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  Officer
  Common
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  Smithfield
  RI
  02917
  10000
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  54371711
  03/18/2025
  NYSE
  Common
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  Issuer
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  4225 East Windrose Drive
  Suite 200
  Phoenix
  AZ
  85032
  Common
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  /s/ Daniel Tucci, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Sherrel Smith