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    <ffd:OfferingNote contextRef="offrl_1" id="ixv-595">(a) The Registrant is relying on Rule 456(b) and Rule 457(r) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to defer payment of all of the registration fee and will pay any applicable registration fees on a "pay as you go" basis. The Registrant will calculate the registration fee applicable to an offer of securities hereunder based on the fee payment rate in effect on the date of such fee payment. 
(b) An indeterminate number and amount of securities to be offered at indeterminate prices is being registered pursuant to this registration statement, and may be issued upon conversion, redemption, exchange, exercise or settlement of any securities registered hereunder, including under any applicable antidilution provisions.</ffd:OfferingNote>
    <ffd:OfferingNote contextRef="offrl_2" id="ixv-596">See footnote 1(a) and 1(b).</ffd:OfferingNote>
    <ffd:OfferingNote contextRef="offrl_3" id="ixv-597">See footnote 1(a) and 1(b).</ffd:OfferingNote>
    <ffd:OfferingNote contextRef="offrl_4" id="ixv-598">See footnote 1(a) and 1(b).</ffd:OfferingNote>
    <ffd:OfferingNote contextRef="offrl_5" id="ixv-599">See footnote 1(a) and 1(b).</ffd:OfferingNote>
    <ffd:OfferingNote contextRef="offrl_6" id="ixv-600">See footnote 1(a) and 1(b).</ffd:OfferingNote>
    <ffd:OfferingNote contextRef="offrl_7" id="ixv-601">See footnote 1(a) and 1(b).</ffd:OfferingNote>
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