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The paper studies properties of the roots of the characteristic equation for a delay-differential equation with multiple fixed delays. The authors explore the fact, that the characteristic equation can be represented in the form: \[ P=MZ, \quad \text{ where } \quad P=[\Re (P), \Im(P)]^T, \quad M = \left[ \begin{matrix} E_1 & F_1 & \cdots & E_k & F_k \cr F_1 & -E_1 & \cdots & F_k & -E_k \end{matrix} \right], \] \(Z=[\cos(\omega\tau_1),\sin(\omega\tau_1), \dots, \cos(\omega\tau_k),\sin(\omega\tau_k)]^T\), \(\lambda=\rho+i\omega\) is a characteristic root and \(E_i=-e^{-\rho\tau}\Re(Q_i)\) and \(F_i=e^{-\rho\tau}\Im(Q_i)\). \(Q_i\) are some polynomials in \(\lambda\). On the basis of this representation, the authors obtain estimates on the spectrum.