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        <relationshipToIssuer>Director</relationshipToIssuer>
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        <name>UBS Financial Services Inc</name>
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          <com:street1>1000 Harbor Blvd</com:street1>
          <com:street2>3rd Floor</com:street2>
          <com:city>Weehawken</com:city>
          <com:stateOrCountry>NJ</com:stateOrCountry>
          <com:zipCode>07086</com:zipCode>
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      <securitiesExchangeName>NASDAQ</securitiesExchangeName>
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      <acquiredDate>10/31/2025</acquiredDate>
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    <nothingToReportFlagOnSecuritiesSoldInPast3Months>Y</nothingToReportFlagOnSecuritiesSoldInPast3Months>
    <remarks>BETHANY MAYER IS A DIRECTOR AT LRCX BUT THE JANTZEN/MAYER FAMILY 2002 TRUST IS THE SELLER. BETHANY IS TRUSTEE ON THE TRUST. </remarks>
    <noticeSignature>
      <noticeDate>09/09/2026</noticeDate>
      <signature>/s/JOSEPH  CASSIDY, for UBS Financial Services Inc, as attorney-in-fact for BETHANY MAYER</signature>
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