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full of the underwriters' option to purchase up to an additional 1,875,000
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     &lt;div style="margin-bottom: 4pt;"&gt;Estimated solely for
purposes of calculating the registration fee. In accordance with Rule 457(c)
and Rule 457(r) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#x201c;Securities
Act&#x201d;), the prices shown are based on the average of the high and low prices
reported for the registrant's common stock on the New York Stock Exchange on May
18, 2026. In accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) under the Securities Act,
the Registrant initially deferred payment of all of the registration fee for
the Form S-3ASR filed with the SEC on February 17, 2026.
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