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  3505 W SAM HOUSTON NORTH
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  Neikirk Kenneth English
  Officer
  Common
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  900 Salem Street
  Smithfield
  RI
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  04/16/2010
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  168
  04/16/2010
  Compensation
  Common
  01/02/2011
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  634
  01/02/2011
  Compensation
  Common
  01/04/2011
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  466
  01/04/2011
  Compensation
  Common
  04/16/2011
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  167
  04/16/2011
  Compensation
  Common
  01/03/2012
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  1776
  01/03/2012
  Compensation
  Common
  01/04/2012
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  467
  01/04/2012
  Compensation
  Common
  04/16/2012
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  168
  04/16/2012
  Compensation
  Common
  01/02/2013
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  616
  01/02/2013
  Compensation
  Common
  01/03/2013
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  2529
  01/03/2013
  Compensation
  Common
  01/04/2013
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  453
  01/04/2013
  Compensation
  Common
  08/30/2013
  ESPP Purchase
  Issuer
  N
  377
  08/30/2013
  Cash
  Common
  01/02/2014
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  324
  01/02/2014
  Compensation
  Common
  01/03/2014
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  1109
  01/03/2014
  Compensation
  Common
  01/06/2014
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  453
  01/06/2014
  Compensation
  Common
  04/30/2014
  ESPP Purchase
  Issuer
  N
  174
  04/30/2014
  Cash
  Common
  08/31/2014
  ESPP Purchase
  Issuer
  N
  390
  08/31/2014
  Cash
  Common
  12/31/2014
  ESPP Purchase
  Issuer
  N
  422
  12/31/2014
  Cash
  Common
  01/03/2015
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  1109
  01/03/2015
  Compensation
  Common
  01/04/2015
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  453
  01/04/2015
  Compensation
  Common
  04/30/2015
  ESPP Purchase
  Issuer
  N
  494
  04/30/2015
  Cash
  Common
  08/31/2015
  ESPP Purchase
  Issuer
  N
  874
  08/31/2015
  Cash
  Common
  01/02/2016
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  775
  01/02/2016
  Compensation
  Common
  01/03/2016
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  1109
  01/03/2016
  Compensation
  Common
  01/02/2017
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  607
  01/02/2017
  Compensation
  Common
  01/04/2017
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  2507
  01/04/2017
  Compensation
  Common
  01/02/2018
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  607
  01/02/2018
  Compensation
  Common
  01/03/2018
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  1494
  01/03/2018
  Compensation
  Common
  01/04/2018
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  2507
  01/04/2018
  Compensation
  Common
  01/03/2019
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  1937
  01/03/2019
  Compensation
  Common
  01/04/2019
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  3248
  01/04/2019
  Compensation
  Common
  01/01/2020
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  11967
  01/01/2020
  Compensation
  Common
  01/03/2020
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  1937
  01/03/2020
  Compensation
  Common
  01/02/2021
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  7184
  01/02/2021
  Compensation
  Y
  12/30/2024
  /s/Wade Moss, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Kenneth E. Neikirk