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Louis Berezovsky FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN BROKER NON-VOTE Common 1,486,075 35,329 9,419 3,706,497 Series 1C Preferred 146,280 0 0 0 Total 1,632,355 35,329 9,419 3,706,497 Louis Berezovsky was duly elected. 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