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ZĞĨĞƌĞŶĐĞƐ ůƚƉĞƚĞƌ͕&͕͘:ƵŶŐ͕:͘,͕͘͘;ϮϬϬϬͿdƌĂŶƐŐĞŶŝĐƌĂďŝĚŽƉƐŝƐƉůĂŶƚƐĐĂŶ ĂĐĐƵŵƵůĂƚĞƉŽůǇŚǇĚƌŽǆǇďƵƚǇƌĂƚĞƚŽƵƉƚŽϰйŽĨƚŚĞŝƌĨƌĞƐŚǁĞŝŐŚƚ͘WůĂŶƚĂϮϭϭ͕ϴϰϭͲ ϴϰϱ͘ ƌŽƵƋƵŝƐƐĞ͕Z͕͘'ĂƵĚŝůůĞƌĞ͕:͘W͘ĂŶĚZĂǇŵŽŶĚ͕W͘;ϭϵϵϴͿ/ŶĚƵĐƚŝŽŶŽĨĂĐĂƌďŽŶͲƐƚĂƌǀĂƚŝŽŶͲ ƌĞůĂƚĞĚƉƌŽƚĞŽůǇƐŝƐŝŶǁŚŽůĞŵĂŝǌĞƉůĂŶƚƐƐƵďŵŝƚƚĞĚƚŽ>ŝŐŚƚͬĂƌŬĐǇĐůĞƐĂŶĚƚŽ ĞǆƚĞŶĚĞĚĚĂƌŬŶĞƐƐ͘WůĂŶƚWŚǇƐŝŽůϭϭϳ͕ϭϮϴϭͲϭϮϵϭ͘ ƌŽƵƋƵŝƐƐĞ͕Z͕͘:ĂŵĞƐ͕&͕͘WƌĂĚĞƚ͕͘ĂŶĚZĂǇŵŽŶĚ͕W͘;ϭϵϵϮͿƐƉĂƌĂŐŝŶĞŵĞƚĂďŽůŝƐŵĂŶĚ ŶŝƚƌŽŐĞŶĚŝƐƚƌŝďƵƚŝŽŶĚƵƌŝŶŐƉƌŽƚĞŝŶĚĞŐƌĂĚĂƚŝŽŶŝŶƐƵŐĂƌͲƐƚĂƌǀĞĚŵĂŝǌĞƌŽŽƚƚŝƉƐ͘

Fo

WůĂŶƚĂϭϴϴ͕ϯϴϰͲϯϵϱ͘

ƌŽƵƋƵŝƐƐĞ͕Z͕͘:ĂŵĞƐ͕&͕͘ZĂǇŵŽŶĚ͕W͘ĂŶĚWƌĂĚĞƚ͕͘;ϭϵϵϭͿ^ƚƵĚǇŽĨŐůƵĐŽƐĞƐƚĂƌǀĂƚŝŽŶŝŶ ĞǆĐŝƐĞĚŵĂŝǌĞƌŽŽƚƚŝƉƐ͘WůĂŶƚWŚǇƐŝŽůϵϲ͕ϲϭϵͲϲϮϲ͘

rR

ŚĂĐŬŽ͕͕͘ĂƌŬĞƌ͕͘:͕͘ĞĂŐůĞǇ͕͘Ͳ͕͘dŝŵŵŝŶƐ͕E͕͘͘ŚƌǇƐĂŶƚŚŽƉŽƵůŽƐ͕W͕͘:ĂĐŽď͕^͘^͕͘ 'ƌĂǇ͕W͘ĂŶĚEŝĞůƐĞŶ͕>͘ĞĂ͕W͘ĂŶĚDŝĨůŝŶ͕͘;ϭϵϴϬͿdƌĂŶƐƉŽƌƚĂŶĚŵĞƚĂďŽůŝƐŵŽĨĂƐƉĂƌĂŐŝŶĞĂŶĚŽƚŚĞƌŶŝƚƌŽŐĞŶ ĐŽŵƉŽƵŶĚƐǁŝƚŚŝŶƚŚĞƉůĂŶƚ͘/Ŷ͗dŚĞďŝŽĐŚĞŵŝƐƚƌǇŽĨƉůĂŶƚƐ;WĞĂ͕W͘:͕͘ZŽďŝŶƐŽŶ͕^͘͘ĂŶĚ^ƚĞǁĂƌƚ͕'͘Z͘;ϭϵϵϬͿdŚĞĞŶǌǇŵŽůŽŐǇĂŶĚŵĞƚĂďŽůŝƐŵŽĨ ŐůƵƚĂŵŝŶĞ͕ŐůƵƚĂŵĂƚĞ͕ĂŶĚĂƐƉĂƌĂŐŝŶĞ͘/Ŷ͗dŚĞďŝŽĐŚĞŵŝƐƚƌǇŽĨƉůĂŶƚƐ;W͕͘͘WĞƚƌĂƐŽǀŝƚƐ͕>͕͘͘^ŶĞůů͕͕͘͘DŝƌŬŽǀ͕d͕͘͘ĚĂ^ŝůǀĂ͕ :͕͘:ŝĨŽŶ͕:͕͘ZĂŝ͕D͕͘^ĐŚŶĞůů͕Z͘:͕͘ƌƵŵďůĞǇ͕^͘D͕͘>ĂŬƐŚŵĂŶĂŶ͕W͕͘ŽŵƐƚŽĐŬ͕:͘͘ĂŶĚ WĂƚĞƌƐŽŶ͕͘,͘;ϮϬϬϲͿ^ƵŐĂƌĐĂŶĞ/ŵƉƌŽǀĞŵĞŶƚƚŚƌŽƵŐŚƌĞĞĚŝŶŐĂŶĚŝŽƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐǇ͘ WůƌĞĚZĞϮϳ͕ϭϱͲϭϭϴ͘ DŽƌĂŶĚŝŶŝ͕W͘;ϮϬϭϯͿŽŶƚƌŽůůŝŵŝƚƐĨŽƌĂĐĐƵŵƵůĂƚŝŽŶŽĨƉůĂŶƚŵĞƚĂďŽůŝƚĞƐ͗ďƌƵƚĞĨŽƌĐĞŝƐŶŽ ƐƵďƐƚŝƚƵƚĞĨŽƌƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ͘WůĂŶƚŝŽƚĞĐŚŶŽů:ϭϭ͕ϮϱϯͲϮϲϳ͘

3DJHRI



EĂǁƌĂƚŚ͕͕͘WŽŝƌŝĞƌ͕z͘ĂŶĚ^ŽŵĞƌǀŝůůĞ͕͘;ϭϵϵϰͿdĂƌŐĞƚŝŶŐŽĨƚŚĞƉŽůǇŚǇĚƌŽǆǇďƵƚǇƌĂƚĞ ďŝŽƐǇŶƚŚĞƚŝĐƉĂƚŚǁĂǇƚŽƚŚĞƉůĂƐƚŝĚƐŽĨƌĂďŝĚŽƉƐŝƐƚŚĂůŝĂŶĂƌĞƐƵůƚƐŝŶŚŝŐŚůĞǀĞůƐŽĨ ƉŽůǇŵĞƌĂĐĐƵŵƵůĂƚŝŽŶ͘WƌŽĐEĂƚůĐĂĚ^Đŝh^ϵϭ͕ϭϮϳϲϬͲϭϮϳϲϰ͘ EĞů͕^͘;ϮϬϭϬͿdŚĞƉŽƚĞŶƚŝĂůŽĨďŝŽƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐǇŝŶƚŚĞƐƵŐĂƌĐĂŶĞŝŶĚƵƐƚƌǇ͗ƌĞǇŽƵƌĞĂĚǇĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŶĞǆƚĞǀŽůƵƚŝŽŶ͍/Ŷƚ^ƵŐĂƌ:ϭϭϮ͕ϭϭͲϭϲ͘ EŝĞůƐĞŶ͕d͘,͕͘ZƵŶŐ͕:͘,͘ĂŶĚsŝůůĂĚƐĞŶ͕͘;ϮϬϬϰͿ&ƌƵĐƚŽƐĞͲϮ͕ϲͲďŝƐƉŚŽƐƉŚĂƚĞ͗ĂƚƌĂĨĨŝĐƐŝŐŶĂů ŝŶƉůĂŶƚŵĞƚĂďŽůŝƐŵ͘dƌĞŶĚƐWůĂŶƚ^Đŝϵ͕ϱϱϲͲϱϲϯ͘ KŬĂŵŽƚŽ͕D͕͘sŝĚŵĂƌ͕:͘:͘ĂŶĚ'ůĂƐƐ͕͘͘D͘;ϮϬϬϯͿZĞŐƵůĂƚŝŽŶŽĨEZdϭĂŶĚEZdϮ'ĞŶĞ &ĂŵŝůŝĞƐŽĨƌĂďŝĚŽƉƐŝƐƚŚĂůŝĂŶĂ͗ZĞƐƉŽŶƐĞƐƚŽEŝƚƌĂƚĞWƌŽǀŝƐŝŽŶ͘WůĂŶƚĞůůWŚǇƐŝŽů

Fo

ϰϰ͕ϯϬϰͲϯϭϳ͘

KƌƐĞů͕D͕͘ƵůĞŶďƵƌŐ͕͕͘͘DĐYƵĂůƚĞƌ͕Z͕͘͘'ĞďďŝĞ͕>͕͘͘͘͘WƵƌŶĞůů͕D͘W͕͘EŝĞůƐĞŶ͕>͕͘͘͘ŚĂŽ͕>͕͘DĐYƵĂůƚĞƌ͕Z͕͘͘^ŶĞůů͕͘͘;ϮϬϭϭͿƐŽůƵďůĞĂĐŝĚ ŝŶǀĞƌƚĂƐĞŝƐĚŝƌĞĐƚĞĚƚŽƚŚĞǀĂĐƵŽůĞďǇĂƐŝŐŶĂůĂŶĐŚŽƌŵĞĐŚĂŶŝƐŵ͘:WůĂŶƚWŚǇƐŝŽů ϭϲϴ͕ϵϴϯͲϵϴϵ͘

ev

ZĞĚĚǇ͕͘Z͘ĂŶĚĂƐ͕s͘^͘Z͘;ϭϵϴϳͿDŽĚƵůĂƚŝŽŶŽĨ^ƵĐƌŽƐĞŽŶƚĞŶƚďǇ&ƌƵĐƚŽƐĞϮ͕ϲͲ

ie

ŝƐƉŚŽƐƉŚĂƚĞĚƵƌŝŶŐWŚŽƚŽƐǇŶƚŚĞƐŝƐŝŶZŝĐĞ>ĞĂǀĞƐ'ƌŽǁŝŶŐĂƚŝĨĨĞƌĞŶƚ>ŝŐŚƚ /ŶƚĞŶƐŝƚŝĞƐ͘:ǆƉŝŽůϯϴ͕ϴϮϴͲϴϯϯ͘

w

ZŽƐƐĂƚŽ͕>͕͘>ĂŝŶĠ͕W͘ĂŶĚKƵƌƌǇ͕͘;ϮϬϬϭͿEŝƚƌŽŐĞŶƐƚŽƌĂŐĞĂŶĚƌĞŵŽďŝůŝǌĂƚŝŽŶŝŶƌĂƐƐŝĐĂ ŶĂƉƵƐ>͘ĚƵƌŝŶŐƚŚĞŐƌŽǁƚŚĐǇĐůĞ͗ŶŝƚƌŽŐĞŶĨůƵǆĞƐǁŝƚŚŝŶƚŚĞƉůĂŶƚĂŶĚĐŚĂŶŐĞƐŝŶ

On

ƐŽůƵďůĞƉƌŽƚĞŝŶƉĂƚƚĞƌŶƐ͘:ǆƉŽƚϱϮ͕ϭϲϱϱͲϭϲϲϯ͘

^ĂŐĞ͕Z͘&͕͘WĞŝǆŽƚŽ͕D͘D͘ĂŶĚ^ĂŐĞ͕d͘>͘;ϮϬϭϯͿWŚŽƚŽƐǇŶƚŚĞƐŝƐŝŶ^ƵŐĂƌĐĂŶĞ͘/Ŷ͗^ƵŐĂƌĐĂŶĞ͗

ly

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WŚǇƐŝŽůŽŐǇ͕ŝŽĐŚĞŵŝƐƚƌǇ͕ĂŶĚ&ƵŶĐƚŝŽŶĂůŝŽůŽŐǇ;DŽŽƌĞ͕W͘,͘ĂŶĚŽƚŚĂ͕&͘͘ĞĚƐͿ͕ ƉƉ͘ϭϮϭͲϭϱϰ͘ŚŝĐŚĞƐƚĞƌ͕hƚĚ͘

^ĂŬĂŬŝďĂƌĂ͕,͕͘ŝŐŚƚŽŶƚŚĞǆƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶŽĨ'ůƵƚĂŵŝŶĞ^ǇŶƚŚĞƚĂƐĞƐĂŶĚ&ĞƌƌĞĚŽǆŝŶͲĞƉĞŶĚĞŶƚ 'ůƵƚĂŵĂƚĞ^ǇŶƚŚĂƐĞŝŶDĂŝǌĞ͘WůĂŶƚĞůůWŚǇƐŝŽůϯϯ͕ϭϭϵϯͲϭϭϵϴ͘ ^ĂƌƵƵů͕W͕͘^ƌŝĞŶĐ͕&͕͘^ŽŵĞƌƐ͕͘͘ĂŶĚ^ĂŵĂĐ͕͘͘;ϮϬϬϮͿWƌŽĚƵĐƚŝŽŶŽĨĂďŝŽĚĞŐƌĂĚĂďůĞ ƉůĂƐƚŝĐƉŽůǇŵĞƌ͕ƉŽůǇͲďͲŚǇĚƌŽǆǇďƵƚǇƌĂƚĞ͕ŝŶƚƌĂŶƐŐĞŶŝĐĂůĨĂůĨĂ͘ƌŽƉ^ĐŝϰϮ͕ϵϭϵͲϵϮϳ͘ ^ĐŚůƵƚĞƌ͕h͕͘ŽůŵƐĞĞ͕͕͘^ĐŚŽůǌ͕h͕͘ƌĂƵƚŝŐĂŵ͕͕͘tĞďĞƌ͕͘W͕͘ĞůůĞƌŚŽĨĨ͕E͕͘ƵĐŚĞƌ͕D͕͘ &ĂŚŶĞŶƐƚŝĐŚ͕,͘ĂŶĚ^ŽŶŶĞǁĂůĚ͕h͘;ϮϬϭϯͿĚĂƉƚĂƚŝŽŶŽĨŵĂŝǌĞƐŽƵƌĐĞůĞĂĨ

3DJHRI



ŵĞƚĂďŽůŝƐŵƚŽƐƚƌĞƐƐƌĞůĂƚĞĚĚŝƐƚƵƌďĂŶĐĞƐŝŶĐĂƌďŽŶ͕ŶŝƚƌŽŐĞŶĂŶĚƉŚŽƐƉŚŽƌƵƐ ďĂůĂŶĐĞ͘D'ĞŶŽŵŝĐƐϭϰ͕ϰϰϮ͘ ^ĐŚůƵƚĞƌ͕h͕͘DĂƐĐŚĞƌ͕D͕͘ŽůŵƐĞĞ͕͕͘^ĐŚŽůǌ͕h͕͘ƌĂƵƚŝŐĂŵ͕͕͘&ĂŚŶĞŶƐƚŝĐŚ͕,͘ĂŶĚ ^ŽŶŶĞǁĂůĚ͕h͘;ϮϬϭϮͿDĂŝǌĞƐŽƵƌĐĞůĞĂĨĂĚĂƉƚĂƚŝŽŶƚŽŶŝƚƌŽŐĞŶĚĞĨŝĐŝĞŶĐǇĂĨĨĞĐƚƐŶŽƚ ŽŶůǇŶŝƚƌŽŐĞŶĂŶĚĐĂƌďŽŶŵĞƚĂďŽůŝƐŵďƵƚĂůƐŽĐŽŶƚƌŽůŽĨƉŚŽƐƉŚĂƚĞŚŽŵĞŽƐƚĂƐŝƐ͘ WůĂŶƚWŚǇƐŝŽůϭϲϬ͕ϭϯϴϰͲϭϰϬϲ͘ ^ŚĞŶƚŽŶ͕D͕͘&ŽŶƚĂŝŶĞ͕s͕͘,ĂƌƚǁĞůů͕:͕͘DĂƌƐŚ͕:͘d͕͘:ĞŶŬŝŶƐ͕'͘/͘ĂŶĚEŝŵŵŽ͕,͘'͘;ϮϬϬϲͿ ŝƐƚŝŶĐƚƉĂƚƚĞƌŶƐŽĨĐŽŶƚƌŽůĂŶĚĞǆƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶĂŵŽŶŐƐƚŵĞŵďĞƌƐŽĨƚŚĞWWĐĂƌďŽǆǇůĂƐĞ ŬŝŶĂƐĞŐĞŶĞĨĂŵŝůǇŝŶϰƉůĂŶƚƐ͘WůĂŶƚ:ϰϴ͕ϰϱͲϱϯ͘

Fo

^ŝĞĐŝĞĐŚŽǁŝĐǌ͕>ĂďŽƌĂƚŽƌǇŶĂůǇƚŝĐĂůWƌŽĐĞĚƵƌĞ͘фŚƚƚƉ͗ͬͬĚĞǀĂĨĚĐ͘ŶƌĞů͘ŐŽǀͬƉĚĨƐͬϵϯϲϬ͘ƉĚĨ͘ ^ŵŽůŬĞ͕͘͘ĂŶĚ^ŝůǀĞƌ͕W͘͘;ϮϬϭϭͿ/ŶĨŽƌŵŝŶŐŝŽůŽŐŝĐĂůĞƐŝŐŶďǇ/ŶƚĞŐƌĂƚŝŽŶŽĨ^ǇƐƚĞŵƐ

ev

ĂŶĚ^ǇŶƚŚĞƚŝĐŝŽůŽŐǇ͘Ğůůϭϰϰ͕ϴϱϱͲϴϱϵ͘ ^ŽŵůĞǀĂ͕D͘E͕͘ŚŝŶŶĂƉĞŶ͕,͕͘ůŝ͕͕͘^ŶĞůů͕͕͘^ĐŚĞŶŬ͕W͘D͕͘DĐYƵĂůƚĞƌ͕Z͘͘ĂŶĚƌƵŵďůĞǇ͕^͘D͘;ϮϬϭϰͿ ZĞĚƵĐĞĚƉĞƌŽǆŝƐŽŵĂůĐŝƚƌĂƚĞƐǇŶƚŚĂƐĞĂĐƚŝǀŝƚǇŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞƐƐƵďƐƚƌĂƚĞĂǀĂŝůĂďŝůŝƚǇĨŽƌ ƉŽůǇŚǇĚƌŽǆǇĂůŬĂŶŽĂƚĞďŝŽƐǇŶƚŚĞƐŝƐŝŶƉůĂŶƚƉĞƌŽǆŝƐŽŵĞƐ͘WůĂŶƚŝŽƚĞĐŚŶŽů:ϭϮ͕ ϭϬϰϰͲϭϬϱϮ͘

Fo

dƌĂƉŶĞůů͕͕͘ZŽďĞƌƚƐ͕͕͘'ŽĨĨ͕>͕͘WĞƌƚĞĂ͕'͕͘͘ĂŶĚWĂĐŚƚĞƌ͕>͘;ϮϬϭϮͿŝĨĨĞƌĞŶƚŝĂůŐĞŶĞĂŶĚƚƌĂŶƐĐƌŝƉƚĞǆƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶĂŶĂůǇƐŝƐ ŽĨZEͲƐĞƋĞǆƉĞƌŝŵĞŶƚƐǁŝƚŚdŽƉ,ĂƚĂŶĚƵĨĨůŝŶŬƐ͘EĂƚ͘WƌŽƚŽĐŽůƐϳ͕ϱϲϮͲϱϳϴ͘

rR

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