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  0001619498
  XXXXXXXX
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  Officer
  Common
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  900 Salem Street
  Smithfield
  RI
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  1800
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  11/15/2023
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  /s/ Jared Cook, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Steven A. Adams