VivoPower is a binary micro-cap rerating story: if Mo i Rana converts from crypto hosting to sovereign AI infrastructure and debt is refinanced cleanly, today’s valuation could prove materially too low.
VivoPower PLC, a certified B Corporation founded in 2014 and listed on the Nasdaq since 2016, is executing a comprehensive strategic pivot to focus on high-density digital infrastructure.[1, 2] Following a rigorous strategic review concluded in July 2026, the company's board of directors finalized a plan to separate its non-core electric vehicle and digital asset subsidiaries, turning the remaining parent company into a pure-play sovereign AI data center infrastructure provider.[3, 4] Under this newly established operating model, the company acts as an industrial real estate and electrical infrastructure landlord.[2, 5] The company aggregates power-secured land in select sovereign nations, constructs the physical "powered shells"—which encompass advanced mechanical cooling, building envelopes, and high-voltage substation interconnections—and leases these assets to high-performance computing operators under long-term, bankable contracts.[2, 5] This strategy deliberately excludes direct investment in rapidly depreciating GPU hardware, shifting technology risk entirely to the leasing tenants.[2]
The company's primary anchor asset is the Mo i Rana data center in northern Norway, a fully operational 41.5 megawatt (MW) facility acquired in April 2026 for a total consideration of $41 million.[6, 7] While this asset currently generates approximately $31 million in annualized revenues and $10 million in EBITDA from legacy cryptocurrency hosting agreements, VivoPower is in bilateral negotiations to transition the entire capacity to dedicated high-density AI compute applications.[2, 6, 7] Geographically, while the company maintains a historical corporate footprint spanning the United Kingdom, Australia, North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia, its operational future is heavily concentrated in the low-cost energy zones of the Nordics, with secondary expansion pipelines under development in the United Arab Emirates.[8, 9, 10]
The primary customer segments targeted by VivoPower consist of sovereign governments seeking localized control over domestic data, hyperscale cloud providers, and specialized AI neocloud players.[5, 11] These customers require specialized physical infrastructure capable of supporting high-density, liquid-cooled server rack configurations. Customers select VivoPower over alternatives due to its access to some of the lowest-cost, 100% renewable energy profiles globally, exemplified by the Mo i Rana facility’s hydro-electric power source priced below $0.035 per kilowatt-hour.[6, 11] Furthermore, VivoPower's certified B Corporation governance framework offers government clients a trusted partnership that guarantees sovereign control over power allocation, data security, and national artificial intelligence infrastructure, shielding them from foreign vendor lock-in.[12, 13]
The economics of VivoPower are driven by the rising global demand for power-secured land, which has become the single largest bottleneck in the artificial intelligence expansion cycle.[2, 5] Rather than selling computing capacity directly, VivoPower sells physical and electrical readiness.[2, 5] Its core revenue-producing product is the "powered shell," a specialized industrial facility containing pre-engineered grid connections, substation transformers, and high-density liquid cooling loops capable of supporting thermal loads from next-generation GPU architectures.[2, 14]
A central growth initiative is the monetization of grid flexibility.[15, 16] The Mo i Rana data center sits in Norway’s NO4 bidding zone, where day-ahead power prices averaged approximately $0.009 per kilowatt-hour in 2025, compared to $0.05 to $0.077 per kilowatt-hour in southern Norway and continental Europe.[15, 16] This wholesale power cost advantage is augmented by the site's enrollment in Norway's Statnett reserve market demand response program, targeting an annualized EBITDA uplift of $1.9 million.[2, 17] To capture higher-margin ancillary revenues, the company is conducting a technical and commercial feasibility study to co-locate a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) at the Mo i Rana site.[16, 18] This BESS integration is targeted to generate up to $4 million in incremental annualized EBITDA by participating in stacked Nordic reserve markets (specifically FCR-N, FCR-D, and FFR).[16, 18] Beyond ancillary revenue, the BESS provides critical power quality, load-step buffering, and voltage ride-through capabilities, which enhance the operating envelope for AI neocloud tenants whose training workloads are sensitive to sub-minute power interruptions.[15, 18]
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| VIVOPOWER POWERED SHELL FLYWHEEL |
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| 1. Secure powered land at wholesale costs under $0.035/kWh [6, 11] |
| 2. Construct high-density physical shells with advanced mechanical cooling |
| 3. Integrate co-located BESS for grid balancing & power resilience [16, 18]|
| 4. Lease to sovereign/AI tenants under long-term triple-net contracts [5] |
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The competitive moat protecting this business model is structured around real estate barriers and high physical switching costs.[2] Once an AI tenant installs liquid-cooled server racks and establishes dedicated data pipelines within a powered shell, physical migration is economically restrictive. This cost barrier is reinforced by VivoPower's localized cost advantage in the Nordics, where low-cost hydroelectric power represents a permanent operating cushion.[15, 16] Additionally, the company is strengthening its advisory capabilities by attracting specialized leadership, including SpaceX veteran Porter Harris to lead the battery storage and thermal strategy, and former Microsoft global AI executive Khadija Mustafa to accelerate partnerships with global hyperscalers.[14, 17, 19]
The total addressable market for European AI infrastructure is shifting toward the Nordics, which is outpacing traditional FLAP-D (Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam, Paris, Dublin) markets due to severe power constraints in those metropolitan regions.[2, 20] VivoPower’s pipeline contains approximately 3.3 gigawatts of net qualified sites, including a net interest in 1.2 gigawatts of powered sites in Finland through the FCDC Corp Oy portfolio, and site access for a 25 megawatt platform in the United Arab Emirates with expansion capacity.[8, 9, 20]
In the competitive landscape, VivoPower has transitioned away from its historical clean energy peers, such as Spruce Power Holding, Eco Wave Power Global, and Azure Power Global.[21] It is now positioned against high-density hosting providers and digital infrastructure developers such as Applied Digital, CoreWeave, IREN, and TeraWulf.[2] While VivoPower is currently a micro-cap player holding its ground speculatively as it transitions its tenant base from legacy cryptocurrency hosting to AI compute, its pre-secured grid connections provide an asymmetric competitive advantage relative to its small valuation.[2, 10]
VivoPower's financial reporting profile is governed by its status as a foreign private issuer under the SEC, which requires annual reports on Form 20-F and material interim updates on Form 6-K, rather than standard quarterly 10-Q filings.[22, 23, 24] Consequently, its latest audited financial statements date back to the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, representing a data lag that is considered a minor risk for short-term traders.[9, 21] The annual report for the period ended June 30, 2025, which was announced in late 2025, revealed minimal active core operations during the pre-transformation wind-down.[9, 25] The company reported a total trailing twelve-month revenue of $61,000, a cost of revenue of $50,000, and a gross profit of $11,000.[10, 25] Operating expenses of $8.75 million and non-operating interest expenses of $7.03 million led to a consolidated net loss from continuing operations of $14.44 million, translating to a basic and diluted EPS of -$1.92.[25, 26] No active analyst consensus was beat or missed because the two covering analysts did not submit estimates to major tracking databases, reflecting the dormant micro-cap status of the legacy holding company.[10, 27]
A strategic step-change occurred with the $41 million acquisition of the 41.5 megawatt operational Mo i Rana data center from COWA, completed on April 21, 2026, without the need for additional public equity issuance.[6, 7] This asset brings an annualized revenue base of $31 million and $10 million in EBITDA from legacy hosting contracts, transforming the group into an immediately EBITDA-profitable operation on a pro forma basis.[6, 7, 28]
| Financial Metric | FY ended June 30, 2025 [25] | Mo i Rana Pro Forma Contribution [6, 7] | Consolidated Pro Forma Base [6, 7] |
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| Total Revenue | $61.0k | $31.0 million | $31.06 million |
| Gross Profit | $11.0k | $10.0 million+ (implied) | $10.01 million+ |
| Consolidated EBITDA | -$8.00 million | $10.0 million | $2.00 million |
| Net Income | -$12.79 million | Under Pressure | Under Pressure |
| Diluted EPS | -$1.92 | N/A | N/A |
During the pro forma disclosures in April 2026, Executive Chairman and CEO Kevin Chin noted that securing this strategic and income-producing data center asset at a disciplined 4.0x EBITDA multiple established a highly accretive baseline for the company's "Power-to-X" strategy.[7, 29] Following the June 29, 2026, announcement of selecting a global AI industry leader as the Preferred AI Tenant for a long-duration lease structure, the stock experienced massive volatility, consolidating around a current price of $4.82 as of July 6, 2026.[30, 31, 32] Analyst consensus targets remained in a statistical hold range of $6.29 to $13.64.[2]
Using a fully diluted share count of 16.8 million to account for convertible preference shares and warrants [10] and the current share price of $4.82 [32], the company's equity market capitalization is approximately $81.0 million. This creates a trailing Price-to-Sales (P/S) multiple of over 1,300x based on legacy results, which is financially distorted.[10, 25, 33] However, pro forma for the Mo i Rana revenue contribution of $31 million, the forward P/S multiple drops to a highly reasonable 2.61x [6, 7]:
$\text{Forward P/S} = \frac{\text{Market Capitalization}}{\text{Pro Forma Revenue}} = \frac{\$81.0\text{M}}{\$31.0\text{M}} = 2.61\text{x}$
The company holds $29.0 million in long-term debt.[9] Assuming nominal cash reserves, the Enterprise Value (EV) is approximately $110.0 million. Based on the current pro forma EBITDA of $10.0 million, the company trades at a forward EV/EBITDA multiple of 11.0x [6, 7]:
$\text{Forward EV/EBITDA} = \frac{\text{Enterprise Value}}{\text{Pro Forma EBITDA}} = \frac{\$110.0\text{M}}{\$10.0\text{M}} = 11.0\text{x}$
In the digital infrastructure sector, stabilized AI data centers trade at asset-level valuations ranging from $3 million to $8 million of Enterprise Value per megawatt.[2] Applying this range to VivoPower’s current 41.5 megawatt pre-secured capacity yields an implied asset replacement value of:
$\text{Low End Replacement Value} = 41.5\text{ MW} \times \$3.0\text{M/MW} = \$124.5\text{ million}$
$\text{High End Replacement Value} = 41.5\text{ MW} \times \$8.0\text{M/MW} = \$332.0\text{ million}$
Comparing this implied asset valuation range of $124.5 million to $332.0 million against the current Enterprise Value of ~$110 million highlights a severe intrinsic discount.[2] This discount is driven by the execution risk of transitioning legacy hosting contracts and the upcoming refinancing requirements.[2]
Evaluating VivoPower’s investment thesis requires analyzing multiple risk layers:
The primary technical risk centers on the physical conversion of the Mo i Rana facility from cryptocurrency hosting to high-density liquid-cooled AI hosting.[2, 6] AI workloads exhibit extreme load-step volatility, transitioning rapidly between idle and maximum capacity, which creates severe thermal and electrical stress.[15, 18] If the co-located BESS fails its feasibility study, lacks the capital for installation, or faces regulatory delays under Statnett prequalification, the facility may struggle to support modern GPU clusters, limiting its appeal to premium tenants.[18]
VivoPower operates with a highly leveraged balance sheet, showing a debt-to-equity ratio of 144.2%.[9] The company faces a looming deferred payment cliff of $120 million owed to the COWA and Cromwell sellers, with approximately $30 million due in October 2026 and $90 million due in April 2027.[2] Because this aggregate liability exceeds the company's entire equity market value, any failure to secure non-dilutive, asset-level refinancing will force the company to execute highly dilutive equity raises, permanently impairing the per-share value of the underlying real estate.[2]
The company's near-term revenue is entirely concentrated on a single geographic location and a single negotiation with its Selected Preferred AI Tenant.[2, 30] If the definitive lease agreement is delayed, or if the tenant faces capital constraints, VivoPower will remain exposed to volatile cryptocurrency hosting margins.[2] Furthermore, the long-term growth thesis requires energizing an additional 40 megawatts of expansion capacity, which is subject to Norwegian regulatory and grid connection approvals.[30, 34]
While the NO4 bidding zone offers highly favorable wholesale power prices, regional grid bottlenecks in the Nordics remain a variable risk.[15, 16] Any future localized transmission expansion could equalize NO4 pricing with high-cost southern European zones, eroding the company's wholesale cost advantage.[15, 16] Additionally, prolonged high global interest rates elevate the cost of infrastructure debt, compressing equity returns on capitalized shell buildouts.
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| RISK ASSESSMENT THRESHOLDS |
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| WHAT COULD GO WRONG: Lease negotiations with Preferred AI Tenant break down [30] |
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| EARLY WARNING SIGNS: Delays in finalizing the BESS feasibility study [18] |
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| LONG-TERM THESIS DAMAGE: Refinancing the $120M seller debt via massive dilution |
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The following 5-year scenario analysis models VivoPower’s equity value through FY2031 (five years post-transformation). The models assume a baseline of 16.8 million shares outstanding [10] and a current share price of $4.82 as of July 6, 2026 [32], yielding an initial equity market capitalization of approximately $81.0 million.
In this scenario, bilateral negotiations with the Preferred AI Tenant break down, and the Mo i Rana facility remains a legacy cryptocurrency hosting asset.[2, 30] No BESS layer is integrated, and the 40MW expansion is abandoned due to a lack of grid approvals.[30, 34] Due to the upcoming $120 million seller liability, the company faces a liquidity crisis and is forced to restructure its debt through a highly dilutive equity swap, ballooning the share count to 80.0 million.[2]
* Year 5 Revenue: $20.0 million (reflecting contracted legacy hosting rates)
* Year 5 EBITDA: $6.0 million (30.0% margin)
* Exit Multiple: 5.0x EV/EBITDA (reflecting cryptocurrency asset multiples)
* Enterprise Value (EV): $30.0 million
* Net Debt: $10.0 million (post-restructuring)
* Implied Equity Value: $20.0 million
* Value of Separately Valued Assets: $0 (Tembo and Caret Digital spin-offs failed or liquidated) [3]
* Projected Share Price: $0.25 (USD)
* 5-Year Total Return: -94.8%
* Annualized Return: -45.0%
The Preferred AI Tenant executes a long-term triple-net lease for the existing 41.5MW Mo i Rana facility.[30, 31] The site successfully transitions to high-density AI hosting, achieving the targeted $60.0 million in standalone AI EBITDA.[2, 20] Enrollment in the Statnett grid reserve program and a partial BESS deployment add $4.0 million in high-margin EBITDA.[16, 18] The 40MW expansion is postponed beyond the 5-year model. Share count dilutes to 35.0 million to settle the $120 million seller payments and BESS capital expenditures.[2] Net Debt rises to $150.0 million.
* Year 5 Revenue: $75.0 million
* Year 5 EBITDA: $64.0 million (85.3% margin)
* Exit Multiple: 12.0x EV/EBITDA (discounted for asset concentration)
* Enterprise Value (EV): $768.0 million
* Net Debt: $150.0 million
* Implied Core Equity Value: $618.0 million
* Value of Separately Valued Assets: $20.0 million (representing the retained minority stake in the Tembo SPAC, valued at a conservative 90% discount to its target $838M SPAC equity value) [1, 35]
* Total Equity Value: $638.0 million
* Projected Share Price: $18.23 (USD)
* 5-Year Total Return: 278.2%
* Annualized Return: 30.5%
VivoPower executes the AI lease with the Preferred Tenant [30] and secures regulatory approval and funding to construct and lease the 40MW expansion capacity, reaching 81.5MW of operational capacity.[6, 20] The facility achieves $130.0 million in base AI EBITDA [2, 20] and $5.9 million in ancillary battery and grid balancing EBITDA.[17, 18] Share count dilutes to 50.0 million to fund the complete expansion, and Net Debt rises to $300.0 million.
* Year 5 Revenue: $140.0 million
* Year 5 EBITDA: $135.9 million (97.1% margin)
* Exit Multiple: 15.0x EV/EBITDA (reflecting stabilized scale)
* Enterprise Value (EV): $2,038.5 million
* Net Debt: $300.0 million
* Implied Core Equity Value: $1,738.5 million
* Value of Separately Valued Assets: $41.9 million (representing the retained minority stake in the Tembo SPAC, valued at a conservative 75% discount to its target SPAC value) [1, 35]
* Total Equity Value: $1,780.4 million
* Projected Share Price: $35.61 (USD)
* 5-Year Total Return: 638.8%
* Annualized Return: 49.2%
The modeled share price trajectory represents the estimated equity value path under each scenario over the next five fiscal years, incorporating the dilutive share issuances and asset carve-outs:
| Scenario | Year 0 (Current) | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 (Exit) |
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| High Case | $4.82 [32] | $8.50 | $14.00 | $21.00 | $28.00 | $35.61 |
| Base Case | $4.82 [32] | $6.00 | $8.50 | $11.50 | $14.50 | $18.23 |
| Low Case | $4.82 [32] | $3.00 | $1.50 | $0.80 | $0.50 | $0.35 |
Using the subjective probability weights, the probability-weighted target price is:
$\text{Probability-Weighted Share Price Target} = (0.25 \times \$35.61) + (0.45 \times \$18.23) + (0.30 \times \$0.35) = \$17.21\text{ USD}$
This expected price target reflects a strong return potential, indicating that the potential upside from the base and high cases outweighs the risk of permanent capital impairment in the low-case restructuring.
The table below summarizes the key financial inputs, assumptions, and returns across the modeled scenarios:
| Scenario | Revenue / scale in Yr 5 | Margin / earnings assumption | Valuation multiple assumption | Current share price | Implied future share price | 5-year total return | Annualized return | Probability |
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| High Case | $140.0M [20] | 97.1% EBITDA margin | 15.0x EV/EBITDA | $4.82 [32] | $35.61 | 638.8% | 49.2% | 25% |
| Base Case | $75.0M | 85.3% EBITDA margin | 12.0x EV/EBITDA | $4.82 [32] | $18.23 | 278.2% | 30.5% | 45% |
| Low Case | $20.0M | 30.0% EBITDA margin | 5.0x EV/EBITDA | $4.82 [32] | $0.35 | -92.7% | -41.2% | 30% |
| Weighted Target | $74.75M | 78.2% Weighted margin | 11.3x EV/EBITDA | $4.82 [32] | $17.21 | 257.1% | 29.0% | 100% |
ASYMMETRIC RISK REWARD
Rating VivoPower across ten core operational and governance parameters reveals a highly speculative risk-reward profile. The following scorecard does not provide financial advice:
Executive Chairman and CEO Kevin Chin holds a substantial indirect stake of 4,331,488 ordinary shares, alongside warrants to purchase 1,200,000 shares at an exercise price of $1.00.[36] The broader board recently increased its aggregate holding by 2.65 million shares.[1, 19] While insider ownership is high, the historical track record of dilutive public equity offerings slightly dampens absolute alignment.
Currently, the company's $31 million in annualized pro forma revenue is derived almost entirely from legacy cryptocurrency hosting, which is characterized by short-term contracts, volatile margins, and low structural barriers.[2, 6] If the definitive contract with the Preferred AI Tenant is successfully executed, this score will transition to a 9/10, but the current state remains highly unproven.[2, 30]
VivoPower is a micro-cap competitor in a market dominated by multi-billion-dollar digital infrastructure giants.[2, 10] It holds a unique niche and first-mover physical presence in the low-cost bidding zones of Northern Norway [15, 16], but lacks the scale or brand equity of established institutional data center operators.
The theoretical growth path is immense.[2, 20] Transitioning the Mo i Rana site to AI compute and executing the 40MW expansion provides a clear runway to $130 million+ in run-rate EBITDA.[2, 20] Additional pipelines in Finland and the UAE act as highly valuable, long-dated call options.[2, 8]
The balance sheet represents the company's weakest structural link. With a debt-to-equity ratio of 144.2% [9] and a looming $120 million deferred liability to COWA due within the next nine to twenty-one months [2], the company operates with zero financial margin for error and a high risk of dilutive financing.
The underlying business model of leasing powered land is highly durable, as grid-connected land with access to cheap, green power is the physical lifeblood of the AI revolution.[2, 5] However, the critical choke point is execution—securing the significant capital required to build out high-density cooling and power distribution shells.[2]
Management’s recent capital decisions are encouraging. Divesting non-core assets like J.A. Martin [21], spinning off Tembo e-LV via a SPAC transaction [3], and preparing Caret Digital for a full distribution allow the firm to focus purely on high-density data centers.[3, 4] However, historical capital allocation was characterized by frequent strategic pivots and high cash burn.[1, 2]
Wall Street coverage is minimal, with no major institutional investment banks actively covering the name.[27] The statistical peer-matching models used by platforms like Simply Wall St and Morningstar classify the stock as a consensus "Hold" [2, 32], reflecting deep market skepticism regarding the pending strategic transition.
The company was historically deeply unprofitable, recording a net loss of $12.79 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025.[25, 33] While the acquisition of the Mo i Rana data center immediately makes the consolidated entity EBITDA-profitable on a pro forma basis ($10 million annualized EBITDA) [7, 28], GAAP net income will remain severely pressured by high interest and corporate overhead charges.
VivoPower’s historical track record is poor, with long-term capital destruction, frequent corporate name and stock ticker alterations [1, 2, 5], and a 66% dilution in shares outstanding over the past year.[9, 21] The pivot to AI represents a clean break, but the historical legacy demands extreme investor caution.
Combining these dimensions yields an unweighted, blended scorecard metric of:
$\text{Blended Qualitative Score} = \frac{7 + 3 + 4 + 8 + 2 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 4 + 3}{10} = 4.6 / 10$
This blended score of 4.6 out of 10 indicates that despite highly compelling real estate asset value, the severe balance sheet debt and execution risks make the company a highly speculative, event-driven equity vehicle.
SPECULATIVE HIGH RISK
The investment thesis for VivoPower PLC represents a classic, highly asymmetric micro-cap speculation.[2, 10] The core opportunity lies in the profound mismatch between the company's equity market capitalization (~$81 million) and the physical replacement value of its secured, low-cost power footprint in the Nordics.[2, 10] In a global tech environment where massive grid access is the scarcest commodity in the artificial intelligence cycle, VivoPower’s pre-secured 41.5 megawatt operational capacity is highly valuable.[2, 5] If the company successfully executes a binding, long-duration lease agreement with its Preferred AI Tenant, the asset's cash-generation profile will shift.[2, 30] This transition is projected to drive substantial valuation multiple expansion, aligning the company with premium high-density data center operators.[2]
However, this upside is heavily balanced by a severe balance sheet risk.[2, 9] The upcoming $120 million deferred payment liability to the COWA and Cromwell sellers represents a major technical hurdle that must be refinanced.[2] If credit markets restrict access or if the company is forced to issue equity at current prices to settle these debts, the resulting dilution will permanently impair per-share returns.[2] Consequently, the investment thesis is purely event-driven, relying on near-term catalysts: the execution of the binding lease agreement [30], and the non-dilutive restructuring of the seller debt.[2] The following analysis does not provide financial advice.
BINARY SPECULATIVE VEHICLE
VivoPower's stock price currently trades at $4.82 [32], positioned slightly below its 50-day simple moving average of $5.31 and its 200-day simple moving average of $5.30.[37] This technical alignment indicates a consolidation phase as the market awaits structural clarity.[38] With short interest remaining highly elevated at approximately 26.14% of shares outstanding (representing up to 71.7% of the tight public float) [2, 39], the technical setup is primed for extreme volatility. Any official confirmation regarding the execution of a definitive lease agreement with the Preferred AI Tenant is highly likely to trigger a rapid short squeeze.[2, 30, 39] Conversely, a failure to announce a signed contract will likely result in a breakdown below technical support levels.[2]
VOLATILITY PROFILE HIGH
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