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&lt;p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 1pt 0 0 36pt; text-align: justify; background-color: white"&gt;C Class shares
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the full 10-year period.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</rr:ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock>
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&lt;p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 1pt 0 0 36pt; text-align: justify; background-color: white"&gt;C Class shares
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the full 10-year period.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</rr:ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock>
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&lt;p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 1pt 0 0 36pt; text-align: justify; background-color: white"&gt;C Class shares
automatically convert to A Class shares 8 years after purchase. This Example reflects your costs as though C Class shares were held for
the full 10-year period.&lt;/p&gt;</rr:ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock>
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