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  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
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  Officer
  Common
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  Smithfield
  RI
  02917
  200
  40000.00
  12068223
  06/16/2025
  NASDAQ
  Common
  10/01/2022
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  Issuer
  N
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  8550 Mosley Road
  Houston
  TX
  77075-1180
  Common
  03/25/2025
  646
  129353.65
  06/16/2025
  11/26/2024
  /s/ Joshua Schmitt, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Michael W Metcalf.