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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001214659-22-001857
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	SC 13G/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20220204
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20220204
GROUP MEMBERS:		NIKKO ASSET MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Proto Labs Inc
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001443669
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FABRICATED STRUCTURAL METAL PRODUCTS [3440]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 13G/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	005-87297
		FILM NUMBER:		22590837

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5540 Pioneer Creek
		CITY:			Maple Plain
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55359
		BUSINESS PHONE:		763-479-7474

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5540 Pioneer Creek
		CITY:			Maple Plain
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55359

FILED BY:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001475365
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	COMMERCIAL BANKS, NEC [6029]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			M0

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 13G/A

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1-1, SHIBAKOEN, 1-CHOME
		CITY:			MINATO-KU, TOKYO
		STATE:			M0
		ZIP:			105-0011
		BUSINESS PHONE:		81-3-6256-6000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1-4-1, MARUNOUCHI
		CITY:			CHIYODA-KU, TOKYO
		STATE:			M0
		ZIP:			100-8233

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Chuo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20091027
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<DESCRIPTION>AMENDMENT NO. 1
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STATES</B><BR>
<B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>&nbsp;</FONT></P>

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D.C. 20549</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SCHEDULE 13G/A</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"> <B>(Amendment No. 1)*</B> </P>

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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">(Name of Issuer)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><B>Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">(Title of Class of Securities)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><B>743713109</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">(CUSIP Number)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"> <B>December 31, 2021</B> </TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to
which this Schedule is filed:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9746;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rule
13d-1(b)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rule
13d-1(c)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rule
13d-1(d)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a
reporting person&rsquo;s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment
containing information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The information required in the remainder of this cover page
shall not be deemed to be &ldquo;filed&rdquo; for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&ldquo;Act&rdquo;)
or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however,
<I>see</I> the <I>Notes</I>).</P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 57%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><B>13G/A</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 20%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-top: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS</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">Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. &nbsp;(&ldquo;SMTH&rdquo;)</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>2.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-top: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt">CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt">(a) <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-left: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(b) <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>3.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-top: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">SEC USE ONLY</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>4.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION</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">Japan</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" ROWSPAN="4" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>5.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">SOLE VOTING POWER</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">0</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>6.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">SHARED VOTING POWER</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"> <B>911,615</B> </P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>7.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">0</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>8.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"> <B>911,615</B> </P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>9.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON</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"> <B>911,615</B> </P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>10.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-top: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
        SHARES (see instructions)</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 20pt 0pt 0">&#9744;</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>11.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)</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"> <B>3.30</B>% </P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>12.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (see instructions)</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">HC, FI</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="width: 4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 10%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 7%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 70%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 9%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 23%; border: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>CUSIP No. 743713109</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 57%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><B>13G/A</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 20%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-top: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS</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">Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd. (&ldquo;NAM&rdquo;)</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>2.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-top: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt">CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt">(a)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
    &#9744;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-left: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(b) <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>3.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-top: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">SEC USE ONLY</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>4.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION</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">Japan</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" ROWSPAN="4" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>5.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">SOLE VOTING POWER</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">0</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>6.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">SHARED VOTING POWER</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"> <B>911,615</B> </P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>7.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">0</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>8.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"> <B>911,615</B> </P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>9.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON</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"> <B>911,615</B> </P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>10.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-top: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
        SHARES (see instructions)</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 20pt 0pt 0">&#9744;</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>11.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)</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"> <B>3.30</B>% </P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>12.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON</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">IA, HC, FI&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="width: 4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 10%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 7%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 70%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 9%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in"> <B>Proto Labs, Inc.</B> </P>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 17.85pt"><B>5540 Pioneer Creek Dr. Maple Plain, MN 55359 United States</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 45pt">Item 2(a).</TD><TD>Name of Person Filing:</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 45pt">Item 2(b).</TD><TD>Address of Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence:</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">SMTH: 1-4-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
100-8233, Japan</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">NAM: Midtown Tower, 9-7-1 Akasaka, Minato-ku,
Tokyo 107-6242, Japan</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 45pt">Item 2(c).</TD><TD>Citizenship:</TD></TR></TABLE>

<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 0.25in">SMTH: Japan</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">NAM: Japan</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 45pt">Item 2(d).</TD><TD>Title of Class of Securities:</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in"><B>Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in"><B>743713109</B></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1in">Item 3.</TD><TD>If this Statement is Filed Pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b), or 13d-2(b) or (c), Check Whether the Person Filing is a:</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">SMTH:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 89%">Broker or dealer registered under Section 15 of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78o);</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>(b)</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c);</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>(c)</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Insurance company as defined in Section 3(a)(19) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c);</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Investment company registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15&nbsp;U.S.C. 80a-8);</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>An investment adviser in accordance with &sect;240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E);</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>(f)</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>An employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with &sect;240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F);</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9746;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>(i)</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>A church plan that is excluded from the definition of an investment company under section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-3);</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>(j)</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9746;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>A non-U.S. institution in accordance with &sect;240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J);</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>(k)</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Group, in accordance with &sect;240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(K).</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.25in">If filing as a non-U.S. institution in accordance
with &sect;240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J), please specify the type of institution: Parent Holding Company</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">NAM:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 89%">Broker or dealer registered under Section 15 of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78o);</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>(b)</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c);</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>(c)</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Insurance company as defined in Section 3(a)(19) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c);</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>(d)</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Investment company registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15&nbsp;U.S.C. 80a-8);</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>(e)</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9746;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>An investment adviser in accordance with &sect;240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E);</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>(f)</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>An employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with &sect;240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F);</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>(g)</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9746;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>A parent holding company or control person in accordance with &sect;240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G);</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>(h)</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>A savings association as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813);</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>(i)</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>A church plan that is excluded from the definition of an investment company under section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-3);</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>(j)</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9746;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>A non-U.S. institution in accordance with &sect;240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J);</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>(k)</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Group, in accordance with &sect;240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(K).</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">If filing as a non-U.S. institution in accordance with &sect;240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J),
please specify the type of institution: Investment Adviser, Parent Holding Company</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 45pt">Item 4.</TD><TD>Ownership.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">Provide the following information regarding
the aggregate number and percentage of the class of securities of issuer identified in Item 1.</P>

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<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>SMTH: </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 7%">(a)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="margin: 0pt 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"> Amount beneficially owned: <B>911,615</B> </P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>(b)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="margin: 0pt 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"> Percent of class: <B>3.30%</B> </P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>(c)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Number of shares as to which such person has:</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">(i)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 0</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">(ii)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="margin: 0pt 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"> Shared power to vote or to direct the vote: <B>911,615</B> </P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">(iii)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 0</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">(iv)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"> Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:
        <B>911,615</B>&nbsp; </P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>NAM:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>(a)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="margin: 0pt 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"> Amount beneficially owned: <B>911,615</B> </P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>(b)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="margin: 0pt 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"> Percent of class: <B>3.30</B>% </P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>(c)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Number of shares as to which such person has:</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">(i)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 0</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">(ii)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="margin: 0pt 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"> Shared power to vote or to direct the vote: <B>911,615</B> </P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">(iii)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 0</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">(iv)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="margin: 0pt 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"> Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:
        <B>911,615</B> </P></TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 45pt">Item 5.</TD><TD>Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<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; text-indent: 0.25in"> If this statement is being filed to report
the fact that as of the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class
of securities, check the following. &#9746; </P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in"> Not
                                            applicable. </P>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 45pt">Item 7.</TD><TD>Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<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; text-indent: 0.25in">See Exhibit A.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 45pt">Item 8.</TD><TD>Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<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; text-indent: 0.25in">Not applicable.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 45pt">Item 9.</TD><TD>Notice of Dissolution of Group.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<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; text-indent: 0.25in">Not applicable.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 45pt">Item 10.</TD><TD>Certifications.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">By signing below I certify that, to the
best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held 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.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in"><B>SIGNATURE</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">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: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in"> Date: February 4, 2022 </P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 45%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center">Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(Company)</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center"> /s/ Hideaki Takamiya </TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Signature)</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 30.7pt"> Hideaki Takamiya
        / Senior Manager of Risk Management Dept&nbsp; </P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(Name/Title)</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center">Nikko Asset Management Co.,Ltd&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(Company)</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center">/s/ Masahito Tonegawa</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Signature)</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Masahito Tonegawa / Head of Business Regulatory
        Compliance&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(Name/Title)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in"> &#9;Pursuant to the instructions in Item 5
and Item 7 of Schedule 13G, the securities being reported on by each of SMTH and NAM, as parent holding companies, are owned, or may
be deemed to be beneficially owned, by their subsidiary Nikko Asset Management Americas, Inc., which is classified as an investment adviser
in accordance with &sect;240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E). </P>

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