| | | SHAREHOLDERS ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THE MEETING. EVEN IF YOU EXPECT TO ATTEND THE MEETING IN PERSON, EACH SHAREHOLDER IS URGED TO COMPLETE THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD, DATE AND SIGN IT, AND RETURN IT IN THE ENVELOPE PROVIDED, WHICH NEEDS NO POSTAGE IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES. YOU MAY ALSO AUTHORIZE A PROXY BY TELEPHONE OR OVER THE INTERNET AS DESCRIBED IN THE MATERIALS PROVIDED TO YOU. IN ORDER TO AVOID UNNECESSARY EXPENSE, WE ASK FOR YOUR COOPERATION IN MAILING YOUR PROXY CARD PROMPTLY, NO MATTER HOW LARGE OR SMALL YOUR HOLDINGS MAY BE. | | |
| | A. | | | 1. | | | XYZ Corporation | | | John Smith, President | |
| | | | | 2. | | |
XYZ Corporation
c/o John Smith, President |
| | John Smith, President | |
| | B. | | | 1. | | | ABC Company Profit Sharing Plan | | | Jane Doe, Trustee | |
| | | | | 2. | | | Jones Family Trust | | | Charles Jones, Trustee | |
| | | | | 3. | | |
Sarah Clark, Trustee
u/t/d 7/1/85 |
| | Sarah Clark, Trustee | |
| | C. | | | 1. | | |
Thomas Wilson, Custodian
f/b/o Jessica Wilson UTMA New Jersey |
| | Thomas Wilson, Custodian | |
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Independent Board Members
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Name Address
Year of Birth Position(s) Portfolios Overseen |
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Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years |
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Other Directorships/
Trusteeships Held During Past Five Years |
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Length of Board
Service |
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Morris L. McNair, III
1968 Trustee Portfolios Overseen in Fund Complex: 50 |
| | Chairman of SG Credit Partners, Inc. (lower middle market lender) (August 2019 – Present); Chief Executive Officer of MidMark Financial Group, Inc. (specialty finance business) (February 2019 – Present); formerly, Founding Partner of Virgo Investment Group (middle-market opportunistic private equity fund) (2010 – 2019); formerly, Investment Professional, Silver Point Capital (2007 – 2009); formerly, Senior Managing Director at | | | Formerly, Director, Lease Corporation of America (2013 – 2022); formerly, Director, Stonegate Capital (Co-Chairman) (2017 – 2019); formerly, Director; AgResource Management/Agrifund (Chairman) (2016 – 2019); formerly, Director, NOW Account Network Corporation (2014 – 2019); formerly, Director, HPF Service (Chairman) (2013 – 2019); formerly, Director, Zippy Shell Incorporated (Chairman) | | |
Since
September 2022 |
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Independent Board Members
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Name Address
Year of Birth Position(s) Portfolios Overseen |
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Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years |
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Other Directorships/
Trusteeships Held During Past Five Years |
| |
Length of Board
Service |
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| | | | CIT (2001 – 2007); formerly, Vice President Wachovia’s Corporate Banking Group (1993 – 2001). | | | (2015 – 2018); formerly, Director, Ygrene Energy Fund (2014 – 2018). | | | | |
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Mary Lee Schneider
1962 Trustee Portfolios Overseen in Fund Complex: 50 |
| | Formerly, President & Chief Executive Officer of SG360° (direct marketing communications) (2015 – 2018); formerly, President & Chief Executive Officer of Follett Corp. (PreK-12 Educational Technology & Services) (2012 – 2015); formerly, President, Digital Solutions & Chief Technology Officer for RR Donnelley (communications company for marketing, commercial printing and related services) (1992 – 2012); formerly, McGraw Hill’s Business Week Magazine (1987 – 1992); formerly, Time Warner (1985 – 1987). | | | Independent Director, Propelis (formerly, SGS & Co.) (a global brand agency) (2023 – Present); Independent Director, The Larry H. Miller Company (holding company comprised of real estate, senior healthcare, sports/ entertainment businesses and various minority/majority investments) (2015 – Present); Trustee, Penn State University’s Board of Trustees (2015 – Present); Member, Penn State Investment Council (2023 – Present); Life Director, Chicago Public Library Foundation (2014 – Present); Member, Mercy Home for Boys & Girls’ Leader Council (2014 – Present); Executive Service Corps of Chicago (2025 – Present). | | |
Since
September 2022 |
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Thomas M. Turpin
1960 Trustee and Chairperson Portfolios Overseen in Fund Complex: 50 |
| | Formerly, Chief Operating Officer at Heitman LLC (global real estate investment firm) (2013 – 2018); formerly, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer of Old Mutual US Asset Management (institutional and retail asset management business) (2002 – 2010); formerly, Managing Director and Head of Defined Contribution Plans, Putnam (2000 – 2001); formerly, Managing Director and Chief Administrative Officer of the Institutional, Retail and Defined Contributions Business; Putnam Investments (1993 – 1999); formerly, Trust Accountant, Financial | | | Formerly, Director-Old Mutual Asset Management Trust Co. (2009 – 2010); formerly, Trustee-Old Mutual Advisors Fund II (2008 – 2010); formerly, Board Member of numerous investment boutiques majority owned by Old Mutual Asset Management (2004 – 2010). | | |
Since
September 2022 |
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Independent Board Members
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Name Address
Year of Birth Position(s) Portfolios Overseen |
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Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years |
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Other Directorships/
Trusteeships Held During Past Five Years |
| |
Length of Board
Service |
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| | | | Analyst, Controller of Institutional group; formerly, Manager, Global Cash and Securities Processing Group The Boston Company (now part of BNY Mellon) (1982 – 1993). | | | | | | | |
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Independent Board Members
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Name Address
Year of Birth Position(s) Portfolios Overseen |
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Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years |
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Other Directorships/
Trusteeships Held During Past Five Years |
| |
Length of Board
Service |
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Interested Board Member(1)
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Scott E. Benjamin
1973 Trustee & Vice President Portfolios Overseen in Fund Complex: 154 |
| | Executive Vice President (since May 2009) of PGIM Investments LLC; Vice President (since June 2012) of Prudential Investment Management Services LLC; Executive Vice President (since September 2009) of AST Investment Services, Inc.; Managing Director, Board Governance of PGIM-Global Wealth (since March 2026); formerly Senior Vice President, Global Product Management and Marketing (2006 – 2026) of PGIM Investments LLC; Vice President (since March 2022) of the PGIM Alternatives Funds and (since March 2010) of the PGIM Retail Funds; formerly Vice President of Product Development and Product Management, PGIM Investments LLC (2003 – 2006). | | | None | | |
Since
September 2022 |
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Fund Officers(a)
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Name
Year of Birth Fund Position |
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Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years
|
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Length of
Service as Fund Officer |
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Stuart S. Parker
1962 President and Principal Executive Officer |
| | President, Chief Executive Officer and Officer in Charge (since January 2012) of PGIM Investments LLC; President and Principal Executive Officer (since March 2022) of the PGIM Alternatives Funds and (since January 2012) of the PGIM Retail Funds; formerly Chief Operating Officer for PGIM Investments LLC (January 2012 – January 2024); formerly Executive Vice President of Jennison Associates LLC and Head of Retail Distribution of PGIM Investments LLC (June 2005 – December 2011); Investment Company Institute — Board of Governors (since May 2012). | | |
Since
September 2022 |
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Claudia DiGiacomo
1974 Chief Legal Officer |
| | Chief Legal Officer, Executive Vice President and Secretary (since August 2020) of PGIM Investments LLC; Chief Legal Officer (since January 2024) of PGIM DC Solutions LLC, (since July 2022) of the PGIM Alternatives Funds and (since August 2020) of the PGIM Retail Funds, Prudential Annuities Funds, Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC, and PIFM Holdco, LLC; Vice President and Corporate Counsel (since January 2005) of Prudential; and Corporate Counsel (since August 2020) of AST Investment Services, Inc.; formerly Vice President and Assistant Secretary of PGIM Investments LLC (2005 – 2020); formerly Associate at Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP (1999 – 2004). | | |
Since
September 2022 |
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Patricia Flynn
1968 Chief Compliance Officer |
| | Chief Compliance Officer (since May 2026) of the PGIM Retail Funds, Prudential Annuities Funds and PGIM Alternatives Funds, PGIM Investments, LLC and AST Investment Services, Inc; Vice President of Compliance at Prudential Financial Inc. (since March 2022); formerly Chief Compliance & Risk Officer at Intech Investments (November 2005 to March 2022) and Assistant Regional Director of Examinations, Branch Chief, and Examiner for the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, Miami Regional Office (October 1994 to November 2005). | | |
Since
May 2026 |
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Andrew R. French
1962 Secretary |
| | Vice President and Assistant Secretary (since January 2007) of PGIM Investments LLC; Secretary (since March 2022) of the PGIM Alternatives Funds and (since December 2018) of the PGIM Retail Funds and Prudential Annuities Funds; Vice President and Assistant Secretary (since January 2007) of Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC; formerly Vice President and Corporate Counsel (2010 – 2018) of Prudential; formerly Director and Corporate Counsel (2006 – 2010) of Prudential. | | |
Since
September 2022 |
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Melissa Gonzalez
1980 Assistant Secretary |
| | Vice President and Corporate Counsel (since September 2018) of Prudential; Vice President and Assistant Secretary of DC Solutions (since August 2025); Vice President and Assistant Secretary (since August 2020) | | |
Since
September 2022 |
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Fund Officers(a)
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Name
Year of Birth Fund Position |
| |
Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years
|
| |
Length of
Service as Fund Officer |
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| | | | of PGIM Investments LLC; Vice President and Assistant Secretary (since June 2025) of AST Investment Services, Inc.; Assistant Secretary (since March 2022) of the PGIM Alternatives Funds, (since March 2020) of the PGIM Retail Funds and (since March 2019) of the Prudential Annuities Funds; formerly Director and Corporate Counsel (March 2014 – September 2018) of Prudential. | | | | |
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Patrick E. McGuinness
1986 Assistant Secretary |
| | Vice President and Corporate Counsel (since March 2026) of Prudential; formerly Director and Corporate Counsel (February 2017 – March 2026) of Prudential; Vice President and Assistant Secretary (since August 2020) of PGIM Investments LLC; Assistant Secretary (since March 2022) of the PGIM Alternatives Funds and (since June 2020) of the PGIM Retail Funds and Prudential Annuities Funds. | | |
Since
September 2022 |
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Debra Rubano
1975 Assistant Secretary |
| | Vice President and Corporate Counsel (since November 2020) of Prudential; Assistant Secretary (since March 2022) of the PGIM Alternatives Funds and (since December 2020) of the PGIM Retail Funds and (since November 2020) of the Prudential Annuities Funds; formerly Director and Senior Counsel of Allianz Global Investors U.S. Holdings LLC (2010 – 2020) and Assistant Secretary of numerous funds in the Allianz fund complex (2015 – 2020). | | |
Since
September 2022 |
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George Hoyt
1965 Assistant Secretary |
| | Vice President and Corporate Counsel (since September 2023) of Prudential; Assistant Secretary (since March 2024) of the Prudential Annuities Funds, (since December 2023) of the PGIM Retail Funds, and (since September 2023) of the PGIM Alternatives Funds; formerly Associate General Counsel of Franklin Templeton and Secretary and Chief Legal Officer of certain funds in the Franklin Templeton complex (2020 – 2023) and Managing Director (2016 – 2020) and Associate General Counsel for Legg Mason, Inc. and its predecessors (2004 – 2020). | | |
Since
September 2023 |
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Devan Goolsby
1991 Assistant Secretary |
| | Vice President and Corporate Counsel (since May 2023) of Prudential; Assistant Secretary (since March 2024) of the Prudential Annuities Funds, (since December 2023) of the PGIM Retail Funds and (since September 2023) of the PGIM Alternatives Funds; formerly Associate at Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP (2021 – 2023); Compliance Officer at Bloomberg LP (2019 – 2021); and an Examiner at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (2015 – 2019). | | |
Since
September 2023 |
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Kelly A. Coyne
1968 Assistant Secretary |
| | Director, Investment Operations (since 2010) of Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC; Assistant Secretary (since March 2022) of the PGIM Alternatives Funds and (since March 2015) of the PGIM Retail Funds. | | |
Since
September 2022 |
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Fund Officers(a)
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Name
Year of Birth Fund Position |
| |
Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years
|
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Length of
Service as Fund Officer |
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Christian J. Kelly
1975 Chief Financial Officer |
| | Managing Director, Head of Registered Products Fund Operations (since March 2026); Chief Financial Officer (since March 2023) of the PGIM Retail Funds and Prudential Annuities Funds and (since July 2022) of the PGIM Alternatives Funds; formerly Vice President, Global Head of Investment Operations (2018 – 2026) of PGIM Investments LLC; formerly Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer (January 2019 – March 2023) of the PGIM Retail Funds and Prudential Annuities Funds; formerly Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer (March 2022 – July 2022) of the PGIM Real Estate Fund Inc. | | |
Since
September 2022 |
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Elyse M. McLaughlin
1974 Treasurer and Principal Accounting Officer |
| | Executive Director, RIC Fund Administration (since March 2026); Treasurer and Principal Accounting Officer (since September 2023) of the PGIM Rock ETF Trust, (since March 2023) of the Prudential Annuities Funds, and (since September 2022) of the PGIM Private Credit Fund; Assistant Treasurer (since September 2023) of the PGIM Credit Income Fund, (since March 2022) of the PGIM Real Estate Fund Inc., and (since October 2019) of the PGIM Retail Funds; formerly Vice President (2017 – 2026) within PGIM Investments Fund Administration. | | |
Since
September 2022 |
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Russ Shupak
1973 Assistant Treasurer |
| | Executive Director, RIC Fund Administration (since March 2026); Treasurer and Principal Accounting Officer (since September 2023) of the PGIM Credit Income Fund, (since March 2023) of the PGIM Retail Funds, and (since July 2022) of the PGIM Real Estate Fund Inc.; Assistant Treasurer (since September 2023) of the PGIM Rock ETF Trust, (since September 2022) of the PGIM Private Credit Fund and (since October 2019) of the Prudential Annuities Funds; formerly Vice President (2017 – 2026) within PGIM Investments Fund Administration; formerly Assistant Treasurer (March 2022 – July 2022) of the PGIM Real Estate Fund Inc. | | |
Since
September 2022 |
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Robert W. McCormack
1973 Assistant Treasurer |
| | Senior Director, RIC Fund Administration (since March 2026); Assistant Treasurer (since March 2023) of the PGIM Retail Funds and Prudential Annuities Funds and (since March 2022) of the PGIM Alternatives Funds; formerly Vice President (2019 – 2026) within PGIM Investments Fund Administration. | | |
Since
September 2022 |
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Name
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Aggregate Fiscal
Year Compensation from Fund |
| |
Pension or
Retirement Benefits Accrued as Part of Fund Expenses |
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Annual
Benefits Upon Retirement |
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Total Compensation
from Fund and Fund Complex(1) for Most Recent Calendar Year(2)(3) |
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Morris L. McNair, III
|
| | | $ | 68,000 | | | | | | None | | | | | | None | | | | | $ | 252,000 (4/46) | | |
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Mary Lee Schneider
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| | | $ | 68,000 | | | | | | None | | | | | | None | | | | | $ | 252,000 (4/46) | | |
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Thomas M. Turpin
|
| | | $ | 70,000 | | | | | | None | | | | | | None | | | | | $ | 260,000 (4/46) | | |
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Name
|
| |
Type of
Ownership |
| |
Number of
Shares |
| |
Percentage
|
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| Independent Board Members | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Morris L. McNair, III
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 2,679.417 | | | | | | * | | |
|
Mary Lee Schneider
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 2,721.947 | | | | | | * | | |
|
Thomas M. Turpin
|
| | | | — | | | | | | 1,063.261 | | | | | | * | | |
| Interested Board Members | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Scott E. Benjamin
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| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
| Executive Officers Who Are Not Trustees | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Stuart S. Parker
|
| | | | Direct | | | | | | 22,008.029 | | | | | | * | | |
|
Claudia DiGiacomo
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
Patricia Flynn
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
Andrew R. French
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
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Melissa Gonzalez
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
Patrick E. McGuinness
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
Debra Rubano
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
George Hoyt
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
Devan Goolsby
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
Kelly A. Coyne
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
Christian J. Kelly
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
Elyse M. McLaughlin
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
Robert W. McCormack
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
Russ Shupak
|
| | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
|
All officers and Trustees as a group (18 persons)
|
| | | | Direct | | | | | | 28,472.654 | | | | | | * | | |
| 5% Shareholders | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Pruco Life Insurance Company(1)(2)
|
| | | | Direct | | | | | | 8,118,719.821 | | | | | | 68.262% | | |
| | | |
Dollar Range of
Equity Securities in the Fund(1)(2) |
| |
Dollar Range of Equity
Securities in All Registered Investment Companies Overseen by the Trustee in the Family of Registered Investment Companies(1)(2)(3) |
|
| Independent Board Members | | | | | | | |
|
Morris L. McNair, III
|
| |
$50,001 – $100,000
|
| |
Over $100,000
|
|
|
Mary Lee Schneider
|
| |
$50,001 – $100,000
|
| |
Over $100,000
|
|
|
Thomas M. Turpin
|
| |
$10,001 – $50,000
|
| |
Over $100,000
|
|
| Interested Board Member | | | | | | | |
|
Scott E. Benjamin
|
| |
None
|
| |
Over $100,000
|
|
|
Period
|
| |
Audit Fees
|
| |
Audit-Related
Fees* |
| |
Tax Fees**
|
| |
All Other
Fees*** |
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|
December 31, 2024
|
| | | $ | 357,000 | | | |
None
|
| |
None
|
| |
None
|
| | | |
|
December 31, 2025
|
| | | $ | 370,000 | | | |
None
|
| |
None
|
| |
None
|
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