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(b) Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act, the amount of common stock registered hereunder shall be deemed to include an indeterminate number of additional shares that may be issued by the Registrant to the Selling Stockholder as a result of any stock splits, stock dividends or other similar transactions.

(c) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, based upon the average of the high and low prices of the common stock on the New York Stock Exchange on May 14, 2026.</ffd:OfferingNote>
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    <ffd:TermntnCmpltnWdrwl contextRef="ofst_1" id="ixv-437">On May 20, 2026, the Registrant filed a registration statement registering the indicated shares of Common Stock tagged as an S-3 submission rather than an S-3ASR submission. That registration statement is being withdrawn with no shares of Common Stock having been sold thereunder. An offset using the filing fee previously paid in connection with that registration statement is being claimed pursuant to Rule 457(p) under the Securities Act.</ffd:TermntnCmpltnWdrwl>
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