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        <filingPersonName>(a) Ameriprise Financial, Inc. ("AFI")
(b) TAM UK International Holdings Limited ("TAMUKI")
(c) Threadneedle Holdings Limited ("THL")
(d) TAM UK Holdings Limited ("TUHL")
(e) Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited ("TAMHL")
(f) TC Financing Ltd ("TCFL")
(g) Threadneedle Asset Management Limited ("TAML")
(h) Threadneedle Investment Services Limited ("TISL")
(i) CT American Smaller Companies Fund (US), a sub-fund of Columbia Threadneedle Investment Funds (UK) ICVC ("Fund")
Persons (a) through (h) are sometimes referred to herein as the "Ameriprise Entities".</filingPersonName>
        <principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>(a) 145 Ameriprise Financial Center, Minneapolis, MN  55474
(b) Cannon Place, 78 Cannon Street, London, EC4N 6AG
(c) Cannon Place, 78 Cannon Street, London, EC4N 6AG
(d) Cannon Place, 78 Cannon Street, London, EC4N 6AG
(e) Cannon Place, 78 Cannon Street, London, EC4N 6AG
(f) Cannon Place, 78 Cannon Street, London, EC4N 6AG
(g) Cannon Place, 78 Cannon Street, London, EC4N 6AG
(h) Cannon Place, 78 Cannon Street, London, EC4N 6AG
(i)  Cannon Place, 78 Cannon Street, London, EC4N 6AG</principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>
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(b) United Kingdom
(c) United Kingdom
(d) United Kingdom
(e) United Kingdom
(f) United Kingdom
(g) United Kingdom
(h) United Kingdom
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        <amountBeneficiallyOwned>Incorporated by reference to Items (5)-(9) and (11) of the cover page pertaining to each reporting person.
AFI, as the parent company of the other Ameriprise Entities, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares reported herein by those reporting persons. Accordingly, the shares reported herein by AFI include those shares separately reported herein by those reporting persons.
Each of the Ameriprise Entities disclaims beneficial ownership of any shares reported on this Schedule.</amountBeneficiallyOwned>
        <classPercent>The information required by Item 4(b) is set forth in Rows (5)-(9) and (11) of the cover page for each Reporting Person hereto and is incorporated herein by reference for each Reporting Person.</classPercent>
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          <solePowerOrDirectToVote>The information required by Item 4(c) is set forth in Rows (5)-(9) and (11) of the cover page for each Reporting Person hereto and is incorporated herein by reference for each Reporting Person.</solePowerOrDirectToVote>
          <sharedPowerOrDirectToVote>The information required by Item 4(c) is set forth in Rows (5)-(9) and (11) of the cover page for each Reporting Person hereto and is incorporated herein by reference for each Reporting Person.</sharedPowerOrDirectToVote>
          <solePowerOrDirectToDispose>The information required by Item 4(c) is set forth in Rows (5)-(9) and (11) of the cover page for each Reporting Person hereto and is incorporated herein by reference for each Reporting Person.</solePowerOrDirectToDispose>
          <sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>The information required by Item 4(c) is set forth in Rows (5)-(9) and (11) of the cover page for each Reporting Person hereto and is incorporated herein by reference for each Reporting Person.</sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>
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        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <subsidiaryIdentificationAndClassification>AFI: See Exhibit I</subsidiaryIdentificationAndClassification>
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        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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        <certifications>By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under ?? 240.14a-11.
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      <reportingPersonName>Ameriprise Financial, Inc.</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>/s/ Michael G. Clarke</signature>
        <title>Michael G. Clarke, Senior Vice President, North America Head of Operations &amp; Investor Services</title>
        <date>05/15/2025</date>
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      <reportingPersonName>TAM UK International Holdings Limited</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>/s/  Michael G. Clarke</signature>
        <title>By: Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC, as Attorney in Fact, By: Michael G. Clarke, SVP, North America H.O. &amp; Investor Services</title>
        <date>05/15/2025</date>
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      <reportingPersonName>Threadneedle Holdings Limited</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>/s/  Michael G. Clarke</signature>
        <title>By: Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC, as Attorney in Fact, By: Michael G. Clarke, SVP, North America H.O. &amp; Investor Services</title>
        <date>05/15/2025</date>
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      <reportingPersonName>TAM UK Holdings Limited</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>/s/  Michael G. Clarke</signature>
        <title>By: Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC, as Attorney in Fact, By: Michael G. Clarke, SVP, North America H.O. &amp; Investor Services</title>
        <date>05/15/2025</date>
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      <reportingPersonName>Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>/s/  Michael G. Clarke</signature>
        <title>By: Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC, as Attorney in Fact, By: Michael G. Clarke, SVP, North America H.O. &amp; Investor Services</title>
        <date>05/15/2025</date>
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      <reportingPersonName>TC Financing Ltd</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>/s/  Michael G. Clarke</signature>
        <title>By: Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC, as Attorney in Fact, By: Michael G. Clarke, SVP, North America H.O. &amp; Investor Services</title>
        <date>05/15/2025</date>
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      <reportingPersonName>Threadneedle Asset Management Limited</reportingPersonName>
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        <signature>/s/  Michael G. Clarke</signature>
        <title>By: Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC, as Attorney in Fact, By: Michael G. Clarke, SVP, North America H.O. &amp; Investor Services</title>
        <date>05/15/2025</date>
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      <reportingPersonName>Threadneedle Investment Services Limited</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>/s/  Michael G. Clarke</signature>
        <title>By: Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC, as Attorney in Fact, By: Michael G. Clarke, SVP, North America H.O. &amp; Investor Services</title>
        <date>05/15/2025</date>
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      <reportingPersonName>CT American Smaller Companies Fund (US), a sub-fund of Columbia Threadneedle Investment Funds (UK) ICVC</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>/s/  Michael G. Clarke</signature>
        <title>By: Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC, as Attorney in Fact, By: Michael G. Clarke, SVP, North America H.O. &amp; Investor Services</title>
        <date>05/15/2025</date>
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Contact Information
Charles Chiesa
VP Fund Treasurer Global Operations and Investor Services
Telephone: 617-385-9593


                                                                                                                                                                           Exhibit Index

Exhibit I	Identification and Classification of the Subsidiaries which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company.

Exhibit II	Joint Filing Agreement

Exhibit III	Powers of Attorney</signatureComments>
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