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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-22-082021
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	SC 13D/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20220722
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20220722
GROUP MEMBERS:		BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION TRUST
GROUP MEMBERS:		WILLIAM H. GATES III

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DEERE & CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000315189
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FARM MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT [3523]
		IRS NUMBER:				362382580
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1030

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 13D/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	005-31096
		FILM NUMBER:		221100263

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE JOHN DEERE PLACE
		CITY:			MOLINE
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			61265-8098
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(309) 765-8000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE JOHN DEERE PLACE
		CITY:			MOLINE
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			61265-8098

FILED BY:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CASCADE INVESTMENT, L.L.C.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001052192
		IRS NUMBER:				911680459
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			WA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 13D/A

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2365 CARILLON POINT
		CITY:			KIRKLAND
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			98033
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4258897900

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2365 CARILLON POINT
		CITY:			KIRKLAND
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			98033

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CASCADE INVESTMENT LLC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19980102
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Company</B></P>

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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>2365 Carillon Point</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Kirkland, WA 98033</B></P>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>July 21, 2022</B></P>

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filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and
is filing this schedule because of &sect;&sect;240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f)&nbsp;or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box.</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></P>

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original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule&nbsp;13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.</P>

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a reporting person&#8217;s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment
containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.</P>

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not be deemed to be &#8220;filed&#8221; for the purpose of Section&nbsp;18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&#8220;Act&#8221;)
or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">1.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Names of Reporting Persons<BR>
Cascade Investment, L.L.C.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">2. </FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(a)</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt">o</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(b)</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt">x</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">3.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">SEC Use Only </FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.</FONT></TD>
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WC</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">5.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">6.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Citizenship or Place of Organization <BR>
State of Washington</FONT></TD></TR>
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Shares<BR>
Beneficially<BR>
Owned by<BR>
Each<BR>
Reporting<BR>
Person With</FONT></TD>
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19,771,964 <SUP>(1)</SUP></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Shared Voting Power <BR>
-0-</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">9.</FONT></TD>
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19,771,964 <SUP>(1)</SUP></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Shared Dispositive Power <BR>
-0-</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">11.</FONT></TD>
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19,771,964 <SUP>(1)</SUP></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">12.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11)&nbsp;Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)&nbsp; </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt">o</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">13.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Percent of Class&nbsp;Represented by Amount in Row (11)<BR>
6.5% <SUP>(2)</SUP></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">14.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)<BR>
OO</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 4%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 1%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD STYLE="vertical-align: super; width: 20pt"><SUP>(<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">1</FONT>)</SUP></TD><TD>All shares of the common stock, $1.00 par value per share (the &#8220;Common Stock&#8221;), of Deere &amp; Company (the &#8220;Issuer&#8221;)
held by Cascade Investment, L.L.C. (&#8220;Cascade&#8221;), may be deemed to be beneficially owned by William H. Gates III as the sole
member of Cascade.</TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="vertical-align: super"><SUP>(<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">2</FONT>)</SUP></TD><TD>Based on 305,635,672 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of May 1, 2022, as reported on the Issuer&#8217;s Form 10-Q filed on May
26, 2022.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">1.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Names of Reporting Persons<BR>
Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation Trust</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">2. </FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(a)</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt">o</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(b)</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt">x</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">3.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">SEC Use Only </FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Source of Funds (See Instructions)<BR>
OO</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">5.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d)&nbsp;or (e)&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt">o</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">6.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Citizenship or Place of Organization <BR>
State of Washington</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt; text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" ROWSPAN="7" STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Number of<BR>
Shares<BR>
Beneficially<BR>
Owned by<BR>
Each<BR>
Reporting<BR>
Person With</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">7.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Sole Voting Power <BR>
-0-</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">8.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Shared
    Voting Power <BR>
    3,917,693 <SUP>(1)</SUP></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">9.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Sole Dispositive Power <BR>
-0-</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">10.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Shared Dispositive Power <BR>
3,917,693 <SUP>(1)</SUP></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">11.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person<BR>
3,917,693 <SUP>(1)</SUP></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">12.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11)&nbsp;Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt">o</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">13.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Percent
    of Class&nbsp;Represented by Amount in Row (11)<BR>
    1.3% <SUP>(2)</SUP></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">14.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)<BR>
OO</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 6%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 82%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="vertical-align: super; width: 25pt"><SUP>(1)</SUP></TD><TD>For purposes of Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (&#8220;Rule 13d-3&#8221;), William H. Gates III,
as a Co-Trustee of the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation Trust (the &#8220;Trust&#8221;), may be deemed to have shared beneficial ownership
of all shares of Common Stock held by the Trust.</TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="vertical-align: super"><SUP>(<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">2</FONT>)</SUP></TD><TD>Based on 305,635,672 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of May 1, 2022, as reported on the Issuer&#8217;s Form 10-Q filed on May
26, 2022.</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="6" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;CUSIP No.&nbsp;244199105</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">1.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Names of Reporting Persons<BR>
William H. Gates III</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">2. </FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(a)</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt">o</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(b)</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt">x</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">3.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">SEC Use Only </FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Source of Funds (See Instructions)<BR>
WC</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">5.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or (e) &nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt">o</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">6.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Citizenship or Place of Organization <BR>
United States of America</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt; text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" ROWSPAN="7" STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Number of<BR>
Shares<BR>
Beneficially<BR>
Owned by<BR>
Each<BR>
Reporting<BR>
Person With</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">7.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Sole Voting Power <BR>
19,771,964 <SUP>(1)</SUP></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">8.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Shared Voting Power <BR>
3,917,693 <SUP>(2)</SUP></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">9.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: super; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Sole
    Dispositive Power <BR>
    19,771,964 <SUP>(1)</SUP></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">10.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Shared Dispositive Power <BR>
3,917,693 <SUP>(2)</SUP></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">11.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person<BR>
 &nbsp;23,689,657 <SUP>(1) (2)</SUP></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">12.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11)&nbsp;Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)&nbsp; </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt">o</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">13.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Percent of Class&nbsp;Represented by Amount in Row (11)<BR>
7.8% <SUP>(3)</SUP></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">14.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)<BR>
IN</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 4%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; width: 13.7pt; vertical-align: super"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><SUP>(1)</SUP></FONT></TD><TD>All shares of the Common Stock of the Issuer held by Cascade may be deemed to be beneficially owned by William H. Gates III as the
sole member of Cascade.</TD></TR><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: super"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><SUP>&nbsp;</SUP></FONT></TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: super"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><SUP>(2)</SUP></FONT></TD><TD>Includes Common Stock held by the Trust. For purposes of Rule 13d-3, William H. Gates III, as a Co-Trustee of the Trust, may be deemed
to have shared beneficial ownership of all Common Stock held by the Trust.</TD></TR>

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<TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: super"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><SUP>&nbsp;</SUP></FONT></TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; width: 13.5pt; vertical-align: super"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><SUP>(3)</SUP></FONT></TD><TD>Based on 305,635,672 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of May 1, 2022, as reported on the Issuer&#8217;s Form 10-Q filed on May
26, 2022.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>EXPLANATORY STATEMENT</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">This Amendment No. 6 to Schedule 13D (this &#8220;Amendment&#8221;)
relates to the common stock, par value $1.00 per share (the &#8220;Common Stock&#8221;), of Deere &amp; Company (the &#8220;Issuer&#8221;).
Cascade Investment, L.L.C. (&#8220;Cascade&#8221;), Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation Trust (the &#8220;Trust&#8221;), and William H.
Gates III (&#8220;WHG&#8221;) jointly file this Amendment to amend the Schedule 13D previously filed by Cascade and WHG with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on August 23, 2011, as amended December 11, 2012; December 18, 2013; June 1, 2015; December 20, 2016; and August
6, 2021. The information set forth in response to each separate Item below shall be deemed to be a response to all Items where such information
is relevant. Information in the Schedule 13D remains in effect except to the extent that it is amended or superseded by subsequently filed
information, including information in this Amendment.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 8%; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Item 2.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 92%; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Identity and Background</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 3pt">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 23.25pt; text-indent: -22.5pt">(a)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;This statement is being filed jointly by Cascade, the Trust, and WHG (collectively, the &#8220;Reporting Persons&#8221;). Neither the
    present filing nor anything contained herein shall be construed as an admission that the Reporting Persons constitute a &#8220;group&#8221;
    for any purpose, and the Reporting Persons expressly disclaim membership in a group.</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 23.25pt">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 23.25pt; text-indent: -22.5pt">(b)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;The business addresses of the Reporting Persons are as follows:</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 59.25pt; text-indent: -0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
    Cascade: 2365 Carillon Point, Kirkland, Washington 98033 </FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 59.25pt; text-indent: -0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
    The Trust: 2365 Carillon Point, Kirkland, Washington 98033</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 59.25pt; text-indent: -0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
    WHG: 500 Fifth Avenue North, Seattle, Washington 98109</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 59.25pt">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 23.25pt; text-indent: -22.5pt">(c)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;Cascade is a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Washington. Cascade is a private investment entity that
    seeks appreciation of its assets for the benefit of its member. WHG controls Cascade as its sole member. The address of Cascade&#8217;s
    principal office is set forth in paragraph (b) of this item.</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 23.25pt; text-indent: 0.75pt">The Trust is a charitable trust established
    under the laws of the State of Washington. The Trust was established to manage investment assets and transfer proceeds to the Bill &amp;
    Melinda Gates Foundation (the &#8220;Foundation&#8221;) as necessary to achieve the Foundation's charitable goals. The Trust&#8217;s co-trustees
    are William H. Gates III and Melinda French Gates. The address of the Trust&#8217;s principal office is set forth in paragraph (b)&nbsp;of
    this item.</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 23.25pt; text-indent: -22.5pt">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 23.25pt; text-indent: 0.75pt">WHG, a natural person, is a Co-Trustee
    of the Foundation and the Trust. The Foundation is a nonprofit organization fighting poverty, disease, and inequity around the world;
    its business address is 500 Fifth Avenue North, Seattle, Washington 98109.</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 23.25pt; text-indent: 0pt">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 23.25pt; text-indent: -22.5pt">(d)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;None.</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 23.25pt; text-indent: -22.5pt">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 23.25pt; text-indent: -22.5pt">(e)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;None.</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 23.25pt; text-indent: 0pt">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 24pt; text-indent: -24pt">(f)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;WHG is a citizen of the United States
    of America.</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 24pt; text-indent: -24pt"></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 8%; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Item 3.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 92%; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Cascade purchased its shares of Common Stock with working capital.</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The Trust received its shares of Common Stock as gifts from its co-trustees.</P></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Item 5.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Interest in Securities of the Issuer</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 23.75pt; text-indent: -22.3pt">(a)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;See items 11 and 13 of the cover pages to this Amendment for the aggregate number of Common Stock and percentage of Common Stock beneficially
    owned by each of the Reporting Persons.</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 23.75pt; text-indent: -22.3pt">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 23.75pt; text-indent: -22.3pt">(b)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;See items 7 through 10 of the cover pages to this Amendment for the number of Common Stock beneficially owned by each of the Reporting
    Persons as to which there is sole power to vote or to direct the vote, shared power to vote or to direct the vote, and sole or shared
    power to dispose or to direct the disposition.</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 23.75pt; text-indent: -22.3pt">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 23.75pt; text-indent: -22.3pt">(c)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;Cascade transferred 3,018,038 shares of Common Stock to the Trust in a private transaction as a gift, for no consideration, on July 21,
    2022.</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 23.75pt; text-indent: -22.3pt">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 23.75pt; text-indent: -22.3pt">(d)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;None.</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 23.75pt; text-indent: -22.3pt">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 23.75pt; text-indent: -22.3pt">(e)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;Not applicable.</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURE</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my
knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.</P>

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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;Date: July 22, 2022</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">CASCADE INVESTMENT, L.L.C.</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">*</FONT></TD>
    </TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 6%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Name:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 35%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Michael Larson</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Title: </FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Business Manager</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">WILLIAM H. GATES III</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">*</FONT></TD>
    </TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Name:</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Michael Larson <SUP>(1)</SUP></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Title:</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Attorney-in-fact</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase">Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation Trust</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">*</FONT></TD>
    </TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Name:</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Michael Larson <SUP>(2)</SUP></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Title:</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Attorney-in-fact for the Co-Trustees,</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">William H. Gates III and Melinda French Gates</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>*By: </TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Michael Larson</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">Michael Larson</TD></TR>
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  <TD STYLE="width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><SUP>(1)</SUP></FONT></TD>
  <TD STYLE="width: 97%">Duly authorized under Special Power of Attorney appointing Michael Larson attorney-in-fact, dated February 3, 2006, by and on behalf of
William H. Gates III, filed as Exhibit 99.1 to Cascade&rsquo;s Amendment No. 2 to Schedule 13G with respect to Arch Capital Group Ltd.
on March 7, 2006, SEC File No. 005-45257, and incorporated by reference herein.</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">
  <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><SUP>&nbsp;</SUP></FONT></TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">
  <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><SUP>(2)</SUP></FONT></TD>
  <TD>Duly authorized under Special Power of Attorney appointing Michael Larson attorney-in-fact, dated November 13, 2006, by and on behalf
of William H. Gates III and Melinda French Gates, as Co-Trustees of the Trust, filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the Trust&rsquo;s Amendment No.
3 to Schedule 13G with respect to Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A. de C.V. on February 13, 2007, SEC File No. 005-52421, and incorporated by reference
herein.</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>Joint
Filing Agreement</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">We, the signatories of the statement to which this
Joint Filing Agreement is attached, hereby agree that such statement is filed, and any amendments thereto filed by any or all of us will
be filed, on behalf of each of us.</P>

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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;Date: July 22, 2022</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">CASCADE INVESTMENT, L.L.C.</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 6%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Name:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 35%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Michael Larson</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">WILLIAM H. GATES III</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Name:</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Michael Larson <SUP>(1)</SUP></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Attorney-in-fact</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase">Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation Trust</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Name:</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Michael Larson <SUP>(2)</SUP></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Attorney-in-fact for the Co-Trustees,</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">William H. Gates III and Melinda French Gates</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>*By: </TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Michael Larson</TD></TR>
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  <TD STYLE="width: 97%">Duly authorized under Special Power of Attorney appointing Michael Larson attorney-in-fact, dated February 3, 2006, by and on behalf of
William H. Gates III, filed as Exhibit 99.1 to Cascade&rsquo;s Amendment No. 2 to Schedule 13G with respect to Arch Capital Group Ltd.
on March 7, 2006, SEC File No. 005-45257, and incorporated by reference herein.</TD></TR>
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  <TD>Duly authorized under Special Power of Attorney appointing Michael Larson attorney-in-fact, dated November 13, 2006, by and on behalf
of William H. Gates III and Melinda French Gates, as Co-Trustees of the Trust, filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the Trust&rsquo;s Amendment No.
3 to Schedule 13G with respect to Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A. de C.V. on February 13, 2007, SEC File No. 005-52421, and incorporated by reference
herein.</TD></TR>
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