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Item 9B. OTHER INFORMATION.

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Item 9B. OTHER INFORMATION.

Disclosure Pursuant to Section 13(r) of the Exchange Act

Section 219 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 and Section 13(r) of the Exchange Act require an issuer to disclose in its annual and quarterly reports whether it or any of its affiliates have knowingly engaged in certain activities, including specified activities or transactions relating to the Government of Iran (as defined in section 560.304 of title 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations) and to persons designated under Executive Order No. 13382 (70 Fed. Reg. 38567). As previously disclosed in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2020 and June 30, 2020 (the “2020 Quarterly Reports”) and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 (the “2020 Annual Report”), during the first quarter of 2020, we determined that one of our non-U.S. subsidiaries provided limited hard copy record, electronic media (e.g., CD), box and container storage and handling services during such quarter, and in prior periods since the reporting requirement took effect, to at least one entity designated under Executive Order No. 13382 (the “Entity”) and one Government of Iran entity - both located outside of Iran. In each case, the customer relationship commenced at a time when U.S. sanctions law did not limit dealings with entities determined to be part of the Government of Iran or designated under Executive Order No. 13382 by non-U.S. entities owned or controlled by U.S. persons. Each relationship automatically continued from year to year without any affirmative step being taken by either party. During the second quarter of 2020, the non-U.S. subsidiary in question notified both entities of its decision to terminate those relationships.

We also reported in the 2020 Quarterly Reports and 2020 Annual Report that we had notified the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) of these limited activities and initiated an internal investigation, and, during that investigation, we had identified two additional customer relationships between the subsidiary in question and entities designated under Executive Order No. 13382 and Executive Order No. 13224, neither of which was active and ongoing during the year ended December 31, 2020. We have been actively cooperating with OFAC in its review of this matter.

As we reported in our 2020 Annual Report, following the year ended December 31, 2020, we submitted a Final Notice of Voluntary Disclosure (“Final VSD”) with OFAC on January 14, 2021. The Final VSD included a detailed overview of our internal investigation and the remedial measures we have implemented or will be implementing to address the root causes of the potentially violative activity. The Final VSD findings showed that the potential violations were inadvertent. We will continue to cooperate fully with OFAC in its ongoing review of this matter.

As we reported in our 2020 Quarterly Reports and our 2020 Annual Report, when the non-U.S. subsidiary terminated its relationship with the Entity during the second quarter of 2020, it also took steps to treat the property held in storage for the Entity as blocked property under regulations administered by OFAC, including by placing blocks and notices on the Entity’s account and instructing relevant employees of the non-U.S. subsidiary. However, as reported in our Quarterly Report for the quarter ended June 30, 2021, notwithstanding such procedures, through a review process, the Company became aware in the second quarter of 2021 that an employee of the non-U.S. subsidiary authorized the destruction of the Entity’s property. The Company conducted a review of the matter which resulted in remediation actions including the termination of the employee. The non-U.S. subsidiary in question did not receive any revenue in connection with this activity and, except for related communications, has not engaged in any other activity with the Entity during the period covered by this report. Consistent with the disclosure contained in the 2020 Annual Report, we do not intend to continue any activity involving the Entity.

On August 5, 2021, we submitted an Initial Notice of Voluntary Disclosure to OFAC regarding the destruction of the Entity’s property. We continue to investigate the matter and intend to submit a Final Notice of Voluntary Disclosure to OFAC once the investigation is complete. We will continue to cooperate fully with OFAC in its review of this matter.

We continue to enhance our internal processes and procedures designed to identify transactions associated with restricted parties, such as introducing a Global International Sanctions and Trade Law Policy and engaging a more comprehensive third-party screening provider. We are also supplementing our existing compliance training with the launch of global training on sanctions and restricted parties in the first quarter of 2021. We will continue to review and improve our programs and processes, as necessary or appropriate, to comply with all applicable sanctions laws and to comply with the disclosure requirements of Section 13(r) of the Exchange Act.

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