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Note 1b. The Debt Securities to be offered hereunder will consist of one or more series of Senior Debt Securities, Subordinated Debt Securities, Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, or any combination thereof.</ffd:OfferingNote>
    <ffd:OfferingNote contextRef="offrl_2" id="ixv-622">See Note 1a.</ffd:OfferingNote>
    <ffd:OfferingNote contextRef="offrl_3" id="ixv-623">See Note 1a.</ffd:OfferingNote>
    <ffd:OfferingNote contextRef="offrl_4" id="ixv-624">See Note 1a.</ffd:OfferingNote>
    <ffd:OfferingNote contextRef="offrl_5" id="ixv-625">See Note 1a.</ffd:OfferingNote>
    <ffd:OfferingNote contextRef="offrl_6" id="ixv-626">See Note 1a.</ffd:OfferingNote>
    <ffd:OfferingNote contextRef="offrl_7" id="ixv-627">See Note 1a.

Any securities registered hereunder may be sold separately or as units with other securities registered hereunder.</ffd:OfferingNote>
    <ffd:OfferingNote contextRef="offrl_8" id="ixv-628">Pursuant to Rule 415(a)(6) under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement includes unsold securities originally registered under the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 16, 2023 (Registration No. 333-272739), as follows: an aggregate amount of $183,376,179.78 of common stock issuable under the registrant's at-the-market equity offering program.</ffd:OfferingNote>
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