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&lt;td style="vertical-align:top;"&gt; &lt;div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:1.00em;text-indent:-1.00em;font-size:8pt;font-family:arial;font-weight:bold;"&gt;Annual Fund Operating Expenses&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt; 
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&lt;td style="vertical-align:bottom;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt; 
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&lt;td style="vertical-align:bottom;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt; 
&lt;td style="vertical-align:bottom;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt; 
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&lt;td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold"&gt;$113&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; 
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