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      id="ixv-474"
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    <ffd:OfferingNote contextRef="offrl_2" id="ixv-483">See note 1 above.</ffd:OfferingNote>
    <ffd:OfferingNote contextRef="offrl_3" id="ixv-484">See note 1 above.</ffd:OfferingNote>
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