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  XXXXXXXX
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  CO
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  720-631-2100
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  Officer
  Common
  UBS Financial Services Inc
  One Post Office Square
  33rd Floor
  Boston
  MA
  02109
  5745
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  90700000
  05/10/2023
  NYSE
  Common
  05/10/2023
  Stock Appreciation Right Exercise
  DaVita Inc.
  N
  5745
  05/10/2023
  Cash
  Y
  05/10/2023
  /s/ UBS Financial Services Inc, as attorney-in-fact for James Herty