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Item 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

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Item 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the

Exchange Act) that are designed to ensure that the information required to be disclosed by us in the reports filed or submitted

by us under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC's

rules and forms and such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including the Co-Chief Executive

Officers and the Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Any controls

and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurances of achieving the desired

control objectives.

We carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including the Co-

Chief Executive Officers and the Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure

controls and procedures as of December 31, 2025. Based upon that evaluation, our Co-Chief Executive Officers and Chief

Financial Officer have concluded that, as of December 31, 2025, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to

accomplish their objectives at the reasonable assurance level.

Management's Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting.

Internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) is a process

designed by, or under the supervision of, a company's principal executive and principal financial officers and effected by the

Board of Directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial

reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting

principles and includes those policies and procedures that:

  • Pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and

dispositions of the assets of the company;

  • Provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial

statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the

company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and

  • Provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or

disposition of the company's assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Our management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2025. In

making this assessment, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the

Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control—Integrated Framework that was issued in 2013. Based on its assessment,

our management has concluded that, as of December 31, 2025, our internal control over financial reporting is effective.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

No changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act)

occurred during the fourth quarter of 2025 that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal

control over financial reporting.

Attestation Report of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Deloitte & Touche LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm that audited our consolidated financial

statements included in this report, has issued its attestation report on our internal control over financial reporting, which is

included in Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

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