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    <ffd:OfferingNote contextRef="offrl_1" id="ixv-631">Note 1a. Pursuant to Rules 456(b) and 457(r) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), the registrant is deferring payment of all applicable registration fees.

Note 1b. Omitted pursuant to General Instructions II.E of Form S-3. An indeterminate number or amount, as the case may be, of common stock, preferred stock, depositary shares, debt securities, warrants, subscription rights, stock purchase contracts and stock purchase units are being registered hereunder as may from time to time be issued at indeterminate prices. The securities being registered hereunder may be convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for other securities of any identified class, and may be sold separately or in combination with the other securities registered hereunder. In addition to the securities that may be issued directly under this registration statement, there is being registered hereunder such indeterminate aggregate number or amount, as the case may be, of the securities of each identified class as may from time to time be issued upon the conversion, exchange, settlement or exercise of other securities offered hereby. Separate consideration may or may not be received for securities that are issuable upon the conversion or exercise of, or in exchange for, other securities offered hereby. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act, the shares being registered hereunder include such indeterminate number of shares of common stock and preferred stock as may be issuable with respect to the shares being registered hereunder as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions. Separate consideration may or may not be received for securities that are issuable upon the conversion or exercise of, or in exchange for, other securities offered hereby. Any registration fees will be paid subsequently on a pay-as-you-go basis in accordance with Rule 457(r) under the Securities Act.</ffd:OfferingNote>
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    <ffd:OfferingNote contextRef="offrl_3" id="ixv-633">See Note 1a and Note 1b.</ffd:OfferingNote>
    <ffd:OfferingNote contextRef="offrl_4" id="ixv-634">See Note 1a and Note 1b.</ffd:OfferingNote>
    <ffd:OfferingNote contextRef="offrl_5" id="ixv-635">See Note 1a and Note 1b.</ffd:OfferingNote>
    <ffd:OfferingNote contextRef="offrl_6" id="ixv-636">See Note 1a and Note 1b.</ffd:OfferingNote>
    <ffd:OfferingNote contextRef="offrl_7" id="ixv-637">See Note 1a and Note 1b.</ffd:OfferingNote>
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