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Construct independent copies $Y_1,Y_2,\dots$ of $Y$, also independent of $X$, and define the random sum $Z={\sum }_{j=1}^X{Y}_j$, taking the empty sum to be zero. Independence gives, conditional on $X=n$,The law of total expectation gives the transform composition for an independent random sumThe summands are nonnegative, so this equality is valid also as an extended-valued expectation. Where the right-hand side is finite, it is the ordinary moment-generating function of the constructed random sum. The construction does not assert a finite moment-generating function near zero for arbitrary $X,Y$: heavy tails can prevent this. For example a nonnegative $Y$ with no positive exponential moments and $X\equiv 1$ already shows the necessary qualification.