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Please direct any questions to </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><a href="mailto:vss@visionsciences.org" target="_blank"><span style='color:#3B3B3B;text-decoration:none'>vss@visionsciences.org</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3B3B3B'>.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C0C0C'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#3476D3'><tr><td width="55%" valign=top style='width:55.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 15.0pt'><p align=center 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