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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Includes 225.321 shares purchased 11/03/2025 through dividends reinvested in the Restricted Stock Plan for Outside Directors of RGC Resources, Inc. and 110.587 shares purchased 11/03/2025 through dividends reinvested in the RGC Resources, Inc. Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes 224.354 shares purchased 02/02/2026 through dividends reinvested in the Restricted Stock Plan for Outside Directors of RGC Resources, Inc. and 110.113 shares purchased 02/02/2026 through dividends reinvested in the RGC Resources, Inc. Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Includes 206.309 shares purchased 05/01/2026 through dividends reinvested in the Restricted Stock Plan for Outside Directors of RGC Resources, Inc. and 101.256 shares purchased 05/01/2026 through dividends reinvested in the RGC Resources, Inc. Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Includes 236.334 shares purchased 08/03/2026 through dividends reinvested in the Restricted Stock Plan for Outside Directors of RGC Resources, Inc. and 115.993 shares purchased 08/03/2026 through dividends reinvested in the RGC Resources, Inc. Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Maryellen F. Goodlatte by Timothy J. Mulvaney, POA dated 02/05/2024</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2026-11-04</signatureDate>
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