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    <ffd:OfferingNote contextRef="offrl_1" id="ixv-381">(Note 1) "Amount Registered": Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), the registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR (Registration No. 333-288045) (the "Registration Statement") also covers any additional securities that may be offered or issued in connection with any stock split, stock dividend or pursuant to anti-dilution provisions of any of the securities. Separate consideration may or may not be received for securities that are issuable upon conversion, exercise or exchange of other securities.
"Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit": Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of registrant's ordinary shares as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on August 27, 2026.
"Amount of Registration Fee": Calculated in accordance with Rule 457(r) under the Securities Act and represents deferred payment of the registration fees in connection with the Registration Statement paid herewith.
(Note 2) The "Maximum Aggregate Offering Price" of the securities to which the prospectus supplement relates is $32,231,813.96. The prospectus supplement is a final prospectus for the related offering.</ffd:OfferingNote>
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