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  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0000897429
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  001-16435
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  Fort Myers
  FL
  33966
  239-346-5160
  Bonnie R. Brooks
  Director
  COMMON STOCK
  NATIONAL BANK INDEPENDENT NETWORK
  130 KING STREET WEST UNIT 3000
  TORONTO
  AL
  M5X2A2
  100000
  634000
  125069318
  03/07/2023
  NYSE
  COMMON STOCK
  03/01/2022
  VESTING OF EMPLOYEE RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARDS AND PERFORMANCE SHARE UNIT AWARDS
  ISSUER
  N
  100000
  03/01/2022
  N/A
  Y
  03/07/2023
  David M. Oliver