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    <ffd:OfferingNote contextRef="offrl_1" id="ixv-403">a. Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act, this registration statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional shares as may be offered for resale by the selling stockholder as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions with respect to the shares being registered for resale.</ffd:OfferingNote>
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b. Pursuant to Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act, and solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, the proposed maximum aggregate offering price is $50,000,000.

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