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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">On January 5, 2026, North Run Strategic Opportunities Fund I, LP exercised a warrant to purchase 3,499,289 shares of the Issuer's Class A common stock for $2.58 per share. The reporting person paid the exercise price on a cashless basis, resulting in the Issuer's withholding of 770,321 of the warrant shares to pay the exercise price and issuing to the reporting person the remaining 2,728,968 shares.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">On February 18, 2025, the Issuer issued to North Run - Due North Partners, LP a senior secured promissory note (the &quot;Promissory Note&quot;) with an initial principal amount of $4 million. Upon the occurrence of certain circumstances, North Run - Due North Partners, LP would receive 4,000 shares of Issuer's Series G Convertible Preferred Stock, which at issuance would be convertible into 1,860,465 shares of Common Stock. The Promissory Note became payable on March 3, 2025 and did not have an expiration date. The Promissory Note was repaid in full by the Issuer on December 31, 2025.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The reported securities were directly held by North Run - Due North Partners, LP, and may have been deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned by North Run GP, LP as the general partner of North Run - Due North Partners, LP, and may have been deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned by North Run Advisors, LLC as the general partner of North Run GP, LP. The reported securities may have been deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned by Thomas B. Ellis and Todd B. Hammer as members of North Run Strategic Opportunities Fund I GP, LLC. The reported securities may also have been deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned by Thomas B. Ellis, Todd B. Hammer and Michael Bosco as limited partners of North Run - Due North Partners, LP.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">The reported securities are directly held by North Run Strategic Opportunities Fund I, LP, and may be deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned by North Run Strategic Opportunities Fund I GP, LLC as the general partner of North Run Strategic Opportunities Fund I, LP. The reported securities may also be deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned by Thomas B. Ellis and Todd B. Hammer as members of North Run Strategic Opportunities Fund I GP, LLC.</footnote>
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        <signatureDate>2026-01-07</signatureDate>
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        <signatureName>/s/ North Run - Due North Partners, LP, By Thomas B. Ellis, Member</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2026-01-07</signatureDate>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>North Run GP, LP, By: /s/ Thomas B. Ellis, Member</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2026-01-07</signatureDate>
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        <signatureName>North Run Advisors, LLC, By: /s/ Thomas B. Ellis, Member</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2026-01-07</signatureDate>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Thomas B. Ellis</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2026-01-07</signatureDate>
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        <signatureName>/s/ Todd B. Hammer</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2026-01-07</signatureDate>
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        <signatureName>/s/ Michael Bosco</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2026-01-07</signatureDate>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>North Run Strategic Opportunities Fund I GP, LLC, By: /s/ Thomas B. Ellis, Member</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2026-01-07</signatureDate>
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