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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001292814-23-005112
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-A12B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20231222
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20231222

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ENERGY CO OF PARANA
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001041792
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-A12B
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14668
		FILM NUMBER:		231508880

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		RUA CORONEL DULCIDIO 800
		STREET 2:		80420 170 CURITIBA PARANA
		CITY:			FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC
		STATE:			D5
		ZIP:			00000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		CT CORPORATION SYSTEM
		STREET 2:		1633 BROADWAY
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10019
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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.45pt 0 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 4.5pt 104pt 0 101.1pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20">UNITED <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt">STATES</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.6pt 104pt 0 101.1pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20"><B>SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt">COMMISSION</FONT></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt/208% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.6pt 216.3pt 0 213.35pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20"><B>Washington,
D.C. 20549 FORM 8-A</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt/103% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 104pt 0 101.05pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20"><B>FOR REGISTRATION
OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 104pt 0 101.1pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20">SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.2pt">1934</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.35pt 0 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.6pt 104pt 0 101.15pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20"><B>Companhia Paranense
de Energia &#8211; Copel</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.6pt 104pt 0 101.15pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20">(Exact name of
registrant as specified in its <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt">charter)</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.6pt 104pt 0 101.15pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.6pt 104pt 0 101.15pt; text-align: center"><B>Energy Company of Parana &#8211;
Copel</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.6pt 104pt 0 101.15pt; text-align: center">(Translation of Registrant&#8217;s
name into English)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.6pt 104pt 0 101.15pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt; color: #231F20"><B>Federative Republic of Brazil</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt; color: #231F20"><B>Not Applicable</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 2.1pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt; color: #231F20">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: -7.5pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt; color: #231F20">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 126.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: -7.5pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
    <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; color: #231F20"><B>Rua Jos&eacute; Izidoro Biazetto,
    158 &#8211; Bloco A</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; color: #231F20"><B>81200-240, Curitiba, Paran&aacute;</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; color: #231F20"><B>Brazil</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: -7.5pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt; color: #231F20"><B>Not Applicable</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: -2.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt; color: #231F20">(Address of principal executive offices)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: -7.5pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt; color: #231F20">(Zip Code)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 1.5pt 0 0; text-align: center; color: #231F20"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 1.5pt 0 0; text-align: center; color: #231F20"><B>Copy to:</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 1.5pt 0 0; text-align: center; color: #231F20"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 1.5pt 0 0; text-align: center; color: #231F20"><B>Jonathan Mendes de Oliveira,
Esq.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 1.5pt 0 0; text-align: center; color: #231F20"><B>Cleary Gottlieb Steen
&amp; Hamilton LLP</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 1.5pt 0 0; text-align: center; color: #231F20"><B>One Liberty Plaza</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 1.5pt 0 0; text-align: center; color: #231F20"><B>New York, New York 10006</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 1.5pt 0 0; text-align: center; color: #231F20"><B>(212) 225-2000</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 1.5pt 0 0; text-align: center; color: #231F20">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt/208% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.6pt 126.4pt 0 6pt; text-align: justify; color: #231F20">Securities
to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:</P>

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    <P STYLE="font: 11pt/13.7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 6pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20"><B>Title of each <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt">class</FONT></B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 11pt/13.7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 6pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20"><B>to be so <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt">registered</FONT></B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 4%; padding-top: 0.3pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 45%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
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    <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.3pt 0 0; text-align: center"><B>Name of each exchange on which</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.3pt 0 0; text-align: center"><B>each class is to be registered</B></P>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 12pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Common shares, without par value</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0.3pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 12pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">The New York Stock Exchange (&#8220;NYSE&#8221;)*</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0.3pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0.3pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.3pt 0 0; text-align: center">American Depositary Shares (&#8220;ADS&#8221;)
    each</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.3pt 0 0; text-align: center">representing four common shares</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.3pt 0 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0.3pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 0.3pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">The New York Stock Exchange</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 4.5pt 0 0 6pt; color: #231F20">If this form relates to the registration of
a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.25pt">and</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.6pt 0 0 6pt; color: #231F20"> is
effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c) or (e), check the following <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.2pt">box.</FONT> <font style="font-family: Wingdings">x</font></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.05pt 0 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 6pt; color: #231F20">If this form relates to the registration of a class
of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.25pt">and</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.6pt 0 0 6pt; color: #231F20"> is
effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) or (e), check the following <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.2pt">box.</FONT> <font face="Wingdings">&uml;</font></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.05pt 0 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 6pt; color: #231F20">If this form relates to the registration of a class
of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt">check</FONT></P>


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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.05pt 0 0 6pt; color: #231F20">Securities Act registration statement or Regulation
A offering statement file number to which this form <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt">relates: </FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.05pt 0 0 6pt; color: #231F20">Securities to be registered pursuant to Section
12(g) of the <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.2pt">Act: <B>None.</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">* Application made for registration purposes only,
not for trading, and only in connection with the listing of the ADSs on the New York Stock Exchange. Each ADS represents the right to
receive four common shares and the ADSs are being registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to a separate Registration
Statement on Form F-6. Accordingly, the ADSs are exempt from the operation of Section 12(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, pursuant to Rule 12a-8.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3.9pt 104pt 0 101.3pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3.9pt 104pt 0 101.3pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt">INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 6pt; color: #231F20">Item 1. Description of Registrant&#8217;s
Securities to be <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt">Registered.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.05pt 0 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.4pt 0 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="color: #231F20">The securities
to be registered hereby are (i) the common shares, without par value (the &#8220;Common Shares&#8221;) of Companhia Paranaense de Energia
&#8211; Copel (the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;) and (ii) the American Depositary Shares (&#8220;ADS&#8221;) each representing four common
shares. The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference the description of the Common Shares and the ADS included in the </FONT><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001041792/000129281423003055/elpform20fa_2022.htm">Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 20-F/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022</A> <FONT STYLE="color: #231F20">filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;) on July 23, 2023 (File No. 001-14668), under the headings &#8220;Dividend Payment,&#8221; &#8220;Item
10. Additional Information &#8211; Memorandum and Articles of Association&#8221; and &#8220;Item 12D. American Depositary Shares.&#8221;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.05pt 0 0 6pt; color: #231F20">Item 2. <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt">Exhibits.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.05pt 0 0 0.5in; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="color: #231F20">99 (A).
Corporate Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to </FONT><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041792/000129281423003183/ex3-1.htm">Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#8217;s Form 6-K</A> <FONT STYLE="color: #231F20">(File
No. 001-14668), filed on July 26, 2023).</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.05pt 0 0; color: #231F20">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.05pt 0 0 0.5in; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="color: #231F20">99 (B).
Form of Deposit Agreement (For Common Shares), among Companhia Paranaense de Energia &ndash; Copel, The Bank of New York, as depositary,
and all owners and holders from time to time of American Depositary Receipts issued thereunder (incorporated herein by reference to </FONT><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041792/000101915523000248/copelcommondeposit.htm">Exhibit 1 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Form F-6</A> <FONT STYLE="color: #231F20">(File No. 333-276106), filed on December 18, 2023).</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.05pt 0 0; color: #231F20">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 104pt 0 101.1pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt">SIGNATURE</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.05pt 0 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 6pt; text-align: justify; color: #231F20">Pursuant to the requirements
of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.2pt">duly </FONT>caused this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt">authorized.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.05pt 0 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 41.95pt 0 26.4pt; color: #231F20">COMPANHIA PARANENSE DE ENERGIA &ndash;
    COPEL</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 41.95pt 0 26.4pt; color: #231F20">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 27%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 26.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt; color: #231F20">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 73%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 41.95pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt; color: #231F20">/s/ Daniel Pimentel Slaviero</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 26.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt; color: #231F20">Name:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt; color: #231F20">Daniel Pimentel Slaviero</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 26.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt; color: #231F20">Title:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt; color: #231F20">Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 26.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 41.95pt; padding-left: 26.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 26.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt; color: #231F20">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 41.95pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt; color: #231F20">/s/ Adriano Rudek de Moura</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 26.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt; color: #231F20">Name:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt; color: #231F20">Adriano Rudek de Moura</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 26.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt; color: #231F20">Title:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
    <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; color: #231F20">Chief Financial Officer and Investor</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; color: #231F20">Relations Officer</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.05pt 0 0">Date: <FONT STYLE="color: #231F20">December 22, 2023</FONT></P>

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