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ĂƐƚŚĞŝƌ ĂŐĞŶƚ͘ dŚĞ ƐŚŝĨƚ ĨƌŽŵ ĂƵƚŽŶŽŵǇ ƚŽ ͚ĂŐĞŶĐǇ͛ ŝƐ ƌĞĨĞƌƌĞĚ ƚŽ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ͚ĂŐĞŶƚŝĐƐŚŝĨƚ͛͘ |\n| 􀀄ƐĐŚ | ^ŽůŽŵŽŶ 􀀄ƐĐŚ ǁĂƐ ĂŶ 􀀄ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ^ŽĐŝĂů WƐǇĐŚŽůŽŐŝƐƚ ǁŚŽ ĐŽŶĚƵĐƚĞĚ Ă ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ŽĨƐƚƵĚŝĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ϭϵϱϬƐ ƚŽ ĞǆĂŵŝŶĞ ƚŚĞ ĞǆƚĞŶƚ ƚŽ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ĐŽŶĨŽƌŵ ƚŽƚŚĞ ŽƉŝŶŝŽŶƐ ŽĨ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ ŝŶ ĂŶ ƵŶĂŵďŝŐƵŽƵƐ ƐŝƚƵĂƚŝŽŶ͘ |\n| 􀀄ƵƚŚŽƌŝƚĂƌŝĂŶ WĞƌƐŽŶĂůŝƚǇ | dŚĞ ĂƵƚŚŽƌŝƚĂƌŝĂŶ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂůŝƚǇ ǁĂƐ ĨŝƌƐƚ ŝĚĞŶƚŝĨŝĞĚ ďǇ 􀀄ĚŽƌŶŽ Ğƚ Ăů͘ ;ϭϵϱϬͿ ĂŶĚƌĞĨĞƌƐ ƚŽ Ă ƉĞƌƐŽŶ ǁŚŽ ŚĂƐ ĞǆƚƌĞŵĞ ƌĞƐƉĞĐƚ ĨŽƌ ĂƵƚŚŽƌŝƚǇ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ŵŽƌĞ ůŝŬĞůǇ ƚŽďĞ ŽďĞĚŝĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ŚŽůĚ ƉŽǁĞƌ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞŵ͘ |\n| 􀀒ŽŵŵŝƚŵĞŶƚ͗ ^ŽĐŝĂů/ŶĨůƵĞŶĐĞ | 􀀒ŽŵŵŝƚŵĞŶƚ ƌĞĨĞƌƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ǁĂǇ ƚŚĂƚ ŵŝŶŽƌŝƚǇ ŝŶĨůƵĞŶĐĞ ŝƐ ŵŽƌĞ ůŝŬĞůǇ ƚŽ ŽĐĐƵƌŝĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŝŶŽƌŝƚǇ ƐŚŽǁƐ ĚĞĚŝĐĂƚŝŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉŽƐŝƚŝŽŶ͘ 􀀒ŽŵŵŝƚŵĞŶƚ ƚǇƉŝĐĂůůǇŝŶǀŽůǀĞƐ ƐŽŵĞ ĨŽƌŵ ŽĨ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂů ƐĂĐƌŝĨŝĐĞ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƐŚŽǁƐ ƚŚĞ ŵĂũŽƌŝƚǇ ƚŚĂƚ ŽŶĞŝƐ ŶŽƚ ũƵƐƚ ĂĐƚŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ƐĞůĨͲŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ͘ |\n| 􀀒ŽŵƉůŝĂŶĐĞ | 􀀒ŽŵƉůŝĂŶĐĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ůŽǁĞƐƚ ůĞǀĞů ŽĨ ĐŽŶĨŽƌŵŝƚǇ͘ ,ĞƌĞ Ă ƉĞƌƐŽŶ ĐŚĂŶŐĞƐ ƚŚĞŝƌƉƵďůŝĐ ďĞŚĂǀŝŽƵƌ ;ƚŚĞ ǁĂǇ ƚŚĞǇ ĂĐƚͿ ďƵƚ ŶŽƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉƌŝǀĂƚĞ ďĞůŝĞĨƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐƵƐƵĂůůǇ Ă ƐŚŽƌƚͲƚĞƌŵ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ĂŶĚ ŽĨƚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƵůƚ ŽĨ ŶŽƌŵĂƚŝǀĞ ƐŽĐŝĂůŝŶĨůƵĞŶĐĞ͘ |\n| 􀀒ŽŶĨŽƌŵŝƚǇ | 􀀒ŽŶĨŽƌŵŝƚǇ ŽĐĐƵƌƐ ǁŚĞŶ ƐŽŵĞŽŶĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞƐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ďĞŚĂǀŝŽƵƌ Žƌ ďĞůŝĞĨƐ ĚƵĞ ƚŽƌĞĂů Žƌ ŝŵĂŐŝŶĞĚ ƉƌĞƐƐƵƌĞ ĨƌŽŵ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ͘ |\n| 􀀒ŽŶĨŽƌŵŝƚǇ ƚŽ ^ŽĐŝĂů ZŽůĞƐ | ^ŽĐŝĂů ƌŽůĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌƚƐ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂůƐ ƉůĂǇ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞǇ ďĞůŽŶŐ ƚŽ ƐŽĐŝĂů ŐƌŽƵƉ͕ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶĨŽƌŵŝƚǇ ƚŽ ƐŽĐŝĂů ƌŽůĞƐ ŽĐĐƵƌƐ ǁŚĞŶ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ďĞŚĂǀĞ ŝŶ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶ ǁĂǇƐďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ƚŚĞǇ ĨĞĞů ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ĞǆƉĞĐƚĞĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŵ ŝŶ ƚŚĂƚ ƌŽůĞ͘ |\n| 􀀒ŽŶƐŝƐƚĞŶĐǇ | 􀀒ŽŶƐŝƐƚĞŶĐǇ ƌĞĨĞƌƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ǁĂǇ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŵŝŶŽƌŝƚǇ ŝŶĨůƵĞŶĐĞ ŝƐ ŵŽƌĞ ůŝŬĞůǇ ƚŽŽĐĐƵƌ ŝĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŝŶŽƌŝƚǇ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ƐŚĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ďĞůŝĞĨ ĂŶĚ ƌĞƚĂŝŶ ŝƚ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŝŵĞ͘ dŚŝƐ ƚŚĞŶ ĚƌĂǁƐ ƚŚĞ ĂƚƚĞŶƚŝŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵĂũŽƌŝƚǇ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŵŝŶŽƌŝƚǇ͘ |\n| 􀀘ŝƐƉŽƐŝƚŝŽŶĂů 􀀜ǆƉůĂŶĂƚŝŽŶƐ͗ KďĞĚŝĞŶĐĞ | 􀀘ŝƐƉŽƐŝƚŝŽŶĂů ĞǆƉůĂŶĂƚŝŽŶƐ ŽĨ ŽďĞĚŝĞŶĐĞ ĨŽĐƵƐ ŽŶ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂů ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌŝƐƚŝĐƐ ƚŚĂƚůŝĞ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂů ;Ğ͘Ő͘ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂůŝƚǇͿ ƚŚĂƚ ůĞĂĚ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŽ ďĞ ŵŽƌĞ Žƌ ůĞƐƐůŝŬĞůǇ ƚŽ ĨŽůůŽǁ ƚŚĞ ŽƌĚĞƌƐ ŽĨ ĂŶ ĂƵƚŚŽƌŝƚǇ ĨŝŐƵƌĞ͘ |\n| &ůĞǆŝďŝůŝƚǇ | &ůĞǆŝďŝůŝƚǇ ƌĞĨĞƌƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ǁĂǇ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ 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