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0001856697
XXXXXXXX
LIVE
0001802749
Lightning eMotors, Inc.
001-39283
815 14TH STREET SW, SUITE A100
LOVELAND
CO
80537
1-800-223-0740
WIDE OPEN SPACES TRUST
Former Chairman
Common
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC Executive Financial Services
1 New York Plaza
38th Floor
New York
NY
10004
28759
6390.25
6593516
01/18/2024
OTCLNK
Common
11/01/2021
Private Acquisition from Issuer/Affiliate
Aravaipa
N
28759
11/01/2021
Not Applicable
Y
01/18/2024
/s/ Robert Fenwick Smith