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  0001617576
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0001065059
  CENTRUS ENERGY CORP
  001-14287
  6901 ROCKLEDGE DR
  SUITE 800
  BETHESDA
  MD
  20817
  3015643200
  Kulayba LLC
  13% Stockholder
  Common Class A
  Middlegate Securities Inc
  8 West 40th Streed 4 Floor
  New York
  NY
  10018
  151276
  9041766.50
  14806438
  10/02/2023
  American Stock
  Class A Common Stock
  02/02/2021
  Series B PFD stock Exhange
  Issuer
  N
  231276
  02/21/2021
  Conversion of series B pfd stock
  Y
  10/02/2023
  /s/ Carmen Zamores as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Kulayba LLC