diff --git a/perl/exit_strategy.pl b/perl/exit_strategy.pl
index af776bc992e2a571cb9f791e76d3b70ffdc98e84..d6686ddb8b2d7863574e6ad4789bc544ec1694bd 100644
--- a/perl/exit_strategy.pl
+++ b/perl/exit_strategy.pl
@@ -454,12 +454,11 @@ sub check_if_db_conform ($string, $filename) {
   my $str_repid_old = "/mets:mets/mets:amdSec[starts-with(\@ID, \'REP\') and $str_local_reps]/\@ID";
   my $compiled_xpath_repid_old = XML::LibXML::XPathExpression->new($str_repid_old);
   #  only event 272 or 274 should be used, next line uses a multiple-predicate hack for XPATH 1.0
-  my $xpath_if_deleted_expr = 'mets:digiprovMD[@ID="ie-amd-digiprov"]/mets:mdWrap/mets:xmlData/dnx:dnx/dnx:section[@id="event"]/dnx:record[dnx:key[@id="eventIdentifierValue"][. = 272]]';
-  my $xpath_if_purged_expr = 'mets:digiprovMD[@ID="ie-amd-digiprov"]/mets:mdWrap/mets:xmlData/dnx:dnx/dnx:section[@id="event"]/dnx:record[dnx:key[@id="eventIdentifierValue"][. = 274]]';
-  my $compiled_xpath_ifpurged_event = XML::LibXML::XPathExpression->new('dnx:key[@id="eventDescription"]/text()');
-  my $compiled_xpath_purged_event_date = XML::LibXML::XPathExpression->new('dnx:key[@id="eventDateTime"]/text()');
-  my $compiled_xpath_purged_event_authorized_by = XML::LibXML::XPathExpression->new('dnx:key[@id="linkingAgentIdentifierValue1"]/text()');
-  my $compiled_xpath_purged_event_reason = XML::LibXML::XPathExpression->new('dnx:key[@id="eventOutcomeDetail1"]/text()');
+  my $xpath_if_anydelete_event_expr = 'mets:digiprovMD[@ID="ie-amd-digiprov"]/mets:mdWrap/mets:xmlData/dnx:dnx/dnx:section[@id="event"]/dnx:record[dnx:key[@id="eventIdentifierValue"][. >= 272][. <= 274]]';
+  my $compiled_xpath_anydelete_event = XML::LibXML::XPathExpression->new('dnx:key[@id="eventDescription"]/text()');
+  my $compiled_xpath_anydelete_date = XML::LibXML::XPathExpression->new('dnx:key[@id="eventDateTime"]/text()');
+  my $compiled_xpath_anydelete_authorized_by = XML::LibXML::XPathExpression->new('dnx:key[@id="linkingAgentIdentifierValue1"]/text()');
+  my $compiled_xpath_anydelete_reason = XML::LibXML::XPathExpression->new('dnx:key[@id="eventOutcomeDetail1"]/text()');
 
   ############################################################
   sub get_title ($xp, $dmd){
@@ -538,53 +537,53 @@ XPATH
     }
   }
 
-  sub get_purged_state($xp, $dnx) {
+  sub get_anydelete_state($xp, $dnx) {
     # we need to earch for eventIdentifierValue 272 or 274.
     # the eventDescription should be
     #   a) IE has been deleted
     #   b) IE has been purged
-    my @del_nodes = map {$_->nodeValue} $xp->findnodes($compiled_xpath_ifpurged_event, $dnx);
-    my @states = map {$_ =~ s/^IE has been (deleted|purged)$/$1/; $_}  @del_nodes;
+    my @del_nodes = map {$_->nodeValue} $xp->findnodes($compiled_xpath_anydelete_event, $dnx);
+    my @states = map {$_ =~ s/^IE has been (deleted|purged|recovered)$/$1/; $_}  @del_nodes;
     return $states[0];
   }
 
-  sub has_purged_entries($xp, $dnx) {
+  sub has_anydelete_entries($xp, $dnx) {
     # we need to earch for eventIdentifierValue 272 or 274.
     # the eventDescription should be
     #   a) IE has been deleted
     #   b) IE has been purged
-    return $xp->exists($compiled_xpath_ifpurged_event, $dnx);
+    return $xp->exists($compiled_xpath_anydelete_event, $dnx);
   }
 
-  sub get_purged_dates($xp, $dnx) {
-    my @date_nodes = $xp->findnodes($compiled_xpath_purged_event_date, $dnx);
+  sub get_anydelete_date($xp, $dnx) {
+    my @date_nodes = $xp->findnodes($compiled_xpath_anydelete_date, $dnx);
     my @dates = map {$_->nodeValue} @date_nodes;
-    return \@dates;
+    return $dates[0];
   }
 
-sub get_purged_notes($xp, $dnx) {
-  my @entries_str = map {$_->nodeValue} $xp->findnodes($compiled_xpath_purged_event_reason, $dnx);
+sub get_anydelete_note($xp, $dnx) {
+  my @entries_str = map {$_->nodeValue} $xp->findnodes($compiled_xpath_anydelete_reason, $dnx);
   my @results;
   foreach my $e ( @entries_str) {
     my @entries = split(/;/, $e);
     push @results, List::Util::first{ s/note=//; } @entries
   }
-  return \@results;
+  return $results[0];
 }
 
-  sub get_purged_reasons($xp, $dnx) {
-    my @entries_str = map {$_->nodeValue} $xp->findnodes($compiled_xpath_purged_event_reason, $dnx);
+  sub get_anydelete_reason($xp, $dnx) {
+    my @entries_str = map {$_->nodeValue} $xp->findnodes($compiled_xpath_anydelete_reason, $dnx);
     my @results;
     foreach my $e ( @entries_str) {
       my @entries = split(/;/, $e);
       push @results, List::Util::first{ s/reason=//; } @entries
     }
-    return \@results;
+    return $results[0];
   }
 
-  sub get_purged_authorized_by($xp, $dnx) {
-    my @auth = map {$_->nodeValue} $xp->findnodes($compiled_xpath_purged_event_authorized_by, $dnx);
-    return \@auth;
+  sub get_anydelete_authorized_by($xp, $dnx) {
+    my @auth = map {$_->nodeValue} $xp->findnodes($compiled_xpath_anydelete_authorized_by, $dnx);
+    return $auth[0];
   }
 
 sub check_if_file_is_readable($filename) {