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            <rptOwnerStreet1>1200 TRINITY DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>POST OFFICE BOX 60</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LOS ALAMOS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NM</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>87544</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
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        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
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                <value>Voting common stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
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                <value>2018-08-02</value>
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                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
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        <footnote id="F1">This represents a grant of 50,000, 15,000, and 35,000 performance based Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) awarded on August 22, 2017, January 24, 2018, and March 20, 2018, respectively, for which the performance-based condition was satisfied on August 2, 2018.  The RSUs are scheduled to vest on March 31, 2019.  This Form is being filed late due to inadvertent administrative error.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Jennifer Pearson Attorney-in-Fact for John S. Gulas</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-12-21</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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This represents a grant of 50,000, 15,000, and 35,000 performance based Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) awarded on August 22, 2017, January 24, 2018, and March 20, 2018, respectively, for which the performance-based condition was satisfied on August 2, 2018.  The RSUs are scheduled to vest on March 31, 2019.  This Form is being filed late due to inadvertent administrative error.
Jennifer Pearson Attorney-in-Fact for John S. Gulas
2018-12-21