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    <ffd:OfferingNote contextRef="offrl_1" id="ixv-644">This registration fee table shall be deemed to update the "Calculation of Filing Fee Tables" in the registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR
(Registration No. 333-278066), originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on March 19, 2024 and subsequently
amended by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 filed with the Commission on May 14, 2024, in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended.</ffd:OfferingNote>
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    <ffd:OfferingNote contextRef="offrl_3" id="ixv-646">See note 1.</ffd:OfferingNote>
    <ffd:OfferingNote contextRef="offrl_4" id="ixv-647">See note 1.</ffd:OfferingNote>
    <ffd:OfferingNote contextRef="offrl_5" id="ixv-648">See note 1.</ffd:OfferingNote>
    <ffd:OfferingNote contextRef="offrl_6" id="ixv-649">See note 1.</ffd:OfferingNote>
    <ffd:OfferingNote contextRef="offrl_7" id="ixv-650">See note 1.</ffd:OfferingNote>
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