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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001564590-22-023327
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	SC 13D
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20220615
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20220615

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Silence Therapeutics plc
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001479615
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			X0

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 13D
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	005-92205
		FILM NUMBER:		221018138

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		72 HAMMERSMITH ROAD
		CITY:			LONDON
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			W14 8TH
		BUSINESS PHONE:		44-0-20-3457 6900

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		72 HAMMERSMITH ROAD
		CITY:			LONDON
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			W14 8TH

FILED BY:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Griffiths Richard Ian
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001846370

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 13D

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O SILENCE THERAPEUTICS INC.
		STREET 2:		72 HAMMERSMITH ROAD
		CITY:			LONDON
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			W14 8TH
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:24pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Silence Therapeutics plc</p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(Name of Issuer)</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Richard Griffiths</p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-right:0.19%;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Floor 1 Liberation Station</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Tel: +44 1534 719761</p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)</p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">June 8, 2022</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:12pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule&#160;13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule&#160;13D, and is filing this schedule because of &#167;&#167;&#160;240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box. <font style="font-family:MS Gothic;">&#9744;</font> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:12pt;border-top:Solid 0.75pt;padding-top:4pt;border-bottom:Solid 0.75pt;padding-bottom:4pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Note:<font style="font-weight:normal;"> Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule&#160;13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.</font> </p>
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<p style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for 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></td></tr></table></div>
<p style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:4.54%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be &#8220;filed&#8221; for the purpose of section 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 the Notes).</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;margin-left:7.2pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Richard Ian Griffiths</p></td>
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<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;margin-left:7.2pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">0</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">each</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">person</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(9)</p></td>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:6.85pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Sole dispositive power</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;margin-left:7.2pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">24,281,<font style="color:#000000;">709</font>*</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(10)</p></td>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:6.85pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Shared dispositive power</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;margin-left:7.2pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">0</p></td>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:6.85pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;margin-left:7.2pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">24,281,<font style="color:#000000;">709</font>*</p></td>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:6.85pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (see instructions)</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:6.85pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;margin-left:7.2pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">27.0<font style="color:#000000;">%**</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:6.85pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Type of reporting person (see instructions)</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;margin-left:7.2pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">IN</p></td>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;;font-size:8pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:2%;margin-right:1.85%;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">* Mr. Griffiths beneficially owns an aggregate of <font style="color:#000000;">24,281,709</font> ordinary shares<font style="color:#000000;">, nominal value &#163;0.05 per share (the &#8220;Shares&#8221;), of Silence Therapeutics plc (the &#8220;Company&#8221;)</font>, consisting of 8,093,903 American Depositary Shares (&#8220;ADSs&#8221;), each of which represents, and at the holder&#8217;s option is convertible into, three Shares. Mr. Griffiths holds certain ADSs through the following entities of which he is a director and the controlling shareholder: (i) 1,651,207 ADSs held through Ora Ventures Limited; (ii) 620,238 ADSs held through Sarossa Plc; (iii) 4,628 ADSs held through Serendipity Capital Limited; (iv) 280,717 ADSs held through Cream Capital Limited; (v) 1,050,000 ADSs held through Blake Holdings Limited; and (vi) 4,487,113 ADSs held personally.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:2%;margin-right:1.85%;text-indent:0%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:11pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:2%;margin-right:1.85%;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">** <font style="color:#000000;">The aggregate percentage of Shares reported owned by Mr. Griffiths is based upon 89,789,713 Shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2022, as disclosed in the Company&#8217;s Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 16, 2022.</font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:4pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:11pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Explanatory Note</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">This Schedule 13D (this &#8220;Schedule 13D&#8221;) supersedes the Schedule 13G previously filed by Richard Ian Griffiths on February 14, 2022, and is being filed to reflect the acquisition of over 2% of the Shares (as defined below) within the preceding 12 months.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Item 1. Security and Issuer</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">This Schedule 13D relates to the ordinary shares, nominal value &#163;0.05 per share (the &#8220;Shares&#8221;), of Silence Therapeutics plc (the &#8220;Company&#8221;). The address of the principal executive offices of the Company is 77 Hammersmith Road, London W14 8TH, United Kingdom.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Item 2. Identity and Background</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(a).&nbsp;&nbsp;This Schedule 13D is being filed by Richard Ian Griffiths (the &#8220;Reporting Person&#8221;) with respect to the Shares.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(b).&nbsp;&nbsp;The business address of the Reporting Person is Floor 1 Liberation Station, Esplanade, St Helier, Jersey, JE2 3AS. </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(c).&nbsp;&nbsp; The principal occupation of the Reporting Person is serving as chairman of Sarossa Plc and Ora Limited, each with business address of Floor 1 Liberation Station, Esplanade, St Helier, Jersey, JE2 3AS.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(d)-(e).&nbsp;&nbsp; During the past five years, the Reporting Person has not been (i) convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors) or (ii) party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(f).&nbsp;&nbsp; The Reporting Person is a citizen of Jersey, Channel Islands.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The Reporting Person&#8217;s acquisition of the Shares were made using the personal funds of the Reporting Person. A total of approximately $9.5 million was paid to acquire the Shares reported in Item 5(c) of this Schedule 13D.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Item 4. Purpose of Transaction</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The Reporting Person acquired the Shares for investment purposes. The Reporting Person will routinely monitor a wide variety of investment considerations, including, without limitation, current and anticipated future trading prices for the Shares, the Company&#8217;s business, management, operations and prospects, and general economic, financial market and industry conditions, as well as other investment considerations. The Reporting Person may determine to sell, trade or otherwise dispose of all or some holdings in the Company in the public markets, in privately negotiated transactions or otherwise, or take any other lawful action.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Except as discussed above, the Reporting Person has no present plans or proposals which relate to or would result in any of the matters referred to in Items 4(a) through 4(j) of Schedule 13D. The Reporting Person, may, from to time, review or reconsider his position and formulate plans or proposals with respect to Items 4(a) through 4(j) of Schedule 13D, but has no present intention of doing so.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Company</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(a)-(b). Rows (7) through (13) of the cover page of this Schedule 13D are hereby incorporated by reference.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(c). &nbsp;&nbsp;During the past 60 days, the Reporting Person effected the following transactions:</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Blake Holdings Limited</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">1,050,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">06/08/2022</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Open Market Purchase</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Richard Griffiths</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">200,000</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Open Market Purchase</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Richard Griffiths</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">9,726</p></td>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:11pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(d). &nbsp;&nbsp;To the knowledge of the Reporting Person, no other person has the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the Shares reported herein.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(e). &nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><font style="font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of </font><font style="font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">the Company</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">To the knowledge of the Reporting Person, there are no contracts, arrangements, understandings or relationships (legal or otherwise), including, but not limited to, transfer or voting of any of the securities, finder&#8217;s fees, joint ventures, loan or option arrangements, puts or calls, guarantees of profits, division of profits or loss, or the giving or withholding of proxies, between the Reporting Persons and any other person, with respect to any securities of the Company.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Item 7. Material to Be Filed as Exhibits</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:6.67%;text-indent:-6.67%;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">None.<font style="font-weight:bold;"><br /></font></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Signature</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:6.67%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:11pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:6.67%;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">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>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:6.67%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:11pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Date: June 15, 2022<font style="margin-left:216pt;"></font><font style="text-decoration:underline;">/s/ Richard Griffiths</font><font style="text-decoration:underline;margin-left:216pt;"></font><font style="text-decoration:underline;margin-left:36pt;"></font></p>
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