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  XXXXXXXX
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  40 WESTMINSTER ST
  PROVIDENCE
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  Connor Frank T
  Officer
  Common
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  900 Salem Street
  Smithfield
  RI
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  68718
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  192853981
  02/15/2024
  NYSE
  Common
  02/15/2024
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  Issuer
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  68718
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  Providence
  RI
  02903
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  /s/ Bradley Camilo, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Frank Connor