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Let \(G\) be a finite group of order \(n\), let \(\operatorname{Irr}(G)\) be the set of irreducible complex characters of \(G\) and let \(f(G)=| G|^{- 1}\sum_{\chi\in\operatorname{Irr}(G)}\chi(1)\). In this note the author proves the following result: Let \(G\) be a finite non-nilpotent group which has a normal 2-complement. Then \(f(G)=1/2\) if and only if \(G\) is a central product of groups \(G_1\) and \(G_2\) such that \((G_1: Z(G_1))=4\), \(G_2'\cong Z_3\) and \(G\) has an abelian subgroup of index 2. This complements a classification of all groups \(G\) with \(f(G)>\frac{1}{2}\) given by the author in a previous paper [``Finite groups with large sum of degrees of complex irreducible characters'' (Russian), Kalinin, 1985 (Manuscript deposited at VINITI under No. 7429-V)]. [For the entire collection see Zbl 0696.00003.]