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A broader bottleneck screen shows that contract structure determines who captures scarcity. The first premise is based on Micron's FY26Q3 10-Q report, which explicitly states that allocation is under supply constraints, but largest strategic contracts generally cap existing-product prices near calendar Q2. This means that take-or-pay contracts protect volume and floor economics, but not unlimited upside. The FY25 10-K report adds that there is a risk of single-source lithography and 17% revenue comes from one unnamed customer. The strongest bear argument is that customer capital expenditure slows while upstream equipment and capacity spending stays committed, but a counterexample is binding multi-year demand. The second premise is based on GEV's Q2 electrification orders and revenue, which imply a book-to-bill of 1.745 and an EBITDA margin of 18.4%. This suggests that supplier economics are being realized. However, the FY25 risk factors disclose constrained critical inputs and delivery penalties. It is rejected that all backlog is freely cancelable, as RPO excludes orders that are cancelable without substantive penalty. The third premise is based on Murata's July 31 forecast, which sees capacitor revenue increasing by 23.6% and consolidated revenue increasing by 15.2%, with capital expenditure increasing by 2.9%. This shows that server and distributor demand strength coexists with weakness elsewhere, so broad component-shortage claims lack part-level proof. The fourth premise is based on Hapag's $600/container Conosur GRI, which takes effect on September 4, but the announcement does not prove realized yield or port congestion. The sources of this information are respectively https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723125/000072312526000015/mu-20260528.htm, https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723125/000072312525000028/mu-20250828.htm, https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1996810/000199681026000147/gevpressrelease2q26.htm, https://www.gevernova.com/sites/default/files/gevernova_2025_form10-k.pdf, https://corporate.murata.com/en-us/ir/financial/forecast, and https://www.hapag-lloyd.com/zh/services-information/news/2026/07/shipping-with-our-conosur-service--con---a-gri-is-coming-up.headless.html. The information was read on September 5, and the issuer claims to be interested, but the filing and report dates differ, with no contradiction from timing. The consequences inferred are that scarce capacity transfers cash from buyers to qualified suppliers, caps, floors, cancellations, and upstream shortages determine retained margin, and capacity investment and substitution can normalize rents before volumes peak. The binding constraint is incremental unpriced evidence and a validated stock rule. The conclusion is to watch only, with no new fund warranted, as these are already within the Supply mandate. Missing information includes part-level lead times, independent actual shipping flows, normalized valuation, non-US venue eligibility, and out-of-stock rules for new names. Legacy coverage is not used as corroboration.