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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-17-004648
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170105
ITEM INFORMATION:		Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders
ITEM INFORMATION:		Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170106
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170106

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AquaBounty Technologies, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001603978
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FISHING, HUNTING & TRAPPING [0900]
		IRS NUMBER:				043156167
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-36426
		FILM NUMBER:		17515138

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		TWO CLOCK TOWER PLACE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 395
		CITY:			MAYNARD
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01754
		BUSINESS PHONE:		978-648-6000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		TWO CLOCK TOWER PLACE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 395
		CITY:			MAYNARD
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01754
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 <P STYLE="line-height:1.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CURRENT
REPORT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION&nbsp;13 OR 15(d) OF THE </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January&nbsp;5, 2017 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>AquaBounty Technologies, Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">001-36426</FONT></B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">04-3156167</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or Other Jurisdiction</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of Incorporation)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Commission</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>File Number)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Two Mill and Main Place, Suite 395 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Maynard, Massachusetts 01754 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code: (978) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">648-6000</FONT> </B></P>
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Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Check the appropriate box below
if the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below): </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Soliciting material pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14a-12</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17 CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.14a-12)</FONT> </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Pre-commencement</FONT> communications pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14d-2(b)</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.14d-2(b))</FONT> </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Pre-commencement</FONT> communications pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13e-4(c)</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.13e-4(c))</FONT> </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:1.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="12%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>ITEM&nbsp;3.03.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Material Modification to Rights of Securityholders. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As previously disclosed, the
shareholders of AquaBounty Technologies, Inc. (the &#147;<B><I>Company</I></B>&#148;) authorized the Board of Directors of the Company to amend the Company&#146;s Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (as amended, the
&#147;<B><I>Restated Certificate of Incorporation</I></B>&#148;) to effect a reverse split of the Company&#146;s common stock, par value $0.001 (the &#147;<B><I>Common Stock</I></B>&#148;), at a ratio of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">one-for-thirty</FONT></FONT> (the &#147;<B><I>Reverse Stock Split</I></B>&#148;). A certificate of amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the &#147;<B><I>Certificate of Amendment</I></B>&#148;) was filed
with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on January&nbsp;4, 2017, and the Reverse Stock Split became effective at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on January&nbsp;5, 2017 (the &#147;<B><I>Effective Time</I></B>&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">At the Effective Time, every thirty shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding were automatically combined into one share of issued and
outstanding Common Stock, without any change in the par value per share. No fractional shares were issued as a result of the Reverse Stock Split. All shares of common Stock (including fractions thereof) issuable upon the Reverse Stock Split to a
given holder of Common Stock will be aggregated for the purpose of determining whether the Reserve Stock Split would result in the issuance of any fractional shares to such holder. If, after such aggregation, the Reserve Stock Split would result in
the issuance of any fractional shares, such fractional shares will be increased to the next higher whole number of shares. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Computershare
Trust Company, N.A. is acting as agent for the Reverse Stock Split and will send instructions to shareholders of record who hold stock certificates regarding the exchange of certificates for Common Stock. Shareholders who hold their shares in
uncertificated form are not required to take any action to effect the exchange of their shares following the Reverse Stock Split. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
Certificate of Amendment did not reduce the authorized share capital of the Company following the Reverse Stock Split and, accordingly, after giving effect to the Reverse Stock Split, the Company has 193,536,065 shares of Common Stock that are
authorized but unissued. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The information set forth herein does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference
to the full text of the Certificate of Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
information set forth in Item 3.03 above is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 5.03. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Financial Statements and Exhibits. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) Exhibits. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Certificate of Amendment of Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of AquaBounty Technologies, Inc.</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>AQUABOUNTY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ David A. Frank</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name: David A. Frank</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Certificate of Amendment of Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of AquaBounty Technologies, Inc.</TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Exhibit 3.1 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>OF </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>THIRD AMENDED AND
RESTATED </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>OF </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>AQUABOUNTY
TECHNOLOGIES, INC. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">AQUABOUNTY TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the state of Delaware (the
&#147;Corporation&#148;) hereby certifies that: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A resolution was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the
Corporation pursuant to Section&nbsp;242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware setting forth an amendment to the Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, and declaring said amendment to be
advisable. The stockholders of the Corporation duly approved said proposed amendment in accordance with Section&nbsp;242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. The resolution setting forth the amendment is as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">RESOLVED, that Section 4(a) of the Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation be and hereby is deleted in its
entirety and the following is inserted in lieu thereof: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;(a) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Corporation is authorized to issue two
(2)&nbsp;classes of stock to be designated Common Stock and Preferred Stock. The Corporation is authorized to issue Two Hundred Million (200,000,000) shares of Common Stock, with a par value of One Tenth of One Cent ($0.001) per share, and Forty
Million (40,000,000) shares of Preferred Stock, with a par value of One Cent ($0.01) per share. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Reverse
Stock Split</U>. Effective upon the effective time of this Certificate of Amendment of Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the &#147;Effective Time&#148;), without
any further action on the part of any stockholders of the Corporation, a reverse stock split of the Corporation&#146;s outstanding Common Stock shall be effected whereby each thirty (30)&nbsp;shares of issued and outstanding Common Stock shall be
reconstituted and exchanged for one (1)&nbsp;share of Common Stock (the &#147;Reverse Stock Split&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii)
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>No Fractional Shares</U>. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, no fractional shares shall be issued in connection with the Reverse Stock Split. All shares of Common Stock (including fractions thereof)
issuable upon the Reverse Stock Split to a given holder of Common Stock shall be aggregated for purposes of determining whether the Reverse Stock Split would result in the issuance of any fractional shares to such holder. If, after the
aforementioned aggregation, the Reverse Stock Split would result in the issuance of any fractional shares, such fractional shares shall be increased to the next higher whole number of shares. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Stock Certificates</U>. Each stock certificate that, immediately prior to the Effective Time, represented
shares of Common Stock that were issued and outstanding </P>

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immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, from and after the Effective Time, automatically and without the necessity of presenting the same for exchange, represent that number of whole
shares of Common Stock after the Effective Time into which the shares of Common Stock formerly represented by such certificate shall have been reclassified pursuant to the foregoing provisions hereof, <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that each
holder of record of a certificate that, immediately prior to the Effective Time, represented issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock shall receive, upon surrender of such certificate, a new certificate evidencing and representing the number of
whole shares of Common Stock into which the shares of Common Stock formerly represented by such certificate shall have been reclassified pursuant to the foregoing provisions hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Authorized Share Capital; Par Value</U>. The authorized share capital of the Corporation and the par value of
each share of Common Stock shall not be adjusted in connection with the Reverse Stock Split.&#148; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This
Certificate of Amendment of Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall become effective at 12:01 a.m., Eastern Time, on January&nbsp;5, 2017. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have signed this certificate this 4th day of January 2017, and hereby affirm and acknowledge under penalty
of perjury that the filing of this Certificate of Amendment of Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation is the act and deed of AquaBounty Technologies, Inc. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>AQUABOUNTY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.:</B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:24pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>/s/ David A.
Frank&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Name: David A. Frank</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Title: Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;&amp; Treasurer</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>/s/ Christopher H.
Martin&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Name: Christopher Martin</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Title: General Counsel&nbsp;&amp; Secretary</P></TD>
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