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The authors study the asymptotic behaviour of solutions of the scalar integro-differential equation \[ x'(t)= - \sum_{i=1}^n a_i x(t-\tau_i) + \int_0^t k(t-s)x(s)\, ds, \quad t> 0, \quad x(t) = \phi(t), \quad -\tau \leq t\leq 0, \] where \(\tau={\max}_{1\leq i\leq n} \tau_i\), \(a_i> 0\), \(\tau_i\geq 0\) and \(k\) is a nonnegative integrable function with \(\lim_{t\to\infty } k(t)/\alpha(t)> 0\) for some subexponential function (i.e., a function satsifying \(\lim_{t\to\infty} (\alpha *\alpha)(t)/\alpha (t) = 2\int_0^\infty \alpha(s)\,d s\) and \(\lim_{t\to\infty} \sup_{0\leq s\leq A} | \alpha(t-s)/\alpha(t) - 1| > 0\)). They show among other things that if in addition \(\int_0^\infty k(s)\,d s <\sum_{i=1}^n a_i\) and there is a real root of the characteristic equation \(p = \sum_{i=1}^n a_ie^{\tau_i p}\), then \(\lim_{t\to\infty} x(t)/k(t) = (\phi(0)- \sum_{i=1}^n a_i\int_{-\tau_i}^0 \phi(s)\,ds )/(\sum_{i=1}^n a_i - \int_0^\infty k(s)\,d s)^2\).