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    <remarks>Today's sale and those that are recorded in the past 3 months occurred in the James S Mahan Rev Trust of which James S. Mahan III is a trustee and account stakeholder.</remarks>
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      <signature>/s/Wade Moss, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for James S Mahan III </signature>
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