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  XXXXXXXX
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  441-297-9901
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  Common
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  900 Salem Street
  Smithfield
  RI
  02917
  1883
  115237.24
  106673099
  07/16/2024
  NYSE
  Common
  03/01/2022
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  1883
  03/01/2022
  Compensation
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  Vijay Bhasin
  Clarendon House 2 Church Street
  Hamilton
  D0
  HM11
  Common
  07/15/2024
  11188
  672870.52
  the plan was originally created 03/03/2021 and was amended 08/23/22
  07/16/2024
  03/03/2021
  /S/ Adam Gehring, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Vijay Bhasin