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\intbl \ri16 {\fs18 {\b\nosupersub Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.}}\cell \row} \pard {\fs18 \u160?}\par \pard \qj\fi324 {\fs18 On March\u160?7, 2022, the board of directors (the \u8220?Board\u8221?) of Focus Financial Partners Inc. 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