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[Operator instructions] At this time, I would like to turn the call over to Tryn Stimart, AbCellera's chief legal and compliance officer. Tryn Stimart -- Chief Legal and Compliance Officer Thank you. I'm Tryn Stimart, AbCellera's chief legal and compliance officer. You may proceed. that's what Andrew mentioned. That makes sense.
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[Operator instructions] I would now like to pass the conference over to our host, Tryn Stimart, chief legal and compliance officer with AbCellera. Tryn Stimart -- Chief Legal and Compliance Officer Thank you. I'm Tryn Stimart, AbCellera's chief legal and compliance officer. Tryn, please go ahead. Happy to take that.
Specific about your question in the monetization side, we are seeing some encouraging early results in certain verticals, including legal, education, and B2B services. We see strong adoption across sectors, including online education, social media, restaurant and food services, healthcare, legal consultation, and recruiting.
And our stock-based comp expense in Q2 was the lowest in our history as a publiccompany. As previously disclosed, the first payment of our class action legal settlement was made in the second quarter which reduces the cash flow in the quarter by $29 million. The Motley Fool has no position in any of the stocks mentioned.
Second, we are on track to separate NCR into two publiccompanies in the fourth quarter of 2023. Additionally, there are areas of shared services functions such as legal, tax, HR, treasury, IT, and others that are well underway in the process of preparing for the separation. And so, that's the path we expect to execute.
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per share and are primarily legal expenses and expense transaction pursuit costs. Houston is the differentiator for us because we're the only publiccompany that has any meaningful presence. Please see our Terms and Conditions for additional details, including our Obligatory Capitalized Disclaimers of Liability.
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