpark Drive
McLean, Virginia
22102
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Thomas B. Newell, President
Sunrise Senior Living, Inc.
7902 Westpark Drive, McLean, VA 22102
(Name and address of agent
for service)
(703) 273-7500
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
George P. Barsness, Esq.
Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.
Columbia Square
555 Thirteenth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004
(202) 637-5600
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities
Amount to be
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Amount of
to be registered
registered
offering price per share
aggregate offering price
registration fee
Common Stock,
par value $.01 per share
750,000
$
42.525
(1)
$
31,893,750.00
(1)
$
4,040.94
(1) Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, as of November 19, 2004 solely for the purpose of calculating the
registration fee.
Exhibit Index is on page 8
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in Part I will
be sent or given to participants in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan as
specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act"). In accordance with the instructions to Part I
of Form S-8, such documents will not be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") either as part of this
registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements
pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. These documents and the
documents incorporated by reference pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of
this registration statement, taken together, constitute the prospectus
as required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Sunrise Senior Living, Inc. (the "Registrant") hereby incorporates
by reference into this registration statement the following documents:
(a)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2003 filed with the Commission on
March 12, 2004;
(b)
The Registrant's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March 31, 2004 filed with the Commission on May 10, 2004;
(c)
The Registrant's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
June 30, 2004 filed with the Commission on August 6, 2004;
(d)
The Registrant's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
September 30, 2004 filed with the Commission on November 9,
2004;
(e)
The description of the Registrant's common stock,
par value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), contained in
the Registrant's Form 8-A filed with the Commission on May
16, 2001; and
(f)
All documents filed by the Registrant subsequent to
the date hereof pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that
all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters
all securities then remaining unsold, which documents will
be part of the registration statement from the date of
filing of such documents.
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Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable (the Common Stock is registered under Section 12 of
the Exchange Act).
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Under Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "Delaware
Law"), a corporation may indemnify its directors, officers, employees and
agents and its former directors, officers, employees and agents and those who
serve, at the corporation's request, in such capacities with another
enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), as well as judgments,
fines and settlements in nonderivative lawsuits, actually and reasonably
incurred in connection with the defense of any action, suit or proceeding in
which they or any of them were or are made parties or are threatened to be made
parties by reason of their serving or having served in such capacity. The
Delaware Law provides, however, that such person must have acted in good faith
and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in (or not opposed to) the
best interests of the corporation and, in the case of a criminal action, such
person must have had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was
unlawful. In addition, the Delaware Law does not permit indemnification in an
action or suit by or in the right of the corporation, where such person has
been adjudged liable to the corporation, unless, and only to the extent that, a
court determines that such person fairly and reasonably is entitled to
indemnity for expenses the court deems proper in light of liability
adjudication. Indemnity is mandatory to the extent a claim, issue or matter
has been successfully defended.
The Registrant's Amended and Restated Bylaws (the "Bylaws") provide for
mandatory indemnification of directors and officers generally to the same
extent authorized by the Delaware Law. Under the Bylaws, the Registrant must
advance expenses incurred by an officer or director in defending any such
action if the director or officer undertakes to repay such amount if it is
determined that he or she is not entitled to indemnification.
The Registrant has entered into separate indemnification agreements with
certain of its directors and officers. Each indemnification agreement provides
for, among other things: (i) indemnification against any and all expenses,
liabilities and losses (including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, taxes,
penalties and amounts paid in settlement) of any claim against an indemnified
party unless it is determined, as provided in the indemnification agreement,
that indemnification is not permitted under applicable law and (ii) prompt
advancement of expenses to any indemnified party in connection with his or her
defense against any claim.
The Registrant also maintains directors' and officers' liability
insurance.
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* * * * *
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
has been advised that, in the opinion of the Commission, such indemnification
is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of the expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant of the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication
of such issue.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
5
Opinion of Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. regarding the legality
of the shares being registered.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.2
Consent of Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.
(Included in Exhibit 5)
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers
or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to
this registration statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus
required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act;
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(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus
any facts or events arising after the effective
date of the registration statement (or the most
recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth
in the registration statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing,
any increase or decrease in volume of securities
offered (if the total dollar value of securities
offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or
high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed
with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if,
in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
price represent no more than a 20 percent change
in the maximum aggregate offering price set
forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee"
table in the effective registration statement;
(iii)
To include any material
information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the
registration statement or any material change to
such information in the registration statement.
provided
,
however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply
if the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or
furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at
that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona
fide
offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a
post-effective amendment any of the securities being
registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.
(b)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by
reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)
The undertaking concerning indemnification is set forth
under the response to Item 6.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of
the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the County of Fairfax, Commonwealth of
Virginia, on this 24th day of November, 2004.
SUNRISE SENIOR LIVING, INC.
By:
/s/ Paul J. Klaassen
Paul J. Klaassen
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.
SIGNATURE
TITLE
DATE
/s/ Paul J. Klaassen
Paul J. Klaassen
Chairman of the Board
and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
November 24, 2004
/s/ Larry E. Hulse
Larry E. Hulse
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
November 24, 2004
/s/ Barron Anschutz
Barron Anschutz
Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
November 24, 2004
/s/ Ronald V. Aprahamian
Ronald V. Aprahamian
Director
November 24, 2004
/s/ David G. Bradley
David G. Bradley
Director
November 24, 2004
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SIGNATURE
TITLE
DATE
/s/ Craig R. Callen
Craig R. Callen
Director
November 24, 2004
/s/ Thomas J. Donohue
Thomas J. Donohue
Director
November 24, 2004
/s/ J. Douglas Holladay
J. Douglas Holladay
Director
November 24, 2004
/s/ Teresa M. Klaassen
Teresa M. Klaassen
Director
November 24, 2004
/s/ William G. Little
William G. Little
Director
November 24, 2004
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
5
Opinion of Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. regarding the legality of
the shares being registered.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.2
Consent of Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.
(Included in Exhibit 5)
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