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    <ffd:TermntnCmpltnWdrwl contextRef="ofst_1" id="ixv-474">The Registrant's prospectus supplement, dated and filed under Rule 424(b)(5) on May 22, 2023, under Registration Statement No. 333-271865, offered up to $500,000,000 Common Shares all of which remain unsold, the offering made by such prospectus supplement having been terminated.</ffd:TermntnCmpltnWdrwl>
    <ffd:OffsetNote contextRef="ofst_1" id="ixv-475">The Registrant's prospectus supplement, dated and filed under Rule 424(b)(5) on May 22, 2023, under Registration Statement No. 333-271865, offered up to $500,000,000 Common Shares all of which remain unsold, the offering made by such prospectus supplement having been terminated. In connection with such prospectus supplement, the Registrant paid a contemporaneous filing fee of $8,750 in respect of Common Shares with a maximum aggregate offering price of $500,000,000, all of which such filing fee is allocable to such shares remain unsold. Accordingly, the Registrant hereby claims a fee offset in such amount pursuant to Rule 457(p).</ffd:OffsetNote>
    <ffd:OffsetNote contextRef="ofst_2" id="ixv-476">(1) The Registrant's prospectus supplement, dated and filed under Rule 424(b)(5) on May 22, 2023, under Registration Statement No. 333-271865, offered up to $500,000,000 Common Shares all of which remain unsold, the offering made by such prospectus supplement having been terminated. In connection with such prospectus supplement, the Registrant paid a contemporaneous filing fee of $8,750 in respect of Common Shares with a maximum aggregate offering price of $500,000,000, all of which such filing fee is allocable to such shares remain unsold. Accordingly, the Registrant hereby claims a fee offset in such amount pursuant to Rule 457(p). (2) Calculated in accordance with Rule 457(o), based on the proposed maximum aggregate offering price of $500,000,000, and Rule 457(r) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.</ffd:OffsetNote>
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