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this registration statement also covers any additional securities that may be
offered or issued in connection with any stock split or stock dividend or
pursuant to anti-dilution provisions of any of the securities&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/table&gt;&lt;table style="font-size: 12pt; border-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;"&gt; &lt;tr style="height: 0px; font-size: 0px;"&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1%;"&gt;&#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 99%;"&gt;&#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: top;"&gt; &lt;td style="padding: 0px 0pt;"&gt; &lt;div style="margin-bottom: 4pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;(3)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="padding: 0px 5.4pt; text-align: left;"&gt; &lt;div style="margin-bottom: 4pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;Estimated solely for the
purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c)
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based on the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant&#x2019;s common stock
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issued pursuant to that certain Indenture, dated as of July 8, 2026, assuming the conversion of
such Convertible Notes at the maximum possible &#x201c;make-whole&#x201d; conversion rate of
228.8329 shares per $1,000 principal amount of Convertible Notes.&lt;/span&gt;
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