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E. Val Cerutti

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · NY · Oct 17, 2019 → Nov 5, 2025

1deal (issuers)
$35Mreported sold
159investors
3Form D filings
2019–2025years on file

Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:16 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

E. Val Cerutti is listed as a director on 3 SEC Form D filings by 1 issuer between Oct 2019 and Nov 2025: GABELLI CONVERTIBLE & INCOME SECURITIES FUND INC (Rye, NY — pooled investment fund — 2019–2025; $35M reported sold to 159 investors).

What this means One deal on file with the SEC. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment — it is a notice, not an approval.

Listed alongside Agnes Mullady (3 shared filings), Anthonie C. van Ekris (3 shared filings), Anthony S. Colavita (3 shared filings), Daniel D. Harding (3 shared filings), John Birch (3 shared filings) and 16 others.

What this means These are the other officers, directors or promoters the companies named on the same forms — the team around E.. Each name links to their own page.

The issuer belongs to the sponsor group Gabelli (27 issuers, $2.14B reported sold, 2009–2026).

What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Gabelli has 27 companies on file and $2.14B reported sold in total — the group page shows the whole track record in one place.

Public records searched: federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), SEC enforcement releases, state securities regulators (AZ, CA, DE, TX, WA) — 7 court cases matching the name, 4 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 11 records came back. Each one is listed below with a link to the original document and a line saying why it matched. A name match is not proof it is the same person or company — read the why line and the document. Being sued or named in a release is an accusation, not a finding.

We compared 3 public filings for E. Val Cerutti and found 2 differences, 1 worth asking the sponsor about: Form D filed 132 days after the first sale; and more below.

What this means These are differences between the sponsor's own SEC filings — both values, dates and sources are listed in Key records, section 4. Most have ordinary explanations; ask the sponsor.

What the community is saying

Community search for E. Val Cerutti has not run yet — it is joining a line of 14,032 names; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 28 names.

Community comments are quoted as written by their authors. Sources searched: BiggerPockets forums (via DuckDuckGo, Brave, Bing and BiggerPockets search) and Reddit (search feed + public archive).

Key records

Five things investors ask first. Items still in human review are counted, not shown.

1. Lawsuits

7 cases: 7 dismissed

Cerutti v. Professional Bureau of Collections of Maryland, Inc. dismissed
District Court, S.D. California · No. 3:17-cv-02500 · Filed Dec 13, 2017 · Closed Mar 8, 2018 · Nature of suit: 360 P.I.: Other · Cause: 15:1692 Fair Debt Collection Act
Role of Cerutti: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2018-03-08 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Voluntarily dismissed Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (2 people in Form D filings, 22 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in CA (not a filing state)
Scarlett Cerutti v. Professional Bureau of Collections of Maryland, Inc. dismissed
District Court, C.D. California · No. 8:17-cv-01813 · Filed Oct 17, 2017 · Closed Nov 21, 2017 · Nature of suit: 480 Consumer credit
Role of Scarlett Cerutti: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2017-11-21 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Voluntarily dismissed Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (2 people in Form D filings, 22 federal dockets); different first name (scarlett); court in CA (not a filing state)
Cerutti v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, Inc. dismissed
District Court, E.D. California · No. 1:11-cv-00818 · Filed May 19, 2011 · Closed Feb 8, 2012 · Nature of suit: Contract: Other · Cause: 28:1332 Diversity-(Citizenship)
Role of Cerutti: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2012-02-08 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Dismissed: settled Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (2 people in Form D filings, 22 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in CA (not a filing state)
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated v. Cerutti dismissed
District Court, S.D. New York · No. 1:10-cv-07879 · Filed Oct 15, 2010 · Closed Jan 30, 2012 · Nature of suit: 380 Other personal property damage
Role of Cerutti: Defendant · Outcome: Terminated 2012-01-30 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Dismissed: settled Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (2 people in Form D filings, 22 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in the person's filing state (NY)
CERUTTI v. FRITO LAY, INC. dismissed
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · No. 2:09-cv-00022 · Filed Jan 8, 2009 · Closed Jan 13, 2012 · Nature of suit: Contract: Other · Cause: 28:1446 Notice of Removal
Role of CERUTTI: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2012-01-13 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Dismissed: settled Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (2 people in Form D filings, 22 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in PA (not a filing state)
Capitol Corporate Solutions, LLC v. Cerutti dismissed
District Court, D. Maryland · No. 1:06-cv-01810 · Filed Jul 18, 2006 · Closed Jan 4, 2007 · Nature of suit: 190 Other contract actions
Role of Cerutti: Defendant · Outcome: Terminated 2007-01-04 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Dismissed: settled Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (2 people in Form D filings, 22 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in MD (not a filing state)
CERUTTI J v. AMER CAP GR INC dismissed
District Court, E.D. Missouri · No. · Filed Apr 6, 1987 · Closed Dec 12, 1989 · Nature of suit: 190 Other contract actions
Role of CERUTTI J: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 1989-12-12 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Dismissed: lack of jurisdiction Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (2 people in Form D filings, 22 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in MO (not a filing state)
What was searched

Sources searched: CourtListener bulk data (RECAP dockets as of 2026-09-30; recall-first rule 10-24) — federal district + bankruptcy courts State courts: not covered (one-tap state court links under Look further). PACER: not searched. · Last checked Oct 24, 2026, 2:16 AM ET.

Court records show docket facts only; we never restate allegations as facts. Outcome wording comes from the docket feed; where it does not state a disposition we say so.

State courts: not covered (one-tap state court links under Look further). No state offers a lawful automated statewide source PartnerFacts can use today. Texas (re:SearchTX) terms prohibit storing results in a database open to third parties; New York (WebCivil) and Massachusetts (MassCourts) require a browser check that blocks scripted queries; California has no statewide index (58 county portals; Rule of Court 2.503 grants name-based access case by case); Florida, Utah and Illinois offer paid or partial access whose terms for automated use are unverified. Washington (dw.courts.wa.gov; bulk index reports under a JISC data-dissemination agreement), Delaware (CourtConnect; Court of Chancery not included) and Arizona (apps.azcourts.gov/publicaccess, which has an official channel to request high-volume access) are the candidates; PartnerFacts will request written permission before any automated search. Federal courts are searched through CourtListener / RECAP.

2. Regulatory actions

None found in sources searched — SEC enforcement releases (index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET) · state securities regulators: AZ, CA, DE, TX, WA (crawled Oct 23, 2026)

What was searched

SEC enforcement searched: SEC litigation releases and administrative proceedings — respondent names in the sec.gov index titles (30,205 releases, 1995-09-19 to 2026-10-23); release text is read only to confirm a candidate. Names that appear only in the body of a release are not found. — Searched SEC litigation releases and administrative proceedings (1995→ / 2007→) (30,205 records as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET) — nothing matched E. Val Cerutti..

State securities regulators searched: AZ (Corporation Commission Securities Division), CA (DFPI — 16 of 12,159 DFPI respondent pages read so far; sponsor-name matches are read first), DE (DOJ Investor Protection Unit), TX (State Securities Board), WA (DFI) — last crawled Oct 23, 2026, 9:57 PM ET. Other states are not covered.

3. Bankruptcies

4 cases: 4 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

John Horvath, Jr. and Nancy Lee Cerutti closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · No. 16-35473 · Filed Nov 7, 2016 · Closed Feb 21, 2017
Role of John Horvath, Jr. and Nancy Lee Cerutti: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2017-02-21 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (2 people in Form D filings, 22 federal dockets); different first name (lee); court in VA (not a filing state)
Eugene I. Davis, as Litigation Trustee for the Que v. North American Cerutti Corporation closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · No. 10-02066 · Filed Jan 14, 2010 · Closed Aug 24, 2011
Role of North American Cerutti Corporation: Defendant · Outcome: Case closed 2011-08-24 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (2 people in Form D filings, 22 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in the person's filing state (NY)
Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of the I v. CERUTTI & SONS TRANSPORTATION closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Delaware · No. 04-50069 · Filed Jan 6, 2004 · Closed Nov 26, 2004
Role of CERUTTI & SONS TRANSPORTATION: Defendant · Outcome: Case closed 2004-11-26 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (2 people in Form D filings, 22 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in DE (not a filing state)
Cerutti v. Lubrication Systems Inc. closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. California · No. 00-09021 · Filed Jan 26, 2000 · Closed Apr 20, 2000
Role of Cerutti: Plaintiff · Outcome: Case closed 2000-04-20 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (2 people in Form D filings, 22 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in CA (not a filing state)
What was searched

Sources searched: Federal bankruptcy courts via CourtListener / RECAP archive (federal district courts, federal bankruptcy courts). State courts: not covered (one-tap state court links under Look further). PACER: not searched (RECAP only). · Last checked Oct 24, 2026, 2:16 AM ET.

Court records show docket facts only; we never restate allegations as facts. Outcome wording comes from the docket feed; where it does not state a disposition we say so.

State courts: not covered (one-tap state court links under Look further). No state offers a lawful automated statewide source PartnerFacts can use today. Texas (re:SearchTX) terms prohibit storing results in a database open to third parties; New York (WebCivil) and Massachusetts (MassCourts) require a browser check that blocks scripted queries; California has no statewide index (58 county portals; Rule of Court 2.503 grants name-based access case by case); Florida, Utah and Illinois offer paid or partial access whose terms for automated use are unverified. Washington (dw.courts.wa.gov; bulk index reports under a JISC data-dissemination agreement), Delaware (CourtConnect; Court of Chancery not included) and Arizona (apps.azcourts.gov/publicaccess, which has an official channel to request high-volume access) are the candidates; PartnerFacts will request written permission before any automated search. Federal courts are searched through CourtListener / RECAP.

4. Differences between public sources

Comparisons cover issuers and sponsor groups — see the issuer pages under Deals

2 differences found between the filings for E. Val Cerutti — 1 worth asking about (compared 3 filings on Oct 24, 2026)

Worth asking · Jun 26, 2025 – Nov 5, 2025

Form D filed 132 days after the first sale — GABELLI CONVERTIBLE & INCOME SECURITIES FUND INC

The filing says the first sale was Jun 26, 2025. The Form D was filed Nov 5, 2025 — 132 days later. The rule: a Form D is generally due within 15 days after the first sale, so this one is 117 days past that.

What this means A late notice is common and carries no penalty by itself. It is worth asking the sponsor why the paperwork lagged.

Sources
Note · Oct 17, 2019 – Nov 5, 2025

Reported net asset value range changed between filings — GABELLI CONVERTIBLE & INCOME SECURITIES FUND INC

"Over $100,000,000" (Oct 17, 2019); then "$50,000,001 - $100,000,000" (Nov 5, 2025).

What this means This is the size band the issuer picks for itself on the form. A change can mean the business grew or shrank — or that it chose not to say. Ask for current numbers.

Sources
What is compared

What is compared: every Form D and D/A we hold for this subject, side by side — filing dates vs. first-sale dates (the 15-day rule), amendment timing on open offerings (the yearly-amendment expectation), amounts sold, investor counts, offering amounts and minimums across amendments, industry and size bands, addresses, how each person's name and role is written, paid sellers' CRD numbers, and (for groups) where the member companies were formed and sit. Everything is as filed by the issuer; the SEC does not check it. Differences are common and usually have ordinary explanations — we show both values, the dates, and the source so you can ask. As of Oct 24, 2026.

5. Money to insiders

None reported on 3 offerings — no sales commissions, finder's fees or proceeds to insiders

Per-offering detail
Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
Nov 5, 2025 D
GABELLI CONVERTIBLE & INCOME SECURITIES FUND INC
File 021-563217
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Jan 10, 2023 D
GABELLI CONVERTIBLE & INCOME SECURITIES FUND INC
File 021-470240
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Oct 17, 2019 D
GABELLI CONVERTIBLE & INCOME SECURITIES FUND INC
File 021-351325
$0$0$0
Proceeds will be used to refinance the issuer's outstanding Series B Preferred Shares, of which 10,100, or 1.00% of the Series B Preferred Shares outstanding, are held by the executive officers and directors named in response to Item 3.
None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗

Counts come from Form D Items 12–15 on the filings in our index (latest filing per offering; one offering = one SEC file number; an amendment updates its offering rather than adding one). "To insiders" = gross proceeds used for payments to executive officers, directors or promoters. "—" = not reported on that filing. Amounts marked (est.) were reported as estimates. "Paid to sell it" = sales compensation recipients named on that filing (Item 12), each linked to FINRA BrokerCheck when a CRD number is reported.

Counted across every filing this person is listed on (latest filing per offering, per issuer).

Deals 1

Every issuer that named E. Val Cerutti on a Form D, newest first. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment.

Pooled Investment Fund · group: Gabelli

GABELLI CONVERTIBLE & INCOME SECURITIES FUND INC

Rye, NY · Oct 17, 2019 → Nov 5, 2025 · 3 filings
  • Nov 5, 2025 · D · $6,075,000 sold of $20,000,000 · 6 investors · min. $10 · role: Director EDGAR ↗
  • Jan 10, 2023 · D · $15,000,000 sold of $15,000,000 · 16 investors · min. $10 · role: Director (Independent Director) EDGAR ↗
  • Oct 17, 2019 · D · $35,000,000 sold of $35,000,000 · 159 investors · min. $100 · role: Director (Independent Director) EDGAR ↗

Raised $35M from 159 investors (100% of the $20M target) as of the latest filing. E. is listed as director on 3 filings for this deal.

Sources

Every row is a Form D or D/A on which the issuer listed this name as a related person. Amount sold and investors are the maximum reported on any filing for this issuer. "Similar" = offerings in the same industry claiming the same exemption, filed in the last 5 years: Pooled Investment Fund / 506(b) (83,801 filings); ranges are the middle half (25th–75th percentile). Computed by PartnerFacts from SEC EDGAR Form D data as of Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET. Rows without a range: fewer than 30 comparable filings, or not a Rule 506 offering. No ranking or score.

People around E. 21

Officers, directors, promoters and management entities named on the same filings, as of Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET.

JB
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John Birch

Director · 3 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 4 other issuers

John Birch is on 5 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

SZ
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Person

Salvatore J. Zizza

Director · 3 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 9 other issuers

Salvatore J. Zizza is on 10 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

VE
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Person

Vincent D. Enright

Director · 3 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 4 other issuers

Vincent D. Enright is on 5 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

AM
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Person

Agnes Mullady

Director, Executive Officer · 3 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 6 other issuers

Agnes Mullady is on 7 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

AE
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Person

Anthonie C. van Ekris

Director · 3 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 6 other issuers

Anthonie C. van Ekris is on 7 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

MM
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Person

Michael J. Melarkey

Director · 3 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 1 other issuer

Listed on the same filings as E. Val Cerutti. Their page shows their other deals.

AC
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Anthony S. Colavita

Director · 3 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 4 other issuers

Anthony S. Colavita is on 5 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

JB
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Person

John C. Ball

Executive Officer · 3 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 7 other issuers

John C. Ball is on 8 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

LF
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Leslie F. Foley

Director · 3 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 3 other issuers

Listed on the same filings as E. Val Cerutti. Their page shows their other deals.

DH
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Daniel D. Harding

Director · 3 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 1 other issuer

Listed on the same filings as E. Val Cerutti. Their page shows their other deals.

WR
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Werner J. Roeder

Director · 3 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as E. Val Cerutti. Their page shows their other deals.

TD
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Thomas H. Dinsmore

Director · 3 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as E. Val Cerutti. Their page shows their other deals.

PG
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Peter Goldstein

Executive Officer · 2 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 10 other issuers

Peter Goldstein is on 11 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

LM
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Laurissa M. Martire

Executive Officer · 2 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 4 other issuers

Laurissa M. Martire is on 5 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

KN
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Person

Kuni Nakamura

Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 4 other issuers

Kuni Nakamura is on 5 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

MG
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Person

Mario J. Gabelli

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 10 other issuers

Mario J. Gabelli is on 11 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

RW
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Person

Richard J. Walz

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 7 other issuers

Richard J. Walz is on 8 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

BU
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Bethany A. Uhlein

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 3 other issuers

Listed on the same filings as E. Val Cerutti. Their page shows their other deals.

AM
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Andrea R. Mango

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as E. Val Cerutti. Their page shows their other deals.

BA
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Bruce N. Alpert

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 4 other issuers

Bruce N. Alpert is on 5 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

CP
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Person

Christina A Peeney

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 1 other issuer

Listed on the same filings as E. Val Cerutti. Their page shows their other deals.

The team behind the deals

Sponsor group

Gabelli

27 issuers · 263 filings · $2.14B reported sold · 2009–2026

One team, 27 deal companies. E. Val Cerutti is listed on 1 of them.

Sources

Issuers are grouped when their Form D filings share related persons, a management entity or a business address (automatic match from the filings). "Listed" marks the issuers that name E. Val Cerutti.

Same business address

10 other issuers file from the same address

A shared address can mean the same team, a shared office building or a registered agent. It is a lead, not a conclusion.

Registrations and other filings

Adviser registration (Form ADV)

None of the 1 issuer this person is listed on appears in Form ADV (searched 24,962 advisers as of Oct 2, 2026). A person is never an adviser firm; Form ADV is checked for the issuers and the management companies they are listed with.

Other offering types (Regulation A and Regulation Crowdfunding)

Searched SEC Regulation A Data Sets (Forms 1-A, 1-K, 1-Z; 2015 Q2 → 2026 Q3); SEC Crowdfunding Offerings Data Sets (Form C family; 2016 Q2 → 2026 Q3); EDGAR form index for 2026 Q3 → 2026 Q4 (51,358 records as of Oct 23, 2026, 8:41 PM ET) — nothing matched this name.

Property records none — individuals are not matched

Property records are matched to companies only, never to individuals, so none are matched to E. Val Cerutti by design. Searched property records in Hillsborough County FL (Clerk recorded-document index Oct 14, 2026 to Oct 15, 2026 + FL DOR 2026 ownership roll), Miami-Dade County FL (FL DOR 2026 ownership roll), Harris County TX (HCAD 2026 ownership roll), Dallas County TX (DCAD 2026 ownership roll), New York City ACRIS documents and PLUTO ownership rows already retrieved for other issuers, Cook County IL sale and ownership rows already retrieved for other issuers (814,874 records as of Oct 23, 2026, 8:59 PM ET) for the 1 issuer this person is listed on — nothing matched.

Public profiles and social

Websites and social links of the issuers E. Val Cerutti is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in GABELLI CONVERTIBLE & INCOME SECURITIES FUND INC's SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #55,924 of 374,652 in line (14 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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