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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000080255-15-000561
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	SC 13G/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150310
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150310

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AES CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000874761
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	COGENERATION SERVICES & SMALL POWER PRODUCERS [4991]
		IRS NUMBER:				541163725
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 13G/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	005-41672
		FILM NUMBER:		15688152

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4300 WILSON BOULEVARD
		CITY:			ARLINGTON
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			22203
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7035221315

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4300 WILSON BOULEVARD
		CITY:			ARLINGTON
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			22203

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	AES CORPORATION
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19930328

FILED BY:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000080255
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SECURITY & COMMODITY BROKERS, DEALERS, EXCHANGES & SERVICES [6200]
		IRS NUMBER:				520556948
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 13G/A

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 EAST PRATT ST
		CITY:			BALTIMORE
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			21202
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(410)345-6603

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P.O. BOX 89000
		CITY:			BALTIMORE
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			21289
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<DESCRIPTION>AES AS OF 02/28/2015
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<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">UNITED STATES</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Washington, D.C. 20549</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">SCHEDULE 13G</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(Amendment No. 4)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">AES CORP</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(Name of Issuer)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">COMMON STOCK</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in">(Title of Class of Securities)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">00130H105</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(CUSIP Number)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">February 28, 2015</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(Date of Event which Requires Filing of Statement)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Check the appropriate box to designate the Rule pursuant to which
this Schedule is filed:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">[x]&#9;Rule 13d - 1(b)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Rule 13d - 1(c)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Rule 13d - 1(d)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">1&#9;Name of Reporting Person</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-indent: 26.35pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 26.35pt">T. ROWE PRICE ASSOCIATES, INC.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 27pt">52-0556948</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">2&#9;Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&#9;NOT APPLICABLE&#9;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 26.35pt">3</TD><TD>SEC Use Only</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 26.35pt">______________________________</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 26.35pt">4</TD><TD>Citizenship or Place of Organization</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 26.35pt">MARYLAND</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">5&#9;Sole Voting Power*&#9;30,211,071</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">6&#9;Shared Voting Power*&#9;-0-</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">7&#9;Sole Dispositive Power*&#9;&#9;78,394,245</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">8&#9;Shared Dispositive Power&#9;-0-</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 26.35pt">9</TD><TD>Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 400.75pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 26.35pt">78,599,895</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 26.35pt">10</TD><TD>Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 26.35pt">NOT APPLICABLE</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">11&#9;Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 9</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 26.35pt">11.1%</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">12&#9;Type of Reporting Person</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 26.35pt">IA</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&#9;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">*Any shares reported in Items 5 and 6 are also reported in Item
7.</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Item 1(a)&#9;Name of Issuer:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 76.5pt">Reference is made to page 1 of this Schedule
13G</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Item 1(b)&#9;Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 76.75pt">4300 WILSON BLVD., ARLINGTON, VA 22203</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Item 2(a)&#9;Name of Person(s) Filing:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 76.5pt">(1)&#9;T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (&quot;Price
Associates&quot;)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 76.5pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 76.5pt">(2)&#9;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 76.5pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 1in; text-indent: -1in">&#9;&#9;Attached as Exhibit A is a
copy of an agreement between the Persons Filing (as specified hereinabove) that this Schedule 13G is being filed on behalf of each
of them.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Item 2(b)&#9;Address of Principal Business Office:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 76.75pt">100 E. Pratt Street, Baltimore, Maryland
21202</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Item 2(c)&#9;Citizenship or Place of Organization:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 76.75pt">(1)&#9;Maryland</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 76.75pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 76.75pt">(2)&#9;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Item 2(d)&#9;Title of Class of Securities:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 76.75pt">Reference is made to page 1 of this Schedule
13G</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Item 2(e)&#9;CUSIP Number: 00130H105</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Item 3&#9;The person filing this Schedule 13G is an:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 76.75pt">X</TD><TD>Investment Adviser registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 76.75pt"></TD><TD>Investment Company registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 76.75pt; text-indent: -76.75pt">Item 4&#9;Reference is made
to Items 5-11 on the preceding pages of this Schedule 13G.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Item 5&#9;Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">X&#9;Not Applicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 57.8pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 57.8pt">This statement is being filed to report the fact that,
as of the date of this report, the reporting person(s) has (have) ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of
the class of securities.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 57.8pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Item 6&#9;Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another
Person</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 22.5pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 49.5pt">(1)</TD><TD>Price Associates does not serve as custodian of the assets of any of its clients; accordingly, in each instance only the client
or the client's custodian or trustee bank has the right to receive dividends paid with respect to, and proceeds from the sale of,
such securities.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 1in; text-indent: -49.5pt">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 22.5pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 49.5pt"></TD><TD>The ultimate power to direct the receipt of dividends paid with respect to, and the proceeds from the sale of, such securities,
is vested in the individual and institutional clients which Price Associates serves as investment adviser. Any and all discretionary
authority which has been delegated to Price Associates may be revoked in whole or in part at any time</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 1in; text-indent: -49.5pt">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 22.5pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 49.5pt"></TD><TD>Except as may be indicated if this is a joint filing with one of the registered investment companies sponsored by Price Associates
which it also serves as investment adviser (&quot;T. Rowe Price Funds&quot;), not more than 5% of the class of such securities
is owned by any one client subject to the investment advice of Price Associates.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 1in; text-indent: -49.5pt">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 22.5pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 49.5pt">(2)</TD><TD>With respect to securities owned by any one of the T. Rowe Price Funds, only the custodian for each of such Funds, has the
right to receive dividends paid with respect to, and proceeds from the sale of, such securities. No other person is known to have
such right, except that the shareholders of each such Fund participate proportionately in any dividends and distributions so paid.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 57.8pt; text-indent: -57.8pt">Item 7&#9;Identification and
Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 57.8pt">Not Applicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 57.8pt; text-indent: -57.8pt">Item 8&#9;Identification and
Classification of Members of the Group.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 57.8pt; text-indent: -57.8pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 57.8pt">Not Applicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Item 9&#9;Notice of Dissolution of Group.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 58.5pt">Not Applicable.</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Item 10&#9;Certification.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 69.55pt">By signing below I certify that, to the best of my
knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and
are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were
not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect. T. Rowe
Price Associates, Inc. hereby declares and affirms that the filing of Schedule 13G shall not be construed as an admission that
Price Associates is the beneficial owner of the securities referred to, which beneficial ownership is expressly denied.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&#9;Signature.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 69.55pt">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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<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">T. ROWE PRICE ASSOCIATES, INC.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Date: March 10, 2015</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Signature: /s/ David Oestreicher &#9;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Name &amp; Title: David Oestreicher, Vice President</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">02/28/2015</P>

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