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Let R be a split extension of an artin algebra A by a nilpotent bimodule $_A Q_A$, and let M be an indecomposable non-projective A-module. We show that the almost split sequences ending with M in mod A and mod R coincide if and only if $Hom_A (Q, τ_A M)$ = 0 and $M ⊗ _A Q = 0$.